Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2015
HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES IN THE WORKPLACE: THE CASE OF CAMEROON TEA ESTATE (CTE), A RISK COMMUNICATION APPROACH, Belekeh Chowaing Chagra
FINITE VOLUME METHODS FOR LINEAR PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH DELTA-SINGULARITIES, Nattaporn Chuenjarern
ENVISIONING QUEER THROUGH DIGITAL MEDIA: DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY-BASED WORKSHOP IN MEDIA ANALYSIS FOR LGBTQIA+ YOUTH, Cynthia Delaney
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF INTEGRATION OF A NON-CYLINDRICAL CNG FUEL TANK, Prathamesh Prashant Deshpande
GUIDING TEACHERS TO USE INQUIRY TEACHING IN THE CLASSROOM, Danielle DiFalco
ANALYSIS OF NO2 AND HCHO VERTICAL COLUMN DENSITIES IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION USING THE OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENT, David J. Faber
FOSSIL PLANTS AND PALYNOMORPHS FROM THE LATE PALEOZOIC CUTLER FORMATION, EASTERN PARADOX BASIN, Kendall R. Grazul
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A RADTHERM MODEL TO PREDICT EXHAUST SYSTEM BEHAVIOR FOR A HYBRID XM1124 HMMWV, Souman Haldar
RATE OF CONVERGENCE OF MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATORS UNDER RELAXED SMOOTHNESS CONDITIONS ON THE LIKELIHOOD FUNCTION, Brent Halonen
APPLICATION OF A HAZARD RATING SYSTEM FOR ROCK SLOPES ALONG A TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR USING REMOTE SENSING, Samantha M. Justice
Blind area target aiming system and preference selection training system design, Zhine Kang
Can Community Connection Be Learned? A Case Study, Carrie L. Karvakko
DON'T GET TESTY ABOUT IT: CAN TEACHING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IMPROVE ACT SCORES?, Glenda L. LaBruyere
MULTI- HOLE IMPINGING JET SPRAY ANALYSIS IN ENGINE-LIKE CONDITIONS, Sanjeet Limbu
DEVELOPMENT OF HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATION SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC POWER STEERING CONTROLLER TESTING, Chuanliangzi Liu
The Bootstrap Estimation In Time Series, Yun Liu
WRITING A COMMUNITY GUIDEBOOK FOR EVALUATING LOW-GRADE GEOTHERMAL ENERGY FROM FLOODED UNDERGROUND MINES FOR HEATING AND COOLING BUILDINGS, Edward Peace Louie
STUDY OF NON-RECIPROCAL DICHROISM IN PHOTONIC STRUCTURES, Anindya Majumdar
COMBINED FLOW AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF PLASTIC EXTRUSION DIE, Abhilash Marthi Somashankar
A SUB-BASIN WATER RESOURCE QUANTIFICATION AND AQUIFER PRODUCTIVITY ASSESSMENT FOR THE NORTHWEST BOREHOLE SCHEME NEAR OPUWO, NAMIBIA, Lucas C. Moilanen
SPACECRAFT ATTITUDE CONTROL USING MAGNETIC ACTUATORS, Karthik Mysore Srinivasa
POSE ESTIMATION AND 3D RECONSTRUCTION USING SENSOR FUSION, Anuj S. Potnis
CHARACTERIZATION OF ELECTRODEPOSITED POLYANILINE BIOSENSOR PLATFORM FOR ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7 DETECTION, Sterling Prince
ACCESS CONTROL PROGRAMMING LIBRARY AND EXPLORATION SYSTEM, Zhitao Qiu
EXAMINING POLICY CAPACITY INITIATIVES WITHIN CLIMATE CHANGE FRAMEWORKS IN THREE US AND CANADIAN SECTORS USING NVIVO CONTENT ANALYSIS, Mehjabeen Rahman
MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF BUILDING HVAC SYSTEMS, Meysam Razmara
CRITERIA FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT DESIGN WITH 3D PRINTING IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD, Benjamin L. Savonen
MODIFIED DESIGN OF THE COIL PROBE FOR HIGH FIELD MRI, Bahram Seifi
WATER USE AND SYSTEM RELIABILITY UNDER DIESELGENERATOR AND SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWERED PUMPING SYSTEMS: A CASE STUDY OF SOLLA TOGO, Alicia R. Sherrin
