21. The Effect of the Small RNA RyhB on the Structure of its mRNA Targets Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Grecco, Samantha Title: The Effect of the Small RNA RyhB on the Structure of its mRNA Targets Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: sRNARyhBgene expression profilingin vivo chemical structure probingpulldown assayantibiotic resistancestructure-function relationship File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Philip C Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorYing Gu, Thesis Honors Advisor
22. Characterization of the Injury Response of Ciliated Neurons in Drosophila Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Mauger, Abigail Title: Characterization of the Injury Response of Ciliated Neurons in Drosophila Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: axon injuryciliated neuronschordotonalDLKaxon regenerationDrosophilaneuronaxon File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Melissa Rolls, Thesis SupervisorSanthosh Girirajan, Thesis Honors Advisor
23. Understanding Women and Asian American Disparities in Computer Science Professions Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Muhunthan, Aranya Title: Understanding Women and Asian American Disparities in Computer Science Professions Area of Honors: Computer Science Keywords: aapigender gapSTEMcomputer science File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Sarah A Damaske, Thesis SupervisorJohn Joseph Hannan, Thesis Honors Advisor
24. An Analysis and Framework for Multi-Label Image Classification of Insect Taxonomy with Convolutional Neural Networks Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Pham, Viet Title: An Analysis and Framework for Multi-Label Image Classification of Insect Taxonomy with Convolutional Neural Networks Area of Honors: Computer Engineering Keywords: Multi-label image classificationinsect monitoringconvolutional neural networksmachine learningcomputer visionimage classification File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis SupervisorJohn Morgan Sampson, Thesis Honors Advisor
25. The Chemotherapeutic Agent CX-5461 Affects Cell Viability Through a Topoisomerase II Poison-Like Mechanism Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Dennis, Kady Title: The Chemotherapeutic Agent CX-5461 Affects Cell Viability Through a Topoisomerase II Poison-Like Mechanism Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: CX-5461mechanism of actionRNA Polymerase I inhibitorTopoisomerase II poison File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Justin R Pritchard, Thesis SupervisorJoseph C. Reese, Thesis Honors Advisor
26. Examining the Feasibility and Effectiveness of Utilizing Dark Pool Transactions in Retail Algorithmic Trading Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Qu, James Title: Examining the Feasibility and Effectiveness of Utilizing Dark Pool Transactions in Retail Algorithmic Trading Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: Dark PoolFinanceAlgorithmic TradingTradingPerformanceS&P 500Black BoxAlphaTDTD AmeritradeAPI File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Mihail Velikov, Thesis SupervisorBrian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor
27. Using COVID 19 Healthcare Misinformation to Develop a System to Detect Future Fake News Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Denenberg, Allison Title: Using COVID 19 Healthcare Misinformation to Develop a System to Detect Future Fake News Area of Honors: Data Sciences Keywords: Data ScienceMachine LearningMisinformationFake NewsCOVID-19 File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Suhang Wang, Thesis SupervisorMarc Aaron Friedenberg, Thesis Honors Advisor
28. Understanding the Mechanisms Controlling the Localization of Microtubule Organization Proteins in Drosophila Neurons Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Long, Melissa Title: Understanding the Mechanisms Controlling the Localization of Microtubule Organization Proteins in Drosophila Neurons Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: DrosophilaNeuroscienceMicrotubule NucleationClathrin-Mediated EndocytosisWnt SignalingDendrite File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Melissa Rolls, Thesis SupervisorDavid Scott Gilmour, Thesis Honors Advisor
29. Comparative Genomic Analysis of Avibacterium paragallinarum using Next-gen sequencing to characterize Infectious Coryza infections in Domestic Poultry Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Morgan, Jasmine Title: Comparative Genomic Analysis of Avibacterium paragallinarum using Next-gen sequencing to characterize Infectious Coryza infections in Domestic Poultry Area of Honors: Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Keywords: Avian DiseasesGenotypingAvibacteriumNext-gen sequencingserotypingDiagnostics File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Meera Surendran Nair, Thesis SupervisorRobert John Vansaun, Thesis Honors Advisor
30. First-Principles Study of Photocatalytic Semiconductors using Hubbard Corrected Density-Functional Theory for Hydrogen Production Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Zhao, Wayne Title: First-Principles Study of Photocatalytic Semiconductors using Hubbard Corrected Density-Functional Theory for Hydrogen Production Area of Honors: Materials Science and Engineering Keywords: PhotocatalysisElectrochemistryMaterials ScienceDensity-functional theoryWater-splittingRenewable energyHydrogen File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Ismaila Dabo, Thesis SupervisorRobert Allen Kimel, Thesis Honors Advisor
