Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2014
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
OUT-OF-STEP DETECTION BASED ON ZUBOV’S APPROXIMATION BOUNDARY METHOD, Yawei Wei
DOING MORE WITH SHORT PERIOD DATA: DETERMINING MAGNITUDES FROM CLIPPED AND OVER-RUN SEISMIC DATA AT MOUNT ST. HELENS, John J. Wellik II
FUNCTIONALIZATION OF CARBON NANOTUBES FOR MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL-ASSISTED PHOTOTHERMAL THERAPY, Ethan J. Weydemeyer
DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS FOR REPRAP STYLE 3-D PRINTERS IN ENGINEERING, Benjamin T. Wittbrodt
CAN CHINA USE ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES INSTEAD OF COAL TO PROVIDE MORE ELECTRICITY BY 2030?, Yan Wu
DEVELOPMENT OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHENE ELECTRODE DIELECTROPHORETIC DEVICE, Hongyu Xie
The study of agricultural non-point source pollution control policy system, Qin Xu
ALTERNATING CURRENT DIELECTROPHORESIS OF CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES: EXPERIMENTS AND COMPARISON WITH THEORY, Chungja Yang
DID SPECULATION DRIVE OIL PRICES DURING 2003-2008?, Yan Yu
Seismic Serviceability Assessment of Water Distribution Systems, Ji Zhang
ROLE OF MICRORNA LET-7 IN PANCREATIC BETA CELLS, Shungang Zhang
MICROWAVE ABSORPTION PROPERTIES OF TIRES, Yuzhe Zhang
DENITRIFICATION IN SOILS: FROM GENES TO ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES, Jianqiu Zheng
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2013
SIMULATIONS OF NEWTONIAN AND NON-NEWTONIAN FLOWS IN DEFORMABLE TUBES, Abdallah A. Al-Habahbeh
ASSESSMENT OF ASPEN AND NORTHERN HARDWOODS EXTENT IN THIRTY THREE COUNTIES OF UPPER/LOWER MICHIGAN, Sara Alian
Production of Recombinant Trichoderma Reesei Endoglucanase Protein CEL7B by Using Kluyveromyces Lactis, Zainab Ibrahim Alshoug
ANALYSIS OF GENDER RELATIONS IN THE INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITY OF AGUIRRE, PUERTO RICO, Alejandra Alvarez
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF EFFICIENCY AND OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF AUTOMOTIVE POWERTRAIN ARCHITECTURES THROUGH CHASSIS DYNAMOMETER TESTING, Jeremy J. Anderson
Application of MFBD Algorithms to Image Reconstruction Under Anisoplanatic Conditions, Glen E. Archer
Novel Automotive Waste Heat Recovery Techniques, John Randall Armstead
THE CELEBRITY BURDEN: CELEBRITY CAMPAIGNS IN THE PURSUIT OF HUMANITARIANISM, Regina Akosua Dede Baiden
LOCAL DIGITAL CONTROL OF POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS IN A DC MICROGRID BASED ON A-PRIORI DERIVATION OF SWITCHING SURFACES, Bibaswan Banerjee
THERMORESPONSIVE PROPERTIES OF GOLD HYBRID NANOPARTICLES OF POLY(DI(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) METHYL ETHER METHACRYLATE) (PDEGMA) AND ITS BLOCK COPOLYMERS WITH DIFFERENT ANCHORING REGIMES, Martha Juliana Barajas Meneses
Stilling Basin Scour Remediation Using Air Injection and Flat Plate Extension, Rachael Barlock
Investigations of Cloud Microphysical Response to Mixing Using Digital Holography, Matthew Jacob Beals
Assessing Decision Making Skill in Complex and Dynamic Environments Using Representative and Simulated Tasks, Patrick Karl Belling
Sound As Artifact, Jeff Benjamin
GROUND-BASED AND SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING OF PAROXYSMAL ERUPTIONS AT ETNA VOLCANO, 2011-2012., Estelle Bonny
AGENT BASED, DISTRIBUTED CONTROL STRATEGIES AND OPTIMIZATION OF PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES ON SMART/MICROGRID ARCHITECTURES, Kyle Bordeau
SURFACTANT-OIL INTERACTIONS: FOAMING & TOXICITY, Shubham N. Borole
