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.
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2020
SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATIONS OF METAL/SEPIOLITE AND METAL OXIDE/SEPIOLITE NANOCOMPOSITES, Huaguang Wang
EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF FIBER-REINFORCED RUBBERIZED CONCRETE AND RUBBERIZED SELF-CONSOLIDATING CONCRETE, Jiaqing Wang
Role of microRNA-483 in Pancreatic β-Cells, Jackson Waugh
Macromolecular strategies for discovering disease-related proteins and new therapeutic agents, Christina Welch
MODELING THE TRANSFER AND TRANSFORMATION OF PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID (PFOS) AND PRECURSOR COMPOUNDS DURING WASTEWATER TREATMENT VIA THE BIOWIN 6.0 PLATFORM, Christine D. Wood
ESTABLISHMENT OF CYBER-PHYSICAL CORRELATION AND VERIFICATION BASED ON ATTACK SCENARIOS IN POWER SUBSTATIONS, Koji Yamashita
MO6S8-BASED SINGLE-METAL-ATOM CATALYSTS FOR METHANOL SYNTHESIS FROM STEAM REFORMING OF METHANE, H. T. Zhang Zhang
SURFACE MODIFICATION OF ZnO BASED DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS, Shu Zhao
HIGH-PERFORMANCE SPECTRAL METHODS FOR COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, Zhiqiang Zhao
Hybrid Electric Vehicle Energy Management Strategy with Consideration of Battery Aging, Bin Zhou
Development of a Software-Defined Underwater Acoustic Communication System, Zijian Zhu
Externalities as the Status Quo: Federal Application of Environmental Charges in the United States, Robert Zupko
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2019
Enhancing the Resolution of Imaging Systems by Spatial Spectrum Manipulation, Wyatt Adams
Characterizing the physicochemical properties of TDP-43 protein and Acetylated Amyloid β peptides to discern its role in neurodegenerative diseases, Rashmi Adhikari
DEVELOPMENT OF A TURBULENT BURNING VELOCITY MODEL BASED ON FLAME STRETCH CONCEPT FOR SPARK IGNITION ENGINES, Behdad Afkhami
MULTI-SCALE, CAPILLARY ASSISTED COPPER SURFACES FOR ENHANCED POOL BOILING HEAT TRANSFER PROCESSES, Chetan Agarwal
GENETIC MODIFICATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS FOR INCREASING SACCHARIFICATION EFFICIENCY IN POPLARS, Yogesh Ahlawat
VOLCANO MONITORING FROM SPACE USING HIGH-CADENCE PLANET CUBESATS: APPLICATION TO FUEGO VOLCANO, GUATEMALA, Anna Aldeghi
URBAN EVAPOTRANSPIRATION IN WATER SCARCE REGIONS ESTIMATES FOR THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE BASIN, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO, Jessica Alger
DEMONSTRATE SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAY OF OREXIN RECEPTOR 1 (OX1R) ACTIVATION, Wafa Fhad A Alharbi
MISEXPRESSION OF CANCER/TESTIS (CT) GENES IN TUMOR CELLS AND THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF DREAM COMPLEX AND THE RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN RB IN SOMA-TO-GERMLINE TRANSFORMATION, SABHA M. ALHEWATI
Impact of Industrial Biocides on Bacterial Isolates from Hydraulic Fracturing Produced Water, Waad Ahmed Aljohani
Perceptions of Forest Change in the Governmental Region of Kaffrine, Senegal, Rhiley E. Allbee
INTEMPERATE MEN: ALCOHOL AND AUTONOMY WITHIN THE LUMBER CAMPS OF MICHIGAN’S UPPER PENINSULA, Tyler D. Allen
The Impact of Household Biocides and Antibiotics on Aquatic Microbial Community Composition, Abdulaziz Saud M Alrashdi
GOLD MINING AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN AFRICA AND THE CASE OF GHANA, Josephine Amponsem
EXAMINING ASPEN EXPANSION FROM BEFORE AND AFTER PRESCRIBED BURNING IN A NATIVE FESCUE GRASSLAND THROUGH GEOSPATIAL TECHNIQUES, Christopher Anderson
ESTIMATION AND PREDICTION OF THE HUMAN GAIT DYNAMICS FOR THE CONTROL OF AN ANKLE-FOOT PROSTHESIS, Guilherme Aramizo Ribeiro
EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF SPLIT HOPKINSON PRESSURE BAR TEST ON BOROSILICATE GLASS, Mayank K. Bagaria
STRENGTH OPTIMIZATION OF A HIGH SYMMETRY INTERLOCKING MICRO-ARCHITECTURE POLYMER COMPOSITE, Manoj Balabadhruni
A Characterization of Colorectal Carcinoma In Patients From The Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Cathy Bammert
Modeling and Control of Maximum Pressure Rise Rate in RCCI Engines, Aditya Basina
PEPTIDE VACCINES AGAINST MOSQUITO-BORNE RNA VIRUSES BASED ON BACTERIOPHAGE VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES, Rupsa Basu
TESTING THE USE OF VEGETATION INDICES AS INDICATORS OF PRE-ERUPTIVE VOLCANIC UNREST AT KILAUEA VOLCANO, HAWAII, Quelyn Bekkering
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF A PASSIVE NOx ADSORBER (PNA) FOR THE REDUCTION OF COLD START DIESEL EMISSIONS, Conor Berndt
3D PRINTING IN LOW RESOURCE HEALTHCARE SETTINGS: ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATIONS, Alenna Beroza
Energy Transfer Between Eu2+ and Mn2+ for Na(Sr,Ba)PO4 and Ba2Mg(BO3)2, Kevin Bertschinger
MODELING CHEVY VOLT GEN II SUPERVISORY CONTROLLER IN CHARGE SUSTAINING OPERATION, Saurabh Bhasme
STUDY OF OPTIMAL VELOCITY TRAJECTORY FOR REAL-TIME PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF A MULTI-MODE PHEV, Pradeep Bhat
EFFECT OF SENSOR ERRORS ON AUTONOMOUS STEERING CONTROL AND APPLICATION OF SENSOR FUSION FOR ROBUST NAVIGATION, Shuvodeep Bhattacharjya
CRACK PATTERN SIMULATION OF PRESSURIZED BOROSILICATE GLASS TUBE UNDER PELLET IMPACT USING ALE METHOD, Omkar Bhumkar
THE OREXIN SYSTEM IN DOCA-SALT HYPERTENSION: REGULATION OF VASOPRESSIN, Jeremy Bigalke
Universal Central Extensions of Direct Limits of Hom-Lie Superalgebras, Dale Bigler
APPLICATION OF SHORT TANDEM TARGET MIMIC (STTM) TECHNIQUE FOR FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF MICRO-RNA396 IN TRANSGENIC POPLAR TREES, Surattana Boonsai
THE CHARACTERIZATION OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED BIOMASS, Yasar Selim Bostanci
EXTREME MOLECULAR DIVERSITY IN BIOMASS BURNING ATMOSPHERIC ORGANIC AEROSOL OBSERVED THROUGH ULTRAHIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY, Matthew Brege
SEISMIC SIGNALS AND SOURCES AT FUEGO VOLCANO, GUATEMALA DURING JANUARY 2012, Kyle Brill
UNDERSTANDING THE VERY HIGH ENERGY γ-RAY EMISSION FROM A FAST SPINNING NEUTRON STAR ENVIRONMENT, Chad A. Brisbois
Gendered Recreational Fisheries Management and North American Natural Resource Policy, Erin Burkett
Formative Interests and Pathways to Natural Resources Careers Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Laura Burmann
STUDY OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STRATEGIES AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, Chong Cao
ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF TROPICAL WOODY SPECIES TO AMBIENT AND ELEVATED TEMPERATURES, Kelsey R. Carter
Aerosol-Cloud Interactions in Turbulent Clouds: A Combined Cloud Chamber and Theoretical Study, Kamal Kant Chandrakar
ESTABLISHMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ERASTIN-RESISTANT TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER CELL MODELS, Morgan Charbonneau
NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF MOISTURE TRANSPORT IN ASPHALT MIXTURES, Siyu Chen
Discontinuous Galerkin methods for convection-diffusion equations and applications in petroleum engineering, Nattaporn Chuenjarern
Development of a 2D SCR Catalyst on a Diesel Particulate Filter Model for Design and Control Applications to a Ultra Low NOx Aftertreatment System, Venkata Chundru
The Plan Ceibal policy: Neoliberal rationality and the transformation of the political left in Uruguay, Federico Correa Pose
