Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2024
A MULTIMOLECULAR PERSPECTIVE ON THE SUCCESS OF WOLF RECOVERY AND RELOCATION, Samuel D. Hervey
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
Establishing Silphids in the invertebrate DNA toolbox: a proof of concept, Katherine E. Higdon, Kristin Brzeski, Melanie A. Ottino, and Tara Bal
Photodegradation stability of huminated European pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) microveneers, Reza Hosseinpourpia and Amir Ghavidel
Investigation of Operational Parameter Differences between the Standard RON Test Method and Knock-Limited Modern Spark-Ignition Engine Operation, Alexander Hoth
Enhancing Cardiomyocyte Resilience to Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury: The Therapeutic Potential of an Indole-Peptide-Tempo Conjugate (IPTC), Shanshan Hou, Xin Yan, Xiang Gao, Steffen Jockusch, K. Michael Gibson, Zhiying Shan, and Lanrong Bi
Ecological Studies of Wolves on Isle Royale, Sarah Hoy, Rolf O. Peterson, and John Vucetich
A historical contingency hypothesis for population ecology, Sarah Hoy, Rolf O. Peterson, and John A. Vucetich
WRF-ELM v1.0: a Regional Climate Model to Study Atmosphere-Land Interactions Over Heterogeneous Land Use Regions, Huilin Huang, Yun Qian, Gautam Bisht, Jiali Wang, Tirthankar Chakraborty, Dalei Hao, Pengfei Xue, and et al.
Near-collapse of the geomagnetic field may have contributed to atmospheric oxygenation and animal radiation in the Ediacaran Period, Wentao Huang, John A. Tarduno, Tinghong Zhou, Mauricio Ibañez-Mejia, Laércio Dal Olmo-Barbosa, Edinei Koester, Eric G. Blackman, Aleksey V. Smirnov, Gabriel Ahrendt, Rory D. Cottrell, Kenneth P. Kodama, Richard K. Bono, David G. Sibeck, Yong Xiang Li, Francis Nimmo, Shuhai Xiao, and Michael K. Watkeys
Author Correction: The flying spider-monkey tree fern genome provides insights into fern evolution and arborescence (Nature Plants, (2022), 8, 5, (500-512), 10.1038/s41477-022-01146-6), Xiong Huang, Wenling Wang, Ting Gong, David Wickell, Li Yaung Kuo, Xingtan Zhang, Jialong Wen, Hoon Kim, Fachuang Lu, Hansheng Zhao, Song Chen, Hui Li, Wenqi Wu, Changjiang Yu, Su Chen, Wei Fan, Shuai Chen, Xiuqi Bao, Li Li, Dan Zhang, Longyu Jiang, Dipak Khadka, Xiaojing Yan, Zhenyang Liao, Gongke Zhou, Yalong Guo, John Ralph, Ronald R. Sederoff, Hairong Wei, Ping Zhu, and Fay Wei Li
Radiation Force Modeling for a Wave Energy Converter Array, Salman Husain, Gordon Parker, David Forehand, and Enrico Anderlini
Progress in energy: USA–Canada special issue on energy, Yun Hang Hu
Editorial for the Special Issue on Nanomaterials for Micro/Nanodevices, Amir Hussain Idrisi
Data Driven and Machine Learning Based Modeling and Predictive Control of Combustion at Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition Engines, Behrouz Khoshbakht Irdmousa
