Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2024
ESTABLISHING A TWO-COLOR FLUORESCENCE PROBE ASSAY FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS SCREENING OF GLUT5 AND GLUT2 FRUCTOSE TRANSPORTERS IN LIVE CELLS, Oluwanifesimi Mary Afolabi
MULTI-FUNCTIONAL GELATIN-DITHIOLANE HYDROGELS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING, Saad Asim
HALIDE-ASSISTED GROWTH OF TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES, Vinaayak Sivam Balasubramaniam
DESIGN, TESTING AND NEURAL NETWORK MODELING OF A LOW-FRICTION WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER TESTBED, Vasu Bhardwaj
OPTIMIZING DIABETES DIAGNOSTICS: ELECTROPHORETIC SEPARATION AND DETECTION OF HEMOGLOBIN A1C WITH BORONATE, Rixlie Fozilova
SYNTHESIS OF CHLORINATED DEOXYGUANOSINE NUCLEOTIDES AT THE N2 CARBON TO PREVENT SUBSTITUTION ERRORS DURING THE CAPPING STEP FOR THE CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF LONG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDES, J. Parker F. Harstad
CONFRONTING THE WILDFIRE CRISIS: UNDERSTANDING EQUITY AND DECISION-MAKING IN WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, Katherine Huerta Sanchez
ANOMALY MAPPING OF HEAVY AND LIGHT RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN CENTRAL UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN USING GEOSTATISTICS AND FRACTAL ANALYSIS, Sunday Joseph
GIS-BASED LANDSCAPE PRIORITIZATION TO GUIDE INVASIVE SPECIES SURVEY, Erin R. Mauk
NEW METHOD FOR COMPUTING THE EUCLIDEAN CONDITION NUMBER WITH RIM-C, Cody McCarthy
Aluminum Critical Mineral Production Feasibility via Landfill Mining: Preliminary study of potential project locations and co-benefits, Anabel M. Needham
FORECASTING OF THE NEXT THREE (3) DECADES GLOBAL LITHIUM DEMAND AND PRICING USING MULTIVARIATE STOCHASTIC MODEL., Enoch Nii- Okai
FROM TECHNICAL RESOLUTION TO AGILE EVOLUTION: A BLENDED ROLE AT HUMANE INTERFACE DESIGN ENTERPRISE (HIDE), Ketansingh Anil Patil
Analysis of energy consumption and water utilization for carbon dioxide dissolution in scrubbing, nanobubble, and membrane technologies under various operating conditions, Raliba Hinga Rosaline
INTEGRATING ARCGIS AND REDUX USING MIDDLEWARE, Vishnu Vardhan Reddy Rapuru
Secure access control in Internet of Vehicle (IoV) with PoET, Harsh Kumar Singh
OPTIMIZING PHP API CALLS WITH PAGINATION AND CACHING, Parsharam Reddy Sudda
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2023
Dissecting the Role of Selenoprotein P and Thioredoxin Reductase in Pancreatic Cancer Metabolism, Alyssa A. Abbas
BENCHMARKING MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL AND REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR LEGGED ROBOT LOCOMOTION, Shivayogi Akki
CHANGES IN POPLAR DIGESTIBILITY DUE TO OVEREXPRESSION OF LACCASE GENES, Fnu Arunima
AGE AND CHEMISTRY OF BELL CREEK BATHOLITH, Elana G. Barth
Establishing the impact of GLUT5 targeting specific probes on cytotoxicity of cisplatin in cancer cells, Vedant Buwa
DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A LOW MASS VIBRATORY LUNAR COMPACTOR, Charles Carey
DYNAMIC MODE DECOMPOSITION APPROACH FOR ESTIMATING THE SHAPE OF A CABLE, Yash Manik Chavan
FINDING UTILITY IN HISTORIC MAPS: HOW GEORECTIFICATION CAN ENHANCE UNDERSTANDING OF LONG-TERM LANDCOVER CHANGES, Olivia Czajka
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF USING WASTE GLASS POWDER AND FLY ASH IN ALKALI-ACTIVATED SLAG BINDER AND MORTAR SAMPLES AS PARTIAL PRECURSORS, Sunday A. Eniola
A CASE STUDY ON THE PRACTICE OF CARBON OFFSET PROJECTS IN MICHIGAN: FOREST PRACTITIONERS’ PERSPECTIVES, Zachary B. Hough Solomon
EXPLORING GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR RESPONSES TO BASALTIC TERRAIN FOR UPCOMING LUNAR EXPEDITIONS, Caleb J. Kaminski
INVASIVE BUCKTHORN MAPPING: A UAV-BASED APPROACH UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING, GIS, AND REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES IN THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN, Vikranth Madeppa
USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO UNDERSTAND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INNOVATION LABS' CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, Sidney M. Mechling
Micro-RNA 483 deficiency increases oxidative stress in Pancreatic Beta-cells, Nirali Mehta
MACHINE LEARNING AND DEEP LEARNING APPROACHES FOR GENE REGULATORY NETWORK INFERENCE IN PLANT SPECIES, Sai Teja Mummadi
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS FOR LUNAR SURFACE REGOLITH STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION, Joseph B. Primeau
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A GRAPHQL MESH GATEWAY: FEDERATING API ENDPOINTS BASED ON A DEFINED DATA MODEL, Marcus D. Scese
DEVELOPMENT AND VERIFICATION OF AUTOMATED FIXTURES FOR FUNCTIONAL TESTING OF SPACE GRADE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLIES, Nicholas A. Wylie
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2022
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A FORCE MEASURING DEVICE FOR A LABORATORY WAVE TANK, Jacob K. Colling
Perspectives on New Wilderness Area Designations in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Olivia Joy D. Ghormley
APPLICATION OF ARGON PRESSURE BROADENED RUBIDIUM VAPOR CELLS AS ULTRA-NARROW NOTCH FILTERS, Sam Groetsch
A SURROGATE MODEL OF MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS FOR POLAR FLUIDS: SUPERVISED LEARNING METHODS FOR MOLECULAR POLARIZATION AND UNSUPERVISED METHODS FOR PHASE CLASSIFICATION, Zackerie W. Hjorth
EVALUATION OF PRODUCTION-WELL PERFORMANCE IN RESPONSE TO FORMATION CLOGGING AND REHABILITATION FOR THE KEWEENAW BAY TRIBAL FISH HATCHERY, Brock O. Howell
VIRTUAL MACHINE INTROSPECTION TOOL DESIGN ANALYSIS, Justin Martin
PRELIMINARY STUDIES OF BACKGROUND REJECTION CAPABILITIES FOR THE SOUTHERN WIDE−FIELD GAMMA−RAY OBSERVATORY, Sonali Mohan
Hardware In The Loop Implementation and Simulations of a Wave Energy Converter using Typhoon HIL and Speedgoat, Pranav Nair
USING SENTINEL-1 SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR TO DETECT BURN AREA AND BURN SEVERITY IN COASTAL AREAS, CALIFORNIA, Kassidy O'Connor
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Mitigation From Contaminated Groundwater Using Halophyte and Cow Bone Biochars, Bailey Papes
EXPLORING INTERPRETATIONS AND CONSEQUENCES OF MICHIGAN’S EXPUNGEMENT STATUTE THROUGH FORMAL MODELING AND ANALYSIS, Jonathan C. Parks
IMPROVING ENERGY STEWARDSHIP AT MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY’S ATHLETIC COMPLEXES, Cynthia L. Pindral
SIMULATING GROUNDWATER POLLUTANT TRANSPORT FOR REMEDIATION DESIGN, ANTRIM COUNTY, MICHIGAN, Abilynn Raetz
SELF-OSCILLATING INDUCTION HEATER, Patrick Rice
EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS AND COMPUTER SIMULATION OF A LABORATORY-SCALE INTERMITTENT WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, Brian Rivers
NUMERICAL DESIGN OF STEERABLE GUIDEWIRES, Onkar Prakash Salunkhe
HOW POLICY INNOVATION LABS COMMUNICATE USING TWITTER, Kei Schmidt
UTILITY SCALE AGRIVOLTAICS DEVELOPMENT PROXIMATE TO MICHIGAN COMMUNITIES WITH 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY GOALS, Kabanda Herve Christian Sheja
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ROBOT OPERATING SYSTEMS FOR UNDERGRADUATES, Chelsey Spitzner
DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION OF GEODATABASE: PREDICTING BIODIVERSITY IN EQUATORIAL GUINEA, AFRICA, Nicholas Treusch
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2021
INVESTIGATION OF A MACHINE-PLANT INTERFACE FOR EXTRACTING ROOTED INVASIVE AQUATIC PLANTS, Brad Baas
UTILIZATION OF PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA IN THE RECOVERY OF LITHIUM BEARING MINERALS, Diana Bullen
Modeling Human Visual Detection Using Deep Networks, Zach DeKraker
Sliding Mode Control of a Nonlinear Wave Energy Converter Model, Tania Demonte Gonzalez
Defect Detection using Dynamic Analysis for Additive Manufactured Metals, Gita Deonarain
Real time adaptive relay settings for Microgrid protection verified using Hardware in Loop, Aadam Harnekar
