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Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2017
EFFECTS OF SELECTIVE LOGGING ON CARBON DYNAMICS: VARIATION IN ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS AND SOIL RESPIRATION IN PRE- AND POST-LOGGING FOREST STANDS OF A MOIST TROPICAL FOREST IN GHANA, Akwasi Duah-Gyamfi
EXTENDING MANEUVERABILITY OF INTERNALLY ACTUATED UNDERWATER GLIDERS, AN ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP AN OPEN PLATFORM FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION, Saeedeh Ziaeefard
FOOD DYES BASED DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS, Dafu Wang
FUNCTIONAL DISSECTION OF MICRORNA-30D IN MAMMALIAN PANCREATIC BETA-CELLS, Yiping Mao
GLYCOBIOLOGICAL STUDIES THAT CAN HELP THYROID CANCER DETECTION AND THERAPY, Ni Fan
GUIDELINES FOR ACCESSING AND UTILIZING THE SFRES SPATIAL DATABASE, Matthew Thomas Custer
HARDWARE DESIGN AND CONTROL OF PROTOTYPE ELECTRIC VEHICLE DRIVE FOR MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY IN SHELL ECO-MARATHON, Andrew C. McMichael
HIERARCHICAL OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK FOR VEHICLE-TO-GRID (V2G) AND BUILDING-TO-GRID (B2G) INTEGRATION, Guna Bharati
HIGHLY EFFICIENT ELECTRODE MATERIALS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN SOLAR CELLS, Wei Wei
In-situ synthesis of NiMoO4 on Ni foam as a binder-free electrode for supercapacitor, Tawei Chiu
INVESTIGATION OF CLOSE-RANGE PHOTOGRAMMETRY & SOIL STRENGTH TESTING FOR THE EVALUATION OF SOIL COMPACTION, Amaneh Eslami Kenarsari
KINETIC-THERMODYNAMIC STUDY OF ALKALI-SILICA REACTION AND MULTI-PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF FORMED GEL IN CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS, Shuaicheng Guo
Label Text Recognition Using Image Processing Techniques and Convolutional Neural Networks for Smart Library, Ziming Wang
LABORATORY STUDIES OF THE INTERSTITIAL AEROSOL REMOVAL MECHANISMS IN A CLOUD CHAMBER, Sarita Karki
MILITARY ASSAULT BRIDGING STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND LOAD TESTING, Michael Shen
MODULATION OF MICRORNA EXPRESSIONS IN TOMATO BY SHORT TANDEM TARGET MIMIC AND ARTIFICIAL MIRNAS, Haiping Liu
Multiple Suppression from 2-D Shallow Marine Seismic Reflection Data Using Filtering and Deconvolution Approaches: A Case Study from Southwest Taiwan, Fatma Sinem Boyaci
Multi Resonant Feedback Control of Wave Energy Converters Using Recursive Least Square Parameter Estimation, Omkar Rane
Musical Robot Dance Freeze for Children, Jaclyn Barnes
NOVEL BIOCOMPOSITES AND NANOFIBERS BASED ON MODIFIED BIOMASS MATERIALS TO FACILITATE GREENER APPLICATIONS, Soha Albukhari
On Transport and Deposition phenomena in Diesel Particulate Filters using the Incompressible Lattice Boltzmann Method, Aamir Ibrahim
Optimization of a Markerless Gait Analysis Application Aimed at Orthopedic Care for Developing Countries, Sagda Elmahi Kabashi Osman
PALEOMAGNETIC STUDY OF THE GREENSTONE LAVA FLOW EXPOSED IN THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA, Eric J. Engel
PARALLEL IMPLEMENTATION OF BISPECTRUM MULTI-FRAME DECONVOLUTION FOR IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION, Solmaz Hajmohammadi
