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
HOLISTIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF ELECTRIFIED OFF-HIGHWAY MATERIAL HANDLER: FROM DRIVE CYCLE CHARACTERIZATION TO POWERTRAIN, HYDRAULIC, AND THERMAL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, Alexander Czarnecki
A DOMAIN-ADAPTED NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING FRAMEWORK FOR MINING SAFETY ANALYTICS: FROM LATENT PATTERN DISCOVERY TO AUTOMATED INFORMATION EXTRACTION, Abid Ali Khan Danish
GROWTH, SURVIVAL, AND HERBIVORE BROWSING PREFERENCES OF SEEDLINGS PLANTED IN BLACK ASH STANDS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN, Seth W. Davenport
Near Memory Accelerators for Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search, Yifu Deng
DESIGN OF ALUMINUM-COPPER ALLOY WITH SCANDIUM IN SOLUTION, Austin M. DePottey
Sensing Tap Location Using an Array of Acoustic Sensors, Fan Ding
Engineering Electrochemical Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Next-Generation Biosensing, Grace L. Dykstra
MATERIAL OPTIMIZATION OF THERMIONIC EMITTERS FOR OPERATION IN OXYGEN-CONTAINING ATMOSPHERES, Seth A. Eacker
ESTIMATING UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH (UCS) OF ROCKS FROM MEASUREMENT WHILE DRILLING (MWD) DATA, Can Erdem
THE ROLE OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS TECHNIQUES IN ANALYSIS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES IN JANUARY 2025, Sara Fitzgibbon
CORTICAL ACTIVATION PATTERNS IN A RAPID MOTOR DECISION-MAKING TASK IN YOUNGER AND OLDER ADULTS: AN fNIRS STUDY, Melanie P. Frias Veras
TEST STAND DEVELOPMENT: AN ANALYSIS OF EXCAVATION FORCES WITHIN A SIMULATED LUNAR ENVIRONMENT, Faith D. Gaertner
IMPROVED LONGEVITY OF ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS BY ADHESION OF PARYLENE C TO TITANIUM ALLOY PASSIVATION LAYERS VIA THE MULTICOMPONENT APPROACH TO SOLID SURFACE ENERGY, Matthew T. Graham
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF NOVEL FORCE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM FOR TRACTION FORCE MICROSCOPY, Samuel E. Haarman
DIAGNOSTIC LABOR OPERATION REIMAGINED THROUGH MACHINE LEARNING AND STATISTICAL PATTERN RECOGNITION, Jody J. Hand
PATIENT HANDLING INTERVENTIONS AND THEIR ROLE IN REDUCING MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS, Ashley L. Hawke
COMBINING DNA METABARCODING AND STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS TO EXAMINE DIET AND ECOLOGY IN UNIQUELY ADMIXED GHOST WOLVES, Lilian M. Heinzel
KEWEENAW HEARTLANDS: BUSINESS CONSIDERATIONS IN RECREATION PLANNING, Courtney A. Hohnholt
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
SLUG/ANNULAR FLOW BOILING HEAT TRANSFER EVENTS IN SMOOTH AND STRUCTURED RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS, Hanry Issavi
MULTISCALE COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY STUDIES OF THE CATALYTIC MECHANISMS OF NON-HEME FE(II)/2-OXOGLUTARATE-DEPENDENT OXYGENASES, Simahudeen Bathir Jaber Sathik Rifayee
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
DEGRADATION OF POLYMERS AND POLYMER COMPOSITES IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS, Ben T. Jewell
LINKING MOLECULAR STRUCTURE EVOLUTION TO MECHANICAL DEGRADATION DURING ENVIRONMENTAL AGING IN CONVENTIONAL AND RECYCLABLE EPOXY SYSTEMS, Ben T. Jewell
QUANTIFYING SO₂ EMISSIONS FROM EXPLOSIVE EVENTS OF THE 2021 LA SOUFRIÈRE ERUPTION USING DSCOVR/EPIC, Yuxi Jin
LIGHT ABSORBING AEROSOL INTERACTIONS WITH WARM CLOUDS, Shreya Joshi
Indigenous-Industrial Heritage: Centering Indigenous Voices in Minnesota's Iron Range, Larissa A. Juip
Quantum van der Waals Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications, Jeff Kabel
HYBRID MIXTURES OF FACTOR ANALYZERS FOR HIGH DIMENSIONAL DATA, Kazeem Abiodun Kareem
MOLECULAR DYNAMICS MODELING OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES, Khatereh Kashmari
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
Using Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy to Measure Atmospheric Water Vapor Concentrations, Daniel Koshar
PROXIMAL SEISMIC TRACKING OF PYROCLASTIC DENSITY CURRENTS AT VOLCÁN DE FUEGO, GUATEMALA, Jacob A. Krier
UNDERSTANDING THE THERMODYNAMICS AND MASS TRANSFER OF VIRUSES IN AQUEOUS TWO-PHASE SYSTEMS, Seth A. Kriz
