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.
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Novel Automotive Waste Heat Recovery Techniques, John Randall Armstead
THE CELEBRITY BURDEN: CELEBRITY CAMPAIGNS IN THE PURSUIT OF HUMANITARIANISM, Regina Akosua Dede Baiden
LOCAL DIGITAL CONTROL OF POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS IN A DC MICROGRID BASED ON A-PRIORI DERIVATION OF SWITCHING SURFACES, Bibaswan Banerjee
THERMORESPONSIVE PROPERTIES OF GOLD HYBRID NANOPARTICLES OF POLY(DI(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) METHYL ETHER METHACRYLATE) (PDEGMA) AND ITS BLOCK COPOLYMERS WITH DIFFERENT ANCHORING REGIMES, Martha Juliana Barajas Meneses
BIOMASS FUEL-BRIQUETTES AND IMPROVED STOVES IN DINSHO, ETHIOPIA, Brian W. Barbre
Stilling Basin Scour Remediation Using Air Injection and Flat Plate Extension, Rachael Barlock
EVALUATING THE INSTALLATION AND PERFORMANCE OF MANUALLY DRILLED WELLS IN NORTH-EASTERN MADAGASCAR, Luke John Paul Barrett
Investigations of Cloud Microphysical Response to Mixing Using Digital Holography, Matthew Jacob Beals
THE HOLOGRAPHIC DETECTOR FOR CLOUDS FROM TRL 5 TO TRL 8, Matthew Jacob Beals
A TWO-STAGE MICROBIAL FUEL CELL SYSTEM TO CONVERT SOLID ORGANIC WASTE TO ELECTRICITY, Tristan T. Beaster
Assessing Decision Making Skill in Complex and Dynamic Environments Using Representative and Simulated Tasks, Patrick Karl Belling
Sound As Artifact, Jeff Benjamin
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HEURISTIC OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS, Rohit A. Bhatia
QUADRUPOLE LEVITATION OF PARTICLES IN A THERMODYNAMICALLY REALISTIC CLOUD ENVIRONMENT, Nicholas A. Black
GROUND-BASED AND SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING OF PAROXYSMAL ERUPTIONS AT ETNA VOLCANO, 2011-2012., Estelle Bonny
AGENT BASED, DISTRIBUTED CONTROL STRATEGIES AND OPTIMIZATION OF PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES ON SMART/MICROGRID ARCHITECTURES, Kyle Bordeau
SURFACTANT-OIL INTERACTIONS: FOAMING & TOXICITY, Shubham N. Borole
VERIFYING SUCCESS OF ARTIFICIAL REEFS IN THE HURON-ERIE CORRIDOR FOR LAKE STURGEON, Emily K. Bouckaert
Induction of Microalgal Lipids for Biodiesel Production in Tandem with Sequestration of High Carbon Dioxide Concentration, Wilbel J. Brewer
An Experience-Driven Pedagogy for the Instruction of Software Testing in Computer Science, Christopher Duane Brown
BENEFICIATION OF HIGH-MgO SEDIMENTARY PHOSPHATE ORES, Justin T. Carlson
Performance-Based Engineering Framework for Earthquake and Fire Following Earthquake, Aerik Carlton
INTERACTIVE EFFECT OF FIXED TIME ORDER STRATEGIES WITHIN A SUPPLY CHAIN ON ACTUAL IN-STOCK PROBABILITIES, Mangesh S. Chaudhari
How do we teach usability? An Investigation of Usability Instruction in Technical Communication, Felicia E. Chong
An Investigation of Waste Glass-Based Geopolymers Supplemented with Alumina, Mary U. Christiansen
Fossil bubble in porphyritic basaltic pyroclasts produced by small and large strombolian eruption at Pacaya, Guatemala, Valeria Cigala
PROBABILISTIC MODELING OF RAINFALL INDUCED LANDSLIDE HAZARD ASSESSMENT IN SAN JUAN LA LAGUNA, SOLOLÁ, GUATEMALA, Patrice F. Cobin
FACTORS AFFECTING DIPOREIA GROWTH RATES IN LAKE SUPERIOR, Miles J. Corcoran
DETERMINATION OF BULK DENSITY OF ROCK CORE USING STANDARD INDUSTRY METHODS, Kacy Mackenzey Crawford
DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECOCAR 3 PROPOSAL AND GUIDELINES FOR MODELING AND DESIGN IN YEAR ONE OF ECOCAR 3, Tyler B. Daavettila
Silicon Nanowire Lab on a Chip, Thomas M. Daunais
The Effects of Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) on Understory Vegetation and Soils in a Northern Hardwood Forest, Keri A. Deneau
LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD AND CELLULAR AUTOMATA SIMULATION OF PARTICLE MOTION AND DEPOSITION IN 2-D CASE, Yichao Deng
DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW COST IMPEDANCE TUBE TO MEASURE THE ACOUSTIC ABSORPTION AND TRANSMISSION LOSS OF MATERIALS, Satyajeet P. Deshpande
Faulted Structures in Li Ion Exchanged NaMO2 (M=Ni(0.25)Mn(0.75)), Aaron M. DeWahl
Influence of Mechanical and Thermal Boundary Conditions on Stabilizing/Destabilizing Mechanisms in Evaporating Liquid Films, Aneet Dharmavaram Narendranath
STUDIES OF FUNCTIONALIZED NANOPARTICLES FOR SMART SELF-ASSEMBLY AND AS CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY, Xiaochu Ding
MAGNETO-PHOTONIC CRYSTALS FOR OPTICAL SENSING APPLICATIONS, Neluka Dissanayake
RESILIENT WOMEN, METISTIC SCIENTISTS: A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY OF HOW WOMEN NEGOTIATE THEIR SITUATEDNESS IN SCIENCE FIELDS, Isidore Kafui Dorpenyo
Volcanic processes and human exposure as elements to build a risk model for Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala, Rüdiger P. Escobar Wolf
STATISTICAL METHODS FOR RARE AND COMMON VARIANT ASSOCIATION STUDIES, Shurong Fang
Sustainable Energy Production in the United States: Life Cycle Assessment of Biofuels and Bioenergy, Jiqing Fan
Assessment of Seismic Damage of Buildings and Related Environmental Impacts, Carley A. Feese
ANKLE IMPEDANCE AND ANKLE ANGLES DURING STEP TURN AND STRAIGHT WALK: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DESIGN OF A STEERABLE ANKLE-FOOT PROSTHETIC ROBOT, Evandro M. Ficanha
EFFECTIVE FUNCTION CHOICE IN THE R SCRIPTING LANGUAGE, Trevor D. Fisher
TERPENE AND TERPENOID EMISSIONS AND SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL PRODUCTION, Rosa M. Flores
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION INTO PARTICULATE MATTER DISTRIBUTION IN CATALYZED PARTICULATE FILTERS USING A 3D TERAHERTZ WAVE SCANNER, Ryan Kristopher Foley
TEACHING MENSTRUAL HEALTH AND HYGIENE TO YOUNG WOMEN IN EASTERN UGANDA WITH REUSABLE MENSTRUAL PADS, Stacey L. Frankenstein-Markon
CHARACTERIZATION OF TWO NOVEL MONOCOT MANNOSE BINDING LECTINS PURIFIED BY ‘CAPTURE AND RELEASE’ METHOD, Ashli L. Fueri
Selective Mercury Sequestration from a Silver/Mercury Cyanide Solution, Kristen L. Gabby
NANOSCALE ELECTROCHEMISTRY BY IN-SITU TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, Qi Gao
Applications of LiDAR remote sensing of forest structure in the Upper Great Lakes region, USA, Timothy J. Gebuhr
ASSESSING INFORMATION CONFLICTS DURING THE PROJECT LIFE CYCLE, Armin Rahimi Golkhandan
Beech bark disease distribution and resistance in Michigan and fungal endophyte ecology of resistant and susceptible beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.), Rachel E. Griesmer-Zakhar
Ethanol Production from Hardboard Manufacturing Process Wastewater: Methods for Improving Product Yields from Hemicellulose Hydrolysates, Stephanie Lee Groves
Spatial and Temporal Evolution of the Volcanics and Sediments of the Kenya Rift, Alexandria L. Guth
A HYDRO-CLIMATIC MODELING FRAMEWORK FOR ADAPTIVE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN THE GREAT LAKES BASIN, Rabi Gyawali
TEACHING THE GAS PROPERTIES AND GAS LAWS: AN INQUIRY UNIT WITH ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT, Michael Hammar
The Problematic of Privacy in the Namespace, Randal Sean Harrison
The Role of Water Chemistry in the Concentration of Hematite Ore, Howard J. Haselhuhn
REALIZATION OF A DC MICROGRID USING A HAMILTONIAN BASED CONTROLS SOLUTION, Matthew J. Heath
