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 2023
Developing a regional scale landslide early warning system in a data-sparse region using remote sensing, geostatistics, and Google Earth Engine, Vishnu Chakrapani Lekha
MICROSCOPIC AND LABORATORY SCALE CHARACTERIZATION METHODS TO EVALUATE BIOMASS DECONSTRUCTION, Meenaa Chandrasekar
PROGRAMMING THE BISTABLE DYNAMIC VIBRATION ABSORBERS OF A 1D-METASTRUCTURE FOR ADAPTIVE BROADBAND VIBRATION ABSORPTION, Shantanu H. Chavan
DYNAMIC MODE DECOMPOSITION APPROACH FOR ESTIMATING THE SHAPE OF A CABLE, Yash Manik Chavan
Ensuring Data Confidentiality in Computing Devices via Plausibly Deniable Encryption and Secure Deletion, Niusen Chen
STUDYING EFFECT OF DROUGHT ON SWITCHGRASS AND IDENTIFYING ASSOCIATED MICROBIAL INHIBITORS, Sarvada Hemant Chipkar
RAIN-INDUCED HAZARDS IN REMOTE, LOW-RESOURCE COMMUNITIES: A CASE STUDY OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE USULUTÁN DEPARTMENT, EL SALVADOR, Natalea Cohen
COMPARING THE ECONOMIC COSTS OF LETHAL AND NON-LETHAL CONTROL OF WOLF DEPREDATION ON SHEEP IN SOUTHERN IDAHO, Nathan M. Coleman
Under Ice Photosynthetic Primary Production and Dark Carbon Fixation in a Temperate Freshwater System, Vanessa Cubillos Tellez
FINDING UTILITY IN HISTORIC MAPS: HOW GEORECTIFICATION CAN ENHANCE UNDERSTANDING OF LONG-TERM LANDCOVER CHANGES, Olivia Czajka
SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION IN IRON GARNETS, Sushree Dash
COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF SEISMIC SIGNALS FROM PACAYA VOLCANO USING DEEP LEARNING EVENT DETECTION, Jessica L. DeVlieg
THE HIDDEN ROLE OF THE “CO-” PARADIGM IN THE CONCEPTUALIZATION AND APPLICATION OF LIVING LABS, Madelina E. DiLisi
UHPLC/FT-MS NON-TARGETED SCREENING APPROACH FOR BIOMASS BURNING ORGANIC AEROSOL AND LIQUID SMOKE AS BIOMASS BURNING ORGANIC AEROSOL SURROGATE, D.M.R. Thusitha Dinusha Kumarihami Divisekara
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF USING WASTE GLASS POWDER AND FLY ASH IN ALKALI-ACTIVATED SLAG BINDER AND MORTAR SAMPLES AS PARTIAL PRECURSORS, Sunday A. Eniola
REMOTE SENSING APPROACH FOR TERRAMECHANICS APPLICATIONS UTILIZING MACHINE AND DEEP LEARNING, Jordan J. Ewing
ADAPTIVE MODULATION FOR UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION BASED ON REINFORCEMENT LEARNING, Cheng Fan
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL HYDROGENATED GRAPHENE, Yuhuan Fei
AN EXPLORATION OF THE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND COGNITIVE CONTRIBUTORS TO MOVEMENT CORRECTION BEHAVIOR IN YOUNGER AND OLDER ADULTS, Isaac R. Flint
Direct Recycling of Lithium-ion Battery Materials Using Physical Separation Methods., Tinuade Ololade Folayan
IMPROVED DUCTILITY IN AN ARTIFICIALLY AGED AL-ZN-MG ALLOY WITH MN ADDITIONS, Daniel S. Freiberg
Study of nanocomposite materials using molecular dynamics, Prashik Sunil Gaikwad
An Ambiguous Technique for Nonvisual Text Entry, Dylan C. Gaines
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DEFORMATION ALONG THE KEWEENAW FAULT SYSTEM FROM LAKE LINDEN TO MOHAWK, MICHIGAN, Nolan G. Gamet
MACHINE LEARNING METHODS FOR PREDICTION OF HUMAN INFECTIOUS VIRUS AND IMPUTATION OF HLA ALLELES, Xiaoqing Gao
ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR LOW FREQUENCY IMPACT SOUND MEASUREMENT FOR BUILDING FIELD TESTS, Sunit Girdhar
Small Molecules Targeting Fructose Transport, Nazar Gora
IMPACT OF GRID-CONNECTED IBRs ON AC TRANSMISSION LINE PROTECTION, Subhradeep Gupta
MICROSCOPIC DYNAMICS OF THE BUBBLE MOTION AND THIN LIQUID FILM DURING BUBBLE IMPACT ON HORIZONTAL AND INCLINED SURFACES, Fatemeh Hamidzadeh
OPTIMIZING THE EXTRUDABILITY OF 6082 ALUMINUM BY VARYING THE MAGNESIUM AND SILICON CONCENTRATION, Eli A. Harma
Joint Probability Analysis of Extreme Precipitation and Water Level for Chicago, Illinois, Anna Li Holey
A CASE STUDY ON THE PRACTICE OF CARBON OFFSET PROJECTS IN MICHIGAN: FOREST PRACTITIONERS’ PERSPECTIVES, Zachary B. Hough Solomon
Tracing the Most Powerful Galactic Cosmic-ray Accelerators with the HAWC Observatory, Dezhi Huang
Neuroevolution and Machine Learning Research Applied to Connected Automated Vehicle and Powertrain Control, Frédéric F. Jacquelin
Wavelet-Based Real-Time Harmonic Phasor Estimation in Complex Signals with Inter-harmonics and Transient Events, M A Aziz Jahan
QUANTIFYING THE EVOLUTION OF STRENGTHENING MECHANISMS FOR COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED NIOBIUM AND TITANIUM HSLA STEEL SHEET, Isabella M.W. Jaszczak
