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 1981
Opportunistic Species of Macrobenthos in a Sewage-Polluted Lagoon, and an Analysis of the Indicator Concept, Raymond E. Grizzle
Industrial Engineering Applications Using Microcomputers, Farid Guediri
A Mini-Computer Based General Purpose Interactive Computer Graphics Software System, Victor M. Haddock
Fear of Success and the Performance of Males and Females in a Managerial Position, Joan A. Helms
An Inventory of Public Water Supply Wells Owned and Operated by Orange County, Florida, Michael J. Henry
Assessing the Economic Feasibility of Synthetic Natural Gas Under Conditions of Uncertainty, Mohammad M. Iranmanesh
Network Television News and Foreign Events: A Content Analysis of the Coverage of the Iranian Hostage Crisis (1979-1981), Mohamad H. Javaheri
Impact of Alum Sludge on Lake Sediment Phosphorus Release and Benthic Communities, David B. Jellerson
A Comparative Analysis of the Brain-Stem Latencies and Amplitudes in Non Disabled and Learning Disabled Male Children, John D. Johnson, III
The Role of Women in the Modern Navy: Issues and Attitudes, Mary A. Johnston
The Effect of Media Use on High School Students' Levels of Political Knowledge, Judith N. Knudson
The Influence of Confidentiality Conditions on the Amount of Self Disclosure of the Early Adolescent, Bella Kobocow
The Relationship Between a Mother's Knowledge of Human Sexual Reproduction and Her Child Rearing Attitudes Toward Her Preschool Child's Emerging Sexuality, Susan F. McGolrick
Movements and Feeding Ecology of Immature Green Turtles (CHELONIA MYDAS) in Mosquito Lagoon, Florida, Mary T. Mendonca
Testing the Radio Shack Random Number Generator to Produce Uniform and Non-Uniform Random Numbers, Enrique Menendez
Summer-Season Populations of Epibenthic Marine Fishes in the Indian River Lagoon System, Florida, Timothy J. Mulligan
A Comparison of Articulation Errors of Second Grade Students in Three Speaking Conditions, Susan Murray
The Impact of CETA Title II-B Upon Participants in Orange and Seminole Counties, Mary M. Naramore
A Comparison of the Effects of Race and Work Value Orientation of White-Collar Employees on their Levels of Job Satisfaction, Antonio F. Noble
A Simulation Model to Evaluate the Impact of Provisioning on the Operational Availibility of Navy Training Devices, Dale H. Pierce
A Comparison of the Relative Success of Two Pay Incentive Plans Under Controlled Conditions, Richard J. Poole
Economics of Residential Heat Recovery Units, Muhammad N. Redhwi
Synthesis and Evaluation of Polymer Supported Homogenous Oxidation Catalysts, Raymond J. Riley
Involvement in Leisure Activities by Mental Health Center Clients and Non-Clients, David H. Roby
A Comparison of Current Close Friendships and Lapsed Close Friendships, Teresa A. Rodgers
Project Network Scheduling with Limited Resources Using Heuristic Solution Techniques, Enrique J. Daboin Rojas
Nutrient Retention in Shallow Reservoirs Using Selected Aquatic Macrophytes, Phillip D. Sacco
The Effect of Interpersonal Skills Training on the Self-Concept and Personal Problems of Adolescent Males, Judith N. Sanborn
Analysis of Structural Dynamic Characteristics of an Explosion Driven Hydrodynamic Conical Shock Tube, Walter R. Sanders
Methane Production from Dairy Cattle Waste, Michael H. Scholla
Child Abuse and Neglect: A Primer, Judith K. Schwartz
The Diversity and Abundance of the Benthic Macroinvertebrates in an Oligo-Mesotrophic Central Florida Lake, Jeffrey F. Spence
An Experimental Study of Dispersal of the Cotton Rat, SIGMODON HISPIDUS, Stephen R. Stafford
An Optimal Algorithm for Detecting Pattern Sensitive Faults in Semiconductor Random Access Memories, Richard I. Subrin
Heat Transfer Analysis of a Lamphouse from a Typical Color Photographic Printer, William A. Toy
Population Structure and Reproduction in the Introduced Florida Population of the Pike Killifish, BELONESOX BELIZANUS (Pisces: POECILIIDAE), James S. Turner
Quantitative and Qualitative Responses of Lake Eola to Urban Runoff, Timothy B. Walsh
The Effects of Garment Color upon Audience's Perception of Source Credibility, Linda Weckerly
An Investigation of the Effects of Male Nudity in Advertising on Product Brand Recall, John A. Welsch
A Comparison of /r/ Phoneme Production by Kindergarten Children in Stress-Varied Sentences, Josephine Willison
The Microbial Biochemical Potential of Two Detention-Retention Marshes in the Kissimmee River Valley Watershed, Douglas A. Winkelmann
Crying and Child Abuse: A Survey of Response to Infant Cry-Signals, Robert E. Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Multiprocessor/Multicomputer Systems and Optimal Loading Techniques, Francis D. Adams
An Investigation into the Solution of Three Dimensional Elastostatic Problems Using the Boundary Integral Technique, David Campbell Aldrich
The General Purpose Interface Bus, Ernest D. Baker
A Computer Simulation of the Operations of a Spent Nuclear Fuel Receiving and Storage Station, Jeanna Lorene Barnard
