ThesisTemplateUH

\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage{ECE_Dissertation_Style}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,latexsym,float,epsfig,subfigure,overpic}
%these margins allow you to use the default "shrink oversize pages" option when printing
\usepackage[lmargin=1.40 in, rmargin=0.86 in,tmargin=1.0 in,bmargin=1.0 in]{geometry}
\usepackage{indentfirst}
\usepackage{afterpage}
\usepackage{sectsty}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
%%% bookmarks - color them black
\hypersetup{
	colorlinks=true,
	citecolor=black,
	filecolor=black,
	linkcolor=black,
	urlcolor=black
}
%Set graphics path
\graphicspath{{./pictures/pdf/},{./pictures/ps/},{./pictures/png/},{./pictures/jpg/}}
\captionsetup{format=hang}
%Fill pages with text and floats
\renewcommand\textfraction{.1}
\renewcommand\topfraction{.9}
\renewcommand\bottomfraction{.7}
\renewcommand\floatpagefraction{.7}
%Remove white space above chapter headings
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\@makechapterhead}{\vspace*{50\p@}}{}{}{}% Removes space above \chapter head
\patchcmd{\@makeschapterhead}{\vspace*{50\p@}}{}{}{}% Removes space above \chapter* head
\makeatother


\begin{document}

%Set limits on font sizes for headings
\chapternumberfont{\fontsize{16}{20}\selectfont}
\chaptertitlefont{\centering\fontsize{16}{20}\selectfont}
\sectionfont{\fontsize{14}{16}\selectfont}
\subsectionfont{\fontsize{12}{14}\selectfont}

%%
%%
\title{My Research in a Nutshell} %% If you want to specify a linebreak
                               %% in the thesis title, you MUST use
                               %% \protect\\ instead of \\, as \\ is a
                               %% fragile command that \MakeUpperCase
                               %% will break!
\author{Anne Smith}
\department{Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering}

%% Can have up to four readers in addition to the advisor.
%% All have the form
%%
%%  \reader{Name}[Department][Institution]
%%
%% The second and third arguments are optional, but if you wish to
%% supply the third, you must supply the second. Department defaults
%% to the department defined above and Institution defaults to a blank.

\advisor{Aaron T. Becker, Assistant Professor}
\firstreader{Joseph Reich, Assistant Professor}
\secondreader{Daniel Corder, Professor}[Department of Computer Science]
%\setcounter{secnumdepth}{2}
\degree{Master of Science}
\major{Electrical Engineering} 

\copyrighttrue
\copyrightyear{2017}
\submitdate{May 2017} % Must be the month and year of graduation,
                         % not thesis approval! As of 2010, this means
                         % this text must be May, August, or December
                         % followed by the year.

%defaults to thesis option
\dissertationfalse

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% COVER PAGES:  Flyleaf, copyright page, title page, signature page
%
\makecoverpages

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% ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
%
% Put acknowledgments in a file called "ack.tex" and it'll be inputted here.
\begin{acknowledgements}
\input{chap/ack}
\end{acknowledgements}

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% ABSTRACT
%
% Put acknowledgments in a file called "abs.tex" and it'll be inputted here.
\abstitlep
\abstractsection
\input{chap/abs}

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% TABLE OF CONTENTS
%
% print table of contents, figures and tables here.
\makecontentspages
%%

\prefacesection

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% INSERT REAL CONTENT HERE
%
\include{chap/intro}
\include{chap/results}
\include{chap/conclusion}


\bibliographystyle{IEEEtran}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{References}
\bibliography{IEEEabrv,thesisrefs}

%any appendices go here

\afterpage{\blankpage}
\end{document}