Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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A Robust Version of Hotelling's T2 Control Chart for Retrospective Location Analysis of Individuals Using BACON Estimators
(2012-02-13)
Hotelling's T2 chart is commonly used for Phase I analysis of individual multivariate normally distributed data. However, the presence of only a few outliers can significantly distort classical estimates of location and ...
The Feasibility of Using Alternative Fuels to Produce Portland Cement
(2012-02-08)
The production of cement involves a combination of numerous raw materials,
strictly monitored system processes, and temperatures on the order of 1500 °C.
Immense quantities of fuel are required for the production of ...
Digital Modes of Communication: The Relational Effects between College Students and their Friends, Parents, and Intimate Partners
(2012-02-08)
This study analyzes the nature of relationships between college students and their parents, friends, and intimate partners; specifically relating to primary preferred method of communication, perceived victimization, and ...
ColorScape: A Creative Artificial Ecosystem Model of Communication and Collective Creativity in Global Participatory Science
(2012-01-31)
With the increasing use of cyberinfrastructure and popularity of e-Science initiatives, science is becoming truly globalized, reducing barriers to entry and enabling formation of open and global networked innovation ...
Failure Mode Classification for Prognostics and Health Monitoring of Electronic-Systems under Mechanical Shock
(2012-01-30)
Electronics have become an integral part of most systems and subsystems used in various
fields such as avionics, defense, space exploration, manufacturing, household appliances, health
care (implantable biological devices ...
Aerosol Filtration Performance of Novel 3-Dimensional Nonwoven Composites
(2012-01-30)
The studies described in this dissertation focus on the design and aerosol filtration performance of novel filter media with homogeneous 3-dimensional distribution of all its components. Air purification by removal of ...
Air Pocket Modeling in Water Mains With an Air Valve
(2012-01-27)
Water mains filling events follow certain maintenance operations that require the complete or partial emptying of pipelines. These operational procedures are performed carefully in order to prevent air pocket formation, ...
Tire Force Estimation in Off-Road Vehicles Using Suspension Strain and Deflection Measurements
(2012-01-24)
This thesis develops and analyzes the improvement of tire force estimation and analysis using strain gauge sensors and displacement sensors mounted on the suspension of an all-terrain vehicle. Vehicle dynamic models are ...
An Intervention Analysis Model Examining the Effects of the Capital Purchase & Targeted Investment Programs on the Stock Prices of U.S. Banking Institutions
(2012-01-24)
This thesis uses an Intervention Analysis as an econometric procedure to determine what effect, if any, government capital injection had on stock prices. More specifically, we look at the effect that the initiation of the ...
Cycle Systems
(2012-01-18)
In this dissertation the author has found the necessary and sufficient conditions for obtaining a 6-cycle system of the Cartesian product of two complete graphs covering 2-paths in the corresponding bipartite graph. She ...
Love Styles Utilized by African-American Men as Predicted by Stages of Racial Identity and Perceptions of African-American Women
(2012-01-18)
The purpose of this study was to explore the interactions among racial identity levels and perceptions of African-American women, and the possible effects of the levels and perceptions on loves styles utilized by ...
Improving Performance of Hadoop Clusters
(2012-01-18)
The MapReduce model has become an important parallel processing model for large- scale data-intensive applications like data mining and web indexing. Hadoop, an open-source implementation of MapReduce, is widely applied ...
Development of a Laboratory Apparatus to Study the Thermal Degradation Behavior of Commercial Jet Engine Oils
(2012-01-12)
Air quality on airplanes is a key priority of the Federal Aviation Association (FAA). It is suspected that, although rare, oil leaks in the engine can potentially allow contaminants into the air supply that is provided to ...
Development of User-Guided Program for Predicting Time-Dependent Deformations in Prestressed Bridge Girders
(2012-01-12)
A Visual Basic (VB) computer program was developed to predict time-dependent deformations and associated material stresses in prestressed concrete bridge girders. The VB program allows the user to select a model for the ...
Assessing Some Key Approaches Used to Monitor and Study Populations of Birds
(2012-01-10)
Efforts to monitor birds and determine their distributions often make assumptions that allow for inference into parameters of interest but necessitate that potentially confounding factors be ignored. In any scientific ...
Predicting Motivation to Change
(2012-01-10)
Motivation to decrease alcohol consumption has been a focus of past research with college students. However studies on the predictors of motivation among college students have produced mixed results. There is some theoretical ...
Enhanced Heat Transfer Catalyst Structures for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
(2012-01-10)
Highly exothermic catalytic reactions are problematic from a thermal management perspective and often dictate the type of reactor, heat exchanger, level of conversion/recycle and contacting schemes employed. Those reactions, ...
Land Use Land Cover Change Projection for use in Municipal Water Resource Planning in the Saugahatchee Watershed
(2012-01-09)
The present work analyzes land use land cover changes in the Saugahatchee watershed through the use of remotely sensed satellite imagery. Urban growth has effect on the land use pattern in the local as well as in the ...
A Geographical Investigation of Football and its Fans at Auburn University
(2012-01-09)
In Auburn, AL, football, and especially college football, reigns supreme. Particularly, interest is placed on the Tigers, the team representing the local institution, Auburn University. This research paper investigates ...
A Microsimulation Analysis on the Impact of Different Bridge Deck Replacement Methods on Travel Times and Road User Costs
(2012-01-09)
The objective of this research was to evaluate different bridge deck replacement methods using microsimulation software. Previously collected data from the test site, located on I-59 at State Route 68 near Collinsville, ...