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 1996
Assessment of aashto-lrfd provisions for the design of prestressed concrete bridges, Youngwook Park
A technique for modeling flame using physically-based methods, James Benson Parsons
Compatibility of gas turbine materials with steam cooling, Yakin Patel
The influence of automated performance data on rater judgments : a policy capturing study, Stephanie Church Payne
Failure analysis techniques for CMOS ULSI devices, Susana de Jong Perez
Properties of metal hydrides that can be determined with a DSC/GC/pressure system, Roxanne Rene Petzold
Imagining my father : essay, fiction, poetry, Eddie Pipkin
A comparison of the two-sided laplace transform and the mellin transform, Glorida L. Porter
The medieval in the modern : the fiction of Walker Percy and Flannery O'Connor, James B. Potts
A demodulator for binary phase shift keying using EM carrier recovery and polyphase filtering, Gregory Mark Powell
Application of genetic algorithms to the single machine early/tardy problem with sequence dependent setup times, Ghaith Adnan Rabadi
Hiv positive women : concerns for their children, Janet M. Raffa
Extended resonance spatial power combining oscillators, MD. Mahbubur Rahman
Cavity model analysis of microstrip ring antennas using green's functions, Javier Gomez Tagle Rangel
Experimental determination of mechanical and thermal environment for microstar payloads, Mukund Rao
Early federal narcotic legislation : an historical analysis, Timothy M. Ray
Precision pointing and tracking through atmospheric turbulence utilizing the reciprocal path scattering phenomenon, Stephen P. Reddy
Hepatitis B : influence of parental knowledge on intent to vaccinate, Angela K. Ritten
The entrepreneur in the economy: pre-industrial revolution and post-technological revolution, Shelley Northrop Robertson
Microstrip antenna array for direct broadcast satellite reception, Marko Rubelj
Interest group activity at the state level : prison building and crime in Florida, Mary Cecilia Ruggiero
Homeless mothers : level of family functioning and perception of health care barriers, Brenda L. Rzeszutko
Production, purification and characterization of the nematolytic activity of an extracellular metalloproteinase of serratia marcescens, PeterRussell Salamone
Real-time adaptive signal processing for audio feedback suppression, Daniel E. Sassaman
The living and the dead : magical realism and redemption in William Kennedy's "Ironweed", Brian David Scales
Hydrogen embrittlement of a nickel based superalloy hastelloy c-22, Kirk Michael Scammon
Mediation tactics and the influence of argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness, Liza Cardona Schellpfeffer
Design optimization and behavior of concrete-filled frp tubes, Michael E. Scherer
Kinematic design and simulation of a low cost motion platform, Robert Thomas Schlageter
The impact of group size on consistency and leadership when using the analytic herarchy process, Matthias Schmidt
The black experience at mammoth cave, Edmonson County, Kentucky 1838-1942, Jeanne Cannella Schmitzer
Principals' leadership and creativity in selected florida schools, Ines M. L. Schmook
Overloaded government : an analysis of interest group pressure in Great Britain and the United States, Rodd Selman
Service based discard scheme for congestion control in atm networks, Nilay Sheth
A bulk-synchronous parallel implementation on the Maspar, Gregory William Shumaker
297 not delta-88 causes the tuh-3 phenotype in drosophila melanogaster, Ronald D. Smith
In situ air sparging pilot tests, Robert L. Sorvillo
Models for identifying error-prone modules during the software design phase, Kannan Srinivasan
Roosting behavior and foraging ecology of black vultures in Central Florida, Eric Douglas Stolen
The politics of conversion : liberal-nationalism, bonapartism, and the rhine crisis of 1840 in the development of prussian neoconservatism, Shane Brian Stufflet
Trickling filters : a comparison of design models, J. Martin Sullivan
Investment Casting Using Stereolithography Case of Complex Objects, Ravindran Sundaram
Studies of dimethacrylates as dental resins with improved resins with improved properties, Yunhui Sun
In the eye of the Machiavellian : beauty and persuasion, Thomasa Renee Thompkins
Design and implementation of a rom-emulator, Jorge A. Torra
Compressibility properties and settlement of municipal refuse landfills, Riad Touati
The development of a methodology for evaluating equipment needs and supporting equipment improvements in semiconductor manufacturing improvements in semiconductor manufacturing, Louise Lawson Tozer
An area source modeling approach for predicting carbon monoxide concentrations at signalized intersections, Richard C. Traynelis
Changes of water quality in Lake Butler due to urbanization, Mark Xavier Troilo
