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.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2018
The Lifetime Economic Burden of Monogenic Diseases And The Social Motivations For Their Treatment With Genetic Therapy, James P. Cummings
Sustainable Learning Through Architecture Elementary School: A Synergy of Metrics, Anita Parvathi Darla
Claiming Space, Gwendolyn Anne Davies
Fissures and Fractures: An Investigation in Natural Breakdowns, Joshua DeWall
Meta Learning for Graph Neural Networks, Rohan N. Dhamdhere
Incremental and Adaptive L1-Norm Principal Component Analysis: Novel Algorithms and Applications, Mayur Dhanaraj
Implementing a Database to Intervene in and Reduce Gun Violence in Rochester, NY, Audrey DiPoala
EazyTrack: Exploring Next-Gen Technology and User Experience Design to Help Relieve Stress, Kaiyi Dong
On Interpixel Capacitive Coupling in Hybridized HgCdTe Arrays: Theory, Characterization and Correction, Kevan Donlon
Self-Assembled Monolayers for Phosphorus Doping of Silicon for Field Effect Devices, Jenna L. Doran
The Influence of Tooth Surface Modifications on the Sensitivity of Involute Cylindrical Gears to Manufacturing Errors, Scott Eisele
Control of PV Connected Power Grid using LQR and Fuzzy Logic Control, Samar Emara
Impact of SNAP Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Programs: An Analysis of USDA FINI Projects, Katherine Engel
Statistical Multi-way Relationships of Human Brain Activity, Chen Feng
A Passive Solar Retrofit in a Gloomy Climate, James Russell Fugate
Prognosis of Equine Limb Fractures Based on Type and Location, Megan Gaffney
Eye Diagram Assessment Platform for Fiber-Optic Communications, Anurag Dattu Gaikwad
3D Printing of Transparent Materials for Optical Applications, Shaunak B. Gandhi
Efficient Inventory Management of Hospital Supply Chains Using a Sim-Heuristic Approach, Siddharth Garg
An Analysis of the State Matura Exam in Kosovo, Vjolla Gashi
Coloquio: Pro-Social Games for Healthy Social Interaction, Mintesinot T. Gebre
Design vs. War: Modular System of Toys for War-Affected Children, Shima Ghaheri
Electrical Demand Modeling of a Household at an Appliance/Occupant Level, Sanjairaj Gnanasundaram
Tree Based Modeling Techniques Applied to Hospital Length of Stay, Rupansh Goantiya
Automatic Trellis Generation for Demodulation of Faster Than Nyquist Signals, Deepan Govindaraj
Holographic Generative Memory: Neurally Inspired One-Shot Learning with Memory Augmented Neural Networks, Dillon R. Graham
Novel Detection and Analysis using Deep Variational Autoencoders, Tucker B. Graydon
Wrought, Tim Grayson
Classifying Aneugens Using Functional Data Analysis Techniques, Daniel Gremmell
Adjustment of Parametric Dynamic Scheduling Heuristics for Heterogeneous Systems to Account for Heterogeneity, Thomas G. Guerin
Accretion disks formed from tidally-disrupted companions inside AGB stars, Gabriel Colin Guidarelli
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, Tanmayee Gupte
An Empirical Evaluation of the Indicators for Performance Regression Test Selection, Kevin Hannigan
The Design and Realization of a Dual Mode Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Imaging Camera, Zichao Han
Exploring the Supply Side of Food and Beverage Festivals in Saudi Arabia, Mossa Ahmed Haressy
Optimization of Dry and Wet GaN Etching to Form High Aspect Ratio Nanowires, Matthew Hartensveld
Additive Manufactured Microstructures and Designs for High Heat Flux Dissipation During Pool Boiling, Austin Hayes
Design Considerations for Training Memristor Crossbars Used in Spiking Neural Networks, Lydia M. Hays
Justice by any Means: The Relationship Between Societal Stress and the Rise of Vigilantism in Comic Books, Gregory Heerkens
Evaluation of Alternative Valorization Options for Institutional and Industrial Food Wastes, Swati Hegde
Cyclist Safety in Urban Areas, Limin He
A Study of High-Chroma Inks for Expanding CMYK Color Gamut, Sanyukta Sanjay Hiremath
Low-Cost Multiple-MAV SLAM Using Open Source Software, Andrew Hollenbach