Cutting-edge developments in zinc oxide nanoparticles: synthesis and applications for enhanced antimicrobial and UV protection in healthcare solutions, Egwonor Loveth Irede, Raymond Femi Awoyemi, Babatunde Owolabi, Omowunmi Rebecca Aworinde, Rofiat Odunayo Kajola, Ajibola Hazeez, Ayuba Adawale Raji, Latifat Oluwatobi Ganiyu, Chimezie O. Onukwuli, Asishana Paul Onivefu, and Ikhazuagbe Hilary Ifijen
Multi-modal investigation of the bone micro- and ultrastructure, and elemental distribution in the presence of Mg-xGd screws at mid-term healing stages, Kamila Iskhakova, Hanna Cwieka, Svenja Meers, Heike Helmholz, Anton Davydok, Malte Storm, Ivo Matteo Baltruschat, Silvia Galli, Daniel Pröfrock, Olga Will, Mirko Gerle, Timo Damm, Sandra Sefa, Weilue He, Keith MacRenaris, Malte Soujon, Felix Beckmann, Julian Moosmann, Thomas O'Hallaran, Roger J. Guillory, D. C.Florian Wieland, Berit Zeller-Plumhoff, and Regine Willumeit-Römer
Nature-Derived Flame Retardant for Cotton Fabrics with Green Coconut Shells, Tarikul Islam, Abdullah Al Rakib Shikder, Md Shahabul Hossen, Md Mazbah Uddin, Md Tanvir Hossain, and M. Mahbubul Bashar
Benchmarking a Wide Range of Unsupervised Learning Methods for Detecting Anomaly in Blast Furnace, Kendai Itakura, Dukka Bahadur, and Hiroto Saigo
Non-invasive methods for monitoring weasels: emerging technologies and priorities for future research, David S. Jachowski, Scott M. Bergeson, Stacy Cotey, Elizabeth Croose, Tim R. Hofmeester, Jenny MacPherson, and et al.
Theoretical advances in predicting the thermoelectric performance of materials, Mukesh Jakhar, Poonam Chauhan, Ashok Kumar, and Ravindra Pandey
Factors influencing faculty's adoption of engineering technology: A qualitative study, Michelle Jarvie-Eggart, Shari L. Stockero, and Alfred Owusu-Ansah
Laboratory evaluation and field demonstration of cold in-place recycling asphalt mixture in Michigan low-volume road, Dongzhao Jin, Lei Yin, Lance Malburg, and Zhanping You
Stories, People, and Industrial Heritage Landscapes: Integrating Spatial Narratives and Deep Mapping for use in Public Heritage, James A. Juip
Performance evaluation of bio-oil and high rubber content modified asphalt: More effective waste utilization, Zihao Ju, Dongdong Ge, Songtao Lv, Dongzhao Jin, Yanhua Xue, Jianping Xian, and Wenhui Zhang
Predicting USCS soil texture classes utilizing soil spectra and deep learning, Anush Kumar Kasaragod, Jobin Thomas, Thomas Oommen, Ryan Williams, Sidike Paheding, Abel Reyes Angulo, Jordan Ewing, Michael Cole, and Paramsothy Jayakumar
Optimal Molecular Dynamics System Size for Increased Precision and Efficiency for Epoxy Materials, Khatereh Kashmari, Sagar Patil, Josh Kemppainen, Shankara Gowtham, and Gregory Odegard
Backup subscription scheme for differential protection using IEC61850-9-2 sampled values, Mohammad Khalili Katoulaei, Aamir Rahmani, Hans Kristian Høidalen, Irina Oleinikova, and Bruce A. Mork
Search for Dyson rings around pulsars: unexpected light curves, Ogetay Kayali, Emir Haliki, Kubra Bas, and Robert J. Nemiroff
