Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Title
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Synthesis, Fractionation, and Thin Film Processing of Nanoparticles Using the Tunable Solvent Properties of Carbon Dioxide Gas Expanded Liquids
(2007-05-15)
Materials built from nanoparticles possess unique chemical, physical, mechanical and optical properties. Due to these properties, they hold potential in application areas such as catalysts, sensors, semiconductors and ...
Synthesis, GC–MS, GC–MS/MS, GC–IR and chromatographic studies on cathinone derivatives related to methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV)
(2018-12-03)
This project will address issues of resolution and discriminatory capabilities for cathinone derivatives (regioisomeric and homologous groups) providing additional reliability and selectivity for forensic evidence and ...
Synthesis, Processing and Characterization of Nanostructured Conducting Materials
(2012-05-01)
Several novel synthesis approaches target to precisely control the nano-structures of electric organic polymers have been studied and these methods can afford to yield nanostructured electric organic polymers, (i) conducting ...
Synthesis, Processing and Dynamic Fracture Behavior of Particulate Epoxy Composites with Conventional and Hierarchical Micro-/Nano-fillers
(2016-12-09)
Polymer-based particulate composites have a wide range of engineering applications due to their mechanical, chemical, dielectric, and lightweight characteristics as well as simplicity of processing. The mechanical performance ...
Synthesis, Spectroscopic Investigation and Immobilization Of Copper(II) Complexes as Oxidation Catalysts
(2009-08-04)
Schiff-base complexes that function as catalysts in aqueous media have been developed. The design of environmentally benign metal catalysts with multidentate ligands is a field of intense current interest. Transition metal ...
Synthesis, Structure-Bioactivity Relationship, and Application of Antimicrobial Materials
(2009-12-14)
Antimicrobial N-halamine compounds were designed, synthesized and applied onto various materials to investigate and develop several properties of the N-halamine-based technologies. There are five projects covered in the ...
Synthetic Explorations to Sinefungin Analogs
(2009-05-15)
Sinefungin, a natural complex nucleoside, has been isolated from the cultures of Streptomyces griseolous, and from that of Streptomyces incarnatus. It is a structural analog of S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) and since its ...
Synthetic Optimization and Electrochemical Studies of Delafossite CuCrO2 for Solar Energy Conversion and Storage Applications
(2022-07-27)
Metal oxides have been of great importance to the development of new energy conversion and storage technologies including heterojunction solar cells and Li-ion batteries. P-type delafossite CuCrO2 is a metal oxide which ...
A System and Unit Design for Food Distribution During a Disaster Recovery
(2006-08-15)
Because of the steadily increasing population, disaster needs have been steadily increasing in number and scale. This increasing trend intensifies the need for aid in the recovery areas of disaster situations. The development ...
A System Design to Reduce the Amount of Organic Waste Disposed in Trash
(2014-07-11)
The current trend in modern society is to use, consume and discard. People typically generate large portions of trash without fully understanding what they are actually disposing of. The majority of the trash people in the ...
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 ...
System Reliability Model for Long Span Arch Bridges
(2018-05-17)
Every structural system consists of elements with certain dependencies between each other. Current design codes do not account for these interactions and they provide provisions only for particular components. Thus, the ...
System Safety Analysis of the Opelika Fire Department's Crawling Simulator
(2015-12-04)
Firefighters have among the most physically and psychologically challenging jobs in the world, incurring more than 80,000 injuries each year. Firefighter training is crucial, as higher knowledge and experience levels are ...
A Systematic and Data-Driven Approach for Improving Survival Analysis of Heart Transplantation
(2019-07-26)
This dissertation is developed to improve survival analysis of heart transplant surgeries by first, investigating factors that are associated with the performance of predictive machine learning algorithms, then creating ...
A Systematic Approach and Design Guidelines for the Development of Smart Bathrooms Considering the Senior Population
(2019-04-18)
Around the world, populations are aging, and the life expectancy of the senior population is also increasing. At the same time, a large portion of the elderly prefer to stay at home, which is known as aging in place. ...
A Systematic Approach For Developing Modular Rehabilitation Products For Facilitating Better Strength Recovery With Focus On Stroke Patients
(2016-04-22)
According advanced medical technologies have enabled ruptured brain vessels to be saved by related procedures for stroke patients. However, most patients will suffer various kinds of sequela, such as muscle atrophy, ...
A Systematic Approach to the Classification of Physical Connections in Product Design
(2016-04-27)
Physical connection plays an important part in product design. This thesis focuses on
discussing physical connection in product design. Physical connection is the junction area of two or multiple parts. This thesis aims ...
Systematic Characterization and Modeling of Small and Large Signal Performance Of 50 - 200 Ghz SiGe HBTs
(2005-08-15)
Over the last ten years, SiGe BiCMOS technology has become the leading technology in analog circuit design for both wired and wireless telecommunication applications. However, the endless pursuit for high performance is ...
Systematic Characterization of Catalytic Active Sites and Complete Catalytic Cycles for Methane to Methanol Transformation
(2021-11-19)
Methane to methanol (MTM) transformation is a very significant chemical transformation for its scientific, industrial, and commercial importance. Currently, MTM transformation is done by following a high energy procedure ...
A Systematic Evaluation of Variables Underlying Response Effort Manipulations
(2008-12-15)
A number of studies have investigated the effects of manipulating the physical effort required for an individual to emit a response. This research overwhelmingly shows that as force requirements increase, response rates ...