Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2024
Exploring the Molecular Pathways of Cell Death Induced by PDE3 Modulators, Aqsa Ahsan
Study of Particle Accelerators in the Universe with the HAWC Observatory, Rishi Babu
V2I-BASED ADAPTIVE COLLISION AVOIDANCE FOR SAFETY AND TRAFFIC EFFICIENCY, Vaishnavi Balambeed
COMPUTATIONAL EVALUATION OF SOME BASIC MATERIAL PARAMETERS IN COBALT-ALUMINUM ALLOYS, Hemanth Kumar Reddy Basireddy
High Temperature Strength Reduces Soldering In Aluminum High Pressure Die Casting, Jacob A. Belke
IMPROVING CAST STEEL RAIL COUPLER FATIGUE RESISTANCE THROUGH LOCAL WIRE-ARC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, Andrew M. Bunge
HYDROLOGIC PATHWAYS OF A NORTHERN HARDWOOD CATCHMENT IN THE GREAT LAKES BASIN USING END MEMBER MIXING ANALYSIS, Cory C. Burkwald
Model Guided Memory Optimization For Key-Value Caches, Daniel Byrne
ENGINEERING SELF-EFFICACY AND SPATIAL VISUALIZATION: CONNECTING THE SPATIAL DOTS, Katrina L. Carlson
DEPENDENCE OF ENERGY TRANSFER ON CURVATURE SIMILARITY IN COLLISIONS INVOLVING CURVED SHOCK FRONTS, Justin Cassell
SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN PET AND POLYOLEFIN PLASTICS SUPPLY CHAINS IN THE U.S. AND MICHIGAN: A SYSTEMS ANALYSIS APPROACH, Utkarsh Shailesh Chaudhari
Chemical Synthesis of Sensitive DNA, Komal Chillar
CHANGES IN FLANKER TASK PERFORMANCE FOLLOWING HIGH-INTENSITY EXERCISE IN ENDURANCE ATHLETES, Felix E. Cottet-Puinel
ASSESSING TROPICAL MAMMAL DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION USING NONINVASIVE METHODS, Tiff L. DeGroot
NONLINEAR HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING AND CONTROL OF WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS, Tania Demonte Gonzalez
Modeling Pulsatile Flows Using Truly Incompressible Finite Volume Lattice Boltzmann Model, Akshay S. Dongre
Directional Dependent Fracture Characteristics of 3D Printed Mechanical Metamaterials, Thomas Draper
Initial Solution Improvements to a Tethered Robotic Path Planner using Random Geometric Graph Configurations and Biased Sampling, Austen J. Goddu
Transient Simulations of Power Systems with Inverter Interfaced Resources, Gaurish Shreedhar Gokhale
ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING ENGINE KNOCK IN MODERN SPARK IGNITION GASOLINE ENGINES TO IMPROVE ENGINE EFFICIENCY, Siddharth Gopujkar
TROPHIC INTERACTIONS OF SYMPATRIC CYPRINODONTIFORM FISHES INHABITING LOUISIANA SALTMARSHES, Ryan Heines
AN INCREMENTAL MULTISCALE NON–LINEAR MANIFOLD APPROXIMATION METHOD, Praveen T.W. Hettige
SILPHID AND CARABID BEETLES IN AN EXPERIMENTAL FOREST TRIAL: iDNA AND DIETS, AND INSECT-HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS CAN BETTER INFORM FOREST MANAGEMENT, Katherine E. Higdon
Investigation of Operational Parameter Differences between the Standard RON Test Method and Knock-Limited Modern Spark-Ignition Engine Operation, Alexander Hoth
Data Driven and Machine Learning Based Modeling and Predictive Control of Combustion at Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition Engines, Behrouz Khoshbakht Irdmousa
“NOT MUCH OF A JOB”: EVERYDAY LIFE AND LABOR AT CAMP AU TRAIN, Josef T. Iwanicki
DEVELOPING ROBUST AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES WITH ROS, Dylan J. Kangas
ASSESSING THE NUTRITIONAL QUALITY AND FATE OF SAGINAW BAY DREISSENID MUSSEL VELIGERS, Mitch R. Kehne
NOVEL ANALYTICAL APPROACHES FOR THE STUDY OF ENERGY AND NUTRIENT FLOW IN STREAMS, Michelle Catherine Kelly
APPLICATIONS OF INDEPENDENT AND IDENTICALLY DISTRIBUTED (IID) RANDOM PROCESSES IN POLARIMETRY AND CLIMATOLOGY, Dan Kestner
THE ADOPTION AND IMPACT OF CLEAN ENERGY POLICIES, Dong Min Kim
Wave Energy Converter Wave Force Prediction Using a Neural Network, Morgan Kline
DEEP LEARNING, MULTI-STAGED MACHINE LEARNING, AND REINFORCEMENT LEARNING TO IMPROVE CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY, Kristoffer A. Larsen
THE QUESTION OF QUESTIONING: STUDYING THE SENSEMAKING PROCESS IN AMBIGUOUS SCENARIOS, Betsy R. Lehman
PERFORMANCE CHARACTERIZATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF A POINT-CLOUD-BASED PATH PLANNER IN OFF-ROAD TERRAINS, Casey D. Majhor
ASSESSING WAVE DYNAMICS INDUCED COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTHERN SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR, Saumik Mallik
SEA LEVEL RISE DRIVEN GROUNDWATER INUNDATION: EFFECTS OF ISLAND HYDROGEOLOGY ON FRESHWATER LENS DYNAMICS, Lauren K. Mancewicz
CONSTRUCTING CHILDHOOD JUSTICE WITHIN POSTCOLONIAL/DECOLONIZED DIGITAL AFRICAN CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES: PHILANTHROPIC WEBSITES AS SITES OF POSSIBILITY, Fredrica Markson Eduaful
PHASE FIELD MODELING OF FRACTURE AND PHASE SEPARATION USING NUMERICAL METHODS AND MACHINE LEARNING, Revanth Mattey
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
MATRIX STIFFNESS SENSING BY NASCENT ADHESIONS AND THE ROLE OF RIAM IN ADHESION ASSEMBLY, Nikhil Mittal
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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