Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Ethnographic Case Study of International Baccalaureate (IB) Seniors' Self-Esteem and Perception of Labels in a Title I School, Denis Serrano Cruz
Subsurface Characterization of Internally Eroded Soils in Karst Using the Cone Penetration Test, Ryan Shamet
Novel Roles of RIP2 in Inflammation and Resolution, Michael Shehat
Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning for Defensive Escort Teams, Hassam Sheikh
The Influence of Ideas, Experiences, and Perceptions on Civics Teachers' Pedagogical Approaches: A Phenomenological Study, Allison Sheridan
Target Acquisition Performance Improvement with Boost and Restoration Filtering Using Deep-Electron-Well Infrared Detectors, Robert Short
Chaperonin-containing TCP-1 Modulates Breast Cancer Growth and Malignancy, Anne Showalter
Wind Turbine Generator Overheating Solution, Gopal Singh
Characterization of Left Ventricular Volumes and Ejection Fraction in Patients with a Left Ventricular Assist Device, Viswajith Siruvallur Vasudevan
Heterogeneous Integrated Photonics for Nonlinear Frequency Conversion and Polarization Diversity, Tracy Sjaardema
Geographic Access to Community Mental Healthcare and Adherence to Treatment Among Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders, Marie Smith-East
Classical Engineering Systems Provide Behavioral Analog for Ephemeral Insect and Plant Biomechanics, Nicholas Smith
Nincompoop: Stories, David Smithson
An Analysis of One Medical School's Student Mentoring Practices, Soraya Smith
Sorption of U(VI) onto Manganese Oxides in the Presence of Siderophore Desferrioxamine-B, Morgan Snyder
Numerical Analysis on the Geomechanical Mechanisms and Stability of Sinkholes in Central Florida, Moataz Soliman
Study on Comprehensive Mechanical Properties of Metallic Matrix CNT Nano-composites, Shutao Song
Additive Manufacturing of Elastomeric Lung Phantoms in Radiation Oncology, Jonathan Sookdeo
Maladaptive Personality Traits and Acute Psychological Distress in Individuals with Head and Neck Cancer, Christopher Spencer
Two Pink Lines: Exploring Florida's Pregnancy-associated Intimate Partner Homicides, Sonya Spence
Contact Mechanics of Fish Scale Inspired Exoskeletal Components on a Nonlinear Elastic Substrate, Jeremy Stephen
An Analysis of Central Florida Principals' Professional Perceptions Relative to Safe-School Officers in One Large Urban School District, Christina Steppi
Numerical Investigation of Reacting Jet-in-Crossflow at High Pressure, Bernhard Stiehl
Mau Mau Blasters: The Homemade Guns of the Mau Mau Uprising, James Stoddard
A Mixed Method Analysis of Factors Influencing Success and Failure in Undergraduate Engineering Capstone Design Experiences, Kurt Stresau
Investigations on the Use of Hyperthermia for Breast Cancer Treatment, Sreekala Suseela
High Average Brightness Broad Area Quantum Cascade Lasers, Matthew Suttinger
An Analysis of Teacher Decision-Making in Grading 10th Grade Student Writing in English Language Arts, Guy Swenson
Family Mass Homicide: An Investigation, Alec Szalewski
Tip Clearance Effect on Convective Heat Transfer in Micro Scale Pin Fins, Hanieh Tabkhivayghan
Sex, Gender, Sexual Assault, and Rape on The Red Pill: A Thematic and Linguistic Analysis, Walker Talton
Fluorescence Microscopy with Tailored Illumination Light, Jialei Tang
The Dollar General: Continuous Custom Gesture Recognition Techniques At Everyday Low Prices, Eugene Taranta
MFPA: Mixed-Signal Field Programmable Array for Energy-Aware Compressive Signal Processing, Adrian Tatulian
Algorithms for Inferring Multiple Microbial Networks, Sahar Tavakoli
Seismocardiography - Genesis, and Utilization of Machine Learning for Variability Reduction and Improved Cardiac Health Monitoring, Peshala Thibbotuwawa Gamage
Discursive Trick Effects: How Raced and Gendered Semiotics in Industry Media Undermine Equal Representation in the Cybersecurity Workforce, Patricia Thomas
Ultrafast High-energy Laser Systems for Filament Applications, Daniel Thul
Applied Laser Absorption Spectroscopy for Sensing in Detonative Flows, Kyle Thurmond
Modeling of Incident Type and Incident Duration Using Data from Multiple Years, Sudipta Dey Tirtha
Transient Mid-IR Nonlinear Refraction in Air and Nonlinear Optical properties of Organometallic Complexes, Salimeh Tofighi
Composition, Encapsulation, and Dimensionality: A Study of the Photophysics Brought on by Synthetic Changes in Perovskite Materials, Andrew Towers
Getting Lost: The Fungal Hijacking of Ant Foraging Behavior in Space and Time, Thienthanh Trinh
Understanding and Predicting Properties of Low-dimensional Functional Materials from First-principles, Naseem Ud Din
Parallelized X-Ray Tracing with GPU Ray-Tracing Engine, Joseph Ulseth
Evaluation of Convective Heat Transfer Numerical Methods on Rough Surfaces from Additive Manufacturing, Jose Urcia
Molecular and Phenotypic Diversification of a Cryptic Group of Terrestrial Frogs from the Southern Andes of Ecuador, Veronica Urgiles Penafiel
