Preventing page break after title page
Simply redefining \endtitlepage
in the preamble would be sufficient:
\let\endtitlepage\relax
Figures that I'd get it AFTER I posted the question.
...
% prevent a page break from being put at the end of the title page so that
% the contents of the paper spill onto the title page
% save the function of the \newpage macro so we can restore it later
\global\let\newpagegood\newpage
\global\let\newpage\relax
\end{titlepage}
% restore the \newpage command after creating the title page
\global\let\newpage\newpagegood