This database of exceptional theses can be used as a Kettering undergraduate student resource for writing and structuring the thesis manuscript in APA style/format. Current requirements for the Kettering thesis manuscript content and APA style/format are provided in the students’ Blackboard organization which is available once their topic proposal (Module 2) is approved. Any questions should be directed to thesis@kettering.edu. NOTE: Future theses will be added to this database.
Exemplar Thesis Examples for both Content and APA Style/Format
Kettering Thesis Manuscript Layout Option 1 (Traditional Thesis Layout) Blauwkamp, James (Co-op Thesis) - Winter 2018 Graduate - Pre-Lithiation of 5V Spinel to Increase Lithium Ion Battery Performance (Argonne National Laboratory)
Kettering Thesis Manuscript Layout Option 2 (Custom Publication Layout) Wyatt, Rachel (Research Thesis) - Summer 2019 Graduate - Citizen Stories: Voices From the Flint Water Crisis
Exemplar Thesis Examples for Content
Mechanical Engineering Fick, Benjamin (Research Thesis) - Winter 2018 Graduate - Structural Health Monitoring of Rotating Structures Using a Mobile Digital Image Correlation Platform (Kettering University)
Mechanical Engineering Wendling, Sean (Research Thesis) - Winter 2021 Graduate - Proof of Concept for Durable and Sustainable Small- Scale Energy Production on Native American Reservations (Kettering University)
Physics Englert-Erickson, Michael (Co-op Thesis) - Fall 2019 Graduate - PBX 9502 Gas-Generation (Los Alamos National Lab)
School of Management Moreno, Erick (Entrepreneurship (Business Plan) Thesis) - Fall 2019 Graduate - Janus LLC (Student Driven Project)
Mechanical Engineering Cruz, Sarah (Co-op Thesis) - Spring 2019 Graduate - Geometric Effects Hydrodynamic Lubrication Study on a Gerotor Pump Operating at Low Speed (Delphi Technologies)
Physics Ybarra, Christian (Research Thesis) - Summer 2020 Graduate - Factors Influencing Sustain with the Tapping Technique on an Electric Guitar (Kettering University)
Mathematics Dymond, Garrett (Research Thesis) - Spring 2020 Graduate - A Numerical Method for Processing GPR Data (Kettering University)
