Explore our collection of open access dissertations, master's theses and master's reports from Michigan Technological University below.
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2025
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
SLUG/ANNULAR FLOW BOILING HEAT TRANSFER EVENTS IN SMOOTH AND STRUCTURED RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS, Hanry Issavi
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
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