Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Resilient Drone-enabled Logistics: Integrating Truck-and-Drone Planning with Disruption Response
(2026-08-06)
This dissertation investigates the impact of sudden disruptions such as adverse weather on last mile delivery drone and truck tandems, known as the Flying Sidekick Traveling Salesman Problem (FSTSP). It presents the first ...
Conservation Mitochondrial Genomics of the Gopher Snake on the Northern Channel Islands
(2026-08-06)
Island populations often experience accelerated evolutionary divergence due to reduced gene flow as a result of geographic isolation and strong genetic drift, resulting in high levels of island endemism, relative to mainland ...
Long-Term Field Performance Evaluation of Chip Seals
(2026-08-06)
Chip seals are widely used to preserve asphalt pavements by reducing moisture intrusion, limiting environmental exposure, and slowing surface deterioration. However, the long-term effect of application timing remains ...
Evaluation of Practices to Remove Nutrients and Sediment from Stormwater Runoff
(2026-08-06)
Urban development contributes to increased pollutant loading. This includes sediment from construction sites and nutrients from impervious-surface runoff. Urban development has increased construction rates and the percentage ...
Thermal Characterization and Degradation Analysis of Lithium-Ion Batteries under Temperature Gradients
(2026-08-06)
Thermal management of lithium-ion batteries widely deployed across diverse applications from portable electronics to electric vehicles is crucial for performance, safety, and longevity. Key challenges include characterization ...
Saturated Auxiliary Robust Integral of the Sliding ModE (ARISE) Controllers for Hybrid Exoskeletons
(2026-08-06)
Abstract Millions of Americans are affected by neurological conditions (NCs), which can be caused by spinal cord injuries, stroke, Parkinson's disease, and more. NCs can significantly reduce the quality of life of those ...
The Effect of Short-Term Heat Acclimation on the Ability of an Individual to Tolerate a Cold Environment
(2026-08-06)
Athletic and occupational demands often require individuals to complete their tasks under challenging environmental conditions. During these tasks individuals may neglect nutrition and well-being to prioritize task completion, ...
Evaluating Active Assessment and Learning Control for Robotic Rehabilitation
(2026-08-06)
Robotic exoskeletons show great promise in supplementing rehabilitation interventions. These devices provide clinicians with instantaneous feedback for impairment and movement quality, and unique interventions, such as ...
Transcriptomic and Epigenetic Landscapes of the Canine Zonary Placenta: Insights into Transcriptome Dynamics, Genomic Imprinting, and X Chromosome Inactivation
(2026-08-05)
The placenta is a pivotal evolutionary innovation that enables in utero fetal development. Although it serves conserved core functions, including nutrient transfer, waste removal, and fetal–maternal communication, placental ...
Role of Moisture Content in Governing the Physical Properties, Flowability, and Fluidization Behavior of Pine Residues, Waste Coal and Organic Fraction Municipal Solid Waste Blends
(2026-08-05)
Fossil fuels have been the dominant source of energy and chemicals for over 150 years but have significantly contributed to global warming. Biomass has emerged as a promising renewable alternative because it can be converted ...
The Role of Counseling Psychology in Reducing Maternal Health Disparities: A Call to Action & Pilot Intervention
(2026-08-05)
There is a maternal mortality crisis affecting Black women in the U.S. Counseling psychologists are called to be active participants in promoting health equity and social justice, including engagement in reproductive ...
Parental Support and Adolescent Disclosure in the Context of Peer Stress
(2026-08-05)
The present study examined whether global parenting behaviors and context-specific parental
support behaviors predicted adolescents’ global and observed disclosure about their peer relationships.
Adolescents completed ...
Robotic and AI-Based Systems for Inventory Management in Ornamental Nurseries and Biomass Estimation in Cover Crops
(2026-08-05)
Recent advancements in field robotics, machine vision, hyperspectral sensing, and deep learning have created new opportunities for automating agricultural monitoring tasks that have traditionally depended on manual labor. ...
Making Space Under Constraint: Black Teacher–Student Relationships as Relational Architecture for Sociopolitical Development in the Alabama Black Belt
(2026-08-05)
This dissertation examines how Black teachers in the Alabama Black Belt build and sustain teacher student relationships as relational architecture under constraint, and how that architecture supports Black youths’ ...
Evaluation of Existing Methods for Estimation of Shear Wave Velocity for Sites in Alabama
(2026-08-05)
Bridges are critical infrastructure systems and need to be resilient to even the rarest of hazards. Seismic damage to bridges and other infrastructure systems is determined by the seismic loading. Seismic loading is dependent ...
Agency in the Pursuit of Freedom
(2026-08-05)
This dissertation examines how Black soldiers exercised agency during the Civil War in pursuit of a changing sense of freedom. It builds on the work of Civil War and African American historians from the past thirty years, ...
Quantification and Performance Implications of Recycled Binder Availability in Asphalt Mixtures Containing Reclaimed Asphalt Materials
(2026-08-05)
Asphalt mixtures containing recycled asphalt materials (RAM), including reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) and recycled asphalt shingles (RAS), are commonly designed and produced under the assumption that all recycled binder ...
Integrating an AI-Driven Chatbot for Natural Language Traffic Safety Analysis within the SAFE-AL Dashboard
(2026-08-05)
This thesis presents the design and implementation of an AI chatbot by integrating
into the existing Safety Analytics For Evaluating Alabama (SAFE-AL) dashboard to give
users another way to interact with and understand ...
Antibiotic Resistance Patterns, Serovar Distribution, and Presence of Phenotypic Characteristics Related to Survival of Salmonella Isolated from Retail Poultry Products
(2026-08-05)
Salmonella has remained a persistent public health concern in the United States, despite robust food protection programs. Additionally, the spread of antibiotic resistance has created complications in the treatment of ...
Effects of genetic strain and nutrition on muscle satellite cell function and the development of Wooden Breast myopathy in broilers
(2026-08-05)
Wooden Breast (WB) myopathy is one of the most significant muscle disorders affecting the Pectoralis major (PM) of modern commercial broiler chickens, resulting in impaired meat quality and substantial economic losses to ...