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Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports - Open

Explore our collection of open access dissertations, master's theses and master's reports from Michigan Technological University below.

Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2021 2021

Volcan de Fuego: A Machine Learning Approach in Understanding the Eruptive Cycles Using Precursory Tilt Signals, Kay Sivaraj

WHEN DARKNESS DESCENDS: A NARRATIVE ANALYSIS OF MATERNAL RESILIENCE FOLLOWING HURRICANE MARIA, Sara Potter

Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2020 2020

3D PRINTING OF IRON OXIDE INCORPORATED POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE SOFT MAGNETIC ACTUATOR, Rasoul Bayaniahangar

A CLUSTER ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL MEDIA USE IN THE ANGLOPHONE CRISIS IN CAMEROON: A CASE STUDY OF FACEBOOK POSTS., Neh Claudia Soh

ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL USING CARBON NANOTUBE THERMOPHONES: CASE STUDY FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE HVAC APPLICATION, Walker H. Nelson

Acute physiological responses to arm-cranking with blood flow restriction, Benjamin Cockfield

ADAPTING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR A VIRTUAL SPACE, Jennifer Klemm

A FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING ASSESSMENT AND LEARNING TOOLS FOR DIGITAL SKILLS, Ann Ciesla

Aging Pipeline Infrastructure in the United States: How do a changing policy mix, issues of energy justice, and social media communication impact future risk analysis?, Brent Burns

AMBIENT NOISE SEISMIC INTERFEROMETRY THROUGH SURFACE SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION VS ZERO-OFFSET VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILING (VSP), Erdi Apatay

A MULTI-YEAR ANALYSIS FROM 2014 TO 2017 OF SNOWFALL TYPES IN MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN: A DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN SYNOPTIC SNOW EVENTS AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENTS IMPACTED BY THE PRESENCE OF LAKE SUPERIOR, Roberto Piemontese

ANALYSIS OF A CIRCULAR RESONANT PLATE FOR SHOCK TESTING, Jon Markl

A Neural Network Approach to Estimate Buoy Mooring Line Sensor Deflection, Tom Price

AN INVESTIGATION OF PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING ON THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAM SCORES AND INTEREST OF AP BIOLOGY STUDENTS, Tia Hohler

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF A STEM PROGRAM ON STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE ON INTEREST IN STEM, Danielle Dean

A Novel Pixel-based Multiple-Point Geostatistical Simulation Method for Stochastic Modeling of Earth Resources, Adel Asadi

Aperture-Level Simultaneous Transmit and Receive (STAR) with Digital Phased Arrays, Ian Cummings

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE QUINCY MINING COMPANY OFFICE (TRACT 102-04) THE QUINCY NATIONAL GUARD ENCAMPMENT (TRACT 102-03). KEWEENAW NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, HOUGHTON COUNTY, MICHIGAN., Gideon Hoekstra

ARTIFICIAL SYNTHETIC SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATION EMPHASIZING THE ROLE OF BIOPHYSICAL CUES, Samerender Nagam Hanumantharao

Assessing the Accuracy of a UAV Snow Depth Survey: Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska CALM Grid, Ian Nichols

ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS METHODS FOR SEPARATED TURBULENT FLOWS AT LOW REYNOLDS NUMBERS, Tom Mancuso

A STUDY OF MODEL-BASED CONTROL STRATEGY FOR A GASOLINE TURBOCHARGED DIRECT INJECTION SPARK IGNITED ENGINE, Xin Wang

BIOCIDE RESISTANCE AS A RESULT OF EXPOSURE TO BIOCIDES USED IN HYDRAULIC FRACTURING, Lindsey Schenten

BUCKLING LOAD STUDY ON POP NUT (RIVET) USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS, Saurabh Shankar Shegokar

CHARACTERIZING THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL ASPECTS OF SUBSTRATES, CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY, AND LARGE WOOD IN FORESTED STREAMS IN THE WESTERN UPPER PENINSULA, MICHIGAN., Brian M. Danhoff

