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 2023
Exploring English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Saudi Arabian Teachers' Perceptions vis-a-vis the English Education Context in Primary and Secondary Schools, Mona Abdullah A. Al Mogeerah
Micro-Credentialing with Fuzzy Content Matching: An Educational Data-Mining Approach, Paul Amoruso
Me and My Baby: Directing & Designing "Chicago" at the High School Level, Leo Arteche Arencibia
Radioprotectant Ceria Nanoparticles Drug Delivery System to Reduce Reactive Oxygen Species Levels and Mitigate Spaceflight Osteopenia, Balaashwin Babu
Testing the Three-Step Theory of Suicide: An Examination of Pain in First Responders, Shelby Baker
An Investigation on the Procedural Rhetoric of Curated Difficulty, Ismael Benjelloun
Ruffled: Examining Feminism & Femininity Through Animation, Savannah Berry
The Perfect Storm: Motherhood, Intimate Partner Violence, and COVID-19, Kelly Blauschild
Boys to Men, Brandon Bradley
The Relationship Among Identity Development, Dark Personality, and Risk-Taking Behaviors, Reilly Branch
An Evaluation of Thermocouple Reconstruction Techniques, Derek Brauneis
Taste of Grief & Other Stories, Madison Brown
Gendered and Racialized Bodies in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Saphronia Carson
The Development of Computational Models for Melting-Solidification Applications Using the Volume-Of-Fluid Method, Brendon Cavainolo
Save the Drowning Child: Stories, Kayla Cayasso
VTubers vs FaceCam: How the Visual Representations of Live Streamers Affects Audience Experience, Paola Chinchilla
Fabrication of Alkaline-Earth Fluoride Ceramics for High-Power Lasers via Fusion Casting and Hot Forging, Adrian Cintron
Inkling: An Exploration of Visual Effects as a Character, Joshua Cooper
Magic Show: Themed Experiences Utilizing Animation, Emma Cuitino
The Daughters of Sycorax, Wendy Dye
Electroanalytical Investigations of MicroRNA-conjugated Cerium Oxide based Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications, Chaimae El Ghzaoui
Transforming Costuming Design: Costuming for the Actor's Comfort, Lisa Evenson
Analysis of Multi-Drug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Using Split Deoxyribozymes, Abryana Fergus
Heat Release And Flame Scale Effects On Turbulence Dynamics In Confined Premixed Flows, Max Fortin
With Silk, Sage, and Bones: Confronting Death and Dying Through Nature and Ritualistic Healing, Brittney Fucheck
Las Madres Blancas: The Visual Representation and Cultural Production of the Mirabal Sisters, Luisa Garcia
Acute Effects of Sprint Interval Training and Blood Flow Restriction on Neuromuscular and Muscle Function, David Gonzalez Rojas
The Genealogy of Desolate Landscapes, Alexander Gurtis
Music Direction and Piano Accompaniment in Musical Theatre: A Practical Guide, Danielle Hayes
Detonability of a Rotating Detonation Combustor Seeded with Carbon/Hydrocarbon Particles at Fringe Operating Conditions, Matthew Hopwood
Population Differences in Human Mandibular Growth, Madison Hubbart
Predicting Implementation Citizenship Behavior Rating Discrepancies Between Supervisor-Subordinate Dyads, Alexandra Kandah
It is Time to Change the Way we Change, Thane Keller
Flow Theory in the Actor's Process: Can the Pursuit of Optimal Experience Alleviate Anxiety?, Kimberly (Kimber) King
Roanoke and the Witch, Tamara Komoff
Using GIS to Better Understand The Cracker Community of Pat's Island in the Ocala National Forest, Florida, Nicholas Kopp
"Immigrant Literature": The Transnational Aesthetic of Early Japanese American Periodical ShūKaku [Harvest], Joshua Kuiper
Tooth Farmer: Exploring 3D Printed Replacement Heads for Stop-Motion Animated Films, Jamie Lachnicht
Characterizing Air Plasma Sprayed Aluminum Oxide Coatings for the Protection of Structures in Lunar Environments, Perla Latorre Suarez
The Assemblage of the Rings: Reading Lord of the Rings Through the Philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, Kieran Leeds
Development of Creatine-Loaded Nanopolymer Matrices, Sebastian Leon
Tin Hammock, Ian Lindsay
The Impact of Competency Based Education on Educational Equity, Ndifor Manjong
Cultural Movement(s) and Counternarratives: The Rhetorics of Native Womxn Runners, Kim Martinez
The Process Is A Journey, Victoria Micaletti
Perceived Barriers to and Comfort Levels With Hypothetical Intimate Partner Violence Help-Seeking Among Arab Americans, Jana Mostafa
