This calendar lists graduate thesis and dissertation events. Send all notices to the College of Graduate Studies at editor@ucf.edu

Friday, June 16, 2023

  • Thesis Defense: Amazonian Wetland Domestication: A Spatial Analysis of Pre-Columbian Fish Weirs in Lowland Bolivia

    HPH: 409M and Virtual

    Announcing the Defense of Charlotte Robinson for the Degree of Master of Arts in Anthropology Recent archaeological studies show that pre-Columbian communities began modifying Southwestern Amazonia approximately 3,500 years ago. In lowland Bolivia, a recently mapped network of fish weirs in West Central Llanos de Mojos (WCM) demonstrates how ancient Mojeño groups built artificial earthworks to harness seasonal flooding and …

    Graduate Thesis and Dissertation
  • Dissertation Defense: Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Probing of Structures of the Rous Sarcoma Virus Capsid, Amyloid Beta, and Reflectin Proteins

    Virtual

    Announcing the Final Examination of Tyrone Thames for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Physics Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (ssNMR) spectroscopy can be a powerful tool for investigating the atomic-level structures and dynamics of biological macromolecules, including proteins.  In this dissertation, I present an ssNMR study of three diverse proteins, revealing insights into their respective secondary structures, conformational …

    Graduate Thesis and Dissertation
  • Thesis Defense: The Bishop and The Poet: Theodulf of Orléans and the Carolingian World

    TCH 349D

    Announcing the Final Examination of Mr. Cole Taylor for the degree of Master of Arts in History This study investigated the poetry and episcopal statutes of Theodulf of Orléans through the themes of love and food. Theodulf was a bishop around the end of the eighth and into the early ninth centuries, he served under Charlemagne and was eventually exiled …

    Graduate Thesis and Dissertation