VERIFYING SUCCESS OF ARTIFICIAL REEFS IN THE HURON-ERIE CORRIDOR FOR LAKE STURGEON, Emily K. Bouckaert
Induction of Microalgal Lipids for Biodiesel Production in Tandem with Sequestration of High Carbon Dioxide Concentration, Wilbel J. Brewer
An Experience-Driven Pedagogy for the Instruction of Software Testing in Computer Science, Christopher Duane Brown
BENEFICIATION OF HIGH-MgO SEDIMENTARY PHOSPHATE ORES, Justin T. Carlson
Performance-Based Engineering Framework for Earthquake and Fire Following Earthquake, Aerik Carlton
How do we teach usability? An Investigation of Usability Instruction in Technical Communication, Felicia E. Chong
An Investigation of Waste Glass-Based Geopolymers Supplemented with Alumina, Mary U. Christiansen
Fossil bubble in porphyritic basaltic pyroclasts produced by small and large strombolian eruption at Pacaya, Guatemala, Valeria Cigala
FACTORS AFFECTING DIPOREIA GROWTH RATES IN LAKE SUPERIOR, Miles J. Corcoran
Silicon Nanowire Lab on a Chip, Thomas M. Daunais
The Effects of Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) on Understory Vegetation and Soils in a Northern Hardwood Forest, Keri A. Deneau
DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW COST IMPEDANCE TUBE TO MEASURE THE ACOUSTIC ABSORPTION AND TRANSMISSION LOSS OF MATERIALS, Satyajeet P. Deshpande
Faulted Structures in Li Ion Exchanged NaMO2 (M=Ni(0.25)Mn(0.75)), Aaron M. DeWahl
Influence of Mechanical and Thermal Boundary Conditions on Stabilizing/Destabilizing Mechanisms in Evaporating Liquid Films, Aneet Dharmavaram Narendranath
STUDIES OF FUNCTIONALIZED NANOPARTICLES FOR SMART SELF-ASSEMBLY AND AS CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY, Xiaochu Ding
MAGNETO-PHOTONIC CRYSTALS FOR OPTICAL SENSING APPLICATIONS, Neluka Dissanayake
Volcanic processes and human exposure as elements to build a risk model for Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala, Rüdiger P. Escobar Wolf
STATISTICAL METHODS FOR RARE AND COMMON VARIANT ASSOCIATION STUDIES, Shurong Fang
Sustainable Energy Production in the United States: Life Cycle Assessment of Biofuels and Bioenergy, Jiqing Fan
Assessment of Seismic Damage of Buildings and Related Environmental Impacts, Carley A. Feese
TERPENE AND TERPENOID EMISSIONS AND SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL PRODUCTION, Rosa M. Flores
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION INTO PARTICULATE MATTER DISTRIBUTION IN CATALYZED PARTICULATE FILTERS USING A 3D TERAHERTZ WAVE SCANNER, Ryan Kristopher Foley
CHARACTERIZATION OF TWO NOVEL MONOCOT MANNOSE BINDING LECTINS PURIFIED BY ‘CAPTURE AND RELEASE’ METHOD, Ashli L. Fueri
Selective Mercury Sequestration from a Silver/Mercury Cyanide Solution, Kristen L. Gabby
NANOSCALE ELECTROCHEMISTRY BY IN-SITU TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, Qi Gao
Applications of LiDAR remote sensing of forest structure in the Upper Great Lakes region, USA, Timothy J. Gebuhr
Beech bark disease distribution and resistance in Michigan and fungal endophyte ecology of resistant and susceptible beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.), Rachel E. Griesmer-Zakhar
Ethanol Production from Hardboard Manufacturing Process Wastewater: Methods for Improving Product Yields from Hemicellulose Hydrolysates, Stephanie Lee Groves
Spatial and Temporal Evolution of the Volcanics and Sediments of the Kenya Rift, Alexandria L. Guth
A HYDRO-CLIMATIC MODELING FRAMEWORK FOR ADAPTIVE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN THE GREAT LAKES BASIN, Rabi Gyawali
The Problematic of Privacy in the Namespace, Randal Sean Harrison
The Role of Water Chemistry in the Concentration of Hematite Ore, Howard J. Haselhuhn