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Author:

Seiler, Lauren Katherine

Title:

EXPLORING POTENTIAL SOIL PHOSPHORUS MOVEMENT IN FOUR ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FORAGE SYSTEMS

Area of Honors:

Environmental Resource Management

Keywords:

phosphorus
runoff
organic
soil
agriculture

File:

Download THESIS.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Jason Philip Kaye, Thesis Supervisor
Jason Philip Kaye, Thesis Supervisor
Robert David Shannon, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Carlin, Neal Christian

Title:

Vegetable Crop and Livestock Farming in Downeast Maine: King Hill Farm, A Case Study

Area of Honors:

Agroecology

Keywords:

agriculture
sustainable agriculture
farming
vegetable production
livestock production
diversified agriculture
case study

File:

Download carlin_neal_kinghillfarmacasestudy.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Heather D Karsten, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael Craig Saunders, Faculty Reader
Dr. Heather D Karsten, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Betz, Dustin David

Title:

GreenTowers, LLC - Lessons Learned in the Creation of an Urban Agriculture Student Startup Company

Area of Honors:

Horticulture

Keywords:

aquaponics
urban
agriculture
startup
LLC
vertical
farming
entrepreneurship
organic
food
hydroponics
aquaculture

File:

Download Betz_Dustin_GreenTowersLLCUrbanAgricultureStudentStartup.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Kathleen Marie Kelley, Thesis Supervisor
Elizabeth Cunningham Kisenwether, Thesis Honors Advisor
Elsa Selina Sanchez, Faculty Reader
Kathleen Marie Kelley, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Dehart, Abraham Faith

Title:

Linear Response Policy for Sequential Sourcing with Correlated Yields.

Area of Honors:

Agricultural Systems Management

Keywords:

Simulation
Sequential Production
agriculture
agribusiness
dual period production

File:

Download DeHart_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Saurabh Bansal, Thesis Supervisor
Jude Liu, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Schumacher, Britta Lee

Title:

Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods: Climate Change at the Interface of Parks and People

Area of Honors:

Geography

Keywords:

climate change
livelihood sustainability
food security
food sovereignty
Tanzania
agriculture
conservation

File:

Download SchumacherBritta_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Larry James Gorenflo, Thesis Supervisor
Roger Michael Downs, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Rimol, Kaitlyn Mary

Title:

Evaluating the agronomic potential and nutrient production efficiency of pulse crop production in Central Pennsylvania

Area of Honors:

Agroecology

Keywords:

agriculture
legume
lentil
bean
pea
nutrient production
global food
food security

File:

Download Final_Thesis_Report.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Mark Austin Dempsey, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Heather D Karsten, Thesis Honors Advisor
William Curran, Faculty Reader

Author:

Burlingame, Karen Lisa

Title:

LEVERAGING SUPPLY CHAIN IDEOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE FARM-TO-TABLE FOOD WASTE IN THE UNITED STATES

Area of Honors:

Supply Chain and Information Systems

Keywords:

food
supply chain
waste
sustainability
landfill
farm-to-table
consumer
agriculture
distribution
processing
grocery
food waste
unsustainable
transportation

File:

Download Schreyer_Thesis__Karen_Burlingame__Spring_2017.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Robert Alexander Novack, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. John C. Spychalski, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Skacel, Jordyn Lindsey

Title:

Agricultural and Food Security NGO’S: Are They Making a Difference in Zimbabwe?

Area of Honors:

Community, Environment, and Development

Keywords:

Zimbabwe
Non-governmental organizations
food security
agriculture

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Leland Luther Glenna, Thesis Supervisor
Theodore Roberts Alter, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Buck, Bryce

Title:

The influence of field soil conditions on plant productivity and native bee visitation

Area of Honors:

Geography

Keywords:

pollinators
GIS
soils
agriculture
landscape ecology
botany

File:

Download Buck_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Erica A H Smithwick, Thesis Supervisor
Roger Michael Downs, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Grube, Amanda

Title:

The use of warm-season grasses as vegetative buffers to capture particulate matter from manure pit exhaust fans associated with a swine finishing facility

Area of Honors:

Plant Sciences

Keywords:

grass
particulate matter
swine
manure
air quality
vegetative buffer
plant science
agriculture

File:

Download The_Use_of_Warm-Season_Grasses_as_Vegetative_Buffers_to_Capture_Particulate_Matter_from_Manure_Pit_Exhaust_Fans_Associated_with_a_Swine_Finishing_Facility.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dennis R Decoteau, Thesis Supervisor
Dennis R Decoteau, Thesis Honors Advisor
Tarrah Geszvain, Faculty Reader

Author:

Ni Chochlain, Lasair Macha

Title:

The Role of Root-Mediated Kin Recognition in a Genotypically Diverse “Neighborhood” in Triticum aestivum Defense Against Rhopalosiphum padi Herbivory

Area of Honors:

Interdisciplinary in Biology and Entomology

Keywords:

R. padi
T. aestivum
herbivory
genotypic diversity
agriculture
entomology
wheat
aphid
plant-insect interaction
kin recognition

File:

Download NiChochlain-wheat-aphid.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

John Tooker, Thesis Supervisor
Benoit A Dayrat, Thesis Honors Advisor
Gary Felton, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

De Marchis, Antonio

Title:

Developing a Portable Station to Assess Climate Change and Air Quality in the Central Peruvian Andes

Area of Honors:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

sensors
Peru
Andes
climate change
air quality
weather
electrical engineering
climatology
agriculture
Arduino
microcontroller
battery
temperature
humidity
relative humidity
particulate matter
PM
South America
developing nations
carbon dioxide
water vapor
solar power
solar energy
instrumentation
portable
weather station
rural

File:

Download DeMarchis_Antonio_Developing-a-Portable-Station-to-Assess-Climate-Change-and-Air-Quality-in-the-Central-Peruvian-Andes.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Julio Urbina, Thesis Supervisor
Julio Urbina, Thesis Honors Advisor
Tim Kane, Faculty Reader