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 2025
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION FOR HEATING AND COOLING: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE RURAL NORTH, Nelly Aghaei
CYANINE-BASED DUAL-EMISSION SENSOR FOR RATIOMETRIC NAD(P)H IMAGING IN CELLS, RENAL TISSUES, AND ENTIRE ORGANISMS, Peter Agyemang
ANSI Z97 Impact Testing of Thin Glass, Justin P. Anthony
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF FLUORESCENT PROBES FOR SENSING AND BIOIMAGING OF NAD(P)H, INTRACELLULAR VISCOSITY, AND SO2, Dilka Liyana Arachchige
Review of Geologic Hydrogen, Theo Asumah
ANALYSIS OF LAVA FLOW PATHS USING REMOTE SENSING AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES, Oluwatosin Oluyemisi Ayo
Stability and Resonance of Cylindrical Wave Energy Converters, Gregory M. Ballen
Water and Fuego: An Interdisciplinary Characterization of Lahar Activity on Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala, Gustavo A. Bejar Lopez
THE ANIMATED FRONTIER: FLUCTUATIONS OF POWER ACROSS TIME AND SPACE IN FLOWS OF U.S. AND JAPANESE ANIMATED MEDIA, Kendall Belopavlovich
RISK OF OAK WILT EXPANDING NORTHWARD: EXAMINING NITIDULIDAE VECTOR COMMUNITIES AND HOST PHENOLOGY BEYOND THE CURRENT DISEASE RANGE, Kathleen E. Bershing
METHODS IN STATISTICS, MACHINE LEARNING, AND DEEP LEARNING FOR COMBINING MULTI-OMICS DATASET, Md Mutasim Billah
EXAMINING THE ROLE OF PLANT GENOME SIZE AND POLYPLOIDY IN SHAPING ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI SYMBIOSES, Abbigail J. Blackwell
ESTERASE-DEPENDENT RED-TO-BLUE FLUORESCENCE COLOR CHANGE IN COUMARINS: SMALL FLUOROPHORES FOR LIVE DEAD CELL SENSING, Giovanna R. Bobnock
INVESTIGATION OF ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION METHODS AS A NOISE CONTROL DEVICE IN HYDRAULICS, Sophia R. Bollin
IN-SITU REDUCTIVE BIOLEACHING OF MANGANESE ORES, Palas Kamlakar Borkar
INVESTIGATING DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL VULNERABILITY TO WILDFIRE: A CASE STUDY OF WESTERN MONTANA, Ella Brodowski
IDENTIFYING PATTERNS IN AVIAN PLASMA METABOLITES FOR USE IN COMPARING BETWEEN-SITE DIFFERENCES IN HABITAT QUALITY, Katherine A. Brouwer
THERMIONIC EMISSION COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN OF RARE-EARTH HEXABORIDE CATHODES IN AN OXYGEN ENVIRONMENT, Sophia G. Brylinski
ENERGY EQUITY IN INDIA’S RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSITION: A POLICY DESIGN AGENDA, Aritra Chakrabarty
EXPLORING THE ROLE OF BRAIN-DERIVED EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES IN SALT-SENSITIVE HYPERTENSION, Xinqian Chen
MEASURING OCCUPANT CONTROLLED VENTILATION AND COOKING FREQUENCY TO AID IN MODELING ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN HOMES, Jacob J. Chizek
NICKEL SUPERALLOY COMPOSITION AND PROCESS OPTIMIZATION FOR IMPROVED WELDABILITY, Anna Cole
Leveraging Product and Process Characteristics Across the Concrete Pavement Life Cycle to Integrate Global Warming Potential into Project Procurement Processes, Michelle Annette Cooper
HOLISTIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF ELECTRIFIED OFF-HIGHWAY MATERIAL HANDLER: FROM DRIVE CYCLE CHARACTERIZATION TO POWERTRAIN, HYDRAULIC, AND THERMAL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, Alexander Czarnecki
A DOMAIN-ADAPTED NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING FRAMEWORK FOR MINING SAFETY ANALYTICS: FROM LATENT PATTERN DISCOVERY TO AUTOMATED INFORMATION EXTRACTION, Abid Ali Khan Danish
GROWTH, SURVIVAL, AND HERBIVORE BROWSING PREFERENCES OF SEEDLINGS PLANTED IN BLACK ASH STANDS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN, Seth W. Davenport
Near Memory Accelerators for Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search, Yifu Deng
DESIGN OF ALUMINUM-COPPER ALLOY WITH SCANDIUM IN SOLUTION, Austin M. DePottey
Sensing Tap Location Using an Array of Acoustic Sensors, Fan Ding
ESTIMATING UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH (UCS) OF ROCKS FROM MEASUREMENT WHILE DRILLING (MWD) DATA, Can Erdem
