Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2024
The Implications of Waste Streams at Camp Au Train, Timothy J. Maze
NICKEL SUPERALLOY COMPOSITION AND PROCESS OPTIMIZATION FOR WELDABILITY, COST, AND STRENGTH, Sophie A. Mehl
APPLICATION OF MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES IN THE DESIGN OF ADAPTIVE DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION FOR PARKINSONISM, Jessica E. Mehregan
THE ROLE OF NEIGHBORHOOD EFFECTS IN MAINTAINING THE HARDWOOD-HEMLOCK MOSAIC, Adam Z. Milenkowic
MATRIX STIFFNESS SENSING BY NASCENT ADHESIONS AND THE ROLE OF RIAM IN ADHESION ASSEMBLY, Nikhil Mittal
RECYCLING WASTE PLASTICS FROM E-WASTE AND HOUSEHOLD SOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE ASPHALT CONSTRUCTION, Sepehr Mohammadi
EFFECT OF BIO-ENVIRONMENT AND CU ALLOYING ON ZINC IMPLANT BIOCOMPATIBILITY, Lea M. Morath
UNDERSTANDING SUBTLE GENDER BIAS RECOGNITION AMONG WITNESSES IN A STEM UNDERGRADUATE CONTEXT, Darnishia Lashalle Morris
EXPLORING USABILITY IN EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS: FROM CONCEPTUALIZATION TO MEASUREMENT AND APPLICATION, Anne Inger Mørtvedt
FOUR LESSONS TO BUILD UPON: A STUDY OF POSTSECONDARY COMPOSITION CLASSROOM CURRICULUM, Tucker D. Nielsen
Gravity Fed Hopper Flow of Bulk Solids for Lunar ISRU, Jason Bendixen Noe
CONTINUOUS, PLATFORM PURIFICATION OF VIRAL PRODUCTS USING AQUEOUS TWO-PHASE EXTRACTION, Natalie M. Nold
TECHNO-MATERNAL IDENTITIES: A CRITICAL FEMINIST EXAMINATION OF BREAST PUMPING, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MATERNAL IDENTITIES, Favour E. Normeshie
DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF ALTERNATIVE TRANSGENIC REPORTER SYSTEMS IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS, Dylan D. Norris
Programming by Voice, Sadia Nowrin
Small Fluorescent Glycoconjugates as Imaging Agents for GLUT Sugar Transporters, Adelina Oronova
STABLE ENERGY-EFFICIENT MACRO-SCALE PARTIAL FLOW-BOILING OPERATIONS USING MICROSTRUCTURED SURFACES AND ULTRASONICS, Divya Kamlesh Pandya
MACHINE LEARNING FOR ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE PREDICTION, Shashank Pathrudkar
ALGORITHMS FOR COORDINATING MULTIPLE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES UNDER VARIOUS CONSTRAINTS WITH EMPHASIS ON WORKLOAD BALANCING, Abhishek Patil
EXAMINING GENOME SIZE AND NUTRIENT INFLUENCE ON DAMAGE PATTERNS, AND PLANT-INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY DYNAMICS, Hailee B. Petosky
STATICALLY CONTROLLED SYNCHRONIZED LANE ARCHITECTURES, Scott K. Pomerville
Recognition, Subject Formation, and Agency: Marginalization and Agency in Feminist Dystopian Narratives, Samantha J. Quade
Modeling of Inverter-Based Resources for Hardware in the Loop Testing of Protection and Control Schemes, Md Aamir Rahmani
AN EXAMINATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION FOR FORENSIC ENGINEERING AND FORENSIC PATHOLOGY., Tori C. Reeder
RESTORATION IS REPAIRING RELATIONSHIPS: BRIDGING INDIGENOUS AND WESTERN SCIENCES TO ASSESS THE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF WILD RICE (ZIZANIA PALUSTRIS) ON KEWEENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY HOMELANDS, Cassandra M. Reed-VanDam
COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF VASCULAR ANEURYSMS, Seyedmostafa Rezaeitaleshmahalleh
Identifying and Exploiting Metabolic Vulnerabilities to Target LKB1-Mutant Cancers, Catherine Rono
RECOVERING ACCESS CONTROL VIA DISK FORENSICS ON LOW-LEVEL FLASH MEMORY, Caleb J. Rother
AN ELASTO-PLASTIC CONSTITUTIVE MODEL WITH PHASE-FIELD FRACTURE FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED METALLIC MATERIALS, Nolan Ruble
A reinforcement learning-based approach for adaptive real-time sensor data denoising in mining operations, Jhuleyssy Liesseth Sanchez Aguilar
