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 2018
Cost and Environmental Impacts of Leachate Nitrogen/Phosphorus Management Approaches, Alaa Alanezi
Assessing the Impact of Radionuclides Released into the Floridan Aquifer by a Massive Sinkhole on Local Municipal Water Supplies, Maria Arenas Daza
Development and Characterization of Solid-Contact Paper-Based and Micro Ion-Selective Electrodes for Environmental Analysis, Stephanie Armas
Brain Stethoscope: A Non-invasive Method for Monitoring Intracranial Pressure, Md Khurshidul Azad
Ignition Studies of Oxy-Syngas/CO2 Mixtures Using Shock Tube for Cleaner Combustion Engines, Samuel Barak
The Neighborhood & Cat Eyes: Stories, Brad Barth
Why is Democracy in Decline: Democratic Backsliding in Venezuela and Turkey, Fatih Bayraktar
A Theory of Cultural Tolerance for Preventing Ethnic Conflict: Evidence from Former Soviet States, Ajara Boulibekova
A Complex Calculus: How Message Format and Processing Route Coordinate to Influence HPV Vaccination Message Persuasiveness Among Young Adults, Laura Boutemen
Rumination and executive dysfunction: Risk factors for vascular depression, David Brush
No Way Out: The Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Homelessness and the Consequences of Poor Health Outcomes, Kristina Bryant
Investigation into the Feasibility of Adding Turbulators to Rocket Combustion Chamber Cooling Channels Using a Conjugate Heat Transfer Analysis, Tyler Buchanan
Adaptation and Resilience of Extreme Teams: A Qualitative Study Using Historiometric Analysis, Lauren Campbell
The First Florida Cavalry (US): Union Enlistment in the Civil War's Southern Periphery, Tyler Campbell
Characterization of Fast Flames for Turbulence-Induced Deflagration to Detonation Transition, Jessica Chambers
Low Income And First Generation Students' Engagement Of Authority Figures, Josalie Condon
Seeing Living Things: Observations of Figures From the Outside In, Forrest Deblois
Attitudinal Trends in Support for Police Use of Force Before and After Ferguson, TaShanda Dennison
Tunable Effect of Metal Ions on Polyelectrolyte Mechanics, Angie Diaz
Demanding Reduction: An Exploration of County-Level Characteristics Associated with Areas of Human Trafficking in Florida, Madelyn Diaz
The Tragic City: Black Rebellion and the Struggle for Freedom in Miami, 1945-1990, Porsha Dossie
Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding the Recent Zika Outbreak Among a Sample of South Florida Residents, Mohamed Elakkari
Broken Toys, Robin Eliot
I'm Not Your Waifu: Sexual Harassment and Assault in Cosplay, Anime & Comic Conventions, Alexandria Ellsworth
Far-Infrared Bands in Plasmonic Metal-Insulator-Metal Absorbers Optimized for Long Wave Infrared, Rachel Evans
Momentum, Moment, Epiphany: The Psychological Intersection of Motion Picture, the Still Frame, and Three-Dimensional Form, Mark Gerstein
Testing the Capability of Close-Range Photogrammetry to Document Outdoor Forensic Scenes With Skeletal Remains Using Mock Scenarios, Kevin Gidusko
Reflectance Transformation Imaging: Documenting Graffiti in the Maya Lowlands, Rachel Gill
House vs. Home: Defining Place Through Identity, Ryan Gleason
Investigating the Role of Cognitive Load in Synthetic Learning Environments for Training, Joelene Goh
Real-time SIL Emulation Architecture for Cooperative Automated Vehicles, Nitish Gupta
Reproductive Rights and Justice Advocacy in Central Florida: Who is Represented?, Mary Hager
Gender and Conflict in Long-Term Romantic Relationships, Emily Hamlin
Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Exosomes Enhance Cardiac Stem Cell Differentiation into Heart Cells, Jamillah Hammond
Analyzing Destination Choices of Tourists and Residents from Location Based Social Media Data, Md Mehedi Hasnat
Role of Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP) and TNFSF15 SNPs on TL1A in CD, Sayf Al-Deen Hassouneh
Potential Relationship Between Vascular Depression and Autobiographical Memory Specificity in an Older Adult Population According to the CaR-FA-X Model, Manuel Herrera Legon
The Relationship Between Team Role Sub-dimensions, Personality, and Team Effectiveness, Ryan Howell
Joint Optimization of Illumination and Communication for a Multi-Element VLC Architecture, Sifat Ibne Mushfique
Revisiting the Postclassic Burials at Lamanai, Belize: A Second Look at the Unique Ventrally Placed, Legs Flexed Burials., Victoria Izzo
Young Adult Development and Caregiving: Disposition and Involvement in Care, Nicholas James
Mode-locked Laser Based on Large Core Yb3+-Doped Fiber, Fei Jia
Jindo, Iljeen Jo
USDA Instructional Risk Messages for High Pathogen Avian Influenza, Jenna Jones
Artificial Neuron using MoS2/Graphene Threshold Switching Memristor, Hirokjyoti Kalita
