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
Molecular Modeling of PMR-15 Polyimide, FNU Pruthul Kokkada Ravindranath
Dysprosium transport in Nd-Fe-B pellets, Parawee Pumwongpitak
Reverse Engineering the Structural and Acoustic Behavior of a Stradivari Violin, Michael A. Pyrkosz
Skill Acquisition and the Influence of Attentional Focus and Practice, Alison Beth Regal
BREAKING CODES: MAKING THEORIES ON MENSTRUATION ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THIRD-WAVE FEMINISM, Carole S. Reynolds
DIFFERENTIATING PATH AND SOURCE PROCESSES IN COMPLEX GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE THROUGH PASSIVE SEISMIC STUDIES: BERING GLACIER, ALASKA AND VILLARRICA VOLCANO, CHILE, Joshua Paul Richardson
Optical Waveguides and Structures for Short Haul Optical Communication Channels within Printed Circuit Boards, Nicholas J. Riegel
The Planned and the Emergent: An Alternative Model of Learning and Literacy, Lori S. Rogers
Plant-mediated effects on microbial diversity in mesocosms of an oligotrophic bog, Karl J. Romanowicz IV
Effects of Ethylene on Secondary Xylem Formation in Arabidopsis thaliana, Haley M. Rupp
EVALUATION OF NON-STATIONARITY IN ANNUAL MAXIMUM FLOOD SERIES OF MODERATELY IMPAIRED WATERSHEDS IN THE UPPER MIDWEST AND NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES, Neila Salvadori
HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE AND OTHER APPLICATIONS, Sunand Santhanagopalan
Security Evaluation of Substation Network Architectures, Pingal Raj Sapkota
STOCHASTIC CHARGE TRANSPORT IN MULTI-ISLAND SINGLE-ELECTRON TUNNELING DEVICES, Madhusudan A. Savaikar
SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AS ENFRAMING OR EMPOWERING: HOW LEAN AND SIX SIGMA DEFINE TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION, Joanna M. Schreiber
CHARACTERIZING THE FIRST HISTORIC ERUPTION OF NABRO, ERITREA: INSIGHTS FROM THERMAL AND UV REMOTE SENSING, Christine Ruth Sealing
Keweenaw National Historical Park: Heritage Partnerships in an Industrial Landscape, Scott F. See
Intergranular Corrosion and Stress Corrosion Cracking of Extruded AA6005A, David James Seguin
Driver Safety in Far-side and Far-oblique Crashes: A Study of Patrol Vehicles in the United States of America, Martin Sepoori
DISSECTION OF STRESS RESPONSE NETWORKS REGULATING MULTIPLE STRESSES IN RICE, Rafi Shaik
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF BIOFUEL PRODUCED FROM ALGAE, Rui Shi
THE ROLE OF ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNGI ON FERTILIZED AND UNFERTILIZED NURSERY GROWN WHITE SPRUCE, Alistair James Henry Smith II
Development of Vapor Deposited Silica Sol-Gel Particles for a Bioactive Materials System to Direct Osteoblast Behavior, Katherine Lynn Snyder
Local Use and Management of Tasba (Senna obtusifolia) in the Traditional Food System of Sanguere Paul, North Cameroon, Mary E. Snyder
THE SETUP AND EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS OF DIRECT WATER INJECTION IN A SPARK IGNITED NATURAL GAS ENGINE AT VARYING COMPRESSION RATIOS, Jason E. Socha
A SCR Model based on Reactor and Engine Experimental Studies for a Cu-zeolite Catalyst, Xiaobo Song
A Novel Approach to Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage, Brett P. Spigarelli
BIOCHEMICAL AND CELLULAR MECHANISMS OF RETINA AND RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM APOPTOSIS, Srinivasa Rao Sripathi
Characterization Of Porous Media In Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Based on Percolation Studies, Stephen Stacy
Speciation with gene-flow in eastern North American red oaks (Quercus section Lobatae), Alexis R. Sullivan
