Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Control System Development for Autonomous Aerobatic Maneuvering with a Fixed-Wing Aircraft
(2014-12-04)
The increasing popularity of unmanned aircraft today has led to the development of more sophisticated vehicles with greater operating capabilities. The multirole nature of many civil and military unmanned aircraft along ...
An Analysis of the Multi-scale Structure of Rough Surfaces
(2014-12-04)
Even with the various surface finishing techniques, all surfaces are rough with different structures and geometric characteristics over multiple scales. The roughness impacts significantly the friction, wear, and surface ...
Catenary Action in Steel Framed Structures with Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Infill & Buckling Restrained Braces
(2014-12-04)
The progressive collapse of structures is considered a major concern for designers since the Ronan Point incident. Preventing and mitigating progressive collapse has become a serious issue for all types of buildings. ...
A Metaheuristic for Autonomous and Self-Organizing Consensus Formation Inspired by Honey Bee Nest Site Selection Behavior
(2014-12-04)
This research presents a self-organizing system for engineering consensus among cooperating, distributed processes and studying consensus negotiation in natural systems that use the quorum sensing mechanism. The presented ...
The Effect of Sand on the Wear of Anodized Aluminum
(2014-12-04)
Sand can cause excessive wear in mechanical systems, especially when the motion is frequent and small in amplitude. A modified block-on-flat wear test of anodized aluminum on hard coat anodized aluminum was used to study ...
Detecting stalled or slow-moving vehicles at night by Optical Sensing - a feasibility study
(2014-12-04)
In developing countries and areas without adequate infrastructure, a system that can work towards automobile accident reduction without heavy infrastructural dependence or in-vehicle installation will have a shorter ...
Polymeric System for Photochemical Generation of H2O2 and Initiator for Photoreduction of Hexavalent Chromium
(2014-12-04)
Stimuli responsive polymers (SRPs) have become a technological advancement in areas of materials, pharmaceuticals, and biomedical applications because the polymers can respond to small changes in the environment which can ...
The Relevance of Foreign Assistance on Self-Development in Post-Colonial Sub-Saharan Africa
(2014-12-04)
For this dissertation, the researcher studies the relevance of foreign development assistance (F.D.A.) in relationship with self-development in post-colonial Sub-Saharan Africa, dating from 1960 through 2010. This ...
Poly(ethylene glycol)-based Hydrogel to Support Endothelialization and Vascularization by Endothelial Progenitor Cells
(2014-12-04)
Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) have the potential to become a reliable source of autologous cells for endothelialization of intravascular devices and vascularization of tissue engineered constructs. Endothelial colony ...
A 9.4 Tesla Transmit and Receive MRI Quadrature Birdcage Coil Design and Fabrication for Mouse imaging
(2014-12-04)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is an image modality used for clinical diagnosis as well as animal research. The study described in this thesis is intended for animal MRI application. In order to acquire high-resolution ...
Position Bias Interferes with Auditory Same/Different Abstract-Concept Learning by Dogs
(2014-12-04)
Canine cognition is a growing area of research, however the domestic dog’s ability to utilize a same/different abstract concept has yet to be explored. In Experiment 1, six domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) were trained on ...
War in the Pine Barrens: The Civil War Era in South-Central and Southeastern Alabama
(2014-12-04)
When the American Civil War erupted in 1861, the eight counties that comprised south-central and southeastern Alabama responded by sending thousands of men to fight in southern armies. This corner of the Confederacy, and ...
The PC Sound Card as a Voltage Measurement Platform in Power System Applications
(2014-11-24)
In this thesis document, the feasibility of using a PC sound card to replace traditional data acquisition (DAQ) devices for the measurement of voltage signals in power system applications is discussed. Communication between ...
Sequestosome 1/p62 and TRAF6 are necessary for Akt ubiquitination, translocation and activation
(2014-11-24)
Defects in protein-protein interactions of the insulin signaling pathway result in insulin resistance that precedes type 2 diabetes. The protein Akt is the primary modulator of cellular glucose uptake through the GLUT4 ...
Evaluation of Inlet Protection Practices (IPPs) Using Large-Scale Testing Techniques
(2014-11-24)
Most roadway construction efforts disturb existing vegetation thereby exposing bare soil to environmental variables that cause erosion. Soil eroded during storm events is conveyed by stormwater runoff and may become ...
Model Order Reduction
(2014-11-24)
Model Order Reduction (MOR) is a wide area, and it has many techniques. In this thesis, we focus on Krylov subspaces method and Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD).We show some details about these two methods. A MATLAB ...
Detecting and Characterizing Voltage Sags and Swells Using RMS Variation Calculations
(2014-11-24)
Power quality is of increasing interest in the field of power engineering. Analyzing variations in power quality is essential to determining the causes of fluctuations in the power system. Sifting through data to find ...
The Effect of College Student Athletes' Academic Motivation and Athletic Motivation on Overall College Satisfaction
(2014-11-24)
The purpose of this study was to acquire information about student athletes’ academic motivation, athletic motivation, and overall college satisfaction in relation to gender. The participants included 101 varsity student ...
An Examination of Gender and Occupational Training on Grade Point Averages of Postsecondary Career Technical Education Graduates in Alabama
(2014-11-24)
Career technical education programs are viewed as an essential resource to addressing the economic and workforce development needs in the State of Alabama. The primary impetus for this study is to determine whether students ...
Studies on Extraction of Fucoxanthin and Its Potential Anti‐obesity Effect
(2014-11-24)
Fucoxanthin is an epoxy carotenoid with important beneficial bioactivities. In this
study, a type of microalgae (diatom) Thalassiosira weissflogii was used as the feedstock for
fucoxanthin extraction. Effects of solvent ...