Explore our collection of open access dissertations, master's theses and master's reports from Michigan Technological University below.
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2025
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
NICKEL SUPERALLOY COMPOSITION AND PROCESS OPTIMIZATION FOR IMPROVED WELDABILITY, Anna Cole
NUMERICAL MODELLING AND CO-OPTIMIZATION OF GASOLINE FUELS FOR GASOLINE COMPRESSION IGNITION USING MULTI COMPONENT APPROACH, Ashwin Karthik Purushothaman
PATIENT HANDLING INTERVENTIONS AND THEIR ROLE IN REDUCING MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS, Ashley L. Hawke
PERFORMANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF WASTE GLASS ASPHALT IN COLD REGIONS, Kai Xin
PHASE-FIELD METHOD OF FRACTURE IN FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES: THEORY, MODELING, AND VALIDATION, Akash Kumar
PROCESS TO DESIGN AND ANALYZE DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT TEST FIXTURES (PDADYE), Cora J. Taylor
PROXIMAL SEISMIC TRACKING OF PYROCLASTIC DENSITY CURRENTS AT VOLCÁN DE FUEGO, GUATEMALA, Jacob A. Krier
QUANTIFYING SO₂ EMISSIONS FROM EXPLOSIVE EVENTS OF THE 2021 LA SOUFRIÈRE ERUPTION USING DSCOVR/EPIC, Yuxi Jin
RELICT PONDEROSA PINE MORTALITY AND FUELS STUDY IN THE BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS, MONTANA, USA, Laura K. Schimmel
RENEWABLE ENERGY’S IMPACT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS – A CASE STUDY FROM AFRICA, Bashiru Ibrahim
REVIEW AND DEVELOPMENT OF CENTRALIZED ENGINEERING TOOL FRAMEWORKS TO ENHANCE PRODUCTIVITY AND BRIDGE GAPS IN CURRENT ENGINEERING PROCESSES, Elijah M. Sierra
RISK OF OAK WILT EXPANDING NORTHWARD: EXAMINING NITIDULIDAE VECTOR COMMUNITIES AND HOST PHENOLOGY BEYOND THE CURRENT DISEASE RANGE, Kathleen E. Bershing
ROTTEN THROUGH THE CORES: WHAT DECOMPOSITION CAN TELL US ABOUT CARBON CYCLING, Eileen C. Reeves
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION FOR HEATING AND COOLING: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE RURAL NORTH, Nelly Aghaei
Schaper numbers, palindrome partitions, and symmetric functions, with applications to characters of the symmetric group, Karlee J. Westrem
SMALL MAMMAL DIET AS AN INDICATOR OF LYME DISEASE AND THE ROAD TO ENDEMICITY IN MICHIGAN’S UPPER PENINSULA, Jacqueline E. Suits
Stability and Resonance of Cylindrical Wave Energy Converters, Gregory M. Ballen
Stepper Motor Load Estimation Using a Neural Network, Soham S. Kulkarni
STUDYING THE HADRONIC NATURE OF ULTRA-HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RAY EMISSION USING WIDE-FIELD-OF-VIEW INSTRUMENTS, Rhiannon M. Turner
STUDY OF TWO-PHASE VOID FRACTION IN A RECTANGULAR CHANNEL USING CAPACITANCE SENSOR, Peter Ngoc Nguyen
SUGAR MAPLE (ACER SACCHARUM MARSH.) TREE-RING GROWTH AND CARBON STABLE ISOTOPE RESPONSES TO NITROGEN AND CLIMATE, Libbie Ring
TEST STAND DEVELOPMENT: AN ANALYSIS OF EXCAVATION FORCES WITHIN A SIMULATED LUNAR ENVIRONMENT, Faith D. Gaertner
THE ANIMATED FRONTIER: FLUCTUATIONS OF POWER ACROSS TIME AND SPACE IN FLOWS OF U.S. AND JAPANESE ANIMATED MEDIA, Kendall Belopavlovich
The Combinatorics of Integer Partitions Enumerated by some Exotic Weights, Hunter Waldron
THERMIONIC EMISSION COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN OF RARE-EARTH HEXABORIDE CATHODES IN AN OXYGEN ENVIRONMENT, Sophia G. Brylinski
THE ROLE OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS TECHNIQUES IN ANALYSIS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES IN JANUARY 2025, Sara Fitzgibbon
Three-Sided Skyline Counting Queries, Suruchi Kushwaha
Towards Developing GLUT2 Specific Probes for Biochemical and Biomedical Applications, Abdelrahman Ismail
TRANSIENT THERMAL FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION FOR PROCESS MODELING IN WIRE ARC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, Satya Sai Kumar Pilli
TRIBOELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF LUNAR REGOLITH, Hannah Peterson
ULTRASOUND SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY: DEVELOPMENT OF TISSUE MODELS AND INVESTIGATION OF SHEAR WAVE VARIABILITY, Emily J. Miller
Utilizing Biometrics and Blockchain for Enhanced Security of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Data Sharing, Amaturrahman Raihanah Medlock
Water and Fuego: An Interdisciplinary Characterization of Lahar Activity on Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala, Gustavo A. Bejar Lopez
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2024
2D DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF LOW-PRANDTL NUMBER RAYLEIGH-BÉNARD CONVECTION, Reed Downs
ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS DENSITY ESTIMATION USING DEEP LEARNING: INSIGHT FROM NEON GROUND-TRUTH DATA AND SIMULATED GEDI WAVEFORM, Ashish Mahaur
ALGORITHMS FOR COORDINATING MULTIPLE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES UNDER VARIOUS CONSTRAINTS WITH EMPHASIS ON WORKLOAD BALANCING, Abhishek Patil
Aluminum Critical Mineral Production Feasibility via Landfill Mining: Preliminary study of potential project locations and co-benefits, Anabel M. Needham
A MULTIMOLECULAR PERSPECTIVE ON THE SUCCESS OF WOLF RECOVERY AND RELOCATION, Samuel D. Hervey
Anaerobic Reductive Bioleaching of Manganese Ores, Neha Sharma
Analysis of energy consumption and water utilization for carbon dioxide dissolution in scrubbing, nanobubble, and membrane technologies under various operating conditions, Raliba Hinga Rosaline
ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING ENGINE KNOCK IN MODERN SPARK IGNITION GASOLINE ENGINES TO IMPROVE ENGINE EFFICIENCY, Siddharth Gopujkar
ANALYTICAL AND MACHINE LEARNING MODELING OF DIRECT CARBONATION OF NATURAL SILICATE MINERALS, William Hanson
AN ELASTO-PLASTIC CONSTITUTIVE MODEL WITH PHASE-FIELD FRACTURE FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED METALLIC MATERIALS, Nolan Ruble
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