Explore our collection of open access dissertations, master's theses and master's reports from Michigan Technological University below.
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2021
ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION OF DIFFUSE SOIL CO2 GAS EMISSIONS ACROSS TURRIALBA AND IRAZÚ VOLCANOES, COSTA RICA, Katie Nelson
‘OWING TO THE BACKWARDNESS OF THE SEASON’: ASSESSING THE EXPLORATORY MINING PROCESS ON ISLE ROYALE REDACTED VERSION, Andrew Anklam
PHASE-FIELD FRACTURE MODELING FOR INTERLOCKING MICRO-ARCHITECTURED MATERIALS, Shubham Sinha
PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS AND THEIR EFFECT ON ICE CLOUD FORMATION, Nurun Nahar Lata
PREDICTING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE GREAT LAKES WATER LEVELS USING A FULLY COUPLED 3D REGIONAL MODELING SYSTEM, Miraj Kayastha
PREDICTORS OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: THE ROLES OF SELF-COMPASSION, COPING, MENTAL TOUGHNESS, GRIT, AND SELF-REPORTED STRESSORS ON PHYSICS FINAL EXAM PERFORMANCE, Darnishia L. Morris
QUANTIFYING THE VALUE OF FOAM-BASED FLEXIBLE FLOATING SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS, Koami Soulemane Hayibo
Real time adaptive relay settings for Microgrid protection verified using Hardware in Loop, Aadam Harnekar
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A COMMUNITY-LED MULTI-STAKEHOLDER WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN IN RURAL PANAMA, Tristan Odekirk
REGENERATION PATTERNS IN SILVICULTURAL OPENINGS OF WESTERN GREAT LAKES NORTHERN HARDWOOD FORESTS 15-24 YEARS POST-HARVEST, Matthew S. VanderMolen
REGIONAL IMPACTS OF INVASIVE SPECIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE ON BLACK ASH WETLANDS, Joseph Shannon
Reverse Engineering of Short Circuit Analyses, Anurag Nagpure
ROLE OF ETA PHASE EVOLUTION ON CREEP PROPERTIES OF NICKEL BASE SUPERALLOYS USED IN ADVANCED ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION PLANTS, Ninad Mohale
Saturation Behaviors in Deep Turbulence, Jeffrey R. R. Beck
SEISMOTECTONIC INTERPRETATION OF AN EXPANSIVE SET OF EARTHQUAKE FOCAL MECHANISMS FROM FIRST MOTIONS AND AMPLITUDE RATIOS ON THE YELLOWSTONE PLATEAU, Cristhian Salas Pazmiño
Sensing Methods for Two-Target and Four-Target Detection in Time-Constrained Vector Poisson and Gaussian Channels, Muhammad Fahad
Short-Term Fasting and Autonomic Control, Joshua Gonzalez
Sliding Mode Control of a Nonlinear Wave Energy Converter Model, Tania Demonte Gonzalez
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL COMPARISON OF PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN THE BOARDMAN RIVER, Collin Diedrich
Specifically Adsorbed Ions in Hematite Flotation, Natalia Parra Alvarez
STATISTICAL METHODS IN GENETIC STUDIES, CHENG GAO
Structural Analysis and Interpretation of Deformation Along the Keweenaw Fault System West of Lake Gratiot, Keweenaw County, Michigan, Sophie A. Mueller
STUDYING THE EFFECTS OF INITIAL CRACK ANGLE ON THE CRACK PROPAGATION IN GRAPHENE NANO-RIBBON THROUGH MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS, Vijay Kumar Pathak
Superresolution Enhancement with Active Convolved Illumination, Anindya Ghoshroy
THE APPLICATION OF LEAKY WAVE ANTENNAS FOR MEDICAL HYPERTHERMIA TREATMENT AND BEAMFORMER IN FMCW AUTOMOTIVE RADAR SYSTEMS, Masoud Sarabi
THE EFFECT OF NUTRITION ON LONGEVITY AND FERTILITY IN DIVERSE DROSOPHILA: A TOR-MEDIATED PROCESS, Tessa E. Steenwinkel
THE EFFECTS OF MOLYBDENUM, CHROMIUM, AND NIOBIUM ON GRAY IRON FOR BRAKE ROTOR APPLICATIONS, Matthew Hasbrouck
THE EXTRACTION OF WAXES AND LIPIDS FROM SORGHUM USING GREEN AND RENEWABLE SOLVENTS FOLLOWED BY CONVERSION TO BIOFUELS USING GAMMA-VALEROLACTONE PRETREATMENT, Marissa Gallmeyer
THE INFLUENCE OF DECREASED AMBIENT LIGHTING ON REACTIVE BALANCE MECHANISMS IN YOUNG ADULTS, Jessica Pitts
The Motivation To Volunteer: Understanding Volunteer Motivation at United States Industrial Heritage Museums and Organizations, Cooper Sheldon
The Power of the Panel: How American Comic Book Media Utilizes the Panel to Alter Audience Interaction, Austin Biese
THERMOMECHANICAL MECHANISMS THAT CAUSE ADHESION OF ALUMINUM HIGH PRESSURE DIE CASTINGS TO THE DIE, Alex Monroe
The Social Dimensions of a Technological Innovation: Agrivoltaics in the U.S., Alexis S. Pascaris
To Examine the Effects of Exercise & Instructional Based Interventions on Executive Functioning, Motor Learning & Emotional Intelligence Abilities Among Older Adults, Lavanya Rajesh Kumar
TORREFACTION OF MIXED SOLID WASTE, Zhuo Xu
Towards Location-Independent Eyes-Free Text Entry, Dylan C. Gaines
TOWARDS SYSTEMS ON CLOTH: THE DESIGN, MANUFACTURING, AND VALIDATION OF OPEN-SOURCE EMBROIDERED RESISTORS, Somerset Schrock
Transient Maneuvers and Pressure Analysis on an Automotive Torque Converter, Abigail A. Hempy
UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF WATER VAPOR AND TEMPERATURE ON AEROSOL USING NOVEL MEASUREMENT METHODS, Tyler Jacob Capek
UNDERSTANDING THE WEATHER- AND SOIL-RELATED VARIABILITY IN AGRICULTURAL WATER FOOTPRINTS: CASE STUDY OF MAIZE AND SOYBEANS GROWN IN THE ST. JOSEPH WATERSHED, Karleigh M. Krieg
UNDERSTORY DYNAMICS ACROSS 62-YEARS OF A NORTHERN HARDWOOD MANAGEMENT GRADIENT STUDY, Heidi Harmala
USING TEXT MINING AND MACHINE LEARNING CLASSIFIERS TO ANALYZE STACK OVERFLOW, Taylor Morris
UTILIZATION OF PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA IN THE RECOVERY OF LITHIUM BEARING MINERALS, Diana Bullen
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
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
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 THE IMPACT OF A STEM PROGRAM ON STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE ON INTEREST IN STEM, Danielle Dean
Aperture-Level Simultaneous Transmit and Receive (STAR) with Digital Phased Arrays, Ian Cummings
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
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 COBALT IN THIN WALL DUCTILE IRON AND SOLID SOLUTION STRENGTHENED FERRITIC DUCTILE IRON, Alejandra I. Almanza
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 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