DYNAMIC MODEL BASED STATE ESTIMATION IN A HEAVY DUTY DIESEL AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM FOR ONBOARD DIAGNOSTICS AND CONTROLS, Harsha S. Surenahalli
Using a Prediction and Option Generation Paradigm to Understand Decision Making, Joel Suss
INNOVATIVE HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTIONS TO SUPPORT COGNITIVE COLLABORATIVE GEOSPATIAL ENVIRONMENTS, Kevin Takala
SPRING DISCHARGE MONITORING IN LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS: A CASE STUDY OF CONCEPCIÓN CHIQUIRICHAPA, GUATEMALA, Stephanie C. Tubman
Modern Computational Chemistry Methods for Prediction of Ground- and Excited-State Properties in Open-Shell Systems, Nina Tyminska
Infrared Thermography Enhancements for Concrete Bridge Evaluation, Khatereh Vaghefi
Analysis of a Non-Traditional Micro Tube Hydroforming Process, Scott W. Wagner
CONVERSION OF DOMAIN TYPE ENFORCEMENT LANGUAGE TO THE JAVA SECURITY MANAGER, JAMES WALKER
SYNTHESIS OF GRAPHENE AND ITS APPLICATIONS FOR DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS, Hui Wang
CHARACTERIZATION OF A COAL FLY ASH-CEMENT SLURRY BY THE ABSOLUTE FOAM INDEX, Melanie Kueber Watkins
Living with Differences: From Everyday Fundamentalisms to Invitational Communication, Lisa M. Watrous
DEVELOPMENT OF A 2-DIMENSIONAL FINITE VOLUME MODEL TO ASSESS HYDRODYNAMIC AND MICROBIAL CONTROLS ON DNAPL DISSOLUTION AND DETOXIFICATION, Eric S. Wesseldyke
STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF A SMALL-SCALE TEST-BED SHAKER STRUCTURE USING A SPONGE-TYPE MAGNETO-RHEOLOGICAL FLUID DAMPER, Benjamin D. Winter
TanDEM-X High Resolution DEMs and Their Applications to Flow Modeling, Kelly M. Wooten
STUDY OF HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY MODELING AND CONTROL USING AUTONOMIE, Baifan Wu
Enhancement of heterologous expression of alkaline phytase in Pichia pastors, Mimi Yang
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING BASED DISCRETE POWER LEVEL SMART HOME SCHEDULING USING FPGA, Xin Yang
The Laboratory Evaluation of Bio Oil Derived From Waste Resources as Extender for Asphalt Binder, Xu Yang
IS THE U.S. SHALE GAS BOOM HAVING AN EFFECT ON THE EUROPEAN GAS MARKET?, Isaac Kouame Yao
TUNING FLUORESCENT PROBES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS, Nazmiye Bihter Yapici
APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING IN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, Foad Yousef
Pesky Pests of the Great Lakes State: Is Public Participation Influenced by Geographic Differences?, Angela Yu
CO-ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION OF LIQUID METAL AND SILICON FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERY APPLICATION, Hanfei Zhang
PROPERTIES AND STRUCTURES OF Li-N BASED HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIALS, Junqing Zhang
DIMENSION REDUCTION FOR POWER SYSTEM MODELING USING PCA METHODS CONSIDERING INCOMPLETE DATA READINGS, Ting Zhao
ELECTRON TRANSPORT IN LOW-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES - THEORETICAL STUDY WITH APPLICATION, Xiaoliang Zhong
A STUDY OF THE IMPACTS OF FREEZE-THAW ON CLIFF RECESSION AT THE CALVERT CLIFFS IN CALVERT COUNTY, MARYLAND, Bonnie Elizabeth Zwissler
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Optimization of redundancy in branched water distribution systems , Megan L. Abbott
Kalman Filter approaches on crane swing, Cagri Abis
THE QUANTIFICATION OF THE FLY ASH ADSORPTION CAPACITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CHARACTERIZATION AND USE IN CONCRETE, Zeyad Tareq Ahmed
Numerical solutions of elliptic inverse problems via the equation error method, Mohammad F. Al-Jamal
