Vehicular networking has become an attractive scenario, where Intelligent Transportation Systems can provide tremendous benefits. Realizing this vision needs a careful design of network architecture due to the dynamic ...
Wang, Yu-Hsiang(University of Alabama Libraries, 2010)
Spin-based transport in semiconductor systems has been proposed as the foundation of a new class of spintronic devices. For the practical realization of such devices it is important to identify magnetic materials with ...
Sun, Zhenzhong(University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)
Perpendicular magnetic nanostructures have played an important role in magnetic recording technologies. In this dissertation, a systematic study on the CoPt magnetic nanostructures from fabrication, characterization to ...
Waters, Joseph Lionel(University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)
One of the main complications in the synthesis of Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires (NWs), is the ability to reproduce well aligned wires. ZnO was studied due to its optoelectronic applications. Its simple crystal growth abilities, ...
In order to solve the trilemma problems that perpendicular magnetic recording is facing, advanced approaches such as heat assisted magnetic recording and bit patterned media are being intensively researched. In this work, ...
Clayton, Daniel Adam(University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)
Initial work focused on characterizing silver and its surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) capabilities. Silver nanowires were chosen as an ideal material and scanning confocal microscopy studies were performed to ...
Robinson, Gregory Alexander(University of Alabama Libraries, 2011)
The short story narrative genre has had a tremendous impact on Central America since the beginning of the 20th Century. This study examines the common themes of identity, race, and gender in 6 contemporary authors from ...
Junqueira, Luciana(University of Alabama Libraries, 2010)
Stories play a significant role in human culture, and storytelling is "both universal and timeless" (Wajnryb, 2003, p. 1). The importance of narratives in our everyday lives does not lie in its interactional function only, ...
Hong, Yangsun(University of Alabama Libraries, 2011)
The purpose of thesis is to test two types of persuasive message strategies including narrative message type and message frame in health context and to investigate the potential interplay of those strategies when health ...
Vargo, Christopher Joseph(University of Alabama Libraries, 2011)
The new social medium Twitter provides a unique opportunity for agenda setting scholars as a new source of public opinion. This thesis argued that this new measurement could be used as an indirect measurement of public ...
Hutt, Chris David(University of Alabama Libraries, 2012)
The purpose of this study was to explore the articulated experiences of natural science majors who were participating in a liberal arts living-learning community. Using the American Association of College and University's ...
Milstead, Andy Micah(University of Alabama Libraries, 2012)
My dissertation analyzes three canonical Spanish Golden Age picaresque novels through the lens of naturalistic philosophy. The works selected for my study are the anonymous Lazarillo de Tormes (1554), Guzmán de Alfarache ...
Mahloch, David Jerome(University of Alabama Libraries, 2011)
The composition for my D.M.A. document is a song-cycle featuring the poetry of Emily Dickinson, William Carlos Williams, and e.e. cummings. The four poems share the common theme of nature. The selected poems are 'South ...
Hester, Leigh Carmen(University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)
This study was a narrative inquiry that explored the experience of one science teacher as he utilized a science fiction novel in his secondary physical science classroom. With the recent implementation of the Common Core ...
Mechtley, M.; Windhorst, R. A.; Ryan, R. E.; Schneider, G.; Cohen, S. H.; Jansen, R. A.; Fan, X.; Hathi, N. P.; Keel, William C.; Koekemoer, A. M.; Röttgering, H.; Scannapieco, E.; Schneider, D. P.; Strauss, M. A.; Yan, H. J.(2012-09-10)
Parsley, Joseph L.(University of Alabama Libraries, 2012)
This research presents a novel guidance method for a lunar landing problem. The method facilitates efficiency and autonomy in a landing. The lunar landing problem is posed as a finite-time, fixed-terminal, optimal control ...
Plummer, Chelsea Elizabeth(University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)
Studying biomolecule deprotonated anions (amino acids, amino acid amides, phosphorylated amino acids, phosphorylated amino acid amides, and phosphorylated peptides) can further negative ion mode mass spectrometry work in ...
Briggs, Rachel Virginia(University of Alabama Libraries, 2011)
During the 1930s, Dr. Walter B. Jones of the University of Alabama uncovered evidence at the Haney site (1Tu52), near the town of Moundville, Alabama, which indicated an unexpected Native settlement in the lower Black ...
Hitchcock, Shannon Marie(University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)
Research framed by Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, suggests that neighborhood and school contextual factors greatly influence adolescent outcomes. While this research examines the multiple contexts that impact ...