Explore our collection of open access dissertations, master's theses and master's reports from Michigan Technological University below.
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2026
SELECTIVE NICKEL RECOVERY FROM IRON-RICH TAILINGS BY LOW-TEMPERATURE CO2-ENHANCED REDUCTIVE BIOLEACHING, Kwabena Boafo
SHM FOR INCIPIENT BUCKLING DETECTION IN OVERLOADED STRUCTURES USING NONLINEAR SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION ALGORITHMS ON REDUNDANT DATA SETS, Padmanabh Shridhar Desai
SLIP KINEMATICS AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE KEWEENAW FAULT SYSTEM FROM LAKE LINDEN TO HANCOCK, MICHIGAN, Katherine M. Langfield
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
SPECULATION-CENTRIC PARALLELIZATION FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE FINITE STATE AUTOMATA PROCESSING ON GPUS, Yuguang Wang
STUDY OF BEARING CAPACITY TESTING AND SOIL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES IN LUNAR HIGHLANDS SIMULANT AT FIELD SCALE, Christi A. LeCaptain
SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY ASSESSMENT OF COASTAL POWER SYSTEMS AGAINST STORM HAZARDS, Saeed Sohrabi
System-level Assessment of Non-ideal Phase Change Material Behavior in Low Earth Orbit Spacecraft Thermal Control Models, Nathan S. Bruursema
TARGETED AND SCREENING BASED APPROACHES TO ANALYZE DRM TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSOR COMPLEX ACTIVITY IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS, Emily Washeleski
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
TOWARDS PRECISION OSTEOPOROSIS SCREENING: A HOLISTIC DEEP LEARNING APPROACH TO INTEGRATING IMAGING, PATIENT DATA, AND LONGITUDINAL INSIGHTS, Harikrishnan Changarnkothapeecherikkal
Using Automotive Lidar to Reduce the Energy Consumption of an Ego Autonomous Vehicle, Logan P. Schexnaydre
VALUING LIFE AND LOSS: GENRE ANALYSIS OF INSURANCE CLAIMS PROCESSING IN GHANA, Cornelius Fuumaale Suom-Kogle
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
Examining Student and Faculty Perspectives on Hidden Curriculum in Computing Education, Joseph R. Teahen
EXAMINING THE ROLE OF PLANT GENOME SIZE AND POLYPLOIDY IN SHAPING ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI SYMBIOSES, Abbigail J. Blackwell
Examining Video-Based Learning in Higher Education, Kay (Catherine) L. Tislar
FINDING ANTIPATTERNS ACROSS LANGUAGES WITH ABSTRACT SYNTAX TREES, Daniel T. Masker
FINE ROOT AND ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNCTIONAL TRAITS OF QUERCUS RUBRA POPULATIONS FROM ACROSS A LATITUDINAL GRADIENT, Emma L. Shedd
FROM CONSCIENTIOUS FRENCH CANADIAN TO ENTERPRISING AMERICAN: MAKING MEMORY & MEASURING SOCIAL MOBILITY OF FRENCH CANADIANS 1880-1940, Brooke S. Schwaderer
FROM PLASMONICS TO SUPERFLUORESCENCE: ENGINEERING LIGHT- MATTER INTERACTIONS FOR QUANTUM OPTICAL PHENOMENA, Aaron J. Wildenborg
From Riches to Ruin: An Exploration of the Conglomerate Mining Company's Compressor House, Jill T. Muraski
GENERALIZING MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION TASK WITH EFFICIENT DEEP LEARNING MODELS, Abel A. Reyes-Angulo
GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS FOR URBAN RESILIENCE: GREEN SPACE, FLOOD SUSCEPTIBILITY, AND WETLAND RESTORATION POTENTIAL, Jessica LaReaux
GREAT LAKES AND ITS REGIONAL CLIMATE IN THE FUTURE, Miraj Bhakta Kayastha
GROWTH, SURVIVAL, AND HERBIVORE BROWSING PREFERENCES OF SEEDLINGS PLANTED IN BLACK ASH STANDS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN, Seth W. Davenport
Heuristic Approaches for Coordination of Heterogeneous Robotic Systems in Harvesting Automation with Size Constraints, Hyeseon Lee
HOLISTIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF ELECTRIFIED OFF-HIGHWAY MATERIAL HANDLER: FROM DRIVE CYCLE CHARACTERIZATION TO POWERTRAIN, HYDRAULIC, AND THERMAL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, Alexander Czarnecki
HYBRID MIXTURES OF FACTOR ANALYZERS FOR HIGH DIMENSIONAL DATA, Kazeem Abiodun Kareem
IDENTIFYING PATTERNS IN AVIAN PLASMA METABOLITES FOR USE IN COMPARING BETWEEN-SITE DIFFERENCES IN HABITAT QUALITY, Katherine A. Brouwer
Indigenous-Industrial Heritage: Centering Indigenous Voices in Minnesota's Iron Range, Larissa A. Juip
INITIAL FUNGAL DECOMPOSER COMMUNITY DETERMINES WOOD-DERIVED CARBON IN DISCRETE SOIL CARBON POOLS IN ASPEN CLEARCUTS, Theresa K. Meyer
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS FOR SYNERGISTIC OPTIMIZATION OF VEHICLE DYNAMICS AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN CONNECTED AND AUTOMATED VEHICLES, Aman Poovalappil
INTERACTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF OPTICAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM IN MAGNETO-OPTICAL MATERIAL, Seth R. Nelson
INVESTIGATING DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL VULNERABILITY TO WILDFIRE: A CASE STUDY OF WESTERN MONTANA, Ella Brodowski
INVESTIGATION OF ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION METHODS AS A NOISE CONTROL DEVICE IN HYDRAULICS, Sophia R. Bollin
IRON ORE TAILINGS REPROCESSING BY ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION PLUS TWO STAGES FROTH FLOTATION, Vincent Bailey Arohunmolase
Kangaroo: Dynamic Fusion of Branch Instructions in a Pipelined Uniprocessor, Sarah E. Larkin
Leveraging Product and Process Characteristics Across the Concrete Pavement Life Cycle to Integrate Global Warming Potential into Project Procurement Processes, Michelle Annette Cooper
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF RENEWABLE HYDROCARBON FUELS PRODUCED BY THE NEW COOL GAS TO LIQUID (COOL GTL) PROCESS, Elochukwu Okoye
LIGHT ABSORBING AEROSOL INTERACTIONS WITH WARM CLOUDS, Shreya Joshi
Linear response of driven non-Hermitian photonic systems, Lucas R. Simonson
LINKING MOLECULAR STRUCTURE EVOLUTION TO MECHANICAL DEGRADATION DURING ENVIRONMENTAL AGING IN CONVENTIONAL AND RECYCLABLE EPOXY SYSTEMS, Ben T. Jewell
MACHINE LEARNING DESIGN AND EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTION OF RECYCLED ALUMINUM ALLOYS WITH MAGNESIUM AND IRON, Skylar Patten
MATERIAL OPTIMIZATION OF THERMIONIC EMITTERS FOR OPERATION IN OXYGEN-CONTAINING ATMOSPHERES, Seth A. Eacker
MEASURING OCCUPANT CONTROLLED VENTILATION AND COOKING FREQUENCY TO AID IN MODELING ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN HOMES, Jacob J. Chizek
METHOD FOR ASSESSING GASOLINE POWERED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EXHAUST ACCUMULATION WHEN IDLING IN ENCLOSED SPACE BY AUTOMATIC SHUT OFF, Eamon McClintock
METHODS IN STATISTICS, MACHINE LEARNING, AND DEEP LEARNING FOR COMBINING MULTI-OMICS DATASET, Md Mutasim Billah
MICROBIAL HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION AND CARBON CYCLING IN MARINE AND FRESHWATER SEDIMENTS: A COMPARATIVE METAGENOMIC ANALYSIS, Yogita M. Warkhade
MICROBIAL INACTIVATION AND SPRAY DRYING FOR THE RECOVERY OF SINGLE-CELL PROTEIN FROM CHEMICALLY DECONSTRUCTED POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE, Reeba Elizabeth Reji
MICROWAVE ASSISTED SYNTHESES AND CHARACTERIZATIONS OF NEAR-INFRARED RATIOMETRIC PROBES FOR MITOCHONDRIAL pH DETECTION AND MONITORING, Ronald J. Schwandt
MOLECULAR MODELING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS FOR ACCELERATING POLYMERIZATION AND PYROLYSIS STUDIES, Joshua D. Kemppainen
MULTISCALE COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY STUDIES OF THE CATALYTIC MECHANISMS OF NON-HEME FE(II)/2-OXOGLUTARATE-DEPENDENT OXYGENASES, Simahudeen Bathir Jaber Sathik Rifayee