Explore our collection of open access dissertations, master's theses and master's reports from Michigan Technological University below.
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2013
SPRING DISCHARGE MONITORING IN LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS: A CASE STUDY OF CONCEPCIÓN CHIQUIRICHAPA, GUATEMALA, Stephanie C. Tubman
Stilling Basin Scour Remediation Using Air Injection and Flat Plate Extension, Rachael Barlock
STOCHASTIC CHARGE TRANSPORT IN MULTI-ISLAND SINGLE-ELECTRON TUNNELING DEVICES, Madhusudan A. Savaikar
Strategic Optimization Techniques For FRTU Deployment and Chip Physical Design, Chen Liao
STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF A SMALL-SCALE TEST-BED SHAKER STRUCTURE USING A SPONGE-TYPE MAGNETO-RHEOLOGICAL FLUID DAMPER, Benjamin D. Winter
STUDIES OF FUNCTIONALIZED NANOPARTICLES FOR SMART SELF-ASSEMBLY AND AS CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY, Xiaochu Ding
Sustainable Energy Production in the United States: Life Cycle Assessment of Biofuels and Bioenergy, Jiqing Fan
SYNTHESIS OF GRAPHENE AND ITS APPLICATIONS FOR DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS, Hui Wang
TanDEM-X High Resolution DEMs and Their Applications to Flow Modeling, Kelly M. Wooten
TEACHING MENSTRUAL HEALTH AND HYGIENE TO YOUNG WOMEN IN EASTERN UGANDA WITH REUSABLE MENSTRUAL PADS, Stacey L. Frankenstein-Markon
TEACHING THE GAS PROPERTIES AND GAS LAWS: AN INQUIRY UNIT WITH ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT, Michael Hammar
Technology, Transportation, and Scale in the Koyokuk Placer Mining District 1890s - 1930s, Jessica Sarah Peterson
TERPENE AND TERPENOID EMISSIONS AND SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL PRODUCTION, Rosa M. Flores
THE CELEBRITY BURDEN: CELEBRITY CAMPAIGNS IN THE PURSUIT OF HUMANITARIANISM, Regina Akosua Dede Baiden
THE EFFECT OF EASTERN KENTUCKY COAL FIRES ON LOCAL AIR QUALITY AND PERSONAL HEALTH, Eric C. Abbott
The Effects of Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) on Understory Vegetation and Soils in a Northern Hardwood Forest, Keri A. Deneau
THE EFFECTS OF MODELING INSTRUCTION ON STUDENT LEARNING OF A NEWTONIAN FORCE CONCEPT, Daniel W. Kilpela
THE EFFECTS OF WEB-BASED TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES IN A RURAL SCIENCE CLASSROOM, Joseph D. Heflin
THE HOLOGRAPHIC DETECTOR FOR CLOUDS FROM TRL 5 TO TRL 8, Matthew Jacob Beals
The Laboratory Evaluation of Bio Oil Derived From Waste Resources as Extender for Asphalt Binder, Xu Yang
The Planned and the Emergent: An Alternative Model of Learning and Literacy, Lori S. Rogers
The Problematic of Privacy in the Namespace, Randal Sean Harrison
The Processing of Aluminum Gasarites via Thermal Decomposition of Interstitial Hydrides, Joseph James Licavoli
THERMAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A GASOLINE TURBOCHARGED DIRECT INJECTION (GTDI) ENGINE UTILIZING LEAN OPERATION AND EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION (EGR), Daniel P. Madison
THE ROLE OF ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNGI ON FERTILIZED AND UNFERTILIZED NURSERY GROWN WHITE SPRUCE, Alistair James Henry Smith II
THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF THE ST. PETERSBURG PARADOX, Keguo Huang
Two-Phase Flow In Microchannels: Morphology And Interface Phenomena, Alexandru Herescu
Using a Prediction and Option Generation Paradigm to Understand Decision Making, Joel Suss
VALIDATION OF A 'DISPLACEMENT TOMOGRAPHY' INVERSION METHOD FOR MODELING SHEET INTRUSIONS, Sarah J. Menassian
VERIFYING SUCCESS OF ARTIFICIAL REEFS IN THE HURON-ERIE CORRIDOR FOR LAKE STURGEON, Emily K. Bouckaert
Volcanic processes and human exposure as elements to build a risk model for Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala, Rüdiger P. Escobar Wolf
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Acute alcohol ingestion and sympathetic neural responses during orthostatic stress in humans, Sarah F. Stream
Adaptive Sampling with Mobile Sensor Networks, Shuo Huang
Advanced Nanostructured Electro-Catalysts for Electricity Generation and Biorenewable Alcohol Conversion, Zhiyong Zhang
Algorithms for spacecraft formation flying navigation based on wireless positioning system measurements, Shu Ting Goh
ALTERNATING CURRENT DIELECTROPHORETIC MANIPULATION OF ERYTHROCYTES IN MEDICAL MICRODEVICE TECHNOLOGY, Kaela M. Leonard
Analysis of a novel waste heat recovery mechanism for an I.C. engine, Jasdeep S. Condle
Analysis of spring break-up and its effects on a biomass feedstock supply chain in northern Michigan , Huihui Lin
ANIMATED TRANSITION IN SIMILARITY-BASED TILED IMAGE LAYOUT, Huan Zhang
Application of ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) as a thin-bonded overlay for concrete bridge decks, Sarah V. Shann
Arc-flash analysis of utility power systems, Kevin A. Demeny
A REMOTE SENSING APPROACH TO CHARACTERIZE THE HYDROGEOLOGY OF MOUNTAINOUS AREAS: APPLICATION TO THE QUITO AQUIFER SYSTEM (QAS), ECUADOR, Miriam Rios-Sanchez
Assessing land use and land cover change in tropical dry forest or Northern Chinandega, Nicaragua from 1985 to 2011, Jonathan W. Malette
Assessing success of forest restoration efforts in degraded montane cloud forests in southern Mexico, Rocio Elizabeth Jimenez Vazquez
Assessment of soil erosion vulnerability in rural communities in the vicinity of Motozintla de Mendoza, Chiapas, Mexico : a physical and sociological approach, Selene B. González-Morales
