Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2026
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF AQUAPORIN-4 IN OREXIN SYSTEM-MEDIATED SYMPATHOEXCITATION AND BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL, Derrick Simet
RAPID AUSTENITE RESTORATION THROUGH NON-PARTITIONING TRANSFORMATION IN MEDIUM-MN STEEL, Rebekah A. Smith
SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY ASSESSMENT OF COASTAL POWER SYSTEMS AGAINST STORM HAZARDS, Saeed Sohrabi
Potential of Stamp Sands as Cemented Tailings, Samuel Sukaria
STATISTICAL LEARNING METHODS FOR GENE REGULATORY NETWORK ANALYSIS AND HIP FRACTURE RISK PREDICTION, Shuo Sun
VALUING LIFE AND LOSS: GENRE ANALYSIS OF INSURANCE CLAIMS PROCESSING IN GHANA, Cornelius Fuumaale Suom-Kogle
MECHANISTIC FOUNDATIONS AND SAFETY ASSESSMENT OF DRY-MECHANICAL RECYCLING OF CHARGED LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES, John Louis Szczap
MODELING, STABILITY, CONTROL, AND PROTECTION OF GRID-FORMING INVERTERS UNDER FAULT RIDE-THROUGH CONDITION, Shipra Tiwari
Mapping Historical Neighborhoods with Geospatial Viewshed Buffers, James B. Townsend
NOVEL VAN DER WAALS HETEROSTRUCTURES: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND APPLICATIONS, Join Uddin
SOLVENT-TARGETED RECOVERY AND PRECIPITATION (STRAP): FEEDSTOCK PRE-PROCESSING AND HANDLING, DISSOLUTION, CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION AND NONDISSOLVED SOLIDS DRYING, Zachary E. Wagner
Minimizing Snow Loss on Fixed Tilt Solar PV Installations Through Frame Material Selection and Installation Layout, David B. Wallis
SPECULATION-CENTRIC PARALLELIZATION FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE FINITE STATE AUTOMATA PROCESSING ON GPUS, Yuguang Wang
TARGETED AND SCREENING BASED APPROACHES TO ANALYZE DRM TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSOR COMPLEX ACTIVITY IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS, Emily Washeleski
EVALUATING WILLOW ESTABLISHMENT WITH BIOCHAR FOR REMEDIATION OF MINE WASTE SOILS: AMENDMENT PH DETERMINES PLANT BIOMASS AND METAL MOBILITY, Madeline R. Webb
HUMAN LOCOMOTION ON SNOW: A CASE FOR THE BICYCLE, Kyle W. Wehmanen
CHANGE POINT ANALYSIS IN HIGH-DIMENSIONAL DATA USING RANDOM PROJECTIONS, Yi Xu
Robust Autonomous Driving in Winter Weather: Perception and Integrated Control Under Adverse Conditions, Yiming Yang
ANALYTICAL AND DATA-DRIVEN MODELING AND CONTROL OF NONLINEAR POINT ABSORBER WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS WITH APPLICATION TO CONE–CONE BUOY GEOMETRIES, Houssein Yassin
ON THE VIBRATIONAL DYNAMICS OF WIND TURBINE BLADES: THE OSCILLATORY RESPONSE TO GUST PULSES, AND THE PHYSICAL MECHANISMS BEHIND THEM, North A. Yates
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2025
CYANINE-BASED DUAL-EMISSION SENSOR FOR RATIOMETRIC NAD(P)H IMAGING IN CELLS, RENAL TISSUES, AND ENTIRE ORGANISMS, Peter Agyemang
Built Simulacra: Digital Media and Cultural Representation of Tourist Imaginaries in Online Reviews of Hotels and Casinos in Las Vegas, Ayodele James Akinola
EFFECTIVENESS, COHERENCE, AND JUSTICE IMPLICATIONS OF CLEAN ENERGY POLICIES IN THE UNITED STATES, Josephine Amponsem
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF FLUORESCENT PROBES FOR SENSING AND BIOIMAGING OF NAD(P)H, INTRACELLULAR VISCOSITY, AND SO2, Dilka Liyana Arachchige
IRON ORE TAILINGS REPROCESSING BY ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION PLUS TWO STAGES FROTH FLOTATION, Vincent Bailey Arohunmolase
ANALYSIS OF LAVA FLOW PATHS USING REMOTE SENSING AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES, Oluwatosin Oluyemisi Ayo
Stability and Resonance of Cylindrical Wave Energy Converters, Gregory M. Ballen
Water and Fuego: An Interdisciplinary Characterization of Lahar Activity on Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala, Gustavo A. Bejar Lopez
THE ANIMATED FRONTIER: FLUCTUATIONS OF POWER ACROSS TIME AND SPACE IN FLOWS OF U.S. AND JAPANESE ANIMATED MEDIA, Kendall Belopavlovich
