Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Quantification of the potential spawning contribution from oyster (Crassostrea virginica) restoration projects: a comparative study among restoration sites and substrates in coastal Alabama
(2013-01-09)
Although numerous ecosystem services of oyster reef restoration have been documented, the contribution of larvae has not been previously quantified. In this study, we selected 5 restoration sites in coastal Alabama (Billy ...
Beam Collimation and Intensity Uniformization of Laser Diode Array Using Lenslets
(2013-01-09)
With the advent of the laser, its applications have been extended to many areas including material processing, such as welding, cutting and drilling; and medical procedures, such as eye surgery and cosmetic skin treatments; ...
Development and Application of Non Marine Ingredients Based Diets for Pacific White Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei: Examining the Suitability of Alternative Lipid Sources
(2013-01-09)
The Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, is globally cultured due to its ability to tolerate and effectively grow and survive across a wide range of salinities, ease of reproduction, availability of domesticated ...
Production of Transportation Fuel Range Middle Distillates via Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis with Integrated Product Upgrading under Supercritical Phase Conditions
(2013-01-08)
There has been a great deal of contemporary interest in the utilization of a variety of carbonaceous feedstocks to produce readily usable transportation fuels via synthesis gas (syngas, a mixture of H2 and CO). Specifically, ...
Efficient Acquisition and Reconstruction for Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging
(2013-01-08)
Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI), combining both magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, has proven to be a powerful approach to reveal information about ...
Greenhouse and Field Evaluation of Alamo and Two New Genotypes of Switchgrass for Biomass Production
(2013-01-07)
Due to its high yields and wide geographic range, switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) was chosen by the Department of Energy as a model herbaceous perennial bioenergy feedstock. Alamo is the highest yielding variety, and the ...
Strength Assessment of Soil Cement
(2013-01-07)
Soil cement is a mixture of soil, portland cement and water that, once compacted and cured, forms a strong and durable pavement base. Construction practices and variance among core strength data have led to questions ...
Synthesis of Methanol and Higher Alcohols from Syngas over K Promoted Cu Based Catalysts in Supercritical Solvent
(2013-01-07)
With today’s increasing crude oil prices and a desire to reduce our dependence on imported oil, the synthesis of methanol and higher alcohol represents a promising pathway for utilizing synthesis gas (a mixture of CO and ...
Cooling Hadoop: Temperature Aware Schedulers in Data Centers
(2013-01-07)
The amount of unstructured data, also known as “Big Data” in Internet is growing every day. Because the Big data is unstructured, a large-scale distributed batch processing infrastructure like Hadoop is used instead of ...
The Effects of Thermal Aging on the Mechanical Behavior of Fine Pitch Electronics Packages
(2013-01-07)
The direction of Electronics packaging industry is to design smaller packages
with higher complexity while focusing on Sn-Ag-Cu as the alloy of choice for lead free
electronics assembly. While performance capabilities ...
Hospital Healing Garden Design and Emotional and Behavioral Responses of Visitors and Employees
(2013-01-04)
Despite the growing interest in healing gardens in hospitals which began in the 1990’s, there has been a major lack of a generalized measure to assess perceptions of specific design elements in healing gardens. Although ...
Effect of In Phase and Out of Phase Forcing on Circular Cylinder Wake
(2013-01-03)
Using periodic forcing, the control of instabilities in the wake of a circular cylinder was investigated. The cylinder model had two straight slits, one on each side, that were connected to separate low frequency and high ...
Controlled Spawning of White Catfish, Ictalurus catus, and Brown Bullhead Catfish, Ameiurus nebulosus, Using Carp Pituitary Extract and LHRHa
(2013-01-03)
If successful artificial spawning techniques can be developed, white catfish, Ictalurus catus, and brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus, may have the potential to become model organisms for accelerated catfish genetics ...
High Temperature Vibration Fatigue Life Prediction and High Strain Rate Material Characterization of Lead-Free Solders
(2013-01-03)
Current trends in the automotive industry warrant a variety of electronics for improved control, safety, efficiency and entertainment. Many of these electronic systems like engine control units, variable valve sensor, ...
Investigation of binding of Bacteriophage and Staphylococcus aureus using Magnetoelastic Biosensor
(2013-01-03)
Consumption of bacteria-contaminated food products results in illness, hospitalization and even deaths and researchers have been making efforts in finding a way for early detection of pathogenic bacteria, such as Staphylococcus ...
Development of Moisture Sensor Technology to Enhance Conveynace and Field Distribution of Broiler Litter
(2013-01-03)
As environmental implications for land application of poultry litter become stricter, technological advancements on litter spreaders will be required to improve field performance. The inherent physical variability, moisture ...
The Effect of Land Use/Land Cover on Headwater-Slope Wetlands in Baldwin County, Alabama
(2012-12-17)
Land use and land cover (LULC) have been shown to greatly influence aquatic environments although very few studies have described the effect on headwater wetlands. The overall goal of this research was to assess the impact ...
Estimation of Survival of the Atlantic Horseshoe Crab, Limulus polyphemus, by Analysis of Mark-Recapture Data with Tag Loss
(2012-12-17)
The Atlantic Horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, is a valuable resource along the Mid-Atlantic coast which has, in recent years, experienced new management paradigms due to increased concern about this species role in the ...
Development and Application of One Dimensional Multi-component Reactive Transport Models
(2012-12-14)
The overarching goal of this dissertation is to develop reactive transport models and explore their applications to groundwater remediation problems. The primary focus of this dissertation is aimed at developing models ...
Non-perturbative calculations of atomic data for applications in laboratory fusion and astrophysical plasmas
(2012-12-13)
Results are presented for non-perturbative quantal calculations of atomic data for application in laboratory fusion and astrophysical plasmas. One of the key issues in laboratory
fusion plasmas is the accurate modeling ...