THE EFFECTS OF EXPERIMENTAL WARMING ON ROOT RESPIRATION AND THE FUNGAL COMMUNITY OF TROPICAL FOREST SOIL, Malik A. Sankofa
ON GRAPH DECOMPOSITIONS AND DESIGNS: EXPLORING THE HAMILTON-WATERLOO PROBLEM WITH A FACTOR OF 6-CYCLES AND PROJECTIVE PLANES OF ORDER 16, Zazil Santizo Huerta
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CONDUCTIVE NANOMATERIALS AS ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTUATORS, Pranav R. Sathaye
A PHYSICAL TEST ARTIFACT FOR EVALUATING EDGE CASES OF INDIVIDUAL AND FUSED AUTOMATED DRIVING PERCEPTION SENSORS, Colin Schaefer
LES-C Turbulence Models and Fluid Flow Modeling: Analysis and Application to Incompressible Turbulence and Fluid-Fluid Interaction, Kyle J. Schwiebert
LOSS OF MIR-483 IMPAIRS MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION IN PANCREATIC ISLETS, Ellianna S. Sempek
Anaerobic Reductive Bioleaching of Manganese Ores, Neha Sharma
The Integration of Neuromorphic Computing in Autonomous Robotic Systems, Md Abu Bakr Siddique
COLOMBIA´S NATIONAL MOUNTAIN PEATLAND MAP: PEATLAND DISTRIBUTION, CONDITION AND CARBON STOCKS, Patrick Nicolas Skillings-Neira
CONTRIBUTION OF THE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RED NAC TO LOW NITROGEN PHENOTYPES IN POPLAR, Shane Alexander Spence
A Virtual Time Driven Simulator for DEVS Models, Ronald R. Stempien
Application of Fusion based Deep Learning Models to Improve Millimeter Wave Beamforming, Abishek Subramanian
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND CYCLING FATIGUE OF ZN-BASED ALLOYS: EFFECTS OF THERMAL TREATMENT, Henry D. Summers
INVESTIGATING CHLORIDE INGRESSION IN CONCRETE AND CHLORIDE-INDUCED REBAR CORROSION, Peifeng Su
COOPERATIVE DRIVING AUTOMATION ON FREEWAYS AND ARTERIALS: REAL-TIME CONTROL AND PLATOON FORMATION, Yingtong Tan
THE RHETORIC OF INDIAN FARMERS’ PROTEST: HISTORY, MEDIA REPRESENTATION, AND PROTEST NARRATIVE, Basanti Timalsina
SYNTHETIC MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES FOR PLASTIC UPCYCLING, Isabel B. A. Valencia
Automated Generation of Smart Manufacturing Machine Learning Models Using Explainable AI, Saleh Valizadeh Sotubadi
CEPSTRAL ANALYSIS OF ORDER DOMAIN DATA FOR NOISE DETECTION IN BALL SCREW ASSEMBLIES, Courtney VanWagoner
Neural Network Control of a Nonlinear Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter, Madelyn G. Van Wieren
FATIGUE RESISTANT CAST STEEL RAILCAR COUPLERS PRODUCED BY WIRE-ARC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING (WAAM), Samuel Vellequette
SOLIDIFICATION CRACKING IN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED HIGH ENTROPY ALLOY NiCrCoFe WITH V OR W, Andrew R. Walch
EXAMINING DRIVER PREFERENCES FOR INTELLIGENT AUDIOVISUAL WARNINGS AT HIGHWAY-RAIL GRADE CROSSINGS, Samantha Walker
DYNAMIC MEMORY MANAGEMENT FOR KEY-VALUE STORE, Yuchen Wang
THE INFLUENCE OF VOLCANO EDIFICE RESONANCE ON THE SEISMIC TRIGGERING OF THERMAL ACTIVITY AT ACTIVE VOLCANOES, Morgana M. Wilke
USING A REVERSE VISUALLY GUIDED REACHING TASK TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN HEALTHY AGING AND EARLY ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, Brandon Woolman
WET-CARBONATION OF RCAS FOR IMPROVED CARBONATION EFFICIENCY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF RCA AND RECYCLED CONCRETE, Zhao. Xiang
SYNTHESIS OF LONG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDES, Yipeng Yin
STATISTICAL METHODS FOR GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES AND POLYGENIC RISK SCORE PREDICTION, Lirong Zhu
Response of Open Volcanic Systems to Static Stress Changes, Aimee Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2023
IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING TO CREATE ENGAGEMENT AND MOTIVATION DURING FALL PREVENTION TRAINING, Michael A. Abosede
