Explore our collection of open access dissertations, master's theses and master's reports from Michigan Technological University below.
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2024
AN EXAMINATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION FOR FORENSIC ENGINEERING AND FORENSIC PATHOLOGY., Tori C. Reeder
AN INCREMENTAL MULTISCALE NON–LINEAR MANIFOLD APPROXIMATION METHOD, Praveen T.W. Hettige
ANOMALY MAPPING OF HEAVY AND LIGHT RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN CENTRAL UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN USING GEOSTATISTICS AND FRACTAL ANALYSIS, Sunday Joseph
A PHYSICAL TEST ARTIFACT FOR EVALUATING EDGE CASES OF INDIVIDUAL AND FUSED AUTOMATED DRIVING PERCEPTION SENSORS, Colin Schaefer
A Physicochemical Characterization of Protein Aggregates: Influence of Lipid Membranes and Surfaces, Connor J. Hall
Application of Fusion based Deep Learning Models to Improve Millimeter Wave Beamforming, Abishek Subramanian
APPLICATIONS OF INDEPENDENT AND IDENTICALLY DISTRIBUTED (IID) RANDOM PROCESSES IN POLARIMETRY AND CLIMATOLOGY, Dan Kestner
ASSESSING THE NUTRITIONAL QUALITY AND FATE OF SAGINAW BAY DREISSENID MUSSEL VELIGERS, Mitch R. Kehne
ASSESSING TROPICAL MAMMAL DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION USING NONINVASIVE METHODS, Tiff L. DeGroot
ASSESSING WAVE DYNAMICS INDUCED COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTHERN SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR, Saumik Mallik
ASSESSMENT OF SURFACE WAVINESS IN A WIRE ARC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS, Shammas Mahmood Shafi
AUTONOMIC MODULATION OF CARDIAC FUNCTION IN HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY, Jenna Rose Disser
A Virtual Time Driven Simulator for DEVS Models, Ronald R. Stempien
CHANGES IN FLANKER TASK PERFORMANCE FOLLOWING HIGH-INTENSITY EXERCISE IN ENDURANCE ATHLETES, Felix E. Cottet-Puinel
CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL APPLICATION OF SENSITIVE RNA, Alexander T. Apostle
Chemical Synthesis of Sensitive DNA, Komal Chillar
COLOMBIA´S NATIONAL MOUNTAIN PEATLAND MAP: PEATLAND DISTRIBUTION, CONDITION AND CARBON STOCKS, Patrick Nicolas Skillings-Neira
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH-PRESSURE HYDRAULIC IMPEDANCE TUBE FOR VIBROACOUSTIC ATTENUATOR CHARACTERIZATION, Matthew D. Beals
COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF VASCULAR ANEURYSMS, Seyedmostafa Rezaeitaleshmahalleh
COMPUTATIONAL EVALUATION OF SOME BASIC MATERIAL PARAMETERS IN COBALT-ALUMINUM ALLOYS, Hemanth Kumar Reddy Basireddy
CONFRONTING THE WILDFIRE CRISIS: UNDERSTANDING EQUITY AND DECISION-MAKING IN WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, Katherine Huerta Sanchez
CONSTRUCTING THE 4TH HAWC CATALOG OF VERY-HIGH-ENERGY SOURCES USING AN AUTOMATED LIKELIHOOD PIPELINE SEARCH, Samuel J. Groetsch
CONTINUOUS, PLATFORM PURIFICATION OF VIRAL PRODUCTS USING AQUEOUS TWO-PHASE EXTRACTION, Natalie M. Nold
Contribution of Gaze Behavior in Reactive Balance due to Decreased Environmental Lighting, Lily K. Hart
CONTRIBUTION OF THE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RED NAC TO LOW NITROGEN PHENOTYPES IN POPLAR, Shane Alexander Spence
Data Driven and Machine Learning Based Modeling and Predictive Control of Combustion at Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition Engines, Behrouz Khoshbakht Irdmousa
DATA TO PHYSICS: BRIDGING MODELING FRAMEWORKS FOR METASTRUCTURES, Hrishikesh Suhas Gosavi
DEPENDENCE OF ENERGY TRANSFER ON CURVATURE SIMILARITY IN COLLISIONS INVOLVING CURVED SHOCK FRONTS, Justin Cassell
DESIGN, TESTING AND NEURAL NETWORK MODELING OF A LOW-FRICTION WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER TESTBED, Vasu Bhardwaj
DEVELOPING ROBUST AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES WITH ROS, Dylan J. Kangas
