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 2010
Multi-node TOA-DOA cooperative LOS-NLOS localization : enabling high accuracy and reliability, Zhonghai Wang
Use of hydroclimatic forecasts for improved water management in central Texas , Wenge Wei
Hamilton decompositions of 6-regular abelian Cayley graphs, Erik E. Westlund
Bacteriorhodopsin protein hybrids for chemical and biological sensing, Eric Michael Winder
Patch selection by wintering white-tailed deer : consequences for eastern hemlock regeneration at local and landscape scales, Jill Christine Witt
Golden-winged Warbler habitat model validation for northern Wisconsin and central Minnesota, Alexandra E. Wrobel
Parametric combustion modeling for ethanol-gasoline fuelled spark ignition engines, Yeliana
Risk analysis of light-frame wood construction due to multiple hazards , Yue-Jun Yin
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Development of room temperature operating single electron transistor using FIB etching and deposition technology, Manoranjan Acharya
Federal and state policy influence on woody biomass utilization, Susan Balint
EPA's Council for Regulatory Environmental Modeling : a case study of science policy implementation , Genevieve M. Borg
Integration of room temperature single electron transistor with CMOS subsystem, Daw Don Cheam
Decentralized or centralized production : impacts to the environment, industry, and the economy, Abigail R. Clarke-Sather
Winning coal at 78° North : mining, contingency and the Chaîne Opératoire in old Longyear City, Seth C. DePasqual
SO2 emissions at Volcan de Colima, 2003-2007, Ellen Engberg
Electron transport in E x B devices, Emily C. Fossum
Analysis and performance of a UPC implementation of a parallel longest common subsequence algorithm, Bryan M. Franklin
Nitrogen removal and sustainability of vertical flow constructed wetlands for small scale wastewater treatment, Valerie J. Fuchs
Development of specifications for the superpave simple performance tests, Shu Wei Goh
Micro-fabrication of bio-MEMS based force sensor to measure the force response of living cells, Varun Gouthaman
Optimization of ethanol production by yeasts from lignocellulosic feedstocks, Stephanie Lee Groves
Estimation of the flammability zone boundaries with thermodynamic and empirical equations, Travis Joseph Hansen
Arctic network builders : the Arctic Coal Company's operations on Spitsbergen and its relationship with the environment, Cameron C. Hartnell
Quantifying the ecological benefits of lakeshore restoration in northern Wisconsin, Daniel E. Haskell
The influence of concurrent disturbances on plant community dynamics in northern hemlock-hardwood forests, Stacie A. Holmes
Proteins in silico-modeling and sampling, Parimal Kar
Effects of conifer sawdust, hardwood sawdust, and peat on soil properties and a barefoot conifer seedling development, Paul J. Koll
Arrangement of gene pairs, retrotransposon insertions, and regulation of gene expression in plants, Nicholas D. Krom
Boreal forest fire impacts on lower troposphere carbon monoxide and ozone levels at the regional to hemispheric scales, Kateryna Lapina
International teachers in the American classroom : deposing the myth of monolingualism, Jodi G. Lehman
Effects of pediatric adiposity on heart rate variability, Angela K. Lucas
Capacity optimization of a prestressed concrete railroad tie, Russell H. Lutch
Determining the role of environmental factors and disturbance in the distribution of reed canary grass within wetlands, Kathryn M. Marlor
Water and sanitation accessibility and the health of rural Ugandans, Jonathan E. Mellor
Payone : incentive for epidemic protocol-based anonymity system, Sowmya S. Moily
Reflection, refraction, and rejection : copper smelting heritage and the execution of environmental policy, Bode J. Morin
AFRC Translation Experiments for Space Propulsion, Carrie S. Niemela
Fabrication of nanoparticles by short-distance sputter deposition, Min Nie
United States certificate programs in technical communication : a feminist-sophistic investigation, Jim Nugent
Long-Range Pollution Transport: Trans-Atlantic Mechanisms and Lagrangian Modeling Methods, Robert Christopher Owen
Screening, optimization and extraction of polyhydroxyalkanoates and peptidoglycan from Bacillus megaterium, Louis Paul-Anthony Paladino
Controlling electronic and magnetic properties of ultra narrow multilayered nanowires, Puspamitra Panigrahi
Not your mother's Latinas : film representations for a new millennium, Jeannie Ann Patrick
Pulse polarization radar for determining spatial and material information about a target in orbit, Nicholas D. Peterson
Accelerometer based measurements of combustion in an automotive turbocharged diesel engine, Christopher J. Polonowski
Detection and landing behavior of emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis, at low population density, Melissa J. Porter
Modeling contaminant behavior in Lake Superior : a comparison of PCBs, PBDEs, and mercury , Mark D. Rowe
Assessment of a high school geological field course, Eric Morgan Ruckert
Hall-effect thruster-cathode coupling : the effect of cathode position and magnetic field topology, Jason D. Sommerville
Charge induced enhancement of adsorption for hydrogen storage materials, Xiang Sun
Identifying indicators of sustainable development using the global sustainability quadrant approach , Andres B. Tarte
Immobilizing bacteriorhodopsin on a single electron transistor, Karl A. Walczak
Estimation of the degree of polarization through computational sensing, Wei Wang
Regulation of woody plant development by gibberellin catabolic and signaling genes, Christine Zawaski
Metal-oxide film and photonic structures for integrated device applications, Ziyou Zhou
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Comparison of common dredging equipment air emissions , Mark J. Anderson P.E.