Continuous viral vaccine manufacturing and viral detection strategies, Dylan G. Turpeinen

Cosmic-Ray Acceleration in the Cygnus OB2 Stellar Association, Binita Hona

Critiquing Antipatterns In Novice Code, Leo C. Ureel II

DATA DRIVEN SENSOR FUSION FOR CYCLE-CYCLE IMEP ESTIMATION, Cooper Heyne Minehart

DEEP LEARNING OF NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEM, Aditya Wagh

DEMAND-DRIVEN EXECUTION USING FUTURE GATED SINGLE ASSIGNMENT FORM, Omkar Javeri

DESIGN, BUILD, AND ANALYSIS OF A COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS DIRECT INJECTION COMPRESSION IGNITION SINGLE CYLINDER RESEARCH ENGINE, Tyler Miller

DESIGN OF AN ANTI-JERK CONTROLLER FOR BOTH LOCKED AND SLIPPING TORQUE CONVERTER CONDITIONS IN A VEHICLE, Syed Ahmad Nadeem

DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF EURASIAN WATERMILFOIL WITH MULTISPECTRAL DRONE-ENABLED SENSING, Colin Brooks

Detection and thermal stabilization of virus based on surface properties, Xue Mi

DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE SPECTRAL AND MACHINE LEARNING METHODS FOR MINERAL AND LITHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION USING MULTI-SENSOR DATASETS, Chandan Kumar

DEVELOPMENT OF AN ECO APPROACH AND DEPARTURE APPLICATION TO IMPROVE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF A PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLE IN CHARGE DEPLETING MODE, Brandon Narodzonek

Development of a Software-Defined Underwater Acoustic Communication System, Zijian Zhu

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER MOVEMENT ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR’S TERRESTRIAL-STREAM-COASTAL INTERFACE, Karl M. Meingast

Dynamic Dependency Collapsing, Görkem Aşılıoğlu

DYNAMIC TESTING: AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO DEFECT IDENTIFICATION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED PARTS, Aimee Allen

EFFECT OF CERIUM AND MAGNESIUM ADDITIONS ON THE STRENGTH AND MORPHOLOGY OF THE INTERMETALLIC COMPOUND LAYERS IN ALUMINUM-STEEL DISSIMILAR CASTINGS, Matt Thomas

EFFECT OF COBALT IN THIN WALL DUCTILE IRON AND SOLID SOLUTION STRENGTHENED FERRITIC DUCTILE IRON, Alejandra I. Almanza

EFFICIENT ENHANCEMENT OF MICRO-NUCLEATION RATES IN FLOW-BOILING - BY CONCURRENT MICRO-STRUCTURING OF THE BOILING-SURFACE AND ITS JUDICIOUS ENERGIZATION BY PIEZOELECTRIC-TRANSDUCER INDUCED ACOUSTIC VIBRATIONS., ATHARVA RAHANE

ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBER SCAFFOLDS AS A PLATFORM FOR BREAST CANCER RESEARCH, Carolynn Que

Empowering Women Through Physical Education and Sports in Moldova, Aprille Hibbard

ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND SAVINGS ANALYSIS OF A PHEV IN REAL WORLD DRIVING THROUGH VEHICLE CONNECTIVITY USING VEHICLE PLATOONING, BLENDED MODE OPERATION AND ENGINE START-STOP OPTIMIZERS, Pruthwiraj Santhosh

ESTABLISHMENT OF CYBER-PHYSICAL CORRELATION AND VERIFICATION BASED ON ATTACK SCENARIOS IN POWER SUBSTATIONS, Koji Yamashita

ESTIMATION OF ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS OVER A LONG HORIZONTAL PATH USING MULTI-FRAME BLIND DECONVOLUTION (MFBD) TECHNIQUES IN COMPARISON WITH DELAYED TILT ANISOPLANATISM (DELTA) SOFTWARE, Hannah Stoll

