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Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Divestment of Strategic Resources in a Hypercompetitive, Capital Intensive, Knowledge Based Industry, Steven Robert Rivet
An Experiment to Study the Gaseous Emissions of a Gas Turbine Operated with Biodiesel as Fuel, David Lee Rochelle
Extraversion and Person-Environment Fit: Towards Consideration of Jungian Theory in Organizational Psychology, Nicholas Rosemarino
Identifying The Most Relevant Arguments From User Meta-Data, Roussi Roussev
Unexpected Effects: The Dual Effects of Prevalent Work Characteristics on Goal Accomplishment and the Moderating Role of Proactivity, Anna Saelinger
Analysis and Classification of 3-D Printed Collagen-Bioglass Matrices for Cellular Growth Utilizing Artificial Neural Networks, Trevor Schmitt
Optimizing Dynamic Range for Micro-Electro-Mechanical Resonators, Douglas John Schoeller
Standardizing the Requirements Specification of Multi-Agent Systems, Khaled Ali M Slhoub
Automatic Anuran Species Recognition via Vocalization, Katrina Smart
Barriers to Mentoring Women of Color for Corporate Leadership: Implications For Organizations, Donna Marie Smith
Spirituality as a Human Resource Attribute to Facilitate Employee Engagement and Retention, Wesley Dale Sumner
Effect of Cavitation Regimes on Stepped Diesel Injectors, David Michael Sykes
Pilots’ Likelihood to Quit Flying in Part 121 Commercial Aviation, Gajapriya Tamilselvan
Privus: Take Back Your Privacy The Effect of a User-Centered Approach on Privacy Management, Aral Tasher
Creating Self-Concordance through Activation of the Goal Hierarchy, Michelle Thackray
Using Dispersive Raman Spectroscopy to Assess Remodeling in Vascular Constructs used in Tissue Engineering, Andrea S. Theus
Development and Evaluation of the HAVUC (Hostility, Ambiguity, Volatility, Uncertainty, & Complexity) Environment Fitness Scale (HEFS), Phillip Thomas
Free Response and Trim Force Requirements for Aircraft Configuration Changes, Marvin Toepfer
The Role of Human Capital and Innovative Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries, José Rolando Torrech Jr.
Ya Gotta Wanna: Shifting Motivational Priorities in the Self-Control Process, Keemia Vaghef
CFD Analysis of Resistance for Stepless and Stepped Planing Hulls, Bhanu Prakash Valtheru
Transfer Learning with Convolutional Neural Networks Applied to Periocular Biometrics, Kushal Vangara
Profile Patterns of Sex Offenders Using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory- Second Edition- Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF), Renee VanSlyke
Increasing Employee-Guest Interactions using a Guest-Delivered Token Economy at a Zoological Facility, Cassie Maureen Vergason
Two Channel SDM Communication System Simultaneously Operating at 10Gb/s Using C-band Transceivers, Han Wang
Modeling and Control of a 6-DOF Multi-rotorcraft: Air-Ball, Jerry Ja Wang
Understanding Department of Defense Employee Perceptions of Performance Appraisals: Making a Connection Between Performance Appraisals and Motivation, Kenneth Dewayne Welch
Morphology Of The Olfactory Apparatus In Leptocephalus Larvae, Molly Ann Wightman
Development of Recyclability Index: A Design for Assembly and Disassembly Approach, Darshan Yadav
Phonon Polariton Enhanced Infrared Waveguides, Yuchen Yang
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Metastable-State NH Photoacids and Organic Photo Carbon Monoxide Releasing Materials, Aluthwatte Rallage Nawodi Madhusanka Abeyrathna
Interaction between Fragments of Tau Protein Investigated by Force Spectroscopy Using AFM, Anad Mohamed Afhaima
A Reinforcement Learning Approach to Autonomous Speed Control in Robotic Systems, Nima Aghli
The Impact of Different Propagation Environments on the Performance of Wireless Sensor Networks, Abdallah Mubark Aldosary
On Logconcavity of Multivariate Discrete Distributions, Majed Ghazi Alharbi
A Comparison of Airline Passengers' Perception and Attention Toward Onboard Safety Briefing Video Presentations, Yousef Aba Alkhail
Female Saudi Arabian Students’ Attitudes, Willingness and Preferences of Communication in Online Educational Settings, Sahar Abdulaziz Almasoud
Decision Support for Shared Responsibility of Cloud Security Metrics, Moteeb Aieed Al Moteri
A Human-centered Design Approach to Enhance Children’s Collaboration and Facilitate Learning Using Tangible User Interface, Wafa Sulaiman Almukadi
Single Waypoint ZEM/ZEV Based Closed-Loop Controller Design for Rendezvous with a Rotating Target, Armando Alvarez Rolins
Low Complexity Transmission Schemes for Future Wireless Communication Systems, Geamel Alyami
Assessing the Hydrodynamic and Economic Impacts of Biofouling on the Hull of Surface Vessels Using Numerical Methods, Letchi Evrard Quentin Anoman
Dynamics Of Asymmetrical Configurations Of Catamaran Hull Forms, Vaibhav Aribenchi
CFD Analysis of Resistance Characteristics of High-Speed Displacement Hull Forms fitted with Hull Vane®, Venkata Karthik Avala
Vulnerability Model of Residential Structures Subject to Hurricane Induced Wind, Surge and Inundation, Mohammad Baradaranshoraka
An Examination of the 16PF Demographic Variables as Predictors of The Scale For Accurate Personality Prediction (SAPP), Jack Dorian Bartel
Interpolation Methods for Coverage Area in Cellular Systems, Abdlmagid Mohamed Basere
Initial{Boundary and Nonlocal Boundary Value Problems for Higher Order Nonlinear Hyperbolic Equations with Two Independent Variables, Raja Ben-Rabha
Estimation of Groundwater Loads into a Coastal Estuary Using SEAWAT, Antonio S. Berber Jr.
