Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Finite-Control-Set Model Predictive Control for DC-DC Converters
(2026-04-20)
This dissertation develops novel solutions for Finite-Control-Set Model Predictive Control (FCS-MPC) applied to DC-DC power electronic converters. While MPC has shown promise in diverse power electronics applications, its ...
Actions and Reactions: How Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Navigate Necessity, Disclosure, and Stakeholder Perceptions
(2026-04-19)
Entrepreneurs with disabilities represent a significant yet understudied segment of the entrepreneurial population. Despite being roughly twice as likely as their counterparts without disabilities to pursue self-employment, ...
Investigating Consumer Purchase Intentions for Natural Versus Synthetic Smart Clothing in Health Monitoring System
(2026-04-19)
Smart clothing is an emerging innovation that combines textile materials with health monitoring technology. Although these garments are often made from synthetic fibers because of their technical advantages, there is growing ...
Leveraging Additive Manufacturing and Polymer Solution Thermodynamics to Advance Sustainability
(2026-04-19)
Understanding material interaction with fluids in complex systems is important for applications ranging from mineral precipitation in sub-surface systems to polymer separation in recycling processes. These interactions are ...
Some Conditions for Hamiltonicity in Tough Graphs
(2026-04-19)
This dissertation has two focuses, both concerning Hamiltonicity conditions in tough graphs. First, for any integer $t \ge 4$, we present a $t$-closure lemma that generalizes a closure lemma of Bondy and Chv\'atal from ...
A Shift from the Margins: An Instrumental Case Study of Teachers’ Beliefs About Critical Professional Development for Healthy Integration of Social Studies and English Language Arts Within a Culturally Sustaining Framework
(2026-04-19)
This instrumental case study examined elementary teachers’ beliefs and experiences related to critical professional development (CPD) and its role in supporting the healthy integration of social studies and English Language ...
Characterization of Biphasic Dielectric Materials for Pulsed Power Applications
(2026-04-19)
Spiral generators are a device capable of pulse compression and Radio Frequency signal generation in a single solid state device. It shows great promise for integration into High Power Microwave systems at a large scale, ...
Sound Production in Two Divergent Madtom Species
(2026-04-19)
Acoustic signaling is well-documented in most North American catfish species, however, in madtoms (genus Noturus) it remains largely understudied, with research limited to a single species. In this study, we describe ...
Understanding How Carbon Market Participation Influences Forest Management Practices and Landowner Philosophy
(2026-04-19)
Forest ecosystems’ ability to efficiently sequester carbon dioxide (CO2) has created economic opportunities for landowners in both compliance (regulated) and voluntary carbon markets. While many studies have investigated ...
Layers of Harm: The Impact of Lifetime Poly-Victimization on Transdiagnostic Symptoms
(2026-04-19)
Childhood poly-victimization is a known predictor of psychiatric disorders and poor health outcomes. However, few studies have examined poly-victimization’s association with transdiagnostic mental health symptoms (i.e., ...
Enhancing Healthcare Operations Through Generative AI: Contact Center Intelligence and Clinical Note Quality Assessment
(2026-04-19)
This dissertation presents two research contributions at the frontier of AI-driven healthcare documentation. The first contribution is an end-to-end AI system for health- care contact center operations that integrates ...
Effect of culvert systems on fish assemblage structure and connectivity in the Uchee Creek Watershed
(2026-04-19)
Culverts are structures used to continue streams underneath roadways, yet improperly engineered culverts are common physical barriers in streams. Many studies have examined the negative effects that culverts have on stream ...
Inverse Functional Modeling for Drug Dissolution Profiles: A Statistical Framework for Curve-Based Formulation Design
(2026-04-19)
This work establishes a statistically reliable framework for reverse engineering drug formulations from a target dissolution profile, formulated as an inverse functional problem. Dissolution profiles describe the rate at ...
Application of paleoenvironmental methods to inform conservation efforts
(2026-04-19)
This dissertation embodies the strengths of interdisciplinary science by bridging the fields of geology, ecology. Throughout the chapters of this work various perspectives are juxtaposed, demonstrating the value of research ...
Application Performance of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for Seeding Cover Crop
(2026-04-19)
The use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for applying dry solid products, especially cover crop seed, has increased rapidly in the United States in recent years. Limited information currently exists on the application ...
Personality and Cardiovascular Stress Reactivity: A Comparison of the Cold Pressor and Mental Arithmetic Tasks
(2026-04-17)
Stress reactivity, defined as an exaggerated response to stressors and impaired poststressor
recovery, significantly influences the connection between stress and health, particularly
cardiovascular health. A wide body ...
Problems in Commutative Algebra and Functional Data Analysis
(2026-04-16)
This dissertation consists of three papers spanning two areas of mathematics and statistics: combinatorial commutative algebra and functional data analysis. The first paper examines the weak Lefschetz property (WLP) for ...
Preservice Teachers’ Experiences with Sport Education: An Occupational Socialization Approach
(2026-04-16)
Sport Education has become one of the most well-researched and effective teaching curriculum models (Hastie and Wallhead, 2016). The model emphasizes developing competent, literate, and enthusiastic sports participants by ...
Entre lo autóctono y lo extranjero: La identidad de Usmaíl en Usmaíl de Pedro Juan Soto
(2026-04-16)
Este trabajo analiza la novela Usmaíl de Pedro Juan Soto como una representación simbólica del proceso colonial vivido en la isla de Vieques bajo la presencia estadounidense. A través de una lectura estructurada en tres ...
The Literacy Experiences of Caregivers of Preschool Aged Children on the Autism Spectrum with Minimal Speech
(2026-04-15)
Children on the autism spectrum demonstrate lower emergent literacy skills than neurotypical peers (Dynia et al., 2014). Low literacy levels for those with an autism diagnosis can lead to barriers in access to employment, ...