This growing collection consists of dissertations, master's theses and master's reports from 1998-present submitted with their authors' permission for either open access or Michigan Tech only access.
This collection is not comprehensive prior to 2012 and represents a subset of available material. Works not found within this repository may be located by searching the Van Pelt and Opie Library catalog.
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2025
ANSI Z97 Impact Testing of Thin Glass, Justin P. Anthony
Review of Geologic Hydrogen, Theo Asumah
Stability and Resonance of Cylindrical Wave Energy Converters, Gregory M. Ballen
THE ANIMATED FRONTIER: FLUCTUATIONS OF POWER ACROSS TIME AND SPACE IN FLOWS OF U.S. AND JAPANESE ANIMATED MEDIA, Kendall Belopavlovich
ESTERASE-DEPENDENT RED-TO-BLUE FLUORESCENCE COLOR CHANGE IN COUMARINS: SMALL FLUOROPHORES FOR LIVE DEAD CELL SENSING, Giovanna R. Bobnock
INVESTIGATING DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL VULNERABILITY TO WILDFIRE: A CASE STUDY OF WESTERN MONTANA, Ella Brodowski
EXPLORING THE ROLE OF BRAIN-DERIVED EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES IN SALT-SENSITIVE HYPERTENSION, Xinqian Chen
MEASURING OCCUPANT CONTROLLED VENTILATION AND COOKING FREQUENCY TO AID IN MODELING ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN HOMES, Jacob J. Chizek
Leveraging Product and Process Characteristics Across the Concrete Pavement Life Cycle to Integrate Global Warming Potential into Project Procurement Processes, Michelle Annette Cooper
TEST STAND DEVELOPMENT: AN ANALYSIS OF EXCAVATION FORCES WITHIN A SIMULATED LUNAR ENVIRONMENT, Faith D. Gaertner
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SILVICULTURAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH NORTHERN WHITE-CEDAR (THUJA OCCIDENTALIS) SEEDLING REGENERATION IN HARVESTED LOWLANDS, Victoria J. Hunter
RENEWABLE ENERGY’S IMPACT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS – A CASE STUDY FROM AFRICA, Bashiru Ibrahim
Michigan's EV Policies and Energy Justice, Vincent Edache Idoko
Towards Developing GLUT2 Specific Probes for Biochemical and Biomedical Applications, Abdelrahman Ismail
DEVELOPMENT OF NEAR-INFRARED PROBE FOR THE DETECTION OF NADH AND NAD(P)H IN LIVE CELLS AND D. MELANOGASTER LARVAE, Sophia J. Jaeger
BARBIE VLOGGER AS TEEN INFLUENCER FOR LITTLE GIRLS, Brilynn A. Janckila
LIGHT ABSORBING AEROSOL INTERACTIONS WITH WARM CLOUDS, Shreya Joshi
HYBRID MIXTURES OF FACTOR ANALYZERS FOR HIGH DIMENSIONAL DATA, Kazeem Abiodun Kareem
GREAT LAKES AND ITS REGIONAL CLIMATE IN THE FUTURE, Miraj Bhakta Kayastha
MOLECULAR MODELING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS FOR ACCELERATING POLYMERIZATION AND PYROLYSIS STUDIES, Joshua D. Kemppainen
CHARACTERIZATION OF KRYPTON PERFORMANCE IN A LABORATORY 300 W MAGNETICALLY SHIELDED HALL-EFFECT THRUSTER, Jacob Henry Knott
DEVELOPING A GRAPHQL MESH FEDERATED API GATEWAY: RAPID INTEGRATION OF NEW ENDPOINTS INTO A PREDEFINED SCHEMA, Noah Kolczynski
PROXIMAL SEISMIC TRACKING OF PYROCLASTIC DENSITY CURRENTS AT VOLCÁN DE FUEGO, GUATEMALA, Jacob A. Krier
PHASE-FIELD METHOD OF FRACTURE IN FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES: THEORY, MODELING, AND VALIDATION, Akash Kumar
Kangaroo: Dynamic Fusion of Branch Instructions in a Pipelined Uniprocessor, Sarah E. Larkin
Heuristic Approaches for Coordination of Heterogeneous Robotic Systems in Harvesting Automation with Size Constraints, Hyeseon Lee
On graph decompositions: Exploring the stars and stripes problem with odd n-stars, Jehyun Lee
Utilizing Biometrics and Blockchain for Enhanced Security of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Data Sharing, Amaturrahman Raihanah Medlock
DEVELOPMENT OF A PROTOTYPE FOR AN EARLY ALERT SYSTEM THAT MEASURES STRAINS IN TIMBER ROOF TRUSS MEMBERS, Caleb Kwadwo Osei Mensah
