RUTitle.sty

%% RUTitle.sty
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% This work consists of the files RUAbstract.sty, RUCopy.sty,
% RUDedication.sty and RUTitle.sty

\ProvidesPackage{RUTitle}[2022/12/27 Title package for Rutgers CBE Thesis]
\RequirePackage{ifthen}

\newcommand*{\department}[1]{\gdef\@department{#1}%
}
\newcommand*{\@department}{Department}

\newcommand*{\thesisType}[1]{\gdef\@thesisType{#1}%
}
\newcommand*{\@thesisType}{Doctor of Philosophy}
\newboolean{isphd}
\setboolean{isphd}{true}
\newboolean{proposal}
\setboolean{proposal}{false}

\newcommand*{\supervisor}[1]{\gdef\@supervisor{#1}%
}
\newcommand*{\@supervisor}{\texttt{\string\supervisor} currently
not set. Please fix this.}
\newcommand*{\graduationDate}[1]{\gdef\@graduationDate{#1}%
}
\newcommand*{\@graduationDate}{Janmaytober 20XX}
\newcommand*{\campus}[1]{\gdef\@campus{#1}%
}
\newcommand*{\@campus}{New Brunswick}

%Thank you https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/300212
\newcount\myloopcounter

\newcommand{\repeatit}[2][10]{%
  \myloopcounter0% initialize the loop counter
  \loop\ifnum\myloopcounter < #1 % Test if the loop counter is < #1
  #2%
  \advance\myloopcounter by 1 % 
  \repeat % start again
}

\newcommand*{\numSig}{4}

\DeclareOption{CBE}{%
\renewcommand{\@department}{Chemical and Biochemical Engineering}}
\DeclareOption{AE}{%
\renewcommand{\@department}{Aerospace Engineering}}
\DeclareOption{BME}{%
\renewcommand{\@department}{Biomedical Engineering}}
\DeclareOption{CEE}{%
\renewcommand{\@department}{Civil and Environmental Engineering}}
\DeclareOption{ECE}{%
\renewcommand{\@department}{Electrical and Computer Engineering}}
\DeclareOption{EnvE}{%
\renewcommand{\@department}{Environmental Engineering}}
\DeclareOption{ISE}{%
\renewcommand{\@department}{Industrial and Systems Engineering}}
\DeclareOption{MSE}{%
\renewcommand{\@department}{Materials Science and Engineering}}
\DeclareOption{MAE}{%
\renewcommand{\@department}{Mechanical Engineering}}
\DeclareOption{PhD}{%
\renewcommand{\@thesisType}{Doctor of Philosophy}%
\setboolean{isphd}{true}
\renewcommand{\numSig}{4}}
\DeclareOption{MS}{%
\renewcommand{\@thesisType}{Master of Science}%
\setboolean{isphd}{false}
\renewcommand{\numSig}{3}}
\DeclareOption{ME}{%
\renewcommand{\@thesisType}{Master of Engineering}%
\setboolean{isphd}{false}
\renewcommand{\numSig}{3}}
\DeclareOption{proposal}{%
\setboolean{proposal}{true}}
\ProcessOptions\relax

\renewcommand*{\maketitle}{%
\begin{titlepage}
\centering
{\scshape \MakeUppercase{\@title} \par}
\vspace{0.5cm}
{by \par}
\vspace{0.5cm}
{\MakeUppercase{\@author}\unskip\strut\par}
\vspace{0.5cm}
{A \ifthenelse{\boolean{isphd}}{dissertation}{thesis}\ifthenelse{\boolean{proposal}}{ proposal}{} submitted to the\unskip\strut\par}
{School of Graduate Studies\unskip\strut\par}
{Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey\unskip\strut\par}
{In partial fulfillment of the requirements\unskip\strut\par}
{For the degree of\unskip\strut\par}
{\@thesisType\unskip\strut\par}
{Graduate program in \@department\unskip\strut\par}
{Written under the direction of\unskip\strut\par}
{\@supervisor\unskip\strut\par}
{And approved by\unskip\strut\par}
\repeatit[\numSig]{%
\vspace{0.5cm}
{\rule{3in}{0.4pt}\unskip\strut\par}}
{\@campus, NJ -- \@graduationDate}
\end{titlepage}
}
\endinput