Writing a New Mexico Tech thesis with LaTeX

Here is a file you can copy and customize to build your thesis. You can also upload this file from online.

\documentclass[12pt]{report}
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% Preamble declarations
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% For instructions regarding the Graduate Office style, see:
%   http://www.nmt.edu/tcc/help/pubs/nmtthesis/
% For instructions regarding the nmtthesis2009.sty package, see:
%   http://www.nmt.edu/tcc/help/pubs/nmtthesis/latex/
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% Place \usepackage commands for other modules here
%%%%\usepackage{...}
\usepackage{natbib}% Example bibliographic style
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% Use the NMT 2009 thesis style
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\usepackage{nmtthesis2009}
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% Select the type of publication, one of these three.
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\thesis
%%%%\dissertation
%%%%\mastersreport
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% General options
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\author{Your Name Here}
\title{PLACE THE TITLE OF YOUR THESIS HERE, AND USE\\
  COMMANDS TO BREAK LINES}
\degree{Master of Science in Physics\\
  with Specialty in Instrumentation}
%
% If you leave the following line commented, the date will be
% the next available month and year of graduation ceremonies
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%%%%\graduationdate{December, 1889}
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% If you would like to give credit to a typist, uncomment this
% line and enter the typist's name
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%%%%\typist{Rose Mary Woods and the author}
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% Name your chairperson here.  Do not use titles such as Dr. or Ph.D.
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\chair{Albert Einstein}
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% Number of people on your committee include chair(s)
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\committeesize{6}
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\begin{document}
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% Begin front matter
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%%%%\begin{dedication}
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%%%%\end{dedication}
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% Produce the title page
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\titlepage
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%%%%\epigraph[who said it]{what they said}
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%%%%\frontispiece[title of the graphic]{some graphic}
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% An abstract is required.  For suggestions on its content, see:
%   http://www.aapg.org/bulletin/abstract_scrutiny.pdf
% After your abstract, provide two to six keywords, or key 
% phrases of up to three words, to assist librarians in
% indexing your work.
%
\begin{abstract}


\keywords{KEYWORD1; KEYWORD2; KEY PHRASE 3; ...}
\end{abstract}
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%%%%\begin{acknowledgments}
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%%%%\end{acknowledgments}
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\tableofcontents
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% If you have no tables, comment out \listoftables.
% If you have no figures, comment out \listoffigures.
% If you provide a List of Abbreviations, create a file
%   'abbrs.tex' containing the abbreviations table, and
%   uncomment \listofabbrs.
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\listoftables
\listoffigures
%%%%\listofabbrs
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\signaturepage
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%%%%\begin{preface}
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%%%%\end{preface}
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% Body of the document.   Use one of these commands to start each
% chapter:
%   \chapter{FIRST CHAPTER TITLE}
%   \chapter[FIRST SHORT TITLE]{FULL LENGTH CHAPTER TITLE}
% If you have appendices, use these commands:
%   \appendix
%   \chapter{FIRST APPENDIX TITLE}
%     ...
%   \chapter{SECOND APPENDIX TITLE}
%     ...
%----------------------------------------------------------------
\chapter{FIRST CHAPTER TITLE}



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% References section.  Uncomment one of the next two commands,
% depending on whether you cite references by number, or by
% author and year.
% 
% For numbered citations:
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%%%%\begin{References}[99]
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% For citations by author and year:
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\begin{References}
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% Inside the References environment, use these lines if you are
% using BibTeX.  Replace 'apalike' with the name of your style
% if you are not using APA-like citations.  Replace FILE1, FILE2,
% with the name(s) of your BibTeX database(s).
%
\bibliographystyle{apalike}
\bibliography{FILE1, FILE2, ...}
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% If you are not using BibTeX, comment out the two lines above,
% and insert your references like this:
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%%%%\begin{thebibliography}
%%%%  \bibitem ...
%%%%    ...
%%%%\end{thebibliography}
\end{References}
\end{document}