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Author:

Mahoney, Emily

Title:

The Impact of the Classroom Flip on Student Motivation

Area of Honors:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Classroom Flip
Motivation
Self-Efficacy
Classroom Climate
Value
Engineering Education
Inverted Classroom

File:

Download Mahoney_Emily_ClassroomFlipMotivation.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Stephanie Butler Velegol, Thesis Supervisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Anthony, Ryan Duschl

Title:

Study of the Trade-off Between Efficiency and Equity in the Control of Urban Traffic Networks

Area of Honors:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Traffic Congestion
Efficiency
Equity
Metering
Urban Traffic Networks
Traffic Control
Macroscopic Traffic Modeling

File:

Download Ryan_Anthony_-_Final_Thesis_Submission.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Vikash Varun Gayah, Thesis Supervisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Kearney, Jennifer A

Title:

An Analysis of the Dynamic Response of Suspension Footbridges Measured Against Human Comfort Criteria

Area of Honors:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

footbridges
serviceability
dynamic analysis

File:

Download Kearney_Thesis_Schreyer.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Supervisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Xiao, Yiang

Title:

Comparative Study On Energy Performance Of Different Commercial Building Wall Systems

Area of Honors:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

commercial building
wall systems
embodied energy
carbon emission
life cycle assessment
sustainability

File:

Download XIAO_SHC_THESIS_FINAL.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ali M Memari, Thesis Supervisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Brumbaugh, Mark Andrew

Title:

Evaluation of Current Shear and Flexural Design Equations for FRP Reinforced Concrete Beams

Area of Honors:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

FRP reinforcement
reinforced concrete beams
design standards

File:

Download Mark_Brumbaugh_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Hassan El Chabib, Thesis Supervisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Chiang, Andrew Wenjie

Title:

A Review of the Nrcs Curve Number Method and Its Various Methods

Area of Honors:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

initial abstraction
maximum potential storage
Curve Number
antecedent moisture content

File:

Download Andrew_Chiang_A_Review_of_the_NRCS_CN_Method_and_Its_Various_Modifications.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Thesis Supervisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Takemori, Cameron Kirk

Title:

Analysis of the Effects of Tuned Mass Damping on the Dynamic Response of Pedestrian Suspension Bridges

Area of Honors:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Structural Engineering
Civil Engineering
Tuned Mass Damping
Pedestrian Suspension Bridges
Dynamics

File:

Download Cameron_Takemori_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Supervisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Campolong, Cody James

Title:

A PRELIMINARY TRIAL TO DETERMINE THE FEEDING PREFERENCE OF OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS (NILE TILAPIA) FINGERLINGS FOR DIFFERENT PREPARATIONS OF LEMNA MINOR (DUCKWEED)

Area of Honors:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Lemna minor
duckweed
Oreochromis niloticus
nile tilapia
feeding preference

File:

Download Cody_Campolong_Final_Honors_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Rachel Alice Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Rachel Alice Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Stephanie Butler Velegol, Faculty Reader

Author:

Jackson, Andrew David

Title:

Quantification and Analysis of Microplastics in Penn State Wastewater Systems

Area of Honors:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Microplastics
Cosmetic Microbeads
Penn State Wastewater

File:

Download adj5125_HonorsThesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Rachel Alice Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Searles, Laura Kathryn Winifred

Title:

Cross Laminated Timber: A Sustainable Option in the World of Construction

Area of Honors:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

wood
sustainable
American Wood Council
environmental impacts of wood
cross laminated timber
clt
nlt
glulam
glued laminated timber
wood vs concrete
wood vs steel
Laura Searles
Stadthaus
Crossroads
Earth Sciences Building
forte
renewable
wood in construction
high-rise
high-rise timber
seismic performance of CLT
fire codes
seismic loads
economics of clt
mass timber
timber
engineered timber
carbon sequestration
FEMA P695
ASCE

File:

Download Searles_FinalThesis_Schreyer_b.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ali M Memari, Thesis Supervisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Folk, Sarah

Title:

The Use of Bioremediation Products in Ananerobic Co-Digestion of Fat, Oil, and Grease (FOG) and Municipal Waste

Area of Honors:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Anaerobic Digestion
Co-Digestion
FOG
BioAmp
Wastewater Treatment
Sludge
Cumulative Methane Yield
Fat Oil and Grease
Bioremediation

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Yen-Chih Chen, Thesis Supervisor
Sai Kakuturu, Thesis Honors Advisor
Yuefeng F. Xie, Faculty Reader

Author:

Bechtold, Andrew M

Title:

Mitigation of Shrinkage Cracking in Ordinary Portland Cement Concrete with Magnesium Oxide Admixture

Area of Honors:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Magnesium Oxide
Concrete
Cement
Shrinkage

File:

Download Bechtold_Andrew_ConcShrink.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Aleksandra Radlinska, Thesis Supervisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Berman, Danielle Hope

Title:

PUBLIC OPINION REGARDING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PRIVACY AND SECURITY

Area of Honors:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Autonomous Vehicles
privacy
public opinion
cybersecurity
survey

File:

Download Berman_SchreyerThesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Martin Pietrucha, Thesis Supervisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Gergel, John

Title:

Investigating an aesthetic utility function for the computational design of structural art

Area of Honors:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

structural art
bridge aesthetics
structural optimization
truss bridges

File:

Download Gergel_thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Gordon Patrick Warn, Thesis Supervisor
Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Gawelko, Lexi

Title:

Can Meta-Soil Attenuate Seismic Waves?

Area of Honors:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

metamaterial
earthquake
civil engineering
resonator

File:

Download Gawelko_SchreyerThesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Parisa Shokouhi, Thesis Supervisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Killian, Joshua Mark

Title:

Modeling Public Transit Bus Dwell Times for Real-Time Prediction

Area of Honors:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

transit bus
dwell time
transit signal priority
bus stop
survival model

File:

Download FinalThesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Vikash Varun Gayah, Thesis Supervisor
John Michael Regan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Iffert, John Michael

Title:

INVESTIGATING DISPARITIES IN FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP ADOPTION

Area of Honors:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

The National Flood Insurance Program
Flood Insurance Risk Maps
Ethical Development

File:

Download Final_Thesis_4_8_19.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Caitlin A Grady, Thesis Supervisor
Ilgin Guler, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Belles, Eric

Title:

A Systematic Carbon and Energy Balance of the Penn State Eco-Machine™ and the Implementation of a Vertical Farming System to Increase Duckweed Production

Area of Honors:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Eco-Machine
Duckweed
carbon
energy

File:

Download Belles_Honors_Thesis_Final_rev2.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Rachel Alice Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
John Michael Regan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Soliman, Martina

Title:

The Utilization of Reclaimed Waste-to-Energy Aggregates as Lightweight Sand in Concrete Masonry Units and Precast Concrete

Area of Honors:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Waste-to-Energy
Lightweight aggregate
Concrete Masonry Units
Internal curing
Precast Concrete

File:

Download Soliman_SchreyerThesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Grady F Mathews, IV, Thesis Supervisor
Grady F Mathews, IV, Thesis Honors Advisor
Shashidhara S Marikunte, Faculty Reader

Author:

Bates, Julie

Title:

Conceptual Geometric Design for U.S. Coastal Homes to Resist Hurricane Surge Forces

Area of Honors:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Hurricane Resistant Design
Hurricane
Storm Surge
Geometry

File:

Download Bates_Thesis_5.5.20.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ali M Memari, Thesis Supervisor
Sukran Ilgin Guler, Thesis Honors Advisor