Explore our collection of open access dissertations, master's theses and master's reports from Michigan Technological University below.
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2026
An Investigation on Downwind Impacts of the Keweenaw Peninsula on Lake-Effect Snow Events, Thomas M. Pavell
APPLICATION OF PASSIVE SAMPLERS FOR EXPLORING REMEDIAL PROGRESS IN THE TORCH LAKE AOC AND INTERLAKE VARIABILITY OF PCBS, Cailin B. Bishop
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
Characterizing Cyber Intrusions in Critical Infrastructure Networks Using Discrete-Event Simulation, Lawrence M. Dilworth
COMPARISON OF FIXED TILT AND SINGLE AXIS TRACKING SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS DURING WINTER, Isobel R. Bowker
CORRELATION OF MWD PARAMETERS AND SOIL PROPERTIES IN NEBRASKA WITH GEOSPATIAL VISUALIZATION OF BOREHOLE DATA, Michael N. Erzuah
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, 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 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
DISENTANGLING THE HEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF ATRIAL CONTRACTION LOSS AND CARDIAC OUTPUT REDUCTION IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, Hailey LaBonte
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
FAT BIRDS: HOW HUMAN MEDICAL DEVICES REVEAL PATTERNS OF STARVATION AND REFUELING IN A POPULATION OF SONGBIRDS, Elisa Resendiz
FIRST-PRINCIPLES AND THERMODYNAMIC MODELING OF HYDROGEN STORAGE IN MXENES, Yi Zhi Chu
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
HUMAN LOCOMOTION ON SNOW: A CASE FOR THE BICYCLE, Kyle W. Wehmanen
INTEGRATING LEAN PRINCIPLES AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING: A PDCA-BASED FRAMEWORK WITH DYNAMIC AND ERGONOMIC ENERGY ASSESSMENT, Michael D. Dahamah
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
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
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
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
PAST AND PRESENT ECOLOGICAL AND CLIMATIC DYNAMICS IN THE LAKE SUPERIOR REGION INFERRED FROM EASTERN WHITE PINE TREE RINGS, Victor Humanes Fuente
PERFORMANCE COMPARISON OF A LOW MASS VIBRATORY LUNAR SURFACE COMPACTOR IN VACUUM VERSUS ATMOSPHERE, Robin D. Austerberry
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
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
SEISMICITY AND STRESS INTERACTIONS IN WESTERN NEPAL: IMPLICATIONS FOR STRAIN ACCUMULATION IN THE CENTRAL HIMALAYAN SEISMIC GAP, Priyanka Dhamala
SHM FOR INCIPIENT BUCKLING DETECTION IN OVERLOADED STRUCTURES USING NONLINEAR SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION ALGORITHMS ON REDUNDANT DATA SETS, Padmanabh Shridhar Desai
SNOW INDUCED ENERGY LOSSES IN SINGLE AXIS TRACKER SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE WINTER PERFORMANCE, Ayush Chutani
SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS OF MIGRATORY SONGBIRD HABITAT USE: AN ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS AT THE NET LEVEL, Garrett Kucharski
THE EXCESS PATH LENGTH DISTRIBUTION: A STOCHASTIC MODEL FOR SAMPLE-BASED PATH PLANNERS, Chaz B. Cornwall
THE LIVING DEAD: EVIDENCE FOR Hg BIOAMPLIFICATION AMONG EMACIATED LAKE SUPERIOR LAKE CHARR, Presley S. Rasanen
TORQUE-BASED DETECTION AND ISOLATION OF BUCKET-SPECIFIC LOAD VARIATIONS IN A CONTINUOUS BUCKET LADDER EXCAVATOR, Mason R. Krause
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2025
ANALYSIS OF LAVA FLOW PATHS USING REMOTE SENSING AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES, Oluwatosin Oluyemisi Ayo
"An Ancient Vanished Race:" Industrial Mythistory and the Alternative Archaeology of Lake Superior Copper, Donovan C. Murphy
ANSI Z97 Impact Testing of Thin Glass, Justin P. Anthony
A SEISMOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF GROUND DEFORMATION FROM METEOTSUNAMI AND SEICHE ACTIVITY ON LAKE MICHIGAN, Bryan Lowney
BARBIE VLOGGER AS TEEN INFLUENCER FOR LITTLE GIRLS, Brilynn A. Janckila
