Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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A Chinese Director and His Transition from Critical Banned Filmmaker to Box Office Success
(2005-08-15)
This thesis uses historical poetics to analyze Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s film productions of the last ten years. Zhang Yimou has been famous for his leading position in the Fifth Generation of Chinese directors. Zhang ...
Modeling Inertial Measurement Units and Anlyzing the Effect of Their Errors in Navigation Applications
(2005-12-15)
In this thesis, a simple model that statistically represents an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) output has been studied. This model is then expanded to produce a model that incorporates terms that account for errors ...
Microcontroller-Based Current-Mode Control for Power Converters
(2005-12-15)
Presented in this dissertation is the implementation of microcontroller-based digital current-mode control (CMC) switch-mode power converters. A hybrid control method is proposed. By using on-board analog peripherals on ...
An exploratory study of the factors associated with the mathematics achievement of six tenth grade African American students
(2005-12-15)
Using observations and interviews, six African American students were followed through their tenth grade year in mathematics class. All of the students were enrolled in regular, college preparatory geometry. An assessment ...
Applications of Multi-channel Filter Banks to Textured Image Segmentation
(2006-08-15)
Multi-channel filtering provides a robust solution to the texture discrimination/
segmentation problem for digital image processing. Specifically, the use of the Gabor
filter for channel characterization is explored. Tag ...
Vibration Analysis Of Test Chips With Integrated Piezoresistive Stress Sensors
(2006-08-15)
Vibration analysis of the WB200 test chip containing an array of optimized piezoresistive stress sensor rosettes has been performed. The test chip was attached to the printed circuit board with an underfill encapsulant ...
GPS and Inertial Sensor Enhancements for Vision-based Highway Lane Tracking
(2006-08-15)
For the past decade much research in the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
community has been devoted to the topic of lane departure warning (LDW). A significant
portion of highway fatalities each year are attributed ...
Interface Selection in Multi-Interface Mobile Devices
(2006-08-15)
This thesis describes interface selection in multi-interface mobile devices. A multi-interface
mobile device is defined as a device equipped with more than one network interface to help connect
it to an external network ...
Design of an Outdoor Wireless Local Area Network and Antenna Analysis
(2006-08-15)
One of the ongoing projects of the Engineering Network Services (ENS) at Auburn University (AU) is to design and implement an outdoor Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). This project involved using Access Points (AP) that ...
Compact Modeling of SiGe HBTs Using Verilog-A
(2006-08-15)
SiGe HBTs, integrated with CMOS, have demonstrated their usefulness in digital
and analog circuit designs for wired and wireless telecommunication applications over
the past decade. Of critical importance to successful ...
Built-In Self-test for Input/Output Cells in Field Programmable Gate Arrays
(2006-08-15)
Programmable Input/Output (I/O) cells are an integral part of any Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The resources associated with the programmable I/O cells are increasing as newer architectures of FPGAs are being ...
High Temperature High Power SiC Devices Packaging Processes and Materials Development
(2006-08-15)
Silicon power devices have reached their theoretical limits in terms of higher temperature and higher power operation by virtue of the physical properties of the material. SiC has been identified as a material with the ...
Built-In Self-Test of Logic Resources in Field Programmable Gate Arrays Using Partial Reconfiguration
(2006-08-15)
Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are programmable logic devices that can be used to implement virtually any digital circuit design. Built-In Self-Test (BIST) is a testing approach that enables the device to test ...
Modeling and Scaling Limitations of SiGe HBT Low-Frequency Noise and Oscillator Phase Noise
(2006-08-15)
This dissertation presents modeling of SiGe HBT low-frequency noise and oscillator phase noise, and examines their limitations posed by technology scaling. A new method of extracting low-frequency noise, inverse circuit ...
An Examination of Factors Influencing Differences in Academic Performance among Active Duty Military Students and Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps Scholarship Students in a University Setting
(2006-08-15)
Naval Science Departments at universities across the country have two groups of students: Active duty and non-active duty students. These two types of students seem to have parity with regard to requisite academic ability, ...
Prediction of Nursing Student Performance in First Year Coursework
(2006-08-15)
The nursing shortage affects nurses in clinical practice and those who educate students in nursing education programs. An influx of students seeking admission into nursing programs in combination with the shortage of nursing ...
An Empirical and Existential Examination of Narcissistic Functioning
(2006-08-15)
The Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) and its factors have been shown to simultaneously predict both psychological adjustment and lack thereof. Results from a host of empirical studies suggest that although one ...
Assessment of Health-Promoting Factors in College Students' Lifestyles
(2006-08-15)
The purposes of this study were designed to determine the degree to which college students engage in health-promoting lifestyles, identify differences in health-promoting lifestyles between undergraduate and graduate ...
The Efficacy of No-Suicide Contracts with Clients in Counseling on an Outpatient Basis
(2006-08-15)
Clients at two outpatient facilities who self-identified as having expressed suicidal thoughts or engaged in suicidal behaviors during some point in their counseling treatment were invited to participate in a survey to ...
Body Image Perceptions and Clothing Behavior Issues for Adolescent Daughters and Their Mothers
(2006-08-15)
The purpose of this study was to explore tween girls (ages 9-14) and their mothers in relation to clothing behavior issues, body image, and body satisfaction. The purposive sample consisted of 41 mother-daughter pairs ...