THE EFFECTS OF WEB-BASED TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES IN A RURAL SCIENCE CLASSROOM, Joseph D. Heflin
Development of an In Situ Measurement Device for Obtaining Material Thermal Properties, Mark A. Hepokoski
Two-Phase Flow In Microchannels: Morphology And Interface Phenomena, Alexandru Herescu
Evaluating Karner Blue Butterfly (Lycaeides Melissa Samuelis Nabokov) Habitat Selection in the State of Wisconsin, USA, Anna Nahuel Hess
EVALUATION AND MONITORING OF ASH (FRAXINUS SPP.) TOLERANT TO LONG-TERM EMERALD ASH BORER (AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS [COLEOPTERA: BUPRESTIDAE]) EXPOSURE, Kathryn G. Hietala
THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF THE ST. PETERSBURG PARADOX, Keguo Huang
ACETYL RADICAL IN TOBACCO SMOKE: DETECTION, QUANTIFICATION AND SIMULATION, Na Hu
SUPPORTING LEARNING FOR NAVAJO STUDENTS THROUGH ETHNOMATHEMATICS, Tracy L. Hunter
AMPLITUDE-VERSUS-ANGLE ANALYSIS AND WIDE-ANGLE-INVERSION OF CROSSWELL SEISMIC DATA IN A CARBONATE RESERVOIR, Mohamed S. Ibrahim
PARAMETRIC STUDY OF REAXFF SIMULATION PARAMETERS FOR MOLECULAR DYNAMICS MODELING OF REACTIVE CARBON GASES, Benjamin David Jensen
COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTION OF THE SPORULATION NETWORK IN CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM, Changyi Jiang
Maximum principle preserving high order schemes for convection-dominated diffusion equations, Yi Jiang
EVALUATING INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE TO ASSIST FACILITY MANAGEMENT TOWARD SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS, Yongliang Jin
MODELING AND HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATION OF POWER-SPLIT HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES, Shreyash Joshi
Benson's Theorem for Partial Geometries, Ellen J. Kamischke
A COMPARISON OF PIXEL-BASED VERSUS OBJECT ORIENTED ANALYSIS OF LANDSLIDES USING HISTORICAL REMOTE SENSING DATA, Ren N. Keyport
THE EFFECTS OF MODELING INSTRUCTION ON STUDENT LEARNING OF A NEWTONIAN FORCE CONCEPT, Daniel W. Kilpela
A STUDY OF SO2 EMISSIONS AND GROUND SURFACE DISPLACEMENTS AT LASTARRIA VOLCANO, ANTOFAGASTA REGION, NORTHERN CHILE, Lucie Guihem Krewcun
NICKEL-COBALT SOLID SOLUTION AND ITS APPLICATIONS AS CATALYSTS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE REFORMING OF METHANE, Sanchai Kuboon
IDENTIFICATION OF GENES CONTROLLING BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND PATHWAYS THROUGH STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND NETWORK RECONSTRUCTION, Sapna Kumari
NONLINEAR EFFECTS IN MAGNETIC GARNET FILMS AND NONRECIPROCAL OPTICAL BLOCH OSCILLATIONS IN WAVEGUIDE ARRAYS, Pradeep Kumar
Strategic Optimization Techniques For FRTU Deployment and Chip Physical Design, Chen Liao
The Processing of Aluminum Gasarites via Thermal Decomposition of Interstitial Hydrides, Joseph James Licavoli
A COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF A 25% RPS IN MICHIGAN, Fei Li
EVALUATION OF INTELLIGENT COMPACTION CONTROL IN THE M-189 RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT IRON RIVER, MICHIGAN, Junhong Li
MIGRATION PATTERNS AMONG YOUNG ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES: ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC EXPLANATIONS, Fangming Liu
Development of Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulation System for Hybrid Electric Vehicle Study, Yang Li
SIMULATING LARGE DEFORMATION OF INTRANEURAL GANGLION CYST USING FINITE ELEMENT METHOD, Sachin Lokhande
THERMAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A GASOLINE TURBOCHARGED DIRECT INJECTION (GTDI) ENGINE UTILIZING LEAN OPERATION AND EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION (EGR), Daniel P. Madison