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 1990
The morphology and density distribution of the cone photoreceptor in the retina of the atlanta stingray, dasyatis sabina, Francis Thomas Logiudice
Evaluation of the GAC Treatment Facility at the Lake Angel Detention Pond, Orange County, Florida, Richard S. Lott
Dynamic Base Analysis for the NSGS Induced Draft Fans by Single Degree-of-freedom Models, Alan L. Lumpkin
Knowledge Worker Productivity Enhancement: Issues and Techniques for Creative Professional, Steven Harold Mason
Implementation of Total Quality Management in the Department of Defense, Kimberly Margaret McCarthy
The Use of Constraints to Represent Process System Knowledge in Automated Knowledge Generation, Federic Donohue McKenzie
Phytochemistry of zygocactus flavonoids, Donna Kay Merk
The design, development, and implementation of a statistical process control (spc) system in a U.S. army contractor's manufacturing facility, Richard Joseph Merriman
An Investigation of a Pressure Controlled Fluidic Value Used for Controlling the Volume of the Human Bladder of a Catheterized Patient, Patrick Jay Miller
Risk assessment and and risk management of high technology product development, Robert A. Mohs
An optical parametric oscillator using KTP and LBO nonlinear crystals for the generation of continuously tunable coherent infrared radiation, James L. Montgomery
Moral reasoning and children's classroom behavior, Margaret L. Morgan
Predicting fouling in membrane separation processes, Kevin L. Morris
Mobile health care for the undeveloped/rural areas, Debra Lynn Moulavi
Estimation of the time-of-arrival of a sampled noisy signal, Robert Raymond Muise
An entropy based adaptive image encoding technique, Gregory Paul Murphy
Electromagnetic scattering from a finite cylinder with complex permittivity at arbitrary orientation, Robert A. Murphy
Thermocatalytic Destruction of Volatile Organic Compounds, Jeffrey A. Nangle
Failure detection and prediction of paper mill rubber covered rolls, Moin Nawaz
The effects of individualized interactive feedback session on employee involvement, group productivity, and proposal quality, Thomas P. Olney
Impact of supervisor training and leadership style on employee assistance program utilization, Valerie J. Orten
An analysis of aircrew communication patterns and content, Randall Leslie Oser
Temporary threshold shift in student pilots as a result of aircraft noise, Susan Pastina
A study to develop a profile and to identify like characteristics shared by registered nurse members of Florida nurses association, Joni King Paulson
The effect of two alternative scoring procedures on the reliability and validity of a multiple-choice video selection test, Lori Ann Phillips
Development of a database and database compiler in support of a low cost driver trainer simulation system design, Peter James Polasek
Second order statistics for the I-K distribution, Lisa Potchen
Applications of sodium perborate as an oxidant for organic substrates, Kathryn L. Reed
The american jewish reaction to kristallinacht, Karen L. Riley
Visual and realism enhancements for a low cost flight simulator graphics system, Steven Glenn Rindfleisch
Effects of cocaine on speech and language behaviors of children, Kenyatta O'Brien Rivers
The design and analysis of a digital missile telemetry unit controller, Jeffrey K. Rosson
Placement of the source of evidence in persuasive arguments in a speech in high and low speaker credibility conditions, Timothy Bruce Rumbough
Radiation characteristics of a circular array of microstrip patch antennas, Kimberly Ann Rutkowski
The development of a controllable wickless heat pipe system, F. Dave Sanderlin
Computational and engineering aspects of in situ ellipsometry, Steven Savrda
An evaluation of steam turbine exhaust hood performance using a water flow testing facility, Dana Scarbrough
Mathematical modeling of a low frequency cylindrical sound transducer, Paul A. Semper
Implementation and analysis of an acousto-optic photorefractive correlator, Christopher John Sherman
Computer based training : the effects of game characteristics on motivation and learning, Lisa Barr Shrestha
Sediment Accumulation in Wet Detention/Retention Ponds Receiving Highway Runoff, John V. Sloat
Comparison of BCH and convolutional codes in ds-ss multiple access environment, Bancroft O. B. Smith
Comparison of fishes occurring in monospecific stands of algae and seagrass, Joel W. Snodgrass
Redesign proposal for the space shuttle propellant cavity purge, William M. Stinson
A content analysis of college news-editorial textbooks : how is public relations covered?, Diane L. Taylor
Heat pump performance study: an evaluation of performance enhancement devices, Colin Thomas
The enhancement of the incineration of model volatile organic solvents by the use of hydrogen peroxide as a novel oxidative homogeneous catalyst, Douglas James Tomlin
Crystal growth and characterization of cr3+Transition metal-doped LiCaA1F6, Shi Tsi
A statistical approach for estimating the loss contribution of concatenated connectors in fiber-optic links, James G. Uhing
