Explore our collection of open access dissertations, master's theses and master's reports from Michigan Technological University below.
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2015
STABILIZATION OF IRON MINE TAILINGS THROUGH MICROBIALLY INDUCED CALCITE PRECIPITATION, Noah D. Buikema
STATE OF CHARGE BALANCING DROOP CONTROL, Rui Hu
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF INTEGRATION OF A NON-CYLINDRICAL CNG FUEL TANK, Prathamesh Prashant Deshpande
STRUCTURE AND AGENCY IN ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXTS OF WOMEN IN STEM, Sidouane Patcha Lum
STUDY OF NON-RECIPROCAL DICHROISM IN PHOTONIC STRUCTURES, Anindya Majumdar
SYNTHETIC OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE PURIFICATION VIA CATCHING BY POLYMERIZATION, Suntara Fueangfung
The Bootstrap Estimation In Time Series, Yun Liu
THE CRISIS OF IMAGES: A READING OF FEED A CHILD’S CONTROVERSIAL 2014 ADVERTISEMENT, Marcel Tchatchou
THE DISPERSION AND SELECTIVE FLOCCULATION OF HEMATITE ORE, Howard James Haselhuhn III
THE EFFECT OF WATER TEMPERATURE ON IN-STREAM SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION AND TRANSPORT RATE, Jennie Tyrrell
THE HYDROSOCIAL COSTS OF HIGH-VOLUME HYDRAULIC FRACTURING: A TALE OF TWO COUNTIES IN MICHIGAN, Amanda Kreuze
THE INFLUENCE OF DIET COMPOSITION, PLANT DEFENSIVE CHEMICALS, AND WINTER SEVERITY ON THE NUTRITIONAL CONDITION OF A FREERANGING, GENERALIST HERBIVORE, Grace L. Parikh
THE INFLUENCE OF PASSIVE ANKLE JOINT POWER ON BALANCE RECOVERY, Stephanie E. Hamilton
THE MECHANISMS OF α-AMANITIN RESISTANCE IN THE FRUIT FLY DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER, Chelsea L. Mitchell
THE ROLE OF HYBRIDIZATION AND THE UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE BIOLOGISTS’ DISCRETION IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, Jennifer F. Lind-Riehl
THE ROUTINE DISASTER: A CASE STUDY IN EL SALVADOR, Tyler M. Barton
THE USE OF JATROPHA CURCAS TO ACHIEVE A SELF SUFFICIENT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM: A CASE STUDY IN RURAL SENEGAL, Alexandra Archer
TIMETABLE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE IN RAILWAY CAPACITY ANALYSIS: DEVELOPMENT OF THE HYBRID OPTIMIZATION OF TRAIN SCHEDULES (HOTS) MODEL, Hamed Pouryousef
TRANSLOCATION AND TELEMETRY TRACKING OF LAKE STURGEON IN THE MENOMINEE RIVER, MI / WI, Jeremy G. Olach
UNDERSTANDING ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT PROPERTIES IN NANOSCALE JUNCTIONS, Kamal B. Dhungana
USING COGNITIVE WORD GAMES TO PROMOTE LEXICAL MEMORY ACCESS AND VOCABULARY RETRIEVAL IN SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS, Kejkaew Thanasuan
VARIABILITY OF NO AND NO2 ABOVE THE SNOWPACK AT SUMMIT, GREENLAND, Zhixin Wang
WATER USE AND SYSTEM RELIABILITY UNDER DIESELGENERATOR AND SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWERED PUMPING SYSTEMS: A CASE STUDY OF SOLLA TOGO, Alicia R. Sherrin
WHAT IS IT TO BE AN ETHICAL ENGINEER? A PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH TO ENGINEERING ETHICS PEDAGOGY, Valorie Troesch
WOMEN, CYCLING, AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE: HOW DISCURSIVE AND COMMUNITY PRACTICES AFFECT ENGAGEMENT, Elsa L. Roberts
WOOD TYPE ARCHAEOLOGY: AN INQUIRY INTO WORKER SKILL IN WOOD PRINTING TYPE MANUFACTURE, Daniel Schneider
WRITING A COMMUNITY GUIDEBOOK FOR EVALUATING LOW-GRADE GEOTHERMAL ENERGY FROM FLOODED UNDERGROUND MINES FOR HEATING AND COOLING BUILDINGS, Edward Peace Louie
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2014
