Graduate theses were first published at Florida Technological University (later UCF) in 1972. The first thesis was defended in March of that year, titled Computer Method for Airport Noise Exposure Forecast, and was written by John M. Bateman.
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Mechanotransduction of Leukocyte Transmigration, Cynthia Aguilar
Who Am I, and Why Does it Matter? Reflections of Identity and the Need for Culturally Sustaining Theatre, Bianca Alamo
Just A Number: A Cabaret Exploring the Roles My Age Prevents Me From Playing, Monica Andrews
The Process of Composing FROM HERE: A Contemporary Musical, Jason Bailey
Evita: A Practical Approach to Creating and Implementing Choreography for Professional Theater, Kimberly Ball
Tethered, Audi Barnes
Afrofuturism in Animation: Self Identity of African Americans in Cinematic Storytelling, Dana Barnes
Sexual Assault Acknowledgment and Psychological Symptoms: The Indirect Effect of Social Reactions to Disclosures, Emily Bernstein
Rites of Renewal: Stories, Adam Byko
The Field of TYA on the Soccer Field: Using Drama Strategies to Enhance Youth Soccer Coaching Practices, Brittany Caine
The Mechanisms of Detonation Amplification from Geometric Manipulation, Hardeo Chin
Production Development: A Practical Approach to Directing for Educational Theatre, Jill Cicciarelli
Metatheatre and Critical Race Theory: A Combination for Compelling Storytelling and Effective Changemaking, Andrew Coleburn
Phantoms of Fantasy: Materiality, Enjoyment, and the Minstrel Legacy of Sentimentalism, Zafirios Daglaris
The synthesis of Palladium-Platinum Core-shell Nanoparticles with High Catalytic Peroxidase Activities for Biosensing Applications, Edwin Davidson
The Uniqueness of a Kingdom: The Frontier Kingdom of Norman Sicily in Comparative Perspective, Onyx De La Osa
Pre-service Teacher Perceptions of Pronunciation Teaching: A Qualitative Investigation, Madelyn Diller
Assessing Stress Outcomes of Interpersonal Helping: An Application of Hindrance Stress Appraisals, Michael DiStaso
Adaptation of the Novel "Silas Marner" into a One-Act Play and Performance, Melaney Douglass
Green Trust Perceptions of Eco-labels, Rebecca Dupont
Instructional Communication as a Primary Function of Communities of Practice during Crises, America Edwards
What Do You Do When You are Bored? Outcomes and Moderators of Job Boredom, Mitchell Eid
An Exploratory Case Study of Teachers' Literacy Orientations and Early Literacy Curricula Preferences, Stacy Escobedo
Piezospectroscopic Sensing Systems - Multi-Scale and In-Situ Sensing Technology for Structural Integrity, Remelisa Esteves
Be Your Own Charlatan!, Melanie Farmer
Stage Dives and Shared Mics: Ethnographic Perspectives on Community and Networking in the Central Florida Punk Rock Scene, Lauren Friedman
Episodes of Bar Eugenia, Lauren Gagnon
Alexander: A Dive into Identity, Inspiration, and Release of the Creative Self, Alyssa Garoogian
High Pressure Reacting Characteristics of a Jet in Vitiated Crossflow, Tommy Genova
Drug Availability and Disparities in Arrests, Robert Hellmuth
Experimentation and Simulation of Pulsed Eddy Current Thermography of Subsurface Aircraft Corrosive Defects, Johnathan Hernandez
Seeds of Doubt, Amber Hilson
Move Your body, Change Your Mind: Physical Activity in the Morning and its Implications for Work, Charlotte Holden
Mill Cove Complex Lithic Typology: Understanding Early Mississippian Period Social Exchange in Northeastern Florida, Sherman Johns
Incels and the Manosphere: Tracking Men's Movements Online, Annie Jones
Examining the Role of Anxiety and Depression in Predicting Dietary Choices in Emerging Adults, Michelle Keck
Life Narratives as Technologies of Self: Explorations of Agency in A Son of the Forest and The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Tiffanie Kelley
Charcoal Boys and Dreams of Igniting, Malcolm Kelly
Song of the Subcontinent, Dylan Kiely
The Art of Reflection: A Personal Account of Reflexive Teaching Artistry and Personal Praxis, Kate Kilpatrick
Ouroboros: The Evolution From Industrialized Mass Production to Auteurism in American Animation, Heather Knott
An Investigation in to Resume Construction and Hiring Decisions: Perceptions of Black Womens Natural Hair, Cassandra Kroon
Compressibility of Fine-Grained Soil in Central Florida, Andre Kruk
Mechanical Properties of Boron Carbide (B4C), Ruslan Kuliiev
A Shock Tube Chemical Kinetic Study of Ethanol Oxidation at Elevated Pressures, Andrew Laich
Director Methods for High School and Amateur Theatre Implementation, Tyler Leeps
Forests and Farmers: A Landscape Approach to Settlement Pattern Analysis in the Bolivian Amazon, Thomas Lee
