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7353. Characterizing the Microbial Community of Anaerobically Digested High Lignin Fermentation Byproduct and Composted Material with Corn Stover as the Feedstock

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Open Access
Author:
Sollenberger, Renee
Title:
Characterizing the Microbial Community of Anaerobically Digested High Lignin Fermentation Byproduct and Composted Material with Corn Stover as the Feedstock
Area of Honors:
Biological Engineering
Keywords:
Bioinformatics
Diversity Analysis
Compost
Anaerobic Digestion
Biofuels
Corn Stover
Bioprocessing
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Tom Richard, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Demirci, Thesis Honors Advisor

7354. Relating the Shape Memory Effect to Size of Additively Manufactured NiTi Alloy by Optimizing Full-Field Strain Analysis

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Open Access
Author:
Schwarz, Jackson
Title:
Relating the Shape Memory Effect to Size of Additively Manufactured NiTi Alloy by Optimizing Full-Field Strain Analysis
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
shape memory alloy
digital image correlation
superelasticity
nitinol
full field strain analysis
NiTi
additive manufacturing
File:
Download Schwarz_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Reginald F Hamilton, Thesis Supervisor
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Thesis Honors Advisor

7362. Early Design Heuristics For Medical Building Projects Framed In Structural Steel

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Author:
Kashoob, Amrou
Title:
Early Design Heuristics For Medical Building Projects Framed In Structural Steel
Area of Honors:
Architectural Engineering
Keywords:
Heuristic sizing guides
Structural steel
Healthcare buildings
Structural optimization
Healthcare facility design
Heuristic sizing guides
Healthcare facility design
Structural optimization
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Thesis Supervisors:
Ryan Levi Solnosky, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Mistrick, Thesis Honors Advisor

7363. The Inhibition of Erm Methyltransferases to prevent antimicrobial resistance

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Open Access
Author:
Yoshida, Yuki
Title:
The Inhibition of Erm Methyltransferases to prevent antimicrobial resistance
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
Antibiotic resistance
SAM-dependent methyltransferase
Adjuvant therapy
Macrolides
Target modification
File:
Download Yoshida_HonorsThesis_FinalSumbission.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Squire J Booker, Thesis Supervisor
Santhosh Girirajan, Thesis Honors Advisor

7366. The Effectiveness of Leadership Decapitation on Al-Qaeda’s Group Operational Capacity

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Open Access
Author:
Datsko, Sophia
Title:
The Effectiveness of Leadership Decapitation on Al-Qaeda’s Group Operational Capacity
Area of Honors:
Political Science
Keywords:
al-Qaeda
AQAP
AQIM
AQIS
terrorism
leadership decapitation
drones
United States
File:
Download Sophia_Datsko_Final_Thesis_Submission_2022.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
James A Piazza, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

7367. An Analysis of Drone Technology's Realistic Impact on the United States Supply Chain

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Open Access
Author:
Wozniak, Matthew
Title:
An Analysis of Drone Technology's Realistic Impact on the United States Supply Chain
Area of Honors:
Industrial Engineering
Keywords:
drone
technology
supply
chain
opioid
epidemic
health
care
naloxone
west
virginia
united
states
consulting
analysis
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Paul Griffin, Thesis Supervisor
Andris Freivalds, Thesis Honors Advisor

7369. Beating Vegas By Predicting The 2022 NCAA Mens Division I College Basketball Tournament Using Neural Networks

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Author:
Bixler, Brian
Title:
Beating Vegas By Predicting The 2022 NCAA Mens Division I College Basketball Tournament Using Neural Networks
Area of Honors:
Mathematics
Keywords:
Sportsbetting
Sports
Betting
Deep Neural Network
DNN
NCAA
College
Basketball
Algorithm
Python
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Thesis Supervisors:
Jessica Maral Conway, Thesis Supervisor
Ludmil Tomov Zikatanov, Thesis Honors Advisor

7370. Investigating the Viability of Chalcogenide Perovskite as Next-Gen Solar Cell Technology - A Case Study of Sn-based CaSnS3 Absorber Material