CORTICAL ACTIVATION PATTERNS IN A RAPID MOTOR DECISION-MAKING TASK IN YOUNGER AND OLDER ADULTS: AN fNIRS STUDY, Melanie P. Frias Veras
TEST STAND DEVELOPMENT: AN ANALYSIS OF EXCAVATION FORCES WITHIN A SIMULATED LUNAR ENVIRONMENT, Faith D. Gaertner
IMPROVED LONGEVITY OF ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS BY ADHESION OF PARYLENE C TO TITANIUM ALLOY PASSIVATION LAYERS VIA THE MULTICOMPONENT APPROACH TO SOLID SURFACE ENERGY, Matthew T. Graham
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF NOVEL FORCE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM FOR TRACTION FORCE MICROSCOPY, Samuel E. Haarman
DIAGNOSTIC LABOR OPERATION REIMAGINED THROUGH MACHINE LEARNING AND STATISTICAL PATTERN RECOGNITION, Jody J. Hand
PATIENT HANDLING INTERVENTIONS AND THEIR ROLE IN REDUCING MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS, Ashley L. Hawke
COMBINING DNA METABARCODING AND STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS TO EXAMINE DIET AND ECOLOGY IN UNIQUELY ADMIXED GHOST WOLVES, Lilian M. Heinzel
KEWEENAW HEARTLANDS: BUSINESS CONSIDERATIONS IN RECREATION PLANNING, Courtney A. Hohnholt
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SILVICULTURAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH NORTHERN WHITE-CEDAR (THUJA OCCIDENTALIS) SEEDLING REGENERATION IN HARVESTED LOWLANDS, Victoria J. Hunter
RENEWABLE ENERGY’S IMPACT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS – A CASE STUDY FROM AFRICA, Bashiru Ibrahim
Michigan's EV Policies and Energy Justice, Vincent Edache Idoko
Towards Developing GLUT2 Specific Probes for Biochemical and Biomedical Applications, Abdelrahman Ismail
DEVELOPMENT OF NEAR-INFRARED PROBE FOR THE DETECTION OF NADH AND NAD(P)H IN LIVE CELLS AND D. MELANOGASTER LARVAE, Sophia J. Jaeger
BARBIE VLOGGER AS TEEN INFLUENCER FOR LITTLE GIRLS, Brilynn A. Janckila
QUANTIFYING SO₂ EMISSIONS FROM EXPLOSIVE EVENTS OF THE 2021 LA SOUFRIÈRE ERUPTION USING DSCOVR/EPIC, Yuxi Jin
LIGHT ABSORBING AEROSOL INTERACTIONS WITH WARM CLOUDS, Shreya Joshi
Quantum van der Waals Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications, Jeff Kabel
HYBRID MIXTURES OF FACTOR ANALYZERS FOR HIGH DIMENSIONAL DATA, Kazeem Abiodun Kareem
MOLECULAR DYNAMICS MODELING OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES, Khatereh Kashmari
GREAT LAKES AND ITS REGIONAL CLIMATE IN THE FUTURE, Miraj Bhakta Kayastha
MOLECULAR MODELING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS FOR ACCELERATING POLYMERIZATION AND PYROLYSIS STUDIES, Joshua D. Kemppainen
CHARACTERIZATION OF KRYPTON PERFORMANCE IN A LABORATORY 300 W MAGNETICALLY SHIELDED HALL-EFFECT THRUSTER, Jacob Henry Knott
DEVELOPING A GRAPHQL MESH FEDERATED API GATEWAY: RAPID INTEGRATION OF NEW ENDPOINTS INTO A PREDEFINED SCHEMA, Noah Kolczynski
Using Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy to Measure Atmospheric Water Vapor Concentrations, Daniel Koshar
PROXIMAL SEISMIC TRACKING OF PYROCLASTIC DENSITY CURRENTS AT VOLCÁN DE FUEGO, GUATEMALA, Jacob A. Krier
UNDERSTANDING THE THERMODYNAMICS AND MASS TRANSFER OF VIRUSES IN AQUEOUS TWO-PHASE SYSTEMS, Seth A. Kriz
Stepper Motor Load Estimation Using a Neural Network, Soham S. Kulkarni
PHASE-FIELD METHOD OF FRACTURE IN FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES: THEORY, MODELING, AND VALIDATION, Akash Kumar
Three-Sided Skyline Counting Queries, Suruchi Kushwaha
Direct Methane Capture via Aerobic Methanotrophs, Waaseyaaban Landgren
GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS FOR URBAN RESILIENCE: GREEN SPACE, FLOOD SUSCEPTIBILITY, AND WETLAND RESTORATION POTENTIAL, Jessica LaReaux
Kangaroo: Dynamic Fusion of Branch Instructions in a Pipelined Uniprocessor, Sarah E. Larkin
DAM IT ALL: A MULTI-SCALAR INVESTIGATION INTO THE ECOLOGICAL ROLE AND FUNCTION OF BEAVER DAMS, Kenneth Larsen
Heuristic Approaches for Coordination of Heterogeneous Robotic Systems in Harvesting Automation with Size Constraints, Hyeseon Lee
On graph decompositions: Exploring the stars and stripes problem with odd n-stars, Jehyun Lee
A SEISMOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF GROUND DEFORMATION FROM METEOTSUNAMI AND SEICHE ACTIVITY ON LAKE MICHIGAN, Bryan Lowney
METHOD FOR ASSESSING GASOLINE POWERED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EXHAUST ACCUMULATION WHEN IDLING IN ENCLOSED SPACE BY AUTOMATIC SHUT OFF, Eamon McClintock
Utilizing Biometrics and Blockchain for Enhanced Security of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Data Sharing, Amaturrahman Raihanah Medlock
DEVELOPMENT OF A PROTOTYPE FOR AN EARLY ALERT SYSTEM THAT MEASURES STRAINS IN TIMBER ROOF TRUSS MEMBERS, Caleb Kwadwo Osei Mensah
INITIAL FUNGAL DECOMPOSER COMMUNITY DETERMINES WOOD-DERIVED CARBON IN DISCRETE SOIL CARBON POOLS IN ASPEN CLEARCUTS, Theresa K. Meyer
ENERGY TRANSITIONS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES: MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT TO ADDRESS ENERGY BURDENS AND AIR POLLUTION, Nyasha Milanzi
ULTRASOUND SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY: DEVELOPMENT OF TISSUE MODELS AND INVESTIGATION OF SHEAR WAVE VARIABILITY, Emily J. Miller
From Riches to Ruin: An Exploration of the Conglomerate Mining Company's Compressor House, Jill T. Muraski
"An Ancient Vanished Race:" Industrial Mythistory and the Alternative Archaeology of Lake Superior Copper, Donovan C. Murphy
INTERACTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF OPTICAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM IN MAGNETO-OPTICAL MATERIAL, Seth R. Nelson
DISTRIBUTING COMPOSITION: RHETORICAL AGENCY IN FIRST-YEAR WRITING, Elizabeth Novotny
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF RENEWABLE HYDROCARBON FUELS PRODUCED BY THE NEW COOL GAS TO LIQUID (COOL GTL) PROCESS, Elochukwu Okoye
ASSESSING ACTIVATORS OF CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS GERMLINE EXPRESSION USING AN RNA INTERFERENCE SCREEN, Ryleigh A. Parsons
DEVELOPMENT AND VERIFICATION OF TESTING PLATFORM FOR TORQUE VECTORING CONTROLLER, Nicholas Petersen
TRIBOELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF LUNAR REGOLITH, Hannah Peterson
TRANSIENT THERMAL FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION FOR PROCESS MODELING IN WIRE ARC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, Satya Sai Kumar Pilli
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS FOR SYNERGISTIC OPTIMIZATION OF VEHICLE DYNAMICS AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN CONNECTED AND AUTOMATED VEHICLES, Aman Poovalappil
MODIFIED CATECHOL-BASED POLYMERIC BIOMATERIALS FOR ANTIVIRAL, ANTIBACTERIAL, AND HEMOSTATIC APPLICATIONS, Seyedehfatemeh Razaviamri
ROTTEN THROUGH THE CORES: WHAT DECOMPOSITION CAN TELL US ABOUT CARBON CYCLING, Eileen C. Reeves
MICROBIAL INACTIVATION AND SPRAY DRYING FOR THE RECOVERY OF SINGLE-CELL PROTEIN FROM CHEMICALLY DECONSTRUCTED POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE, Reeba Elizabeth Reji
GENERALIZING MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION TASK WITH EFFICIENT DEEP LEARNING MODELS, Abel A. Reyes-Angulo
SUGAR MAPLE (ACER SACCHARUM MARSH.) TREE-RING GROWTH AND CARBON STABLE ISOTOPE RESPONSES TO NITROGEN AND CLIMATE, Libbie Ring
DEVELOPING INEXPENSIVE SENSORS THAT CAN DETECT ROOF COLLAPSE FROM SNOW LOADS, Edward Sandy
RELICT PONDEROSA PINE MORTALITY AND FUELS STUDY IN THE BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS, MONTANA, USA, Laura K. Schimmel
FROM CONSCIENTIOUS FRENCH CANADIAN TO ENTERPRISING AMERICAN: MAKING MEMORY & MEASURING SOCIAL MOBILITY OF FRENCH CANADIANS 1880-1940, Brooke S. Schwaderer
MICROWAVE ASSISTED SYNTHESES AND CHARACTERIZATIONS OF NEAR-INFRARED RATIOMETRIC PROBES FOR MITOCHONDRIAL pH DETECTION AND MONITORING, Ronald J. Schwandt
Linear response of driven non-Hermitian photonic systems, Lucas R. Simonson
COMMUNITY DIVERSITY AND MAKEUP AFFECT THE CAPACITY FOR BIOCONVERSION OF CHEMICALLY DECONSTRUCTED PET PLASTIC WASTE INTO BIOMASS, Hunter Stoddard
Novel Statistical Methods for Multiple Phenotype and Gene Based Association Tests, Megh Raj Subedi