TYPES OF QUESTIONS TEACHERS ASK TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN MAKING SENSE OF A STUDENT CONTRIBUTION, Nishat B. Alam
EFFECT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LAND ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN AFRICA, Wasiu Olawale Amobi
Two Research Perspectives on Sugar Maple Canopy Dieback in the Upper Great Lakes: A Decade of Herbaceous Community Responses and a Survey of Michigan Forest Managers, Manuel Eduardo Anderson
Feeding Our Local Communities-The Benefits of Food Assistance Programs at Local Farmers Markets, Courtney A. Archambeau
MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION AND MULTIPHYSICS MODELING OF CARBON NANOTUBE THERMOACOUSTIC LOUDSPEAKERS, Mahsa Asgarisabet
Nanomaterials for Cardiovascular Engineering, Roya Bagheri
MOLECULAR DYNAMICS MODELING OF POLYMERS FOR AEROSPACE COMPOSITES, Swapnil Sambhaji Bamane
TOWARD A LONGITUDINAL PROGRAM OF IN SITU SOCIAL ROBOTICS RESEARCH AND INFORMAL STEAM EDUCATION, Jaclyn A. Barnes
PREDICTING THE REACTIVITIES AND REACTION MECHANISMS OF PHOTOCHEMICALLY PRODUCED REACTIVE INTERMEDIATES, Benjamin Barrios Cerda
Information use and decision-making for evacuation at Fuego volcano, Guatemala, Beth A. Bartel
SILVICULTURE, SEEDS, AND DEER: ASSESSING GROUND-LAYER DIVERSITY ALONG EXPERIMENTAL DISTURBANCE GRADIENTS IN A MANAGED NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST, Claudia I. Bartlick
On The Gaussian-Core Vortex Lattice Model for The Analysis of Wind Farm Flow Dynamics, Apurva Baruah
Chemical Decomposition of Flexible Polyurethane Foam to Generate a Media for Microbial Upcycling, Kaushik Baruah
Dynamic Modeling and Predictive Control of a Multi-Mode Combustion Engine, Sadaf Batool
HIGHER ACCURACY MODELS AND VALIDATION OF LES-C TURBULENCE MODELS, Yasasya Batugedara Mohottalalage
STUDY OF ECO-DRIVING AND CHARGING PLANNING IN CONNECTED AND AUTOMATED VEHICLES ENVIRONMENT, Pradeep Bhat
NOVEL APPROACHES TO COMPUTE MANIFOLD OPERATORS WITH THE RADIAL BASIS FUNCTIONS METHOD, Jacob James Blazejewski
BIOACCUMULATION OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS AND MERCURY IN A MINING IMPACTED AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM, Michelle Bollini
ESTABLISHING DEGRADATION OF THE C. ELEGANS DREAM COMPLEX IN THE GERMLINE, Christina M. Boody
Fabrication and Optical Properties of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, Manpreet Boora
Lifestyle Choices, The Microbiome and Chronic Disease, Jessica Rae Bruning
SEQUENCING ANTISENSE TRANSCRIPTOME OF POPULUS THROUGH ANTISENSE/SENSE TRANSCRIPT PAIR ENRICHMENT, Emma V. Burke
DESALINATION SYSTEM WITH SORPTION-BASED ZERO LIQUID DISCHARGE TECHNOLOGY, Shiying Cai
Enhancing Lithium-Ion Battery Equivalent Circuit Models: Innovations in Parameter Derivation and Simulation, Logan R. Canull
Statistical methods for gene selection and genetic association studies, Xuewei Cao
SUPPORTING TEAM INNOVATION WITH DESIGN THINKING COGNITIVE STRATEGIES, Lisa M. Casper
Developing a regional scale landslide early warning system in a data-sparse region using remote sensing, geostatistics, and Google Earth Engine, Vishnu Chakrapani Lekha
MICROSCOPIC AND LABORATORY SCALE CHARACTERIZATION METHODS TO EVALUATE BIOMASS DECONSTRUCTION, Meenaa Chandrasekar
PROGRAMMING THE BISTABLE DYNAMIC VIBRATION ABSORBERS OF A 1D-METASTRUCTURE FOR ADAPTIVE BROADBAND VIBRATION ABSORPTION, Shantanu H. Chavan
Ensuring Data Confidentiality in Computing Devices via Plausibly Deniable Encryption and Secure Deletion, Niusen Chen
STUDYING EFFECT OF DROUGHT ON SWITCHGRASS AND IDENTIFYING ASSOCIATED MICROBIAL INHIBITORS, Sarvada Hemant Chipkar
RAIN-INDUCED HAZARDS IN REMOTE, LOW-RESOURCE COMMUNITIES: A CASE STUDY OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE USULUTÁN DEPARTMENT, EL SALVADOR, Natalea Cohen