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Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

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 2018 2018

Offline and Online Density Estimation for Large High-Dimensional Data, Aref Majdara

Power Flow Control In Hybrid Ac/Dc Microgrids, Ronald C. Matthews

HERITAGE-LED DEVELOPMENT IN POSTINDUSTRIAL AREAS: A SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPES, Leonor Medeiros

DEVELOPMENT OF BOSCH RATE OF INJECTION MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE AND RESULTS, Tyler Menucci

AN INJECTABLE THERMOSENSITIVE BIODEGRADABLE HYDROGEL EMBEDDED WITH SNAP CONTAINING PLLA MICROPARTICLES FOR SUSTAINED NITRIC OXIDE (NO) DELIVERY FOR WOUND HEALING, Nikhil Mittal

Energy Storage Control and Requirements For Inverter-Based Microgrids, Mehrzad Mohammadi Bijaieh

DEVELOPMENT OF A DYNAMIC TORSIONAL ACTUATOR FOR TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH CHARACTERIZATION, Eric Mordorski

A JOURNEY TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING BIOLOGY HOLISTICALLY AT THE NANOSCALE, Trevor Moser

ANGLE-RESOLVED OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY OF PLASMONIC RESONANCES, Aeshah Khudaysh M Muqri

APPLICATIONS OF ROBOT OPERATING SYSTEM (ROS) TO MOBILE MICROGRID FORMATION OUTDOORS, John Naglak

TRANSIENT SIMULATIONS OF FRESHWATER LENS DEPLETION IN RESPONSE TO A RANGE OF SEA LEVEL RISE RATES AND CLIMATE GRADIENTS, Qiuyuan Nan

REVERSIBLY SWITCHING ADHESION OF SMART ADHESIVES INSPIRED BY MUSSEL ADHESIVE CHEMISTRY, Ameya R. Narkar

OPTIMIZING CHLORINE DISINFECTION BY CHLORINE INJECTION LOCATION AND PIPE DIAMETER SELECTION IN A WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, Margaret Neff

A Bluetooth Low-Energy Wireless Sensor Platform for Continuous Monitoring of a Bioreactor Environment during Cell Manufacturing, Brad Nelson

Bridging the Gap Between Micro- and Macrocognition: Testing the Multifunction Mental Model Hypothesis, Brittany Nelson

Development of Open Source Software and Hardware Tool-Chains for Novel Electronics, Shane Oberloier

SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FISHERY OF LAOANG, NORTHERN SAMAR, PHILIPPINES, Karl E. Palm

INVESTIGATION ON THE POTENTIAL OF A CO2 CAPTURE SYSTEM, DOWNSTREAM OF THE AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM FOR A HEAVY-DUTY ENGINE APPLICATION, Murchana Pathak

ANALYSIS OF INJECTION PARAMETERS INFLUENCING GASOLINE DIRECT INJECTION COMPRESSION IGNITION (GDICI) ENGINE OPERATION IN LTC USING NAPHTHA, Devyani Patil

LITERATURE REVIEW FOR PREDICTING 30-DAY HOSPITAL READMISSION, Sachithra Perera

MEASUREMENT OF PLANAR FAULT PROBABILITIES IN AUSTEMPERED DUCTILE IRON AND 304L STAINLESS STEEL, Nathan Peterson

REPACKAGING THE REACH OF DREAMS: NEWS COVERAGE OF DACA RESCINDMENT BY THREE NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS ON TWITTER, Megan Pietruszewski

THE EFFECT OF WATER TABLE LEVELS AND SHORT-TERM DITCH RESTORATION ON MOUNTAIN PEATLAND CARBON CYCLING IN THE CORDILLERA BLANCA, PERU, Ana Maria Planas Clarke

EMPLOYING DIELECTRIC-BASED MEDIA FOR CONTROLLING FIELD PATTERNS AND WAVE PROPAGATION IN ADVANCED ELECTROMAGNETIC DEVICES, Navid Pourramzan Gandji

