Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Effective Characterization, Mitigation, and Modeling of Cycle Life and Thermal Degradation in High-Performance Lithium-Ion Battery Systems
(2025-08-08)
As lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technologies continue to evolve, delivering higher energy and power densities, the importance of design optimization for achieving safer, high-performance battery systems continues to grow. ...
Novel Applications of Stable Metal Isotope Geochemistry to Understand Ore Formation
(2025-08-08)
Metals including molybdenum (Mo) and iron (Fe) are critical resources for modern society. These metals are extracted from various types of ore deposits including porphyry (Mo) and skarn (Fe and Mo) and are predominantly ...
Micro-Diamond Chain: A Lightweight Framework for Controllable AI-Driven Workflows in Industrial Design
(2025-08-08)
This research addresses the disruptive impact of generative artificial intelligence on traditional industrial design models by proposing and validating a lightweight, AI-adapted design framework: Micro-Diamond Chain (MDC) ...
Workload Woes: The Dynamics of Teacher Workload on Job Satisfaction and Turnover
(2025-08-08)
Teacher workload and work intensification are increasingly recognized as key
contributors to job dissatisfaction, burnout, and turnover in K–12 education. Yet, research has
not fully captured the complexity of how workload ...
Tridimensional Acculturation and Mental Health of Black Caribbean Immigrants to the U.S.
(2025-08-08)
There are many immigrants to the U.S., notably a large population of Black Caribbean first- or second-generation immigrants. To date, there is little research about the acculturation of this large group. Moving beyond the ...
Experimental Characterization and Modeling of the Aging Behavior of the Lithium-ion Batteries Considering Kinetic-diffusion Limitation and Graphite-silicon Blended Anode
(2025-08-08)
Fundamental understanding of the electrochemical, thermal and mechanical behaviors of the lithium ion batteries during aging is crucial for securing lifespan and safety by the cost-effective and efficient design of cell ...
Nutritional Inequality and Its Socioeconomic and Environmental Determinants
(2025-08-08)
This dissertation consists of three essays that explore dietary inequality, methodological advances in measuring nutrition-related disparities, and the nutritional consequences of climate change. Collectively, these studies ...
The Power of Novelty: How Mitochondrial Diversity and Video Games Can Shape the Way We Think About Evolution
(2025-08-08)
In this dissertation, I explore questions related to mitonuclear ecology, sexual selection, the maintenance of genetic variation, and biology education. In my first two chapters, I use cybrid laboratory populations of ...
Transforming the black-box decision-making of AI models into explain-then-answer processes
(2025-08-07)
From climate's slow fever to the sun-bright flash of nuclear fire, humanity already lives beneath swords that could fall without warning. Global warming creeps toward tipping points [1] while stockpiles of fission and ...
The Officers’ Perspective of Academy Training and Transferability of Knowledge: Comparing the Effectiveness of Pedagogical to an Andragogical Method of Instruction
(2025-08-07)
Abstract
The training for law enforcement officers has a history steeped in a militaristic style method that has not evolved, even though demands have been made for the profession to evolve. There have been numerous ...
Studying Charge Transfer Phenomena in the Interface of SrCoO3 / SrIrO3 Superlattices and Sr2CoIrO6 Double Perovskites Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy
(2025-08-07)
When two different transition-metal oxide thin films are stacked together, charge transfer can occur across the interface in certain cases. Interfacial charge transfer has been experimentally established as a promising ...
Undergraduates who CARE: An evaluation of Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE) training with undergraduate students
(2025-08-07)
Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement training (CARE) is an empirically-based, trauma-informed, behaviorally grounded training aimed at equipping any adult interacting with any child with the skills and benefits of parent ...
Unseen Burdens: Secondary Traumatic Stress and the Mental Health Challenges of Female Educators in K-12
(2025-08-07)
This qualitative study explores the lived experiences of secondary traumatic stress (STS)
among female educators working in K–12 public schools. While trauma-informed practices have
become more prominent in student-centered ...
Microplastic contamination in the Alabama River and effects on Daphnia magna
(2025-08-07)
This thesis research focused on assessing microplastic (MP) contamination in the Alabama River and evaluating the impacts of different MP types on Daphnia magna. Chapter 1 was an overview of MP pollution including sources, ...
Unraveling the Diverse State Policy Directives Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Their Impact on Infections and Fatalities, and Key Insights
(2025-08-07)
The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most significant global health crises in modern history, putting public health systems, economies, and political institutions around the world to the test. In the United States, ...
Exploring Clinical Mental Health Counselors-in-Training Experiences Preparing to Counsel Clients with Intellectual Disability
(2025-08-07)
This phenomenological study explores the perceptions and experiences of counselors-in-training as it relates to their preparation to provide counseling services to individuals with intellectual disability. Semi-structured ...
Demystifying Quality Metrics and Unveiling the True Measure of Quality of Care in Nursing Homes
(2025-08-07)
The increasing elderly population in the United States, coupled with the increasing average life expectancy, presents a significant challenge in delivering quality nursing home services while managing complex resident ...
A Process-Based Approach to Model Pesticide Dynamics in Non-Floodplain Wetlands: WetQual-PEST
(2025-08-07)
Pesticides can pose significant environmental challenges once they enter water
bodies. Wetlands are increasingly recognized as cost-effective, nature-based solutions for
attenuating pesticide loads delivered to surface ...
Investigating Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics Through Modeling Across Scales
(2025-08-07)
Wetlands are complex ecosystems that provide a wide range of ecological services, including water quality improvement, flood control, erosion reduction, carbon sequestration, and habitat provision. Although they cover a ...
God Is Not Making Any New Land: Heirs’ Property, Land Loss, and Black Faith in Alabama’s Black Belt.
(2025-08-07)
The Black Church has long been recognized as a cornerstone of community life, providing spiritual, social, and economic support to African American communities. While recent scholarship has expanded our understanding of ...