Stepper Motor Load Estimation Using a Neural Network, Soham S. Kulkarni
PHASE-FIELD METHOD OF FRACTURE IN FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES: THEORY, MODELING, AND VALIDATION, Akash Kumar
Three-Sided Skyline Counting Queries, Suruchi Kushwaha
Direct Methane Capture via Aerobic Methanotrophs, Waaseyaaban Landgren
GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS FOR URBAN RESILIENCE: GREEN SPACE, FLOOD SUSCEPTIBILITY, AND WETLAND RESTORATION POTENTIAL, Jessica LaReaux
Kangaroo: Dynamic Fusion of Branch Instructions in a Pipelined Uniprocessor, Sarah E. Larkin
DAM IT ALL: A MULTI-SCALAR INVESTIGATION INTO THE ECOLOGICAL ROLE AND FUNCTION OF BEAVER DAMS, Kenneth Larsen
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
A SEISMOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF GROUND DEFORMATION FROM METEOTSUNAMI AND SEICHE ACTIVITY ON LAKE MICHIGAN, Bryan Lowney
FINDING ANTIPATTERNS ACROSS LANGUAGES WITH ABSTRACT SYNTAX TREES, Daniel T. Masker
A VISION BASED AUTONOMOUS UAV REALTIME OIL SPILL SAMPLING, Innocent Mateyaunga
METHOD FOR ASSESSING GASOLINE POWERED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EXHAUST ACCUMULATION WHEN IDLING IN ENCLOSED SPACE BY AUTOMATIC SHUT OFF, Eamon McClintock
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
ULTRASOUND SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY: DEVELOPMENT OF TISSUE MODELS AND INVESTIGATION OF SHEAR WAVE VARIABILITY, Emily J. Miller
ENHANCED MOIRÉ TECHNIQUE FOR REMOTE SENSING OF GROUND MOTION INTEGRATING ACTIVE CONVOLVED ILLUMINATION AND DEEP LEARNING, Adrian Ali Moazzam
From Riches to Ruin: An Exploration of the Conglomerate Mining Company's Compressor House, Jill T. Muraski
"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
STUDY OF TWO-PHASE VOID FRACTION IN A RECTANGULAR CHANNEL USING CAPACITANCE SENSOR, Peter Ngoc Nguyen
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
Batteryless NFC-Enabled Wireless Sensor Node: Design, Optimization, and Implementation, Rishin Patra
MACHINE LEARNING DESIGN AND EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTION OF RECYCLED ALUMINUM ALLOYS WITH MAGNESIUM AND IRON, Skylar Patten
DEVELOPMENT AND VERIFICATION OF TESTING PLATFORM FOR TORQUE VECTORING CONTROLLER, Nicholas Petersen
TRIBOELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF LUNAR REGOLITH, Hannah Peterson
TRANSIENT THERMAL FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION FOR PROCESS MODELING IN WIRE ARC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, Satya Sai Kumar Pilli
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS FOR SYNERGISTIC OPTIMIZATION OF VEHICLE DYNAMICS AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN CONNECTED AND AUTOMATED VEHICLES, Aman Poovalappil
NUMERICAL MODELLING AND CO-OPTIMIZATION OF GASOLINE FUELS FOR GASOLINE COMPRESSION IGNITION USING MULTI COMPONENT APPROACH, Ashwin Karthik Purushothaman
MODIFIED CATECHOL-BASED POLYMERIC BIOMATERIALS FOR ANTIVIRAL, ANTIBACTERIAL, AND HEMOSTATIC APPLICATIONS, Seyedehfatemeh Razaviamri
ROTTEN THROUGH THE CORES: WHAT DECOMPOSITION CAN TELL US ABOUT CARBON CYCLING, Eileen C. Reeves
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
ECOLOGICAL FACTORS THAT DICTATE THE OCCURRENCE OF UNIQUE BIOTA ON GRANITE BEDROCK GLADES, Ryne D. Rutherford
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
FINE ROOT AND ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNCTIONAL TRAITS OF QUERCUS RUBRA POPULATIONS FROM ACROSS A LATITUDINAL GRADIENT, Emma L. Shedd
REVIEW AND DEVELOPMENT OF CENTRALIZED ENGINEERING TOOL FRAMEWORKS TO ENHANCE PRODUCTIVITY AND BRIDGE GAPS IN CURRENT ENGINEERING PROCESSES, Elijah M. Sierra
Linear response of driven non-Hermitian photonic systems, Lucas R. Simonson
COMMUNITY DIVERSITY AND MAKEUP AFFECT THE CAPACITY FOR BIOCONVERSION OF CHEMICALLY DECONSTRUCTED PET PLASTIC WASTE INTO BIOMASS, Hunter Stoddard
Novel Statistical Methods for Multiple Phenotype and Gene Based Association Tests, Megh Raj Subedi
SMALL MAMMAL DIET AS AN INDICATOR OF LYME DISEASE AND THE ROAD TO ENDEMICITY IN MICHIGAN’S UPPER PENINSULA, Jacqueline E. Suits
Bayesian Alloy Design with Additive Synthesis, Michael R. Sulwer
EVALUATING CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS FOR BUCKTHORN CLASSIFICATION IN SHADOWED ENVIRONMENTS, Moses Tangwam