Explore our collection of open access dissertations, master's theses and master's reports from Michigan Technological University below.
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2024
ALGORITHMS FOR COORDINATING MULTIPLE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES UNDER VARIOUS CONSTRAINTS WITH EMPHASIS ON WORKLOAD BALANCING, Abhishek Patil
Aluminum Critical Mineral Production Feasibility via Landfill Mining: Preliminary study of potential project locations and co-benefits, Anabel M. Needham
Analysis of energy consumption and water utilization for carbon dioxide dissolution in scrubbing, nanobubble, and membrane technologies under various operating conditions, Raliba Hinga Rosaline
AN EXAMINATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION FOR FORENSIC ENGINEERING AND FORENSIC PATHOLOGY., Tori C. Reeder
AN INCREMENTAL MULTISCALE NON–LINEAR MANIFOLD APPROXIMATION METHOD, Praveen T.W. Hettige
A PHYSICAL TEST ARTIFACT FOR EVALUATING EDGE CASES OF INDIVIDUAL AND FUSED AUTOMATED DRIVING PERCEPTION SENSORS, Colin Schaefer
Application of Fusion based Deep Learning Models to Improve Millimeter Wave Beamforming, Abishek Subramanian
APPLICATIONS OF INDEPENDENT AND IDENTICALLY DISTRIBUTED (IID) RANDOM PROCESSES IN POLARIMETRY AND CLIMATOLOGY, Dan Kestner
ASSESSING WAVE DYNAMICS INDUCED COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTHERN SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR, Saumik Mallik
CHANGES IN FLANKER TASK PERFORMANCE FOLLOWING HIGH-INTENSITY EXERCISE IN ENDURANCE ATHLETES, Felix E. Cottet-Puinel
Chemical Synthesis of Sensitive DNA, Komal Chillar
COMPUTATIONAL EVALUATION OF SOME BASIC MATERIAL PARAMETERS IN COBALT-ALUMINUM ALLOYS, Hemanth Kumar Reddy Basireddy
CONFRONTING THE WILDFIRE CRISIS: UNDERSTANDING EQUITY AND DECISION-MAKING IN WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, Katherine Huerta Sanchez
Data Driven and Machine Learning Based Modeling and Predictive Control of Combustion at Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition Engines, Behrouz Khoshbakht Irdmousa
DEPENDENCE OF ENERGY TRANSFER ON CURVATURE SIMILARITY IN COLLISIONS INVOLVING CURVED SHOCK FRONTS, Justin Cassell
Directional Dependent Fracture Characteristics of 3D Printed Mechanical Metamaterials, Thomas Draper
ENGINEERING SELF-EFFICACY AND SPATIAL VISUALIZATION: CONNECTING THE SPATIAL DOTS, Katrina L. Carlson
Exploring the Molecular Pathways of Cell Death Induced by PDE3 Modulators, Aqsa Ahsan
EXPLORING USABILITY IN EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS: FROM CONCEPTUALIZATION TO MEASUREMENT AND APPLICATION, Anne Inger Mørtvedt
FROM TECHNICAL RESOLUTION TO AGILE EVOLUTION: A BLENDED ROLE AT HUMANE INTERFACE DESIGN ENTERPRISE (HIDE), Ketansingh Anil Patil
GIS-BASED LANDSCAPE PRIORITIZATION TO GUIDE INVASIVE SPECIES SURVEY, Erin R. Mauk
Gravity Fed Hopper Flow of Bulk Solids for Lunar ISRU, Jason Bendixen Noe
High Temperature Strength Reduces Soldering In Aluminum High Pressure Die Casting, Jacob A. Belke
IMPROVING CAST STEEL RAIL COUPLER FATIGUE RESISTANCE THROUGH LOCAL WIRE-ARC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, Andrew M. Bunge
INTEGRATING ARCGIS AND REDUX USING MIDDLEWARE, Vishnu Vardhan Reddy Rapuru
Investigation of Operational Parameter Differences between the Standard RON Test Method and Knock-Limited Modern Spark-Ignition Engine Operation, Alexander Hoth
LES-C Turbulence Models and Fluid Flow Modeling: Analysis and Application to Incompressible Turbulence and Fluid-Fluid Interaction, Kyle J. Schwiebert
MACHINE LEARNING FOR ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE PREDICTION, Shashank Pathrudkar
MATRIX STIFFNESS SENSING BY NASCENT ADHESIONS AND THE ROLE OF RIAM IN ADHESION ASSEMBLY, Nikhil Mittal
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND CYCLING FATIGUE OF ZN-BASED ALLOYS: EFFECTS OF THERMAL TREATMENT, Henry D. Summers