Controlling the Formation of Titanium Nanotubes using Electric Fields, Derryl Poynor

Sensor Fusion for Spark-Ignition Engines, Kaushik Prabhu

Factors Contributing to Elevated Concentrations of Mercury and PCBs in Fish in the Inland Lakes of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Lake Superior, Mugdha Priyadarshini

Effects of Ionic Liquid on Lithium Dendrite Growth, Ziwei Qian

Control Oriented Modeling of an Automotive Drivetrain for Anti-Jerk Control, Gurijala Venkat Prithvi Reddy

THE EFFECTS OF EUCALYPTUS PLANTATIONS ON SLOPE STABILITY IN ABAJALE, ETHIOPIA, Levi Rhody

STUDY OF THE CYGNUS REGION WITH FERMI AND HAWC, Andrew Robare

The Tracer Method: Don't Blink or You Might Miss it. A Novel Methodology Combining Cognitive Task Analysis and Eye Tracking, Kaitlyn Marie Roose

Development of Optimal Operating Point Maps and Mode Shift Strategy for Chevrolet Volt Gen II Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle, Kovid Sachdeva

EVALUATION OF DRIVER BEHAVIOR AT HIGHWAY-RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND DRIVER DEMOGRAPHICS, Alawudin Salim

AGILE–STAGE GATE MANAGEMENT (ASGM): NPD IMPLEMENTATION PRACTICES FROM GLOBAL FIRMS DEVELOPING COMPLEX, PHYSICAL PRODUCTS, John J. Salvato

Manipulation of Genes Involved in Secondary Cell Wall Development During Wood Formation in Poplar, Kavitha Satish Kumar

GRID-AWARE OPTIMAL DEMAND RESPONSE MANAGEMENT OF SMART HOMES, Alper Savasci

Visual Search in Naturalistic Imagery, Dave Schreifels

EFFECTS AND LIMITATIONS OF RESIDUAL ALLOYING ELEMENTS IN SILICON SOLID SOLUTION STRENGTHENED FERRITIC DUCTILE IRON, Julia Scruton

Commercialization of the Carbon Nanotube Thermophone for Active Noise Control Applications, Steven A. Senczyszyn

EFFECTS OF TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES ON MICROVASCULAR NETWORK FORMATION, Dhavan D. Sharma

TESTING OF RECURSIVE AND NON-RECURSIVE ALGORITHMS FOR REAL-TIME PHASOR AND FREQUENCY ESTIMATIONS IN POWER SYSTEMS, Dhruv Sharma

IMPACT OF INRUSH CURRENTS AND GEOMAGNETICALLY INDUCED CURRENTS ON TRANSFORMER BEHAVIOR, Nishchal Sharma

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): A Legacy of Contamination in Michigan's Rivers, Emily Shaw

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT OF LIQUID TRANSPORTATION BIOFUELS DERIVED FROM ALGAE AND OILSEED, Chuying Shi

INNOVATIVE FIN-TUBES FOR A STANDARD STAGGERED BUNDLE FAMILY LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN AIR-SIDE THERMAL AND PRESSURE-DROP RESISTANCES FOR A POPULAR HEAT-EXCHANGER – QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATIONS BASED ON A UNIQUE SYNTHESIS OF EXPERIMENTS, MODELING, AND RELIABLE COMPUTATIONS, Nikhil Shinde

FRACTOGRAPHY OF AS-CAST DUCTILE IRON SAMPLES AND ANALYZING THE EFFECT OF SKIN ROUGHNESS ON ITS FATIGUE PROPERTIES USING FRACTURE MECHANICS APPROACH, Omkar Shinde

MIXED INTEGER CONIC PROGRAMMING FORMULATION OF DISTRIBUTION OPTIMAL POWER FLOW AND UNIT COMMITMENT PROBLEMS, Sharabh Ramshiromani Shukla

Accessing Library Space: Spatial Rhetorics From the U.S. to France and Back Again, Emily Simmons

