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.

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Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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STATISTICAL METHODS FOR RARE AND COMMON VARIANT ASSOCIATION STUDIES, Shurong Fang

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Sustainable Energy Production in the United States: Life Cycle Assessment of Biofuels and Bioenergy, Jiqing Fan

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Assessment of Seismic Damage of Buildings and Related Environmental Impacts, Carley A. Feese

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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

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EFFECTIVE FUNCTION CHOICE IN THE R SCRIPTING LANGUAGE, Trevor D. Fisher

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TERPENE AND TERPENOID EMISSIONS AND SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL PRODUCTION, Rosa M. Flores

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EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION INTO PARTICULATE MATTER DISTRIBUTION IN CATALYZED PARTICULATE FILTERS USING A 3D TERAHERTZ WAVE SCANNER, Ryan Kristopher Foley

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TEACHING MENSTRUAL HEALTH AND HYGIENE TO YOUNG WOMEN IN EASTERN UGANDA WITH REUSABLE MENSTRUAL PADS, Stacey L. Frankenstein-Markon

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CHARACTERIZATION OF TWO NOVEL MONOCOT MANNOSE BINDING LECTINS PURIFIED BY ‘CAPTURE AND RELEASE’ METHOD, Ashli L. Fueri

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Selective Mercury Sequestration from a Silver/Mercury Cyanide Solution, Kristen L. Gabby

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NANOSCALE ELECTROCHEMISTRY BY IN-SITU TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, Qi Gao

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Applications of LiDAR remote sensing of forest structure in the Upper Great Lakes region, USA, Timothy J. Gebuhr

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ASSESSING INFORMATION CONFLICTS DURING THE PROJECT LIFE CYCLE, Armin Rahimi Golkhandan

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Multimembership and Identity in Writing Centers and in Industry: Examining the Work of Reconciliation in the Michigan Tech Multiliteracies Center and at Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Adam Aaron Gray

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Beech bark disease distribution and resistance in Michigan and fungal endophyte ecology of resistant and susceptible beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.), Rachel E. Griesmer-Zakhar

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Ethanol Production from Hardboard Manufacturing Process Wastewater: Methods for Improving Product Yields from Hemicellulose Hydrolysates, Stephanie Lee Groves

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Spatial and Temporal Evolution of the Volcanics and Sediments of the Kenya Rift, Alexandria L. Guth

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A HYDRO-CLIMATIC MODELING FRAMEWORK FOR ADAPTIVE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN THE GREAT LAKES BASIN, Rabi Gyawali

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TEACHING THE GAS PROPERTIES AND GAS LAWS: AN INQUIRY UNIT WITH ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT, Michael Hammar

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The Problematic of Privacy in the Namespace, Randal Sean Harrison

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The Role of Water Chemistry in the Concentration of Hematite Ore, Howard J. Haselhuhn

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REALIZATION OF A DC MICROGRID USING A HAMILTONIAN BASED CONTROLS SOLUTION, Matthew J. Heath

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THE EFFECTS OF WEB-BASED TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES IN A RURAL SCIENCE CLASSROOM, Joseph D. Heflin

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Development of an In Situ Measurement Device for Obtaining Material Thermal Properties, Mark A. Hepokoski

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Two-Phase Flow In Microchannels: Morphology And Interface Phenomena, Alexandru Herescu

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Evaluating Karner Blue Butterfly (Lycaeides Melissa Samuelis Nabokov) Habitat Selection in the State of Wisconsin, USA, Anna Nahuel Hess

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EVALUATION AND MONITORING OF ASH (FRAXINUS SPP.) TOLERANT TO LONG-TERM EMERALD ASH BORER (AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS [COLEOPTERA: BUPRESTIDAE]) EXPOSURE, Kathryn G. Hietala

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THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF THE ST. PETERSBURG PARADOX, Keguo Huang

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ACETYL RADICAL IN TOBACCO SMOKE: DETECTION, QUANTIFICATION AND SIMULATION, Na Hu

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SUPPORTING LEARNING FOR NAVAJO STUDENTS THROUGH ETHNOMATHEMATICS, Tracy L. Hunter

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Development and characterization of fluorescent pH sensors based on porous silica and hydrogel support matrices, Qili Hu

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AMPLITUDE-VERSUS-ANGLE ANALYSIS AND WIDE-ANGLE-INVERSION OF CROSSWELL SEISMIC DATA IN A CARBONATE RESERVOIR, Mohamed S. Ibrahim

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PARAMETRIC STUDY OF REAXFF SIMULATION PARAMETERS FOR MOLECULAR DYNAMICS MODELING OF REACTIVE CARBON GASES, Benjamin David Jensen

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COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTION OF THE SPORULATION NETWORK IN CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM, Changyi Jiang

