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 2020
BX | Branded AR Filters: Redefining Branded Interactions, Moses Michael Araujo
The Portrayal of African Immigrants: A Framing Analysis of Newspaper Coverage, Oluwatosin Arowosola
Catalyst-free Heteroepitaxy of III-V Semiconductor Nanowires on Silicon, Graphene, and Molybdenum Disulfide, Mohadeseh Asadolahi Baboli
Cultural Differences and Conceptualizing Creativity, Rima Musa Ashour
A Data-parallel Approach for Efficient Resource Utilization in Distributed Serverless Deep Learning, Kevin Tunder Elom Assogba
Three-Way Comparison of Selected Substrates Used in Wine Labels: Wood-based Paper, Synthetic Paper, and Stone Paper, Sanjana Babu
Walk a Mile in Their Shoes: Empathy and Rehumanization in Community-Based Programming, Rachel Baldwin
Turn and Orientation Sensitive A* for Autonomous Vehicles in Intelligent Material Handling Systems, Rashmi Ballamajalu
Characterization of friction based on specific film thickness and wettability, Avdhesh Bansal
Analyzing the Impact of Negative Sampling on Fact-Prediction Algorithms, Iti Bansal
Freelancing as a Tool of Increasing Women’s Activity Rate in Kosovo, Ema Baraku
Gain Enhancement of On-Chip Wireless interconnects at 60 GHz Using an Artificial Magnetic Conductor, Douglas Bean
Development of a Flow Control Valve Using Magnetorheological Fluid, Scott A. Bell
Backplane System Design Considerations for Micro LED Displays, Kush Benara
Dead on Arrival, Paul Benns
Multi-Sensor Fusion for 3D Object Detection, Darshan Ramesh Bhanushali
Learning Riders' Preferences in Ridesharing Platforms, Ritaban Bhattacharya
Designing a Mental Health Institute for Adolescents in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Healing Architecture), Heba Bin Seddeq
Design of DSP Guitar Effects with FPGA Implementation, Connor William Blasie
Radar-Aware Transmission and Scheduling for Cognitive Radio Dynamic Spectrum Access in the CBRS Radio Band, Dennis P. Bleier
Hardware Intellectual Property Protection Through Obfuscation Methods, Jason Blocklove
A Process Modeling Approach to Evaluating Worker Requirements for Sexual Assault Evidence Testing, Arden Bonzo
AR Comic Chat, Dylan Bowald
DeafSpace™: Existing Buildings Adapted to Provide a More Optimal and Sustainable Environment, Christopher William Brucker
The Fate of Stellar Material: Radio Molecular Line Studies of Nearby Planetary Nebulae, Jesse Bublitz
Women as Entrepreneurs: The hardships of leading in a patriarchal system. Case of Kosovo, Aurora Bucaj
E-Commerce: Kosovo as a Competitive Landscape for Online Shopping, Rina Bulliqi
Astralis: Discover 1000 Years of You, Emma Canfield
Wait., Kayla Cantu
The Role of AI & Big Data in Habit Formation, Jingyu Cao
Have Objects, Will Travel: Object-Based Outreach to Solstice Independent Living at Fairport, New York, Taylor Carpenter
Because the Sun Hath Looked Upon Me, Granville Carroll
Pal: Building Trust in High Stakes Service Provider Relationships, Belinda Chang
You Know that Feeling You Get Right After You Vomit? Yeah, I Want to Feel That., Jin Chan
Whispering Messengers: Everyone has a bunny, Tracy Shih-Tung Cheng
Artificial Orbit, Suyu Chen
Design For Communication, Weiying Chen
Leverage social filtering to enhance viewing experience with Amazon Prime Video, Wen-Hua Chen
Audience Preference for Engagement with Online Museums, Xiang Chen
Employing optical flow on convolutional recurrent structures for deepfake detection, Akash Chintha
A Reputation Score Driven E-Mail Mitigation System, Tommy Chin
Self-Admitted Technical Debt - An Investigation from Farm to Table to Refactoring, Ben Christians
The Use of Social Media to Advance Sports Marketing: The Atlantic Hockey Conference, Erin Claybaugh
A Case Study: Can 3D printers be used to address the prosthetic needs of amputees in the Dominican Republic?, Adriana Coll De Pena
Efficient Algorithms for Unrelated Parallel Machine Scheduling Considering Time of Use Pricing and Demand Charges, Brady Collea
Let's Go Camping: A Physical Experience on a Virtual Platform, Monica Conary
Galaxies as Probes of the Universe: From Dynamical Models to the Inference of Cosmological Parameters, Peter A. Craig
Using Advanced Technologies to Connect Communities Through Shared Experiences, Shauna Cross
Mental Illness Campaigns, Yiming Cui
