Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Effect of Broiler Litter Stockpiling Methods on Nutrient Transformations and Ammonia and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
(2025-07-24)
The United States (US) is the largest producer and supplier of poultry products worldwide and produces 9.16 billion broilers annually. In the US, 41% of the broiler industry is located in the southeastern region, accounting ...
Application of a Vortex Lattice Method Solver to an Aircraft Sizing Framework
(2025-07-23)
A Vortex Lattice Method (VLM) solver is developed to estimate the aerodynamic performance of lifting surfaces, while operating within the assumptions of Potential Flow. The VLM solution is found by representing an aircraft ...
Examination of Fear Extinction in Chronic Cannabis Use, Anxiety Disorders, and their Co-occurrence
(2025-07-23)
Comorbid cannabis use and anxiety are common, but the relationship is not well understood. The main active ingredient of cannabis is Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC). Acute THC intoxication has been shown to improve between ...
Understanding the criticality of volumetric defects on the fatigue behavior of additively manufactured aluminum alloys
(2025-07-23)
This study investigates the criticality of volumetric defects on the fatigue behavior of additively manufactured (AM) Al alloys. The role of various microstructures in determining sensitivity to defects, in particular their ...
Improved Momentum-Integral Framework for Modeling Viscous and Thermal Boundary Layers
(2025-07-23)
This work advances the classical Kármán–Pohlhausen (KP) momentum-integral method by applying an improved nearfield formulation, developed by Majdalani and Xuan, to several canonical problems. This formulation resolves a ...
Towards Understanding the Influence of Surface Integrity on Mechanical Behavior of Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V
(2025-07-23)
Additively manufactured components often exhibit shorter fatigue lives in their
unmachined state compared to machined or wrought counterparts mainly due to the presence of
surface micro-notches. While post-processing ...
Undergraduate and Graduate String Instrumentalists’ Approaches to Learning New Solo Repertoire: Descriptive Case Studies of Deliberate Practice Using the Fitts and Posner Model of Skill Learning
(2025-07-23)
Practice, defined as working at something repeatedly to achieve proficiency (Merriam-Webster, n.d.), is widely recognized as a necessary component of skill acquisition. Past research has recognized the need to develop ...
Investigation of 1-Trichloromethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-β-carboline (TaClo)-Induced Neurotoxicity in the Zebrafish Models (Danio rerio)
(2025-07-23)
Environmental pollutants have been linked to neurotoxicity and are proposed to contribute to neurodegenerative disorders. Trichloroethylene (TCE) has been identified as an environmental contaminant and a potential risk ...
Expanding Horizons: Mappability, Literature, and the Making of the Medieval English World
(2025-07-23)
This dissertation set out to answer two questions: (1) how late medieval English literature represents space and (2) how mappability as both a technological and conceptual affordance acts and evolves across a variety of ...
Street-by-Street: Creating Resilience through Integration and Learning
(2025-07-22)
What are the learning conditions that allow for the most effective exchanges of information between street-level bureaucrats who work in the fields of emergency management and community planning? To answer questions, this ...
Making the Abstract Physical: Toward Improving Binary Reverse Engineering via Embodied Immersion
(2025-07-22)
Performing reverse engineering (RE) to determine precisely what a piece of software does is vital to tasks such as securing networks, mitigating malware, and maintaining legacy software. Much software is distributed as ...
Leveraging Geospatial Knowledge to Inform Water and Wastewater Management
(2025-07-18)
Water and wastewater management are persistent, evolving challenges, and geospatial knowledge provides a unique perspective to understand them. Although there are numerous studies on these topics and great progress in ...
Real-time Estimates of Logging Equipment Carbon Emissions in the Southeastern United States
(2025-07-17)
Whole tree harvesting using mechanized equipment is widely practiced in Southeastern U.S. forestry, yet limited field data exist on exhaust emissions under real-world conditions. This study addressed this gap by measuring ...
A Generic Digital Twin Ecosystem for Computer Numerical Control Manufacturing Processes
(2025-07-17)
This dissertation considers the design and implementation of a generic Digital Twin Ecosystem (DTE) for computer numerical control (CNC) manufacturing processes. The DTE architecture integrates real-time data acquisition, ...
Assessing hurricane-driven forest changes using satellite-based lidar and multispectral imagery
(2025-07-17)
Coastal forests in Alabama and Florida are increasingly vulnerable to storms and hurricanes, which can cause widespread canopy loss, decline in forest structure, and long-term disruption of ecosystem services. Accurate and ...
Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Trusting Teachers
(2025-07-17)
This qualitative narrative study explored how students diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) experience trust in their relationships with teachers and how that trust influences their decision to ...
Essays on CEO Compensation and Information Asymmetry in Equity Markets
(2025-07-17)
In the first study, the scholarly literature finds that informed traders prefer to transact in the options market, presumably because of the increased leverage found in that market. We define a new
measure of asset interest ...
A Randomized Crossover-Controlled Trial Investigating the Epigenetic Impact of a Greens-Based Supplement in Adults
(2025-07-16)
Aging is influenced by genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors. Preliminary studies suggest that fruit and vegetable-based dietary supplements may reduce inflammation and oxidative stress, key factors in aging. ...
An Integrated Methodology for Flight Vehicle Sizing Subject to Stability and Control Constraints
(2025-07-16)
This dissertation focuses on incorporating stability and control into the conceptual sizing of novel flight vehicle concepts based on flying qualities guidelines defined for both rotor-borne and wing-borne flight conditions. ...
The Synergistic Effects of Dietary Nitrate Supplementation and 12 Weeks of Resistance Training on Skeletal Muscle and Vascular Function in Middle-aged and Older Adults
(2025-07-16)
Increasing dietary nitrate (NO3-) through beetroot juice (BRJ) supplementation elicits acute ergogenic benefits. However, it is unknown whether chronic NO3- supplementation can enhance resistance training (RT) adaptations ...