This collection includes theses and dissertations as well as some capstone projects and Master’s projects. The Digital Institutional Repository contains most RIT theses; however, not all past works have been digitized. If you are seeking a specific thesis and do not see it here, please contact the RIT Archives Collections.
All theses and dissertations from 2010 to the present are also available to Rochester Institute of Technology faculty, students and staff from ProQuest.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2021
A Risk Management Framework Using Digital Transformation for the Healthcare Sector during the Covid-19 Pandemic, Mohammad Awni Khasawneh and Mohamed Alayat
The Inclusion of Children of the Autism Spectrum in Kosovo’s Education (K-12): A Policy Review, Aurora Kingji
Combinatorial and Stochastic Approach to Parallelization of the Kangaroo Method of Solving the Discrete Logarithm Problem, Joe Klesczewski
Suno ("Listen"), Kajal Kohli
Towards Robust Gaze Estimation and Classification in Naturalistic Conditions, Rakshit S. Kothari
Dubai Real Estate Investment: A Predictive and Time Series Analysis, Nikhil Krishna
Reproducing and Explaining Entity and Relation Embeddings for Link Prediction in Knowledge Graphs, Narayanan Asuri Krishnan
Traces of Existence, Alec Landon
Assessment and Deployment of Genetic Tools for North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis), Kelsey Lawton
The Scene- Interactive Video Scene Controller, Haena Lee
Zoom In Closer, Ying Chiun Lee
Everything That Glitters, Zichen Liang
Honeycomb: A digital family calendar designed for families with young kids, Jiahua Li
Task Assignment and Path Planning for Autonomous Mobile Robots in Stochastic Warehouse Systems, Maojia Patrick Li
Communication of Feelings, Linge Lin
Carppet – An AR Tour Guide System in Autonomous Car, Ming Hui Lin
SafeSkin: A blockchain system of products’ lifespan development to help the user find safer products, Ru Li
Model Extraction and Adversarial Attacks on Neural Networks Using Side-Channel Information, Tommy Li
Rocks, Xuting Liu
Winner, Yizhang Liu
Augmented Reality Application ‘Finder’, Yiran Li
Hand-tracking Object Interaction System, Zihao Li
Lightfastness of Water-based Inks vs. Latex Water-based Inks, David Lopez Lopez
Robust Multiple Object Tracking Using ReID features and Graph Convolutional Networks, Christian Lusardi
Semantic Segmentation and Change Detection in Satellite Imagery, Raaga Madappa
Nature and Nurture, Jessica Maffett
Exploring Wireless Data Center Networks: Can They Reduce Energy Consumption While Providing Secure Connections?, Sayed Ashraf Mamun
Connections, Kerina Mangiaracina
Cost Saving Proposal for Dubai Main Wastewater Pumping Stations, Mohammad Mansoor and Khaled Alhosani
Unforeseen Connections, Miranda Mattson
Titanium Interconnection in Metallized Carbon Nanotube Conductors, Dylan J. McIntyre
Strange Weather We're Having: Save Your Town Together, Today, Ben McLauchlin
Direct Writing of Printed Electronics through Molten Metal Jetting, Manoj Meda
An Enhanced Statistical Phonon Transport Model for Nanoscale Thermal Transport and Design, Michael P. Medlar
A House with No Walls, Anna Mikuskova
Flexible Memory Protection with Dynamic Authentication Trees, Matthew T. Millar
Energy consumption forecasting using machine learning, Mahdi Mohammadigohari
Investigating Expansion and Extinction in the Planetary Nebula NGC 7027 with HST, Paula M. Moraga Baez
Automatic Speech Recognition for Low-Resource and Morphologically Complex Languages, Ethan Morris
HeAT PATRL: Network-Agnostic Cyber Attack Campaign Triage With Pseudo-Active Transfer Learning, Stephen Frank Moskal
Conservation of the Ambystoma jeffersonianum Complex, Morgan Motherwell
Marketing Automation Customers Segmentation, Hamad Murad
Domain Generalization and Adaptation with Generative Modeling and Representation Learning, Jaideep Vitthal Murkute
Methods for Generating High-Fidelity Trace Chemical Residue Reflectance Signatures for Active Spectroscopy Classification Applications, Cara Patrice Murphy
Development of a Low-Cost Eye Screening Tool for Early Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy using Deep Neural Network, David Mwanguo Mwasikira
Temporal Requirements for Future Landsat Systems for Agricultural Monitoring, Emily Myers
The Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRiments: Probing Large-Scale Structure Formation using Near-Infrared Sounding Rocket Payloads, Chi Hanh Nguyen
