Use of theses after their completion Can a student expect their completed thesis – undergraduate or master’s – to be used by the supervisor once in a while after its completion? Or are they mostly just stored on some thesis shelf?
The fate of a thesis is much the same as any other scientific publication: many will never be used again and will lie forgotten where they are published.  Some will be useful to somebody and will be cited or built upon.  And a few of those will actually be truly significant.