Theses from 2012
Chemical characterization and biological activities of Himalayan aromatic medicinal plants, Prabodh Satyal
Statistical fracture mechanics : an unconventional approach to crack formation in brittle solids, Igor Savin
Improving PCR efficiency with inorganic pyrophosphatase, Anuj Singhal
Incorporating input saturation for underactuated surface vessel trajectory tracking control, Yaswanth Siramdasu
The influence of worry on ratings of visual pain stimuli, David D. Stephenson
Investigations of subsonic compressible boundary layer flows using hybrid large eddy simuations, Sara Jo Taylor
Microhabitat partitioning of an assemblage of darter species within two tributaries of the Tennessee River drainage in northeast Alabama, Brian Thompson
Attachment of Escherichia coli to poly(dimethylsiloxane) irradiated at 254NM, Alisa Townsend
Robot manipulator control using adaptive-gain sliding modes, Tetsuya Toyama
Surface modification of poly(dimethylsiloxane) with 254 NM irradiation : a comparative study of hydroxyl, carboxylic, and fluoro-terminated groups, Kenya M. Wallace
Markovian service selection models, Lance Warden
An extended duration hybrid powered hexcopter, Jason D. Winningham
Investigation of turbulent boundary layer flow using a geometry-based artificially generated inflow, Man Zhang
Theses from 2011
The design state space for software metrics extraction and analysis, Raouf Alomainy
An empirical study of software changes in open source systems, Deel M. Baral
Heuristics modeling optimization-oriented element behaviors in discrete, repulsive systems, David Barber
The accuracy of information retrieval based bug localization techniques, Matthew D. Beard
The presence of sound symbolism effects for 3-D objects, Cassie Stutts Berry
Spatio-temporal querying and retrieval system using gamepad, Vineetha Bettaiah
Determination of a new throttling liquid rocket engine for a Mars lander, Erin M. Betts
AIRS sounding analysis in the pre-convective environment, Danelle Botes
An analysis and simulation of launch vehicle separation dynamics including thrust transients, Charles David Capps
CFD analysis of combustion instability for a rocket injector, Douglass W. Casey
Application of the polyurea coating on high-performance organic aggregate cementitious materials, Hyungjoo Choi
Initial design process for a pulsed thermonuclear fusion reaction engine, Ross Jared Cortez
Evaluation of cryptographic construction properties and security requirements of modern secure hashing algorithms, Benjamin Denton
Numerical analysis of a plasmoid thruster, Brittany Anne Dowell
A methodology for the uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis of turbulence model coefficients, Matthew C. Dunn
The impact of irrigation on nutrient export from agricultural fields, Walter Lee Ellenburg II
Observation of rocket pollution with overhead sensors, Annette Fisher
Analysis of a vertical axis wind turbine for water treatment applications, Hernando F. Gauto
Calibration of a fieldable imaging pyrometer for use with hydrocarbon flames, Jonathan Braun Hanks
The effects of courtroom identifications and defense warnings on mock juror decision making, Devin L. Harker
[Pi]-[Pi] molecular interactions between intercalating antitumor agents and caffeine, Gabrielle Hill
Active disturbance rejection for the bipedal walk of a humanoid robot using the motion of the arms, Joshua Hill
Invertebrate drift in Estill Fork, Jackson County, Alabama, Brittany Holmes
The effects of radiofrequency on dust particle dynamics in a low pressure plasma reactor, Carolyn D. Horn
Computational features and performance-evaluation of discrete/continuous type discrete-time control systems, Ashley N. Hunt
An empirical study and modeling on selected analog circuits using a metal-ferroelectric-semiconductor field effect transistor, Mitchell Ryan Hunt
Retrieval of convective momentum fluxes using geostationary satellite data, Christopher Jewett
Fast correction of internal ambiguity in marching cubes using a commodity graphics architecture, Manish Lal Joshi
Determining the refractive index of liquids using a modified Michelson interferometer, Satyanarayana Rao Kachiraju
Automatic detection of inconsistencies in a conceptual graph knowledge base, Caralee Kassos
Line and circle clipping based on high performance GPGPU and multithreaded computing, Shailesh Khot
A neural network approach to tornado forecasting in north Alabama and southern middle Tennessee, Sandra G. LaCorte
Sentential access control, Curt Lawson
Acoustic emission detection in carbon composite materials using fiber Bragg grating optical sensors, Nehemiah J. Mabry
Method for rounded-leaf offset definition on a medical linear accelerator, Brandon Cole Mader
Seductive power : a re-evaluation of Salome in Elizabeth Cary's The Tragedy of Mariam, Raluca Markow