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Maximum principle preserving high order schemes for convection-dominated diffusion equations, Yi Jiang

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EVALUATING INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE TO ASSIST FACILITY MANAGEMENT TOWARD SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS, Yongliang Jin

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ADVENTURES IN FRIEDMANN COSMOLOGIES---INTERACTION OF POSITIVE ENERGY DENSITIES WITH NEGATIVE ENERGY DENSITIES AND CURVATURE OF THE UNIVERSE, Ravi Joshi

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MODELING AND HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATION OF POWER-SPLIT HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES, Shreyash Joshi

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INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF THE INVASIVE SPECIES CIRSIUM ARVENSE, CANADA THISTLE, AND PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS, COMMON REED: USING ECOLOGICALLY BASED CONTROL MEASURES AT EACH STAGE OF THE INVASION PROCESS, Kevyn J. Juneau

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Benson's Theorem for Partial Geometries, Ellen J. Kamischke

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A COMPARISON OF PIXEL-BASED VERSUS OBJECT ORIENTED ANALYSIS OF LANDSLIDES USING HISTORICAL REMOTE SENSING DATA, Ren N. Keyport

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THE EFFECTS OF MODELING INSTRUCTION ON STUDENT LEARNING OF A NEWTONIAN FORCE CONCEPT, Daniel W. Kilpela

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A STUDY OF SO2 EMISSIONS AND GROUND SURFACE DISPLACEMENTS AT LASTARRIA VOLCANO, ANTOFAGASTA REGION, NORTHERN CHILE, Lucie Guihem Krewcun

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NICKEL-COBALT SOLID SOLUTION AND ITS APPLICATIONS AS CATALYSTS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE REFORMING OF METHANE, Sanchai Kuboon

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IDENTIFICATION OF GENES CONTROLLING BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND PATHWAYS THROUGH STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND NETWORK RECONSTRUCTION, Sapna Kumari

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NONLINEAR EFFECTS IN MAGNETIC GARNET FILMS AND NONRECIPROCAL OPTICAL BLOCH OSCILLATIONS IN WAVEGUIDE ARRAYS, Pradeep Kumar

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MATURE FINE TAILINGS (MFTs): A STUDY OF COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AND RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF ATHABASCA OIL SANDS PETROLEUM MINING WASTE APPLIED IN CONCRETE MIXTURES, Jean S. Leav

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Strategic Optimization Techniques For FRTU Deployment and Chip Physical Design, Chen Liao

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The Processing of Aluminum Gasarites via Thermal Decomposition of Interstitial Hydrides, Joseph James Licavoli

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A COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF A 25% RPS IN MICHIGAN, Fei Li

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EVALUATION OF INTELLIGENT COMPACTION CONTROL IN THE M-189 RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT IRON RIVER, MICHIGAN, Junhong Li

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Oligodeoxynucleotide synthesis using protecting groups and a linker cleavable under non-nucleophilic conditions, Xi Lin

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MIGRATION PATTERNS AMONG YOUNG ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES: ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC EXPLANATIONS, Fangming Liu

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Development of Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulation System for Hybrid Electric Vehicle Study, Yang Li

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SIMULATING LARGE DEFORMATION OF INTRANEURAL GANGLION CYST USING FINITE ELEMENT METHOD, Sachin Lokhande

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THERMAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A GASOLINE TURBOCHARGED DIRECT INJECTION (GTDI) ENGINE UTILIZING LEAN OPERATION AND EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION (EGR), Daniel P. Madison

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Non-invasive method to predict viscosity and size using total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM) system, Mohammad Mohiuddin Mamun

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PERSPECTIVES ON ICT ADOPTION IN UGANDAN SCHOOLS, Anthony G. Markon

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Influence of Vegetation Removal and Altering Water Levels on CO2 Flux Rates of a Northern Bog, Laura M. Matkala

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Detecting changes in surface moisture and water table position with spectral changes in surface vegetation in northern peatlands, Karl Michael Meingast

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VALIDATION OF A 'DISPLACEMENT TOMOGRAPHY' INVERSION METHOD FOR MODELING SHEET INTRUSIONS, Sarah J. Menassian

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Paleomagnetic Study of the Portage Lake Volcanics exposed in the Quincy Mine, Alexander Christopher Michels

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POST-PROJECT ASSESSMENT OF PIT LATRINES IN RURAL PANAMA, Jacob B. Midkiff

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CHARACTERIZATION OF ASPHALT MATERIALS CONTAINING BIO OIL FROM MICHIGAN WOOD, Julian N. Mills-Beale

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SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODELING AS A QUANTITATIVE-QUALITATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: INSIGHTS FOR WATER QUALITY POLICY IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION, Ali Mirchi

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Electrospun Quaternized Chitosan Fibers for Virus Removal from Drinking Water, Xue Mi

