Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Title
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Development of Advanced Deep Learning Algorithms for Domain-Specific Challenges
(2024-07-08)
Deep learning has made significant advancements since the 1940s, utilizing large amounts of data and computational power to mimic human cognitive processes. However, current models often struggle with scalability and ...
Development of Alternative-protein-based Diets for the Intensive Production of Florida pompano Trachinotus carolinus L.
(2011-05-02)
The Florida pompano industry is a promising enterprise in the United States and with commercial production progressively increasing. However, the success of such an enterprise is dependent on the supply of environmentally ...
Development of an Actively-Cooled Imaging System for Embedded Optical Measurements in High-Speed Flows
(2023-11-15)
High speed airbreathing propulsion systems have become increasingly complex with the development of hypersonic scramjet engines. Analysis of scramjet flow structures is difficult due to extreme thermal environments and ...
Development of an Analytical Method for Quantification of Endocrine-Disrupting Phytoestrogenic Compounds in Estuarine Environment Using UHPLC-MS/MS
(2018-04-27)
Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) are nearly ubiquitous in the daily lives of individuals around the globe. Phytoestrogenic polyphenols (PEPPs, also known as phytoestrogens) represent a subgroup of EDCs. They are ...
Development of an Analytical Process to Measure Teacher Effectiveness Based on Student Growth to Augment an Educator Evaluation System
(2012-08-02)
Teacher quality is one of the most important school related variables associated with student achievement. Therefore, raising the quality of the U.S. public education teaching force is essential to ensure that every child ...
Development of an Augmenting Navigational Cognition System
(2005-12-15)
Social isolation for persons with cognitive impairments due to aging and/or disease is common and widespread. Those people who have diseases such as early Alzheimer’s and dementia tend to forget what they have to do to ...
Development of an Automated Planter for Sweet Potato Slips
(2013-06-13)
Fluctuating oil prices and the urge to reduce oil dependency has significantly increased US ethanol production. In 2011, approximately 28% of the corn market was used for fuel ethanol production. The expanding ethanol ...
Development of an Autonomous Mobile Robot-Trailer System for UXO Detection
(2007-08-15)
The process of finding and removing unexploded ordnance (UXO) from contaminated sites is an expensive and time consuming task. In this thesis, an autonomous mobile robot-trailer system is developed for this purpose. It ...
Development of an Improved RF Band-Pass Filter using CSRR Metamaterial Structures on an LCP Substrate
(2015-05-11)
For over a decade, academic exploration into the emerging field of metamaterial technology has resulted in advancements in the design of myriad devices such as oscillators, antennas, transmission lines, superlenses, and ...
Development of an Inhibitor Resistant Genomic Assay for Environmental Samples
(2014-07-24)
Rapid identification and quantification of bacteria is beneficial for the environmental monitoring, such as water quality and site clean-up. However, existing bacteria quantification methods, such as colony counting or ...
Development of an instrument to measure tendencies toward self-directedness in learning within a workplace setting
(2008-05-15)
The self-directed acquisition of knowledge and skills needed to develop or enhance an individual's ability to adapt and advance within society is a factor in the development of programs to promote independent study within ...
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 an Optically Accessible High-Pressure Strand Burner and the Experimental Determination of the Burn Rate of High Temperature Thermally Degraded HTPB/AP/AL Solid Propellant Combustion
(2020-08-18)
This thesis presents initial findings from solid propellant experiments using thermally degraded hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene, ammonium perchlorate, and aluminum powder propellants. Currently, a better understanding ...
Development of Analytical Systems for Detection of Biomarkers and Neurotoxic Exposure
(2019-04-23)
Exposure to the chemical and biological compounds in environment poses a serious health threat to humanity. Timely awareness of the chemicals in environment plays a vital role in exposure assessment, damage control, and ...
Development of Antibody- and Phage-Based Lateral Flow Test Strips for the Detection of the Bovine Meat and Bone Meal in Animal Feeds and the Bacillus anthracis Spores in Water and Foods
(2010-08-03)
The outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in 1980s and 1990s, peaked in 1992, mainly took place in most European countries, especially in the United Kingdom, caused widespread panic in the world. It was generally ...
Development of ANVEL HIL/SIL Simulation Environment for Rapid Prototyping of Navigation Algorithms
(2018-05-04)
This thesis presents the development of a Hardware In the Loop/Software In the Loop (HIL/SIL) simulation environment with the purpose of testing Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System (GPS/INS) navigation ...
Development of atomistic and concurrent atomistic-continuum frameworks to model shock wave propagation and phonon transmission
(2023-04-17)
In the first part of this dissertation, we develop a long-time moving window framework using Molecular Dynamics (MD) to model shock wave propagation through a one-dimensional monatomic chain. The moving window formulation ...
Development of automated microfluidic devices for quantifying nutrient uptake and release from murine adipose tissue with fluorescence imaging
(2023-12-05)
This study aims to advance the knowledge of diabetes-associated biological assays such as white adipose tissue secreted glycerol and fatty acid uptake and secretion assays by leveraging the incorporation of microfluidic ...
Development of Behavior-semiochemical-based IPM Approach for Invasive Kudzu Bug, Megacopta cribraria (F.) (Hemiptera: Plataspidae)
(2019-07-11)
The kudzu bug, Megacopta cribraria (F.), is newly detected invasive pest insect native to Asia. Since the first detection in 2009, it has spread rapidly throughout the southeastern U.S. It has become a key pest of legume ...
THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIFUNCTIONAL ALLYLBORONATE REAGENTS FOR STEREOSELECTIVE CARBONYL ALLYLBORATION
(2023-07-17)
CHAPTER 1
The synthesis of a bifunctional allylboron reagent via Ni-catalyzed borylation of allylic acetate is developed. Subsequent allylation of aldehydes, ketones and cyclic aldimines gave homoallylic alcohols and ...