Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions

The northern hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, has proven to be a profitable aquaculture species along the Eastern seaboard as well as the west coast of Florida. The potential for M. mercenaria aquaculture in the North ...

This thesis is a collection of thirty-two poems preceded by an introduction. The introduction explores my use of myth to craft a dynamic, evocative style; it also analyzes my ""mythmaking"" as a way of creating distance ...

Neural networks have been an active area of research and application for many years. Today they are gaining popularity with the growing processing power of modern computers. With neural networks gaining popularity comes ...

In this work, a Method of Moments (MoM) formulation is presented for the numerical solution of very thin dielectric materials in the frequency domain. The dielectric material is represented by a triangular mesh and a ...

Several different morphologies of one-dimensional (1-D) ZnO nanostructured arrays can be controllably synthesized using novel thermal chemical vapor deposition at low temperatures. Well aligned and two dimensional periodic ...

Learning and learning styles have become two major fields that draw the attention of several researchers (Dunn & Dunn, 1986; Keefe, 1987; Kolb & Kolb, 2003; Koch, 1998; Lemire, 2000; Riding & Cheema,1991). Learning is an ...

Undergraduate engineering enrollment has shown signs of stagnation. The American Society for Engineering Education reported that, from 2001 through 2004, national enrollment remained virtually unchanged: 96,426 in 2001 and ...

This thesis studies the effect terrorism has on the tourism industry highlighting differences between developed and developing countries.

The growing number of patients with dementia represents a significant physical and mental health challenge not only for the health professions, but also, and more dramatically, for primary caregivers of dementia patients. ...

College students frequently are not adequately prepared to make academic and career choices upon entering the college environment despite the need to focus on specific goals early in their college careers. Career development ...