Directional Dependent Fracture Characteristics of 3D Printed Mechanical Metamaterials, Thomas Draper
DYNAMIC MEMORY MANAGEMENT FOR KEY-VALUE STORE, Yuchen Wang
EARLY SCREENING OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE THROUGH VERBAL COMMUNICATION AND USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS (LLMS), Venkatanand ram Addepalli
ELECTRIFICATION OF A HEAVY-DUTY OFF-ROAD MATERIAL HANDLER: ENERGY SAVINGS AND EMISSION REDUCTIONS, Bryant Goodenough
ENGINEERING SELF-EFFICACY AND SPATIAL VISUALIZATION: CONNECTING THE SPATIAL DOTS, Katrina L. Carlson
ENHANCING PRIVACY WHILE REVEALING VULNERABILITIES: STRATEGIES FOR ADAPTATION, OPTIMIZATION, AND MODEL EXTRACTION, Madhureeta Das
ENHANCING RESILIENCE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURAL SYSTEMS AGAINST SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS, Miaomiao Li
ENHANCING STUDENTS’ USER EXPERIENCE WITH A CODE CRITIQUER, Laura E. Albrant
ESTABLISHING A TWO-COLOR FLUORESCENCE PROBE ASSAY FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS SCREENING OF GLUT5 AND GLUT2 FRUCTOSE TRANSPORTERS IN LIVE CELLS, Oluwanifesimi Mary Afolabi
EXAMINING DRIVER PREFERENCES FOR INTELLIGENT AUDIOVISUAL WARNINGS AT HIGHWAY-RAIL GRADE CROSSINGS, Samantha Walker
EXAMINING GENOME SIZE AND NUTRIENT INFLUENCE ON DAMAGE PATTERNS, AND PLANT-INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY DYNAMICS, Hailee B. Petosky
EXPLORING CONSEQUENCES OF STATUTORY LAW THROUGH LIGHTWEIGHT MODELING, Joshua T. Alele-Beals
Exploring the Molecular Pathways of Cell Death Induced by PDE3 Modulators, Aqsa Ahsan
EXPLORING USABILITY IN EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS: FROM CONCEPTUALIZATION TO MEASUREMENT AND APPLICATION, Anne Inger Mørtvedt
FATIGUE RESISTANT CAST STEEL RAILCAR COUPLERS PRODUCED BY WIRE-ARC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING (WAAM), Samuel Vellequette
FORECASTING OF THE NEXT THREE (3) DECADES GLOBAL LITHIUM DEMAND AND PRICING USING MULTIVARIATE STOCHASTIC MODEL., Enoch Nii- Okai
FOUR LESSONS TO BUILD UPON: A STUDY OF POSTSECONDARY COMPOSITION CLASSROOM CURRICULUM, Tucker D. Nielsen
FROM TECHNICAL RESOLUTION TO AGILE EVOLUTION: A BLENDED ROLE AT HUMANE INTERFACE DESIGN ENTERPRISE (HIDE), Ketansingh Anil Patil
F-TEMPER VS O-TEMPER BRAZING OF 3003 ALUMINUM RETURN BENDS, Mieka R. Clark
GIS-BASED LANDSCAPE PRIORITIZATION TO GUIDE INVASIVE SPECIES SURVEY, Erin R. Mauk
Gravity Fed Hopper Flow of Bulk Solids for Lunar ISRU, Jason Bendixen Noe
HALIDE-ASSISTED GROWTH OF TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES, Vinaayak Sivam Balasubramaniam
High Temperature Strength Reduces Soldering In Aluminum High Pressure Die Casting, Jacob A. Belke
HYDROLOGIC PATHWAYS OF A NORTHERN HARDWOOD CATCHMENT IN THE GREAT LAKES BASIN USING END MEMBER MIXING ANALYSIS, Cory C. Burkwald
Implementing Associative Learning Using Neuromorphic Robot, Vinay Kumar Pillalamarri
IMPROVING CAST STEEL RAIL COUPLER FATIGUE RESISTANCE THROUGH LOCAL WIRE-ARC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, Andrew M. Bunge
Initial Solution Improvements to a Tethered Robotic Path Planner using Random Geometric Graph Configurations and Biased Sampling, Austen J. Goddu
INTEGRATING ARCGIS AND REDUX USING MIDDLEWARE, Vishnu Vardhan Reddy Rapuru
INVESTIGATING CHLORIDE INGRESSION IN CONCRETE AND CHLORIDE-INDUCED REBAR CORROSION, Peifeng Su
Investigating Microphysical Variability and Entrainment in Clouds Using Airborne Digital Holography, Machine Learning, and Large Eddy Simulations, Nithin Allwayin
Investigation of Operational Parameter Differences between the Standard RON Test Method and Knock-Limited Modern Spark-Ignition Engine Operation, Alexander Hoth
LES-C Turbulence Models and Fluid Flow Modeling: Analysis and Application to Incompressible Turbulence and Fluid-Fluid Interaction, Kyle J. Schwiebert
