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
Virtual Reality Technology and Customer Delight in Theme Parks: The Role of Experience Quality, Chenge Jia
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
The Power of Play: Creating A Theatre for the Very Young Experience, Maria Katsadouros
Development of an MRM Federation System Using COTS Simulations, Jaeho Kim
What #NoWomanEver Wants To Hear: The Social Construction of Corrective Facework After Street Harassment, Emily Knapp
Development of a Tabletop Coherent Soft X-ray Source, Hanfu Kong
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
A Decision Support Tool for Video Retinal Angiography, Sumit Laha
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
Golden Years, Sienna Malik
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
Counter Clockwise Culture Shock, Matthew Mercer
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
Examining Followership Role Orientation, Douglas Monsky
Mechanisms of Flame Extinction for Bluff Body Stabilized Flames with Influences of Pressure Gradient Tailoring, Anthony Morales
How Much is Enough? Trauma Recall and the Exposure Therapy Process, Krystal Morrison
Theoretical Paschen's Law Model for Aerospace Vehicles: Validation Experiment, Jaysen Mulligan Aroche
Behavioral and Disease Ecology of Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) Post Exclusion and Relocation with a Novel Approach to Homing Determination, Johnathan Napier
Assessing the Suitability of the Division Exercise Training and Review System (DXTRS) to Support Sustainment Training, Jacob Naylor
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
An Analysis of Choice-Making as A Means To Decrease The Frequency of Self-Injurious Behaviors in Students with Severe Disabilities, Melanie Olson
The Study of an Impinging Unsteady Jet - Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer Analysis, Andrea Osorio
Characterization of Acoustic Modes in Aeroengines, Michelle Otero
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
Rebuilt and Remade: The Florida Citrus Industry, 1909-1939, James Padgett
Weathering the Storm: Effects of Storm Periods on Ancient Populations of Coastal Florida, Brett Parbus
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
Making An Impression: A Formal Analysis of the Contextual and Iconographic Characteristics of Ancient Mexican Ceramic Stamps, Elizabeth Rose Lyon Peabody
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
Applying Machine Learning Techniques to Analyze the Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes at the Macroscopic Level, Md Sharikur Rahman
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
A Landscape of Death: A Comparison of Non-adult to Adult Burials at the Late Bronze Age Site of Tell el-Far'ah (South), Rebecca Reeves
The African Puzzle: A Study of Democratic Backsliding in Sub Saharan Africa, Ailbhe Rice
Don't Do the Crime If You Can't Do a Man's Time: Examining Sentencing Disparities Using Offender Demographics, Vanessa Rinker
Characterization of Neural Cells Derived from Reelin-deficient Schizophrenic Patient iPS Cells, Nicole Roberts
Understanding Crisis Communication and Mobility Resilience during Disasters from Social Media, Kamol Roy
Equivalency Analysis of Sidestick Controller Modes During Manual Flight, Alex Rummel
Examining Users' Application Permissions On Android Mobile Devices, Muhammad Safi
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
Revisiting Roadside Attractions: A "Deep Dive" into Florida's Weeki Wachee Springs, Rebecca Schwandt
Single Mode Wavelength-Tunable Thulium Fiber, Dong Jin Shin
The Evolution of Shared Responsibility and Instructional Risk Communication in Brazil's Campaign against the Zika Virus, Rodrigo Soares
Compressible Turbulent Flame Speed of Highly Turbulent Standing Flames, Jonathan Sosa
Minimal Effects of Moderate Normobaric Hypoxia on the Upper-Body Work-Time Relationship in Recreationally-Active Women, Tristan Starling-Smith
Disinfection By-Product Reduction Study of a Small Central Florida Public Water System, Paul Staubus
Childhood Experiences and Domestic Violence: The Role that Interpartner Violence Plays in Relationship Functioning and Parenting Behaviors in Adulthood., J'Nelle Stephenson
Whatever Happened to Blackwater RD.?: A Visual Documentary Concerning Achievement in the Face of Failure, Michael Stephenson
The Effects of Regulatory Orientation on Subjective Task Values, Ability Beliefs, and Gameplay in a Grammar Editing Computer Game, Stephen Strnad
Life Partner Perceptions of the Emotional Impact of Stuttering, Athanasia Svenning
Acute Effects of Placebo and Open-Label Placebo Treatments on Muscle Strength, Voluntary Activation, and Neuromuscular Fatigue., Alina Swafford
Large Scale Cryogenic Storage With Active Refrigeration, Adam Swanger
Influence of Transverse Slot Jet on Premixed Flame Acceleration, Dylan Tarrant
Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes Inhibit Doxorubicin-Induced Pyroptosis in Cell Culture Models, Zahra Tavakoli Dargani
Structural Inclusion Tools for Theatre Teaching Artists, Leah Thomas
Sanford, DeBary Hall and the New South Movement in Central Florida, Sarah Thorncroft
Nanofiltration of Perfluorinated Compounds as a Function of Water Matrix Properties, Hadi Toure
Violence, Religion and Politics: The Late Republic and Augustan Age, Matthew Tuggle
The Effect of Martensite-Fractions Assumptions In Shape Memory Alloy Springs, Christian Vazquez
Red Tide and Other Stories, Heather Vazquez
Qualitative and Quantitative Elemental Composition Analysis of the Surrounding Pollen Coating via ICP-MS, Brandy Voyer
Nondestructive Testing Methods Aided Via Numerical Computation Models for Various Critical Aerospace Power Generation Systems, Peter Warren