main.tex

%% Package and Class "uiucthesis2021" for use with LaTeX2e.
\documentclass[edeposit,fullpage]{uiucthesis2021}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage{amsmath,amsthm,amssymb}
\usepackage[hyphens]{url}
\usepackage[bookmarksdepth=3,linktoc=all,colorlinks=true,urlcolor=blue,linkcolor=blue,citecolor=blue]{hyperref}
\usepackage[capitalize]{cleveref}
\usepackage[style=ieee]{biblatex}


% \usepackage{ruledchapters}  % example of compliant heading format, uncomment to use
\usepackage[acronym,toc]{glossaries}
\makeglossaries
\include{acros}  
\usepackage{xcolor}
\renewcommand*{\glstextformat}[1]{\textcolor{black}{#1}} %disabling the blue color of glossaries

\addbibresource{./bibliography.bib}
\newcounter{counterforappendices}
\usepackage{xspace}
\usepackage{graphics}

\newcommand{\Cycamore}{\textsc{Cycamore}\xspace}
\newcommand{\Cyclus}{\textsc{Cyclus}\xspace}


\usepackage{placeins}
\usepackage{booktabs} % nice rules (thick lines) for tables
\usepackage{microtype} % improves typography for PDF

\usepackage{subfig}
\usepackage{hhline}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\sisetup{
    input-decimal-markers = .,input-ignore = {,},table-number-alignment = right,
    group-separator={,}, group-four-digits = true
}
\newcommand\tab[1][1cm]{\hspace*{#1}}

\usepackage{threeparttable, tablefootnote}

%tikzpicture fit to page width
\usepackage{environ}
\makeatletter
\newsavebox{\measure@tikzpicture}
\NewEnviron{scaletikzpicturetowidth}[1]{%
  \def\tikz@width{#1}%
  \def\tikzscale{1}\begin{lrbox}{\measure@tikzpicture}%
  \BODY
  \end{lrbox}
  \pgfmathparse{#1/\wd\measure@tikzpicture}%
  \edef\tikzscale{\pgfmathresult}%
  \BODY
}

\usepackage{tabularx}
\newcolumntype{b}{>{\hsize=1.0\hsize}X}
\newcolumntype{q}{>{\hsize=0.5\hsize}X}
\newcolumntype{R}{>{\raggedleft\arraybackslash\hsize=0.5\hsize}X}
\newcolumntype{z}{>{\hsize=0.75\hsize}X}
\newcolumntype{s}{>{\hsize=.5\hsize}X}
\newcolumntype{m}{>{\hsize=.75\hsize}X}

\usepackage{datatool}


\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning, arrows, decorations, shapes}

\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric,arrows}
\tikzstyle{process} = [rectangle, rounded corners, minimum width=2.5cm, minimum height=1cm,text centered, draw=black, fill=blue!30]

\tikzstyle{object} = [ellipse, rounded corners, minimum width=3cm, minimum height=1cm,text centered, draw=black, fill=green!30]
\tikzstyle{objectr} = [ellipse, rounded corners, minimum width=3cm, minimum height=1cm,text centered, draw=black, fill=red!30]

\tikzstyle{empty} =  [rectangle, rounded corners, minimum width=2.5cm, minimum height=0.7cm,text centered, draw=black, fill=white!30]
\tikzstyle{arrow} = [thick,->,>=stealth]

\begin{document}
\title{Example Template \\
        Guide}
\author{Charles Bae}
\department{Nuclear, Plasma, Radiological Engineering}
\concentration{Computational Science and Engineering} %remove concentration if you don't have it
\msthesis %change it to \phdthesis to set the correct thesis type
\degreeyear{2021}
\committee{
    Associate Professor Kathryn D. Huff, Chair\\
    Title Firstname Lastname, Second Reader}



\maketitle

\frontmatter
%% Create an abstract that can also be used for the ProQuest abstract.
%% Note that ProQuest truncates their abstracts at 350 words.
\begin{abstract}

Abstract.

\end{abstract}

\begin{dedication}
To whomever you want.
\end{dedication}

\begin{acknowledgments}
Acks.
\end{acknowledgments}

%% The thesis format requires the Table of Contents to come
%% before any other major sections, all of these sections after
%% the Table of Contents must be listed therein (i.e., use \chapter,
%% not \chapter*).  Common sections to have between the Table of
%% Contents and the main text are:
%%
%% List of Tables
%% List of Figures
%% List Symbols and/or Abbreviations
%% etc.
{
    \hypersetup{linkcolor=black}
    \tableofcontents
    % the Graduate College doesn't recommend including lot or lof
    \listoftables
    \listoffigures
}


%\chapter{List of Abbreviations}
\printglossary[type=\acronymtype,title={List of Abbreviations},nonumberlist] %I formated this way, instead of manually adding the list.

\chapter{List of Symbols}

\begin{symbollist}[0.7in]
\item[$\tau$] Time taken to drink one cup of coffee.
\item[$\mu$g] Micrograms (of caffeine, generally).
\end{symbollist}

\pagebreak

\mainmatter

% input individual chapters files.

\chapter{Introduction}
\input{introduction}

\chapter{Literature Review}
\section{A section}
%%equations must be numbered within chapters.

\chapter{Conclusions}
Conclusion.

% per Graduate College preference, place the \appendix and the appendices content before the
% bibliography (here) only if the appendices contain references.
%
% \chapter*{Appendix}
% \input{appendix}

\backmatter

\printbibliography[heading=bibintoc,title={References}]

% the below lines are only needed if bibliography precedes appendices
% uses https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/440212 to continue page numbering
\clearpage
\setcounter{counterforappendices}{\value{page}}
\mainmatter
\setcounter{page}{\value{counterforappendices}}

\appendix
\chapter{An appendix}
\input{appendix}


\end{document}
\endinput

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