Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Methods for Minimizing Navigation Errors Induced by Ground Vehicle Dynamics
(2006-05-15)
A navigation system was designed using an extended Kalman filter for an autonomous ground vehicle competing in the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge. An overview of this system is provided, and errors in the navigation solution ...
Vibration and Acoustical Properties of Sandwich Composite Materials
(2006-05-15)
In applications where the use of lightweight structures is important, the introduction of a viscoelastic core layer, which has high inherent damping, between two face sheets, can produce a sandwich structure with high ...
Thermo-mechanical Reliability Models for Life Prediction of Area Array Electronics in Extreme Environments
(2006-05-15)
The increasing functionality in modern microelectronics requires more complexity in less space and more reliability at lower cost. Demands on miniaturization have lead to the evolution of several types of area array packages ...
Characterization and Prediction of Material Response of Micro And Nano-Underfills for Flip Chip Devices
(2006-05-15)
Silica particles are used as a filler material in electronic underfills to reduce coefficient of thermal expansion of the underfill-epoxy matrix. In traditional underfills, the size of silica particles is in the micrometer ...
Passive Pendulum Balancer for Rotor Systems
(2006-05-15)
Automatic, passive self-balancing systems are important tools for reducing the effects of synchronous vibration in a variety of rotating machinery. Such systems are ideally capable of precise balancing, subject to certain ...
Iterative processes generating dense point sets
(2006-05-15)
The central problem of the thesis is the question of denseness of
certain sets of points in the plane. All of the following results
are joint with A. Bezdek. We consider point sets P, not a subset
of a line, having the ...
Concerning a Problem of K. Kuratowski
(2006-05-15)
Suppose (S,T) is a topological space and A is any subset of S. Then the functions f and g from the power set of S, P(S), into P(S) are defined as: f(A) is the closure of A and g(A) is the complement of A. In this thesis, ...
A Brief Exploration of the Sorgenfrey Line and the Lexicographic Order
(2006-05-15)
The author will compare properties of the usual topology on the real line with the properties of the Sorgenfrey Line. After that she will look at properties of the Lexiographic Order on the reals cross [0,1]. The main ...
On the role of 1-LC and semi 1-LC properties in determining the fundamental group of a one point union of spaces
(2006-05-15)
Concerning the fundamental group of spaces written as a union of two topological
spaces, the result by Seifert and van Kampen is well known and frequently
used. Over the years there have been various theorems published ...
Microstructure – Mechanical Property Relationships in Transient Liquid Phase Bonded Nickel-Based Superalloys and Iron-based ODS Alloys
(2006-05-15)
The research work presented here discusses the microstructure-mechanical property relationships in wide gap transient liquid phase (TLP) bonds, between the single crystal nickel-base superalloy CMSX-4 and two polycrystalline ...
Transient Liquid Phase Bonding of Ferritic Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Alloys
(2006-05-15)
Oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) alloys possess excellent properties including resistance to oxidation, corrosion, creep and thermal fatigue. In addition, ferritic ODS alloys exhibit resistance to void swelling and are ...
An Exploration of the Impact of Speech Recognition Technologies on Group Efficiency and Effectiveness During an Electronic Idea Generation Scenario
(2006-05-15)
Dynamic, evolving, complex, complicated, fast. All of these words describe today’s business environment. In this atmosphere, making decisions is critical to the success of an organization. To give themselves the best ...
The Effects of Managerial Communication and Justice Perceptions on Employee Commitment to Organizational Change: A Mixed Method Field Study
(2006-05-15)
Using a mixed method research design, this study examined relationships among managerial communication, perceptions of justice, and affective commitment to change in the context of an organizational merger. Qualitative and ...
Canine Design: Creating the Modern Dog Park
(2006-05-15)
With the growing popularity of dogs being considered members of the family within the United States, many cities are now providing dog parks along with their traditional playgrounds, to be used by the community. Modern ...
Sensitivity Analysis of Subjective Ergonomic Assessment Tools: Impact of Input Information Accuracy on Output (Final Scores) Generation
(2006-05-15)
Subjective ergonomic assessment tools are widely used by practitioners to detect existing or potentially hazardous conditions. Their output scores are used to design, implement, and evaluate measurements and controls in ...
The Optimum Upper Screening Limit and Optimum Mean Fill Level to Maximize Expected Net Profit in the Canning Problem for Finite Continuous Distributions
(2006-05-15)
The “canning problem” occurs when a process has a minimum specification such that any product produced below that minimum incurs a scrap/rework cost and any product over the minimum incurs a “give-away” cost. The objective ...
Young Children's Vulnerability to Achievement Goals: A Validation Study
(2006-05-15)
The purpose of this study was to explore validity of measures used to asses children as having a helpless or mastery oriented pattern of response to failure. Participants (N = 190) were part of a larger project, the Child ...
Developmental Antecedents of Adolescent Parenthood
(2006-05-15)
Adolescent parenthood is an issue of universal concern because of the negative outcomes associated with both the teen parents and their children. The current study sought to examine father absence and being born to a teen ...
Vocabulary Development of Preschool Children and Its Relation to Childcare Quality
(2006-05-15)
In the past decade, there has been an increase of the numbers of children in childcare centers and in preschools. Because of this increase, there has been a renewed interest in the effects of childcare centers and preschool ...
Adolescent Action-taking: Associations with Identity Style, Possible Selves, and Parental Support
(2006-05-15)
Action-taking is the intentional behavior in which adolescents engage. Productive
action-taking promotes positive youth outcomes and future goal-achievement. The aims of the current study were to examine variation in ...