Explore our collection of open access dissertations, master's theses and master's reports from Michigan Technological University below.
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2026
A LANDSCAPE COMPARISON OF MERCURY BIOACCUMULATION AND STABLE ISOTOPES AMONG LAKE SUPERIOR SEA LAMPREY (PETROMYZON MARINUS), William C. Kennedy
Analysis and Modeling of the Effects of Atmospheric Flow Fluctuations on Wind Turbine Rotor Aeroelastic Response and Vortex-Wake Evolution, Alayna Farrell
ANALYTICAL AND DATA-DRIVEN MODELING AND CONTROL OF NONLINEAR POINT ABSORBER WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS WITH APPLICATION TO CONE–CONE BUOY GEOMETRIES, Houssein Yassin
An Investigation on Downwind Impacts of the Keweenaw Peninsula on Lake-Effect Snow Events, Thomas M. Pavell
ANTENNA-BASED SENSORS FOR DIELECTRIC CHARACTERIZATION OF MATERIALS, Hilary Scott Nkimbeng Cho
APPLICATION OF PASSIVE SAMPLERS FOR EXPLORING REMEDIAL PROGRESS IN THE TORCH LAKE AOC AND INTERLAKE VARIABILITY OF PCBS, Cailin B. Bishop
APPLICATION OF REACTIVE POWER THEORY TO WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS UNDER MULTI-FREQUENCY EXCITATION: ANALYSIS AND EXPERIMENTATION, McKenna R. Collins
APPLIED FOREST RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION IN MICHIGAN: ADVANCING AMERICAN BEECH RESTORATION AND DOCUMENTING A HISTORICAL INSECT COLLECTION, Thomas E. Panella
AQUEOUS IRON ELECTROWINNING: FROM ELECTROLYTE ENGINEERING TO THE UNEXPLORED POTENTIAL OF ACETATE SYSTEMS, Chodwell N. Verenga
A TUNABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING – ESTABLISHING GELATIN AND NANOFIBERS FOR 3D CELL CULTURE, Edward James Sloan III
Bayesian Analysis of Nominal Outcomes with Missing Values Using Multinomial and Multivariate Multinomial Probit Models, Suwash Silwal
BEYOND RECEPTIVE MEASURES: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE SPATIAL GRID DRAWING ASSESSMENT (SGDA) AS A PRODUCTIVE MEASURE OF SPATIAL SKILL, Katrina L. Carlson
Beyond Satisfaction: Developing a Data Storytelling Evaluation Protocol For STEM Equity Program Assessment, Karen Colbert
CHANGING SNOW HYDROLOGY IN THE GREAT LAKES AND RESILIENCE THROUGH ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT, Aradea R. Hakim
Characterizing Cyber Intrusions in Critical Infrastructure Networks Using Discrete-Event Simulation, Lawrence M. Dilworth
COMBINATORIAL HIGH-THROUGHPUT SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF W-ALLOYS FOR PLASMA-FACING MATERIALS, Aidan Earll
COMPARISON OF FIXED TILT AND SINGLE AXIS TRACKING SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS DURING WINTER, Isobel R. Bowker
COMPUTATIONAL AND AI FRAMEWORKS FOR IDENTIFYING KEY REGULATORY GENES AND THEIR TARGET GENES IN PLANTS AND HUMANS, Md Khairul Islam
CORRELATION OF MWD PARAMETERS AND SOIL PROPERTIES IN NEBRASKA WITH GEOSPATIAL VISUALIZATION OF BOREHOLE DATA, Michael N. Erzuah
DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED ACOUSTIC LINERS FOR AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS, Janith Godakawela Kankanamalage
DESIGN AND VALIDATION OF A LOW-COST WEARABLE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY (EMG) SYSTEM FOR MONITORING EXERCISE-INDUCED CHANGES IN MUSCLE ACTIVITY, Ingrid E. Halverson