A BACKING DEVICE BASED ON AN EMBEDDED STIFFENER AND RETRACTABLE INSERTION TOOL FOR THIN-FILM COCHLEAR ARRAYS, Radheshyam Tewari
A COMPARATIVE STUDY AND EVALUATION OF COLLABORATIVE RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS, Joshua C. Stomberg
A FIREWALL MODEL OF FILE SYSTEM SECURITY, Lihui Hu
Age-Dependent Fragility and Life-Cycle Cost Analysis of Timber and Steel Distribution Poles Subjected to Hurricanes, Abdullahi M. Salman
ANALYSIS OF POPULUS TREMULOIDES CLONAL VARIATION AND DELINEATION IN THE OTTAWA NATIONAL FOREST, Kristina N. Flesher
AN ASSESSMENT OF FLOW REGIME MAPS AND A NUMERICAL HEAT TRANSFER CORRELATION FOR THE STRATIFIED/ANNULAR REGIME OF SHEAR-DRIVEN INTERNAL CONDENSING FLOWS, FNU Nikhil Shankar
AN INVESTIGATION OF VARIABLE VALVE TIMING EFFECTS ON HCCI ENGINE PERFORMANCE, Hrishikesh Abhay Saigaonkar
A REPORT ON THE MITEP PROGRAM AND ITS IMPACT ON MY TEACHING, Nicholas C. Grabemeyer
Assessment of Flood Risk Under Future Climate Conditions, Kaye M. LaFond
A Study of Acoustic Boom Generation Due to Vibro-Acoustic Coupling in Passenger Cars, Mayuresh Pathak
A STUDY OF A LANDSLIDE IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, Caitlin L. Bukovitz
A Study of Passenger Car Acoustic Cavity Boom Simulation Methods, Shreerang Dhabe
A Surface Displacement Analysis for Volcan Pacaya from October 2001 through March 2013 by Means of 3-D Modeling of Precise Position GPS Data, Brianna R. Hetland
A SURVEY OF DISTANCE MAGIC GRAPHS, Rachel Rupnow
A THEORETICAL STUDY OF INTERACTION OF NANOPARTICLES WITH BIOMOLECULE, Chunhui Liu
AUTOMATIC LABELING OF RSS ARTICLES USING ONLINE LATENT DIRICHLET ALLOCATION, Zhe Lu
AUTONOMOUS POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, Barzin Moridian
BENEFICIAL REUSE OF LOCALLY-AVAILABLE WASTE MATERIALS AS LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE IN LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE, Brienna E. Rust
BEYOND ROOTS ALONE: NOVEL METHODOLOGIES FOR ANALYZING COMPLEX SOIL AND MINIRHIZOTRON IMAGERY USING IMAGE PROCESSING AND GIS TOOLS, Justina A. Silva
Big Manistee River Tributaries as Potential Arctic Grayling Habitat, Brian M. Danhoff
CAN CHINA USE ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES INSTEAD OF COAL TO PROVIDE MORE ELECTRICITY BY 2030?, Yan Wu
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS ON THE TRANSMISSION OF THERMAL RADIATION, Mohamed E. Hanafy
Comparison of Computer-Based and Optical Face Recognition Paradigms, Abdulaziz A. Alorf
COMPARISON OF NON-HEATING PALEOINTENSITY TECHNIQUES USING BASALTS FROM LEMPTÉGY VOLCANO, FRANCE AND SYNTHETIC MAGNETITE-BEARING SAMPLES, Geoffrey A. Lerner
COMPONENT NUMERACY SKILLS AND DECISION MAKING, Saima Ghazal
DC MICROGRID STABILIZATION THROUGH FUZZY CONTROL OF INTERLEAVED, HETEROGENEOUS STORAGE ELEMENTS, Robert David Smith
DEEP LEARNING METHODS FOR MULTIBAND EXPLOSIVE HAZARD DETECTION USING L-BAND AND X-BAND FORWARD-LOOKING GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR, John T. Becker
DENITRIFICATION IN SOILS: FROM GENES TO ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES, Jianqiu Zheng
DENSITY OF AMORPHOUS CARBON BY USING DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY, Sorayot Chinkanjanarot
DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF WIRELESS PASSIVE MAGNETOELASTIC RESONANCE AND MAGNETOHARMONIC FORCE SENSORS, Brandon D. Pereles
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF HOME USE PORTABLE SMART ELECTRONICS, Liqiang Du
DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL POLYMERIC MICELLES FOR GENE-DIRECTED ENZYME PRODRUG THERAPY, Alicia J. Sawdon
DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATIONS OF FLUORESCENT AND ELECTROCHEMICAL PROBES, Giri K. Vegesna
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY-RISK-ESTIMATION QUIZ (ACL-IQ), Erich J. Petushek
DEVELOPMENT OF AN IONIC LIQUID FERROFLUID ELECTROSPRAY SOURCE AND MODE SHAPE STUDIES OF A FERROFLUID IN A NON-UNIFORM MAGNETIC FIELD, Edmond Joseph Meyer IV
DEVELOPMENT OF CONFOCAL IMAGING TECHNIQUES FOR PROBING INTERFACIAL DYNAMICS IN MICROSCALE, GAS-LIQUID, TWO-PHASE FLOW, Joseph E. Hernandez
DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS FOR REPRAP STYLE 3-D PRINTERS IN ENGINEERING, Benjamin T. Wittbrodt
Do increases in oil prices precede U.S. recessions?, Thanyalak Suthijindawong
DOING MORE WITH SHORT PERIOD DATA: DETERMINING MAGNITUDES FROM CLIPPED AND OVER-RUN SEISMIC DATA AT MOUNT ST. HELENS, John J. Wellik II
DYNAMICS AND CONTROL OF REACTIVE DISTILLATION PROCESS FOR MONOMER SYNTHESIS OF POLYCARBONATE PLANTS, Mathkar Alawi A Alharthi
ECONOMIC PROFITABILITY OF THE BAKKEN, NORTH DAKOTA UNCONVENTIONAL OIL PLAYS BASED ON A TYPICAL WELL PERFORMANCE WITH CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS, Mehmet Apaydin
Enzyme Optimization for Lignocellulose Hydrolysis using Mechanistic Modeling, Adam S. Marlowe
EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL TRANSLOAD FACILITY LOCATIONS IN THE UPPER PENINSULA (UP) OF MICHIGAN, Irfan Rasul
EVOLUTION OF SELECTED ISOPRENE OXIDATION PRODUCTS IN DARK AQUEOUS AMMONIUM SULFATE, D.M. Ashraf Ul Habib
EXPERIMENTAL SETUP AND CONTROLLER DESIGN FOR AN HCCI ENGINE, Deepak Kothari
EXPLORING CHANGES IN DETRITAL FLOCCULENT LAYER DYNAMICS DUE TO SHIFTS IN MACROPHYTE COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTHERN EVERGLADES, Erin Leigh McKenney
FABRICATION OF DRUG ELUTING TI IMPLANTS FOR DENTAL/ORTHOPEDIC APPLICATIONS, Azhang Hamlekhan
FACTORS INFLUENCING MATERIAL LOSS DURING IRON ORE PELLET HANDLING, Joseph A. Halt
FAULT MORPHOLOGY WITHIN THE SOUTHERN KENYAN PORTION OF THE EAST AFRICAN RIFT VALLEY, Justin B. Wargelin
FISHERY CO-MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRIBAL AND STATE AGENCIES: CONFLICT TO COLLABORATION, J. Marty Holtgren
From Mill Gates to Magic City: U.S. Steel and Welfare Capitalism in Gary, Indiana, 1906-1930, Carol D. Griskavich
GENETIC VARIATION, LOCAL ADAPTATION AND POPULATION STRUCTURE IN NORTH AMERICAN RED OAK SPECIES, QUERCUS RUBRA L. AND Q. ELLIPSOIDALIS E. J. HILL, Jennifer F. Lind-Riehl
HIGH PERFORMANCE, LOW COST SUBSPACE DECOMPOSITION AND POLYNOMIAL ROOTING FOR REAL TIME DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL ESTIMATION: ANALYSIS AND IMPLEMENTATION, Mrudula V. Athi
HOG CHAINS AND MARK TWAINS: A STUDY OF LABOR HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, AND INDUSTRIAL ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE STEAMBOAT ERA OF THE MONONGAHELA VALLEY 1811-1950, Marc Nicholas Henshaw
HOUSEHOLD SOLAR POWER SYSTEM, He Jiang
IMPACT OF PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND WIND GENERATORS ON HARMONIC DISTORTION OF ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, Ritam Misra
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SOIL MICROORGANISMS IN NORTHERN HARDWOOD FORESTS, Carley Jane Kratz
IMPLEMENTATION OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY TO IMPROVE PROACTIVE ASSESSMENT OF RETAINING WALLS ALONG TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS, Daniel J. Cerminaro
IMPROVEMENTS IN SUSTAINABILITY OF GRAVITY-FED WATER SYSTEMS IN THE COMARCA NGÄBE-BUGLÉ, PANAMA: SPRING CAPTURES AND CIRCUIT RIDER MODEL, Erica Kathryn Jones