Assessment of water and sanitation infrastructure at primary schools in Rakai District, Uganda, Colin M. Casey
Augmenting the piezoelectric in portland cement paste for structural health monitoring applications, Benjamin A. Roskoskey
Automated design of self-stabilization, Aly M. Farahat
Automated optimization of polymer extrusion dies using finite element analysis, James Allen Peitzmeier
Automatic Food Intake Assessment Using Camera Phones, Fanyu Kong
Berry-Esseen bounds for nonlinear statistics, and asymptotic relative efficiency between correlation statistics, Raymond E. Molzon
Biochemical Conversions of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Sustainable Fuel-Ethanol Production in the Upper Midwest, Michael James Brodeur-Campbell
Biofilm responses to salmon carcass analog addition in central Idaho streams, Jonathan D. Ebel
Body sensor network for in-home personal healthcare, Sheng Hu
Calibration of the HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory, Nathan C. Kelley-Hoskins
Charge and spin transport in nanoscale junction from first principles, Subhasish Mandal
Cold-Start Emissions testing of Snowmobiles Using Ethanol and Gasoline, Michael David Rittenour
Comparing satellite and ground-based observations of paroxysmal degassing events at Etna volcano, Italy, Céline L. Mandon
Comparison of magnetic properties and petrography between dykes and lava flows from La Cienega, New Mexico and Thunder Bay area, Canada, Elise A. Desplas
Compatibility of ultra high performance concrete as repair material : bond characterization with concrete under different loading scenarios, Miguel Ángel Carbonell Muñoz
Composing in words and images : a proposal for a tandem approach to written and visual composition pedagogy, Brian Dean Parmeter
Computational fluids domain reduction to a simplified fluid network, Robert E. Smith
Conversion of a Micro, Glow-Ignition, Two-Stroke Engine from Nitromethane-Methanol Blend Fuel to Military Jet Propellant (JP-8), Andrew L. Wiegand
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY OF BIS(BENZYL)PHOSPHINATE, John S. Maass
DATA DRIVEN INTELLIGENT AGENT NETWORKS FOR ADAPTIVE MONITORING AND CONTROL, Wenjia Liu
Design, construction, and testing of a research quality electric machine testbed, Trever James Hassell
Design of a lab scale direct-filtration system and its application in process lab , Shichang Ma
DESIGN OF EFFICIENT IN-NETWORK DATA PROCESSING AND DISSEMINATION FOR VANETS, Congyi Liu
Development and improvement of warm-mix asphalt technology, Shu Wei Goh
Development of one-dimensional and two-dimensional computational tools that simulate steady internal condensing flows in terrestrial and zero-gravity environments, Soumya Asimkumar Mitra
Direct Write Fabrication of Waveguides and Interconnects for Optical Printed Wiring Boards, Joseph Carl Dingeldein
Economic viability of shale gas production in the Marcellus Shale; indicated by production rates, costs and current natural gas prices, Ryan J. Duman
Effective water treatment for rural communities in Suriname : a comparison of point-of-use ceramic filters and centralized treatment with sand filters, Ashlee K. Vincent
Effect of external electric field on hydrogen adsorption over activated carbon separated by dielectric materials, Zheng Zhang
Effects of Chemical Deicers on Amphibian Communites, Meagan Leigh Harless
Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 and O3 on wood density, antomical proerties and decomposition of Northern Hardwoods, Emmanuel Ebanyenle
Electrospun chitosan nanofibers for virus removal, Bingyu Bai
Engineering design motivations : a qualitative and quantitative analysis of university students , Kristine Louise Guzak
Evaluating northern hardwood management using retrospective analysis and diameter distributions, Nan C. Pond
Evaluation of flood risk in response to climate variability, Casey E. Fritsch
Evaluation of surface defect detection in reinforced concrete bridge decks using terrestrial LiDAR , Ryan C. Hoensheid
EXHAUST EMISSIONS OF LOW LEVEL BLEND ALCOHOL FUELS FROM TWO-STROKE AND FOUR-STROKE MARINE ENGINES, James Michael Sevik
Exigencies for engaging undergraduates in rhetorical problem solving : insights from engineering managers and A3 report analyses, Jean Straw DeClerck
Expansion of mortar bars in the presence of potassium acetate deicer , Gerald C. Anzalone III
Finite element analysis of 2-D representative volume element, Mandar Kulkarni
Free Troposphere Ozone and Carbon Monoxide over the North Atlantic for 2001-2011, Aditya Kumar
Fuelwood collection and consumption: a case study in Lupeta Tanzania, Katie M. Preston
Functional analysis of rice bidirectional promoters, Surendar R. Dhadi
Future value based single assignment program representations and optimizations, Shuhan Ding
Geophysical and geological analysis of the Collingwood Member of the Trenton Formation, Ryan M. Banas
Geotechnical Data and Numerical Analysis of Edifice Collapse and Related Hazards at Pacaya Volcano, Guatemala, Lauren N. Schaefer
Governmentality in higher education : a critical analysis of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), Bonnie B. Gorman
Great Lakes tributary phosphorus bioavailability, Renn Sterling Lambert
Habitat Associations of the Golden-Winged Warbler in Honduras, Ruth E. Bennett
Heat transfer in microwave heating, Zhiwei Peng