Reflections on White-Passing Black Identity, Edi Mucka
Investigating Mobility Across the Life Course Through Stable Isotope Analysis at the Early Medieval Site of BerettyóúJfalu Somata, Hungary, Brianna Jayne Muir
Creative Collaborations: An Arts Integrated Educational Business, Michele Perkins
Keeping the Ball Alive: The Marriage Between Sports and Acting, Giuseppe Pipicella
A Pilot Study of an Immersive Folktale User Experience, Iulia Popescu
Remembered Spaces: Navigating Memory Through Drawing, Leeann Rae
Christian Nationalism Among Evangelical Christians Through a Critical Race Theory Lens, Marina I. Rivera Ramos
To the Cosmos and Back: Modelling Ritualized Movement and Natural Sanctuaries around the Manialtepec Lagoon, Sami Savateri
Miss-Adventures: Fantasy and Friendship in the Context of Animation, Nathaniel Shrage
In Defense of the Wife, Veronica Silva
Preclinical Assessment of Psychoplastogens for Treatment of Psychiatric Symptoms and Neuroplasticity Deficits in Huntington Disease, Nicholas Skiados
Development of Regolith Simulants of Lunar Permanently Shadowed Regions and Jupiter Trojan Asteroids, Karlis Slumba
Theatrical Intimacy: Navigating a New Normal, Elizabeth Smith-Cortelyou
Long Range Propagation of Single Laser Pulses and Bursts of Pulses Through Varying Atmospheric Conditions, LaShae Smith
Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict: How Levels of Sexual Violence in Peacetime Affect Levels of Sexual Violence in Conflict, Sydney Snowden
Play as a Means of Connection, Charles Street
Mean Pressure Gradient Effects on the Performance of Ramjet Cavity Stabilized Flames, Mason Thornton
Examining Childhood Lived Experience and Kinship in Early Bronze Age Western Anatolia: Stress and Health of Juveniles at Karatas-Semayuk, Christina Trent
A Puerto Rican Diasporic Study in Central Florida, Chelsea Vélez
The Narratives of Sexulization: The Perspectives of Young Entertainers Around Their Own Public Sexulizaiton, Alexis Williams
And They Saved My Sorry Ass: A Documentary Discovering Self in Contemporary Fan Culture, Chunxiao Yang
Rotorcraft Lander Fixed to a Descending Capsule Backshell, Corey Zucker
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Delineating the Cytotoxic Mechanism of Purine Metabolite AICAR in Lung Cancer Cells, Fareesa Aftab
Synergistic Impacts of Climate Change and Human Induced Stressors on the Apalachicola Bay Food Web, Kira Allen
History of the Cuban Diaspora and Responses to July 2021 Protests in Cuba: An In-depth Examination of Emerging Social Movement, Carolina Alonso Domech
The Impact of Covid-19 Precautions on Teachers' Preparation Programs in Kuwait, Nour Alshammari
Aerodynamic Characterization of An Elliptical Fairing In the Wake of a Bluff Body, Luis Amaya
Reverse Engineering of Adversarial Samples by Leveraging Patterns left by the Attacker, Rahul Ambati
Automated Vehicle to Vehicle Conflict Analysis at Signalized Intersections by Camera and LiDAR Sensor Fusion, Alabi Mehzabin Anisha
Autoignition Delay Time Measurements and Chemical Kinetic Modeling of Hydrogen/Ammonia/Natural Gas Mixtures, Jessica Baker
They Are Not Like Us: Polarization and Justification of Violence in the Contemporary United States, Grayson Bakich
White Rage, Black Agency: Violence and its Impact on Reconstruction Era Florida, Zachary Barnes
Hitting a Little Too Close to Home: Reflexivity, Liminality, and Identification in Horror across Film, Theatre, and Games, Alyssa Barrack
Mathematical Model for Giraffe Population Dynamics, Huntir Bass
The Test-Retest Reliability of Single Leg Jump Performance Using the Drift Protocol in Division I Baseball Pitchers, Amy Bergquist
Numerical Study and Optimization of Post-Tensioning Energy Dissipating Connections with Inerters, Hector Blanco Gavillan
The Concept of the Populus Romanus in the Late Republic and Augustan Period, Nicklaus Bobertz
Characterizing Nearby States of the Stokes Wave Solution of the Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation, Teresa Bosch
Design and Fabrication of a Compact, Rugged, and Thermally Stabilized Fiber Based Mode Locked Oscillator with Amplification., Joshua Bryan
#RedFlag: Social Media and Dating Violence Among Young Adults, Davina Caldwell
Sacrificing Sisters: Nurses' Psychological Trauma from the First World War, 1914-1918, Kayla Campana
Simulation of a Comprehensive Heat Recovery Steam Generator, Jose Chalarca Castro