Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2023
A Search for Compact Object Dark Matter in the Universe Utilizing Gravitational Millilensing of Gamma-ray Bursts, Oindabi Mukherjee
MAKING SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION USABLE: DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF A NOVEL INTERVENTION TO BOOST HEALTHY LIFESTYLE DECISION-MAKING, Brittany Nelson
Development Of A BioWin-Based Model Of A Small Lagoon Wastewater Treatment System, Jacob Novitch
EXPLORING TURN-ON PROBES FOR GLUTs TARGETING AND ADVANCING SAFETY EDUCATION IN THE CHEMICAL SCIENCES: A TWO-PART DISSERTATION, Monica Mame Soma Nyansa
SELECTING OPTIMAL DISTILLATION CONFIGURATIONS THAT MINIMIZE THE OVERALL RATE OF ENTROPY GENERATION, Zachary A. Olson
WHITE-TAILED DEER IN A WINTER-WONDERLAND: LONG-TERM DEER YARD USE AND METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR UNGULATE FECAL DNA METABARCODING, Melanie A. Ottino
AN EXPERIMENTALLY VALIDATED COMPUTATIONAL MODEL FOR THE DEGRADATION AND FRACTURE OF MAGNESIUM-BASED IMPLANTS IN A CHEMICALLY CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT, Mark M. Ousdigian
MIXING, METABOLISM, AND CLIMATE CHANGE: A MODELING CASE STUDY OF A SHALLOW HYPEREUTROPHIC, POLYMICTIC LAKE, Benjamin C. Reuss
EVALUATING GEOMECHANICAL UNCERTAINTY IN OPEN PIT MINE PLANNING, Evan Ricchio-Hitchcock
CLIMATE CHANGES IN EL SALVADOR: IMPACTS OF ‘LA CANÍCULA’ (MIDSUMMER DROUGHT) ON AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND DECISION-MAKING IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, Paola M. Rivera González
DATA-DRIVEN IDENTIFICATION AND MODELING OF NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS USING DEEP LEARNING, Abdolvahhab Rostamijavanani
Collagen V Promotes Fibroblast Contractility, And Adhesion Formation, And Stability, Shaina P. Royer-Weeden
ENRICHED MICROBIAL CONSORTIA FROM NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS PROVIDE NOVEL METHOD FOR UPCYCLING PLASTIC WASTE, Laura G. Schaerer
AN ACTIVE VOICE COIL NEGATIVE STIFFNESS VIBRATION ISOLATOR WITH APPLICATION TO MOBILE 3D PRINTING, Lucas M. Schloemp
EFFECT OF SC ON RECRYSTALLIZATION RESISTANCE OF AA7050, Keaton Schmidt
THE IMPACT OF PRE-EXPERIMENT WALKING ON DISTANCE PERCEPTION IN VR, Soheil Sepahyar
FINE ROOT RESPIRATION IN QUERCUS RUBRA IS INFLUENCED BY MULTIDIMENSIONAL TRADE-OFFS IN ROOT TRAIT SPACE, Emma L. Shedd
On Examining Solvation and Dielectric Constants of Polar and Ionic Liquids using the Stockmayer Fluid Model, Cameron J. Shock
Prediction of Sumoylation Sites in Proteins From Language Model Representations, Evgenii Sidorov
VIRUS INACTIVATION BY NOVEL VIRUCIDAL MATERIALS, Sneha Singh
AN ENTROPY-BASED RISK INDEX (ERI) OF MINING HEALTH AND SAFETY USING CLUSTERING AND STATISTICAL METHODS, Dharmasai Eshwar Reddy Sirigiri
Altering The Environment: The Effects Of Light And Music On Vigilance Performance And Affective State, Lauren Sprague
CARBONATE-SUPERSTRUCTURED SOLID FUEL CELLS WITH HYDROCARBON FUELS, Hanrui Su
STAMP SAND ALONG THE KEWEENAW SHORELINE: SOLID AND DISSOLVED COPPER & EFFECTS ON BIOTA, Gary Swain
EXPLORING PH GRADIENT PHENOMENA IN NON-LINEAR ELECTROKINETIC MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES, Azade Tahmasebi
MOOSE (ALCES ALCES) HERBIVORY IS THE MAIN DRIVER OF SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION IN THE NITROGEN AND CARBON CONTENT OF BALSAM FIR FOLIAGE, Jasmine Fairbanks Terry-Shindelman
NOVEL BAYESIAN NEURAL NETWORKS AND UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION OF COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS MODELS, Ponkrshnan Thiagarajan
TROPICAL PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO EXPERIMENTAL WARMING AND HURRICANE DISTURBANCE, Robert Tunison
RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF BATTERY THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS UNDER UNCERTAINTY, Shreyas P. Vaidya
AUTOMATIC OPTICAL INSPECTION-BASED PCB FAULT DETECTION USING IMAGE PROCESSING, Shruti Rajiv Vaidya
The Rhetorical Art of Risk Assessment: Lessons from Risk Management in Rural and Tribal Communities, John L. Velat
IMPLEMENTATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF MULTI-RESONANCE AND PHASE CONTROL OF THE ELECTRICAL POWER TAKE-OFF ON A WEC ARRAY FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE, Madelyn G. Veurink
The Flight Attendants Of Academia: Liminality, Emotional Labor, And Feminization In Graduate Student Writing Program Administrators, Laura Vidal Chiesa
MULTISCALE MOLECULAR MODELING STUDIES OF THE DYNAMICS AND CATALYTIC MECHANISMS OF IRON(II)- AND ZINC(II)-DEPENDENT METALLOENZYMES, Sodiq O. Waheed
THE ART AND SCIENCE OF WOOD: FROM PYROGRAPHY TO TERMITES AND WOOD DECOMPOSITION, Joanna D. Walitalo
IMPROVED ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE OF DUCTILE IRON UTILIZING CHILLS AND CHROMIUM ADDITIONS, Ben L. Wang
STATISTICAL METHODS FOR GWAS AND THE IMPACT OF DIABETIC MEDICATION ADHERENCE ON HEALTHCARE COSTS, Meida Wang
EXPLORING HIGH PERFORMANCE AND ENERGY EFFICIENT GRAPH PROCESSING ON GPU, Robert P. Watling
EVALUATING AGE DIFFERENCES IN THE SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM MEMORY PROCESSES UNDERLYING MOTOR LEARNING, Alexandra T. Watral
Comparison of Cell Cycle Gene Expression Between Ovarian Cancer Cell Line SKOV3 and Non-Cancerous Cell Lines, Akayla Weatherby
Physical Activity and Exercise with Blood Flow Restriction as Medicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond, Isaac J. Wedig
QUANTIFYING THE IMPACT OF WIDE BASE TIRES ON PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE IN MICHIGAN, Lei Yin
EXPLORING DIFFERENT MEDIUMS FOR TEACHING PROGRAMMING AND CYBERSECURITY IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, Andrew R. Youngstrom
ENERGY ANALYSIS OF DROPLET IMPINGEMENT ON AN INCLINED WALL UNDER DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENTS, Jiachen Zhai
STABILITY OF LiNiCoAl-OXIDE ELECTRODE MATERIAL UNDER HIGH-TEMPERATURE CERAMIC FUEL CELL CONDITIONS, Wei Zhang
Deep Learning for Medical Image Segmentation using Prior Knowledge and Topology, Chen Zhao
STUDY OF DROPLETS INTERACTIONS ON SOLID SURFACE FOR MANUFACTURING APPLICATIONS, Menghan Zhao
Neuromorphic Computing Applications in Robotics, Noah Zins
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2022
Intelligent Techniques to Accelerate Everyday Text Communication, Jiban Krishna Adhikary
SORPTION-BASED DEHYDRATION SYSTEMS: THEORY-TO-DEMONSTRATION, Masoud Ahmadi
Examining Cognitive Empathy Elements within AI Chatbots for Healthcare Systems, Lamia Alam
PERMEABILITY, STRUCTURAL CHANGES, FLOW REGIME TRANSITIONS IN FUEL CELL CATALYST LAYERS AND A MODEL FOR PREDICTING TRAPPED SATURATION FOR TWO-PHASE FLOW IN POROUS MEDIA, Karrar Takleef Alofari
TARGETING CYSTEINE METABOLISM TO ERADICATE TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER, Tahiyat Abdulaziz Alothaim
THE VARIABILITY OF THE SATURATION RATIO IN CLOUDS, Jesse C. Anderson
INDIVIDUAL TREE PARAMETERS DELINEATION FROM TERRESTRIAL LIDAR POINT CLOUDS, Zhongming An
TIMBER, TAXES, AND FIRE: A STORY OF THE HISTORY, ECOLOGY, AND POLICY LEADING TO THE ADOPTION OF PUBLIC ACT 94 OF 1925, Jessica E. Applin
MEASURING THE PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF VIRAL VECTORS TO ENHANCE GENE THERAPY PRODUCTION, Oluwatoyin Areo
Image-data-driven deep learning for slope stability analysis, Behnam Azmoon
Senescence related pathologies in moose (Alces alces) bones: why do some moose wear out their teeth faster or slower given their age?, Olivia Marie Bailey