EVALUATION OF LIDAR UNCERTAINTY AND APPLICATIONS TOWARDS SLAM IN OFF-ROAD ENVIRONMENTS, Zachary D. Jeffries
Discrete element method-based chip seal application in asphalt pavement maintenance, Dongzhao Jin
DETECTION AND MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF A HUMAN PROTEIN ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, Priyanka Dipak Kadav
DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND TESTING OF AN INVERTED PENDULUM THRUST STAND FOR LOW POWER HALL-EFFECT THRUSTERS, Joshua M. Kalkman
EXPLORING GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR RESPONSES TO BASALTIC TERRAIN FOR UPCOMING LUNAR EXPEDITIONS, Caleb J. Kaminski
Artificial Intelligence Algorithms for Eye Banking, Ranit Karmakar
ACCEPTING CHANGE: FACETS OF ACCEPTANCE & SUSTAINABLE REDEVELOPMENT, Zoe L. Ketola
ORIGINS OF OPTICAL PROPERTIES IN NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER AND FLUORESCENT ANIMALS, Nastaran Khademimoshgenani
HYDRO CYCLONIC SEPARATION OF POLYESTER MICROFIBERS FROM WASHING MACHINE WASTEWATER, Joe Kulkarni
An exploration of cloud droplet growth by condensation and collision-coalescence in a convection-cloud chamber, Jacob T. Kuntzleman
CHARACTERIZATION OF VERNAL POOLS ACROSS NATIONAL PARKS IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION, Samantha R. Kurkowski
IMPACTS OF INTRODUCED EARTHWORMS ON SUGAR MAPLE SAP CHEMISTRY AND THE DISCOURSE OF INVASION ECOLOGY, Shelby Nicole Lane-Clark
EUTROPHICATION ON TWIN LAKES: APPLYING A PHOSPHORUS BUDGET AND SHORELINE SURVEYS TO ASSESS CURRENT & HISTORICAL LAKE HEALTH, Tyler K. LeMahieu
EXERCISE IS MEDICINE® ON CAMPUS: A NATIONAL ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNITY IMPACT, Isaac M. Lennox
CEREMONY AND STORYWORK: DECOLONIZING STRATEGIES IN CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS DOCUMENTARY FILM, April E. Lindala
ADDITIVE P-VALUE COMBINATION TEST, Xing Ling
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND SLIP KINEMATICS OF THE KEWEENAW FAULT SYSTEM BETWEEN BÊTE GRISE BAY AND GRATIOT LAKE, KEWEENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, Daniel J. Lizzadro-McPherson
Finer details of language modeling: text segmentation, working within resource limits, and watermarking, Evan Gordon Lucas
MEMORY OPTIMIZATIONS FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT COMPUTER SYSTEMS, Zhiyuan Lu
INVASIVE BUCKTHORN MAPPING: A UAV-BASED APPROACH UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING, GIS, AND REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES IN THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN, Vikranth Madeppa
INVESTIGATING COLLABORATIVE EXPLAINABLE AI (CXAI)/SOCIAL FORUM AS AN EXPLAINABLE AI (XAI) METHOD IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING (AD), Tauseef Ibne Mamun
PHYSICAL, OPTICAL, AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF LIGHT ABSORBING AEROSOLS AND THEIR CLIMATIC IMPACTS, Susan Mathai
Has Bollywood Lost the Plot? Analyzing the Influence of Item Songs on Rape Culture in India, Donna Susan Mathew
USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO UNDERSTAND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INNOVATION LABS' CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, Sidney M. Mechling
Micro-RNA 483 deficiency increases oxidative stress in Pancreatic Beta-cells, Nirali Mehta
QUANTIFICATION OF WOOD-CARBON TRANSFER TO SOIL ORGANIC MATTER POOLS – DISTRIBUTION AND FORMS, Samuel Mensah Opoku
AN INVESTIGATION OF MICROSEISMICITY DURING THE 2018 KILAUEA CALDERA COLLAPSE, Isabella S. Metts
Cancer/Testis Gene Expression Changes in Metastatic Cancer, Clara M. Mosentine
A Search for Compact Object Dark Matter in the Universe Utilizing Gravitational Millilensing of Gamma-ray Bursts, Oindabi Mukherjee
MACHINE LEARNING AND DEEP LEARNING APPROACHES FOR GENE REGULATORY NETWORK INFERENCE IN PLANT SPECIES, Sai Teja Mummadi
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
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS FOR LUNAR SURFACE REGOLITH STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION, Joseph B. Primeau
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
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A GRAPHQL MESH GATEWAY: FEDERATING API ENDPOINTS BASED ON A DEFINED DATA MODEL, Marcus D. Scese
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