Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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A Web-Based Personal Driving Assistant Using Real-Time Data and a Dynamic Programming Model
(2018-07-24)
Eco-driving and eco-routing have recently attracted paramount attention from both academia and transportation industry. Multiple studies have approached this problem from a variety of angles. The goal of the first two parts ...
Finite-Element Modeling of Early-Age Concrete Behavior
(2018-07-24)
Early-age cracking of concrete may influence the long-term durability of a structure. Cracking occurs when the tensile stress in concrete exceeds its tensile strength. Early-age stress development in concrete is influenced ...
Institutional Factors Influencing International Student Graduation Rates and Debt
(2018-07-24)
International students enrich the campus culture and help domestic students to grow cross-cultural competencies, and international students have also contributed a lot to the revenue of both the hosting institutions and ...
Cover Crop Effects on Urease Inhibitors
(2018-07-23)
Urease inhibitors continue to be introduced in the agricultural market, and thus new studies with these products are warranted. The objective of this research was to examine the utility of these inhibitors for reducing ...
Sediment Fingerprinting to Identify Sources of In-Stream Sediment in an Urbanized Watershed
(2018-07-23)
Excessive delivery of fine-grained sediment and sediment-bound nutrients to surface waters results in water quality impairment. Information on the relative contribution of different sources contributing sediment to river ...
Thermal Conductivity Determination of Octadecane and Eicosane near Phase Transition for Solid Specimen Prepared Subject to Controlled Freezing and Explaining the “Anomalous” Measurements in Terms of Solid-Solid Transition
(2018-07-23)
The effects of the freezing time and vacuum oven time (degasification time) associated with processing of two paraffins specimen, i.e. octadecane (C18H38) and eicosane (C20H42) on the temperature-dependent thermal conductivity ...
Vector-Borne Disease Dynamics of Alabama White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
(2018-07-23)
Understanding long-term dynamics of ectoparasite populations on hosts is essential to mapping the potential transmission of disease causing agents and pathogens. Blood feeding ectoparasites such as ticks, lice and keds ...
A Study of Differences in Severity among Crash Types in Work Zones and between Work Zone and Non-Work Zone Crashes in Alabama
(2018-07-23)
Highway work zones have become a hazardous place for both construction workers and roadway users due to the increasing risk caused by maintaining and reconstructing roadways. Both the number of crashes and fatalities in ...
Microbial Quality of Aquaculture Water Used for Produce Irrigation
(2018-07-23)
The use of recycled water from an aquaculture fish tank to irrigate produce, or aquaponics, has grown rapidly in the past decades, with a large diversity of system designs. Since the water is reused from the fish tank, ...
Numerical Simulation Using Transition SST Model to Analyze Effects of Expanding Manifold Angle and Jet Spacing for Submerged Liquid Jet Impingement
(2018-07-23)
Increasing numbers of under-hood sensors and power electronics modules are becoming standard in both commercial and military vehicles. In order to function reliably, these technologies require a dedicated and dynamic cooling ...
Social Media and Impacts of Frames on User Engagement in the Fashion Industry
(2018-07-23)
The purpose of this study was to understand how fashion brands use social media to engage social media users. In doing so, this study aimed to address the academic gap in understanding how major fashion brands use social ...
“It’s Gotta Be the Shoes!”: Kansei Design Feel of Basketball Shoes and Athlete Perceptions
(2018-07-23)
Research shows that for athletic shoes, visual attributes such as color and style can be more important than ergonomic or technical attributes in purchase decisions. Kansei engineering is one method commonly used in product ...
Effects of Asphalt and Concrete Pavement Rehabilitation on Users and Businesses during Construction
(2018-07-23)
Roadway maintenance and rehabilitation are critical tasks to sustain our transportation system. However, these activities often generate delays to road users, which can result in road user costs, work zone crash costs, and ...
Marine resurge sequences at Flynn Creek impact structure, Tennessee, USA
(2018-07-23)
The Flynn Creek crater is a 3.8-km impact structure located in the Eastern Highland Rim geological province of Jackson County, Tennessee (36°17’ N; 85°40’ W), which displays a central uplift, breccia-filled crater moat, ...
Modeling Effectiveness of Broiler Litter Application Method and Timing for Reducing Phosphorus and Nitrogen losses in Big Creek Watershed, Alabama
(2018-07-23)
Agriculture plays an important role in the economy of Alabama (AL) and the United States (US). In AL, broiler litter is commonly used to fertilize pastures. However, repeated application of broiler litter to same pasture ...
Lead-free Doped Solder Joint Reliability under Harsh Temperature Cycling Environment to study the Long Term Isothermal Aging Effects of Heat Sinks, Solder Paste Volume, Board Substrate Material, Component Substrate Material and Component Sizes
(2018-07-23)
Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS), Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE) organizations have restricted the use of lead in solder materials for consumer electronics. The electronic industry ...
Mapping of Urban Tree Canopy Using LiDAR, Oblique Image Viewers and Geographic Object Based Image Analysis (GeOBIA): a Multi-Scale Approach
(2018-07-20)
The benefits of an urban forest canopy have become more readily understood in recent years. They provide a wealth of environmental, social, and economic benefits such as improved water quality, air temperature regulation, ...
Experimental Investigation of Flow Boiling in Saw-Toothed Silicon Microchannels
(2018-07-20)
Modern-day microprocessors consist of over one billion integrated circuits on silicon chips as small as a human fingernail. Normal operation of this circuitry produces an enormous amount of heat on a very small footprint. ...
UAV Collision Avoidance Utilizing ADS-B and TCAS with Independent Ranging
(2018-07-20)
With the proliferation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), their integration into the National Airspace System (NAS) is becoming increasingly imperative. To accomplish such integration, UAVs must be able to ''sense and ...
A Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Shock Wave-Boundary Layer Interactions
(2018-07-20)
With the continuous development of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), many different numerical methods and turbulence models have been modified to enhance the capability of prediction of complex turbulence flow. This study ...