Patterns in eruptions at Fuego from statistical analysis of video surveillance, Monica Castro-Escobar
Plating Wastewater Treatment, Yuzhe Zhang
PREDICTING REVERSE OSMOSIS REMOVAL OF TOXICOLOGICALLY RELEVANT UNIQUE ORGANICS, Muxue Zhang
REDUCTION OF SILICA FROM HEMATITE ORE CONCENTRATE PELLETS BY SUPPLEMENTING BENTONITE CLAY WITH STARCH, Jacob McDonald
RISK CONTROL IN PRODUCTION SCHEDULING BY CONSIDERING VOLUME AND GRADE UNCERTAINTIES IN RESOURCE ESTIMATION, Amol Paithankar
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS AND CALIBRATION OF THE SWAT MODEL FOR IMPROVED PEAK FLOW SIMULATION, Sara Mille
Simulation of Crack Pattern on Borosilicate Glass Cylinder on Pellet Impact, Sandesh Suresh Gandhi
Simulation of Two-Stage Anaerobic Digestion Using Extended ADM1 Model, Pranathi Gangavarapu
SINGLE CYLINDER ENGINE STUDIES WITH IMPINGING DIRECT INJECTION FUEL INJECTOR, Ankur Gupta
Strategic Energy Theft Detection in Smart Energy Cyber-Physical Systems and Data Centers, Yuchen Zhou
STUDY OF BATTERY HEALTH CONSCIOUS POWERTRAIN ENERGY MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES, Ming Cheng
Synthetic Saturable Absorber Using Non-Uniform Jx Waveguide Array, Ashfiqur Rahman
THE INFLUENCE OF PRIOR NATURAL AGING ON ARTIFICIAL AGE HARDENING IN AL-MG-SI ALLOYS, Alex Poznak
THE ROLE OF KLF2/MIR-483/IGF2 IN PANCREATIC α-CELLS, Pedro Rodriguez
The role of toolkit genes in the evolution of complex abdominal color patterns in Drosophila guttifera, Tillu Bollepogu Raja
TIME-DOMAIN VOLTAGE STABILITY ASSESSMENT AND WIDE-AREA CONTROL, Zagros Shahooei
TOWARD A NEW MODELING APPROACH FOR MANAGEMENT OF NUISANCE CLADOPHORA GROWTH IN THE GREAT LAKES, Anika Kuczynski
Understanding Soil-Water Interaction Mechanisms via Molecular Simulations, Chao Zhang
USING MODELING INSTRUCTION IN CHEMISTRY TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING, Matthew G. Spreitzer
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2016
A Comparative Study of Sigma Delta and Nonuniform Sampling A/D Converters, Shanta Guni
A C++ PROGRAM TO ESTIMATE THE LOADING OF AN OIL-IMMERSED TRANSFORMER, Dustin M. Drumm
ALLOYING OF THIN-WALL DUCTILE IRON CASTINGS, Stephanie Tankersley
Analysis and Detection of Cyberattacks in Smart Home Cyber-Physical Energy Systems, Yang Liu
A SIGNAL ANALYSIS OF CROSSWELL SEISMIC INTERFEROMETRY USING 2D FINITE DIFFERENCE MODELING OF AMBIENT NOISE, Garvie Crane
Assessment of Emissions of Crumb Rubber Modified Asphalt, Jasmine E. Miller
Assessment of the Geological Hazards Pertaining to Arch Rock, Mackinac Island, USA, Cassandra M. Javor
Bioenhanced Dissolution of a Tetrachloroethene (PCE) Pool in a Sand Tank Aquifer System, Sara Klemm
CARBON CYCLING AND RESTORATION IN TEMPERATE FORESTED PEATLANDS, Rose Schwartz
Characterization of Torque Converter Cavitation Sound Power Level over Varying Speed Ratio, Craig Reynolds
COHERENCE AND CHIMNEYCUBE INTERPRETATION OF PENOBSCOT AREA OFFSHORE NOVA SCOTIA, Cagri Ekinci
Comparison of Overpressure-Detection Techniques and a Determination of Overpressure Causes in Taranaki Basin, New Zealand, Ummu Gulsum Kurt
