\begin{center} \title{}{FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY\\ Miami, Florida\\} \vspace{4.cm} SEARCH FOR SUPERSYMMETRY IN PROTON-PROTON COLLISIONS AT 13 TEV WITH THE CMS DETECTOR USING IDENTIFIED TOP QUARKS\\ \vspace{3.cm} A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the\\ requirements for the degree of \\ \vspace{1.cm} DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY\\ in\\ PHYSICS\\ by\\ \vspace{1.cm} \author{}{Yagya Raj Joshi}\\ \vspace{1.0cm} {2018}\\ \end{center} \thispagestyle{empty} %title page