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 2011

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Review of free-space optical communications with diverging beam, Yuchi Zhang

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Memory resource balancing for virtualized computing, Weiming Zhao

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A study of acoustic emission technique for concrete damage detection, Jun Zhou

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Improving sixth grade student knowledge of ecology using fish rearing and release as a real-world context , Erich Ziegler

Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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In-plane thermal conductivity modeling of carbon filled liquid crystal polymer based resins, Tayloria N. G. Adams

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Three dimensional finite element simulation of polymer melting and flow in a single-screw extruder : optimization of screw channel geometry, Atakan Altinkaynak

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Spray characterization under flash boiling conditions of a DI multi-hole injector at high injection pressures in a combustion vessel, Rajat Arora

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Edge coloring BIBDS and constructing MOELRs , John S. Asplund

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Writing center handbooks and travel guidebooks : redesigning instructional texts for multicultural, multilingual, and multinational contexts, Steven K. Bailey

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Use of a 3D perfusion bioreactor with osteoblasts and osteoblast/endothelial cell co-cultures to improve tissue-engineered bone, Matthew J. Barron

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Simulating dioxane transport in a heterogeneous glacial aquifer system (Washtenaw County, Michigan) using publicly available models and data, Rungroj Benjakul

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Exploration of the role of serum factors in maintaining bone mass during hibernation in black bears, Rachel Marie Bradford

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Clean water in the classroom : understanding the importance of water quality , Emily Curry

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Understanding volcanic processes using UV camera measurements of sulfur dioxide and coincident infrasound and seismicity, Marika Piirak Dalton

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Characterization of legacy organic carbon in a culturally eutrophic lake : the role of the historic carbon deposition in the time course and extent of lake recovery , Phillip A. DePetro

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Advanced mechanics of materials with microstructure, Shreehari Elangovan

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Characterizing the effects of turbulence on sediment oxygen and sediment nitrate demand using flow-through reactors, Brandon J. Ellefson

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WATER RESOURCES, HEALTH, AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF INTERVENTIONS TO ACHIEVE WATER AND SANITATION TARGETS OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN A CHANGING WORLD, Lauren M. Fry

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Subverting the subject position : toward a new discourse about students as writers and engineering students as technical communicators, Roxane Gay

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More favorable combination of circumstances could hardly have been desired : a bottom to top examination of the Pittsburgh and Boston Mining Company's Cliff Mine, Sean M. Gohman

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Electron transport in molecular systems, Haiying He

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Human and embodied energy analysis applied to water source protection and household water treatment interventions used in Mali, West Africa , R. Brendan Held

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Measuring the elastic modulus of polymers using the atomic force microscope, Daniel Hoffman

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Technical communication in the global context : a heuristic approach to disciplinary identity and pedagogical practices, Laurence José

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Mathematical analysis for perceived annoyance of impulsive sounds in terms of physical factors, Gayatri S. Kadlaskar

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Extracellular matrix of the charophycean green algae, Sarah Nelson Kiemle

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Influence of traumatic impaction and pathological loading on knee menisci, Megan Leigh Killian

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La Yeguada volcanic complex, western Panama : an assessment of the geologic hazards using new 40AR/39Ar Ages, Karinne L. Knutsen

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Static and dynamic contact angle measurement on rough surfaces using sessile drop profile analysis with application to water management in low temperature fuel cells, Vinaykumar Konduru

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Analysis of transport properties of mechanically alloyed [Pb1-xSnxTe], Rajalakshmi Krishna

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Computational study of internal and external condensing flows and experimental synthesis to investigate their attainability and stability in ground-based and space-based environments, Shantanu Kulkarni

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A comparison of ground cover and frequency estimation methods for post-harvest soil monitoring, Curtis David Kvamme

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Processing and characterization of PbSnTe-based thermoelectric materials made by mechanical alloying, Aaron D. Lalonde

