Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Design and Analysis of a Hot Start Vector Tracking Receiver
(2026-05-14)
This thesis presents a novel method of initializing vector processing on a software-defined Global Positioning System receiver. By leveraging observables and ephemeris data obtained from a base station, the proposed receiver ...
Exploring the Metacognitive Model: A Comparative Study of Anxiety, Cannabis Use, and Comorbid Conditions
(2026-05-13)
The metacognitive model of emotional disorders is a transdiagnostic theory that suggests that psychopathology (e.g., anxiety- and fear-related disorders) occurs as a result of metacognitive beliefs (i.e., beliefs about ...
Adaptive Human–Robot Collaborative Assembly: Integrating Planning, Behavior, and Gaze
(2026-05-11)
Human–robot collaborative assembly has high potential for manufacturing with high product variety, frequent product changes, and small production volumes. In such settings, assembly systems must be fexible. Rigid and highly ...
Propeller slipstream effects on wing aerodynamics at low Reynolds numbers
(2026-05-11)
This dissertation investigates the effects of propeller slipstream on the aerodynamic performance of a downstream wing at low Reynolds numbers (70,000–130,000). The study addresses three objectives: quantifying aerodynamic ...
Assessing the Digital Divide in Title 1 and non-Title 1 through infrastructure, support, barriers, and technology use in South Alabama Secondary Schools
(2026-05-06)
This study examined the digital divide in secondary education by investigating differences in technological access, perceived barriers, and frequency of technology use among teachers in Title I and non–Title I schools in ...
Othermothering to Foster Relationships of Change & Empowering Black Women to Lead
(2026-05-04)
The Black community's education landscape profoundly shifted during the Civil Rights
Movement and desegregation. Rooted in Black American culture, education symbolized
community, interconnection, and a source of Black ...
Novel Data Driven Approach to Enhance Pilot Training on Situational Awareness
(2026-05-01)
Situational Awareness is an important aspect of flight performance and safety. The concept describes the perception, integration and projection of elements of the environment that are relevant to the mission. In many cases ...
An Exploration of Highly Skilled Immigrant Employees’ Competencies and Their Perceived Value Among Human Resource Professionals in the Hotel Industry: A Qualitative Study
(2026-05-01)
This dissertation examines how highly skilled immigrant employees (HSIEs) in U.S. hotels validate and mobilize migration-linked cultural and linguistic capital, and how hotel human resources (HR) professionals perceive, ...
Network Ties That Mobilize: Digital Activism as an Organizing Strategy
(2026-05-01)
This study sought to determine whether weak and strong network ties influenced Instagram users’ participation in online and offline activism, using the strength of weak ties theory (Granovetter, 1973) as a theoretical ...
Geospatial Analysis of Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Density, Pollution Potential, and Social Vulnerability in Coastal Mississippi and Alabama
(2026-05-01)
Proper wastewater infrastructure management is essential in preventing negative health outcomes for humans and the environment, and geospatial tools can serve as a tool to identify and bridge shortcomings. Recently, several ...
Mitigating Data Deficiencies and Poisoning in Network-Centric Cybersecurity Systems
(2026-05-01)
Cybersecurity network detection systems heavily rely on datasets to train models that identify and classify malicious activities. However, real-world network data often suffer from deficiencies such as class imbalance, low ...
Towards Energy-Efficient and Real-Time Cloud Computing
(2026-05-01)
Cloud data centers have become the backbone of modern computing infrastructure,
supporting an ever-expanding range of applications from enterprise workloads to real-time
services. However, this growth has led to unprecedented ...
Global Flows, Local Belonging: A Quantitative Study of International Students in U.S. Higher Education
(2026-05-01)
The increasing emphasis on international student success in higher education encouraged researchers to examine factors influencing students’ sense of institutional belonging. Prior research has demonstrated that belonging ...
Neural Correlates of Trauma and Binge Drinking: Exploring the Impact of Trauma, Moral Injury, and PTSD Symptoms on Brain Activity and Drinking Behavior in Trauma Exposed Individuals
(2026-05-01)
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) often co-occur, yet their neural mechanisms remain unclear. This pilot study examined whether PTSD symptoms and moral injury (MI) influence neural responses ...
Multilingual School Leadership: An Autoethnographic Inquiry Into an Aspiring School Leader’s Journey
(2026-05-01)
As the multilingual student population grows, the presence of bilingual school leaders remains disproportionately low in the southern rural United States. Research highlights the importance of diverse leadership in promoting ...
Potential of Soil and Crop Spatial Properties for Depicting Within-Field Nutrient Variability and Delineating Management Zones for Precision Soil Sampling
(2026-05-01)
Limited information currently exists on the potential of various soil and crop spatial properties for delineating management zones (MZs) for precision soil sampling in the southeastern United States; therefore, two studies ...
What’s Your BAC (Bystander Alcohol Check-in)? Adapting a Novel Bystander Training Program for Online Use
(2026-05-01)
Objective: Bystander training programs have gained popularity as effective strategies for preventing sexual violence on college campuses. However, despite the strong connection between sexual violence and alcohol use, few ...
How Can We Help? Wellbeing Interventions for Choral Music Ensembles
(2026-05-01)
With adolescent mental health concerns increasing globally, educators are increasingly
examining ways to support student wellbeing within existing educational environments. Music
classrooms, which often provide emotionally ...
Scalable Production of Uniform Cardiac Tissues Utilizing Hydrogel-Supported Microsphere Tissues with Applications to Large Cardiac Tissue Production
(2026-05-01)
To meet the high demand of cardiomyocytes for use in regenerative medicine, cardiotoxicity studies, and disease modeling, this work set out to produce engineered cardiac microtissues scalably with high uniformity post ...
Teaching Climate for Understanding: Integrating Pedagogy, Modeling Tools, and Visual Interpretation
(2026-05-01)
This dissertation includes three different projects that focus on increasing climate literacy in a formal education setting through classroom intervention. The first study utilizes a pre- and post-design to assess the ...