How Could Future Climate Conditions Reshape a Devastating Lake-Effect Snow Storm?, Miraj Kayastha, Chenfu Huang, Jiali Wang, Yun Qian, Zhao Yang, T. C. Chakraborty, William J. Pringle, Robert D. Hetland, and Pengfei Xue
To what extent do water reuse treatments reduce antibiotic resistance indicators? A comparison of two full-scale systems, Ishi Keenum, Jeanette Calarco, Haniyyah Majeed, E. Eldridge Hager-Soto, Charles Bott, Emily Garner, Valerie J. Harwood, and Amy Pruden
COMPOSITION-THEORETIC SERIES AND FALSE THETA FUNCTIONS, William Keith, Robert Schneider, and Andrew V. Sills
Tree diversity across the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area in relation to climate and social vulnerability, Adrienne B. Keller, Leslie A. Brandt, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Joseph F. Knight, and Sarah E. Hobbie
NOVEL ANALYTICAL APPROACHES FOR THE STUDY OF ENERGY AND NUTRIENT FLOW IN STREAMS, Michelle Catherine Kelly
LUNAR: Automated Input Generation and Analysis for Reactive LAMMPS Simulations, Josh Kemppainen, Jacob R. Gissinger, S. Gowtham, and Gregory Odegard
APPLICATIONS OF INDEPENDENT AND IDENTICALLY DISTRIBUTED (IID) RANDOM PROCESSES IN POLARIMETRY AND CLIMATOLOGY, Dan Kestner
Single-fly genome assemblies fill major phylogenomic gaps across the Drosophilidae Tree of Life, Bernard Y. Kim, Hannah R. Gellert, Samuel H. Church, Anton Suvorov, Sean S. Anderson, Olga Barmina, Sofia G. Beskid, Aaron A. Comeault, K. Nicole Crown, Sarah E. Diamond, Steve Dorus, Takako Fujichika, James A. Hemker, Jan Hrcek, Thomas Werner, and et. al
Detection of wintertime green vegetated cover using object-based classification with open-source remote sensing and geospatial technologies, Jae Sung Kim, Sara P. Syswerda, and Sigrid D. P. Smith
Mixing measurement on hydrogen jet by LIBS under various injection strategies, Youngmin Ki, Jungho Justin Kim, Seong Young Lee, Joonsik Hwang, and Choongsik Bae
Increasing the Dissolution Rate of Polystyrene Waste in Solvent-Based Recycling, Rita Kol, Ruben Denolf, Gwendoline Bernaert, Dave Manhaeghe, Ezra Bar Ziv, George W. Huber, Norbert Niessner, Michiel Verswyvel, Angeliki Lemonidou, Dimitris S. Achilias, and Steven De Meester
Spectral Differencing of Glories Reflects Cloud Droplet Size Distribution, Ilan Koren, Alex Kostinski, and Uri Wollner
Deep space observations of conditionally averaged global reflectance patterns, Alexander Kostinski, Alexander Marshak, and Tamás Várnai
Estimating Polarization Purity With Noise, Alex Kostinski, Dan Kestner, and Jothiram Vivekanandan
Unusual catalytic strategy by non-heme Fe(ii)/2-oxoglutarate-dependent aspartyl hydroxylase AspH, Anandhu Krishnan, Sodiq Waheed, Ann Varghese, Fathima Hameed Cherilakkudy, Christopher J. Schofield, and Tatyana G. Karabencheva-Christova
Controls on Stable Methane Isotope Values in Northern Peatlands and Potential Shifts in Values Under Permafrost Thaw Scenarios, McKenzie A. Kuhn, Ruth K. Varner, Carmody K. McCalley, Clarice R. Perryman, Mika Aurela, Sophia A. Burke, Evan S. Kane, Virginia I. Rich, and et al.