Photolithography based patterning of bacteriorhodopsin films, Christopher M. Anton
Towards greater accuracy in individual-tree mortality regression, Clara Antón Fernández
Performance evaluation of VIP latrines in the Upper West Region of Ghana , James W. Dumpert
Erupted magma volume estimates at Santiaguito and Pacaya Volcanoes, Guatemala using digital elevation models , Kelly S. Durst
The effect of demand, tank parameters, and pumping stations on energy use in municipal drinking water distribution systems, Santosh Raj Ghimire
Quantum dot / optical protein bio-nano hybrid system biosensing, Mark H. Griep
Manual pumping test method for characterizing the productivity of drilled wells equipped with rope pumps, Essa L. Gross
Bislug flow in circular and noncircular channels and the role of interface stretching on energy dissipation, Joseph E. Hernandez
Fabrication and characterization of room temperature operating single electron transistors using focused ion beam technologies, Prasanjit Santosh Karre
Development of a direct evaporation bismuth Hall thruster, Dean Richard Massey
High cycle fatigue of AA6082 and AA6063 aluminum extrusions , Nicholas E. Nanninga
Financial decision making about found oil and gas in Ghana : real options vs. traditional methods, Isaac Owusu-Ansah
Critical evaluation of diameter increment modelling in the Great Lakes region, Bharat Pokharel
Early season ozone uptake is important for determining ozone tolerance in two trembling aspen clones, Lisa Jean Rouse
Studies of spatial clustering of inertial particles in turbulence, Ewe Wei Saw
Electronic properties of zig-zag carbon nanotubes : a first-principles study, Pavan Kumar Valavala
Multiscale constitutive modeling of polymer materials, Pavan Kumar Valavala
Land use/cover change using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems : Pic Macaya National Park, Haiti, Jessie A. Vital
Adaptive control of sinusoidal brushless DC motor actuators, Liangtao Zhu
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Hydrologic monitoring of an integrated low impact development (LID) underdrained stormwater management system , Nancy-Jeanne Bachmann
Real-world context, interest, understanding, and retention, Annikka Chrestensen
In-situ measurement and characterization of cloud particles using digital in-line holography, Jacob P. Fugal
Non-intrusive pressure measurement in microchannels, Derek Fultz
Game-theoretic view on intermediated exchange, Thomas Grassl
Evolution of the Southern Kenya Rift from Miocene to present with a focus on the Magadi area, Alexandria L. Guth
Regulation issues and prediction of natural estrogen loads for wastewater treatment plants, Michelle E. Jarvie
Effect of segmented anodes on the performance and plume of a hall thruster, Alexander W. Kieckhafer
Invitational rhetoric : alternative rhetorical strategy for transformation of perception and use of energy in the residential built environment from the Keweenaw to Kerala, Merle Niemi Kindred
First-principles studies of boron nanostructures, Kah Chun Lau
Effect of implementing project-based education in high school physics : file folder bridge engineering , Amy P. Muzzarelli
Risk assessment for invasive exotic plants using multi-criteria risk models, Lindsey Marie Shartell
Paleoenvironmental reconstructions from cave sediments of the Moravian Karst, Czech Republic / by Pavel Sroubek., Pavel Sroubek
Analysis of atmospheric transport and the effects of seasonal and interannual transport variability on measurements made at the Pico Mountain observatory, Jessica Marie Strane
A Joint data rate - error rate analysis in correlated space-time-wireless channels, Hui Tong
Localized annealing of polysilicon microstructures by inductively heated ferromagnetic films, Melissa L. Trombley
Nitrogen Oxides in the North Atlantic Troposphere: Impacts of Boreal Wildfire and Anthropogenic Emissions, Maria Val Martin