Welcome to Florida Atlantic University's Theses and Dissertations. This collection contains Master's theses and Doctoral dissertations created by Florida Atlantic University graduate students.
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Theses/Dissertations/Capstones from 2025
EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE, SURFACE URBAN HEAT ISLANDS, LAND COVER, AND SOCIETAL IMPACTS IN THE MIAMI METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA, Alanna D. Shapiro
SLEEP QUALITY, VOLUMETRIC BRAIN BIOMARKERS FOR AD, EXECUTIVE FUNCTION, & COGNITIVE DECLINE IN OLDER ADULTS, Layaly Shihadeh
THEY CALL THEMSELVES BRAVE WOMEN: AN ANALYSIS OF BANGLADESHI WOMEN BIKERS’ NARRATIVES ON FACEBOOK, Farhin Shimu
UNKNOWN COSTS, Wilson M. Sims
BENEFICENT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE AGE OF THE THING: A CASE STUDY OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM, Philip J. Smith
INFLUENCES OF DYNAMIC AND STATIC RETRIEVAL CUES ON MEMORY ACCURACY AND REACTION TIMES, Megan S. Smithwick
MINERALIZATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND SELECTIVE DEGRADATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS, Steven A. Soini
MAKING HOT CHOCOLATE: CONNECTING HYPERSEXUALITY AND VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK AMERICAN WOMEN IN 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE, Ashlan Stewart
PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL USING NOVEL CARBON ADSORBENTS DERIVED FROM WASTE ALGAE: AN INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY APPROACH TO MITIGATE ALGAL BLOOMS, Vithulan Suthakaran
INSTITUTIONAL LEARNING AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT: A CASE STUDY OF PERCEPTIONS OF PRACTICE, Debra Szabo
SPOT (SMART POSITION AND TEMPERATURE) TAGGING REVEALS ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT SHAPE BLACKTIP SHARK (CARCHARHINUS LIMBATUS) ANNUAL MIGRATIONS., Isaac Tuszynski
INDUSTRY EXPERT AUDITORS, FINANCIAL REPORTING QUALITY, AND FIRM LIFE CYCLE, Tanzila Upama
TINY-PHYSICS: A COMPACT LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL FOR PHYSICS WORD PROBLEMS ON MOBILE DEVICES, Akhil Vallala
MANTEÑO LANDSCAPE IN CONSTRUCTION: GEOARCHAEOLOGY IN THE CLOUD FOREST, COASTAL ECUADOR, Janny Mauricio Velasco
NAMING ABILITIES IN AGING MONOLINGUALS AND BILINGUALS: LONGITUDINAL ANALYSES OF THE MULTILINGUAL NAMING TEST, Kyara Y. Velez
PID AUTO-TUNING FOR USVS: A MULTI-EVOLUTIONARY OPTIMIZATION AI APPROACH, Xavier Navarro Vicent
THE IMPACT OF THE IMSD MENTORSHIP PROGRAM ON STEM DOCTORAL GRADUATION RATES: AN APPLICATION OF ELITE THEORY, Kristen Alexandria Walden
THE CONSISTENCY STRENGTH OF THE GENERALIZED CONTINUUM HYPOTHESIS FAILING AT A MEASURABLE CARDINAL, Connor Watson
“THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME”: LISTENING TO STORIES OF LINGUICISM, Caroline Asher Webb
YOU ARE SAFE HERE: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY AND ORGANIZATIONAL OMBUDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, Angella J. Wint
A SELF-SUSTAINING AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM FOR LONG-TERM ARCTIC MONITORING, Wenqiang Xu
XENOTYPICAL: A LYRICAL MEMOIR, Sierra Lin Yetka
MATERIA NON MEDICA: READING DISABILITY AND MEDICAL NARRATIVES IN THE DAUGHTER OF DOCTOR MOREAU, Jessica Elizabeth Young
DOES EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING DURATION AND QUALITY AFFECT MATERNAL SENSITIVITY: FEAR VS. NORMATIVE SITUATIONS, Camila Herrera Zamora