Thesis/Dissertation Titles

• Sampling for airborne influenza virus using RNA preservation buffer: a new approach – Elanie Girlando (MS 2014)
• Occupational noise exposures of college town restaurant employees -Deirdre Green (MS 2014)
• Evaluation of shaker dust collector for use in a swine farrowing barn – Russell Sawvel (MS 2014)
• Use of passive samplers to characterize the spatial heterogeneity of coarse particle mass concentration and composition in Cleveland, OH – Eric Sawvel (PhD 2013)
• Quantifying Uncertainty in Low Velocity Human Aspiration Studies: Effect of Secondary Aspiration and Thin-walled Reference Sampling in Low Velocity Conditions – Kim Anderson (PhD 2013)
• Evaluation of the validity of the inhalable and “total” dust concentration ratio – Benjamin Getschman (MS 2013)
• An investigation of carbon nanotube exposure assessment methods – Adrianne Horne (MS 2013)
• Evaluating exposures to inhalable dust among dairy parlor workers – Madeleine Hornick (MS 2013)
• Effect of deposited polydispersed particles on respirable cyclone penetration – William Leach (MS 2013)
• Evaluation of the DiSCmini personal aerosol monitor for submicrometer sodium chloride and metal aerosols – Jessica Mills (MS 2013)
• Building the case for residential herbicide exposure assessments in Iowa communities – Mark Lebeck (MS 2013)
• Field portable x-ray fluorescence for rapid analysis of titanium dioxide on air filters – Barry Hill (MS 2012)
• Rural air quality and respiratory health – Brian Pavilonis (PhD 2012)
• Evaluation of airborne particle emissions from commercial products containing carbon nanotubes – Guannan (Bela) Huang (MS 2012)
• Wintertime factors affecting distribution in farrowing barns – Kelsie Reeve (MS 2012)
• Hearing loss and task-based noise exposures among agricultural populations– Michael Humann, (PhD 2011)
• Assessment of Exposure to Composite Nanomaterials and Development of a Personal Respiratory Deposition Sampler for Nanoparticles – Lorenzo Cena (PhD 2011)
• Assessment of microscopy methods for distinguishing engineered nanoparticles from incidental nanoparticles – Daniel Ellickson (MS 2011)
• Implementation of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 – Kendra Hauck (MS 2011)
• Capture velocity with slot entry to conical hood – Matthew Hibbs (MS 2011)
• Assessment of NIOSH-approved N95 filter performance against varying conditions – Mitchell Kang (MS 2011)
• Exposure assessment for automotive repair tasks in an attached garage – Jacob Krzystowczyk (MS 2011)
• A device to validate concentration measured by direct reading instruments for aerosols– Sabah Saleh (MS 2011)
• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) study investigating the effects of torso geometry simplification on aspiration efficiency- Kimberly Anderson (MS 2010)
• The effects of relative humidity on respirator performance – Justin Newnum (MS 2010)
• Use of Direct-Reading Instruments for Measuring Airborne Nanoparticles in the Workplace – Donna Vosburgh (PhD, 2010)
• Laboratory Correlation Study of Passive Samples for Ammonia and Hydrogen Sulfide – Javier Santalla (MS)
• Nanoparticle Collection Efficiency to the Surface of Capillary Pore Membrane Filters – William Cyrs (MS)
• A Novel Sampler to Assess Nanoparticle Exposure Applied to the Handling of Engineered Nanoparticles – Lorenzo Cena (MS)
• Task-Based Noise Exposure and Noise Induced Hearing Loss in Agricultural Populations – Mike Humann (MS, 2002)
• Passive Sampling of Ambient Air Particulate Matter – Darrin Ott (MS)
• Pesticide levels and absorbed doses inside Iowa homes over time : farm families’ potential long-term exposures – Vijay Golla (PhD 2007)