The impact of balsamo (Myroxylon balsamum L. Harms) on coffee yield and household income in El Balsamar, El Salvador, Evan A. Anderson
Expansion of mortar bars in the presence of potassium acetate deicer , Gerald C. Anzalone III
Cylinder wall waste heat recovery from liquid-cooled internal combustion engines utilizing thermoelectric generators, John Randall Armstead
Negative index metamaterials and metaspacers for optical frequencies, Muhammad Imran Aslam
Technology, mining methods and landscapes of a placer mining district in Fairbanks, Alaska, 1900-1930, John P. Baeten
Electrospun chitosan nanofibers for virus removal, Bingyu Bai
INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF ANTHROPOGENIC, CLIMATE, AND POLICY INDUCED CHANGES OF PHOSPHORUS EXPORT IN THE UNITED STATES LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES WATERSHEDS, Meredith Ballard LaBeau
Geophysical and geological analysis of the Collingwood Member of the Trenton Formation, Ryan M. Banas
Molecular modeling of EPON 862-DETDA polymer , Ananyo Bandyopadhyay
Habitat Associations of the Golden-Winged Warbler in Honduras, Ruth E. Bennett
Suitability comparison of rainwater harvesting and piped water systems in the Dominican Republic , Ryan M. Biehl
Probabilistic-based hurricane risk assessment and mitigation considering the potential impacts of climate change , Sigridur Osk Bjarnadottir
ALTERNATIVE YOOPERS: THE MAKING OF A DOCUMENTARY FILM, Kelsey Boldt
Robustness of speckle imaging techniques applied to horizontal imaging scenarios, Jeremy P. Bos
Perceptions of water conditions and management in the Sonora River Basin, Sonora, Mexico, Ellen Brenna
Biochemical Conversions of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Sustainable Fuel-Ethanol Production in the Upper Midwest, Michael James Brodeur-Campbell
Information integration and management through the design and construction phases of a project life cycle, Christopher T. Brokaw
Measurements of ice nucleation by mineral dusts in the contact mode, Kristopher W. Bunker
Compatibility of ultra high performance concrete as repair material : bond characterization with concrete under different loading scenarios, Miguel Ángel Carbonell Muñoz
Improving the performance of GIS/spatial analysts though novel applications of the Emotiv EPOC EEG headset , Justin Carter
Assessment of water and sanitation infrastructure at primary schools in Rakai District, Uganda, Colin M. Casey
Indole based antioxidants for the treatment of ischemia reperfusion injury, Andrew Chapp
Vortex Shedding Dynamics in Long Aspect-Ratio Aerodynamics Bodies, Liu Chen
IMPACT OF 2000-2050 CLIMATE CHANGE ON GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT AND DEPOSITION OF MERCURY, Wenchao Chen
Regulation of woody plant development by auxin and polar auxin transport, Yiru Chen
THE PERFORMANCE AND MODIFICATION OF RECYCLED ELECTRONIC WASTE PLASTICS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF ASPHALT PAVEMENT MATERIALS, Baron W. Colbert
Analysis of a novel waste heat recovery mechanism for an I.C. engine, Jasdeep S. Condle
Statistical methods for multi-marker testing in genetic association studies, Yilin Dai
Investigation of the effect of using data collection technology on students' attitudes to science instruction , R. Douglas Damery
Exigencies for engaging undergraduates in rhetorical problem solving : insights from engineering managers and A3 report analyses, Jean Straw DeClerck
Arc-flash analysis of utility power systems, Kevin A. Demeny
Optimal current control for sub-unity power factor correction, Zekeriya Dereli