ESTIMATION OF VEHICLE TRAILER ROTATION USING CALIBRATED RADARS WITH MULTIPLE VIEWPOINTS, Kunle Olutomilayo

EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SPOOL VALVE FLOW NOISE, Zachary Cohen

EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF AN RWD VEHICLE WITH PARAMETER EXTRACTION FOR ANALYTICAL MODELING AND EVALUATION, Jon Furlich

EXPLORING SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY OF FRUCTOSE TRANSPORTERS EN ROUTE TO GLUT SPECIFIC PROBES FOR BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS, Vagarshak Vigenovich Begoyan

Externalities as the Status Quo: Federal Application of Environmental Charges in the United States, Robert Zupko

FLUID INCLUSION STUDY OF SELECTED CALCITE ASSOCIATED WITH NATIVE COPPER, QUINCY MINE, KEWEENAW PENINSULA, MICHIGAN, David Kelly

FROM GARDEN CITY TO SPONGE CITY: URBAN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY DEVELOPMENT, Hongmei Lu

GENERATION OF PREMIX LAMINAR FLAME SPEED LIBRARY, Sai Prashanth Kumar

Generative Design in Energy Efficient Buildings, Johanna Thill

GIS-BASED TRENDING ANALYSIS OF CROPLAND ASSOCIATED WITH RIPARIAN FROM 2008 TO 2018 IN WISCONSIN, Yanyun Li

HETEROGENEOUS UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION FOR RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION, Mingyang Li

HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING TO PREDICT THE RESPONSE OF CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE, Rukayat Bukola Adeosun

HIGHER ACCURACY METHODS FOR FLUID FLOWS IN VARIOUS APPLICATIONS: THEORY AND IMPLEMENTATION, Dilek Erkmen

HIGH-PERFORMANCE SPECTRAL METHODS FOR COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, Zhiqiang Zhao

HIGH-PERFORMANCE ZERO LIQUID DISCHARGE (ZLD) TREATMENT OF HIGH-SALINITY BRINES USING A MULTIPLE-EFFECT ABSORPTION DISTILLATION CONCEPT, Sunil Pinnu

Hybrid Electric Vehicle Energy Management Strategy with Consideration of Battery Aging, Bin Zhou

IDENTIFICATION OF HEAT RELEASE SHAPES AND COMBUSTION CONTROL OF AN LTC ENGINE, Radhika Sitaraman

IMPACT OF WATER INGESTION ON COMBUSTION PERFORMANCE IN A SPARK IGNITED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, Jonathon Lindfors

IMPLEMENTATION OF A CHANNEL-AWARE ROUTING PROTOCOL IN THE NETWORK SIMULATOR FOR UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION NETWORKING, Adesoji Bello

INCREASING ACCESS TO PV TECHNOLOGY THROUGH SUSTAINABLE RACKING: A REVIEW OF EXISTING LITERATURE AND GROUND MOUNTED FIXED TILT DESIGNS, AND WHAT CAN BE DONE NEXT, Parijata Prabhakara

INFLUENCE OF RAPID SOLIDIFICATION AND WROUGHT PROCESSING ON PRECIPITATION STRENGTHENING AND DEFORMATION MECHANISMS IN AL-SC-ZR ALLOYS, Yang Yang

Initial Transformation of Photo-Viable Free Amino Acids in the Presence of Surrogate and Standard Dissolved Organic Matter Under Sunlit Irradiation, Ryan J. Kibler

INNOVATIVE SUSTAINABLE WOOD PRESERVATIVES FROM PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY BYPRODUCT, Raisa Carmen Andeme Ela

INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF EXPLANATION ON REPAIRING TRUST IN AI DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS FOR RE-DIAGNOSIS, Lamia Alam

