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
High Dynamic Range (HDR) Display Perception, Fu Jiang
Daylighting in Supermarket Retrofits to Improve Social & Economic Features, Kaytlyn Johnson
Interpretation and Physical Modeling of Electronic Transport and Defect States in IGZO Thin-Film Transistors, Muhammad Salahuddin Kabir
Wave Optics in Scanning Electron Microscopy, Surya Kamal
System Integration of a Tour Guide Robot, Suhasa Prabhu Kandikere
The Use of Machine Learning in Assessing Suicide Risk: A Meta-analysis, Rachael Kang
Technique to reduce the robbing crime rate in Dubai during the event of EXPO 2020 by analyzing relevant data., Abdulla Ahmed Kankzar
Fraud Detection using Data Analytics, Ayesha Karmustaji
The Importance of Shifting from Massive to Sustainable Tourism Model: The Case Study of the City of Dubrovnik, Niko Katusic
Using Linear Arrays of Micro-Ring Resonators to Enhance the Hong-Ou-Mandel Effect for Quantum Optical Networks in Silicon Nanophotonics, Peter Kaulfuss
Synthesis of Single-Modal and Dual-Modal Targeted Molecular Imaging Agents for MRI-NIR Imaging of Breast Cancer, Basant Kaur
Deep Learning Models to Characterize Smooth Muscle Fibers in Hematoxylin and Eosin Stained Histopathological Images of the Urinary Bladder, Sridevi Kayyur Subramanya
From Darkness to Light: Bringing Collections Out of Storage at the History Center in Tompkins County, Katie Keegan
Modeling the mechanistic behavioral logic supporting adherence to hormone therapy in breast cancer patients, Gina Kersey
Assembly and annotation of the genome of an invasive bush honeysuckle, Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii), Erin R. Kesel
Pedagogical Evaluation of Cognitive Accessibility Learning Lab in the Classroom, Saad Khan
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
