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351. Determining the Efficiency of Emboli Detection with Ultrasonography

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Open Access
Author:
Pearson, Cara Emily
Title:
Determining the Efficiency of Emboli Detection with Ultrasonography
Area of Honors:
Biomedical Engineering
Keywords:
Cardiovascular Fluid Dynamics
Ultrasound
Emboli
Pulmonary Embolism
Pan-Tompkins Algorithm
Doppler Effect
High Intensity Transient Signals
Thrombus
Reynolds number
Blood
Hemostasis
Coagulation Cascade
Ultrasonography
Heart Attack
Stroke
Artificial Heart
File:
Download Pearson_Cara_Thesis2019.docx.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Nanyin Zhang, Thesis Honors Advisor

355. SOCIO-ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF 18TH CENTURY REMAINS EXCAVATED AT THE SITE OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY OF PHILADELPHIA

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Open Access
Author:
Vagelli, Adriana
Title:
SOCIO-ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF 18TH CENTURY REMAINS EXCAVATED AT THE SITE OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY OF PHILADELPHIA
Area of Honors:
Letters, Arts, and Sciences (Abington)
Keywords:
Bones
Archaeology
Philadelphia
18th Century
File:
Download HONORSTHESIS.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Kevin Charles Cannon, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. David E Ruth, Thesis Honors Advisor

360. Yes-associated protein 1 localization in response to substrate architecture

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Open Access
Author:
Chan, Coreena
Title:
Yes-associated protein 1 localization in response to substrate architecture
Area of Honors:
Biomedical Engineering
Keywords:
YAP
YAP1
yes-associated protein
yes-associated protein 1
nanofibers
osteogenesis
osteogenic differentiation
RhoA
FAK
focal adhesions
tissue engineering
Hippo signaling pathway
cancer
tumor suppression
File:
Download Chan_Coreena_Honors_Thesis_SP19.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Justin Lee Brown, Thesis Supervisor
Timothy J Jegla, Thesis Honors Advisor

362. Comparing Traditional and Embodied Design Planetarium Programs As Supports for Learning Astronomy Concepts

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Open Access
Author:
Bradley, Heather Grace
Title:
Comparing Traditional and Embodied Design Planetarium Programs As Supports for Learning Astronomy Concepts
Area of Honors:
Planetary Science and Astronomy
Keywords:
astronomy education
astronomy
science education
planetarium education
planetarium
File:
Download bradley__heather_thesis_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Julia Diane Plummer, Thesis Supervisor
Christopher Palma, Thesis Honors Advisor

363. Experimental Evaluation of the Impact of Oil-Based Mud Residuals on Cement-Formation Bonding Strength

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Open Access
Author:
Alghamdi, Anwar Salah
Title:
Experimental Evaluation of the Impact of Oil-Based Mud Residuals on Cement-Formation Bonding Strength
Area of Honors:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Well cementing
Shear bond strength
Cement-formation interface
Muds removal
Oil-based muds
File:
Download AlghamdiAnwar_Honors_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Thesis Supervisor
John Yilin Wang, Thesis Honors Advisor

364. THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF CYLINDRICAL LITHIUM ION CELLS IN MULTI-ROTOR QUADCOPTERS

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Open Access
Author:
Kassimatis, Joshua
Title:
THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF CYLINDRICAL LITHIUM ION CELLS IN MULTI-ROTOR QUADCOPTERS
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering (Behrend)
Keywords:
Quadcopter Arm
ANSYS
Stress Analysis
Lithium Ion Batteries
Topological Optimization
Battery Modeling
File:
Download Kassimatis_Schreyer_Honors_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Adam Scott Hollinger, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Yi Wu, Thesis Honors Advisor

368. Prisoner's dilemma and other regarding preferences

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Open Access
Author:
Lin, Xinquan
Title:
Prisoner's dilemma and other regarding preferences
Area of Honors:
Economics
Keywords:
economics
behavioral economics
experimental economics
rationality
game theory
other-regarding preferences
Prisoner's dilemma
altruism
Dictator game
File:
Download Xinquan_Lin_honor_thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Kalyan Chatterjee, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor
James R. Tybout, Faculty Reader

371. Maritime Navigation and Contact Avoidance through Reinforcement Learning

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Open Access
Author:
Davis, Steven Lee
Title:
Maritime Navigation and Contact Avoidance through Reinforcement Learning
Area of Honors:
Computer Engineering
Keywords:
reinforcement learning
machine learning
maritime
unmanned underwater vehicle
autonomous underwater vehicle
navigation
q learning
autonomous
File:
Download Davis_Honors_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. John Phillip Sustersic Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Honors Advisor

381. Exploring the mental representation of how people interpret visual analytic tasks, based on cognitive foundation

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Open Access
Author:
Wen, Fangyuan
Title:
Exploring the mental representation of how people interpret visual analytic tasks, based on cognitive foundation
Area of Honors:
Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:
Visualization
Visual analytics
cognitive bias
File:
Download thesis_Fangyuan_Wen.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Xiaolong Zhang, Thesis Supervisor
David Joseph Fusco, Thesis Honors Advisor

384. ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS OF DIETARY POLYPHENOLS AND THE ROLE OF GUT BACTERIA

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Open Access
Author:
March, Kylie
Title:
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS OF DIETARY POLYPHENOLS AND THE ROLE OF GUT BACTERIA
Area of Honors:
Immunology and Infectious Disease
Keywords:
Immunology
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
IBD
Dietary Polyphenols
Inflammation
Inflammatory Cytokines
Gut Micrbiome
Gut Microbiota
Crohn's Disease
Ulcerative Colitis
Immunology and Infectious Disease
Plant Science
Food Science
File:
Download ANTI-INFLAMMATORY_EFFECTS_OF_DIETARY_POLYPHENOLS_AND_THE_ROLE_OF_GUT_BACTERIA_MARCH.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Lavanya Reddivari, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Pamela A. Hankey-Giblin, Thesis Honors Advisor

388. AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF AIRLINE BAGGAGE FEES ON CONSUMER UTILITY

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Open Access
Author:
Trachman, Nicole Marie
Title:
AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF AIRLINE BAGGAGE FEES ON CONSUMER UTILITY
Area of Honors:
Economics
Keywords:
Airlines
Baggage Fees
Discrete Choice
Economics
Industrial Organization
Domestic Flights
Utility
Legacy Carriers
LCC
Microeconomics
File:
Download Trachman_Nicole_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Paul L E Grieco, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor

392. CHARACTERIZATION OF A LIBRARY OF DEGENERATE OPERATOR SITES FOR THE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BETI FOR USE IN A MODEL-GUIDED DYNAMIC TIME-DELAY GENETIC CIRCUIT

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Open Access
Author:
Clauer, Phillip
Title:
CHARACTERIZATION OF A LIBRARY OF DEGENERATE OPERATOR SITES FOR THE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BETI FOR USE IN A MODEL-GUIDED DYNAMIC TIME-DELAY GENETIC CIRCUIT
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
Synthetic Biology
Metabolic Engineering
Biological Engineering
File:
Download Thesis_Clauer.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Howard M Salis, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Thesis Honors Advisor

393. Brownian Dynamics Simulation of Kinesin

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Open Access
Author:
Cook, Zeke
Title:
Brownian Dynamics Simulation of Kinesin
Area of Honors:
Biomedical Engineering
Keywords:
Kinesin
Protein
Motor
Mechanobiology
Mechanochemistry
Processive
Fluorescence
Gold Nanoparticle
Tracking
Total Internal Reflection
Microscopy
Interferometric Scattering
Brownian
Dynamics
Brownian Dynamics
Molecular Modeling
Molecular Dynamics
File:
Download Cook_Annan_BrownianDynamicsSimulationofKinesinMotorProteinDynamics.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Justin Lee Brown, Faculty Reader

394. NLP Annotation Tools for Manual Markup of Content in Short Summaries and Essays

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Open Access
Author:
Driban, Alexander
Title:
NLP Annotation Tools for Manual Markup of Content in Short Summaries and Essays
Area of Honors:
Computer Science
Keywords:
Natural Language Processing
Application Development
Argumentation Mining
Summarization
Annotation
Education
File:
Download Driban_Alex_NLPAnnotationTools.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Rebecca Jane Passonneau, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. John Joseph Hannan, Thesis Honors Advisor

395. COMPARING THE EFFECTIVENESS AND BENEFITS OF EMPLOYER SPONSORED RETIREMENT PLANS IN THE UNITED STATES

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Open Access
Author:
Frederick, Ethan S
Title:
COMPARING THE EFFECTIVENESS AND BENEFITS OF EMPLOYER SPONSORED RETIREMENT PLANS IN THE UNITED STATES
Area of Honors:
Risk Management
Keywords:
Actuarial Science
Retirement
Pensions
401(k)
File:
Download Frederick_Ethan_Comparingtheeffectivenessandbenefits.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Nan Zhu, Faculty Reader

397. "Nothing Less Than a Revolution": Henry Prentiss Armsby and the Role of Scientists in Society, 1862-1921

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Open Access
Author:
Tonkel, Joshua R
Title:
"Nothing Less Than a Revolution": Henry Prentiss Armsby and the Role of Scientists in Society, 1862-1921
Area of Honors:
History
Keywords:
Henry Prentiss Armsby
The Pennsylvania State University
Land-Grant University Movement
Wilbur O. Atwater
Ellen Swallow Richards
Eugene Davenport
Respiration Calorimeter
Experiment Station
Agricultural History
Agricultural Science
Late 19th Century
Early 20th Century
File:
Download Tonkel_Joshua_NothingLess.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Michael James Milligan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Cathleen Denise Cahill, Thesis Honors Advisor