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
Small Nothings, Leah Washburn
Do Variations in Service Delivery Models Influence Parents' Perspectives in the Early Intervention Program?, Andrasne Weiszhaupt
Exacerbation of ΔEFP Sickness in Escherichia coli By an Uncharacterized RNA Helicase, Robert Wingo
Audience Engagement in Theatre for Young Audiences: Teaching Artistry to Cultivate Tomorrow's Theatre-Goers, Julie Woods-Robinson
Exploring FPGA Implementation for Binarized Neural Network Inference, Li Yang
Mechanism Design of a Compact 4-DOF Robotic Needle Guide for MRI-Guided Prostate Intervention, Shihao Zhang
Investigation of Factors Contributing to Fog-Related Single Vehicle Crashes, Jiazheng Zhu
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Predicting Gun Ownership in America: Birth Cohort, Political Views, and Attitudes Towards Gun Control Legislation, Jared Adams
Dialectics of Microbudget Cinema, Milos Ajdinovic
When Our Cities Hollowed, Hana Al-Harastani
Investigating and Modeling the Impacts of Illegal U-Turn Violations at Medials Located on Florida's Limited Access Highways, Omar Al-Sahili
Because You Are Beautiful and Dead, Yvonne Amey
Agents of Change: Producing the Palpable from the Intangible through the Human Experience, Chealsea Anagnoson
Ok, Ladies, Now Let's Get Information: Recognizing Moments of Rhetorical Identification in Beyonce's Digital Activism, Garrett Arban
Moving Water, Alexandra Arend
Implementation of Optical Interferometry and Spectral Reflectometry for High Fidelity Thin Film Measurements, Armando Arends-Rodriguez
Effects of an Acute High-Volume Isokinetic Intervention on Circulating Levels of TNF-α and STNFR: Influence of Age, Eliott Arroyo Delgado
Los Heroes y Minerva en la Narracion del Libro de Caballerias Cristalian de Espana de Beatriz Bernal, Lorena Ascencio
Ultra-Efficient Cascaded Buck-Boost Converter, Anirudh Ashok Pise
Heavy Hit Me, Shauna Basques
Analysis of Pedestrian Crash Characteristics and Contributing Causes in Central Florida, Zainb Bianco
Online Neuro-Adaptive Learning For Power System Dynamic State Estimation, Rahul Birari
The Sleepless Ouroboros, Grant Bohl
The Communicative Value of EMR Education: Medical Students' Perceptions of Introductions to EMRs, Justiss Burry
The Effectiveness of Child Restraint and Bicycle Helmet Policies to Improve Road Safety, Claudia Bustamante
Design and Production of an Episodic Online Animation: Cairns of Apeiron, Andrew Cadieux
Effects of Surfactant Concentrations on Perovskite Emitters Embedded in Polystyrene, Eric Calkins
Mechanism of Actin Bundle Assembly, Mechanics and Structure by Ion Interaction, Nicholas Castaneda
Scientific transformations: a philosophical and historical analysis of cosmology from Copernicus to Newton, Manuel-Albert Castillo
Playing with Usability: Why Technical Communicators Should Examine Mobile Games, Alexandra Cata
Using Biomarkers to Assess the Migratory Ecology and Reproduction of the Florida Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas), Ryan Chabot
Against the Flow: A Nineteenth Century Watermill in Central Florida, Elizabeth Chance Campbell
Natural Disasters, Rebecca Cobb
Intrinsic Factors Affecting Decomposition Changes in Archaeological Head Hair from Kellis 2 Cemetery, Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, Kathleen Cole
Photothermal Lensing in Mid-Infrared Materials, Justin Cook
Optimizing Laboratory Pyrolysis Methods to Compliment Real World Fire Debris, Richard Coulson
Design and Modeling of a Heat Exchanger for Porous Combustor Powered Steam Generators in Automotive Industry, Apratim Dasgupta
The Effect of Parental Population Density on Offspring Immune Function, Dana Davis
An Anthropological Study of Eating Perspectives, Meal Composition, and Food Choices Among Diverse Student Populations, Chelsea Daws
Rhetoric of Imagery: Gendering and Consumption Throughout Interwar American Advertisment, Natalie Delgado
Creating a Digital Exhibit on the Colonial Fur Trade in Florida: A Public History / Digital History Project, Benjamin DiBiase
Images of Nostalgia: An Exploration of the Creation of Recollection Through Visual Media, Allyson Dickerson
Pioneer of Self: An Intimate Retrospective, Juliet Diienno
Everyday Monsters: Stories, Brian Druckenmiller
Beyond Panels Interactive Storytelling: Developing a Framework for Highly Emotive Narrative Experiences on Mobile Devices, Michael Joseph Eakins
Ichetucknee Springs: Measuring the Effects of Visitors on Water Quality Parameters through Continuous Monitoring., Sarah Faraji
Wrong-Way Driving: A Regional Approach To A Regional Problem, Md. Omar Faruk