Metagenomic analysis of a glacial ice core record from the contiguous United States, Brian Kvitko, Jason Wallace, Hanish Vasudev Desai, Heather F. Lavender, Jovana Mijatovic, Stephen Techtmann, Brent C. Christner, and Amy Smith
Editorial Commentary on the Special Issue “Antioxidant Therapy for Cardiovascular Diseases”—Cutting-Edge Insights into Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Therapy in Cardiovascular Health, Guim Kwon, K. Michael Gibson, and Lanrong Bi
Shifting the language of ‘invasion’ ecology: two-eyed seeing as a framework for discourse regarding introduced species, Shelby Nicole Lane-Clark, Valoree Gagnon, and Tara Bal
Advancements in the Programmable Hyperspectral Seawater Scanner Measurement Technology for Enhanced Detection of Harmful Algal Blooms, John J. Langan and Jungyun Bae
FSPDE: A Full Stack Plausibly Deniable Encryption System for Mobile Devices, Jinghui Liao, Niusen Chen, Lichen Xia, Bo Chen, and Weisong Shi
Version 1 NOAA-20/OMPS Nadir Mapper total column SO2 product: continuation of NASA long-term global data record, Can Li, Nickolay A. Krotkov, Joanna Joiner, Vitali Fioletov, Chris Mclinden, Debora Griffin, Peter J.T. Leonard, Simon Carn, Colin Seftor, and Alexander Vasilkov
Performance of optimized composition of epoxy resin adhesive used in High Friction Surface Treatment, Jiapeng Li, Xiao Huan, Shubing Wang, Yanping Sheng, Dahui Xu, and Zhanping You
Evaluation of ICESat-2 Significant Wave Height Data with Buoy Observations in the Great Lakes and Application in Examination of Wave Model Predictions, Linfeng Li, Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome, Russ Miller, Dan Titze, and Hayden Henderson
ENHANCING RESILIENCE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURAL SYSTEMS AGAINST SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS, Miaomiao Li
Deep Neural Network-Oriented Indicator Method for Inverse Scattering Problems Using Partial Data, Yule Lin, Xiaoyi Yan, Jiguang Sun, and Juan Liu
Elevational Control of Isotopic Composition and Application in Understanding Hydrologic Processes in the mid Merced River Catchment, Sierra Nevada, California, USA, Fengjing Liu, Martha H. Conklin, and Glenn D. Shaw
Channel Prediction for Underwater Acoustic Communication: A Review and Performance Evaluation of Algorithms, Haotian Liu, Lu Ma, Zhaohui Wang, and Gang Qiao
A Nearly Gapless, Highly Contiguous Reference Genome for a Doubled Haploid Line of Populus ussuriensis, enabling Advanced Genomic Studies, Wenxuan Liu, Caixia Liu, Song Chen, Meng Wang, Xinyu Wang, Hairong Wei, and et al.
A Decentralized Digital Watermarking Framework for Secure and Auditable Video Data in Smart Vehicular Networks, Xinyun Liu, Ronghua Xu, and Yu Chen
AGFI-GAN: An Attention-Guided and Feature-Integrated Watermarking Model Based on Generative Adversarial Network Framework for Secure and Auditable Medical Imaging Application, Xinyun Liu, Ronghua Xu, and Chen Zhao
The role of storage in the emerging Power-to-X Economy: The case of Hawaiʻi, Gabriel Lopez, Arman Aghahosseini, Dmitrii Bogdanov, Rasul Satymov, Ayobami Solomon Oyewo, Barry Solomon, and Christian Breyer
Association of Bovine Arch Anatomy With Incident Stroke After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, Gerardo V. Lo Russo, Hasan S. Alarouri, Abdulah Al-Abcha, Brennan Vogl, Abdulah Mahayni, Agata Sularz, Hoda Hatoum, Jeremy Collins, Juan A. Crestanello, and Mohamad Alkhouli
Aerobic exercise improves depressive symptoms in the unilateral 6-OHDA-lesioned rat model of Parkinson's disease, Hannah Loughlin, Jacob Jackson, Chloe Looman, Alayna Starll, Jeremy Goldman, Zhiying Shan, and Chunxiu Yu
