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

Tuesday, March 07, 2023

  • Dissertation Defense: TIME-SPECIFIC SAFETY PERFORMANCE FUNCTIONS FOR DIFFERENT ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES

    UCF Engineering II: 202A

    Time-specific Safety Performance Functions (SPFs) were proposed to achieve accurate and dynamic crash frequency predictions and bridge the gap between annual crash frequency prediction and real-time crash likelihood prediction. This research proposed time-specific SPFs considering the temporal variation in crashes and traffic characteristics. Firstly, the developed time-specific SPFs that include different ATM strategies (i.e., HOV, merge, diverge and reversible lanes …

    Graduate Thesis and Dissertation
  • Thesis Defense: Testing the Three-Step Theory of Suicide: An Examination of Pain in First Responders

    Virtual

    Suicide is a leading cause of death, and first responders are at elevated risk compared to the general population. The Three-Step Theory of Suicide (3ST), not yet tested among first responders, proposes that in Step 1 of the theory, the combination of either physical or psychological pain and hopelessness is necessary for the onset of suicidal desire, but little data …

    Graduate Thesis and Dissertation
  • Dissertation Defense: Design and Control of a Dual Active Bridge Converter for Electric Vehicle (EV) and Photovoltaic (PV) applications

    Virtual

    With the growing concerns of climate change due to fossil fuel-based electricity generation, solar integration to the grid is swiftly increasing. However, the intermittency of solar power is a major obstacle to harness it efficiently. Energy storage system (ESS) with its declining price over the last few years is a viable solution to address this issue. Another source of greenhouse …

    Graduate Thesis and Dissertation