COST ANALYSIS AND JOB DESCRIPTION FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF A NIGHT SHIFT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST AT BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Claire E. Danielson
Automotive Driveline Backlash State and Size Estimator Design for Anti-Jerk Control, Kaushal Kumar Darokar
STUDY OF BLACKHOLE ATTACK AND WORMHOLE ATTACK IN VANET ENVIRONMENT AND THEIR COUNTERMEASURE, Smruti Prasad Dash
ALGORITHMS AND OPTIMAL CONTROL FOR SPACECRAFT MAGNETIC ATTITUDE MANEUVERS, Mohammed Desouky
MPC-BASED AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL WITH LOCALIZED PATH PLANNING FOR OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE AND NAVIGATING SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS, Sai Rajeev Devaragudi
SPECTRAL DECOMPOSITION OF SEISMIC DATA USING SPARSE S-TRANSFORM COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL METHODS, Kara Donahue
DEVELOPMENT OF THE COIL VOLUME METHOD FOR TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATION OF INTERNAL FAULTS IN TRANSFORMERS, Elizaveta Egorova
Pathogen and Indicator Organism Inactivation and Quantification for Low-Cost Low-Tech Biosolids Treatment, Karina Eyre
A CRITICAL REVIEW OF CURRENT APPROACHES AND PRACTICES IN COMPUTING ETHICS EDUCATION, Sophia Farquhar
“BECAUSE WE HAVE CHOSEN A LIFE OF PEACE”: A QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE STUDY OF VEGAN FOOD NARRATIVES, Silke H. Feltz
Bayesian Hypothesis Testing in Linear Regression Models, Lilia Feng
Mineral Policy: The Severance of Rights, Resources, and Relations, Sophia Ford
POLITICAL ECONOMY OF GHANAIAN MEDIA: CONCEPTUALIZING NEWS MEDIA’S ROLE THROUGH THE MEDIA COALITION AGAINST GALAMSEY, Nancy Achiaa Frimpong
ELECTRO-OPTIC ANTENNA ELEMENTS FOR PASSIVE PHASED ARRAY RADAR, Evan Gawron
IMPROVED LOW-FREQUENCY IMPACT INSULATION CLASS MEASUREMENTS BASED ON COMPARISON TECHNIQUES, Sunit Girdhar
TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF CHEMICALS AND FUELS FROM THE FAST PYROLYSIS OF WASTE POLYOLEFIN PLASTICS, Ulises Gracida Alvarez
DEGRADABLE ZINC MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON BIOCOMPATIBILITY IN AN IN-VIVO MURINE MODEL, Roger J. Guillory II
Comparative Study and Design of Economical Sound Intensity Probe, Karan Gundre
EXPLORING THE ROLE AND IMPACT OF MICROSCALE PHENOMENA ON ELECTRODE, MICRODEVICE, AND CELLULAR FUNCTION, Sanaz Habibi
TOWARDS THE DISCOVERY OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CROSS-LINKING AGENTS, Bhaskar Halami
HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS AND TRADE-OFFS ASSOCIATED WITH FOREST-BASED BIOENERGY DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE AMERICAS, Azad Heidari
Northern Hardwood Silviculture: Preferences among Family Forest Owners in the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Alexander C. Helman
SLIP BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW STABILITY ANALYSIS AND MICRO-PLASMA JET END FLOW MODELLING, Xin He
Contextual Bandit Modeling for Dynamic Runtime Control in Computer Systems, Jason Hiebel
Cloud Manufacturing Based Embroidered Wearable Electronics For Daily ECG Monitoring, Hui Huang
Novel Computational Methods for Eigenvalue Problems, Ruihao Huang
Plant community response to novel silvicultural treatments in Great Lakes northern hardwoods, Stefan F. Hupperts
Using Frequency Based Substructuring to Optimize Multi-Axis Resonant Plate Shock Tests, Erica M. Jacobson
DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF BRAKE ROTOR USING CFD TECHNIQUES, Shubham Ramesh Jain
NETWORKED MICROGRID OPTIMIZATION AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT, Robert S. Jane
Synthetic Saturable Absorber, Armin Kalita
MAGNETOSTRICTIVE BONE FIXATION DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING LOCAL MECHANICAL STIMULI TO BONE FRACTURE SITES, Salil Sidharthan Karipott