For those who don't know (how) to ask: Building a dataset of technology questions for digital newcomers, Evan Lucas, Kelly S. Steelman, Leo Ureel, and Charles Wallace
Social determinants of rural food security: Findings from Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Hongmei Lu and Angie Carter
Modeling, Control and Validation of a Three-Phase Single-Stage Photovoltaic System, Eubis Pereira Machado, Adeon Cecílio Pinto, Rodrigo Pereira Ramos, Ricardo Menezes Prates, Jadsonlee da Silva Sá, Joaquim Isídio de Lima, Flavio Bezerra Costa, Damásio Fernandes, and Alex Coutinho Pereira
Exploring Learning Paths: Understanding the Learning Strategies of Artificial Intelligence System Users and Their Involvement in Social Forums, Tauseef Ibne Mamun and Shane Mueller
Reflective and dialogical approaches in engineering ethics education, Lavinia Marin, Yousef Jalali, Alexandra Morrison, and Cristina Voinea
The Implications of Waste Streams at Camp Au Train, Timothy J. Maze
NEW METHOD FOR COMPUTING THE EUCLIDEAN CONDITION NUMBER WITH RIM-C, Cody McCarthy
Knockdown of microRNA390 Enhances Maize Brace Root Growth, Juan Meng, Weiya Li, Feiyan Qi, Tianxiao Yang, Na Li, Jiong Wan, Xiaoqi Li, Yajuan Jiang, Chenhui Wang, Meilian Huang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yongqiang Chen, Sachin Teotia, Guiliang Tang, Zhanhui Zhang, and Jihua Tang
Species Abundance Modelling of Arctic-Boreal Zone Ducks Informed by Satellite Remote Sensing, Michael Allan Merchant, Michael Battaglia, Nancy H. French, Kevin Smith, Howard V. Singer, Llwellyn Armstrong, Vanessa B. Harriman, and Stuart Slattery
A JWST Survey of the Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A, Dan Milisavljevic, Tea Temim, Ilse De Looze, Danielle Dickinson, J. Martin Laming, Robert Fesen, John C. Raymond, Richard G. Arendt, Jacco Vink, Bettina Posselt, George G. Pavlov, Ori D. Fox, Ethan Pinarski, Bhagya Subrayan, Judy Schmidt, William P. Blair, Armin Rest, Daniel Patnaude, Bon Chul Koo, Jeonghee Rho, Salvatore Orlando, Hans Thomas Janka, Moira Andrews, Michael J. Barlow, Adam Burrows, Roger Chevalier, Geoffrey Clayton, Claes Fransson, Christopher Fryer, Haley L. Gomez, and Florian Kirchschlager
The above L-band and P-band airborne synthetic aperture radar surveys, Charles E. Miller, Peter C. Griffith, Elizabeth Hoy, Naiara S. Pinto, Yunling Lou, Scott Hensley, Bruce D. Chapman, Jennifer Baltzer, Kazem Bakian-Dogaheh, W. Robert Bolton, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Richard H. Chen, Byung Hun Choe, Leah K. Clayton, Thomas A. Douglas, Nancy H. French, Jean E. Holloway, Gang Hong, Lingcao Huang, Go Iwahana, Liza K. Jenkins, John S. Kimball, Tatiana Loboda, Michelle Mack, Philip Marsh, Roger J. Michaelides, Mahta Moghaddam, Andrew Parsekian, Kevin Schaefer, Paul R. Siqueira, and Debjani Singh
MATRIX STIFFNESS SENSING BY NASCENT ADHESIONS AND THE ROLE OF RIAM IN ADHESION ASSEMBLY, Nikhil Mittal
Myosin-independent stiffness sensing by fibroblasts is regulated by the viscoelasticity of flowing actin, Nikhil Mittal, Etienne B. Michels, Andrew E. Massey, Yunxiu Qiu, Shaina P. Royer-Weeden, Bryan R. Smith, Alexander X. Cartagena-Rivera, and Sangyoon J. Han
Polymerizing actin regulates myosin-independent mechanosensing by modulating actin elasticity and flow fluctuation, Nikhil Mittal, Etienne Michels, Kathleen Pakenas, Shaina P. Royer-Weeden, and Sangyoon J. Han
RECYCLING WASTE PLASTICS FROM E-WASTE AND HOUSEHOLD SOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE ASPHALT CONSTRUCTION, Sepehr Mohammadi