Outsourcing in Kosovo: An analysis of Kosovo's comparative advantage and the potential for growth, Yllza Hoti
Amelia: An animated short film about giving and receiving help, Emma Yun-chieh Hsieh
Inspecting Nitrate Silent Cinema: Case Studies from the John E. Allen Collection of the George Eastman Museum, Lauren Hubbs
Face 2 Face, Joseph Hurley
Semi-Supervised Normalized Embeddings for Fusion and Land-Use Classification of Multiple View Data, Poppy Immel
Binary Black Holes in the Inspiral Regime: The Effect of Spins and Eccentricity on Spacetime Dynamics and Gravitational Radiation, Brennan M. Ireland
Compact Antenna with Artificial Magnetic Conductor for Noninvasive Continuous Blood Glucose Monitoring, Meenakshy Iyer
From Cultivating Local Foods to Cultivating Local Audiences, K.T. Jackson
Assessing the Influence of Variable Cognitive Load on Fatigue Development and Recovery of the First Dorsal Interosseous Muscle, Sidharajsinh Jadeja
Detection of Autism using Magnetic Resonance Imaging data and Graph Convolutional Neural Networks, Saloni Mahendra Jain
Increasing Revenue by Applying Machine Learning to Congestion Management in SDN, Nabarun Jana
FlightFit: An Application Enabling Air Travelers to Do Stretches Onboard, Ninglin Jiang
Catpanion: A UI/UX iOS-based App Design to support cat adoptions, Chenchen Ji
Identifying the Main Effects that Cause Spatial Variation in a Stereolithographic 3D-Printer with a Test Target and Graphical Analysis, Joseph V. Kain
An Application of Deep-Learning to Understand Human Perception of Art, Sanjana Kapisthalam
Evaluating Material Consumption at the Intersection of Technological Innovation and Shifting Consumer Demand: A Case Study of Consumer Electronics, Barbara V. Kasulaitis
Effects of Slips and Trips on Resultant Lumbar Kinematics, Lumbar Muscle Activity and Low-Back Loads, Kavish J. Kathawala
Uses and Gratification of Posting Selfies on Social Media, Amanda Kearney
Low-Shot Learning for the Semantic Segmentation of Remote Sensing Imagery, Ronald Kemker
Tear Film Model Formulation: A 1-D Exploration, Emily Kiesel
Atmosphere of an Explosion, Sarah Kinard
Making History Work: Corporate Archives and the Eastman Kodak Company, Emily King
Augmented Reality: Will Burtin - The Past Becomes the Future, John Edward Koegel
Modeling Artist Networks at Artpark, 1974-1978, Angelina Konovitz-Davern
Comparing Cyber Defense Alternatives Using Rare-Event Simulation Techniques to Compute Network Risk, Alexander Leon Krall
Characterization of Shear-Induced Hemolysis in Rotational Medical Devices, James A. Krisher
Using High-Order Prior Belief Predictions in Hierarchical Temporal Memory for Streaming Anomaly Detection, Brody Kutt
Fanciful Animals in Captivity, Kyle Lascelle
Urban Subterranean Space: A link between a ground level public space and underground infrastructure, Junghwa Lee
The Use of Predicates in FDA Regulation of Medical Devices: A Case Study of Robotic Surgical Devices, Charlotte Lefkovich
Measurement of Amplitude and Phase Pupil Variation for EUV Lithography Systems, Zachary A. Levinson
The Story of a Blind Wolf, Jimeng Jasmine Li
VRENT: a new interactive & immersive rental space experience, Wenhan Lin
Share Food With Love, Bowen Liu
The Embrace - Design for Elderly, Meng Liu
Somewhere Else, Xiaoxi Liu
Embedded CycleGAN for Shape-Agnostic Image-to-Image Translation, Ram Longman
Investigating the effect of lower back fatigue on human gait and the propensity for slip and fall, Maya S. Luster
Social Media and Its Impact on Users’ Decision Making to Visit a Fine Dining Restaurant, Petra Malbasa
Data Driven Energy Efficiency Strategies for Commercial Buildings Using Occupancy Information, Lourdes Marozas-Aliaga
Application of Convolutional Neural Network Framework on Generalized Spatial Modulation for Next Generation Wireless Networks, Akram Marseet
The Budgeting Process of Kosovo: A critical analysis, Arber Maxhuni
An Assessment of Small Unmanned Aerial Systems in Support of Sustainable Forestry Management Initiatives, Michael P. McClelland II