Control of spontaneous emission dynamics in microcavities with chiral exceptional surfaces, Amin Hashemi
Local Watershed Analysis for Hubbell and Lake Linden, Michigan, Brittany Hubbard
Investigation into the Hemodynamics of Aortic Abnormalities Through Computational Fluid Dynamics, Tonie Johnson
IDENTIFICATION OF CANDIDATE GRF AND MIR396 REGULATOR GENES IN POPLARS INVOLVED IN RESPONSE TO ABIOTIC STRESSES, Hazen Keinath
UNDERSTANDING THE WEATHER- AND SOIL-RELATED VARIABILITY IN AGRICULTURAL WATER FOOTPRINTS: CASE STUDY OF MAIZE AND SOYBEANS GROWN IN THE ST. JOSEPH WATERSHED, Karleigh M. Krieg
CONSTRUCTION AND ANALYSIS OF GENETIC REGULATORY NETWORKS WITH RNA-SEQ DATA FROM ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA, Tessa Kriz
IMPUTATION OF ORDINAL RESPONSES USING UNIVARIATE BAYESIAN PROBIT MODEL, Weibing Li
Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of Wave Energy Converter, Isha Malekar
Blind Direct Walking Distance Judgment Research: A Best Practices Guide, Crystal Massoglia
DEVELOPMENT OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE MOTION PLANNING AND CONTROL ALGORITHM WITH D* PLANNER AND MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL IN A DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT, Somnath Mondal
USING TEXT MINING AND MACHINE LEARNING CLASSIFIERS TO ANALYZE STACK OVERFLOW, Taylor Morris
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A COMMUNITY-LED MULTI-STAKEHOLDER WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN IN RURAL PANAMA, Tristan Odekirk
A SOFTWARE TOOL FOR USING AN AUGMENTED REALITY SANDBOX TO CALCULATE VOLUME CHANGE, Dante Paglia
STUDYING THE EFFECTS OF INITIAL CRACK ANGLE ON THE CRACK PROPAGATION IN GRAPHENE NANO-RIBBON THROUGH MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS, Vijay Kumar Pathak
CASE STUDY OF GRAVITY-FED MOUNTAIN SPRING TAP SYSTEM IN HA LERONTI, LESOTHO, AFRICA, Sarah Peterson
RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION METHOD FOR COMPUTATIONAL PHOTONICS, Seyed Mostafa Rezaei
Economic Sustainability Analysis of Natural Leather Industry, And Its Alternative Advancements, Yogesh Kumar Satish Kumar
PHASE-FIELD FRACTURE MODELING FOR INTERLOCKING MICRO-ARCHITECTURED MATERIALS, Shubham Sinha
EVALUATING HOUSEHOLD FOOD, ENERGY, AND WATER ENVIRONMENTALLY ORIENTED ANTI-CONSUMPTION IN THE US: TOWARD A COMPREHENSIVE THEORY SYNTHESIS, Jacob Slattery
STUDY ON COOPERATIVE COLLISION-FREE LOCAL PATH PLANNING FOR WHEELED MOBILE ROBOTS, Vasishtha Sohani
AUGMENTED REALITY AS A TOOL FOR INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE EDUCATION AND INTERPRETATIONS, Garand A. Spikberg
An Overview of Converting Kabul’s Traffic Circles and Rotaries to Modern Roundabouts, Mohammad Anas Taeb
Application of Carbon Nanotube Thermophones as Duct Noise Cancelling Speakers: Using New Technology with Old Theories, Stephania M. Vaglica
COMMISSIONING AND TESTING OF A NEW DUSTY THERMAL VACUUM CHAMBER, Ben Wiegand
Mapping Michigan's Historic Coastlines, Ryan A. Williams
Comparison of Path Planning Approaches of Autonomous Vehicles for Obstacle Avoidance Application, Duo Zhang
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2020
HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING TO PREDICT THE RESPONSE OF CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE, Rukayat Bukola Adeosun
VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLE VACCINE MANUFACTURING FROM YEAST, Ananya Ananya
Sensitivity and Uncertainty Quantification of Continuum and Stochastic Bond Dissociation Kinetics Based Cohesive Laws, Rishabh Awasthi
IMPLEMENTATION OF A CHANNEL-AWARE ROUTING PROTOCOL IN THE NETWORK SIMULATOR FOR UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION NETWORKING, Adesoji Bello
QUANTIFYING WATER RECHARGE AND WATER USE IN HAND DUG WELLS: A CASE STUDY OF THIAWOR, SENEGAL, WEST AFRICA, Celine Carus
A FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING ASSESSMENT AND LEARNING TOOLS FOR DIGITAL SKILLS, Ann Ciesla
Phase Resolved Analysis of Pulsar PSR J2032.2+4126, Aishwarya Satyawan Dahiwale