Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Teaching Climate for Understanding: Integrating Pedagogy, Modeling Tools, and Visual Interpretation
(2026-05-01)
This dissertation includes three different projects that focus on increasing climate literacy in a formal education setting through classroom intervention. The first study utilizes a pre- and post-design to assess the ...
Rational Design of Interfacial Properties of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Device Applications using ab initio Calculations
(2026-04-30)
This dissertation presents a computational investigation of two-dimensional (2D) material heterostructures with the goal of understanding and engineering their electronic behavior for device applications, with a particular ...
SHOW US WE MATTER: Black college women nursing students’ experiences of mattering on a majority-Black campus
(2026-04-30)
In recent decades, there has been a growing body of education literature that looks more critically at institutions and institutional practices that perpetuate the marginalization of various groups. Specifically, work ...
Strategic Orientation of Digital Innovation Under Developer Social Dynamics and Environmental Uncertainty
(2026-04-30)
Digital innovation is central to firms’ competitive strategies, yet research remains fragmented on how such strategies emerge and how their configurations influence firm value. While prior work emphasizes top-down managerial ...
Environmental Interfaces and Emerging Contaminants: PFAS Interactions with Microplastics and Dissolved Organic Matter
(2026-04-30)
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a diverse class of over 4,000 synthetic chemicals widely used in industrial and consumer products, including non-stick cookware, food packaging, textiles, and aqueous film-forming ...
Experimental Characterization and Compact Modeling of LDMOS Devices at Cryogenic Temperatures: Extensions to the PSPHV Model
(2026-04-30)
This work presents a comprehensive study of the electrical characteristics and compact modeling of Lateral Diffused MOS (LDMOS) transistors over a wide temperature range from approximately 21 K to 390 K. While LDMOS devices ...
"You have to leave [your autism] at the door”: Understanding high-masking autistic women’s experiences navigating structural and interpersonal stigma
(2026-04-30)
Society’s understanding of how autism presents in women is critically misinformed. Autism in girls and women is misunderstood, as the female phenotype presents differently than how it presents in boys. One of the major ...
An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Wave Dynamics
(2026-04-30)
Rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs) have combustion chamber geometries that are inherently susceptible to tangential combustion instabilities. Low-amplitude pressure oscillations in the combustion chamber couple ...
Development of a Light Field Camera-Based Diagnostics Methodology for Fluid-Structure Interaction
(2026-04-30)
Traditional multi-camera FSI diagnostics are costly, complex to align, and limited by optical access, restricting their use in confined experimental settings for volumetric measurements. This dissertation introduces a ...
A Comparison of Osprey/LCModel and FSL-MRS Fitting Results from Clinical PTSD Data: Baseline Estimation and Fitting Methods with 7T fMRS
(2026-04-30)
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is a powerful tool for investigating the underlying processes of brain disorders. Despite its power, there are concerns about the accuracy and reproducibility of results. These results ...
Advancing Biofloc Aquaponics: Effects of Hydraulic Configuration and Light Exposure on Microbial Dynamics, Nutrient Cycling, and System Productivity
(2026-04-30)
Growing demand for food, water scarcity, and the need for circular and resource-efficient production systems have increased interest in aquaponics as a sustainable method for simultaneous fish and crop production. By ...
Exploring Middle Grades Mathematics Teachers’ Experiences Engaging in Improvement Science to Enhance Their Instructional Practice: A Multiple-Case Study
(2026-04-29)
The purpose of this study was to explore middle grades mathematics teachers’ experiences implementing improvement science methods, including Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles (PDSA Cycles; Bryk et al., 2015) with scaffolded support ...
Black Male Administrators and Their Experiences Disciplining Black Boys
(2026-04-29)
This qualitative study examined how Black male administrators approach the discipline of Black boys through the lens of historical institutionalism. This research explored how these administrators navigated institutional ...
Quantifying Tourists’ Long Distance Destination Search Geographies: Balancing Lengths of Stay and the Time It Takes to Get There
(2026-04-29)
While research pertaining to leisure trips and their many components, such as travel
times, time at destination and travel distances exist, the relationships between them have
not been studied. The academic community has ...
Biochar-/Lignin-containing Microfibrillated Cellulose Fiber Bio-composites for Horticultural Container Applications
(2026-04-29)
Production activities in the horticulture industry mainly rely on petroleum-based plastic containers for cultivating and propagating plants because they are low-cost, absorb little water, and are structurally durable. ...
Black Administrators and Their Experiences Disciplining Black Boys
(2026-04-29)
This qualitative study examined how Black male administrators approach the discipline
of Black boys through the lens of historical institutionalism. This research explored how these
administrators navigated institutional ...
Predicting Student Achievement in the Construction Domain: Correlation of Contributing Factors Given Construction Education Self-Efficacy, Motivation, and Planned Behavior
(2026-04-29)
The construction industry continues to experience increased demand for a skilled and diverse workforce, underscoring the importance of identifying factors associated with student achievement in construction education ...
New Methods for Understanding Immune Protein Interactions
(2026-04-29)
The adaptive immune response plays an essential role in viral detection and clearance and comprises B cells, T cells, and antibodies. The collective immune response arises from a series of single binding events with high ...
Novel Antiviral Oligonucleotide Therapy for Rabies
(2026-04-29)
There are many neuropathic viruses that can cause viral encephalitis in humans that are mostly lethal and incurable. Among these viruses, zoonotic rabies virus (RABV) is invariably fatal to humans following the onset of ...