RISK OF OAK WILT EXPANDING NORTHWARD: EXAMINING NITIDULIDAE VECTOR COMMUNITIES AND HOST PHENOLOGY BEYOND THE CURRENT DISEASE RANGE, Kathleen E. Bershing
METHODS IN STATISTICS, MACHINE LEARNING, AND DEEP LEARNING FOR COMBINING MULTI-OMICS DATASET, Md Mutasim Billah
EXAMINING THE ROLE OF PLANT GENOME SIZE AND POLYPLOIDY IN SHAPING ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI SYMBIOSES, Abbigail J. Blackwell
ESTERASE-DEPENDENT RED-TO-BLUE FLUORESCENCE COLOR CHANGE IN COUMARINS: SMALL FLUOROPHORES FOR LIVE DEAD CELL SENSING, Giovanna R. Bobnock
INVESTIGATION OF ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION METHODS AS A NOISE CONTROL DEVICE IN HYDRAULICS, Sophia R. Bollin
IN-SITU REDUCTIVE BIOLEACHING OF MANGANESE ORES, Palas Kamlakar Borkar
THERMIONIC EMISSION COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN OF RARE-EARTH HEXABORIDE CATHODES IN AN OXYGEN ENVIRONMENT, Sophia G. Brylinski
ENERGY EQUITY IN INDIA’S RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSITION: A POLICY DESIGN AGENDA, Aritra Chakrabarty
EXPLORING THE ROLE OF BRAIN-DERIVED EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES IN SALT-SENSITIVE HYPERTENSION, Xinqian Chen
MEASURING OCCUPANT CONTROLLED VENTILATION AND COOKING FREQUENCY TO AID IN MODELING ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN HOMES, Jacob J. Chizek
NICKEL SUPERALLOY COMPOSITION AND PROCESS OPTIMIZATION FOR IMPROVED WELDABILITY, Anna Cole
Leveraging Product and Process Characteristics Across the Concrete Pavement Life Cycle to Integrate Global Warming Potential into Project Procurement Processes, Michelle Annette Cooper
HOLISTIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF ELECTRIFIED OFF-HIGHWAY MATERIAL HANDLER: FROM DRIVE CYCLE CHARACTERIZATION TO POWERTRAIN, HYDRAULIC, AND THERMAL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, Alexander Czarnecki
A DOMAIN-ADAPTED NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING FRAMEWORK FOR MINING SAFETY ANALYTICS: FROM LATENT PATTERN DISCOVERY TO AUTOMATED INFORMATION EXTRACTION, Abid Ali Khan Danish
GROWTH, SURVIVAL, AND HERBIVORE BROWSING PREFERENCES OF SEEDLINGS PLANTED IN BLACK ASH STANDS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN, Seth W. Davenport
Near Memory Accelerators for Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search, Yifu Deng
DESIGN OF ALUMINUM-COPPER ALLOY WITH SCANDIUM IN SOLUTION, Austin M. DePottey
Sensing Tap Location Using an Array of Acoustic Sensors, Fan Ding
Engineering Electrochemical Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Next-Generation Biosensing, Grace L. Dykstra
MATERIAL OPTIMIZATION OF THERMIONIC EMITTERS FOR OPERATION IN OXYGEN-CONTAINING ATMOSPHERES, Seth A. Eacker
ESTIMATING UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH (UCS) OF ROCKS FROM MEASUREMENT WHILE DRILLING (MWD) DATA, Can Erdem
CORTICAL ACTIVATION PATTERNS IN A RAPID MOTOR DECISION-MAKING TASK IN YOUNGER AND OLDER ADULTS: AN fNIRS STUDY, Melanie P. Frias Veras
IMPROVED LONGEVITY OF ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS BY ADHESION OF PARYLENE C TO TITANIUM ALLOY PASSIVATION LAYERS VIA THE MULTICOMPONENT APPROACH TO SOLID SURFACE ENERGY, Matthew T. Graham
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF NOVEL FORCE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM FOR TRACTION FORCE MICROSCOPY, Samuel E. Haarman
DIAGNOSTIC LABOR OPERATION REIMAGINED THROUGH MACHINE LEARNING AND STATISTICAL PATTERN RECOGNITION, Jody J. Hand
PATIENT HANDLING INTERVENTIONS AND THEIR ROLE IN REDUCING MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS, Ashley L. Hawke
COMBINING DNA METABARCODING AND STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS TO EXAMINE DIET AND ECOLOGY IN UNIQUELY ADMIXED GHOST WOLVES, Lilian M. Heinzel
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SILVICULTURAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH NORTHERN WHITE-CEDAR (THUJA OCCIDENTALIS) SEEDLING REGENERATION IN HARVESTED LOWLANDS, Victoria J. Hunter