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Open Access
Author:
Al Azri, Sami Adnan
Title:
Investigating the Viability of Chalcogenide Perovskite as Next-Gen Solar Cell Technology - A Case Study of Sn-based CaSnS3 Absorber Material
Area of Honors:
Energy Engineering
Keywords:
solar cells
chalcogenide perovskites
Density Functional Theory
material modeling and simulation
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Nelson Yaw Dzade, Thesis Supervisor
Jonathan P Mathews, Thesis Honors Advisor

7373. The Role of Music in the Development of Emotional Granularity in Children: A Literature Review and Proposed Applications

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Open Access
Author:
Shvartsman, Dalia
Title:
The Role of Music in the Development of Emotional Granularity in Children: A Literature Review and Proposed Applications
Area of Honors:
Music
Keywords:
emotional granularity
acoustic cues
prosody
music therapy
music education
affect bursts
autism spectrum disorder
trait emotionality
linguistic relativity
File:
Download Thesis_Shvartsman.D.docx-5.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Charles Dowell Youmans, Thesis Supervisor
Charles Dowell Youmans, Thesis Honors Advisor
Bryan E Nichols, Faculty Reader
Maria Ann Vinca, Faculty Reader

7376. Context-N-Grab: Sentence Based Fine-Grained Affordance Grounding

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Open Access
Author:
Tehri, Samarth
Title:
Context-N-Grab: Sentence Based Fine-Grained Affordance Grounding
Area of Honors:
Computer Engineering
Keywords:
computer vision
affordance grounding
large language model
cv
llm
visual impairment
robotics
computer science engineering
computer science
computer engineering
application
system
context
Context-N-Grab
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Supervisor
John Morgan Sampson, Thesis Honors Advisor

7379. Evaluating the Effectiveness of 3D Reconstruction and 3D Micro-CT Scan to Map and Quantify the Porosity of Tricalcium Silicate Concrete Hydrated in Microgravity

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Open Access
Author:
Di Perna, Claire
Title:
Evaluating the Effectiveness of 3D Reconstruction and 3D Micro-CT Scan to Map and Quantify the Porosity of Tricalcium Silicate Concrete Hydrated in Microgravity
Area of Honors:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
tricalcium silicate
micro-CT
microgravity
volume distribution
volume fraction
File:
Download DiPerna_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Supervisor
Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Honors Advisor

7380. The Future of Climate Change is in the Hands of Climate Action Plans: An Examination of the Purpose, Progress, and Structure of Climate Action Plans.

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Open Access
Author:
Di Prinzio, Olivia
Title:
The Future of Climate Change is in the Hands of Climate Action Plans: An Examination of the Purpose, Progress, and Structure of Climate Action Plans.
Area of Honors:
Earth Science and Policy
Keywords:
climate change
climate action planning
community engagement
2015 Paris Agreement
equity
File:
Download Schreyer_Thesis_DiPrinzio_Fall_2024_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Maureen Feineman, Thesis Supervisor
Timothy Bralower, Thesis Honors Advisor

7381. Dual-Component System of Fluorescent Dye and Carbon Quantum Dots for Direct pH Measurement of Aerosol Particles

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Open Access
Author:
Butzler, Alex
Title:
Dual-Component System of Fluorescent Dye and Carbon Quantum Dots for Direct pH Measurement of Aerosol Particles
Area of Honors:
Chemistry
Keywords:
fluorescence
aerosol particle pH
carbon quantum dots
ratiometric assay
direct measurements
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Miriam Arak Freedman, Thesis Supervisor
David D Boehr, Thesis Honors Advisor
Danny Glynn Sykes, Faculty Reader

7382. Discovering Differences of Eyespot Size and Color in Invasive Neogobius melanostomus Using Local Erie Populations

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Open Access
Author:
Causer, Mallory
Title:
Discovering Differences of Eyespot Size and Color in Invasive Neogobius melanostomus Using Local Erie Populations
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
round goby
color analysis
dorsal eyespot
eyespot
Lake Erie
pectoral eyespot
anti-predator defense
length
size analysis
tributaries
Neogobius melanostomus
negatively impacting biodiversity
invasive species
invasion
native look-alikes
principal components analysis
axis
variation
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Lynne Beaty, Thesis Supervisor
Michael A Campbell, Thesis Honors Advisor

