Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2014
COMPONENT NUMERACY SKILLS AND DECISION MAKING, Saima Ghazal
STATIC AND DYNAMIC STRESS CHANGE AT 27 VOLCANOES OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN VOLCANIC ARC AFTER THE MW. 7.6 COSTA RICA EARTHQUAKE OF 5 SEPTEMBER 2012, Lorenzo Gratton
From Mill Gates to Magic City: U.S. Steel and Welfare Capitalism in Gary, Indiana, 1906-1930, Carol D. Griskavich
TUNING, AVO, AND FLAT-SPOT EFFECTS IN A SEISMIC ANALYSIS OF NORTH SEA BLOCK F3, Qiang Guo
The Domestic Natural Gas Shortage in China, Ting Guo
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF THE CONTACT LINE IN HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION WITH HIGH SPEED IMAGING, Colin Gurganus
Skin Lesion Extraction And Its Application, Yanliang Gu
EVOLUTION OF SELECTED ISOPRENE OXIDATION PRODUCTS IN DARK AQUEOUS AMMONIUM SULFATE, D.M. Ashraf Ul Habib
FACTORS INFLUENCING MATERIAL LOSS DURING IRON ORE PELLET HANDLING, Joseph A. Halt
FABRICATION OF DRUG ELUTING TI IMPLANTS FOR DENTAL/ORTHOPEDIC APPLICATIONS, Azhang Hamlekhan
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS ON THE TRANSMISSION OF THERMAL RADIATION, Mohamed E. Hanafy
COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF MICROBIAL BIOFILM AND GLYCEROL FUEL CELL USING COMSOL, Xiaotong Han
HOG CHAINS AND MARK TWAINS: A STUDY OF LABOR HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, AND INDUSTRIAL ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE STEAMBOAT ERA OF THE MONONGAHELA VALLEY 1811-1950, Marc Nicholas Henshaw
DEVELOPMENT OF CONFOCAL IMAGING TECHNIQUES FOR PROBING INTERFACIAL DYNAMICS IN MICROSCALE, GAS-LIQUID, TWO-PHASE FLOW, Joseph E. Hernandez
SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS OF MOUNT MEAGER, SOUTH-WESTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, Rachel M. Hetherington
A Surface Displacement Analysis for Volcan Pacaya from October 2001 through March 2013 by Means of 3-D Modeling of Precise Position GPS Data, Brianna R. Hetland
FISHERY CO-MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRIBAL AND STATE AGENCIES: CONFLICT TO COLLABORATION, J. Marty Holtgren
GLOBAL MODELING OF ATMOSPHERIC OZONE AND AEROSOLS: MODEL IMPROVEMENTS AND APPLICATIONS, Yaoxian Huang
A FIREWALL MODEL OF FILE SYSTEM SECURITY, Lihui Hu
Reclaiming Indigenous Narratives through Critical Discourses and the Autonomy of the Trickster, Robert D. Hunter
GPU ACCELERATED CLUSTER DRIVEN ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION FOR SPECKLE REDUCTION IN ULTRASOUND IMAGES, Zilong Hu
TIME LAPSE SEISMIC OBSERVATIONS AND EFFECTS OF RESERVOIR COMPRESSIBILITY AT TEAL SOUTH OIL FIELD, Nayyer Islam
SIZE OPTIMIZATION OF A BIOMASS TO LIQUID FUEL CONVERSION FACILITY WITHIN A BIOMASS SUPPLY CHAIN, Timothy L. Jenkins
Predicting the Mechanical Properties of Carbon-Based Materials Using Molecular Dynamics, Benjamin D. Jensen
MODELING OF TRANSFER PATH FOR DETERMINATION OF COMBUSTION AND NOISE METRICS ON DIESEL ENGINES, Libin Jia
STATE OF CHARGE BASED DROOP SURFACE FOR OPTIMAL CONTROL OF DC MICROGRIDS, Arthur John Jones
Variations of the FEAST Eigenvalue Algorithm, Stephanie Kajpust
IMPROVING STARTABILITY AND REDUCING EMISSIONS IN FLEXFUEL SPARK IGNITION DIRECT INJECTION VARIABLE CAM TIMING ENGINE, Vaibhav S. Kale
Veteranness : Representations of Combat-related PTSD in U.S. Popular Visual Media, Diane J. Keranen
UNDERSTANDING CHASSIS INPUTS FROM THE REAR SUSPENSION OF A SNOWMOBILE, Jamie L. Kleinendorst
PARTICIPANT IMPACTS FROM A PARTICIPATORY WATER MODELING WORKSHOP IN THE SONORA RIVER BASIN, MEXICO, David J. Kossak
EXPERIMENTAL SETUP AND CONTROLLER DESIGN FOR AN HCCI ENGINE, Deepak Kothari
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SOIL MICROORGANISMS IN NORTHERN HARDWOOD FORESTS, Carley Jane Kratz