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Differential GPS as a monitoring tool on Volcano Santa Ana (Illamatepec) and the Coatepeque Caldera, El Salvador, Hans N. Lechner

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Boron nitride nanotubes : synthesis, characterization, functionalization, and potential applications, Chee Huei Lee

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Vibro-acoustical analysis and design of a multiple-layer constrained viscoelastic damping structure, Fei Lin

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Dynamics of settling charged particles in turbulence : theory and experiments, Jiang Lu

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Statistics of the received power for free space optical channels, Stephen D. Lyke

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Balancing wildlife and bioenergy values on private forestlands in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Karl Makinen

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Quantification of relativistic perturbation forces on spacecraft trajectories, Nicholas Palma Mastricola

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IMPROVING THE RELIABILITY OF AQUATIC BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS: INTEGRATING INFORMATION AND OPTIMIZING COMPLEXITY, Cory P. McDonald

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Water transport in complex, non-wetting porous layers with applications to water management in low temperature fuel cells, Ezequiel F. Medici

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Growth, modification and integration of carbon nanotubes into molecular electronics, Jason P. Moscatello

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Spin-strain coupling in a 3-D transition metal oxides, Ghous Bakhsh Narejo

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Theoretical estimation of optical absorption and photoluminescence in nanostructured silicon; an approach to improve efficiency in nanostructured solar cells, Jaspreet S. Nayyar

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Considering sustainability factors in the development project life-cycle : a framework for increasing successful adoption of improved stoves , Travis K. Ostrom

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Modeling mechanical response of heterogeneous materials, Siladitya Pal

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PMMA-CNT matrices for vacuum electronic, biosensing and energy applications, Archana Pandey

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Energy harvesting from body motion using rotational micro-generation, Edwar. Romero-Ramirez

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Add a Dash of Rhetoric, a Pinch of Technical Communication, a Handful of Pedagogy, and Mix Well: Cookbooks and Recipes as Instructional Texts, and What Domestic Texts from 1870 to 1935 Can Teach Us About Technical Communication, Casey J. Rudkin

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Structural and surface property characterization of titanium dioxide nanotubes for orthopedic implants, Tolou Shokuhfar

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Syntheses and characterization of monomeric Mo(VI) complexes with bidentate phosphine oxide ligands and dimeric and tetrameric Mo(V) clusters with benzoic acid and phosphinic acid derivatives, containing MoO2, Mo2O2(μ-O)2 and Mo4O4(μ3-O)4, Soumyashree Sreehari

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Development of a wireless platform to generate nitric oxide for implanted biomedical devices, Michael A. Starrett

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Post-project assessment and follow-up support for community managed rural water systems in Panama , Ryu Suzuki

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Investigation into the impact of grain boundaries, film interface, and crystallographic orientation on the ionic conductivity of thin film gadolinium-doped ceria, Matthew M. Swanson

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Teaching and aligning upper level mathematics classes to Michigan high school content expectations in an alternative education setting : approaches and issues, Sarah Van Baale

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Estimation of vertical groundwater fluxes into a streambed through continuous temperature profile monitoring and the relationship of groundwater fluxes to coaster brook trout spawning habitat , Matthew Van Grinsven

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Multi-node TOA-DOA cooperative LOS-NLOS localization : enabling high accuracy and reliability, Zhonghai Wang

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Use of hydroclimatic forecasts for improved water management in central Texas , Wenge Wei

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Hamilton decompositions of 6-regular abelian Cayley graphs, Erik E. Westlund

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Bacteriorhodopsin protein hybrids for chemical and biological sensing, Eric Michael Winder

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Patch selection by wintering white-tailed deer : consequences for eastern hemlock regeneration at local and landscape scales, Jill Christine Witt

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Golden-winged Warbler habitat model validation for northern Wisconsin and central Minnesota, Alexandra E. Wrobel

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Parametric combustion modeling for ethanol-gasoline fuelled spark ignition engines, Yeliana

