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 2021
The Green Morocco Plan: A Case Study of the Unintended Consequences of Sustainable Development Initiatives, Sofiya Asedrem
Beautiful, Terrible Things, Nicole Balsamo
Index-based Approach with Remote Sensing for the Assessment of Extreme Weather Impact on Watershed Vegetation Dynamics, Kushan Bellanthudawage
Representation of Death in Independent Videogames: Providing a Space for Meaningful Death Reflection, Alexander Boyd
Ruinous Wings, Madison Brake
Rubicon: The Dialectic, Marcos Carrasco Yanez
"Bad Boys" To Bigger Problems: A Study on Masculinity and Mental Health, Yesenia Conde
Bird Abundance and Diversity and the Impact of Oyster Reef Restoration on the Bird Community in Mosquito Lagoon, Florida, USA, Jessica Copertino
Their Bodies Flamboyant: An Exploration of Self Through Figuration and Flower, Gabriel Cortese
The Actor and the Iceberg, Christopher Creane
Liminality of Culture in Studio Art: A Biographical Investigation of a Second Generation Filipino American Experience, Danielle Culibao Powell
Moneyboys, Joshua Deshaies
Doxorubicin-Induced Differential Patterns of Cell Death in the Skeletal Muscle, Fatima Bianca Dessouki
Predicting Employee Performance: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review on Data Mining Methods, Turku Erengin
Strategies for Successful Mangrove Living Shoreline Stabilizations in Shallow Water Subtropical Estuaries, Rebecca Fillyaw
Sunseekers, Rebecca Fox
Combating Performance Anxiety: Reflections of A Personal Anti-anxiety Plan for Onstage and Filmed Media, Megan Friend
The Ogaden War: An Intersection of Local and Global Powers in the Horn of Africa, Luis Garcia
Will It Be OK Boomers?: Effects of Precarious Work on Older Job-Insecure Workers, Alissa Gebben
Interactions between Gold Nanoparticles and Immunoglobulin Isotypes, Rick Hassan
Braving the Discomfort: An Examination of Hate Speech and Racially-Motivated Violence Onstage, and How We Should Approach It, Sarah Hubert
An Actor Auditions, Jessica T. Johnson
Dual Beam Frequency Comb FTIR Spectroscopy, Connor Kelly
Assessing the Role of Disturbance in Estuarine Fish Community Dynamics, Dakota Lewis
Sympathy for the Devil: A Compassionate Approach to Morally Reprehensible Characters in Drama, Amy Livingston
A Deep Learning Approach for Learning Human Gait Signature, Alexander Matasa
Incongruous Surrealism within Narrative Animated Film, Daniel McCabe
It Happened Centuries Ago: Using GIS and Spatial Analysis to Map the Quilombo dos Palmares, Charlotte Mills
Monitoring of Microscopic Traffic Behavior for Safety Applications Using Temporal Logic, Mariam Wessam Hassan Mohamed Nour
Microstructural Development of Inconel 625 Nickel-Based Superalloy as Function of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Parameters, Sofia Nucci
The Speech Motor Learning Approach to Apraxia of Speech Treatment via Remote Delivery, Megan O'Toole
Monitoring Landscape and Spectral Dynamics of Subtropical Freshwater Wetlands that have Undergone Hydrological Restoration, Sarah Parker
The Intersection Between Multi-voiced Narratives and First-person Narratives of War Fiction: Epistemology and the Meaning of War, Prashant Patel
Rules for Living and How I Began to Break Them: The Influence of Creative Practice and Cognitive Dissonance on Personal Growth, Timothy Reid
Water Damage, Rebecca Rowell
Authoring Health Literacy in the Everyday, Sarah Rumsey
Assessing Opinions Towards Transgender Individuals, Tiffeni Russo
Effectiveness of Digital Interactive Experiment in Learning Outcomes and Engagement, Matin Salemirad
Corrective Feedback in L2 Pronunciation: The Learner Lens, Elif Saribas
Breaking News: The Presence of Framing in Partisan Cable News Network's Coverage of Officers Murdering Black Victims, Andrea Smith
The Death of Beowulf: Exploring the Conception, Process, and Lessons of an Original Solo Performance Based on a Classic, Jeffrey Sneed
Comparing Teacher Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Venezuela and the United States, Maria Spinetti Rincon
Help in the Time of COVID: Informational, Emotional, and Instrumental Support Among Graduate Students During a Pandemic, Teanna Staser
Mutilated Masculinity: Intersections of Disability, Gender, and Mental Health in Modernist Fiction, Sara Thames
