Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Fatigue Properties and Reliability of Solder Joints in BGA Assembly
(2022-12-05)
Lead-free near-eutectic Sn-Ag-Cu (SAC) solder system has raised increasing attention in the electronics industry since the hazardous effects of SnPb solders. One of the critical considerations for the reliability of an ...
Utilization of Vehicle-Specific Power as a Powertrain Independent Platoon Controller Performance Metric
(2022-12-05)
Heavy-Duty hauling faces challenges regarding the efficiency of transportation, which opens the door to new pathways to saving money while refueling via platooning. Platooning vehicles travel together intending to reduce ...
Small Molecules Conjugated Silica Nanoparticles for Dual Targeting of Colon Cancer
(2022-12-05)
Colorectal cancer is categorized as the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second main reason for cancer death in the United States. The conventional treatments of colorectal cancer like surgery, chemotherapy and ...
An Approach For Creating Low-fidelity Prototypes That Allow for Testing Integrated Digital And Physical Interfaces
(2022-12-05)
With the development of electronic products and electronic technology, the interaction between the user and the device design ushers in new challenges. Touch operations are gradually replacing traditional physical operations, ...
A Vulnerability Assessment Testing Methodology for V2X-Enabled Environments
(2022-12-05)
V2X systems and networks are unlike existing wireless technologies since more data, bandwidth, and speed is required when communicating over a highly dynamic and ever-changing vehicular network. Protocols supporting V2X ...
Insight into the Effect of Nanoparticles Physicochemical Properties on Ocular Uptake and Transport
(2022-12-05)
The growing population of people suffering from various eye disease has become a concern
for ophthalmologists and drug delivery scientists. Currently, the majority of marketed ophthalmic
formulations are in the form of ...
The Role of Data Analytics in Accelerating Assessments of the Impacts of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Source and Drinking Water
(2022-12-05)
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large, diverse, and growing family of persistent, mobile organofluorine compounds that are used for a wide variety of industrial and consumer applications, and that are ...
Engineering and Statistical Analysis of Solid and Liquid Missile Systems
(2022-12-05)
Engineering and statistical analysis is applied to gain insights and information regarding liquid and solid missile systems. This dissertation outlines five main key topic areas, physics modeling, data generation, model ...
The Effects of Implicit Learning, Practicing with the Expectation of Teaching, and Anxiety Training on Motor Performance Under Psychological Pressure
(2022-12-05)
This dissertation describes a research program focused on investigating learning strategies that could prevent individuals from showing inferior motor performance when performing under psychological pressure, a phenomenon ...
Molecular Biology and Epidemiology of Human and Feline Coronaviruses
(2022-12-05)
Coronaviruses (CoVs) are RNA viruses belonging to the Coronaviridae family and known to infect various hosts such as pigs (porcine epidemic diarrhea virus), cats (feline infectious peritonitis virus), birds (avian coronavirus), ...
Bioinspired Microphysiological Systems for in vitro Elucidation of Prostate Tumorigenic Progression and Application in Pre-clinical Therapeutic Evaluation
(2022-12-05)
Contrary to conventional belief, prostate cancer tumors are not merely uniform clusters of cancerous cells that undergo uncontrollable growth and migrate indiscriminately throughout the body. Instead, the prostatic tumor ...
Biocrude production from biomass and mixed plastics via hydrothermal liquefaction for fuel and chemicals
(2022-12-05)
Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) is a promising technology to convert organic feedstocks into value-added fuel precursors known as biocrude, solids (hydrochar), and gaseous byproducts. The HTL process can efficiently break ...
Spatial Distribution and Mass Transport of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Surface Water Systems
(2022-12-05)
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of nearly 5,000 anthropogenic organic substances produced since the late 1940s. These substances have been used in various consumer products and industrial applications ...
Fracture of Brittle Materials and Bimaterial Interfaces in the Presence of Compressive Stresses
(2022-12-05)
The present work is aimed at the experimental investigation of the effect of local compressive stress fields on a crack lying along an interface. This is relevant to problems such as interfaces found in adhesively bonded ...
Developing a multiscale modeling framework to assess forest health risk based on the FIA data
(2022-12-05)
Maintaining tree vigor and forest health is critical as forest health risks increase over time. Eastern US forests have been losing quality in recent decades due to forest health risks such as tree mortality and nonnative ...
Development of Criteria for Fatigue Design of Horizontally Curved Steel Bridges
(2022-12-05)
Modern steel bridge design is moving toward the application of slender elements due to improved fabrication and construction technology. The strength and stability aspect of the liberal design philosophy has been well ...
Facile Fabrication of functional nanocomposites for supercapacitor applications
(2022-12-05)
To address the energy crisis and environmental pollution issues, urgently need to develop an inexpensive, environmentally-friendly, and safe electrochemical energy storage system (EES). Supercapacitors (SCs) are considered ...
Effect of dietary inclusion of corn from different origins on metabolizable energy, amino acid digestibility, growth performance, carcass traits, and nutrient digestibility of broilers.
(2022-12-02)
Corn is an important feed ingredient of broiler diets due to its high content of apparent metabolizable energy (AME). Additionally, its high inclusion in diets makes it a non-negligible source of crude protein (CP) and ...
Kinematic Equine Gait Analysis and Architecture Trait Phenotyping of Loblolly Pine using 3D Stereo Machine Vision and Deep Learning
(2022-12-02)
As agricultural technologies have progressed rapidly over the past decades, animal and plant phenotyping has become one of the primary research topics. Conventional phenotyping relies heavily on manual measurements, which ...
Improving the Performance of Reinforced Concrete Decks in California
(2022-12-02)
The poor performance observed over the years starts at the very early age of the bridge, like in California. The literature review suggests that restraining effects on the deck may cause excessive early-age transverse ...