Identifying Diurnal Variability of Brain Connectivity Patterns using Graph Theory, Farzad Vasheghani Farahani
Tuning Dynamics, Sterics, and Ion Conductivities in Reticular Materials, Demetrius Vazquez-Molina
Monolithic Thin-film Lithium Niobate Scanning Micromirror: Design and Simulation, Abimanyu Veerappan
Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria: Responses to Trauma and Constructing a New Life in Central Florida, Angela Vergara
The Effects of Social Conformity in Human-Robot Interaction, William Volante
Household Economies and Socioeconomic Integration: An Analysis of Obsidian Artifacts from Coba, Quintana Roo and Yaxuna, Yucatan, Mexico, Danielle Waite
Explore and Design Novel Structures for More Efficient and Better Deep Convolutional Neural Networks, Min Wang
Few-Mode Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers, Ning Wang
Seismic Design Optimization of Steel Structures Using Genetic Algorithm, Tiancheng Wang
Party for One: A Monologue of The Importance of Oneself Through Book Arts, Jacob Zhefu Wan
The Effect of Acuity-based Nurse Staffing on Nursing Medication Errors, Egidius Maria Eugene Waterval
Mirrors For Monsters: A Journey Towards Self-Acknowledgement and Nuanced Representation in Film, Alejandro Watson
Interfacial Properties Modulate Water Entry Dynamics For Spherical Projectiles, Daren Watson
A Legacy of Community and Mourning: AIDS & HIV in Central Florida, 1983-1993, Andrew Weeks
Evaluating the Performance and Impacts of Seawater Regeneration in an Anion Exchange Process, Daniel Whalen
The Implementation of an Interdisciplinary Literacy Approach to Examine Effects on Writing Self-Efficacy in a Fourth Grade Classroom, Chelsea Wharin
Dolly'll Never Go Away Again: Producing the Classic Musical at the High School Level, Jason Whitehead
The Arrest and Prosecution of Cyber Stalkers: How "Rational" are Criminal Justice Decision Makers?, Trisha Whitmire
Working Toward a Lost Cause? Comparing pXRF Analysis to Neutron Activation Analysis using Maya Ceramics from Holtun, Guatemala, Rachel Whyte
It's A Small World After All: Exploring Mobile Dating Application Use and Sexual Partner Networks Among Black Men who have Sex with Men (BMSM), Donovan Williams
Tenth Graders' Response to Dystopian Literature: An Exploratory Ethnography, Tevin Williams
Aspirational Ethos: An Exploration of Self-Efficacy and Motivation of First-Generation Students Who Pursue the Master's Degree, Andrea Withington
Development of High-power Single-mode Yb-doped Fiber Amplifiers and Beam Analysis, Steffen Wittek
An Experimental Validation of a Revised Paschen's Law Relating to the Electrostatic Discharge of Aerospace Vehicle Surfaces, Andre Woodard
Proud Deaf! An Ethnographic Study of Deaf Culture in a High School, Carrie Woods
Thermodynamic Theory of Heavily Multimoded Nonlinear Optical Systems, Fan Wu
First-year Doctoral Students' Academic Writing Development: The Native- and Nonnative-speaking Perspectives, Ying Xiong
Development of 3D Porous Chitosan-Based Platform for In Vitro Culture, Kailei Xu
Mean Field Optimal Control and Related Problems, Wei Yan
Enabling Recovery of Secure Non-Volatile Memories, Mao Ye
A Corridor Level GIS-Based Decision Support Model to Evaluate Truck Diversion Strategies, Samar Younes
Paleoethnobotanical Analysis of Starch Grains and Phytoliths from Pre-Columbian Ceramic Residues in the Bolivian Amazon, Danielle Young
Evaluating the Safety Effectiveness of Advanced Driver Assistance and Connected Vehicles Technologies in Different Pre-Crash Scenarios, Lishengsa Yue
Understanding E-Bicycle Overtaking Strategies by Using Inverse Reinforcement Learning, Lishengsa Yue
Improving Air Pollution Exposure Estimation Using Cell Phone Location Data and Low-cost Sensors, Xiaonan Yu
Heat Transfer and Correlations of Jet Array Impingement with Flat and Pimple-Dimpled Plate, Husam Nizar Ahmad Zawati
Examining the Role of Item Scrolling in Mobile Cognitive Assessment, Betsir Zemen
Traffic Speed Prediction and Mobility Behavior Analysis Using On-Demand Ride-Hailing Service Data, Jiechao Zhang
Equivariance and Invariance for Robust Unsupervised and Semi-Supervised Learning, Liheng Zhang
Prediction of Pedestrians' Red Light Violations Using Deep Learning, Shile Zhang
Transforming English as a Second Language Story Readers into Storytellers: Examining Learners' Experiences in a Video Book Trailer Project, Shizhong Zhang
Learning Transferable Representations for Visual Recognition, Yang Zhang
The Effect of Economic Conditions on the Prevalence of Abusive Supervisory Behaviors: A Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis, Xinyue Zhao
Differential Recurrent Neural Networks for Human Activity Recognition, Naifan Zhuang
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Dynamic Behavior and Performance of Different Types of Multi-Effect Desalination Plants, Mohamed Abdelkareem
Biomass Density Based Adjustment of LiDAR-derived Digital Elevation Models: A Machine Learning Approach, Khalid Abdelwahab