Crafting Craft Beer Brands: An Examination of identity, Community, and Growth in Orlando Area Craft Breweries, Dylan Fehribach
Statistical Analysis of Multi-Row Film Cooling Flowfields, Craig Fernandes
Keep Your Thoughts Off My Body: Social Attitudes Toward Rape-Related Abortions, Ketty Fernandez
Effects of an Acute High-Volume Isokinetic Intervention on Inflammatory and Strength Changes: Influence of Age, Joseph Gordon
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder or Combat Experience? A Functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy Study of Trauma-related Auditory and Olfactory Cues, Michael Gramlich
Rebirth of the Renaissance Man: Creating Actor Agency through Ensemble Theatre, Kody Grassett
The Ability to Critically Evaluate Research Literature in Speech-Language Pathology, David Gregorio
Abortion Attitudes and Subjective Religiosity: Examining a Fourfold Typology, Christopher Guido
Implementation of Refining Statements in OpenJML and Verification of Higher Order Methods with Model Program Specifications, Sai Chandesh Gurramkonda
GIS Analysis of Obsidian Artifacts distribution at Holtun from the Preclassic through the Classic Periods., Melvin Guzman Piedrasanta
83 Orange Peels, Klara Hammoud
Investigation of Heat Transfer Enhancement Within a Concentric Annulus, Alexander Hanhold
Determinants of Terrorist Target Selection: A Quantitative Analysis, Taylor Haywood
Cafeteria Culture: An Anthropological Approach to Lunchtime in a Central Florida Elementary School, Emily Herrington
Reducing Sulfuric Acid Pretreatment in a Nanofiltration Process Treating Surficial Groundwater, Carlyn Higgins
A Multiagent Q-learning-based Restoration Algorithm for Resilient Distribution System Operation, Jungseok Hong
Mucking About: Hydrologic Regime and Soil Carbon Storage in Restored Subtropical Wetlands, Alicia Huber
Youth Labor Market Conditions and the NEET Population in the EU: Do Poor Labor Market Opportunities Discourage Youth?, Jennifer Hudson
A Flexible Physics-Based Lifing Method for Metals Under Creep and Thermomechanical Fatigue, Firat Irmak
Living with Marie: Dramatherapy in the Creation of Performable Theatre, Madelyn James
Load-Balancing in Local and Metro-Area networks with MPTCP and OpenFlow, Austin Jerome
Analysis of Dialog Surrounding Animal Testing in Vaccine Research, Natalie Johnson
Coupling Infrastructure Resilience and Flood Risk Assessment for a Coastal Urban Watershed, Justin Joyce
Indivim-kara: An Exploration of Ego and the Archetypes in Art, Jared Justice
Continuous Oscillation: Vibrational Effects and Acceptable Frequency Ranges of Small Bore Piping in Field Applications, Marie Kasprzyk
Calibrating a System Dynamic Model Within an Integrative Framework to Test Foreign Policy Choices, Carlos Kavetsky
Enhanced Ablation by Femtosecond and Nanoseond Pulses, Haley Kerrigan
The Microbial Ecosystem of Beer Spoilage and Souring: Competition and Cooperation in the Age of Bioinformatics, Andrew Kettring
Code Park: A New 3D Code Visualization Tool and IDE, Pooya Khaloo
Health Behaviors in Military Veterans with and without Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Emily Kitsmiller
Modern Arcana, Kaitlin Kolhoff
Understanding the Dynamics of Peer Review and Its Impact on Revision, Julie Kopp
Academic Blade Geometries for Baseline Comparisons of Forced Vibration Response Predictions, James Little
Combustion of 1,3-Butadiene behind Reflected Shocks, Joseph Lopez
Pervasive Secure Content Delivery Networks Implementation, Hector Lugo-Cordero
Linking Climate Change and Socio-economic Impact for Long-term Urban Growth in Three Mega-cities, Qi Lu
Assessment of Physical Workload, Ergonomic Problems and Prevalence of Pain among Low Wage Hotel Housekeepers in Orlando, Rachel Mammen
Life After the Boat: Understanding the Needs of Refugees Living in Second Reception Centers in Sicily, Russell Manzano
Freestanding Holey Thin Films for Renewable Energy Storage, Kyle Marcus
Timoshenko Beam Viscous Damping Model for Spacecraft Cabling Dynamics, Brandi McPherson
Planting Seeds: Life Stories of Awakening Self-Awareness, Aixa Mendez
Hippieland: Bohemian Space and Countercultural Place in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury Neighborhood, Kevin Mercer
Grace Hopper and the Marvelous Machine: Lessons for Modern Technical Communicators from the Mark I ASCC Manual, Jessica Meyr
Adversarial Attacks On Vision Algorithms Using Deep Learning Features, Andy Michel
A Place in the Sunshine State : Community, Preservation, and the Parliament House, Erin Montgomery