Restoration of high-resolution, coherently illumated images, Joshua S. Vance
Resampling of fir functions for application to saw devices, Annamalai Vishwanathan
The victorian gentlewoman, Nancy Mirela Diaconu Viswanathan
Dynamic response of highway girder bridges subjected to moving traffic loads, Jie Wang
Analysis of heat exchangers for incinerator, Lin Wang
The attitudes and beliefs about breast cancer in haitian american women, Sandra Ruby Weisstein
Artificial evolution of geometric primitives for three dimensional shape approximation and animation, Greg Wiatroski
A multiport memory-based n-ary cube interconnection network, Paul Joseph Wilder
Validation and Verification of the Critical Design Storm Concept using Continuous Simulation with Short Duration Storms, Howard Lawrence Wray
Jfet device simulation and modeling, Jianzhong Xu
Nonlinear vibrations of laminated composite cylindrical shells, Lie Ming Xu
Real-time digital simualtion for vehicle dynamics, Wen Xu
Nonlinear stability analysis of prestressed arches using riks-wempner method, Zegang Xu
Synthesis of methacrylate-termindated polyethylene : compounds related to difluorofulvene and difluoroheptafulvene, Keh chiang Yang
Electrochemical deposition of carbon films, Sandra Ellen Yeager
Structure-activity relationships of novel pyrrole derivatives, Jiandong Yin
The analysis of vision feedback utilizing a single camera, Bowen Zhang
Rate adaptive source quench scheme in congestion avoidance technique, He Zhu
Uruguay : from political chaos to democratic stability, Jennifer L. Zimnoch
Effect of gender on voice onset time, Allison Williams Zipprer
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Modeling and analysis of leachate quality in recirculating landfills, Santosh V. Agara
Modeling inelastic shear deformation in reinforced concrete beam-column joints, Sailaja Alath
Calculating Cross Slot Flux Losses in High Voltage Stator Coils, John D. Amos
Behavior of the Solutions to a Functional Equation Which Equates a Function's Inverse to its Reciprocal, Robert Rudolph Anschuetz
Location determinants of foreign direct investment in manufacturing in the state of Florida, Gloria B. Apostolico
A simulation comparison of aggregation methods applied to hierarchical project networks, Matthew W. Archer
Modeling the charge injection process in heterojunction acoustic charge transport devices, Gary William Archibald
Probability distribution analysis for rainfall on the tropical area of kalimantan island, Diana A. Barus
The effects of repeated burning on the distribution and abundance of flowering plants in central Florida sandhills, Brian Ruddy Beckage
Autoionization resonances in atomic fluorine, the 2s2p4(1so)ns, md rydberg series, Sacia Benzaid
Defect prevention and waste elimination techniques for manufacturing teams, Robert Everett Bock
Determination of landfill gas generation rates beneath an impermeable geomembrane cover, Robert Patrick Bogert
Waste minimization and treatment for ammonium bifluoride, G. Thad Bowes
New catalyst systems for the vapor phase synthesis of carbon filaments, Daniela Bratescu
The determination of hot and cold start percentages for the State of Florida, Marta Lynne Brenner
A hybrid analytical/simulation modeling approach for planning and optimizing mass tactical airborne operations, David Douglas Briggs
Using metal-enhanced degradation in a permeable barrier for treatment of a trichloroethylene plume in downtown Orlando, Florida, M. Maher Budeir
Full-response offset quadrature modulation system based on cosine series symbol shaping with symbol synthesis and system simulation, William J. Burmeister
Effects of avian breeding colonies on a man-made freshwater marsh in East Central Florida, James L. Burney Jr
Nonlinear Robust Control of a Series DC Motor Utilizing the Recursive Design Approach, Michael J. Burridge
Finite impulse response utilizing the principles of superposition, Scott Edward Carter
Analysis and design of an electro-optic phase-locked loop for use in a coherent laser array receiver, Diana Cristina Castellanos
Extensions to the distributed interactive simulation standard to support shared computer-aided design, Bruce Donald Caulkins
The secretary's war : Neil Benjamin Edmonstone and the conquest of India, Marla Karen Chancey
Feedback control of robotic manipulators (Including vision based feedback)/, Sundeep Chandhoke
The effect of preprocessing and feataure extraction on handwritten digit classification, Richard L. Cherry
The effects of virtual interactivity on fitness performance, Teresa L. Cherry
Experimenting With the Finite Element Method in the Calculation of Radiosity Form Factors, Donna Marie Chesteen
The effects of personal relevance and number of message sources on persuasion, Kristi Lee Courtney