INITIAL FUNGAL DECOMPOSER COMMUNITY DETERMINES WOOD-DERIVED CARBON IN DISCRETE SOIL CARBON POOLS IN ASPEN CLEARCUTS, Theresa K. Meyer
ENERGY TRANSITIONS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES: MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT TO ADDRESS ENERGY BURDENS AND AIR POLLUTION, Nyasha Milanzi
"An Ancient Vanished Race:" Industrial Mythistory and the Alternative Archaeology of Lake Superior Copper, Donovan C. Murphy
INTERACTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF OPTICAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM IN MAGNETO-OPTICAL MATERIAL, Seth R. Nelson
DISTRIBUTING COMPOSITION: RHETORICAL AGENCY IN FIRST-YEAR WRITING, Elizabeth Novotny
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF RENEWABLE HYDROCARBON FUELS PRODUCED BY THE NEW COOL GAS TO LIQUID (COOL GTL) PROCESS, Elochukwu Okoye
ASSESSING ACTIVATORS OF CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS GERMLINE EXPRESSION USING AN RNA INTERFERENCE SCREEN, Ryleigh A. Parsons
DEVELOPMENT AND VERIFICATION OF TESTING PLATFORM FOR TORQUE VECTORING CONTROLLER, Nicholas Petersen
TRANSIENT THERMAL FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION FOR PROCESS MODELING IN WIRE ARC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, Satya Sai Kumar Pilli
MODIFIED CATECHOL-BASED POLYMERIC BIOMATERIALS FOR ANTIVIRAL, ANTIBACTERIAL, AND HEMOSTATIC APPLICATIONS, Seyedehfatemeh Razaviamri
MICROBIAL INACTIVATION AND SPRAY DRYING FOR THE RECOVERY OF SINGLE-CELL PROTEIN FROM CHEMICALLY DECONSTRUCTED POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE, Reeba Elizabeth Reji
GENERALIZING MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION TASK WITH EFFICIENT DEEP LEARNING MODELS, Abel A. Reyes-Angulo
SUGAR MAPLE (ACER SACCHARUM MARSH.) TREE-RING GROWTH AND CARBON STABLE ISOTOPE RESPONSES TO NITROGEN AND CLIMATE, Libbie Ring
DEVELOPING INEXPENSIVE SENSORS THAT CAN DETECT ROOF COLLAPSE FROM SNOW LOADS, Edward Sandy
RELICT PONDEROSA PINE MORTALITY AND FUELS STUDY IN THE BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS, MONTANA, USA, Laura K. Schimmel
FROM CONSCIENTIOUS FRENCH CANADIAN TO ENTERPRISING AMERICAN: MAKING MEMORY & MEASURING SOCIAL MOBILITY OF FRENCH CANADIANS 1880-1940, Brooke S. Schwaderer
MICROWAVE ASSISTED SYNTHESES AND CHARACTERIZATIONS OF NEAR-INFRARED RATIOMETRIC PROBES FOR MITOCHONDRIAL pH DETECTION AND MONITORING, Ronald J. Schwandt
Linear response of driven non-Hermitian photonic systems, Lucas R. Simonson
Bayesian Alloy Design with Additive Synthesis, Michael R. Sulwer
EVALUATING CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS FOR BUCKTHORN CLASSIFICATION IN SHADOWED ENVIRONMENTS, Moses Tangwam
CLIMATE PLANNING, ENERGY SOVEREIGNTY, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE PERCEPTIONS AMONG MICHIGAN’S TRIBAL NATIONS, Alexis Belle Tater
PROCESS TO DESIGN AND ANALYZE DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT TEST FIXTURES (PDADYE), Cora J. Taylor
STUDYING THE HADRONIC NATURE OF ULTRA-HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RAY EMISSION USING WIDE-FIELD-OF-VIEW INSTRUMENTS, Rhiannon M. Turner
COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS FOR PROTEIN CLASSIFICATION IN METAGENOMES, Fawad Ullah
COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF AORTIC AND ATRIAL FLOWS, Brennan J. Vogl
Schaper numbers, palindrome partitions, and symmetric functions, with applications to characters of the symmetric group, Karlee J. Westrem
FROM PLASMONICS TO SUPERFLUORESCENCE: ENGINEERING LIGHT- MATTER INTERACTIONS FOR QUANTUM OPTICAL PHENOMENA, Aaron J. Wildenborg
Effects of Spatial Variability on Bearing Capacity of Deep Soil Mixing Columns, Kipkorir Y. Yano
BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES FROM CATECHOL OXIDATION, Zhongtian Zhang