The generation of mid-infrared coherent pulse sources using non-linear techniques, Richard A. Utano
The relationship of the catholic church with right-wing organizations in the United States during the spanish civil war, Fernando Vidal
A study to compare the mortality rates of diabetics and non-diabetics following coronary artery bypass surgery, Patricia Ward
The Effect of a Pet's Presence Upon Anxiety During a Simulated Clinical Interview, Kenneth G. Weigand
Closure of unlined landfills, Brenda J. Westhorp
Survey return rate as a function of personalization of cover letters and monetary incentives, Andrea Y. Williams
Instructional software for explaining the principles of solar energy heating, Sharon M. Wong
High resolution photoelectron spectrometry of selected ns' and nd' autoionization resonances in Ar, Kr, and Xe, Jian Zhong Wu
Toward a generic simulator for industrialized housing manufacturing, Lorenzo Allan Young
Modeling Friction between Metals in Dry Contact Following Run-In, Jiguang Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
Optimum Allocation of Load Requirements to Generating Units in an Electric Power System, Charles R. Adams
Broward County Year 2010 Plan Update Model Validation, Ossama M. Al Aschkar
SPRITE Detector Characterization and System Optimization Through Impulse Response Testing, Barry K. Anderson
Development of Scale Factors for Clarifier Design Based on Batch Settling Data, Robert K. Anderson
Mode modulation accelerometer, Joseph Anthony Aurelia
Resident and relocated tortoises: a comparative study in Central Florida, Alice M. Bard
Cost and Performance Analysis of a Nanofiltration Membrane Pilot Plant Operated on a Surface Water Source, William M. Barrett
The apts battery as a surrogate measure of tank gunnery simulator performance, James Patrick Bliss
The enhancement of mental imagery through the utilization of a digital soundfield processor, Keiron Brown
Analysis and Design of a Pulsed GaAs Laser Rangefinder Receiver, Hoyt N. Burns
Power efficient wideband noise from a narrowhand piezoelectric transducer, Darren P. Carpenter
Application of Expert Systems to the Materials Handling Problem, Jack Castro
Pricing behavior in the theme park industry, Mark Cernicky
Spectral Dependent Propagation of Low Order Modes in Bend and Temperature Stressed Single Mode Fibers, Duc Minh Chau
An Expert Instructor for an Intelligent Simulation Training System in the Air Traffic Control Domain, Christine Muriel Chemin
Approximation of holder continuous functions by singular integrals, Huiping Chen
Avian populations in two central Florida community types: a winter census, E. J. Chicardi
A simulation study of the ethernet and gbram lan access protocols for networking real-time simulation devices, Nikos T. Christou
Abie: An Ada-based Inference Engine, Maria A. Cianci
CMOS Propagation Delay Change Using Laser Die Probing, Michael Shane Clamme
Age, growth and population characteristics of the giant snake eel, ophichthus rex, in the gulf of mexico, Steven Troy Clark
A Time Delay and Integration Design for Focal Plane Arrays, William N. Davis
Behavior problems and social competence in sexually abused preschoolers, Christine F. Diebel
Tactical team training utilizing Artificial Intelligence, Michael Dorris
A Comparative Study of Management Information System Development Methodologies, David R. Douglas
Nurses and organ donation: variables and communication strategies affecting procurement effectiveness, Kathy Driscoll
A study to identify and evaluate health care recruitment activities, methods, and costs within Florida acute care hospitals and to develop a cost effective recruitment model for nursing, respiratory care and physical therapy, Oliver Joseph Drumheller
Analysis and Design of Rectangular Waveguide-to-microstrip e-Probe Transitions, Daniel S. Dunn
A biosystematic study of chionanthus in the southeastern United States, Susan C. Elfers
More than a "little learning": the pursuit of a higher education by women in England and America, 1865-1920, Elizabeth S. Eschbach
Mathematical Modeling and Dynamic Analysis of the Fast Triaxial Shear Device, Alireza F. Noorollahi
Timing Margin Examination Using Laser Probing Technique, Glenn Curtis Fuller
Design of a Simulated Laboratory Course in Microprocessor Based Digital System Design, Rosalind N. Galyon
Kalman filter augmentation of a classically designed closed loop tracking system, Charles Jeffrey Garrison
Generalization in multi-layer feed forward nueral networks employing the back propagation algorithm/, Francis Joseph Gerrity
The relationship of macandrew scaled scores to level of life area functioning, Debra S. Goldman
Trainees' reaction and learning as a function of training program expectations, Gregory Holt Gonos
Total Vendee Cost: An Economic Model for Just in Time, Janette M. Gould
Determining the relationship between job stability and work orientation of ex-offenders, Deborah Lynn Green
Development of an Image Data Base for a Low Cost Flight Simulator Vision System, Eric John Hannon