Theses from 2011
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
Integration of a magnetic bias field coil in a plasmoid thruster, Kjell-Edmund Ims
A semi-empirical jet noise model derived using the energy spectrum function, Miles Owen
Thermal characterization tests of the QU tube heat pipe, Parthib R. Rao
Characterization of gaseous oxygen and methane injectors under high pressure combustion, Ryan Saffell
Mission analysis using experimental results from an 8-cm ion thruster, Andre A. Turner Jr.
Experimental evaluation of regression rates in a hypergolic hybrid motor system, Zachary Keith Wingard
Investigations of an innovative combined cycle nozzle, Dustin E. Wood
Theses from 2008
Hardware-assisted path profiling in microprocessor systems implemented on top of an FPGA, Brett A. Boren
Experimental performance characterization of a one megawatt continuous duty arc heater, Richard Bukac
Laboratory-scale injector instability mode assessment, Robert E. Byrd Jr.
Experimental investigation of the Qu Tube heat pipe, Sean F. Entrekin
Uncertainty analysis of probability of kill in indirect fire simulations, Lisa M. Fink
A simulation approach to predicting tactical missile performance with a broken wing, John Harris
Methods of analysis of ultrasonic echoes to determine solid propellant burning rates, Marcus A. Marshall
Experimental and analytical development program of the sequential feed system, Christopher Morton
Study of the stability of scaled uncontrolled kinetic energy kill projectiles, Serena Osborne
Application of the loci-based discontinuous Galerkin Method to acoustics, Scott B. Tashakkor
Theses from 2007
Experimental methodology for measuring combustion and injector coupled responses, Ryan C. Cavitt
Trajectory reconstruction with a multi-order least squares sliding window (LSSW) filter, Melissa S. Farbman
Aerodynamic testing and analysis of offset planar wings and opposing offset tails, Amanda Neely Horton
A model for turboshaft engine test facility uncertainty analysis, James A. Kimbel
Application of response surface methods to characterize missile performance, Angela Sheree Long
Lindl-Widner diagrams for plasma liner driven magneto-inertial fusion, Seth Thompson