The effect of stress on story generation, Elizabeth J. McClung
Revisiting Scriblerian satire : "Martinus Scriblerus," Pope, and Swift, William K. Medlen
Structure of mesovortices in Hurricane Ike (2008) derived from dual-Doppler analyses, Stephanie Ann Mullins
Stock-out as it relates to an army supply chain : an analysis of causes and trends, Lucas Neidert
Impact of metallic nanoparticles on photoinduced fluorescence enhancement of colloidal quantum dots, Ali Nejat
Determination of a solid propellant's burn rate using a new digital burn rate analysis method, Ashley F. Penton
A numerical investigation of flow induced vibrations in a rocket engine manifold, John W. Peugeot
Quantitative evaluation of polymer enhanced cementitious materials, Matthew Pinkston
Exploring possible factors contributing to the onset of Osgood Schlatter disease, Justin Pruitt
Modeling CPU utilization and network traffic in a distributed interactive simulation system using discrete event simulation, Shreyas Shridhar Purohit
Purification and phytotoxic analysis of ceratoplatanin proteins in Botrytis cinerea, Subodh Rathi
Automatic feature extraction from tennis videos for content based retrieval, Thejaswi Hanumantha Raya
On the method of combustion instability mode determination in a cylindrical chamber and usage with experimental data, Benjamin M. Richman
Multi-component droplet evaporation model, Omid Samimi Abianeh
Direct retroreflective laser strobography shadowgraphs, Destin Sandlin
Natural selection : Virginia Woolf's use of nature in "To the Lighthouse", Richard D. Seibert Jr.
Role of the TnaC peptide residues in the regulation of the ribosome function by L-Trp in E. coli, Nitin Shirole
The feasibility of a surface-based neutron spectrometer for detecting water on the moon, Andre Souza
Surface profile measurement techniques for large aperture optical thin film membrane structures, Kevin D. Spradley
The dynamics of vehicles under solid rocket propulsion, Robert William Stough
An empirical study of the Eclipse Project, Pitamber Tiwari
Patience sorting and the longest increasing subsequence on the development of HMA failure low severity transverse cracking, Deirdre Toney
On the power of secondary confessions, Stacy Ann Wetmore
Operational lightning forecasting technique development and testing utilizing C-band dual-polarimetric radar, Crystal J. Woodard
Design and analysis of a titanium/nanocomposite pressure vessel for aerospace applications, Roosevelt Wright
Surface plasmon modes of curved thin metal films and curved cylindrical metal nanowires, Hideaki Yamamoto
Comparison of cleaning methods for gold surfaces before thiol depositions, Zirong Zeng
Theses from 2010
Evaluating combustion instability in a sub-scale combustion experiment with three scaling parameters, John Whitlock Brooks
Cold flow simulation of vortex shedding in a segmented solid rocket motor, Rasheed Durojaye
The effects of chamber pressure variation on swirl injector atomization, Chad Jonathan Eberhart
Experimental injector element stability characterization and combustion imaging, Robert LaShawn Ikard
Chemical components of Fraxinus americana and Fraxinus pennsylvanica of northern Alabama, Twaskia S. Johnson
Achieving Mars sample return on a single Ares V launch, Ashley Jones
Does increasing metacognitive awareness alleviate retrieval-induced forgetting effects, Lauren W. Jones
Weapons bay acoustic suppression using a novel rod in crossflow configuration, Shane Lackey
Rocket motor segmenting, Jeffrey Lynn Lee
Magnetic field mapping in the Plasmoid Thruster Experiment, Coby W. McColgin
Development of a liquid oxygen facility for rocket engine injector performance testing, Henry W. Mulkey
Accuracy of real time radiography burning rate measurement, Bisola Olaniyi
Failure analysis of braided u-shaped metal bellows flexible hoses, Stephen O. Pierce
Numerical optimization of a liquid propellant settling scenario, Josh Rojahn
Scaling a single element combustor to replicate combustion instability modes of a liquid rocket engine, Brian A. Sweeney
Development of a hover test bed, Jason Alan Williams
Evaluation of hydro-mechanical pulsation for rocket injector research, Matthew B. Wilson
Theses from 2009
Design of a system for intact recovery of ballistic projectiles at hypervelocities, Brian W. Akins
An investigation of the effect of spring forces on the separation of rocket motor and payload, John Colbaugh
Numerical modeling of alpha-particle deposition in a field reversed configuration, Nilesh B. Dhote
Model predictive control method for continuous nonlinear systems, Chrystine Gorman
Experimental techniques in infrared measurements of thin-film plastics, Robert F. Hawkins
Mode assessment of a single-element shear coaxial injector, Huy Huu Huynh