% https://grad.wisc.edu/currentstudents/doctoralguide/ % TODO: cool quote: God made the bulk; surfaces were invented by the devil. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Pauli \documentclass{dissertation} \begin{document} % --- preamble ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \begin{centering} \thispagestyle{empty} % TITLE PAGE \textbf{Spectroscopy and Such (Working Title)} \\ \vspace{80 pt} By \\ Blaise Jonathan Thompson \\ \vspace{40 pt} A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of \\ the requirements for the degree of \\ \vspace{10 pt} Doctor of Philosophy \\ (Chemistry) \\ \vspace{40 pt} at the \\ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON \\ 20xx \\ \vspace{200 pt} \end{centering} \noindent Date of final oral examination: xx/xx/xxxx \\ This dissertation is approved by the following members of the Final Oral Committee: \\ \-\hspace{1cm} John C. Wright, Professor, Analytical Chemistry \\ \-\hspace{1cm} x \\ \-\hspace{1cm} x \\ \-\hspace{1cm} x \\ \-\hspace{1cm} x \\ \pagenumbering{gobble} \cleardoublepage % TODO: remove page number \pagenumbering{roman} % must use roman page numbering in preamble % CONTENTS \tableofcontents \listoffigures \listoftables % ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS \cleardoublepage \chapter*{Acknowledgments} \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Acknowledgments} % ABSTRACT \cleardoublepage \chapter*{Abstract} \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abstract} % QUOTE \pagenumbering{gobble} \cleardoublepage \setlength{\parskip}{\baselineskip} \vspace*{2 cm} \noindent \emph{The explanatory stories that people find compelling are simple; are concrete rather than abstract; assign a larger role to talent, stupidity and intentions than to luck; and focus on a few striking events that happened rather than on the countless events that failed to happen.} \noindent \emph{The ultimate test of an explanation is whether it would have made the event predictable in advance.} \noindent \emph{Paradoxically, it is easier to construct a coherent story when you know little, when there are fewer pieces to fit into the puzzle. Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.} \hfill -- Daniel Kahneman \cite{KahnemanDaniel2013a} \cleardoublepage \pagebreak \doublespacing % double spacing required for body of paper \pagenumbering{arabic} % chapters ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \include{introduction/chapter} \part{Background} \include{spectroscopy/chapter} \include{materials/chapter} \include{mixed_domain/chapter} \part{Instrumental Development} \include{software/chapter} \include{instrument/chapter} \part{Applications} \include{PbSe/chapter} \include{MX2/chapter} \include{PEDOT:PSS/chapter} \include{pyrite/chapter} \include{BiVO4/chapter} % appendix ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \part{Appendix} \begin{appendix} \include{public/chapter} \include{procedures/chapter} \include{hardware/chapter} \include{errata/chapter} \include{colophon/chapter} \end{appendix} % post -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \pagenumbering{gobble} \singlespacing \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{2} % there is probably a better way... \printglossaries \printbibliography \end{document}