Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2026
ROLE OF DIFFERENT GANGUE MINERALS ON PYRRHOTITE FLOTATION, Oloruntoba S. Agbelusi
PERFORMANCE COMPARISON OF A LOW MASS VIBRATORY LUNAR SURFACE COMPACTOR IN VACUUM VERSUS ATMOSPHERE, Robin D. Austerberry
COMPARISON OF FIXED TILT AND SINGLE AXIS TRACKING SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS DURING WINTER, Isobel R. Bowker
GROWTH AND BIOCHEMICAL RESPONSES OF PHASEOLUS VULGARIS TO PFAS-CONTAMINATED SOILS AND ALUMINUM WATER TREATMENT RESIDUALS., Tadiwanashe Chikanda
SYNTHESIS AND NON-INVASIVE YIELD CHARACTERIZATION OF HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE NANOPARTICLES, Matthew Cowles
CORRELATION OF MWD PARAMETERS AND SOIL PROPERTIES IN NEBRASKA WITH GEOSPATIAL VISUALIZATION OF BOREHOLE DATA, Michael N. Erzuah
REPORT ON A GPR SURVEY OF THE COPPER HARBOR CEMETERY, COPPER HARBOR, MICHIGAN, Grace Griffin
MEASUREMENT OF WAVE ELEVATION USING PIEZO-ELECTRIC HYDROPHONE, Ace D. Hobbs
TORQUE-BASED DETECTION AND ISOLATION OF BUCKET-SPECIFIC LOAD VARIATIONS IN A CONTINUOUS BUCKET LADDER EXCAVATOR, Mason R. Krause
DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A MINIATURIZED PORTABLE EMISSIONS MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, Justin M. Kurncz
DIHEDRAL ANGLE DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS: THERMODYNAMICS, STATISTICS, AND IMPLEMENTATION, Tristan Muzzy
An Investigation on Downwind Impacts of the Keweenaw Peninsula on Lake-Effect Snow Events, Thomas M. Pavell
A TUNABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING – ESTABLISHING GELATIN AND NANOFIBERS FOR 3D CELL CULTURE, Edward James Sloan III
AQUEOUS IRON ELECTROWINNING: FROM ELECTROLYTE ENGINEERING TO THE UNEXPLORED POTENTIAL OF ACETATE SYSTEMS, Chodwell N. Verenga
NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF A SIMPLE, LOW-ENERGY LUNAR VOLATILE SEPARATION TECHNOLOGY, Eleanor L. Zimmermann
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2025
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION FOR HEATING AND COOLING: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE RURAL NORTH, Nelly Aghaei
ANSI Z97 Impact Testing of Thin Glass, Justin P. Anthony
Review of Geologic Hydrogen, Theo Asumah
INVESTIGATING DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL VULNERABILITY TO WILDFIRE: A CASE STUDY OF WESTERN MONTANA, Ella Brodowski
IDENTIFYING PATTERNS IN AVIAN PLASMA METABOLITES FOR USE IN COMPARING BETWEEN-SITE DIFFERENCES IN HABITAT QUALITY, Katherine A. Brouwer
THE ROLE OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS TECHNIQUES IN ANALYSIS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES IN JANUARY 2025, Sara Fitzgibbon
TEST STAND DEVELOPMENT: AN ANALYSIS OF EXCAVATION FORCES WITHIN A SIMULATED LUNAR ENVIRONMENT, Faith D. Gaertner
KEWEENAW HEARTLANDS: BUSINESS CONSIDERATIONS IN RECREATION PLANNING, Courtney A. Hohnholt
Michigan's EV Policies and Energy Justice, Vincent Edache Idoko
Using Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy to Measure Atmospheric Water Vapor Concentrations, Daniel Koshar
A VISION BASED AUTONOMOUS UAV REALTIME OIL SPILL SAMPLING, Innocent Mateyaunga
DEVELOPMENT OF A PROTOTYPE FOR AN EARLY ALERT SYSTEM THAT MEASURES STRAINS IN TIMBER ROOF TRUSS MEMBERS, Caleb Kwadwo Osei Mensah
ENERGY TRANSITIONS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES: MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT TO ADDRESS ENERGY BURDENS AND AIR POLLUTION, Nyasha Milanzi
RELICT PONDEROSA PINE MORTALITY AND FUELS STUDY IN THE BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS, MONTANA, USA, Laura K. Schimmel
EVALUATING CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS FOR BUCKTHORN CLASSIFICATION IN SHADOWED ENVIRONMENTS, Moses Tangwam
CLIMATE PLANNING, ENERGY SOVEREIGNTY, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE PERCEPTIONS AMONG MICHIGAN’S TRIBAL NATIONS, Alexis Belle Tater
Effects of Spatial Variability on Bearing Capacity of Deep Soil Mixing Columns, Kipkorir Y. Yano
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
2D DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF LOW-PRANDTL NUMBER RAYLEIGH-BÉNARD CONVECTION, Reed Downs
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
TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOOD MODELING OF HURON CREEK IN HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN, Sara Khoshnevis
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
The Effect of Seasonal Ice Cover Duration on Shoreline Erosion in Lake Michigan, Ryan S. Navarre
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
Implementing Associative Learning Using Neuromorphic Robot, Vinay Kumar Pillalamarri
SPECIFICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ARM ISA USING ADL, Jonathan A. Rabideau
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
THE IMPACT OF EYE-TRACKING ON MIXED REALITY TYPING, Cecilia Schmitz
ASSESSMENT OF SURFACE WAVINESS IN A WIRE ARC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS, Shammas Mahmood Shafi
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