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A DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS OF BASE METAL PRICES: COMPARING THE EFFECT OF DETRENDING METHODS ON TREND IDENTIFICATION AND CYCLICAL COMPONENTS, Mahmoodreza Modirroosta

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OPTIMAL SHAPE IN ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING BY SMALL ASPHERICAL PARTICLES, Ajaree Mongkolsittisilp

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Determing the Effect of Thermal Treatment Timing on Ultra-High Performance Concrete Beams, Christopher H. Mullen

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Spatial and temporal patterns in ungulate-ecosystem interactions, Bryan D. Murray

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Development of Optically Based pH Sensing Hydrogel and Controlled Nitric Oxide Release Polymer, Matthew T. Nielsen

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ENHANCING COMMUNICATION THROUGH SUCCESSFUL REPAIR: EXAMINING FLUENCY AND MECHANISMS FOR SYNTACTIC PROGRESS IN APHASIC AND NON-APHASIC SPEECH, Andrea L. Norkus

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Carbon in the Peatlands in the Great Lakes Region, Cassandra A. Ott

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An Ecological and Chemical Assessment of Copper Contaminated Streams in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Julie A. Padilla

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MULTISCALE MODELING OF LIQUID CRYSTALLINE/NANOTUBE COMPOSITES, Sharil Patrale

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AGROFORESTRY ADDRESSING SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN PARAGUAY, Brian T. Pattullo

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Technology, Transportation, and Scale in the Koyokuk Placer Mining District 1890s - 1930s, Jessica Sarah Peterson

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AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECTS OF BIODIESEL BLENDS ON PARTICULATE MATTER OXIDATION IN A CATALYZED PARTICULATE FILTER DURING ACTIVE REGENERATION, James Pidgeon

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Geospatial analysis of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) encroachment utilizing remotely sensed data, Aaron James Poznanovic

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Promoting Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems Using Ecological Forestry, Sarah Klingsporn Poznanovic

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Development of a 1-D Catalyzed Diesel Particulate Filter Model for Simulation of the Performance and the Oxidation of Particulate Matter and Nitrogen Oxides Using Passive Oxidation and Active Regeneration Engine Experimental Data, Kiran Premchand

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Molecular Modeling of PMR-15 Polyimide, FNU Pruthul Kokkada Ravindranath

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Dysprosium transport in Nd-Fe-B pellets, Parawee Pumwongpitak

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Reverse Engineering the Structural and Acoustic Behavior of a Stradivari Violin, Michael A. Pyrkosz

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Skill Acquisition and the Influence of Attentional Focus and Practice, Alison Beth Regal

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BREAKING CODES: MAKING THEORIES ON MENSTRUATION ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THIRD-WAVE FEMINISM, Carole S. Reynolds

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DIFFERENTIATING PATH AND SOURCE PROCESSES IN COMPLEX GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE THROUGH PASSIVE SEISMIC STUDIES: BERING GLACIER, ALASKA AND VILLARRICA VOLCANO, CHILE, Joshua Paul Richardson

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Optical Waveguides and Structures for Short Haul Optical Communication Channels within Printed Circuit Boards, Nicholas J. Riegel

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The Planned and the Emergent: An Alternative Model of Learning and Literacy, Lori S. Rogers

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Plant-mediated effects on microbial diversity in mesocosms of an oligotrophic bog, Karl J. Romanowicz IV

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Effects of Ethylene on Secondary Xylem Formation in Arabidopsis thaliana, Haley M. Rupp

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EVALUATION OF NON-STATIONARITY IN ANNUAL MAXIMUM FLOOD SERIES OF MODERATELY IMPAIRED WATERSHEDS IN THE UPPER MIDWEST AND NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES, Neila Salvadori

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HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE AND OTHER APPLICATIONS, Sunand Santhanagopalan

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Security Evaluation of Substation Network Architectures, Pingal Raj Sapkota

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STOCHASTIC CHARGE TRANSPORT IN MULTI-ISLAND SINGLE-ELECTRON TUNNELING DEVICES, Madhusudan A. Savaikar

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SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AS ENFRAMING OR EMPOWERING: HOW LEAN AND SIX SIGMA DEFINE TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION, Joanna M. Schreiber

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CHARACTERIZING THE FIRST HISTORIC ERUPTION OF NABRO, ERITREA: INSIGHTS FROM THERMAL AND UV REMOTE SENSING, Christine Ruth Sealing

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Keweenaw National Historical Park: Heritage Partnerships in an Industrial Landscape, Scott F. See

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Intergranular Corrosion and Stress Corrosion Cracking of Extruded AA6005A, David James Seguin

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Driver Safety in Far-side and Far-oblique Crashes: A Study of Patrol Vehicles in the United States of America, Martin Sepoori