7384. Integrating Formal Verification with Large Language Models for the Satisfiability Modulo Theories Problem

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Open Access
Author:
Falk, Aaron
Title:
Integrating Formal Verification with Large Language Models for the Satisfiability Modulo Theories Problem
Area of Honors:
Computer Science
Keywords:
Boolean Satisfiability Problem
SAT Problem
SMT Problem
Satisfiability Modulo Theories Problem
Large Language Models
Artificial General Intelligence
File:
Download Falk_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Mahfuza Farooque, Thesis Supervisor
Martin Fürer, Thesis Honors Advisor

7385. Design of a Tensegrity Structure System for a Robotic Hummingbird Wing Transmission

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Author:
Frazier, Peter
Title:
Design of a Tensegrity Structure System for a Robotic Hummingbird Wing Transmission
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Tensegrity
Tensegrity Structure
Hummingbird
Wing Transmission
Bio-Inspired Robot
Tensegrity Robotics
Musculoskeletal Systems
Flying Robots
2-Bar Tensegrity
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Thesis Supervisors:
Bo Cheng, Thesis Supervisor
Christian Peco, Thesis Honors Advisor

7388. The Implications of the Convergence between Russian Disinformation Narratives and Western Far-Right Discourse

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Author:
Stover, Henry
Title:
The Implications of the Convergence between Russian Disinformation Narratives and Western Far-Right Discourse
Area of Honors:
Global and International Studies
Keywords:
Biological Weapons
Neo-Nazism
Anti-Christian
Satanic
Satanism
Russian Disinformation
Disinformation Narrative
Russia
Ukraine
United States
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Thesis Supervisors:
Yuliya Ladygina, Thesis Supervisor
Jonathan Eran Abel, Thesis Honors Advisor

7389. Hair Cortisol as a Reflection of Metabolic, Physical, and Psychological Stress in Male and Female Collegiate Athletes at Different Phases of a Competitive Season

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Open Access
Author:
Tooke, Anna
Title:
Hair Cortisol as a Reflection of Metabolic, Physical, and Psychological Stress in Male and Female Collegiate Athletes at Different Phases of a Competitive Season
Area of Honors:
Kinesiology
Keywords:
Cortisol
Stress
Energy Deficiency
Metabolism
Training load
psychological stress
hair cortisol
File:
Download Tooke_Anna_Hair_Cortisol_Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Nancy Williams, Thesis Supervisor
Mark Dyreson, Thesis Honors Advisor

7390. Investigation of respirable mine dust and crystalline silica dust characteristics and toxicity in nonmetal mines

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Author:
Sharmba, Tsunami
Title:
Investigation of respirable mine dust and crystalline silica dust characteristics and toxicity in nonmetal mines
Area of Honors:
Environmental Systems Engineering
Keywords:
mine dust
mining
crystalline silica
respirable dust
respirable
metal
nonmetal
bioavailability
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Thesis Supervisors:
Mohammad Rezaee, Thesis Supervisor
Jeremy Michael Gernand, Thesis Honors Advisor

7396. Effective Utilization of Compile Time in Compute Graph Optimization for Object Detection

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Open Access
Author:
Sedan, Tomer
Title:
Effective Utilization of Compile Time in Compute Graph Optimization for Object Detection
Area of Honors:
Computer Science
Keywords:
Compute Graphs
Graph Compilers
ONNX Runtime
YOLOv8
GoogLeNet
ResNet
cuDNN
Machine Learning
Optimization
File:
Download Sedan_Tomer_Effective_Utilization_of_Compile_Time_in_Compute_Graph_Optimization_for_Object_Detection.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Thesis Supervisor
Martin Fürer, Thesis Honors Advisor

7397. Maternal Feeding Practices & The Effect on Children’s Eating Behaviors

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Open Access
Author:
Davila Menendez, Viviana
Title:
Maternal Feeding Practices & The Effect on Children’s Eating Behaviors
Area of Honors:
Nutritional Sciences
Keywords:
childhood obesity
parental feeding practices
susceptibility to obesity
middle childhood
eating rate
children's eating rate
child appetitive traits
maternal restrictive feeding practices
restriction
maternal restriction
energy intake
appetitive traits
child emotional overeating
emotional overeating
overeating
Child Feeding Questionnaire
Children’s Eating Behavior Questionnaire
obesity risk
high food approach
food approach
File:
Download FINAL_Thesis_Submission.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Kathleen Loralee Keller, Thesis Supervisor
Alison D Gernand, Thesis Honors Advisor