For Consumption: Observations of Paint, Food, & Culture, Annette Tojar
Low-Profile Wireless Passive Temperature Sensors, Ectis Velazquez
Mechanical Properties and Spectral Vibrational Response of Si-O-C With and Without Graphene Toughening, Anthony Vozza
Evaluating PMO Sync Implementation for Persistent Memory Object, Faishal Wahiduddin
I'll See You in the Morning: Stories, William Walker
"I Have My Coven Now": Transgender Experience in the Central Florida Pagan Community, Alison Whitmore
Performing Belvile: Developing a Transformative Method, Brian Wiegand
Towards a Postdramatic Jazz Aesthetic: Per(form)ance and Its Discontents, Johann Robert Wood
Social Media Use And Safe Sex Practices Among Chinese Gay Men, Hang Zheng
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Safety Evaluation of Innovative Intersection Designs: Diverging Diamond Interchanges and Displaced Left-turn Intersections, Ahmed Abdelrahman
Mechanotransduction of Leukocyte Transmigration, Cynthia Aguilar
Optimization of Cryopreserved Memory CD4 T Cell Mediated Protection against Lethal Influenza A Virus Infection in Mice, Fahmida Alam
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 Relationship between Student Self-Efficacy and Close Reading in a Ninth Grade ELA Classroom, Karishma Assudani
The Precariat and the Pandemic: Assessing the Wellbeing of Metro Orlando's Hospitality Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Caroline Austin
Soda Pop: Illusions of Consumability by Generational Minds: Crowdsourced Story Awakens the Archival Consciousness, David Bailey
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
Some Southern Waters, Julian Baner
Tethered, Audi Barnes
Afrofuturism in Animation: Self Identity of African Americans in Cinematic Storytelling, Dana Barnes
Nanofabrication and Characterization of an Enzyme-Less Electrochemical Biosensor for Creatinine Detection, Anas Belharsa
Copper/N-acetylcysteine Coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesis, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Activities, Danya Belnour
How Young Adult Literature Better Informs Canonical Literature in the 9th Grade English Language Arts Classroom, Amber Bernozzi
Sexual Assault Acknowledgment and Psychological Symptoms: The Indirect Effect of Social Reactions to Disclosures, Emily Bernstein
Factors Affecting the Performance of Photo-voltaic Solar Energy Storage, Vasanth Bhat
Lego my Ego: The Puzzling Role of Self-esteem and Goal Orientation on Appraisals of Unsolicited Help, Emily Broksch
A Study Into Validating A Coupled Method Of Characteristics And Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method Against Empirical Data, Andrew Brown
Death in the Land of Flowers: Environment as Enemy in the Second Seminole War, Nicholas Brown
Operability and Wave Characterization of Hydrogen and Oxygen fed Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine, Robert Burke
Wave-optics Simulation of Correlated Speckle Fields, Derek Burrell
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
3D Localization of Defects in Facility Inspections, Nicholas Califano
Ultraviolet Irradiation Combined with Chlorine Dioxide Pre-oxidation For Disinfection By-product Control, Paula Campesino
Using the Enneagram as a Lens for Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy in the Ninth Grade English Language Arts Classroom, Catherine Caudle
The Mediating Role of Leader-Member Exchange: Leader Personality and information Sharing, Hillary Chandler
Effects of Nurses' Workload on Creativity and Innovation: Examining the Role of Trait Mindfulness as a Moderator, Kinjal Chheda
The Mechanisms of Detonation Amplification from Geometric Manipulation, Hardeo Chin
Smartphone Sensor-based Pedestrian Activity Recognition for P2V Communication and Warning System, Dhrubo Hasan Chowdhury
Production Development: A Practical Approach to Directing for Educational Theatre, Jill Cicciarelli
Exploring Academic Stressors Related to Second Language Acquisition and Barriers of Turkish-International Graduate Students Studying Education in the Southeast United States, Nermin Ciloglu Cakmakci
Reading Between the Lines: Language Ideologies and Tutor Education Readings, Michele Cintron Toney