DESIGNING WITH FORESIGHT: PREMORTEM AND HUMAN-CENTERED EVALUATION OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, Anusha Kannan
DESIGN, MODELING, AND EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT OF NANOSCALE CONFINEMENT STRUCTURES ON PLANAR SILICON-BASED MICROELECTRODE ARRAYS FOR SINGLE-ENTITY ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSING, Parinaz Eskandari
DESIGN OF ELECTRO OPTIC ANTENNAS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ACTIVE ELECTRO OPTIC POLYMERS, Michael A. Maurer
DESIGN, SYNTHESES AND BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF FLUORESCENT PROBES FOR NAD(P)H, HSA AND CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT SENSING, Adenike M. Olowolagba
Detecting and Repairing Conflicting Constraints in Co-Trained Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Composite Curing Processes, Cooper J. Evans
DEVELOPMENT AND CALIBRATION OF A 2-D DIESEL OXIDATION CATALYST FILTER (DOCF) MODEL WITH SPATIALLY VARYING WASHCOATS USING SPACIMS AND ENGINE LOADING DATA, Thomas K. Price
DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A MINIATURIZED PORTABLE EMISSIONS MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, Justin M. Kurncz
DEVELOPMENT OF STRONGER, MORE EXTRUDABLE 6XXX SERIES ALLOYS FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS, Eli A. Harma
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND WOMEN’S HEALTH IN NIGERIA: A FEMINIST STS WALKTHROUGH ANALYSIS OF mDOC DIGITAL HEALTH, Edith Michael Ogbodo
DIRECT RECYCLING OF NMC CATHODES IN LITHIUM-ION BATTERY: WATER-INDUCED DELITHIATION, MITIGATION STRATEGIES, AND PROCESS DEVELOPMENT, Blessing N. Ozah
DISENTANGLING THE HEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF ATRIAL CONTRACTION LOSS AND CARDIAC OUTPUT REDUCTION IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, Hailey LaBonte
Enhancing Coastal Vulnerability Assessments and Policy Impacts on Socioeconomic and Environmental Equity in Michigan's Great Lakes Communities, Esther N. Acheampong
EVALUATING WILLOW ESTABLISHMENT WITH BIOCHAR FOR REMEDIATION OF MINE WASTE SOILS: AMENDMENT PH DETERMINES PLANT BIOMASS AND METAL MOBILITY, Madeline R. Webb
EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PHOTONIC CRYSTAL BASED INVISIBILITY CLOAK UNDER TM-POLARIZED MICROWAVES, Muhammad Danyal
Experimental Rate Feedback Control of a Model-Scale Hourglass-Shaped Heaving Point Absorber, James R. Halverson
Exploring Earth's Magnetic Records: From Extraterrestrial Materials to Terrestrial Terranes, Gabriel C. Ahrendt
Exploring Fructose Mimetics as Chemotherapeutic Potentiators: Impact on GLUT5-Mediated Cancer Cell Vulnerability, Vedant Buwa
EXTRACTION OF CRITICAL METALS FROM NICKEL-BEARING SILICATE MINERALS USING CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2), Kobina Akyea Ofori
FAT BIRDS: HOW HUMAN MEDICAL DEVICES REVEAL PATTERNS OF STARVATION AND REFUELING IN A POPULATION OF SONGBIRDS, Elisa Resendiz
FAULT ANALYSIS IN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS USING TRAVELING WAVES, Arshad Ismail
FIRST-PRINCIPLES AND THERMODYNAMIC MODELING OF HYDROGEN STORAGE IN MXENES, Yi Zhi Chu
FIRST-PRINCIPLES INVESTIGATION OF QUASI-ONE-DIMENSIONAL VAN DER WAALS MAGNETS FOR ADVANCING LOW-DIMENSIONAL SPINTRONICS, Alyssa Horne
