Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Development of an Occupant and Vehicle Interaction Simulation
(2007-12-15)
The focus of this thesis was on performing a non-linear, transient occupant and structure interaction simulation. A finite element model was created of the Auburn University 2005 Baja SAE vehicle in combination with an ...
Development of a High Speed Three-dimensional Flow Visualization Technique
(2007-12-15)
A high-speed three-dimensional flow visualization technique has been developed. The technique involves the generation of laser pulses at a high repetition rate, which are subsequently converted to sheets of light and ...
System Identification of General Aviation Aircraft Using the Filter Error Technique
(2007-12-15)
An overview of some past and modern applications of system identification techniques
to aircraft is presented in this thesis, which traces progress and accomplishments in the
field of system identification - especially ...
Identification of a Tethered Satellite Using an Extended Kalman Filter
(2007-12-15)
Recent studies involving a tethered satellite system(s) (TSS) have increased due to the importance of accurately identifying and analyzing the motion of a TSS. If the motion of a tethered satellite is not accurately ...
Aerodynamic Optimization for Freight Trucks Using a Genetic Algorithm and CFD
(2007-12-15)
A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code is being combined with a genetic algorithm (GA) to perform a two-dimensional drag minimization study on tractor trailers. This paper involves the minimization of drag on two different ...
Three-Dimensional Trajectory Optimization in Constrained Airspace
(2007-12-15)
This dissertation deals with the generation of three-dimensional optimized trajectory
in constrained airspace. It expands the previously used two-dimensional aircraft
model to a three-dimensional model and includes the ...
Propeller Performance Analysis and Multidisciplinary Optimization Using a Genetic Algorithm
(2007-12-15)
A propeller performance analysis program has been developed and integrated into a Genetic Algorithm for design optimization. The design tool will produce optimal propeller geometries for a given goal, which includes ...
Factors Associated with the Black and White Student Achievement Gap: An Exploratory Study
(2006-08-15)
This paper discusses some of the possible contributors to the differences found between black- white Stanford Achievement Test (SAT) scores for elementary and middle school students. This study examines the following ...
Exploring 'Place' in Planning and Zoning Debates Across a Rural-Urban Gradient
(2006-08-15)
Land use policy and zoning are examined here as socio-political forms of landscape creation. This study examined the human-place perspective of rural residents experiencing demographic and physical changes due to the ...
An Investigation of the Southern Subculture of Violence: Structural and Cultural Predictors of an Expanded Conceptualization of Violence
(2006-08-15)
This research investigates the impact of both structural and cultural variables on regional variations in rates of homicide and aggravated assault. Particular attention is given to the influence of conservative Protestantism ...
Modeling Water Quality Impacts of Off-Road Vehicles in Forested Watersheds
(2005-08-15)
Erosion from off-road vehicles can cause negative effects on water quality by impairing fish habitat and shortening reservoir life. Due to an increasing level of off-road vehicle use throughout the country, this impact ...
Vulnerability Assessment of Java Bytecode
(2005-12-15)
Security of the software applications has become a critical issue as software is now used in almost all sectors parts of our day to day life. There is always an underlying threat that a malicious user may be able to access ...
Longitudinal Studies of Escherichia coli, Campylobacter jejuni, and Salmonella Ssp. in Broiler Chickens Using Automated Ribotyping
(2005-12-15)
The prevalence, distribution and characteristics of Escherichia coli, Campylobacter jejuni, and Salmonella spp. through an integrated broiler chicken operation from the day of hatch through processing were examined. Two ...
Using Genetic Programming to Quantify the Effectiveness of Similar User Cluster History as a Personalized Search Metric
(2005-12-15)
Online search is the service that pushes the Internet. One must only look at the success of a company such as Google, an idea from a 1998 graduate research paper that has in 2005 not only become a wildly successful company, ...
Rising Health Care Costs and the Two Price Market: The Impact of Third-Party Payers
(2007-12-15)
Martin Feldstein wrote several important papers in the 1970s concerning the reciprocal growth of health care inflation and insurance levels. This paper attempts to develop a new theoretical model based on a two-price ...
The Ethanol Market: An Econometric Inquiry into the Market for E85
(2007-12-15)
This study analyzes the ethanol market in order to determine if E85 can replace gasoline as the United States primary fuel. After presenting the history of the ethanol market, past literature on ethanol, and legislation ...
Gains in Achievement with Access to Three Types of Scripted Activities on Elaboration in a Freshman Composition Class
(2007-12-15)
This study investigated associations between pair and group scripted revision activities and the outcome variables of holistic scores and elaboration criterion scores on a high-stakes community college writing exam. The ...
English Seventeenth Century Colonial Expansion as a Form of Rent-Seeking
(2007-12-15)
The central purpose of this dissertation is to apply a rent-seeking analysis to seventeenth century colonial policies in England. The dissertation is an extension of the rent-seeking model which Robert Ekelund and Robert ...
An Exploratory Study of the Possible Alignment Between the Beliefs and Teaching Practices of Secondary Mathematics Pre-Service Teachers and Their Cooperating Teachers and Its Effects on the Pre-service Teachers' Growth Towards Becoming Reform Based Mathematics Teachers
(2007-12-15)
For the mathematics reform movement to continue, cooperating teachers as well as pre-service teachers must be well equipped to carry out the Standards set forth by The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). ...
A Study of the Use of Wordmapping in Ninth-Grade Remedial English Classes
(2007-12-15)
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of using wordmapping with struggling learners between the ages of 13 and 15. An experimental group (the wordmapping group) and a treated control group (the vocabulary ...