Mapping of the Rat Intrinsic Cardiac Nervous System in 3D Reconstructed Hearts, Clara Leung
A Deep Learning Approach for Real-time Crash Risk Prediction at Urban Arterials, Pei Li
Mistress of the Maze, Caitlin Lochner
Efforts in Numerical Modeling of Undulating Propulsion, George Loubimov
Additive Manufacturing of Copper-based Alloy by Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Binghao Lu
Skin Baby, Erica Macalintal
Design and Visual Servo Control of a Mechanical Gripper for Autonomous Strawberry Harvesting, Jonah Mapes
His Voice: The Portrayals of LGBTQ+ Issues in Musical Theatre seen through Terrence McNally's A Man of No Importance, Alex Mendez
Even the Fish Fly Away, Lance Milham
Examining the Moderating Role of Coping Strategies in the Relationship Between Team Role Alignment and Employee Well-being Outcomes, Justine Moavero
The Memory Remains: Why the Migration Period and the Fall of Rome Continue to be Mischaracterized as a Barbarian Invasion, Walter Napier
Everybody Says Don't: An Examination of Works by Stephen Sondheim in High School Theatre Programs, Matthew Nash-Brown
High-speed Imaging of Reflected Shockwave-initiated Combustion, Erik Ninnemann
Improving Usability of Genetic Algorithms through Self Adaptation on Static and Dynamic Environments, Reamonn Norat
Stages of Color: An Exploration of Drama Through a Chromatic Lens, John Norton
Fruit on the Peninsula, Samuel Oatley
Industrial Digitalization: Novel Approaches to System Management & Implementation with Industry 4.0 Framework, Johnson Olaitan
Rotational and Shower Head Cooling Hole Effects on Leading-Edge Jet Impingement Heat Transfer, Weston Olson
Initiating Change, Connection, and Community, Janine Papin
Unexplored Conceptions: What Writing Center Tutors Think about Writing, Andrew Petrykowski
How Artists Can Capture Us: Educating About the Works of Stephen Sondheim Through Parody, Jarrett Poore
Meroitic Childhood Diet and Weaning at Sai Island, Sudan: A Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopic Study of Site 8-B-52.B, Brenna Raisor
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Echoes: Digital Political Discourse and Vectors of Ideological Propagation, Devon Razey
The Effects of Plant Phytochemistry on Parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Niche Breadth, Ryan Ridenbaugh
Playing Disability, Daniel Romano
Food for Thought: Food Insecurity and Academic Performance, Justen Rosenberg
Casting as a Pedagogical Practice in Educational Theatre Spaces, Scott Savage
Additive Manufacturing of Elastomeric Lung Phantoms in Radiation Oncology, Jonathan Sookdeo
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
Mau Mau Blasters: The Homemade Guns of the Mau Mau Uprising, James Stoddard
MFPA: Mixed-Signal Field Programmable Array for Energy-Aware Compressive Signal Processing, Adrian Tatulian
Parallelized X-Ray Tracing with GPU Ray-Tracing Engine, Joseph Ulseth
Household Economies and Socioeconomic Integration: An Analysis of Obsidian Artifacts from Coba, Quintana Roo and Yaxuna, Yucatan, Mexico, Danielle Waite
Party for One: A Monologue of The Importance of Oneself Through Book Arts, Jacob Zhefu Wan
A Legacy of Community and Mourning: AIDS & HIV in Central Florida, 1983-1993, Andrew Weeks
Dolly'll Never Go Away Again: Producing the Classic Musical at the High School Level, Jason Whitehead
Paleoethnobotanical Analysis of Starch Grains and Phytoliths from Pre-Columbian Ceramic Residues in the Bolivian Amazon, Danielle Young
Traffic Speed Prediction and Mobility Behavior Analysis Using On-Demand Ride-Hailing Service Data, Jiechao Zhang
Prediction of Pedestrians' Red Light Violations Using Deep Learning, Shile Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Biomass Density Based Adjustment of LiDAR-derived Digital Elevation Models: A Machine Learning Approach, Khalid Abdelwahab
Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Biomimetic, Bioinspired and Bio-related Functional Polymers for Atmospheric Water Recovery, Abdullah Alqassar
Miami-Dade Task Force: A Content Analysis of How Coastal Communities View Sea Level Rise as a Threat, Francisco Alvaro
The Challenges and Barriers Facing Successful Lean Implementation in the Qatari Manufacturing Organizations, Abdulwahab Alyousef
A Grounded Theory Survey Study of Teachers Perception Perpetuating the Deficit Narrative About Marginalized Students of Color, Cavel Austin
A Deep Learning Approach to Diagnosing Schizophrenia, Justin Barry
Pine, Aphids, and Parasitoid Wasps: Patterns of Cospeciation and Host Switches in a Tri-trophic System, Amber Bass
Development of Filial Obligation in Young Adults: An Examination of Crisis and Lifespan Theory, Rachel Bassett
Reexamining the Relationship Between Divided Government and Voter Turnout, Heidi Beck