Kinematics and Preliminary FEMA P-695 Evaluation of the NewZ-BREAKSS Steel Boundary Frame with Buckling Restrained Brace Structural Fuses, Alexander M. Baker
3D-PRINTED CERAMIC VOLUMETRIC RECEIVERS: FROM HIERARCHICALLY-ORDERED TO NATURE-INSPIRED HIGH-FLUX SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTORS, Rasoul Bayaniahangar
ELECTROCHEMICAL APPROACHES TO CONTROL CATECHOL-BASED ADHESION, Md Saleh Akram Bhuiyan
INTELLIGENT GEOSYSTEM ENABLED BY REINFORCEMENT LEARNING (RL), Aynaz Biniyaz
THERMOMECHANICAL EVOLUTION OF A MAGMATIC SYSTEM DURING A CALDERA CYCLE: OKATAINA VOLCANIC CENTER, NEW ZEALAND, Jacob Bonessi
COMBUSTION DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH LOAD HIGH-EFFICIENCY MICRO-PILOT DIESEL NATURAL GAS ENGINE, Vinicius Bonfochi Vinhaes
A Micro-Environmental System for Fast Propagation of Blueberries, Tristan Bonifield
DECADAL REEVALUATION OF SUGAR MAPLE DIEBACK ETIOLOGY ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION, Mattison E. Brady
A Novel Pulsed-Plasma Catalytic Reactor for Dry Reforming of Methane, Benjamin F. Caithamer
MULTILEVEL COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE DYNAMICS AND REACTION MECHANISMS OF NON-HEME IRON AND 2-OXOGLUTARATE DEPENDENT ENZYMES, Shobhit Sanjeev Chaturvedi
Articulating Nationalism Through the "Problem of Immigration:" The Case of Foreign Unaccompanied Minors in France, Marina Choy
UNDERSTANDING STRENGTH OF DRIED IRON ORE PELLETS, Victor Claremboux
Comparative Study of Low-Range LiDAR, Mid-Range LiDAR, and Depth Camera for Autonomous Rut Depth Measurement, Dhruv Dahiya
INTERFACIAL OXIDATION REACTIONS AND FILM NUCLEATION ON IRON SURFACES IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS USING SPECTROSCOPY AT THE LIQUID/SOLID AND GAS/SOLID INTERFACE, Adambarage Chathura de Alwis
MOLECULAR MODELING OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE THERMOSET POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES FOR AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS, Prathamesh P. Deshpande
SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY OF NITROGEN CYCLING WITHIN AND ACROSS FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS, Erin K. Eberhard
STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF A NEW CYTOLYSIN, Jared L. Edwards
Fracture Mechanics of Chemically Strengthened Glass: Experiment and Modelling, Benedict Osobomen Egboiyi
NON-CHROMATOGRAPHIC OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PURIFICATION AND AUTOMATED POLYETHYLENEGLYCOL SYNTHESIS, Dhananjani N. A. M. Eriyagama
AVIAN HAEMOSPORIDIAN BLOOD PARASITE DIVERSITY, PREVALENCE, AND DISTRIBUTION IN MICHIGAN’S WESTERN UPPER PENINSULA, Maria M. Ferrer
Display site selection by male ruffed grouse in the upper Great Lakes region, Seth Finkel
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TOWARDS UNDERWATER PROPULSION SYSTEM USING STRUCTURE BORNE TRAVELING WAVES, Shreyas suhas Gadekar
Machine Learning-Driven Surrogate Models for Electrolytes, Tong Gao
Maximum likelihood estimator method to estimate flaw parameters for different glass types, Nabhajit Goswami
Wireless Power Transfer In Autonomous Mobile Microgrids, Carl Greene
EFFECTS OF DISSIMILAR SILVICULTURAL TECHNIQUES ON SMALL MAMMAL COMMUNITIES IN MICHIGAN'S UPPER PENINSULA, Breanna R. Gusick
SYNTHETIC AUGMENTATION METHODS FOR OBJECT DETECTION IN OVERHEAD IMAGERY, Nicholas R. Hamilton
Water Woes Worsen: Middle Rio Grande Reservoir Modeling Projects Declining Water Availability Under Climate Change Simulations, Robyn Holmes
ISOLATION AND CHROMATOGRAPHIC SEPARATION OF CYTOTOXIC PLANT COMPOUNDS, Michael C. Hromada
Passivity-Based Numerical Modeling and Grid Integration Strategies For Wave Energy Converter Arrays, Salman Husain
Protecting the Fire: A Community-Focused Approach to Reduce Vulnerability and Risk to Industrial Heritage in a Historic Clay District, Talva Jacobson