PROPERTIES OF THE PROTEROZOIC GEOMAGNETIC FIELD AND GEOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF PALEOMAGNETIC DATA FROM ROCKS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MIDCONTINENT RIFT, Evgeniy V. Kulakov
Assessment of Flood Risk Under Future Climate Conditions, Kaye M. LaFond
Nano-engineering of composite material via reactive mechanical alloying/milling (RMA/M), Edward Andrew Laitila
ON THE DIGITAL-POLITICAL TOPOGRAPHY OF MUSIC, Daniel William Lawrence
NEW MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM TO INCREASE ROBUSTNESS OF ELECTRODE PERFORMANCE AND DEVELOP POINT-OF-CARE HEMATOCRIT DEVICE, Hwi Yong Lee
MICROFLUIDIC ENCAPSULATION FOR SELF-HEALING MATERIAL AND INVESTIGATION OF ITS IMPACTS ON COMPOSITE PERFORMANCE, Ryan J. Lemmens
COMPARISON OF NON-HEATING PALEOINTENSITY TECHNIQUES USING BASALTS FROM LEMPTÉGY VOLCANO, FRANCE AND SYNTHETIC MAGNETITE-BEARING SAMPLES, Geoffrey A. Lerner
Synthesis and Photochemical Study of N-doped Mixed Oxide Solid Solution Photocatalyst for Hydrogen Production under Visible Light Irradiation, Taile Y. Leswifi
GENETIC VARIATION, LOCAL ADAPTATION AND POPULATION STRUCTURE IN NORTH AMERICAN RED OAK SPECIES, QUERCUS RUBRA L. AND Q. ELLIPSOIDALIS E. J. HILL, Jennifer F. Lind-Riehl
ELECTRICITY GENERATION MODELING AND PHOTOVOLTAIC FORECASTS IN CHINA, Shengan Li
A THEORETICAL STUDY OF INTERACTION OF NANOPARTICLES WITH BIOMOLECULE, Chunhui Liu
USE OF AN ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY METHOD TO DETECT AND TRACK FRACTURES IN A GELATIN MEDIUM, Evan G. Lucas
USING MOSSES TO ASSESS CONDITIONS IN NORTHERN WHITE CEDAR SWAMPS, Vaula L. M. Lukkarinen
STUDY OF REAL-TIME STOCHASTIC KNOCK DETECTION AND CONTROL FOR SPARK-IGNITION ENGINES, Wei Luo
A USE FOR LINGUISTICS IN COMPOSITION A BLENDING THEORY APPROACH TO METAPHOR IN THE WRITING CLASS, Stephen Markve
Enzyme Optimization for Lignocellulose Hydrolysis using Mechanistic Modeling, Adam S. Marlowe
EXPLORING CHANGES IN DETRITAL FLOCCULENT LAYER DYNAMICS DUE TO SHIFTS IN MACROPHYTE COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTHERN EVERGLADES, Erin Leigh McKenney
DEVELOPMENT OF AN IONIC LIQUID FERROFLUID ELECTROSPRAY SOURCE AND MODE SHAPE STUDIES OF A FERROFLUID IN A NON-UNIFORM MAGNETIC FIELD, Edmond Joseph Meyer IV
IMPACT OF PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND WIND GENERATORS ON HARMONIC DISTORTION OF ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, Ritam Misra
STUDENTS’ RHETORICAL STRATEGIES IN TRANSLINGUAL ENCOUNTERS ON CAMPUS, Laura Moeller
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF LLDPE/CaCO3 MODIFIERS WITH AND WITHOUT TITANATE COUPLING AGENT ON ASPHALT BINDER AND MIXTURE, Mohd Rosli Mohd Hasan
AUTONOMOUS POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, Barzin Moridian
WATER TRANSPORT THROUGH POROUS MEDIA AND IN FLOW CHANNELS OF PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL, Mehdi Mortazavi
MODELING DYNAMICS OF OZONE AND NITROGEN OXIDES AT SUMMIT, GREENLAND WITH A 1-D PROCESS-SCALE MODEL, Keenan Anton Murray
AN ASSESSMENT OF FLOW REGIME MAPS AND A NUMERICAL HEAT TRANSFER CORRELATION FOR THE STRATIFIED/ANNULAR REGIME OF SHEAR-DRIVEN INTERNAL CONDENSING FLOWS, FNU Nikhil Shankar
ASTAXANTHIN PRODUCTION FROM HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS UNDER VARIOUS LIGHT INTENSITIES AND CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS, Ornella Nkurunziza
MINING AND VERIFICATION OF TEMPORAL EVENTS WITH APPLICATIONS IN COMPUTER MICRO-ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH, Hui Meen Nyew
USING INDICATORS OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY FOR ASSESSMENT OF STREAM CONDITION, Stephanie A. Ogren