Categorical Range Reporting in 2D using Wavelet Tree, Swathi Kanthareddy Sumithra
Compiler Design of a Policy Specification Language for Conditional Gradual Release, Manasa Kashyap Harinath
What #NoWomanEver Wants To Hear: The Social Construction of Corrective Facework After Street Harassment, Emily Knapp
Alcohol Pathology and the Triarchic Model of Psychopathy: The Role of Protective Behavioral Strategies and Impulsivity, Matthew Kramer
Crosslinguistic Analysis of Stuttering and Typical Disfluencies in Polish-English Bilingual Adults Who Stutter, Aleksandra Krawczyk
Ethnic Exclusion & Conflict in the Caspian: Comparing Kazakhstan & Azerbaijan, Danny Krikorian
High Quality Gate Dielectric/MoS2 Interfaces Probed by the Conductance Method, Adithi Pandrahal Krishnaprasad Sharada
State Gun Control Laws, Jacob LaFleur
Development of a Non-Human Primate Model for Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage, Amanda Lasseter
What Remains, Michael Leavitt
A Multisystem Approach for the Characterization of Bacteria for Sustainable Agriculture, Briana Lee
When Coquis Sing: Introducing Young Audiences to Death and Bereavement Through An Original Play, Michelle LoRicco
Style Speaks: Clothing Judgments, Gender Stereotypes, and Expectancy Violations of Professional Women, Jamie Lower
Treatment of Leachate Organic Matter through Sunlight Driven Processes, Duncan Lozinski
Anti-capitalism in the Contemporary Age: The Case of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, William Maddens
Recruiting Followers for the Caliphate: A Narrative Analysis of Four Jihadist Magazines, Andrea Madrazo
E.A.I. Anxiety: Technopanic and Post-Human Potential, Zachary Mandell
A Bioarchaeological Study of Osteoarthritis of Agro-pastoralists from Mistihalj, Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Lifestyle Set in Time, Zorina Manoni
Whetting Their Appetite: A Spatial Analysis of Seasonal Flooding and Raised Field Agriculture in the Llanos de Mojos, Bolivia, Samuel A. Martin
Unearthing the Past and Present of a Semi-fossorial Lizard: Conservation Genetics, Phylogeography, and Taxonomy of Plestiodon egregius., Kathryn Mercier
Holding Off on the Fun Stuff: Academic Media Multitasking and Binge Watching Among College Students, Kelly Merrill Jr.
Animals of the Cloud Forest: Isotopic Variation of Archaeological Faunal Remains from Kuelap, Peru, Samantha Michell
Rewriting Patriarchal Norms in Academia: Invitational Rhetoric in a Crowdsourced Survey, Rachel Molko
Mechanisms of Flame Extinction for Bluff Body Stabilized Flames with Influences of Pressure Gradient Tailoring, Anthony Morales
Theoretical Paschen's Law Model for Aerospace Vehicles: Validation Experiment, Jaysen Mulligan Aroche
Differing Perspectives: Positive Accounts of the Down to the Countryside Movement, Michael Nettina
Analysis of United States Congresswomen's Tweets During the 2017 and 2018 Women's Marches Against Donald Trump in the U.S., Cynthia Nnagboro
Power Scaling of High Power Solid State Lasers., Bumjin Oh
Organizational Legitimacy as Co-Created Value, Christina Maria Olsen
Coming to a Full Stop: An Investigation of Menstrual Period Stigmas in College Students, Mary Jane O'Toole
Structured Light-Field Focusing 3D Density Measurements of A Supersonic Cone, Ryonosuke Ozawa
Life, Death, and Awakening: As Seen in Reflections of Nature, Diane Parks
Comparing Self-Service Technologies and Human Interaction Services in the Hotel Industry, Soona Park
The Spatial Distribution of Tumuli in the Iron Age Kanak Su Basin, Turkey, Paige Paulsen
Neither Teacher nor Scholar: Identity and Agency in a Graduate Teacher's Life, Caitlin Pierson
Nothing Buried Stays Buried, Stephanie Porven
Exploration of Teaching EL Students Using the Arts with the Focus on Theatre Arts, Carinita Quintero
A Game-theoretic Model for Regulating Freeriding in Subsidy-Based Pervasive Spectrum Sharing Markets, Mostafizur Rahman
Sinkhole Detection and Quantification Using LiDAR Data, Amirarsalan Rajabi
Constituting Rhetorical Agency in a Feminist Discursive Space, Ella Raynor
Don't Do the Crime If You Can't Do a Man's Time: Examining Sentencing Disparities Using Offender Demographics, Vanessa Rinker
Equivalency Analysis of Sidestick Controller Modes During Manual Flight, Alex Rummel
An Analysis of Terrorism and Mental Health in Mass Shootings as Perceived by the Media, Amairini Sanchez
The American Black Body: Materials,Symbols, and Representations from a Perceived African American, Christopher Santos
PG-VTV Biogenesis Requires ATP to Facilitate Phosphorylation of Syntaxin 17, Anika Saxena
The Evolution of Shared Responsibility and Instructional Risk Communication in Brazil's Campaign against the Zika Virus, Rodrigo Soares