Explore our collection of open access dissertations, master's theses and master's reports from Michigan Technological University below.
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2024
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
SYNTHESIS OF LONG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDES, Yipeng Yin
SYNTHETIC MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES FOR PLASTIC UPCYCLING, Isabel B. A. Valencia
The Effect of Seasonal Ice Cover Duration on Shoreline Erosion in Lake Michigan, Ryan S. Navarre
THE EFFECTS OF EXPERIMENTAL WARMING ON ROOT RESPIRATION AND THE FUNGAL COMMUNITY OF TROPICAL FOREST SOIL, Malik A. Sankofa
THE IMPACT OF EYE-TRACKING ON MIXED REALITY TYPING, Cecilia Schmitz
The Implications of Waste Streams at Camp Au Train, Timothy J. Maze
THE INFLUENCE OF VOLCANO EDIFICE RESONANCE ON THE SEISMIC TRIGGERING OF THERMAL ACTIVITY AT ACTIVE VOLCANOES, Morgana M. Wilke
The Integration of Neuromorphic Computing in Autonomous Robotic Systems, Md Abu Bakr Siddique
THE ROLE OF NEIGHBORHOOD EFFECTS IN MAINTAINING THE HARDWOOD-HEMLOCK MOSAIC, Adam Z. Milenkowic
Transient Simulations of Power Systems with Inverter Interfaced Resources, Gaurish Shreedhar Gokhale
TROPHIC INTERACTIONS OF SYMPATRIC CYPRINODONTIFORM FISHES INHABITING LOUISIANA SALTMARSHES, Ryan Heines
TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOOD MODELING OF HURON CREEK IN HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN, Sara Khoshnevis
UNDERSTANDING SUBTLE GENDER BIAS RECOGNITION AMONG WITNESSES IN A STEM UNDERGRADUATE CONTEXT, Darnishia Lashalle Morris
USING A REVERSE VISUALLY GUIDED REACHING TASK TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN HEALTHY AGING AND EARLY ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, Brandon Woolman
V2I-BASED ADAPTIVE COLLISION AVOIDANCE FOR SAFETY AND TRAFFIC EFFICIENCY, Vaishnavi Balambeed
Validation and Improvement of Forest Health Risk Maps: A Case Study with Maple Decline/Dieback, Joseph R. Beeson
Wave Energy Converter Wave Force Prediction Using a Neural Network, Morgan Kline
WET-CARBONATION OF RCAS FOR IMPROVED CARBONATION EFFICIENCY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF RCA AND RECYCLED CONCRETE, Zhao. Xiang
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2023
A CASE STUDY ON THE PRACTICE OF CARBON OFFSET PROJECTS IN MICHIGAN: FOREST PRACTITIONERS’ PERSPECTIVES, Zachary B. Hough Solomon
ACCEPTING CHANGE: FACETS OF ACCEPTANCE & SUSTAINABLE REDEVELOPMENT, Zoe L. Ketola
ADDITIVE P-VALUE COMBINATION TEST, Xing Ling
AGE AND CHEMISTRY OF BELL CREEK BATHOLITH, Elana G. Barth
Altering The Environment: The Effects Of Light And Music On Vigilance Performance And Affective State, Lauren Sprague
ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR LOW FREQUENCY IMPACT SOUND MEASUREMENT FOR BUILDING FIELD TESTS, Sunit Girdhar
AN ACTIVE VOICE COIL NEGATIVE STIFFNESS VIBRATION ISOLATOR WITH APPLICATION TO MOBILE 3D PRINTING, Lucas M. Schloemp
An Ambiguous Technique for Nonvisual Text Entry, Dylan C. Gaines
AN ENTROPY-BASED RISK INDEX (ERI) OF MINING HEALTH AND SAFETY USING CLUSTERING AND STATISTICAL METHODS, Dharmasai Eshwar Reddy Sirigiri
AN EXPERIMENTALLY VALIDATED COMPUTATIONAL MODEL FOR THE DEGRADATION AND FRACTURE OF MAGNESIUM-BASED IMPLANTS IN A CHEMICALLY CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT, Mark M. Ousdigian
An exploration of cloud droplet growth by condensation and collision-coalescence in a convection-cloud chamber, Jacob T. Kuntzleman
AN INVESTIGATION OF MICROSEISMICITY DURING THE 2018 KILAUEA CALDERA COLLAPSE, Isabella S. Metts
Artificial Intelligence Algorithms for Eye Banking, Ranit Karmakar
A Search for Compact Object Dark Matter in the Universe Utilizing Gravitational Millilensing of Gamma-ray Bursts, Oindabi Mukherjee
AUTOMATIC OPTICAL INSPECTION-BASED PCB FAULT DETECTION USING IMAGE PROCESSING, Shruti Rajiv Vaidya
BENCHMARKING MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL AND REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR LEGGED ROBOT LOCOMOTION, Shivayogi Akki
BIOACCUMULATION OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS AND MERCURY IN A MINING IMPACTED AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM, Michelle Bollini
Cancer/Testis Gene Expression Changes in Metastatic Cancer, Clara M. Mosentine
CHANGES IN POPLAR DIGESTIBILITY DUE TO OVEREXPRESSION OF LACCASE GENES, Fnu Arunima
CHARACTERIZATION OF VERNAL POOLS ACROSS NATIONAL PARKS IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION, Samantha R. Kurkowski
Chemical Decomposition of Flexible Polyurethane Foam to Generate a Media for Microbial Upcycling, Kaushik Baruah
CLIMATE CHANGES IN EL SALVADOR: IMPACTS OF ‘LA CANÍCULA’ (MIDSUMMER DROUGHT) ON AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND DECISION-MAKING IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, Paola M. Rivera González
Collagen V Promotes Fibroblast Contractility, And Adhesion Formation, And Stability, Shaina P. Royer-Weeden
Comparison of Cell Cycle Gene Expression Between Ovarian Cancer Cell Line SKOV3 and Non-Cancerous Cell Lines, Akayla Weatherby
COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF SEISMIC SIGNALS FROM PACAYA VOLCANO USING DEEP LEARNING EVENT DETECTION, Jessica L. DeVlieg
Deep Learning for Medical Image Segmentation using Prior Knowledge and Topology, Chen Zhao
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A GRAPHQL MESH GATEWAY: FEDERATING API ENDPOINTS BASED ON A DEFINED DATA MODEL, Marcus D. Scese
Developing a regional scale landslide early warning system in a data-sparse region using remote sensing, geostatistics, and Google Earth Engine, Vishnu Chakrapani Lekha
DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A LOW MASS VIBRATORY LUNAR COMPACTOR, Charles Carey
DEVELOPMENT AND VERIFICATION OF AUTOMATED FIXTURES FOR FUNCTIONAL TESTING OF SPACE GRADE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLIES, Nicholas A. Wylie
Development Of A BioWin-Based Model Of A Small Lagoon Wastewater Treatment System, Jacob Novitch