STRUGGLING TOWARD AN AMERICAN NATIONAL THEATRE, Rebecca Ann Soderna

Molecular Biogeochemistry of a Poor Fen, Zhimin Song

DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF AUDITORY-SUPPORTED AIR GESTURE CONTROLS IN VEHICLES, Jason Sterkenburg

RISK QUANTIFICATION IN PRODUCTION PHASE-DESIGN BY CONSIDERING PRICE, VOLUME, AND CALORIFIC VALUE: AN APPLICATION FROM INDONESIAN COAL MINE, Fanteri Aji Dharma Suparno

Modelling and Analysis of Chevy Volt Gen II Hybrid Vehicle in Electric Mode, Kaushik Surresh

Resource Optimization in Wireless Sensor Networks for an Improved Field Coverage and Cooperative Target Tracking, Husam Sweidan

Spray and Combustion Studies of High Reactivity Gasoline in Comparison to Diesel under Advanced Compression Ignition Engine Conditions, Meng Tang

ANOMALY INFERENCE BASED ON HETEROGENEOUS DATA SOURCES IN AN ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, Yachen Tang

Evaporation of a sessile droplet on a slope, Mitch Timm

INVESTIGATION OF MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF PARTICULATE/FIBER/POLYMER COMPOSITES, Julie Tomasi

ECOLOGIES OF SPONSORSHIP: WHAT FITBIT USERS CAN TEACH US ABOUT DIGITAL LITERACY, Kimberly Tweedale

ABOVE-GROUND BIOMASS AND CARBON ESTIMATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FORESTS IN TURKEY, Cuma Uykun

Thermomagnetic Convective Cooling of Hall Effect Thruster, Elizabeth M. Vanheusden

INNOVATIVE FIN-TUBES FOR A STANDARD STAGGERED BUNDLE FAMILY LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN AIR-SIDE THERMAL AND PRESSURE-DROP RESISTANCES FOR A POPULAR HEAT-EXCHANGER – MODELING AND ANALYSIS IN THE CONTEXT OF ITS DEPLOYMENT ADVANTAGES IN THE ENERGY-SECTOR, Amit Dev Vojini

ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF FORAGING AND LIFE-HISTORY IN THREE COLD-ADAPTED SPECIES, Andrew Von Duyke

VIABILITY OF GRAYWATER REUSE IN LESOTHO’S LOWLAND AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, Ryan Wagner

ACUTE CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSES TO NOVEL COMBINATIONS OF RESISTANCE AND AEROBIC EXERCISE, Travis Wakeham

EVALUATING THE INTERACTIVE ROLES OF SOIL NUTRIENTS AND POLYPLOIDY ON COMPETITIVE OUTCOMES OF CHAMERION ANGUSTIFOLIUM, Angela Walczyk

Intelligent and Secure Underwater Acoustic Communication Networks, Chaofeng Wang

DEVELOPMENT OF DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING AND RECEDING HORIZON CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR GM VOLT II MULTI-MODE HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE, Huanqing Wang

Active and Reactive Power Control of Flexible Loads for Distribution-Level Grid Services, Jingyuan Wang

STUDY OF MODELING AND OPTIMAL CONTROL OF PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND THE INTEGRATION WITH SMART GRID, Luting Wang

REGENERATION OF PERICELLULAR MATRIX OF HUMAN CHONDROCYTES CULTURED IN OXIDIZED METHACRYLATED ALGINATE MICROGELS, Shuo Wang

THE INTERACTION OF IGNITION AND IN-CYLINDER FLOW ON FLAME KERNEL DEVELOPMENT AND ITS IMPACTS ON COMBUSTION IN AN OPTICALLY ACCESSIBLE DIRECT INJECTION ENGINE, Yanyu Wang

Joint Analysis for Multiple Traits, Zhenchuan Wang

FIRST-PRINCIPLES INVESTIGATION OF THE INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES OF BORON NITRIDE, Kevin Waters