COMPARISON OF THE 2-TERM AND 3-TERM AVO APPROXIMATIONS FOR SEISMIC DATA IN PENOBSCOT AREA, NOVA SCOTIA, Mevlut Han Mertturk
CREEP AND WEAR PROPERTIES OF ULTRAFINE GRAINED ZN-3%CU-9%AL ALLOY OBTAINED BY EQUAL CHANNEL ANGULAR EXTRUSION, Omkar Fakira Daud
DESIGN OPTIMIZATION PROCESS OF DIFFERENTIAL CASE, Parag Deshpande
DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPEN SOURCE OPENADR-BASED DEMAND RESPONSE SYSTEM FOR THE CHARGING CONTROL OF PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES, Piyush Aggarwal
Drop Test Simulation of a Conformable CNG Tank by Finite Element Analysis using HyperMesh/RADIOSS, Sumit Shekhar Bongir
EFFECTIVE NON-VIRAL GENE DELIVERY TO MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS USING CALCIUM ALGINATE NANOPARTICLES, Nastaran Alinezhadbalalami
ENGINEERING ANTIPHAGOCYTIC AND TARGETING THERAPEUTIC CARRIERS FOR CANCER TREATMENT, Nasrin Salehi
Environmental Justice for Seven Generations: An Institutional Ethnography of Fish, Risk, and Health in the Lake Superior Toxic Riskscape, Valoree Gagnon
EXOTIC OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF METAL-DIELECTRIC NANO-STRUCTURES, Mehdi Sadatgol
Fe-Mg DIFFUSION CHRONOMETRY IN PYROXENES FROM THE MINOAN ERUPTION OF SANTORINI, GREECE, Taya Flaherty
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF CNG TANK DROP TESTS, Rohit Rajabhau Pawale
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF CONFORMABLE CNG TANK – TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION AND DROP TEST SIMULATION, Amruta V. Kulkarni
FLOOD RISK EVOLUTION: EXAMINING CHANGES IN FLOOD BEHAVIOR AND CONSEQUENCES FOR FLOOD RISK ANALYSIS, Patricia Spellman
Formation of Copper Gasars at Subatmospheric Pressures, Helen J. Rau
FORMULATION OF A NUMERICAL MODEL FOR PREDICTING THE PM OXIDATION IN THE CAKE LAYER OF A CPF, Akshada S. Joshi
FRACTURE AND PETROPHYSICAL ANALYSIS FROM SEISMIC DATA IN MAARI FIELD, NEW ZEALAND, Ender Karakus
HERTZIAN CONTACT ANALYSIS OF TAPERED ROLLER BEARING, Bhalchandra C. Mahajan
HIGHLY EFFICIENT TEMPERATURE-INDUCED VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION, Bing Han
HYBRID MIMO PHASED ARRAY RADAR RECEIVE SIGNAL PROCESSING, Marco La Manna
Impacts of global change on tropospheric ozone and mercury, Huanxin Zhang
Improving navigation and spatial judgments in head-mounted displays, Ruimin Zhang
IN SITU STEM STUDY OF METAL OXIDES NANOWIRES FOR NANOELECTRONICS AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS, Hasti Asayesh Ardakani
LITHIUM-ION BATTERY CELL PERFORMANCE STUDY WITH BATTERY IN THE LOOP TESTING AND EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL, Qinyuan Yin
MECHANICALLY AND ELECTROCHEMICALLY STABLE MULTIFUNCTIONAL NANOTUBES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS, Sweetu Patel
Mechanically Induced Structural Changes in Molybdenum Disulfide, Prasad Pramod Soman
MODIFICATION OF ACTIVATED CARBON FOR SUPERCAPACITOR, Yan Xu
MULTI PHYSICS MODELING AND VALIDATION OF CARBON NANOTUBE LOUDSPEAKERS, Mahsa Asgarisabet
Nature and mechanics of slope instability at Pacaya Volcano, Lauren Schaefer
NEAR-INFRARED WATER-SOLUBLE FLUORESCENT PROBES FOR THE DETECTION OF LYSOSOMAL pH AND Zn (II) IONS, Cong Li