NICKEL SUPERALLOY COMPOSITION AND PROCESS OPTIMIZATION FOR WELDABILITY, COST, AND STRENGTH, Sophie A. Mehl
“NOT MUCH OF A JOB”: EVERYDAY LIFE AND LABOR AT CAMP AU TRAIN, Josef T. Iwanicki
ON GRAPH DECOMPOSITIONS AND DESIGNS: EXPLORING THE HAMILTON-WATERLOO PROBLEM WITH A FACTOR OF 6-CYCLES AND PROJECTIVE PLANES OF ORDER 16, Zazil Santizo Huerta
OPTIMIZING PHP API CALLS WITH PAGINATION AND CACHING, Parsharam Reddy Sudda
RESTORATION IS REPAIRING RELATIONSHIPS: BRIDGING INDIGENOUS AND WESTERN SCIENCES TO ASSESS THE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF WILD RICE (ZIZANIA PALUSTRIS) ON KEWEENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY HOMELANDS, Cassandra M. Reed-VanDam
SEA LEVEL RISE DRIVEN GROUNDWATER INUNDATION: EFFECTS OF ISLAND HYDROGEOLOGY ON FRESHWATER LENS DYNAMICS, Lauren K. Mancewicz
STABLE ENERGY-EFFICIENT MACRO-SCALE PARTIAL FLOW-BOILING OPERATIONS USING MICROSTRUCTURED SURFACES AND ULTRASONICS, Divya Kamlesh Pandya
Study of Particle Accelerators in the Universe with the HAWC Observatory, Rishi Babu
SYNTHETIC MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES FOR PLASTIC UPCYCLING, Isabel B. A. Valencia
The Implications of Waste Streams at Camp Au Train, Timothy J. Maze
The Integration of Neuromorphic Computing in Autonomous Robotic Systems, Md Abu Bakr Siddique
Transient Simulations of Power Systems with Inverter Interfaced Resources, Gaurish Shreedhar Gokhale
UNDERSTANDING SUBTLE GENDER BIAS RECOGNITION AMONG WITNESSES IN A STEM UNDERGRADUATE CONTEXT, Darnishia Lashalle Morris
USING A REVERSE VISUALLY GUIDED REACHING TASK TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN HEALTHY AGING AND EARLY ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, Brandon Woolman
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2023
A CASE STUDY ON THE PRACTICE OF CARBON OFFSET PROJECTS IN MICHIGAN: FOREST PRACTITIONERS’ PERSPECTIVES, Zachary B. Hough Solomon
ACCEPTING CHANGE: FACETS OF ACCEPTANCE & SUSTAINABLE REDEVELOPMENT, Zoe L. Ketola
ADDITIVE P-VALUE COMBINATION TEST, Xing Ling
AGE AND CHEMISTRY OF BELL CREEK BATHOLITH, Elana G. Barth
Altering The Environment: The Effects Of Light And Music On Vigilance Performance And Affective State, Lauren Sprague
ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR LOW FREQUENCY IMPACT SOUND MEASUREMENT FOR BUILDING FIELD TESTS, Sunit Girdhar
AN ACTIVE VOICE COIL NEGATIVE STIFFNESS VIBRATION ISOLATOR WITH APPLICATION TO MOBILE 3D PRINTING, Lucas M. Schloemp
An Ambiguous Technique for Nonvisual Text Entry, Dylan C. Gaines
AN ENTROPY-BASED RISK INDEX (ERI) OF MINING HEALTH AND SAFETY USING CLUSTERING AND STATISTICAL METHODS, Dharmasai Eshwar Reddy Sirigiri
AN EXPERIMENTALLY VALIDATED COMPUTATIONAL MODEL FOR THE DEGRADATION AND FRACTURE OF MAGNESIUM-BASED IMPLANTS IN A CHEMICALLY CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT, Mark M. Ousdigian
An exploration of cloud droplet growth by condensation and collision-coalescence in a convection-cloud chamber, Jacob T. Kuntzleman
AN INVESTIGATION OF MICROSEISMICITY DURING THE 2018 KILAUEA CALDERA COLLAPSE, Isabella S. Metts
Artificial Intelligence Algorithms for Eye Banking, Ranit Karmakar
A Search for Compact Object Dark Matter in the Universe Utilizing Gravitational Millilensing of Gamma-ray Bursts, Oindabi Mukherjee
AUTOMATIC OPTICAL INSPECTION-BASED PCB FAULT DETECTION USING IMAGE PROCESSING, Shruti Rajiv Vaidya
BENCHMARKING MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL AND REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR LEGGED ROBOT LOCOMOTION, Shivayogi Akki
BIOACCUMULATION OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS AND MERCURY IN A MINING IMPACTED AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM, Michelle Bollini
Cancer/Testis Gene Expression Changes in Metastatic Cancer, Clara M. Mosentine