PERSPECTIVES ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS, Raquel Taveras
Decomposing the blocks of a Steiner triple system of order 4v-3 into partial parallel classes of size v-1, Leah C. Tollefson
COMPRESSION BEHAVIOR AT HIGH STRAIN RATE FOR AN ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE, Daniel J. VanSlembrouck
BIAS-CORRECTED MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION OF THE PARAMETERS OF THE WEIGHTED LINDLEY DISTRIBUTION, Wentao Wang
Kitchen 2.0: Investigation of the Effect of Ventilation on Indoor Air Quality, Kelli Marie Whelan
3D PRINTING, OPEN-SOURCE TECHNOLOGY AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN RESEARCH, Chenlong Zhang
Optical Access Engine Setup and Validation, Jiongxun (Justin) Zhang
EFFECT OF INTAKE EXPANSION CHAMBER VOLUME ON ENGINE PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS, Yu Zhao
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2014
MEASURING HEAD IMPACT CONTACT PRESSURE IN COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL GAMES TO CORRELATE HEAD KINEMATICS TO BRAIN KINETICS ELUCIDATING BRAIN INJURY DYNAMICS, Chandrika S. Abhang
DISTRIBUTED APPROACH FOR SOLVING OPTIMAL POWER FLOW PROBLEMS IN THREE-PHASE UNBALANCED DISTRIBUTION NETWORK, Theyab R. AlSenani
A 45nm CMOS DESIGN OF NEUROMORPHIC SYSTEM, Jehanzeb Ashraf
INTEGRATION OF GT-POWER ENGINE MODEL WITH DSPACE VEHICLE MODEL FOR CO-SIMULATION AND VALIDATION, Pankaj Prabhakar Badgujar
THE EXPERIENCE OF RESEARCH, GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP OF THE MiTEP PROGRAM, Yonee E. Bryant-Kuiphoff
A STUDY OF A LANDSLIDE IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, Caitlin L. Bukovitz
INCORPORATING STIMULATING QUICK-WRITE PROMPTS WITHIN A SECONDARY SCIENCE CLASSROOM: A CASE STUDY IN LESOTHO, Eduardo J. Cabret
EFFECT OF FUEL SPRAY IMPINGMENT ON ENGINE PERFORMANCE IN A GASOLINE TURBOCHARGED DIRECT INJECTION (GTDI) ENGINE, Anshaj Chadha
DENSITY OF AMORPHOUS CARBON BY USING DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY, Sorayot Chinkanjanarot
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF PARTIAL LOW RISK DEPLOYMENT IN A FIXED VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT, Charles A. Clement
ON THE EFFECT OF VIRTUAL REALITY ON STUDENT UNDERSTANDING OF AND INTEREST IN PHYSICS, Isaac D. Crouch
MAXIMAL ARCS, ABOVE AND BEYOND, Diego Domenzain-Gonzale
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF HOME USE PORTABLE SMART ELECTRONICS, Liqiang Du
MICHIGAN TEACHER EXCELLENCE PROGRAM: A CATALYST FOR CHANGE, Angela Ernstes
MICHIGAN TEACHER EXCELLENCE PROGRAM: PROVIDING THE CONFIDENCE TO DRIVE CHANGES IN SCIENCE EDUCATION, Joshua D. Ernstes
A REPORT ON THE MITEP PROGRAM AND ITS IMPACT ON MY TEACHING, Nicholas C. Grabemeyer
IMPACT OF ENGINE CALIBRATION ON PM OXIDATION IN A CATALYZED PARTICULATE FILTER OVER A TRANSIENT CYCLE: A MODELLING STUDY, Ajinkya A. Gujar
ACTIVE AND REACTIVE POWER CONTROL IN BIDIRECTIONAL DC-LINK CONVERTER, Irfan Haider
3D GEOSPATIAL VISUALIZATION WITH INTEGRATED ATTRIBUTE DATA, Sri Krishna Murthy Hari
INCORPORATING REAL SCIENCE INTO THE SECONDARY CLASSROOM: AEROSOLS AND CLIMATE CHANGE, Lorentyna M. Harkness
PARTITIONING THE BLOCKS OF A STEINER TRIPLE SYSTEM INTO PARTIAL PARALLEL CLASSES, Jezerca Hodaj
SVPWM SWITCHING PATTERN FOR Z-SOURCE INVERTER, SIMULATION AND APPLICATION, Zhe Huang
HOUSEHOLD SOLAR POWER SYSTEM, He Jiang
IMPROVEMENTS IN SUSTAINABILITY OF GRAVITY-FED WATER SYSTEMS IN THE COMARCA NGÄBE-BUGLÉ, PANAMA: SPRING CAPTURES AND CIRCUIT RIDER MODEL, Erica Kathryn Jones
