phd-thesis-latex

Description

Provides a package mitchell-thesis.sty, which can be used by downloading the file and placing it next to your main.tex document. From there just usepackage{mitchell-thesis} as usual. The package takes one optional argument, fancy, which enables blue coloring of hyperlinks and sectioning numbers, and modifies the font of chapter/section/subsection/subsubsection titles. This heading style was inspired by latex-mimosis.

Sample

My thesis uses the fancy option (view here). See example.tex for how this file was created.

Caveats

The package makes some assumptions about font. It uses the notomath package, which enables the Noto font for serif, sans-serif, math, etc. This has the benefit that the Noto font includes Greek characters (enabled with the command \notoseriflgr). Using LGR mode, I defined nice-looking upright symbols for microns (μ) and sigma (σ). Using these, I defined a few units, e.g., \uWpercubicm, which prints the units for microwatts per cubic meter. If a different font is enabled after importing this package, these commands won't work anymore.

The package was also designed to be used with the ut-thesis class which is provided here with minor edits. However, it should work with almost any LaTeX class, especially those based on book.

Commands

The following commands are provided. These can be used as templates to create similar commands that utilize Noto font capabilities.

Command	Function
\labelphantom{fig:1a}	Allows creating subfigure labels out of a single \includegraphics command
\muser	Upright μ, serif
\sigmaser	Upright σ, serif
\hrow{Text}	Creates a single-column, two-row table cell with text centered horizontally and vertically
\largegraphics	Allows graphics to take up 6.5 inches of page width, running past narrower margins. Drop-in replacement for \includegraphics
\midtilde	Creates a nice looking ~ with the Noto font. Just calls \textasciitilde. Other fonts may require changing this command.
\uWpercubicm	Prints unit for microwatts per cubic meter
\mWpersquarem	Prints unit for milliwats per square meter
\um	Prints unit for micrometers
\kgpercubicm	Prints unit for kilograms per cubic meter
\JperK	Prints unit for Joules per Kelvin
\WpermperK	Prints unit for Watts per meter per Kelvin
\kmsquare	Prints unit for kilometers squared
\kmcubed	Prints unit for kilometers cubed
\persec	Prints unit for 1/second
\degCperkm	Prints units for degrees Celsius per kilometer
\degCperMa	Prints units for degrees Celsius per Ma
\degC	Prints degrees Celsius
\kmperMa	Prints units for kilometers per Ma
\mmperyr	Prints units for millimeters per year
\cmperyr	Prints units for centimeters per year
\atomic{238}{U}	Given a number and a symbol, formats an element properly
\ArAr	Prints the correct formatting for 40Ar/39Ar
\PbU	Prints the correct formatting for 206Pb/238U
\PbPb	Prints the correct formatting for 206Pb/207Pb
\RayleighTaylor	Ensures consistent formatting, Rayleigh--Taylor
\RT	Ensures consistent formatting, R--T