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101. LOW TEMPERATUER AND PRESSURE ELASTOMER AIDED WELDING OF GOLD CONTACTS FOR INCREASED ELECTRONIC DEVICE MODULARITY

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Open Access
Author:
Dexheimer, Michael Gregory
Title:
LOW TEMPERATUER AND PRESSURE ELASTOMER AIDED WELDING OF GOLD CONTACTS FOR INCREASED ELECTRONIC DEVICE MODULARITY
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Flexible Electronics
Welding
Cold Welding
Gold
Elastomer
Modularity
File:
Download Undergrad_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Huanyu Cheng, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Charles E. Bakis, Thesis Honors Advisor

102. USING COMPUTATIONAL NARRATOLOGY TO ADDRESS THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE VALUE ALIGNMENT PROBLEM

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Open Access
Author:
Kennedy, Alayna A
Title:
USING COMPUTATIONAL NARRATOLOGY TO ADDRESS THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE VALUE ALIGNMENT PROBLEM
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Artificial intelligence
AI Safety
value alignment problem
computational narratology
narrative information extraction
narrative analysis
computational linguistics
intelligent narrative technologies
computational models of narrative
emotional arcs
natural language processing
inverse reinforcement learning
File:
Download Thesis_-_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Lucas Jay Passmore, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gary L Gray, Thesis Honors Advisor

104. INVESTIGATING PERFORMANCE LIMITING DEFECTS IN SILICON CARBIDE BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTORS USING ELECTRICALLY DETECTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE

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Open Access
Author:
Carrier, Robert Scott
Title:
INVESTIGATING PERFORMANCE LIMITING DEFECTS IN SILICON CARBIDE BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTORS USING ELECTRICALLY DETECTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
bipolar junction transistor
EDMR
pn junctions
magnetometer
silicon carbide
spin dependent recombination
semiconductor spectroscopy
File:
Download Robert_Carrier_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Patrick M Lenahan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Patrick M Lenahan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Saptarshi Das, Faculty Reader

108. Multilayered Coating Structure for Manipulation of Directed Energy Beams

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Open Access
Author:
Mcpherson, Matthew B
Title:
Multilayered Coating Structure for Manipulation of Directed Energy Beams
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Distributed Bragg Reflector
DBR
Bragg Mirror
Dielectric
Semiconductor
Electron Beam Physical Vapor Deposition
Physical Vapor Deposition
EB-PVD
Optics
Optical Materials
Sandwich
Ellipsometry
Spectroscopy
UV-Vis
Scanning Electron Microscopy
File:
Download MatthewMcPherson-FinalThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gary L Gray, Thesis Honors Advisor

110. Investigating the Effectiveness of Optical Fiber Sensors as a Failure Detection Method For Superconducting Coils

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Open Access
Author:
Kelly, Amanda
Title:
Investigating the Effectiveness of Optical Fiber Sensors as a Failure Detection Method For Superconducting Coils
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
superconducting
superconductors
quench
optical fiber sensors
File:
Download Amanda_Kelly_Honors_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Justin Schwartz, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gary L Gray, Thesis Honors Advisor

111. Effects of Variable Amplitude Laser Scanning for Wire-Fed Metals Additive Manufacturing

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Open Access
Author:
Walsh, Christopher
Title:
Effects of Variable Amplitude Laser Scanning for Wire-Fed Metals Additive Manufacturing
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Additive manufacturing
AM
Laser processing
Laser scanning
Scanning
Metals additive manufacturing
Metals AM
Simulation
Laser characterization
Software development
File:
Download Walsh_Christopher_Thesis_Schreyer.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Abdalla Ramadan Nassar, Thesis Supervisor
Lucas Jay Passmore, Thesis Honors Advisor

112. Enhancing EEG Classification by Using Neuromorphic Computing and Artificial Neural Network Analysis

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Open Access
Author:
Pannone, Andrew
Title:
Enhancing EEG Classification by Using Neuromorphic Computing and Artificial Neural Network Analysis
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Neural Network
EEG
Neuromorphic Computing
Handwriting Recognition
File:
Download Pannone_Thesis_Final_Edition_SHC.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Saptarshi Das, Thesis Supervisor
Lucas Jay Passmore, Thesis Honors Advisor

115. Reverse Source Localization for Identification of Overpressure Sources Based on Wearable Blast Gauges

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Open Access
Author:
Katch, Lauren
Title:
Reverse Source Localization for Identification of Overpressure Sources Based on Wearable Blast Gauges
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Blast
explosion
traumatic brain injury
tbi
computational modeling
sensors
overpressures
File:
Download FINAL_THESIS_KATCH.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Reuben H Kraft, Thesis Supervisor
Gary L Gray, Thesis Honors Advisor

116. A Numerical Quantification of Compressor Rotor Performance Losses Due to Damage Caused by Particulate Ingestion

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Open Access
Author:
Barth, Colton
Title:
A Numerical Quantification of Compressor Rotor Performance Losses Due to Damage Caused by Particulate Ingestion
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Turbomachinery
Computational Fluid Dynamics
CFD
Particle Ingestion
Compressor
File:
Download Barth_Colton_A_Numerical_Quantification_of_Compressor_Rotor_Performance_Losses_due_to_Damage_caused_by_Particulate_Ingestion.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Supervisor
Reginald Felix Hamilton, Thesis Honors Advisor

117. Additive Manufacturing of a Magneto-Active Resch Hexaflexagon Origami Pattern

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Open Access
Author:
Bergen, Christian
Title:
Additive Manufacturing of a Magneto-Active Resch Hexaflexagon Origami Pattern
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Origami
3D printing
additive manufacturing
Resch
magneto-active
origami engineering
self folding
hexaflexagon
energy
File:
Download ChristianBergen-Thesis-Schreyer.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Paris R Vonlockette, Thesis Supervisor
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Thesis Honors Advisor

119. Capabilities for Multiple Choice Question Distractor Generation and Elementary Mathematical Problem Solving by Recurrent Neural Networks

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Open Access
Author:
Bakes, Riley
Title:
Capabilities for Multiple Choice Question Distractor Generation and Elementary Mathematical Problem Solving by Recurrent Neural Networks
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
recurrent neural networks
natural language processing
mathematical language processing
education assistive tools
encoder decoder attentional GRU
encoder decoder LSTM
random forest
machine learning
File:
Download PSU_THESIS_RBAKES.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
C Lee Giles, Thesis Supervisor
Lucas Jay Passmore, Thesis Honors Advisor
Judith Todd Copley, Faculty Reader

120. Nonlinear ultrasonic measurements for the characterization of fracture toughness in steel alloys

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Open Access
Author:
Williams, Colin
Title:
Nonlinear ultrasonic measurements for the characterization of fracture toughness in steel alloys
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Ultrasound
Fracture Toughness
Nondestructive Evaluation
Material Characterization
File:
Download Williams_Signature_Page.pdfDownload Williams_Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Parisa Shokouhi, Thesis Supervisor
Andrea P. Arguelles, Thesis Honors Advisor