CHANGES IN POPLAR DIGESTIBILITY DUE TO OVEREXPRESSION OF LACCASE GENES, Fnu Arunima
CHARACTERIZATION OF VERNAL POOLS ACROSS NATIONAL PARKS IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION, Samantha R. Kurkowski
Chemical Decomposition of Flexible Polyurethane Foam to Generate a Media for Microbial Upcycling, Kaushik Baruah
CLIMATE CHANGES IN EL SALVADOR: IMPACTS OF ‘LA CANÍCULA’ (MIDSUMMER DROUGHT) ON AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND DECISION-MAKING IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, Paola M. Rivera González
Collagen V Promotes Fibroblast Contractility, And Adhesion Formation, And Stability, Shaina P. Royer-Weeden
Comparison of Cell Cycle Gene Expression Between Ovarian Cancer Cell Line SKOV3 and Non-Cancerous Cell Lines, Akayla Weatherby
COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF SEISMIC SIGNALS FROM PACAYA VOLCANO USING DEEP LEARNING EVENT DETECTION, Jessica L. DeVlieg
Deep Learning for Medical Image Segmentation using Prior Knowledge and Topology, Chen Zhao
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A GRAPHQL MESH GATEWAY: FEDERATING API ENDPOINTS BASED ON A DEFINED DATA MODEL, Marcus D. Scese
Developing a regional scale landslide early warning system in a data-sparse region using remote sensing, geostatistics, and Google Earth Engine, Vishnu Chakrapani Lekha
DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A LOW MASS VIBRATORY LUNAR COMPACTOR, Charles Carey
DEVELOPMENT AND VERIFICATION OF AUTOMATED FIXTURES FOR FUNCTIONAL TESTING OF SPACE GRADE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLIES, Nicholas A. Wylie
Development Of A BioWin-Based Model Of A Small Lagoon Wastewater Treatment System, Jacob Novitch
Direct Recycling of Lithium-ion Battery Materials Using Physical Separation Methods., Tinuade Ololade Folayan
Dissecting the Role of Selenoprotein P and Thioredoxin Reductase in Pancreatic Cancer Metabolism, Alyssa A. Abbas
DYNAMIC MODE DECOMPOSITION APPROACH FOR ESTIMATING THE SHAPE OF A CABLE, Yash Manik Chavan
EFFECT OF SC ON RECRYSTALLIZATION RESISTANCE OF AA7050, Keaton Schmidt
ESTABLISHING DEGRADATION OF THE C. ELEGANS DREAM COMPLEX IN THE GERMLINE, Christina M. Boody
EUTROPHICATION ON TWIN LAKES: APPLYING A PHOSPHORUS BUDGET AND SHORELINE SURVEYS TO ASSESS CURRENT & HISTORICAL LAKE HEALTH, Tyler K. LeMahieu
EVALUATING GEOMECHANICAL UNCERTAINTY IN OPEN PIT MINE PLANNING, Evan Ricchio-Hitchcock
EVALUATION OF LIDAR UNCERTAINTY AND APPLICATIONS TOWARDS SLAM IN OFF-ROAD ENVIRONMENTS, Zachary D. Jeffries
EXERCISE IS MEDICINE® ON CAMPUS: A NATIONAL ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNITY IMPACT, Isaac M. Lennox
EXPLORING DIFFERENT MEDIUMS FOR TEACHING PROGRAMMING AND CYBERSECURITY IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, Andrew R. Youngstrom
EXPLORING HIGH PERFORMANCE AND ENERGY EFFICIENT GRAPH PROCESSING ON GPU, Robert P. Watling
EXPLORING PH GRADIENT PHENOMENA IN NON-LINEAR ELECTROKINETIC MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES, Azade Tahmasebi
Fabrication and Optical Properties of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, Manpreet Boora
Feeding Our Local Communities-The Benefits of Food Assistance Programs at Local Farmers Markets, Courtney A. Archambeau
Finer details of language modeling: text segmentation, working within resource limits, and watermarking, Evan Gordon Lucas
FINE ROOT RESPIRATION IN QUERCUS RUBRA IS INFLUENCED BY MULTIDIMENSIONAL TRADE-OFFS IN ROOT TRAIT SPACE, Emma L. Shedd
Has Bollywood Lost the Plot? Analyzing the Influence of Item Songs on Rape Culture in India, Donna Susan Mathew
HYDRO CYCLONIC SEPARATION OF POLYESTER MICROFIBERS FROM WASHING MACHINE WASTEWATER, Joe Kulkarni
IMPACTS OF INTRODUCED EARTHWORMS ON SUGAR MAPLE SAP CHEMISTRY AND THE DISCOURSE OF INVASION ECOLOGY, Shelby Nicole Lane-Clark