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Current Atmospheric Refraction Models in Predicting Sunrise and Sunset Times, Teresa Wilson

DISASTER RISK IN THE LAKE NYOS AREA, CAMEROON: EFFECTS OF THE GAS HAZARD AND SOCIALLY PRODUCED VULNERABILITY, Mary Witucki

MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN CHEVROLET VOLT GEN II HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE, Rajeshwar Yadav

STATISTICAL METHODS FOR DETECTING CAUSAL RARE VARIANTS AND ANALYZING MULTIPLE PHENOTYPES, Xinlan Yang

Cyber-Based Contingency Analysis and Insurance Implications of Power Grid, Zhiyuan Yang

INTERPLAY OF IONIC TRANSPORT AND CRYSTAL FACETS IN LITHIUM-ION BATTERY CATHODES, Wentao Yao

SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND APPLICATION OF 2D TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES, Mingxiao Ye

CUR Matrix Decompositions Method for Joint Analysis of Multiple Phenotypes, Fadhila Yosof

INTRASPECIFIC GENETIC VARIATION, POPULATION STRUCTURE, AND PERFORMANCE OF THE INVASIVE AQUATIC MACROPHYTE EURASIAN WATERMILFOIL (Myriophyllum spicatum) IN WATERBODIES WITH AND WITHOUT HISTORIES OF CHEMICAL HERBICIDE TREATMENT ACROSS MICHIGAN, Taylor Zallek

Controlling light with metadevices, Xu Zhang

Studying mass and mechanical property changes during the degradation of a bioadhesive with mass tracking, rheology and magnetoelastic (ME) sensors, Zhongtian Zhang

AN EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF FUEL SPRAY INTERACTION: FUNDAMENTALS AND ENGINE APPLICATIONS, Le Zhao

DATA-DRIVEN OPTIMIZATION-BASED TRANSPORTATION MODELS FOR CONNECTED AND AUTOMATED VEHICLES, Shuaidong Zhao

FAST VERY-LARGE-SCALE INTEGRATED (VLSI) CIRCUITS SIMULATIONS, Xueqian Zhao

Statistical Methods for Analyzing Multivariate Phenotypes and Detecting Rare Variant Associations, Huanhuan Zhu

Extending Maneuverability of Internally Actuated Underwater Gliders, An Attempt to Develop an Open Platform For Research and Education, Saeedeh Ziaeefard

Optimal Control of Wave Energy Converters, Shangyan Zou

Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2017 2017

DEVELOPMENT OF A TURBULENT FLAME SPEED MODEL BASED ON FLAME STRETCH CONCEPT FOR SPARK IGNITION ENGINES, Behdad Afkhami

LANGUAGE, RHETORIC, AND POLITICS IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT: A DECOLONIAL CRITICAL DISCOURSE PERSPECTIVE ON NIGERIA’S 2015 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, Yunana Ahmed

NOVEL BIOCOMPOSITES AND NANOFIBERS BASED ON MODIFIED BIOMASS MATERIALS TO FACILITATE GREENER APPLICATIONS, Soha Albukhari

CHARACTERIZATION OF ECOLOGICAL WATER STRESS IN THE U.S. GREAT LAKES REGION USING A GEOSPATIAL MODELING APPROACH, Sara Alian

MODELING AND SIMULATION OF THE PERISTALTIC FLOW OF NEWTONIAN AND NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS WITH APPLICATION TO THE HUMAN BODY, Samer Alokaily

DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HISTIDINE-TAGGED HPV16 L2 AND MS2-ARGININE-TAGGED RECOMBINANT PROTEINS FOR DOWNSTREAM PROCESSES, Tahiyat Alothaim

DIRECT SAMPLING METHODS FOR INVERSE SCATTERING PROBLEMS, Ala Mahmood Nahar Al Zaalig

EASILY VERIFIABLE CONTROLLER DESIGN WITH APPLICATION TO AUTOMOTIVE POWERTRAINS, Mohammad Reza Amini