INVESTIGATION OF THE STABILITY OF LIQUID AND AIR FILMS BY SYNCHRONIZED TRI-WAVELENGTH REFLECTION INTERFEROMETRY MICROSCOPE, Yuesheng Gao

JOINT SIMULATION OF CONTINUOUS AND CATEGORICAL VARIABLES FOR MINERAL RESOURCE MODELING AND RECOVERABLE RESERVES CALCULATION, Sentle Augustinus Hlajoane

LIFE CYCLE INFORMATION MODELS WITH PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS TO FACILITATE THE USE OF LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT OUTCOMES IN PAVEMENT DESIGN DECISION-MAKING, Chaitanya Ganesh Bhat

Life History Variation in Migratory Salmonid Populations, Christopher Adams

Linking Energy Efficiency and Public Health: A case study of Illinois, Azat Turegeldin

LIPEMIA LEVELS ANALYSIS FROM HUMAN BLOOD SAMPLES, Zainab Ibrahim Alshoug

LIVESTOCK-WILDLIFE DYNAMICS AND SUBSEQUENT HUMAN RESPONSES IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES WITHIN MEXICO’S NATIONALLY PROTECTED AREAS, Deanna Seil

MAGNETISM IN γ-FeSi2 NANOSTRUCTURES: A FIRST PRINCIPLES STUDY, Sahil Dhoka

MatlabTA: A Style Critiquer For Novice Engineering Students, Marissa L. Walther

Measurement of current distribution in the land channel direction of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell, Chinmay Kulkarni

Mechanisms of Pathogen Inactivation in Wastewater and Pharmaceutical Applications, Christa L. Meingast

Metalimnetic Oxygen Minimum in Green Lake, Wisconsin, Mahta Naziri Saeed

MINDFULNESS, AORTIC WAVE REFLECTION, AND ARTERIAL STIFFNESS, Sarah LewAllen

MO6S8-BASED SINGLE-METAL-ATOM CATALYSTS FOR METHANOL SYNTHESIS FROM STEAM REFORMING OF METHANE, H. T. Zhang Zhang

MODELING THE EFFECTS OF HYDROLOGIC SERVICE PAYMENTS ON THE HYDROLOGY OF TROPICAL MONTANE WATERSHEDS IN CENTRAL VERACRUZ, MEXICO., Sergio Miguel López Ramírez

MODELING THE EFFECTS OF WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE OPTIONS ON WATER QUALITY IN GREATER CLEVELAND, OHIO, Mike Foster

MONITORING MAMMAL COMMUNITY SHIFTS ACROSS SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS UTILIZING CAMERA TRAPS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF INVERTEBRATE- DERIVED DNA IN HARDWOOD FORESTS OF NORTH AMERICA, Shallen Gurtler

Multiphysics phase field modeling of electromigration, Zachary Morgan

MULTISCALE MODELING OF CARBON FIBERS/GRAPHENE NANOPLATELETS/EPOXY HYBRID COMPOSITES FOR AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS, Hashim Al Mahmud

Nanofiber Scaffolds as 3D Culture Platforms, Stephanie Bule

Numerical Investigation Of Spray Characterization Of Heater-GDI System, Ashwin Karthik Purushothaman

OPTICAL DISPERSION RELATIONS FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL CHIRAL GOLD NANOCUBES IN PERIODIC ARRAYS, Manpreet Boora

Optimal Mission Planning of Autonomous Mobile Agents for Applications in Microgrids, Sensor Networks, and Military Reconnaissance, Casey D. Majhor

OPTIMIZATION OF SHAPE AND CONTROL OF LINEAR AND NONLINEAR WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS, Jiajun Song

PEAT VOLUME LOSS IN THE DITCHES OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA, Liam Krause

Phase Field Fracture Modeling of Chemically Strengthened Glass, Parag Nikam

Phase Resolved Analysis of Pulsar PSR J2032.2+4126, Aishwarya Satyawan Dahiwale