STATISTICAL METHODS FOR JOINT ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE TYPES OF PHENOTYPES IN GENETIC STUDIES, Meiling Zhou
BOUND PRESERVING DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHODS FOR EULER EQUATIONS AND NONEQUILIBRIUM FLOWS, Fangyao Zhu
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2024
A MULTI-LOSS WASSERSTEIN GAN FRAMEWORK FOR GEOSTATISTICAL SIMULATION, Charles O. Addai
EARLY SCREENING OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE THROUGH VERBAL COMMUNICATION AND USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS (LLMS), Venkatanand ram Addepalli
ESTABLISHING A TWO-COLOR FLUORESCENCE PROBE ASSAY FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS SCREENING OF GLUT5 AND GLUT2 FRUCTOSE TRANSPORTERS IN LIVE CELLS, Oluwanifesimi Mary Afolabi
BAYESIAN INFERENCE OF LONGITUDINAL BINARY AND ORDINAL DATA UTILIZING MULTIVARIATE PROBIT MODELS, Sunyoung Ahn
Exploring the Molecular Pathways of Cell Death Induced by PDE3 Modulators, Aqsa Ahsan
ENHANCING STUDENTS’ USER EXPERIENCE WITH A CODE CRITIQUER, Laura E. Albrant
EXPLORING CONSEQUENCES OF STATUTORY LAW THROUGH LIGHTWEIGHT MODELING, Joshua T. Alele-Beals
Investigating Microphysical Variability and Entrainment in Clouds Using Airborne Digital Holography, Machine Learning, and Large Eddy Simulations, Nithin Allwayin
CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL APPLICATION OF SENSITIVE RNA, Alexander T. Apostle
MULTI-FUNCTIONAL GELATIN-DITHIOLANE HYDROGELS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING, Saad Asim
Study of Particle Accelerators in the Universe with the HAWC Observatory, Rishi Babu
V2I-BASED ADAPTIVE COLLISION AVOIDANCE FOR SAFETY AND TRAFFIC EFFICIENCY, Vaishnavi Balambeed
HALIDE-ASSISTED GROWTH OF TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES, Vinaayak Sivam Balasubramaniam
COMPUTATIONAL EVALUATION OF SOME BASIC MATERIAL PARAMETERS IN COBALT-ALUMINUM ALLOYS, Hemanth Kumar Reddy Basireddy
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH-PRESSURE HYDRAULIC IMPEDANCE TUBE FOR VIBROACOUSTIC ATTENUATOR CHARACTERIZATION, Matthew D. Beals
Validation and Improvement of Forest Health Risk Maps: A Case Study with Maple Decline/Dieback, Joseph R. Beeson
High Temperature Strength Reduces Soldering In Aluminum High Pressure Die Casting, Jacob A. Belke
DESIGN, TESTING AND NEURAL NETWORK MODELING OF A LOW-FRICTION WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER TESTBED, Vasu Bhardwaj
IMPROVING CAST STEEL RAIL COUPLER FATIGUE RESISTANCE THROUGH LOCAL WIRE-ARC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, Andrew M. Bunge
HYDROLOGIC PATHWAYS OF A NORTHERN HARDWOOD CATCHMENT IN THE GREAT LAKES BASIN USING END MEMBER MIXING ANALYSIS, Cory C. Burkwald
Model Guided Memory Optimization For Key-Value Caches, Daniel Byrne
ENGINEERING SELF-EFFICACY AND SPATIAL VISUALIZATION: CONNECTING THE SPATIAL DOTS, Katrina L. Carlson
DEPENDENCE OF ENERGY TRANSFER ON CURVATURE SIMILARITY IN COLLISIONS INVOLVING CURVED SHOCK FRONTS, Justin Cassell
NOVEL METHODS OF TREE IMPROVEMENT IN THE GENOMIC ERA, Swapan Chakrabarty
Endothelial Traction Dynamics And Mechanotransduction In Response To Time-Varying Fluid Shear Stress (FSS), Mohanish Kishor Chandurkar
SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN PET AND POLYOLEFIN PLASTICS SUPPLY CHAINS IN THE U.S. AND MICHIGAN: A SYSTEMS ANALYSIS APPROACH, Utkarsh Shailesh Chaudhari
Chemical Synthesis of Sensitive DNA, Komal Chillar
F-TEMPER VS O-TEMPER BRAZING OF 3003 ALUMINUM RETURN BENDS, Mieka R. Clark
CHANGES IN FLANKER TASK PERFORMANCE FOLLOWING HIGH-INTENSITY EXERCISE IN ENDURANCE ATHLETES, Felix E. Cottet-Puinel
ENHANCING PRIVACY WHILE REVEALING VULNERABILITIES: STRATEGIES FOR ADAPTATION, OPTIMIZATION, AND MODEL EXTRACTION, Madhureeta Das