Batteryless NFC-Enabled Wireless Sensor Node: Design, Optimization, and Implementation, Rishin Patra
Bayesian Alloy Design with Additive Synthesis, Michael R. Sulwer
BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES FROM CATECHOL OXIDATION, Zhongtian Zhang
BOUND PRESERVING DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHODS FOR EULER EQUATIONS AND NONEQUILIBRIUM FLOWS, Fangyao Zhu
BRIDGING INDIGENOUS AND WESTERN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS: CENTERING OJIBWE PERSPECTIVES FOR JUST FOREST-CLIMATE FUTURES, Tran Thi Mai Anh
Built Simulacra: Digital Media and Cultural Representation of Tourist Imaginaries in Online Reviews of Hotels and Casinos in Las Vegas, Ayodele James Akinola
CHARACTERIZATION OF KRYPTON PERFORMANCE IN A LABORATORY 300 W MAGNETICALLY SHIELDED HALL-EFFECT THRUSTER, Jacob Henry Knott
CLIMATE PLANNING, ENERGY SOVEREIGNTY, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE PERCEPTIONS AMONG MICHIGAN’S TRIBAL NATIONS, Alexis Belle Tater
COMMUNITY DIVERSITY AND MAKEUP AFFECT THE CAPACITY FOR BIOCONVERSION OF CHEMICALLY DECONSTRUCTED PET PLASTIC WASTE INTO BIOMASS, Hunter Stoddard
Computational Hemodynamic Analysis of Pre-treatment Type A and Type B Aortic Dissections, Khadiza Tun Suha
COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS FOR PROTEIN CLASSIFICATION IN METAGENOMES, Fawad Ullah
CYANINE-BASED DUAL-EMISSION SENSOR FOR RATIOMETRIC NAD(P)H IMAGING IN CELLS, RENAL TISSUES, AND ENTIRE ORGANISMS, Peter Agyemang
DAM IT ALL: A MULTI-SCALAR INVESTIGATION INTO THE ECOLOGICAL ROLE AND FUNCTION OF BEAVER DAMS, Kenneth Larsen
DEGRADATION OF POLYMERS AND POLYMER COMPOSITES IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS, Ben T. Jewell
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF FLUORESCENT PROBES FOR SENSING AND BIOIMAGING OF NAD(P)H, INTRACELLULAR VISCOSITY, AND SO2, Dilka Liyana Arachchige
DESIGN OF ALUMINUM-COPPER ALLOY WITH SCANDIUM IN SOLUTION, Austin M. DePottey
DEVELOPING A GRAPHQL MESH FEDERATED API GATEWAY: RAPID INTEGRATION OF NEW ENDPOINTS INTO A PREDEFINED SCHEMA, Noah Kolczynski
DEVELOPING INEXPENSIVE SENSORS THAT CAN DETECT ROOF COLLAPSE FROM SNOW LOADS, Edward Sandy
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF NOVEL FORCE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM FOR TRACTION FORCE MICROSCOPY, Samuel E. Haarman
DEVELOPMENT AND VERIFICATION OF TESTING PLATFORM FOR TORQUE VECTORING CONTROLLER, Nicholas Petersen
DEVELOPMENT OF NEAR-INFRARED PROBE FOR THE DETECTION OF NADH AND NAD(P)H IN LIVE CELLS AND D. MELANOGASTER LARVAE, Sophia J. Jaeger
Direct Methane Capture via Aerobic Methanotrophs, Waaseyaaban Landgren
DISTRIBUTING COMPOSITION: RHETORICAL AGENCY IN FIRST-YEAR WRITING, Elizabeth Novotny
ECOLOGICAL FACTORS THAT DICTATE THE OCCURRENCE OF UNIQUE BIOTA ON GRANITE BEDROCK GLADES, Ryne D. Rutherford
EFFECTIVENESS, COHERENCE, AND JUSTICE IMPLICATIONS OF CLEAN ENERGY POLICIES IN THE UNITED STATES, Josephine Amponsem
ENERGY EQUITY IN INDIA’S RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSITION: A POLICY DESIGN AGENDA, Aritra Chakrabarty
ENERGY TRANSITIONS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES: MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT TO ADDRESS ENERGY BURDENS AND AIR POLLUTION, Nyasha Milanzi
Engineering Electrochemical Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Next-Generation Biosensing, Grace L. Dykstra
ENHANCED MOIRÉ TECHNIQUE FOR REMOTE SENSING OF GROUND MOTION INTEGRATING ACTIVE CONVOLVED ILLUMINATION AND DEEP LEARNING, Adrian Ali Moazzam
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SILVICULTURAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH NORTHERN WHITE-CEDAR (THUJA OCCIDENTALIS) SEEDLING REGENERATION IN HARVESTED LOWLANDS, Victoria J. Hunter
ESTIMATING UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH (UCS) OF ROCKS FROM MEASUREMENT WHILE DRILLING (MWD) DATA, Can Erdem
EVALUATING CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS FOR BUCKTHORN CLASSIFICATION IN SHADOWED ENVIRONMENTS, Moses Tangwam