#FIXTHECOUNTRY AND #ENDSARS: NETWORK ANALYSIS AND ACTIVISTS’ FOLK THEORIES OF SOCIAL MEDIA ALGORITHMS, Eugene Brown Nyarko Agyei
FLUCTUATION OF ORGANOCHLORINE CONCENTRATIONS IN BULL SHARKS AT DIFFERENT LIFE STAGES, Mackenzie R. Phillips
Forging Industry: Craft Practice at the Delaware Mine Blacksmith Shop, Lucy A. Gibbs
FROM SURFACES TO BIOTHERAPEUTICS: UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISMS OF VIRUS INACTIVATION, Vaishali Sharma
GEOCHEMICAL, TECTONIC, AND TEMPORAL EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTHEASTERN SUPERIOR CRATON: INSIGHTS FROM THE THREE LAKES REGION, MICHIGAN, Helen Ann Foldenauer
GROWTH AND BIOCHEMICAL RESPONSES OF PHASEOLUS VULGARIS TO PFAS-CONTAMINATED SOILS AND ALUMINUM WATER TREATMENT RESIDUALS., Tadiwanashe Chikanda
Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Coordination In Dynamic Environments, Kaushik Kannan
HEURISTICS FOR HETEROGENEOUS MULTI-ROBOT COORDINATION IN AUTONOMOUS HARVESTING OPERATIONS, Hyeseon Lee
HIGH-PERFORMANCE CIRCUIT MANUFACTURING AND TESTING EXERCISES, Benjamin S. Keppers
HUMAN LOCOMOTION ON SNOW: A CASE FOR THE BICYCLE, Kyle W. Wehmanen
IDENTIFYING CONTROLS ON THE BIODEGRADATION OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER TO INFORM MICROBIAL FUEL CELL APPLICATIONS, Lily N. O'Hagan
Inference in Motion: Memory-Centric Co-Design for Large Language Models, Jiangqiu Shen
INTEGRATING LEAN PRINCIPLES AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING: A PDCA-BASED FRAMEWORK WITH DYNAMIC AND ERGONOMIC ENERGY ASSESSMENT, Michael D. Dahamah
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF AQUAPORIN-4 IN OREXIN SYSTEM-MEDIATED SYMPATHOEXCITATION AND BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL, Derrick Simet
ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION OF A NEW BIOACTIVE PLANT GLYCOSIDE, Lexie M. Gasco
MACHINE LEARNING AND MULTI-SCALE OPTIMIZATION FOR CONTROL AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN CONNECTED AND AUTOMATED VEHICLE PROPULSION SYSTEMS, Joshua D. Orlando
Mapping Historical Neighborhoods with Geospatial Viewshed Buffers, James B. Townsend
MEASUREMENT OF WAVE ELEVATION USING PIEZO-ELECTRIC HYDROPHONE, Ace D. Hobbs
MECHANICAL FRACTIONATION OF WHEAT MIDDLINGS FOR APPLICATION IN PYROLYSIS AND ANIMAL FEED, Okwudili I. Obiakor
MECHANISTIC DESIGN OF ELECTROSPUN METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR NANOFIBERS FOR TRACE LEVEL GAS DETECTION, Asky T. Fungura
MECHANISTIC FOUNDATIONS AND SAFETY ASSESSMENT OF DRY-MECHANICAL RECYCLING OF CHARGED LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES, John Louis Szczap
METHODOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FOR EVALUATING RELATIVE HEAT CHECKING RESISTANCE OF OPEN-DIE FORGE TOOLING, Jack F. Schaller
Microgravity-Induced Alterations in Left Atrial Hemodynamics and Thrombogenic Risk: Insights from Healthy and Atrial Fibrillation Models, Grace M. Hoeppner
Minimizing Snow Loss on Fixed Tilt Solar PV Installations Through Frame Material Selection and Installation Layout, David B. Wallis
MODELING AND TESTING CHAIN TRENCHER EXCAVATOR AND CONE PENETROMETER ROBOTIC PROSPECTING SYSTEMS FOR LUNAR IN-SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATION, Marcello C. Guadagno