MICHIGAN TEACHER EXCELLENCE PROGRAM: PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND IMPACT, Rebecca A. Joyce
DRTA ACCOMPANYING SQ3R COLLABORATIVE ACTION RESEARCH AND REFLECTION ON MITEP PROGRAM, Dawn M. Kahler
ENGINE TESTS WITH - IMAGING OF "NOSTRUM IMPINGING JET INJECTORS” AND RESULTS OF DIRECT WATER INJECTION IN A SPARK IGNITED ENGINE AT HIGH COMPRESSION RATIO, Yogesh P. Kanabar
IMPLEMENTATION OF SWING CENTER VOLTAGE METHOD FOR POWER SWING DETECTION USING SYNCHROPHASOR TECHNOLOGY, Amol Pramod Kathe
EXTREMELY SUBWAVELENGTH NEGATIVE INDEX METAMATERIAL, Suhail Khader Khan
THE IMPACTS OF MITEP ON MY CAREER IN EDUCATION, Kari A. Luckett
AUTOMATIC LABELING OF RSS ARTICLES USING ONLINE LATENT DIRICHLET ALLOCATION, Zhe Lu
TANK SIZING AND OPTIMIZING LOOP PLACEMENT IN A BRANCHED WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, Colin G. McCorkle
WATER ACCESS AND MAINTENANCE IN KARONGA, MALAWI, Donald A. Norris
PROOF OF CONCEPT PROTOTYPE FOR A RAILROAD PEDESTRIAN WARNING SYSTEM USING WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS, Puneeth Ramesh
EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL TRANSLOAD FACILITY LOCATIONS IN THE UPPER PENINSULA (UP) OF MICHIGAN, Irfan Rasul
PROSPECTS AND ISSUES FOR FUEL CELLS WITH FREIGHT RAIL TRANSPORTATION, Adriano Rothschild
A SURVEY OF DISTANCE MAGIC GRAPHS, Rachel Rupnow
BENEFICIAL REUSE OF LOCALLY-AVAILABLE WASTE MATERIALS AS LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE IN LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE, Brienna E. Rust
THE EFFECT OF SOLID DEPOSIT FORMATIONS ON SI PFI ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND CONTROL, Henry John Schmidt VII
DEVELOPMENT OF CONFORMABLE CNG TANK FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATION, Sachin P. Shinde
INTEGRATING HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY: A CASE STUDY, Heather L. Simpson
STATE-AND-TRANSITION MODELING AND ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT: TOOLS FOR FUTURE CO-DEVELOPMENT OF MADAGASCAR’S NATURAL RESOURCES AND PEOPLE, Patrick Thomas Spencer
FAULT MORPHOLOGY WITHIN THE SOUTHERN KENYAN PORTION OF THE EAST AFRICAN RIFT VALLEY, Justin B. Wargelin
STABILITY ANALYSIS OF THE SLOPE ALONG US-2 BETWEEN EPOUFETTE BAY AND THE CUT RIVER BRIDGE, Stephanie Watts-Garcia
STUDY OF A DIRECT SAMPLING METHOD FOR THE INVERSE MEDIUM SCATTERING PROBLEM, Natasha Weerasinghe
MICHIGAN TEACHER EXCELLENCE PROGRAM: A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE, Claudia Witt
THE THREE DIMENSIONAL SHAPE AND ROUGHNESS OF MINERAL DUST, Xinxin Woodward
IMPACT OF CAM SPLAY ANGLE IN A SPARK IGNITED ENGINE WITH VARIABLE VALVE TIMING, Zhuyong Yang
SCALABLE APPROXIMATION OF KERNEL FUZZY C-MEANS, Zijian Zhang
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2013
THE EFFECT OF EASTERN KENTUCKY COAL FIRES ON LOCAL AIR QUALITY AND PERSONAL HEALTH, Eric C. Abbott
MODEL-BASED DESIGN AND HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATION OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEMS, Pushkar Vivek Agashe
BIOMASS FUEL-BRIQUETTES AND IMPROVED STOVES IN DINSHO, ETHIOPIA, Brian W. Barbre
EVALUATING THE INSTALLATION AND PERFORMANCE OF MANUALLY DRILLED WELLS IN NORTH-EASTERN MADAGASCAR, Luke John Paul Barrett
THE HOLOGRAPHIC DETECTOR FOR CLOUDS FROM TRL 5 TO TRL 8, Matthew Jacob Beals
A TWO-STAGE MICROBIAL FUEL CELL SYSTEM TO CONVERT SOLID ORGANIC WASTE TO ELECTRICITY, Tristan T. Beaster
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HEURISTIC OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS, Rohit A. Bhatia