Development of Large-Area GEM Detectors for the Forward Muon Endcap Upgrade of the CMS Experiment and Search for SM Higgs Boson Decay in the H → τ+τ− → μ+μ−¯νμνμ¯ντντ Channel at √ s = 13 TeV, Vallary Shashikant Bhopatkar
System Study of an On-Orbit Additive Manufacturing CubeSat, Juliette Isabelle Bido
New Bounds for the k-out-of-n Type Probabilities and Their Applications, Ahmed M. Binmahfoudh
Female Student Veterans: A Survey of Current Transition Challenges and Issues from Active Duty to Collegiate Life, Nicole Starr Biondoletti
A Comparison Between Online and In-vivo Parent Training on Parental Acquisition of Skills to Promote Appropriate Behaviors in Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Abigail L. Blackman
Attitudes and Perceived Legitimacy of Police: Crises, Responses, and How Race Influences Perceptions, Brigitte Bonaci
Relationship of Initial Symptoms and Differential Dementia Diagnosis in a Memory Disorder Clinic Sample, Eugenia Milroy Boozer
A Strategic Communication Plan for the Florida Tech Wellness Committee, Anushka Karina Boyd
Effect of Tannic Acid Crosslinking on the Mechanical Properties of Collagen Scaffolds and Melanoma Cell Proliferation, Christopher J. Bridgeman
Copper Tolerance of Amphibalanus amphitrite as Observed in Central Florida, Hannah Grace Brinson
Health Behaviors Contributing to Overall Perceived Health, Mental and Physical Health Status, and Functional Impairment in Psychologists and Trainees, Natasha J. Brown
Emotional Labor in a Computer-Mediated Environment, Christa P. Bupp
A Content Analysis of Beauty Brands’ Use in China of Sina Weibo to Improve Marketing and Customer Engagement, Mengling Cao
Training Personal Information to Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Diana C. Carlos
A Context-Free Method of Visualizing Streaming Object Data for the Purpose of Identifying Known Events: an Implementation and Analysis, Quinn Gregory Carver
An Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometric Sensor using Intermodal Phase Shifting and Demultiplexing of the Propagating Modes in a Few-Mode Fiber, Julius Chatterjee
A Validation Study of the Cross Cultural Competenc e Navigator, Xiaowen Chen
Seasonally Managed Connectivity of An East Florida Mosquito Impoundment to Increase Emigration Of Juvenile Snook And Tarpon From The Nursery Habitat, Anthony Carl Cianciotto
Distributions of Polychaetes as a Function of Sediment Composition in a Subtropical Lagoon, Anthony William Cox
The Roles of Diffusion and Bulk Flow in Neural Function and Alzheimer's Disease, Wade N. Dauberman
Emotional Display Rule Conflict in Student Affairs and Services Administrators, Tessly Ann Dieguez
High Volume Test Automation with Yeager, Casey Doran
Testing the Wind-Shock Paradigm for B-Type Star X-Ray Production with θ Carinae, Trisha F. Doyle
Raising Eaters Part II: Generational Effects of Parenting Styles on Females Eating Behaviors in Childhood, Ellen Kaye Durham
Dynamic Anchoring in Soft Regolith for Celestial Exploration, Tom Ebert
Arabic Speech Recognition Systems, Hamda M. M. Eljagmani
A Review of the Potential Therapeutic Application of Vagus Nerve Stimulation During Childbirth, Tanya Enderli
St. Lucie Shoal Complex: Regional Sediment Resource or Submerged Storm Breakwater, Leaf Erickson
The Effects of Various Instruction Ratios During the Use of the High Probability Instructional Sequence to Increase Compliance, Hallie Ertel
The Impact of Marine Protected Areas on Reef-Wide Population Structure and Fishing-Induced Phenotypes in Coral-Reef Fishes, Robert Young Fidler III
Tuning Micro-Electro-Mechanical Resonators for Maximum Dynamic Range, Joseph William Fisher
Using ClassDojo® to Enhance School Age Students’ Prosocial Behavior in a Classroom Setting, Valerie R. Forte
What Makes a Business Person a Criminal: An Examination Through Academic Dishonesty, Dakota Lee Fraley
A Survey of Impact Analysis Tools for Effective Code Evolution, Stephanie Perez Day Galbo
An Empirical Examination of Cognitive Chunking and Information Generation in Freehand Sketches during Design Ideation, Omar Magdy Ibrahim Zaki Mohammed Galil
Feedback Environment Intervention: Changing the performance management paradigm from systems to people, James R. Gallo
Flight Testing Angle-of-Attack Warning Combinations on Part 23 Aircraft, Jennifer Grey Geehan
Model Based Systems Engineering High Level Design of a Sustainable Electric Vehicle Charging and Swapping Station using Discrete Event Simulation, Obinna Henry Ginigeme
Application-Driven Traffic Sensor System Acceptance Tests for Intelligent Transportation Systems, Thiago Goncalves Pereira Mendonca
Effects of Cultural Factors in Sports-Related Concussion Testing Performance of Collegiate Athletes, Gabriela Andrea González Torres
Exploring Effects of Organizational Culture upon Implementation of Information Security Awareness and Training Programs within the Defense Industry Located in the Tennessee Valley Region, Robert Luther Grant
Comparison of Reference Signal Received Power Measurements between Cell Phone and Scanning Receiver in LTE, Sahin Gullu
Effect of the Wake Structure on Drag Coefficient for a Thin Flexible Wire, Harika Gurram