MODELING, STABILITY, CONTROL, AND PROTECTION OF GRID-FORMING INVERTERS UNDER FAULT RIDE-THROUGH CONDITION, Shipra Tiwari
Modular Synthesis of Conjugated Aromatic Systems via Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions, Joden Russell Robinson
MOLECULAR ORIGINS OF VISCOSITY IN IONIC AND POLYMERIZED IONIC LIQUIDS: INSIGHTS FROM STOCKMAYER FLUID SIMULATIONS, Jester N. Itliong
Multilayer Adaptive and Cooperative Control of Pipeline Systems: From Local Loop Adaptation to Distributed Game-Theoretic Coordination, David Brattley
Multi-Level Energy Optimization for Connected and Automated Vehicles: From Cooperative Multi-Vehicle Control to Individual Powertrain Management, Pruthwiraj Santhosh
NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED PARTS USING RESONANT INSPECTION AND FREQUENCY DOMAIN-BASED CORRELATION CRITERIA, Gita Deonarain
NOVEL CHIRAL INTERSTELLAR MOLECULES: QUANTUM ANHARMONIC IR AND VCD PREDICTIONS, Meredith Paik
NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF A SIMPLE, LOW-ENERGY LUNAR VOLATILE SEPARATION TECHNOLOGY, Eleanor L. Zimmermann
OIL AGGLOMERATION AS A METHOD FOR SEPARATION OF MIXED MATERIALS FROM SPENT LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES, John K. Sewoekpor
ON THE VIBRATIONAL DYNAMICS OF WIND TURBINE BLADES: THE OSCILLATORY RESPONSE TO GUST PULSES, AND THE PHYSICAL MECHANISMS BEHIND THEM, North A. Yates
OPEN SOURCE TOOLS FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH, Alex P. Riebe
PAST AND PRESENT ECOLOGICAL AND CLIMATIC DYNAMICS IN THE LAKE SUPERIOR REGION INFERRED FROM EASTERN WHITE PINE TREE RINGS, Victor Humanes Fuente
Path-Conservative Numerical Methods for a Variable-Radius One-Dimensional Arterial-Flow Model, Daniel Henderson
PEOPLE, POLITICS, AND POWER: CLIMATE VULNERABILITIES, POLICY LANDSCAPES, AND EQUITABLE ENERGY ACCESS IN MICHIGAN, Mercedes Rowe Asamani
PERFORMANCE COMPARISON OF A LOW MASS VIBRATORY LUNAR SURFACE COMPACTOR IN VACUUM VERSUS ATMOSPHERE, Robin D. Austerberry
PERFORMANCE OF RECYCLED LABORATORY AGED RUBBER MODIFIED ASPHALT PAVEMENTS, Kwadwo Ampadu Boateng
PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SMALL EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES: EFFECTS OF IMMOBILIZATION, ISOLATION, AND DISEASE STATE, Bianca M. Mercado Velez
Potential of Stamp Sands as Cemented Tailings, Samuel Sukaria
PROCESS-STRUCTURE-PROPERTY ANALYSIS OF LASER POWDER BED FUSION 17-4PH STAINLESS STEELS: EFFECTS OF BUILD ARRANGEMENTS, POWDER FEEDSTOCK VARIATIONS AND SCAN STRATEGIES, Gowri Shankar Bollu
RAPID AUSTENITE RESTORATION THROUGH NON-PARTITIONING TRANSFORMATION IN MEDIUM-MN STEEL, Rebekah A. Smith
READING BETWEEN THE LINES: PROTECTED, BUT NOT FROM INTERPRETATION, Hooriya Habib
REPORT ON A GPR SURVEY OF THE COPPER HARBOR CEMETERY, COPPER HARBOR, MICHIGAN, Grace Griffin
Robust Autonomous Driving in Winter Weather: Perception and Integrated Control Under Adverse Conditions, Yiming Yang
Robust State Estimation and Scene Understanding for Autonomous Ground Vehicles in Challenging Environments, Nader J. Abu-Alrub
SEISMICITY AND STRESS INTERACTIONS IN WESTERN NEPAL: IMPLICATIONS FOR STRAIN ACCUMULATION IN THE CENTRAL HIMALAYAN SEISMIC GAP, Priyanka Dhamala