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
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
The Effect of Dynamic Span Wise Bending on the Forces of a Pitching Flat Plate, Manoj Prabakar Sargunaraj
Corrective Feedback in L2 Pronunciation: The Learner Lens, Elif Saribas
The Motuporamines Act Through RHO1 and RAC to Control Actin Dynamics in Drosophila, Corey Seavey
An Evaluation of the Performance of Proc ARIMA's Identify Statement: A Data-Driven Approach using COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in Florida, Fahmida Akter Shahela
Competence Transcriptome Changes in Streptococcus Pneumoniae, Smitha Shambhu
A Framework for the Design and Characterization of Advanced Gaskets, Sannmit Shinde
Big Five Aspect Personalty Scales and Social Anxiety Severity in a Nonpsychiatric Sample, Samantha Simpson
The Effects of Aqueous Alteration on Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Content in Carbonaceous Chondrites, Katerina Slavicinska
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
The Effect of Bending and Twisting on a Heaving Flat Plate, Carlos Soto
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
Toward an Arabic Modernism: Politics, Poetics, and the Postcolonial, Alaa Taha
Mutilated Masculinity: Intersections of Disability, Gender, and Mental Health in Modernist Fiction, Sara Thames
An Examination of Tarot Cards with Healing, Tori Thibault
Fabrication of High-Frequency Piezoelectric Resonant Micro-Accelerometers based on Capacitive Loading Effect, Ankesh Todi
For Consumption: Observations of Paint, Food, & Culture, Annette Tojar
Modulation of Actin Filament Severing and Mechanics by Gelsolin in Varying pH Conditions, Claire Toland
Spatio-Temporal Representation for Reasoning with Action Genome, Kesar Tumkur Narasimhamurthy
Effect of Various Speed Management Strategies on Bicycle Crashes for Urban Roads in Central Florida, Jorge Ugan
Long Short-Term Memory with Spin-Based Binary and Non-Binary Neurons, Meghana Reddy Vangala
Low-Profile Wireless Passive Temperature Sensors, Ectis Velazquez
Incinerator Ash Characterization - Implications for Elevated Temperature Landfills, Angel Villarruel-Moore
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
The Elderly Voter as Collateral Damage: The Consequences of Voter Restriction on Elderly American Voter Turnout, Mia Warshofsky
"I Have My Coven Now": Transgender Experience in the Central Florida Pagan Community, Alison Whitmore
Performing Belvile: Developing a Transformative Method, Brian Wiegand
Mail Ballot Signature Rejections: Household Members Signing Each Other's Ballots, Craig Wilding
Deportation, Genocide, and Memorial Politics: Remembrance and Memory in Postwar France, 1943-2015, Rachel Williams
An Evaluation of the Differences Between Perpetrators in Completed and Averted School Shootings, Ashley Winch
Towards a Postdramatic Jazz Aesthetic: Per(form)ance and Its Discontents, Johann Robert Wood
Analyzing the Self-reported Experiences of Japanese English as a Foreign Language Pre-service Teachers with Listening Comprehension Skills, Akira Yamamoto
Optimization of a Wing Supporting a Coaxial Rotor for Multiple Flight Conditions, Tadd Yeager
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
Metatheatre and Critical Race Theory: A Combination for Compelling Storytelling and Effective Changemaking, Andrew Coleburn
Naming More of What We Know: Critical Memoirs & the Ecological Metaphor as a Threshold Concept in Writing, Loren Cooper
Computational Investigation of Supercritical CO2 Single-Jet Impingement, Ian Cormier
Navigating Immersive and Interactive VR Environments With Connected 360° Panoramas, Samuel Cosgrove
Social Connectedness and College Student Alcohol Use: Understanding the Role of Alcohol Expectancies, Social Anxiety, and Need to Belong, Mark Crisafulli
Detecting Small Moving Targets in Infrared Imagery, Adam Cuellar
Phantoms of Fantasy: Materiality, Enjoyment, and the Minstrel Legacy of Sentimentalism, Zafirios Daglaris
The synthesis of Palladium-Platinum Core-shell Nanoparticles with High Catalytic Peroxidase Activities for Biosensing Applications, Edwin Davidson
The Uniqueness of a Kingdom: The Frontier Kingdom of Norman Sicily in Comparative Perspective, Onyx De La Osa
A Test of Counterfactual Thinking Theory to Change Intentions to Use Protective Behavioral Strategies, Ardhys De Leon
A Holistic Approach to Asses the Determinants of Travel-Tracking Mobile Application Acceptance, Marcos De Medeiros
Emulsion Characterization Study for Improved Bilgewater Treatment and Management, Daniela Diaz Hernandez
Pre-service Teacher Perceptions of Pronunciation Teaching: A Qualitative Investigation, Madelyn Diller
Assessing Stress Outcomes of Interpersonal Helping: An Application of Hindrance Stress Appraisals, Michael DiStaso
Adaptation of the Novel "Silas Marner" into a One-Act Play and Performance, Melaney Douglass
Flame Kernel Ignition and Evolution Induced by Modulated Nanosecond-Pulsed High-Frequency Discharge, Ian Dunn