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
Investigating Effects of Ribosomal Occupancy on the Production of the Clamp Loader Subunits Tau and Gamma, Akhmetzada Kargazhanov
Dual Beam Frequency Comb FTIR Spectroscopy, Connor Kelly
Speech Entrainment: A Clinical Approach, Hunter Kelly
Past, Present, and How to Proceed: Creating My Actor Tool Kit, Joshua Kimball
Invasive Bullfrogs Maintain High Levels of Immune Gene Diversity Despite Elevated Bd Infection Relative to Native Populations, Jacob Lafond
Effects of Endogenous E. coli Molecules on Translational Fidelity, Piotr Lagod
"I Drink (Responsibly), Therefore I am": Development of the Personal Assessment of Responsible Drinking Identity, Angelina Leary
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
Initiation of Alcohol Use in College Students, Gabrielle Lynch
Queer Arab American Experiences: Navigating Cross Cultural Expectations of Gender and Sexuality, Gabriela Mansour
A Decentralized Scheduling Algorithm for Cooperative Robots in Strawberry Fields, Madeline Mapes
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
A Mixed-Methods, Grounded Theory Study of Online Meaning-Making During the Pandemic, Kaitlyn Montcrieff
Solidification Cracking in Binary Al-Cu Alloys Additively Manufactured through Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Keegan Muller
Emotional Availability: A Practice-as-Research Exploration on Acting in Film and Theatre, Janice Munk
Optimizing Peer Selection among Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Shahzeb Mustafa
A Linear Dynamical Perspective on Epidemiology: Interplay Between Early COVID-19 Outbreak and Human Mobility, Shakib Mustavee
Asper, Isaiah Nearor
Inheritance, Kenneth Noguera
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
"Clothes Make Men": Clothing and the Embodiment of Gender in Virginia, 1750-1775, Rhiannon O'Neil
Ground Movements and Vibrations Caused by Impact Pile Driving of Prestressed Concrete Piles in Central Florida, Jorge Enrique Orozco Herrera
The Speech Motor Learning Approach to Apraxia of Speech Treatment via Remote Delivery, Megan O'Toole
Bioarchaeological and Mortuary Patterns at Holtun, Guatemala: Integrating a Comparative Osteobiographic Approach, Horvey Palacios
Psychological Distress and Affective, Behavioral and Cognitive Experiences of Stuttering, Randy W. Panzarino
Monitoring Landscape and Spectral Dynamics of Subtropical Freshwater Wetlands that have Undergone Hydrological Restoration, Sarah Parker
Hermeneutics of Hate: How Martin Luther's Rhetorical Manipulation of the Greek Bible Led to His Anti-Judaic Treatise On The Jews and Their Lies, Michael Parrish
The Intersection Between Multi-voiced Narratives and First-person Narratives of War Fiction: Epistemology and the Meaning of War, Prashant Patel
Victim Blame of Missing People Based on Race and Media Framing, Ciara Peebles
An Aphelion Analysis of Comet 2P/Encke, Brynn Presler-Marshall
Investigating the Removal of Total Trihalomethanes in Tray and Spray Aeration Processes at Two Central Florida Groundwater Treatment Facilities, Zachary Protas
Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence of Formaldehyde in the Reacting Jet of a High Pressure Axially Staged Combustor, Jason Quiroga
Online Organizational Citizenship Behavior: An Exploration of New Avenues for Prosocial Behavior in the Digital Age, Sarah Rabon
Diffusion Biomarkers to Characterize Tissue Microstructure in Chronic Myocardial Infarction, Mohammad Tanjib Rahman
Material Properties of 17-4PH Stainless Steel Fabricated With Cooling Holes by Atomic Diffusion Additive Manufacturing (ADAM), Nandhini Raju
Development of Multi-Scale Characterization Techniques for Stress Corrosion Cracking of Aerospace Alloys, Nicholas Reed
To Cut or Not to Cut? Exploring Parental Decision-making about Neonatal Male Circumcision, Karli Reeves
Rules for Living and How I Began to Break Them: The Influence of Creative Practice and Cognitive Dissonance on Personal Growth, Timothy Reid
Simulating Ejecta Blown off the Lunar Surface due to Landing Spacecraft using the Mercury N-body Integrator, Isabel Rivera
The Effects of Critical Micelle Concentration and Environmental Factors on Oil Separation in Simulated Bilgewater Emulsions, Kelsey Rodriguez Doran
La Desintegración Moral y la Protección Pasiva de los Patriarcas en Tiempo Muerto y El Tragaluz, Ibis Enid Rodriguez
Chrysalis, Marelize Roets
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
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
Citrate-Capped Iridium Nanoparticles as Peroxidase Mimics with High Catalytic Efficiency, Tamar Yishay
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