MACHINE LEARNING FOR ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE PREDICTION, Shashank Pathrudkar
MATRIX STIFFNESS SENSING BY NASCENT ADHESIONS AND THE ROLE OF RIAM IN ADHESION ASSEMBLY, Nikhil Mittal
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND CYCLING FATIGUE OF ZN-BASED ALLOYS: EFFECTS OF THERMAL TREATMENT, Henry D. Summers
Model Guided Memory Optimization For Key-Value Caches, Daniel Byrne
Modeling of Inverter-Based Resources for Hardware in the Loop Testing of Protection and Control Schemes, Md Aamir Rahmani
Modeling Pulsatile Flows Using Truly Incompressible Finite Volume Lattice Boltzmann Model, Akshay S. Dongre
Molecular Modeling of Phenolic Resin for Carbon-Carbon Composites, Ivan Gallegos
MULTI-FUNCTIONAL GELATIN-DITHIOLANE HYDROGELS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING, Saad Asim
NEW METHOD FOR COMPUTING THE EUCLIDEAN CONDITION NUMBER WITH RIM-C, Cody McCarthy
NICKEL SUPERALLOY COMPOSITION AND PROCESS OPTIMIZATION FOR WELDABILITY, COST, AND STRENGTH, Sophie A. Mehl
NONLINEAR HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING AND CONTROL OF WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS, Tania Demonte Gonzalez
“NOT MUCH OF A JOB”: EVERYDAY LIFE AND LABOR AT CAMP AU TRAIN, Josef T. Iwanicki
NOVEL ANALYTICAL APPROACHES FOR THE STUDY OF ENERGY AND NUTRIENT FLOW IN STREAMS, Michelle Catherine Kelly
ON GRAPH DECOMPOSITIONS AND DESIGNS: EXPLORING THE HAMILTON-WATERLOO PROBLEM WITH A FACTOR OF 6-CYCLES AND PROJECTIVE PLANES OF ORDER 16, Zazil Santizo Huerta
OPTIMIZING DIABETES DIAGNOSTICS: ELECTROPHORETIC SEPARATION AND DETECTION OF HEMOGLOBIN A1C WITH BORONATE, Rixlie Fozilova
OPTIMIZING PHP API CALLS WITH PAGINATION AND CACHING, Parsharam Reddy Sudda
PERFORMANCE CHARACTERIZATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF A POINT-CLOUD-BASED PATH PLANNER IN OFF-ROAD TERRAINS, Casey D. Majhor
PHASE FIELD MODELING OF FRACTURE AND PHASE SEPARATION USING NUMERICAL METHODS AND MACHINE LEARNING, Revanth Mattey
Programming by Voice, Sadia Nowrin
Recognition, Subject Formation, and Agency: Marginalization and Agency in Feminist Dystopian Narratives, Samantha J. Quade
RECOVERING ACCESS CONTROL VIA DISK FORENSICS ON LOW-LEVEL FLASH MEMORY, Caleb J. Rother
RECYCLING WASTE PLASTICS FROM E-WASTE AND HOUSEHOLD SOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE ASPHALT CONSTRUCTION, Sepehr Mohammadi
Response of Open Volcanic Systems to Static Stress Changes, Aimee Zimmerman
RESTORATION IS REPAIRING RELATIONSHIPS: BRIDGING INDIGENOUS AND WESTERN SCIENCES TO ASSESS THE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF WILD RICE (ZIZANIA PALUSTRIS) ON KEWEENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY HOMELANDS, Cassandra M. Reed-VanDam
SEA LEVEL RISE DRIVEN GROUNDWATER INUNDATION: EFFECTS OF ISLAND HYDROGEOLOGY ON FRESHWATER LENS DYNAMICS, Lauren K. Mancewicz
SILPHID AND CARABID BEETLES IN AN EXPERIMENTAL FOREST TRIAL: iDNA AND DIETS, AND INSECT-HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS CAN BETTER INFORM FOREST MANAGEMENT, Katherine E. Higdon
SOLIDIFICATION CRACKING IN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED HIGH ENTROPY ALLOY NiCrCoFe WITH V OR W, Andrew R. Walch
SPECIFICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ARM ISA USING ADL, Jonathan A. Rabideau
STABLE ENERGY-EFFICIENT MACRO-SCALE PARTIAL FLOW-BOILING OPERATIONS USING MICROSTRUCTURED SURFACES AND ULTRASONICS, Divya Kamlesh Pandya
STATICALLY CONTROLLED SYNCHRONIZED LANE ARCHITECTURES, Scott K. Pomerville
Stories, People, and Industrial Heritage Landscapes: Integrating Spatial Narratives and Deep Mapping for use in Public Heritage, James A. Juip
Study of Particle Accelerators in the Universe with the HAWC Observatory, Rishi Babu