Graduate Thesis and Dissertation

November 2023

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  October30

  • 9 a.m. Thesis Defense: XPS Study of Calcium Lanthanum Sulfide Ceramics
  • 1 p.m. Thesis Defense: ASSESSING NON-MOTORIST SAFETY IN MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES - A COPULA-BASED APPROACH TO JOINTLY ESTIMATE CRASH LOCATION AND INJURY SEVERITY
  • 1:45 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Developing platinum-group metal (PGM) nanostructures as peroxidase mimics for biosensing applications
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  October31

  • 11:30 a.m. Dissertation Defense: DNA Capture and Translocation through Nanopore
  • 2 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Activist-Casual Game Design: Iterating Serious Games Through Research-Creation
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  November1

  • 4 p.m. Thesis Defense: High Speed CO Thermometry with Comparison to Multi-Thermocouple Probe Performance in a Shock Tube
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  November2

  • 12:30 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Towards a Robust and Efficient Deep Neural Network for the LiDAR Point Cloud Perception
  • 12:30 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Towards a Robust and Efficient Deep Neural Network for the LiDAR Point Cloud Perception
  • 3:30 p.m. Thesis Defense: THE STENCH OF MIASMA AND THE FRAGRANCE OF DAFFODILS: RECONSTRUCTING HISTORICAL SCENTSCAPES IN MESOPOTAMIA
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  November3

  • 9 a.m. Dissertation Defense: An Econometric Analysis of Shared Mobility
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  November6

  • 9 a.m. Dissertation Defense: DATA DRIVEN METHODS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW AND SAFETY USING DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION, REINFORCEMENT LEARNING, AND DISCRETE OUTCOME MODELS
  • 10 a.m. Dissertation Defense: Drones, Peacekeeping, and Civilian Protection in Armed Conflict
  • 12 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Coalition Formation and Beamsteering Optimization for Directional Software Defined Radios
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  November7

  • 10 a.m. Thesis Defense: Flexible Electrochemical Sensors For Sub-ppb Level Contaminant Detection in Drinking Water Using Eco-friendly Materials
  • 10:30 a.m. Thesis Defense: ACAUSAL MODELING OF WIND TURBINES WITH VALIDATION AND CONTROL STUDIES
  • 1 p.m. Dissertation Defense: MICROFABRICATION, MODELING, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOMEMS PLATFORMS FOR INTERFACING WITH MULTISIZED BIOLOGICAL ENTITIES FOR IN-VITRO STUDIES
  • 2 p.m. Thesis Defense: A Systematic Review of Cryptocurrencies Use in Cybercrimes
  • 2 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Chemical Approach to Tire Mark Analysis
  • 2 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Exploring the Feasibility of Machine Learning Techniques in Recognizing Complex Human Activities
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  November8

  • 9 a.m. Dissertation Defense: Progress towards Attosecond Science with a Turn-key Industrial-grade Ytterbium Laser
  • 9 a.m. Dissertation Defense: Revisiting the Vigilance Taxonomy: Are Findings Consistent in a Remote Environment?
  • 12:45 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Homogeneity Test On Error Rates From Ordinal Scores And Application To Forensic Science
  • 1 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Originalist Framing in Two Civil Rights Cases
  • 2 p.m. Thesis Defense: PrEP Initiation as a Predictor of Alcohol-Related Sexual Risk Among Young Men who Have Sex with Men
  • 3 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Anatomically-guided Deep Learning for Left Ventricle Geometry Reconstruction and Cardiac Indices Analysis Using MR Images
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  November9

  • 10 a.m. Dissertation Defense: Surface engineering of nanoparticles for efficient polymerization inhibition, catalysis, and plasmonic sensing
  • 1 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Study of Clay as a Control Technique for Karenia brevis: Water Chemistry Dynamics and Physiological Impacts on Benthic Invertebrates
  • 2 p.m. Dissertation Defense: LASER POWDER BED FUSION OF BIMETALLIC STRUCTURES
  • 3 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Functionalization of 1D and 2D Nanostructures and Their Applications
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  November10

  • 10 a.m. Dissertation Defense: Engineering Interfaces in Porous Electrocatalysts for Zinc-Air Battery and Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction
  • 3 p.m. Dissertation Defense: OPTIMIZING DEEP NEURAL NETWORK PERFORMANCE: EFFICIENT TECHNIQUES FOR TRAINING AND INFERENCE
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  November13