Design and Analysis of Self-Tanked Stepwise Charging Circuit for Four-Phase Adiabatic Logic, William Morell and Jin Woo Choi
UNDERSTANDING SUBTLE GENDER BIAS RECOGNITION AMONG WITNESSES IN A STEM UNDERGRADUATE CONTEXT, Darnishia Lashalle Morris
Genome size influences plant growth and biodiversity responses to nutrient fertilization in diverse grassland communities, Joseph A. Morton, Carlos Alberto Arnillas, Lori Biedermann, Elizabeth T. Borer, Lars A. Brudvig, Yvonne M. Buckley, Marc W. Cadotte, Kendi Davies, Ian Donohue, Anne Ebeling, Nico Eisenhauer, Catalina Estrada, Sylvia Haider, Yann Hautier, Anke Jentsch, Holly Martinson, Rebecca L. McCulley, Xavier Raynaud, Christiane Roscher, Eric W. Seabloom, Carly J. Stevens, Katerina Vesela, Alison Wallace, Ilia J. Leitch, Andrew R. Leitch, and Erika Hersch-Green
EXPLORING USABILITY IN EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS: FROM CONCEPTUALIZATION TO MEASUREMENT AND APPLICATION, Anne Inger Mørtvedt
Experimental investigation of long-term performance of fiber-reinforced epoxy and polyurethane polymer composites, Abdel Hamid I. Mourad, Amir Hussain Idrisi, Asima Zahoor, Muhammad M. Sherif, and Beckry M. Abdel-Magid
Light curve and hardness tests for millilensing in GRB 081122A, GRB 081126A, GRB 110517B, and GRB 210812A, Oindabi Mukherjee and Robert J. Nemiroff
Light curve and hardness tests for millilensing in GRB 950830, GRB 090717A, and GRB 200716C, Oindabi Mukherjee and Robert J. Nemiroff
Assessing visibility at highway-rail grade crossings using light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology, Mohsen Naghdi, Pasi T. Lautala, and Abdolmajid Erfani
Morphological Changes of Liver Among Post-Fontan Surgery Patients, Varatharajan Nainamalai, Håvard Bjørke Jenssen, Khadiza Tun Suha, Mostafa Rezaeitaleshmahalleh, Min Wang, Sarah Khan, Marcus Haw, Jingfeng Jiang, and Joseph Vettukattil
The Effect of Seasonal Ice Cover Duration on Shoreline Erosion in Lake Michigan, Ryan S. Navarre
Land use change and forest management effects on soil carbon stocks in the Northeast U.S., Lucas E. Nave, Kendall DeLyser, Grant M. Domke, Scott M. Holub, Maria K. Janowiak, Adrienne B. Keller, Matthew P. Peters, Kevin A. Solarik, Brian F. Walters, and Christopher W. Swanston
Aluminum Critical Mineral Production Feasibility via Landfill Mining: Preliminary study of potential project locations and co-benefits, Anabel M. Needham
Valorization of Spent Vetiver Roots for Biochar Generation, Sameer Neve, Dibyendu Sarkar, Manas Warke, Teresa Bandosz, and Rupali Datta
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
Editorial: Mitral valve disease: mechanisms to therapies, Maria Carmo Nunes, Hoda Hatoum, Alison M. Pouch, and Muralidhar Padala
Characterization of non-Gaussianity in the snow distributions of various landscapes, Noriaki Ohara, Andrew D. Parsekian, Benjamin M. Jones, Rodrigo C. Rangel, Kenneth M Hinkel, and Rui A.P. Perdigão
Efficient alkaline water electrolysis with an iron-incorporated yttrium oxide/yttrium phosphide nanorod catalyst on Ni foam: overpotential reduction and electrochemical insights, Subash Pandey and Rudy L. Luck
Role of Carbonyl Compounds for N-Nitrosamine Formation during Nitrosation: Kinetics and Mechanisms, Yishuai Pan, Florian Breider, Benjamin Barrios, Daisuke Minakata, Huiping Deng, and Urs von Gunten
ALGORITHMS FOR COORDINATING MULTIPLE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES UNDER VARIOUS CONSTRAINTS WITH EMPHASIS ON WORKLOAD BALANCING, Abhishek Patil
FROM TECHNICAL RESOLUTION TO AGILE EVOLUTION: A BLENDED ROLE AT HUMANE INTERFACE DESIGN ENTERPRISE (HIDE), Ketansingh Anil Patil