Fade Time Statistics of Laser Light Propagating Through Turbulent Atmosphere, Madjid A. Belkerdid
Project Scheduling Under Constrained Resources, Mohammed Benameur
The Effects of Various Message Strategies on Fund Raising Effectiveness for Charitable Organizations, Bonnie Jo Buck
Sewer System Evaluation Surveys Conducted in Industrial Plants, Robert B. Cadle
Filtration of Detained Stormwater through Sand and Alum Sludge for Water Quality Control, Claude L. Cassagnol
Impact of Highway Bridge Runoff on Adjacent Receiving Water Bodies, James E. Christopher
Attentiveness and Time Budget of a Pair of Nesting Wood Storks, E. Scott Clark
The Effects of Exercise on Psychological Functioning, Deborah Ann Coe
Design and Analysis of an Explosive Driven Hydrodynamic Conical Shock Tube, Leonard W. Connell
Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Aqueous Sodium Bicarbonate, Duane P. Covino
A Cavity Absorber for a Focusing Solar Collector, Andrew W. Crapo
The Separation of Piperylene Concentrate by Extractive Distillation, Mary Jane Curnutte
SMADA: Stormwater Management and Design Aid, Timothy M. Curran
Television and Perceptions of Reality, John M. Davis
Adaptation to Pregnancy as a Function of Sex-Role, Anne Heidrich Diebel
The Effects of High Versus Low Amplitude Training of 9-13 Hertz EEG Activity on the Seizure Rate of Refractory Epileptics, Bob Dubinsky
The Effects of Introducing Skewness into Capital Rationing Decision Models, Edet Jonathan Ekere
Evolution of a Cooling Water Treatment Program at a Chemical Processing Plant, Lawrence P. Everson
Population Ecology of the Beach Mouse, Peromyscus Polionotus Niveiventris, Douglas Dale Extine
Nominal Molecular Weight Distributions of Color, TOC, TTHM, Precursors and Acid Strength in a Highly Organic Potable Water Source, Jalil Fouroozi
The Effects of Plain Sedimentation on the Quality of Urban Stormwater Runoff from the Lake Eola Watershed, Victor Julius Godlewski
Population Dynamics of Small Mammals in two Plant Communities of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Jeffrey A. Goldberg
BILIN: a Bilinear Transformation Computer Program and its Applications, John Dana Greer
Analysis of Traffic Accidents at Daytona Beach in Volusia County, State of Florida, Mohammad Reza Hajian
A Ten Kilometer Transmission System Fiber Optics versus KU-Band, John A. Hallmark
Optimum Monotonic Step Response Filters, Peter H. Halpern
Small Scale Hydropower-Appropriate Technology for Rural Development in Lesser Developed Countries, Stephen R. Harper
A Parametric Study of Economical Energy Usage in Freeze Tunnels, Marc A. Harrison
Noise Description and Noise Control at the Federal, State, and Local Level, Bobby L. Henning
Risk Analysis - An Economic Comparison of Oil and Coal Power Plants, Mohammad M. Iranmanesh
An Investigation of Fabric Filtration for the Removal of Colloidal Turbidity from A Laboratory Water, David Brent Jansen
A Study on the Concentration of Citrus Essential Oils by Adsorption, Albert Joseph Kruger
The Effect of Random Number Generators on Applications, Edwin G. Landauer
The Effects of Time and Initial Belief Level on the Restorability of Beliefs, John Edward Lander
Effects of the STEP parent education program on parenting styles and reported child behavior problems, Patty H. Lee
Analysis of the Public Service Employment Targeting Objectives for the State of Florida, Andrea Lefforge
Statistical Fading of a Spherical Optical Wave in Atmospheric Turbulence, Lorraine M. Locke
Separation of 1,3-Pentadiene from a Five-Carbon Olefin Mixture by Use of 13x Molecular Sieves, Samuel G. Maller
Phosphorous Dynamics of Lake Eola Sediments, Frank E. Marshall
Role Ambiguity, Role Conflict, Type A-B Behavior, Job Performance, and Psychosomatic Dysfunction, John Steven Mattone
The Effects of Local Union Strength on Union Members' Attitudes, Perceptions and Job Satisfaction, Eileen McDonald
Chemical Treatment of Urban Stormwater Runoff by Settling Column Studies, Paul R. Moore
Electromagnetic Wave Scattering from a Rough Surface, Elie G. Nacouzi
Evaluation of Various Mass Transportation Alternatives for the University of Central Florida Commuters, Jamal Niroumand-Rahimi
Statistical Fading of a Plane Optical Wave in Atmospheric Turbulence, John F. O'Hara
Adjustable Low Frequency Servo Compensation Using Operational Amplifiers, Charles P. Partin
Implementation and Documentation of ORACLS (Optimal Regulator Algorithm for the Control of Linear Systems) Software Package, Bahram Parvizi
Sector Energy Price and Demand in the State of Florida, John G. Reed
Perception of Subordinates' Job Evaluation Factors to Determine Supervisor-subordinate Agreement, George Edward Romot
English Language Proficiency as a Predictor of Academic Performance for U.S. Navy Hispanic Recruits, Eduardo Alejandro Salas Garcia
Zooplankton Abundance and Diversity in a Hydrilla Infested Central Florida Lake, Don C. Schmitz
Values and Interests Among Four Ethnic Groups in Mexico, Jacobo Schwartzman