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
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
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
Examining Student and Faculty Perspectives on Hidden Curriculum in Computing Education, Joseph R. Teahen
Examining Video-Based Learning in Higher Education, Kay (Catherine) L. Tislar
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
MICROBIAL HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION AND CARBON CYCLING IN MARINE AND FRESHWATER SEDIMENTS: A COMPARATIVE METAGENOMIC ANALYSIS, Yogita M. Warkhade
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
PERFORMANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF WASTE GLASS ASPHALT IN COLD REGIONS, Kai Xin
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
ASSESSING TROPICAL MAMMAL DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION USING NONINVASIVE METHODS, Tiff L. DeGroot
NONLINEAR HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING AND CONTROL OF WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS, Tania Demonte Gonzalez
AUTONOMIC MODULATION OF CARDIAC FUNCTION IN HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY, Jenna Rose Disser
Modeling Pulsatile Flows Using Truly Incompressible Finite Volume Lattice Boltzmann Model, Akshay S. Dongre
2D DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF LOW-PRANDTL NUMBER RAYLEIGH-BÉNARD CONVECTION, Reed Downs
Directional Dependent Fracture Characteristics of 3D Printed Mechanical Metamaterials, Thomas Draper
The Influence of Chlorine In Corrosion Initiation on Alumina, Lisa M. Eggart
OPTIMIZING DIABETES DIAGNOSTICS: ELECTROPHORETIC SEPARATION AND DETECTION OF HEMOGLOBIN A1C WITH BORONATE, Rixlie Fozilova
Molecular Modeling of Phenolic Resin for Carbon-Carbon Composites, Ivan Gallegos
Initial Solution Improvements to a Tethered Robotic Path Planner using Random Geometric Graph Configurations and Biased Sampling, Austen J. Goddu
Transient Simulations of Power Systems with Inverter Interfaced Resources, Gaurish Shreedhar Gokhale
ELECTRIFICATION OF A HEAVY-DUTY OFF-ROAD MATERIAL HANDLER: ENERGY SAVINGS AND EMISSION REDUCTIONS, Bryant Goodenough
ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING ENGINE KNOCK IN MODERN SPARK IGNITION GASOLINE ENGINES TO IMPROVE ENGINE EFFICIENCY, Siddharth Gopujkar
DATA TO PHYSICS: BRIDGING MODELING FRAMEWORKS FOR METASTRUCTURES, Hrishikesh Suhas Gosavi
CONSTRUCTING THE 4TH HAWC CATALOG OF VERY-HIGH-ENERGY SOURCES USING AN AUTOMATED LIKELIHOOD PIPELINE SEARCH, Samuel J. Groetsch
A Physicochemical Characterization of Protein Aggregates: Influence of Lipid Membranes and Surfaces, Connor J. Hall
ANALYTICAL AND MACHINE LEARNING MODELING OF DIRECT CARBONATION OF NATURAL SILICATE MINERALS, William Hanson
SYNTHESIS OF CHLORINATED DEOXYGUANOSINE NUCLEOTIDES AT THE N2 CARBON TO PREVENT SUBSTITUTION ERRORS DURING THE CAPPING STEP FOR THE CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF LONG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDES, J. Parker F. Harstad
Contribution of Gaze Behavior in Reactive Balance due to Decreased Environmental Lighting, Lily K. Hart
TROPHIC INTERACTIONS OF SYMPATRIC CYPRINODONTIFORM FISHES INHABITING LOUISIANA SALTMARSHES, Ryan Heines
A MULTIMOLECULAR PERSPECTIVE ON THE SUCCESS OF WOLF RECOVERY AND RELOCATION, Samuel D. Hervey
AN INCREMENTAL MULTISCALE NON–LINEAR MANIFOLD APPROXIMATION METHOD, Praveen T.W. Hettige
SILPHID AND CARABID BEETLES IN AN EXPERIMENTAL FOREST TRIAL: iDNA AND DIETS, AND INSECT-HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS CAN BETTER INFORM FOREST MANAGEMENT, Katherine E. Higdon
Investigation of Operational Parameter Differences between the Standard RON Test Method and Knock-Limited Modern Spark-Ignition Engine Operation, Alexander Hoth
CONFRONTING THE WILDFIRE CRISIS: UNDERSTANDING EQUITY AND DECISION-MAKING IN WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, Katherine Huerta Sanchez
Data Driven and Machine Learning Based Modeling and Predictive Control of Combustion at Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition Engines, Behrouz Khoshbakht Irdmousa
“NOT MUCH OF A JOB”: EVERYDAY LIFE AND LABOR AT CAMP AU TRAIN, Josef T. Iwanicki
ANOMALY MAPPING OF HEAVY AND LIGHT RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN CENTRAL UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN USING GEOSTATISTICS AND FRACTAL ANALYSIS, Sunday Joseph
Stories, People, and Industrial Heritage Landscapes: Integrating Spatial Narratives and Deep Mapping for use in Public Heritage, James A. Juip
DEVELOPING ROBUST AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES WITH ROS, Dylan J. Kangas
ASSESSING THE NUTRITIONAL QUALITY AND FATE OF SAGINAW BAY DREISSENID MUSSEL VELIGERS, Mitch R. Kehne
NOVEL ANALYTICAL APPROACHES FOR THE STUDY OF ENERGY AND NUTRIENT FLOW IN STREAMS, Michelle Catherine Kelly
APPLICATIONS OF INDEPENDENT AND IDENTICALLY DISTRIBUTED (IID) RANDOM PROCESSES IN POLARIMETRY AND CLIMATOLOGY, Dan Kestner
TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOOD MODELING OF HURON CREEK IN HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN, Sara Khoshnevis
THE ADOPTION AND IMPACT OF CLEAN ENERGY POLICIES, Dong Min Kim
Wave Energy Converter Wave Force Prediction Using a Neural Network, Morgan Kline
DEEP LEARNING, MULTI-STAGED MACHINE LEARNING, AND REINFORCEMENT LEARNING TO IMPROVE CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY, Kristoffer A. Larsen
THE QUESTION OF QUESTIONING: STUDYING THE SENSEMAKING PROCESS IN AMBIGUOUS SCENARIOS, Betsy R. Lehman
ASSESSING THE SOUND QUALITY OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS USING DATA-DRIVEN METHODOLOGIES, Daniel Jeffery Lesko
ENHANCING RESILIENCE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURAL SYSTEMS AGAINST SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS, Miaomiao Li
ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS DENSITY ESTIMATION USING DEEP LEARNING: INSIGHT FROM NEON GROUND-TRUTH DATA AND SIMULATED GEDI WAVEFORM, Ashish Mahaur
PERFORMANCE CHARACTERIZATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF A POINT-CLOUD-BASED PATH PLANNER IN OFF-ROAD TERRAINS, Casey D. Majhor
ASSESSING WAVE DYNAMICS INDUCED COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTHERN SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR, Saumik Mallik