Development of a Novel Algorithm to Remove Spurious Edges from Biological Networks Through Functional Enrichment, Jeffrey Page
Understanding the Themes of Disability Discourse Through Reddit Comments, Brandon Palonis
Modeling Perceptual Trade-offs for Designing HDR Displays, Yongmin Park
Developing Risk Assessment Tool for Patients’ In-Hospital Falls Using Predictive Modeling, Rasika Patil
Automating the measurements of galaxy redshifts and ISM properties using CNN, Rohan Pattnaik
DANIEL: Towards Automated Bug Discovery By Black Box Test Case Generation & Recommendation, Michael G. Peechatt
On Some Similarities and Differences between Deep Neural Networks and Kernel Learning Machines, Eddie Pei
Two Moons, Chuhan Peng
Anchor Self-Calibrating Schemes for UWB based Indoor Localization, Jonathan Pereira
Athena: A Digital Educational Experience for Visual Learners, Adrianna Petrus
Comparative DNA Degradation Automation for Identifinders, Jennifer Pfaff
Comparing Adobe’s Unsharp Masks and High-Pass Filters in Photoshop Using the Visual Information Fidelity Metric, Nhung T. Pham
Methane Emissions from Stormwater Ponds, Brianna Pollard
The Relationship Between Augmented Reality Games and Well-Being Outcomes: A Self-Determination Theory Approach, Matt Poquadeck
Ageing performance of biodegradable PLA for durable applications, Rohan Pujari
Measuring Shadows: FPGA-based image sensor control systems for next-generation NASA missions, Irfan Rafi Punekar
CHALLENGE: An app to help users to leave their food comfort zone., Jieting Qian
The Effectiveness of Solving Commercial Disputes: Alternative Dispute Resolution Vs Commercial Litigation in Kosovo, Diar Ramadani
Calibrating Knowledge Graphs, Aishwarya Rao
Fruffeltin, Jared Ratzel
Towards Enhancement of Machine Learning Techniques Using CSE-CIC-IDS2018 Cybersecurity Dataset, Dharshini Ravikumar
If It Ain’t Here When I Get Back, Clara Riedlinger
Development of Highly Functional, Surface Tunable, and Efficient Composite Coatings for Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Enhancement, Aniket Mohan Rishi
ProMOL: Updating the Template Based Structural Alignment Plugin, Mariah Robertson
Towards Effective Wireless Intrusion Detection using AWID Dataset, Dino Linekar Robert Wilson
Medical Grade Displays in Radiation Oncology, Adi Robinson
Strange Future, Nathan Emerson Rochefort
Biodegradation and microbial CO2 evolution of blended polymers in food-waste and coffee supplemented disposal environments, Abigail Rolston
Improvements and Analysis of Challenging Numerical Simulations of Binary Black Holes, Nicole Rosato
Continuous Variable Quantum Compilation Analysis, Federico Rueda
SecretePEPPr: Computational Prediction and Characterization of Effector-like Proteins Secreted from Vitis vinifera, Patrick Rynkiewicz
An Empirical Study of Offensive Language in Online Interactions, Diptanu Sarkar
Evaluating Electronic Pulse Generators for Cooling Tower Sanitation, Hannah Saxena
Characterization and Proteolytic Maturation of Head Proteins in a Giant Salmonella Virus, Aaron Scheuch
The Journey to Crime for Drug Offenders, Jennifer Schmitz
The Pursuit of Virtue in Outdoor Sport and Recreation, Jonathan Schnaufer
Assessing the Degree of Agreement Between Polarized and Unpolarized Densitometry in Offset Lithographic Applications, Devin J. Schneider
The effect of roadside mowing and road traffic on bumble bee abundance and pollinating insect habitat quality in New York highway rights-of-way., Alyssa Schoenfeldt
Characterization of Si-MOSFETs for Terahertz Detection: Development for a Potential Future Astrophysical Sensor Technology, Katherine E. Seery
System Design of Hybrid 350W Audio Receiver and Amplifier, Matthew Segada
The Effect of Galaxy Interactions on Star Formation and AGN Activity at 0:5 < z < 3:0, Ekta Arjunkumar Shah
Distance Education: Challenges and Opportunities in a Post-Pandemic World. Case of Kosovo, Fiona Shahini
Modeling Dyadic Human Interaction using Sequential Neural Network, Srijan Kumar Sharma
GourmetNet: Food Segmentation Using Multi-Scale Waterfall Features With Spatial and Channel Attention, Udit Sharma
1:38, Yuhao Sheng
Leading a Horse to Water: Investigating the Semiotic Motif of Water and Drowning in BoJack Horseman, Zachery A. Sherman
Using AR and VR characters for enhancing user experience in a museum, Kunal Shailesh Shitut