31. Optimal Design of Additively Manufactured Fin Topology for a Two-Phase Flow Channel Using Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithms Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Luu, Anthony Title: Optimal Design of Additively Manufactured Fin Topology for a Two-Phase Flow Channel Using Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithms Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: finstopologyoptimizationheat transfergenetic algorithmtwo-phase flowmulti-objective optimizationadditive manufacturingmechanical engineering File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Matthew J Rau, Thesis SupervisorAnne Elizabeth Martin, Thesis Honors AdvisorMary I Frecker, Thesis Supervisor
32. Competency Modeling Mindset Skills within Human-Centered Design and Development Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Bridge, Kaitlyn Title: Competency Modeling Mindset Skills within Human-Centered Design and Development Area of Honors: Information Sciences and Technology Keywords: competency modelinghuman centered design and developmentcompetency-based educationCBEHCDD File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Steven R. Haynes, Thesis SupervisorSteven R. Haynes, Thesis Honors AdvisorMarc Aaron Friedenberg, Faculty Reader
33. Compiler Support for Offloading off-the-shelf Applications to PIM Cores Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Patel, Aditya Title: Compiler Support for Offloading off-the-shelf Applications to PIM Cores Area of Honors: Computer Science Keywords: LLVMPIMCompilerProcessing in memory File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Anand Sivasubramaniam, Thesis SupervisorJohn Joseph Hannan, Thesis Honors AdvisorVijaykrishnan Narayanan, Faculty Reader
34. Understanding the Sociological Factors that Impact POC in Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: A Risk Assessment Proposal Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Gil Sanhueza, Vanessa Title: Understanding the Sociological Factors that Impact POC in Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: A Risk Assessment Proposal Area of Honors: Interdisciplinary in Security and Risk Analysis and Sociology Keywords: human traffickingdomestic minor sex traffickingracismstereotypesdisparitiessexual colonizationhistorical traumariskrisk frameworkrisk assessmentproposalrisk factorsvulnerabilitysocial conditions File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Laura Rotunno, Thesis Honors AdvisorDavid R M Barnes, Thesis SupervisorKaryn Mckinney Marvasti, Thesis Supervisor
35. A Naïve Methodology for Imputing Missing Survey Information due to Survey Skip Conditions Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Hopkins, Grant Title: A Naïve Methodology for Imputing Missing Survey Information due to Survey Skip Conditions Area of Honors: Statistics Keywords: Population-Based HIV Impact AssessmentsSurveyDeduction-Complete DatasetSkip ConditionMissing DataSequentially Asked Questions File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Le Bao, Thesis SupervisorMatthew D Beckman, Thesis Honors Advisor
36. Subjugated and Submerged: An Exploration of the Relationship between Redlining and Flood Risk Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Humphrey, Jason Title: Subjugated and Submerged: An Exploration of the Relationship between Redlining and Flood Risk Area of Honors: Geosciences Keywords: RedliningFlood RiskLiterature ReviewHOLCPolicyArcMapFlooding File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Antonia Hadjimichael, Thesis SupervisorMaureen Feineman, Thesis Honors Advisor
37. Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Specialty Plastics Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Villacis, Bianca Title: Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Specialty Plastics Area of Honors: Chemical Engineering Keywords: PLASTICPOLYMERSHTL File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Phillip E Savage, Thesis SupervisorScott Thomas Milner, Thesis Honors Advisor
38. Impact of Ties in Stable Matching Problems Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Sharma, Kanika Title: Impact of Ties in Stable Matching Problems Area of Honors: Information Sciences and Technology Keywords: Artificial IntelligenceEconomicsComputer ScienceInformation Science Technology File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Hadi Hosseini, Thesis SupervisorEdward J Glantz, Thesis Honors Advisor
39. The Post-WWI Partition of the Ottoman Empire: How Great Britain and France Carved Out the Modern State Order in the Fertile Crescent Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Anavkar, Ishaan Title: The Post-WWI Partition of the Ottoman Empire: How Great Britain and France Carved Out the Modern State Order in the Fertile Crescent Area of Honors: History Keywords: PartitionOttoman EmpireFirst World WarGreat BritainFranceState CreationFertile CrescentSyriaLebanonIraq File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Lior Betzalel Sternfeld, Thesis SupervisorCathleen Denise Cahill, Thesis Honors Advisor
40. Communicating Privacy-Utility Trade-Offs of Differential Privacy Through Analogical Reasoning Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Govere, Ephraim Title: Communicating Privacy-Utility Trade-Offs of Differential Privacy Through Analogical Reasoning Area of Honors: Cybersecurity Analytics & Operations Keywords: Differential PrivacyAnalogical ReasoningPrivacy-Utility Trade-OffsInformation PrivacyVisual Analogy File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Aiping Xiong, Thesis SupervisorAnna Cinzia Squicciarini, Thesis Honors Advisor