Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Effect of Whole Cottonseed Amount and Delivery Frequency on the Performance of Gestating and Lactating Beef Cows
(2026-08-03)
Whole cottonseed (WCS) is a common byproduct feedstuff in the southeastern United States due to its affordability, high energy, and high protein content. Since developing feeding recommendations in the 1980’s, seed quality ...
Numerical Simulation of Radial Manifold Microchannel Heat sink for Next-Generation Thermal Management in Data Centers and High-Flux Electronics
(2026-08-03)
The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), cloud computing, and other data-intensive technologies has significantly increased the thermal design power (TDP) of modern electronic ...
Interpersonal Violence Disclosure in Healthcare Settings: Comparing the Impact of Negative Provider Disclosure Responses on Survivor Engagement Across Mental and Physical Healthcare Systems
(2026-08-03)
Interpersonal violence (IV) survivors often report heightened mental and physical healthcare needs, yet many experience challenges to continued engagement with needed healthcare services. Survivors' perceptions of how ...
RANSAC-Based Track Initiation for Kalman Filtering and Multi-Hypothesis Tracking Systems in Cluttered Range-Only Environments
(2026-08-03)
Track initiation in cluttered range-time surveillance environments is a challenging problem. Classical M-of-N initiation methods confirm tracks based on detection count alone within a static gate, with no geometric validation, ...
Understanding Visitor Behavior and Motivations in Alabama State Parks
(2026-08-03)
Understanding experiential aspects of visitor behavior is crucial to parks and protected areas visitor use management. This project revealed visitor behavior, preferences, motivations, and opinions at Gulf State Park and ...
A Work-Home Resource Model of AI and Global Work-Family Balance
(2026-08-03)
Artificial intelligence (AI) research is becoming increasingly integral to industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology research. However, the intersection of AI and a key subfield of I-O, work-family research, has yet to ...
Experimental Models for Investigating Influenza A Virus Evolution and Reassortment at the Human–Swine Interface
(2026-08-03)
Influenza A viruses (IAVs) pose a continual public health threat due to their segmented genome and capacity for rapid evolution through reassortment. The human–swine interface represents a critical environment for the ...
Minimum Viable Demonstrations: Data Requirements for Capable Driving Models and Zero-Shot Track Transfer for Connected Autonomous Vehicles
(2026-08-03)
Reinforcement learning has long been the dominant approach for training autonomous
driving agents, but it struggles in novel scenarios where running additional training episodes is
costly. Imitation learning is a strong ...
Data-Driven Approaches for Machining Efficiency Through Generalizable Tool Wear Prediction and Power Consumption Analysis
(2026-08-02)
Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing have generated large amounts of manufacturing data, creating new opportunities to use data-driven methods to improve machining efficiency. This dissertation examines machining efficiency ...
Interpretable and Risk-Aware Machine Learning for Environmental Suitability, Exposure, and Decision Systems
(2026-08-02)
Environmental and biological systems increasingly require prediction and decision-making under uncertainty. This dissertation develops and applies interpretable and risk-aware machine-learning approaches for environmental ...
Mentoring School Principals by Engaging in Well-Being Activities
(2026-08-02)
This study explores the implications of stress and burnout on the professional sustainability of school principals and proposes an evidence-based mentoring model as a solution to these issues. A qualitative action research ...
Lighting the Way: A Personal Journey Through Mentoring Constellations in the Lived Experience of a First-Year Assistant Principal
(2026-08-01)
Over the past three decades, the assistant principalship has evolved into an
increasingly demanding bridge between classroom instruction and school
administration. Despite the complexity of the role, assistant principals ...
Physical Activity for Mental, Physical, and Cognitive Health for Autistic Adults
(2026-07-31)
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by social and communication deficits, and restrictive, repetitive patterns of behavior, activities, and/or interests. Additionally, autistic ...
Evaluation of Flumioxazin as a Weed Management Tool in Warm-Season Turfgrass Systems
(2026-07-31)
This research evaluated flumioxazin as an alternative to oxadiazon and ALS-inhibiting herbicides for warm-season turfgrass weed management. Field studies showed granular flumioxazin provided excellent preemergence control ...
Central Mechanisms of Angiotensin II Signaling Dysregulation in Neurogenic Hypertension
(2026-07-31)
Neurogenic hypertension is characterized by increased sympathetic activity and autonomic dysfunction. Dysregulation of angiotensin II (Ang II) signaling, a major neurohumoral peptide acting mainly through angiotensin II ...
Development of a Neural Radiance Field Technique for Volumetric Molecular Tagging
(2026-07-31)
Tomographic reconstruction of three-dimensional flow fields from limited angular views is a fundamental challenge in experimental flow diagnostics. Conventional grid-based methods such as MART, SART, and RLD amplify noise ...
Mechanistic Insights into Reversible Two-Electron Energy Storage for Redox-Flow Batteries Using Nickel Bis(diphosphine) Complexes
(2026-07-31)
Redox flow batteries (RFBs) have emerged as a promising energy storage technology for grid-scale integration of renewable energy. Low energy density remains a major barrier to their large-scale commercialization and broader ...
The Effect of Biochar and Plant Growth-Promoting Microorganisms on Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) Growth and Fruit Quality
(2026-07-31)
Strawberry production in Alabama has increased substantially in recent years; however, the industry continues to face challenges from disease pressure, limited cultivar options, and environmental conditions that affect ...
Do You Want Advice or Comfort?: Detecting and Predicting Adolescent Reception of Parental Support
(2026-07-31)
Adolescent reception refers to adolescents’ attention to and evaluation of parental support. Although reception is a key component of support effectiveness, it is largely overlooked in past literature on parental support ...
Towards Understanding Pore-Scale Carbonate Reactivity for Geologic Carbon Sequestration
(2026-07-31)
Geological carbon sequestration (GCS) is a promising method to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions by capturing CO2 and securely storing it long-term in deep subsurface rock formations. The goal is to sequester CO2 ...