INVESTIGATING THE IMPACTS OF STREAMBED HABITAT HETEROGENEITY ON ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE AND PROCESSES USING BASIC AND APPLIED PERSPECTIVES, James C. Olson
OPTIMAL CONTROL OF BUILDING ENERGY WITH SMART-GRID INTERACTION, Madhura Paranjape
A Study of Acoustic Boom Generation Due to Vibro-Acoustic Coupling in Passenger Cars, Mayuresh Pathak
A WEARABLE SENSOR SUITE AND MOBILE APPLICATION FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE TREMOR ANALYSIS IN RURAL AREAS, Kara L. Peltier
DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF WIRELESS PASSIVE MAGNETOELASTIC RESONANCE AND MAGNETOHARMONIC FORCE SENSORS, Brandon D. Pereles
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY-RISK-ESTIMATION QUIZ (ACL-IQ), Erich J. Petushek
NON-CHROMATOGRAPHIC PURIFICATION OF SYNTHETIC BIO-OLIGOMERS, Durga Prasad Pokharel
MILITARY VEHICLE OPTIMIZATION AND CONTROL, Denise M. Rizzo
THE EFFECT OF ANNEALING ON AMORPHOUS SILICON BASED SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC THERMAL SYSTEM (PV/T) AND APPROPRIATE GLOBAL DISPATCH STRATEGIES, Joseph Rozario
AN INVESTIGATION OF VARIABLE VALVE TIMING EFFECTS ON HCCI ENGINE PERFORMANCE, Hrishikesh Abhay Saigaonkar
Age-Dependent Fragility and Life-Cycle Cost Analysis of Timber and Steel Distribution Poles Subjected to Hurricanes, Abdullahi M. Salman
DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL POLYMERIC MICELLES FOR GENE-DIRECTED ENZYME PRODRUG THERAPY, Alicia J. Sawdon
REMEDIATION OF TETRACYCLINE FROM WATER SOURCES USING VETIVER GRASS (Chrysopogon zizanioides L. Nash) AND TETRACYCLINE-TOLERANT ROOT-ASSOCIATED BACTERIA, Aparupa Sengupta
USING PROBABILISTIC GRAPHICAL MODELS TO DRAW INFERENCES IN SENSOR NETWORKS WITH TRACKING APPLICATIONS, Lufeng Shi
INVESTIGATION OF AIR JIGGING AND AIR CLASSIFICATION TO RECOVER METALLIC PARTICLES FROM ANALYTICAL SAMPLES, Hrishikesh Vilas Shinde
BEYOND ROOTS ALONE: NOVEL METHODOLOGIES FOR ANALYZING COMPLEX SOIL AND MINIRHIZOTRON IMAGERY USING IMAGE PROCESSING AND GIS TOOLS, Justina A. Silva
DC MICROGRID STABILIZATION THROUGH FUZZY CONTROL OF INTERLEAVED, HETEROGENEOUS STORAGE ELEMENTS, Robert David Smith
RISK ANALYSIS OF STEEL FRAME BUILDINGS DUE TO EARTHQUAKE MAINSHOCK-AFTERSHOCK SEQUENCES, Ruiqiang Song
Sustainable Iron Making Processes, Urvashi Srivastava
A COMPARATIVE STUDY AND EVALUATION OF COLLABORATIVE RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS, Joshua C. Stomberg
QUANTUM CORRELATIONS OF LIGHTS IN MACROSCOPIC ENVIRONMENTS, Yong Meng Sua
MODULARITY BASED FUZZY COMMUNITY DETECTION IN SOCIAL NETWORKS, Jianhai Su
Do increases in oil prices precede U.S. recessions?, Thanyalak Suthijindawong
RAPID SPACE TRAJECTORY GENERATION USING A FOURIER SERIES SHAPE-BASED APPROACH, Ehsan Taheri
OPTIMAL PIPELINE ROUTING SELECTION USING GIS IN ALASKA, Ecmel Taskin
A BACKING DEVICE BASED ON AN EMBEDDED STIFFENER AND RETRACTABLE INSERTION TOOL FOR THIN-FILM COCHLEAR ARRAYS, Radheshyam Tewari
MODELING AND EXPERIMENTAL SETUP OF AN HCCI ENGINE, Vishal Shailesh Thakkar
MULTI-WAVELENGTH SPECKLE REDUCTION FOR LASER PICO-PROJECTORS USING DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS, Weston H. Thomas
DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATIONS OF FLUORESCENT AND ELECTROCHEMICAL PROBES, Giri K. Vegesna
MODEL UPDATING AND STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING OF HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINES VIA ADVANCED SPINNING FINITE ELEMENTS AND STOCHASTIC SUBSPACE IDENTIFICATION METHODS, Antonio Velazquez Hernandez
IONIC LIQUID EXTRACTION UNVEILS PREVIOUSLY OCCLUDED HUMICBOUND IRON IN PEAT POREWATER, Timothy J. Veverica
Virus purification, detection and removal, Khrupa Saagar Vijayaragavan
EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES OF ELECTROMAGNETIC CLOAKING AT MICROWAVES, Xiaohui Wang