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Risk analysis of light-frame wood construction due to multiple hazards , Yue-Jun Yin

Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Development of room temperature operating single electron transistor using FIB etching and deposition technology, Manoranjan Acharya

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Federal and state policy influence on woody biomass utilization, Susan Balint

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EPA's Council for Regulatory Environmental Modeling : a case study of science policy implementation , Genevieve M. Borg

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Integration of room temperature single electron transistor with CMOS subsystem, Daw Don Cheam

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Decentralized or centralized production : impacts to the environment, industry, and the economy, Abigail R. Clarke-Sather

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Winning coal at 78° North : mining, contingency and the Chaîne Opératoire in old Longyear City, Seth C. DePasqual

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SO2 emissions at Volcan de Colima, 2003-2007, Ellen Engberg

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Electron transport in E x B devices, Emily C. Fossum

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Analysis and performance of a UPC implementation of a parallel longest common subsequence algorithm, Bryan M. Franklin

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Nitrogen removal and sustainability of vertical flow constructed wetlands for small scale wastewater treatment, Valerie J. Fuchs

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Development of specifications for the superpave simple performance tests, Shu Wei Goh

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Micro-fabrication of bio-MEMS based force sensor to measure the force response of living cells, Varun Gouthaman

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Optimization of ethanol production by yeasts from lignocellulosic feedstocks, Stephanie Lee Groves

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Estimation of the flammability zone boundaries with thermodynamic and empirical equations, Travis Joseph Hansen

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Arctic network builders : the Arctic Coal Company's operations on Spitsbergen and its relationship with the environment, Cameron C. Hartnell

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Quantifying the ecological benefits of lakeshore restoration in northern Wisconsin, Daniel E. Haskell

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The influence of concurrent disturbances on plant community dynamics in northern hemlock-hardwood forests, Stacie A. Holmes

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Proteins in silico-modeling and sampling, Parimal Kar

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Effects of conifer sawdust, hardwood sawdust, and peat on soil properties and a barefoot conifer seedling development, Paul J. Koll

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Arrangement of gene pairs, retrotransposon insertions, and regulation of gene expression in plants, Nicholas D. Krom

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Boreal forest fire impacts on lower troposphere carbon monoxide and ozone levels at the regional to hemispheric scales, Kateryna Lapina

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International teachers in the American classroom : deposing the myth of monolingualism, Jodi G. Lehman

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Effects of pediatric adiposity on heart rate variability, Angela K. Lucas

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Capacity optimization of a prestressed concrete railroad tie, Russell H. Lutch

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Determining the role of environmental factors and disturbance in the distribution of reed canary grass within wetlands, Kathryn M. Marlor

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Water and sanitation accessibility and the health of rural Ugandans, Jonathan E. Mellor

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Payone : incentive for epidemic protocol-based anonymity system, Sowmya S. Moily

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Reflection, refraction, and rejection : copper smelting heritage and the execution of environmental policy, Bode J. Morin

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AFRC Translation Experiments for Space Propulsion, Carrie S. Niemela

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Fabrication of nanoparticles by short-distance sputter deposition, Min Nie

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Molecular interaction between perthiolated [beta]-cyclodextrin (CD) and the guests molecules adamantaneacetic acid (AD) and ferroceneacetic acid (FC); and the effect of the interaction on the electron transition of CD anchored particles, Ming Ning

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United States certificate programs in technical communication : a feminist-sophistic investigation, Jim Nugent

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Long-Range Pollution Transport: Trans-Atlantic Mechanisms and Lagrangian Modeling Methods, Robert Christopher Owen

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Screening, optimization and extraction of polyhydroxyalkanoates and peptidoglycan from Bacillus megaterium, Louis Paul-Anthony Paladino

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Controlling electronic and magnetic properties of ultra narrow multilayered nanowires, Puspamitra Panigrahi