  • 9 a.m. Dissertation Defense: ASSESSMENT OF MIDBLOCK PEDESTRIAN CROSSING FACILITIES USING SURROGATE SAFETY MEASURES AND VEHICLE DELAY
  • 9 a.m. Dissertation Defense: DEEP LEARNING APPROACHES FOR AUTOMATIC COLORIZATION, SUPER-RESOLUTION, AND REPRESENTATION OF VOLUMETRIC DATA
  • 10 a.m. Dissertation Defense: A Novel Multi-Observer Orbit Determination and Estimation Framework for Cislunar Space Domain Awareness
  • 10 a.m. Dissertation Defense: Fostering Empathy in SMS Text Messaging
  • 10 a.m. Thesis Defense: ERASING THE PAST FOR MARKETABILITY: THE EFFECTS OF SELLING NATIONAL MYTH IN YBOR CITY’S PUBLIC HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
  • 11 a.m. Dissertation Defense: The Impact Math Interventions Have on Student Achievement in an Urban School Setting
  • 11:30 a.m. Dissertation Defense: Announcing the Final Examination of Md Tarek Hasan for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
  • 12 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Modeling and Experimental Validation of Mission-specific Prognosis of Li-ion Batteries with Hybrid Physics-informed Neural Networks
  • 12:30 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Who Cares About Virtual Campus Tours? Virtual Campus Tours in the College Choice Model and Perceived Student-Institution Fit
  • 1 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Self-Regulation Strategies and Psychophysiological Responses: Supporting College Students with ADHD in Online Job Interviews
  • 1 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Personality Symmetry: Understanding how Social Robot and User Personality Similarity Affects Para-Friendship and Companion Social Robot Use Intention.
  • 1:30 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Understanding the Interactions between Conservation Agencies and Rangers: A Mixed-Methods Approach
  • 1:30 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Understanding the Interactions between Conservation Agencies and Rangers: A Mixed-Methods Approach
  • 2 p.m. Thesis Defense: Effect of Spacing on Axial Resistance of Auger Cast Pile Foundations
  • 2 p.m. Dissertation Defense: The Study of Crisis Narratives Over Time: Mayfield, Ky in The Aftermath of The December 2021 Tornadoes
  • 3:30 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Student Perceptions of Campus Crime and Victim Services
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  November14

  • 10 a.m. Dissertation Defense: Examining The Impact Social Media Habits have on Student Disciplinary Outcomes
  • 11 a.m. Defense Title: Reconstructing 3D Humans from Visual Data
  • 12 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Cultivating Green Public Spaces and Backyard Gardens Amid COVID-19: An Anthropological Study of Metro-Orlando Gardeners
  • 1 p.m. Dissertation Defense: UNDERSTANDING WORKFORCE AGILITY AT NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
  • 2 p.m. Thesis Defense: Green Integration of Wafer-Scale Two-Dimensional MoS2 on Biocompatible and Biodegradable Polymers Towards Transient Electronics
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  November15

  • 9 a.m. Dissertation Defense: THERMAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR HYPERSONIC FLIGHT: SUPERCRITICAL CO2 JET IMPINGEMENT COOLING INVESTIGATION FOR LEADING EDGE
  • 10:30 a.m. Thesis Defense: A GENERALIZED ACCELERATED FAILURE TIME MODEL TO PREDICT RESTORATION TIME FROM POWER OUTAGES
  • 11 a.m. Dissertation Defense: STUDY OF SEISMOCARDIOGRAPHIC SIGNAL VARIABILITY, DENOISING AND APPLICATION IN CARDIAC HEALTH MONITORING
  • 12 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Spatial Ensemble Distillation Learning Based Real-time Crash Prediction and Management Framework
  • 12:30 p.m. Thesis Defense: Quarrying and Social Status: GIS Analysis of Lidar Data in the El Mirador Region
  • 1 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Probing of Structures of the Rous Sarcoma Virus Capsid, Amyloid Beta, and Reflectin Proteins
  • 1 p.m. Thesis Defense: The Spoon Theory
  • 2 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Towards the Safety and Robustness of Deep Models
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  November16

  • 9 a.m. Dissertation Defense: VOLTAGE CONTROL DEVICES COORDINATION IN POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS WITH HIGH PV PENETRATION
  • 10 a.m. Dissertation Defense: Exploring the Experiences of Black Male Residence Life Professionals Working at predominantly White institutions: A Phenomenological Study of 2020
  • 12 p.m. Thesis Defense: Emotional Tolls of Navigating Transness and Healthcare
  • 1 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Site, Sight, Swipe, Prada Marfa: A Case Study in Public Art, Cultural Tourism, and Image-Based Social Media Engagement
  • 1:30 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Oxidative Dissolution of Tc(IV) phases by High Valent Manganese Species: Redox Mediated Mobilization of a Risk Driving Radionuclide
  • 2:15 p.m. Dissertation Defense: The Interplay of Spatial Ability, Sex, Training Modality, and Environmental Features: Effects on Spatial Cognition, Mental Map Formation, and Wayfinding
  • 2:15 p.m. Dissertation Defense: The Interplay of Spatial Ability, Sex, Training Modality, and Environmental Features: Effects on Spatial Cognition, Mental Map Formation, and Wayfinding
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  November17

  • 9 a.m. Dissertation Defense: Enabling Large-scale Transportation Electrification for Shared and Connected Mobility System
  • 9:15 a.m. Thesis Defense: Detonation Realization in a Reacting Mach Stem
  • 10 a.m. Thesis Defense: Factors Influencing Varied Treatment of Refugees Across Nations.
  • 11 a.m. Thesis Defense: A Geometric Morphometric Study on Sexual Dimorphism in Human Juvenile Facial Morphology
  • 11 a.m. Dissertation Defense: Mechanisms of Flame Stability for Non-premixed High-Speed Flows
  • 12 p.m. Thesis Defense: EASY PREY
  • 12 p.m. Thesis Defense: Temperature and H2O Species Measurements Via a Laser Spectroscopic Sensor in Harsh Reacting Environments
  • 12:45 p.m. Dissertation Defense: Leadership and Military Power – Can a Leadership Approach Provide a Competitive Advantage?
  • 2 p.m. Dissertation Defense: : Wet Chemical Synthesis of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticle and Biological Application
  • 2 p.m. Thesis Defense: High Speed CO Thermometry in a Shock Tube with Thermocouple Insert
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