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WVU Graduate Student Research Impacts Public Policy Hot Research Topics for 2010:  Economic Development  Energy Production  Public Health

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The WVU Experience Statistical Profile  Paper Thesis and Dissertation Circulation (Pre-ETD) vs. Online Distribution  Annual & Total ETDs Accesses  Total Number of ETDs in Collection  ETD accesses by domain  Most Popular ETDs  Format Types in Collection

Most Accessed ETDS 2008 Most Popular ETDs #HitsDisciplineURL 1 66,934Civil EngineeringDasarath_Rao_M_masters_problem_report 2 57,922HistoryStewart_Burns_Shirley_dissertation 3 16,365Chemical EngineeringBambal_Ashish_thesis 4 13,446Electrical EngineeringSankarayogi_Raghu_thesis 5 13,112Athletic TrainingLeavey_V_thesis 6 10,681GeographyAlagan_R_dissertation 7 10,392Mechanical EngineeringEchavarria_F_dissertation 8 8,068Electrical EngineeringHasanovic_AH_thesis 9 7,768Mechanical EngineeringMcIntyre_Dustin_dissertation 10 7,728Physical EducationDietrich_Scott_dissertation

Hot Graduate Student Research WVU

Economic Development

Linking Tourism Resources and Local Economic Development: A Spatial Analysis in West Virginia / David Dyre.

The Politics and Policy of Small City Downtown Development / Thomas K. Bias

Quantification of Uncertainty Associated With Injecting Carbon Dioxide, And Design of ECBM Reservoir in Appalachian Basin Coals / Jesma Mohan

Energy Production

Switchgrass Establishment and Growth for Biofuels and Carbon Sequestration on Reclaimed Mine Lands in Appalachia / Travis L. Keene.

Pretreatments and Energy Potentials of Appalachian Hardwood Residues for Biofuel Production / Adebola B. Adebayo.

A Component Based Model For The Prediction Of The Product Yields Of The Pyrolysis Of A Biomass Particle / Brian C. Eberly.

Marcellus Shale – Natural Gas Exploration and Extraction

A study of the effects of well and fracture design in a typical Marcellus shale well / Ross T. Schweitzer.

Sub-Surface Stratigraphy and Petrophysical Analysis of the Middle Devonian Interval of the Central Appalachian Basin; West Virginia and Southwest Pennsylvania / Matthew L. Boyce.

Subsurface Stratigraphy and Petrophysical Analysis of the Middle Devonian Interval, Including the Marcellus Shale, of the Central Appalachian Basin; Northwestern Pennsylvania / Anne Yanni.

Public Health

Mercury Removal from Coal by Leaching with Sulfur-dioxide / Poornima Chateker.

A Field Evaluation of Dust Palliatives in West Virginia / Kevin A. Butler.

Mandatory Reporting in the Context of Home Visitation Programs / Danielle Marie Davidov.

Over 120,000 cumulative hits EPA Issues New Policy on MTR Permits

Non-destructive technique to evaluate composite material degradation Applications now in wide use in highway and bridge safety inspections Over 115,000 cumulative hits

Open Access Self-Acknowledged Archiving of Research = 2 to 5 Times + Increased Scholarly Citations

ETD Multimedia Innovation Award Winners from WVU 2010: Andrew Barnes – M.S. Journalism (Sex Trade) 2009: Kelly Barkhurst – M.F.A. Art (Disease Education) 2008: –Aaron Steele – Ph.D. Physics (Particle Interaction) –Ana Torres – M.F.A. Art (Interactive Theater) 2007: Tomasz Kosalka: M.S. Industrial Engineering (Simulation Models) 2006: Tim Broadwater: M.F.A. Art (Video Game Design) 2005: Rachel Gurvitch: Ed.D. Physical Education (Interactive Pedagogy) 2004: Hilary Attfield: Ph.D. English Literature (John Brown / American Civil War Online)

WVU ETD Program  Presented by: John H. Hagen, Manager, Institutional Repository Programs / ETD Program Coordinator WVU Libraries WVU Research Extension Day Charleston, WV February 15, 2011