Effects of heterogeneity, technological progress and interaction on carbon mitigation costs, Saptarshi Das
New Approaches for Isolation and Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles, Mehdi Dehghani
Investigation of Water Vapor Transport in Membrane Mass Exchangers for HVAC Applications, Nathan DeMario
Convex Object Detection, Abhisek Dey
Bayesian Active Learning for Personalization and Uncertainty Quantification in Cardiac Electrophysiological Model, Jwala Dhamala
High-Capacity Directional Graph Networks, Miguel Dominguez
Scalable Real-Time Rendering for Extremely Complex 3D Environments Using Multiple GPUs, Yangzi Dong
Mixed Signals in Pulsar Timing Arrays - Discerning Red Spin Noise from Gravitational Waves, Brendan Drachler
Attitude Control for Circumnavigating the Sun with Diffractive Solar Sails, Amber Dubill
Nature-Inspired Topology Optimization of Recurrent Neural Networks, AbdElRahman A. ElSaid
Mend Magazine: Creating Awareness. Shifting Habits of Consumption., Marie A. Fabozzi
Clearing the Clouds: Extracting 3D information from amongst the noise, Alexander Fafard
Nonlinear Optics in Photonic Ultrawide-Bandgap Circuits, Michael Larry Fanto
FDA Regulation Impact on Early Stage Medical Device Innovation in Academia, Keyana Fariello
Associations Between Cannabis Use Characteristics, Impulsivity, and Mindfulness, Sam Feck
Data Representation for Motor Imagery Classification, Andrew Festa
Bayesian Methods for Radiometric Calibration in Motion Picture Encoding Workflows, Ricardo R. Figueroa
The Design of a Custom 32-Bit RISC CPU and Port to GCC Compiler Backend, Danielle Megan Fischer
Exploring the Influence of Energy Constraints on Liquid State Machines, Andrew Fountain
Application of biochar as an additive to enhance biomethane potential in anaerobic digestion, Cecilia B. Frias Flores
The Infratemporal Fossa: Visual Communication & 2D Animation To Present Anatomical Forms, Gwendolyn Fuller
Speculative Fashion: A Spacesuit for Life Outside Earth, Lauren Miyoko Furushima
Effect of Laser Texturing and Varying Dimple Density on Tribological Properties of Titanium-Ceramic Contact, Akshay Gaikwad
Divide and Conquer in Neural Style Transfer for Video, Paul Galatic
Characterization of a Single Photon Sensing and Photon Number Resolving CMOS Detector for Astrophysics, Justin P. Gallagher
Context Sensitive Image Denoising and Enhancement using U-Nets, Sahaj Tushar Gandhi
Fallen Leaves, Bo Gao
Feeling Home, Yahui Gao
CSTARS: Cryogenic CMOS Optical Star Tracking, Kevin Gates
An Evaluation of Current Policy Guidelines for the Best Practices of Robotic Surgery Training, Zachary Geffert
Exploration of the Motion Graphics Educational tools based on the animations ‘Virtual Property’, Hao Ge
On Learning and Generalization to Solve Inverse Problem of Electrophysiological Imaging, Sandesh Ghimire
Design of Hardware CNN Accelerators for Audio and Image Classification, Rohini Jayachandre Gillela
Novel Bidirectional Actuator Development using Elastomeric Materials and Magnets, Moises Gomez
Immigration, Crime, and Policy, Tiara Grayson
“Natural State”: Navigating the Experiences of Black Women’s Natural Hair Identities, Leah Green
Leveraging Programmable Data Plane For Compressing Forwarding Tables, Garegin Grigoryan
Breathing Pacer Device for Stress and Anxiety Relief, Maria Grazia Guerrero Bejarano
Path Loss Model for 2.4GHZ Indoor Wireless Networks with Application to Drones, Rahul Gulia
Detecting Performance Regression Inducing Code Changes Using Static and Dynamic Metrics, Hiten Gupta
Aggregation as an efficiency driver in bulk heterojunction devices measured through mixed Squaraines in ternary blends, Soumya Gupta
Untitled, Rachel Yan Gu
Parametric Study of Infrared Imaging Based Breast Cancer Detection Program, Carlos B. Gutierrez
Finding a Wells Way: Using Sustainability Metrics to Determine Best Practices for Relocating Wells Barns, Sara P. Hall
Experimental Investigation of Pressure-Swirl Atomizer Spray Stability with Addition of a Pre-Filming Surface, Ethan Hanson
Incidental Exposure, Laural Hartman
For the Sensing of Viral DNA: An Integrated Polydimethylsiloxane Accurate CRISPR Detection (IMPACT) System, Kenneth N. Hass
Impact of Social Media on Dubai Stock Market using Sentiment Analysis, Khaled Fawzi Hawas