RENEWABLE ENERGY’S IMPACT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS – A CASE STUDY FROM AFRICA, Bashiru Ibrahim
Towards Developing GLUT2 Specific Probes for Biochemical and Biomedical Applications, Abdelrahman Ismail
SLUG/ANNULAR FLOW BOILING HEAT TRANSFER EVENTS IN SMOOTH AND STRUCTURED RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS, Hanry Issavi
MULTISCALE COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY STUDIES OF THE CATALYTIC MECHANISMS OF NON-HEME FE(II)/2-OXOGLUTARATE-DEPENDENT OXYGENASES, Simahudeen Bathir Jaber Sathik Rifayee
DEVELOPMENT OF NEAR-INFRARED PROBE FOR THE DETECTION OF NADH AND NAD(P)H IN LIVE CELLS AND D. MELANOGASTER LARVAE, Sophia J. Jaeger
BARBIE VLOGGER AS TEEN INFLUENCER FOR LITTLE GIRLS, Brilynn A. Janckila
DEGRADATION OF POLYMERS AND POLYMER COMPOSITES IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS, Ben T. Jewell
LINKING MOLECULAR STRUCTURE EVOLUTION TO MECHANICAL DEGRADATION DURING ENVIRONMENTAL AGING IN CONVENTIONAL AND RECYCLABLE EPOXY SYSTEMS, Ben T. Jewell
QUANTIFYING SO₂ EMISSIONS FROM EXPLOSIVE EVENTS OF THE 2021 LA SOUFRIÈRE ERUPTION USING DSCOVR/EPIC, Yuxi Jin
LIGHT ABSORBING AEROSOL INTERACTIONS WITH WARM CLOUDS, Shreya Joshi
Indigenous-Industrial Heritage: Centering Indigenous Voices in Minnesota's Iron Range, Larissa A. Juip
Quantum van der Waals Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications, Jeff Kabel
HYBRID MIXTURES OF FACTOR ANALYZERS FOR HIGH DIMENSIONAL DATA, Kazeem Abiodun Kareem
MOLECULAR DYNAMICS MODELING OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES, Khatereh Kashmari
GREAT LAKES AND ITS REGIONAL CLIMATE IN THE FUTURE, Miraj Bhakta Kayastha
MOLECULAR MODELING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS FOR ACCELERATING POLYMERIZATION AND PYROLYSIS STUDIES, Joshua D. Kemppainen
CHARACTERIZATION OF KRYPTON PERFORMANCE IN A LABORATORY 300 W MAGNETICALLY SHIELDED HALL-EFFECT THRUSTER, Jacob Henry Knott
DEVELOPING A GRAPHQL MESH FEDERATED API GATEWAY: RAPID INTEGRATION OF NEW ENDPOINTS INTO A PREDEFINED SCHEMA, Noah Kolczynski
PROXIMAL SEISMIC TRACKING OF PYROCLASTIC DENSITY CURRENTS AT VOLCÁN DE FUEGO, GUATEMALA, Jacob A. Krier
UNDERSTANDING THE THERMODYNAMICS AND MASS TRANSFER OF VIRUSES IN AQUEOUS TWO-PHASE SYSTEMS, Seth A. Kriz
Stepper Motor Load Estimation Using a Neural Network, Soham S. Kulkarni
PHASE-FIELD METHOD OF FRACTURE IN FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES: THEORY, MODELING, AND VALIDATION, Akash Kumar
Three-Sided Skyline Counting Queries, Suruchi Kushwaha
Direct Methane Capture via Aerobic Methanotrophs, Waaseyaaban Landgren
GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS FOR URBAN RESILIENCE: GREEN SPACE, FLOOD SUSCEPTIBILITY, AND WETLAND RESTORATION POTENTIAL, Jessica LaReaux
Kangaroo: Dynamic Fusion of Branch Instructions in a Pipelined Uniprocessor, Sarah E. Larkin
DAM IT ALL: A MULTI-SCALAR INVESTIGATION INTO THE ECOLOGICAL ROLE AND FUNCTION OF BEAVER DAMS, Kenneth Larsen
Heuristic Approaches for Coordination of Heterogeneous Robotic Systems in Harvesting Automation with Size Constraints, Hyeseon Lee
On graph decompositions: Exploring the stars and stripes problem with odd n-stars, Jehyun Lee
A SEISMOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF GROUND DEFORMATION FROM METEOTSUNAMI AND SEICHE ACTIVITY ON LAKE MICHIGAN, Bryan Lowney
FINDING ANTIPATTERNS ACROSS LANGUAGES WITH ABSTRACT SYNTAX TREES, Daniel T. Masker
METHOD FOR ASSESSING GASOLINE POWERED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EXHAUST ACCUMULATION WHEN IDLING IN ENCLOSED SPACE BY AUTOMATIC SHUT OFF, Eamon McClintock
Utilizing Biometrics and Blockchain for Enhanced Security of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Data Sharing, Amaturrahman Raihanah Medlock
INITIAL FUNGAL DECOMPOSER COMMUNITY DETERMINES WOOD-DERIVED CARBON IN DISCRETE SOIL CARBON POOLS IN ASPEN CLEARCUTS, Theresa K. Meyer
ULTRASOUND SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY: DEVELOPMENT OF TISSUE MODELS AND INVESTIGATION OF SHEAR WAVE VARIABILITY, Emily J. Miller