The Graduate School is pleased to announce new theses and dissertations are now available in the J.R. van Pelt and Opie Library from the following programs:
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Forest Ecology and Management
- Geological Engineering
- Geology
- Geophysics
- Industrial Archaeology
- Mathematical Sciences
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Alejandro Avendano Cecena
Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Bruce Mork
Dissertation title: Transformer Modeling in ATP: Internal Faults & High-Frequency Discretization
Renee Blackburn
Master of Science in Industrial Archaeology
Advisor: Susan R Martin
Thesis title: Preserving and Interpreting the Mining Company Office: Landscape, Space and Technological Change in the Management of the Copper Industry
Matthew Chye
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Tony Neal Rogers
Dissertation title: Development and Characterization of a Rechargeable Carbon Foam Electrode Containing Nickel Oxyhydroxide Active Mass
Darrin Evans
Master of Science in Civil Engineering
Advisor: Theresa Marie Ahlborn
Thesis title: Determining Bridge Deck Deterioration Through the Use of3D Photogrammetry
Rasika Kishor Gawde
Master of Science in Environmental Engineering
Advisor: Martin T Auer
Thesis title: Modeling Particulate Organic Matter Diagenesis withSED2K
Lisa Gillis
Master of Science in Industrial Archaeology
Advisor: Samuel R Sweitz
Thesis title: Lighthouses as an Overlapping Boundary Between Maritime and Terrestrial Landscapes: How Lighthouses Served to Connect the Growing Industries of the Keweenaw Peninsula with the World Market
Nayyer Islam
Master of Science in Geological Engineering
Advisor: Wayne D Pennington
Thesis title: Sonic Log Prediction in Carbonates
Rajni Kalavendi
Master of Science in Chemistry
Advisor: Sarah A Green
Thesis title: Metal Accumulation in the Flora of Houghton County
Paul Koning
Master of Science in Civil Engineering
Advisor: Theresa Marie Ahlborn
Thesis title: A Comparative Study of Anchorage Strengths of Epoxy Coated Hooked Bars
Melanie Laffin
Master of Science in Mathematical Sciences
Co-Advisors: Melissa Sue Keranen and Sibel Ozkan
Thesis title: Fixed Block Configuration GDDs with Block Size 6and (3,r)-Regular Graphs
Nicole McMahon
Master of Science in Geophysics
Advisor: Gregory Phillip Waite
Thesis title: Automation of Shear-Wave Splitting Parameter Determination of Local Earthquakes at Yellowstone: Application as Indicator of Crustal Stress and Temporal Variation
Margus Paesalu
Master of Science in Forest Ecology and Management
Co-Advisors: Thomas Grant Pypker and Eric Agestam
Thesis title: Tracing the Source of Groundwater for Three Different Coastal Peatlands Along Lake Superior
Anand Puranik
Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Advisor: Gordon G Parker
Dissertation title: Dynamic Modeling, Simulation and Control Design of a Parafoil-Payload System for Ship Launched Aerial Delivery System (SLADS)
Scott Robinson
Master of Science in Forest Ecology and Management
Advisor: Martin F Jurgensen
Thesis title: Assessing Visual Disturbance Conditions on the Custer National Forest
Jesse Silverman
Master of Science in Geology
Advisor: William I Rose
Thesis title: “The Need Obliged Us”: Culture as Capacity During the Hurricane Stan Emergency Response. A Case Study from Tectitan, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Helen Thomas
Doctor of Philosophy in Geology
Co-Advisors: Iain Matthew Watson and Simon Anthony Carn
Dissertation title: Observations of Volcanic Emissions Using Satellite Remote Sensing
Samantha Wojda
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Seth W Donahue
Thesis title: The Effects of Hibernation on Bone in Yellow-Bellied Marmots