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 2019
A Novel System To Improve Over-Speeding Traffic Violation Ticketing using a Black Box, Gaurav Mohan Shende
Subjective Image Quality Assessment of Digitally Printed Images, Gaurav Sheth
Research on a Future Senior Housing Model in Wuhan, China, Fangyuan Shi
Investigation of nest predation as a cause of turtle population declines on the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma, Alexandra M. Shipman
Widen People’s Career Opportunities with AR Technology, Yuedan Shi
Improving Automatic Speech Recognition on Endangered Languages, Kruthika Prasanna Simha
An AR Enhancement of Printed Educational Resources: Keeping printed educational materials competitive in a digital age, Dax Simitch Warke
Emely Peguero’s Case: News Frames and Gender Stereotypes in the Dominican Republic, Maria Fernanda Simo
Website Fingerprinting using Deep Learning, Payap Sirinam
The Impact of Body-Worn Cameras (BWCs) on Adjudication, Shakierah Smith
Using Reduced Graphs for Efficient HLS Scheduling, Stephanie Soldavini
Low-Rank Multivariate General Linear Model with Relationship between Brain Regions and Time Points, Ge Song
Challenges and Opportunities for Startup Innovation and Entrepreneurship as tools towards a knowledge-based economy: The Case of Kosovo, Xheneta Sopjani
The Modular Approach to the Title Sequence, Nathan Sorrentino
Effects of grazer exclusion on carbon cycling in created freshwater wetlands, Delanie Spangler
Development of a High Performance Resonant Photon-Pair Source in Silicon, Jeffrey A. Steidle
State Policies of Medical Marijuana versus Food & Drug Administration Policies of Pharmaceutical Drugs, Kayla Stephan
Resolved Stellar Population Properties in Galaxies During the Peak Epoch of Star Formation, Meaghann Stoelting
The Innocent Game, Kibaek Sung
Analog Musical Distortion Circuits for Electric Guitars, Timothy Douglas Sunnerberg
Swift, Certain, and Fair: A Pilot Program of the Probation Department in Monroe County, New York, Luisa R. Swan
Utilizing Mobile Technology to Improve Accessibility for Museum Visitors with Autism, Felicia Dianne Swartzenberg
Synthesizing Cyber Intrusion Alerts using Generative Adversarial Networks, Christopher R. Sweet
Performance Analysis of Fixed-Random Weights in Artificial Neural Networks, Humza Syed
Annealing of Fused Filament Fabricated Nylon 6 with Elevated Isostatic Pressure, Anthony G. Tantillo
Ultrafast Laser Polishing for Optical Fabrication, Lauren L. Taylor
RE-IMAGINING DOWNTOWN ROCHESTER Creation of an Equitable Urban Master Plan, Douglas Templeton
Deepfake detection and low-resource language speech recognition using deep learning, Bao Thai
App Review Analysis via Active Learning: Reducing Supervision Effort Without Compromising Classification Accuracy, Venkatesh Thimma Dhinakaran
Evaluating the performance of digital micromirror devices for use as programmable slit masks in multi-object spectrometers, Anton Travinsky
Dream Life, Menghan Tsai
Registration of Diffusion Tensor Images in Log-Euclidean and Euclidean Space, Kevin Tuttle
The Role of Programming in Interpreting LGBTQ Identities in Contemporary Art Museums, Anna Vernacchio
Audience Engagement with the Marvel Studios’ Film Black Panther: Analyzing Fan Reactions Posted on an Online Forum, Jatin Vichare
Unfold—An interactive experience on mixed reality platform to solve communication problems faced by children with ASD in the age group of 4-7 years., Akanksha Vishwakarma
Thermal Characterization of Infrared Images for Breast Cancer Detection, Solomiya Vysochanska
Modeling Composite Cytoskeletal Networks using Effective Medium Theory, Jacob Wales
Design and Production of 3D Animation Short Film “Relict”, Rundong Wang
Factors Limiting Organic Carbon Degradation by Antibiotic-Resistant Heterotrophic Microorganisms in Wastewater Contaminated Sediments, Katelyn Whitburn
Breastfeeding Discourse on Social Media, Andrea L. Whittemore
Semiconductor Nanofabrication via Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching: Ternary III-V Alloys and Alternative Catalysts, Thomas S. Wilhelm
Efficient Distribution Regression, Nicholas Wilkins
A Performance Analysis of the Meshed Tree Protocol and the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol, Peter Willis
Convection in Common Envelopes, Emily C. Wilson
Examining the Conflict Between User Experience and Software Development in Industry, Marissa K. Wilson
Biorefinery Pathways for Institutional Food Waste, Shwe Sin Win
Point Spread Function and Modulation Transfer Function Engineering, Jacob Wirth
Additives Abyss, I-Tang Wu
Conqueror, Lei Wu
Feng Shui: A Comparison of the Original Concept and Its Current Westernized Version, Shih-Jung Wu
My Experience Manifesto, Xuechun Wu
Life In The Noodles, Junnan Xia
The Legend of Whales, Bingjie Xiao
Adopt Me: An interactive video game to encourage people to adopt animals from shelters, Ying Xing
The Impact of Epidemics on Future Residential Buildings in China, Jinyan Xu
Understanding design challenges for homeless’ sleeping situation in the US., Siqi Xu
Solid Phase Synthesis of Modular Peptide-based Targeted Molecular Imaging Agents, Xinyu Xu
The Way Back Home, Bichen Yang
Crime Scene Blood Evidence Detection Using Spectral Imaging, Jie Yang
Aesthetics of Food: The Role of Visual Framing Strategies for Influence Building on Instagram, Shuhan Yang
Low-Rank Multivariate General Linear Model and One-Way Random Effect Models for Brain Response Analysis, Yidan Yang
My Guest From Afar, Yuan Yao
Characterizing bladder cancer cells by comparing general machine learning methods to convolutional neural network, Peng Nien Yin
Deep Learning Methods for 3D Aerial and Satellite Data, Mohammed A. Yousefhussien
The Impact of Visa Liberalization on Kosovo’s Migration Patterns, Urtina Zeka
Molly, Allison Zelle
How to improve the office workers’ lifestyle with emotional design, Chi Zhang
Full Circle, Hang Zhang
Efficient Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction for Pixel-wise Classification of Hyperspectral Imagery, Xuewen Zhang
Enhancing Dining Experiences through Emotional Tableware Design, Yueyue Zhang
Senso - A real-time interactive mobile system to improve users’ overall skin condition, Wenyue Zhan
Behind the Lens, Guoxiang Zhao
The Dynamic Roles of Red Blood Cell in Microcirculation, Sitong Zhou
Autocorrelation Reduction and Consistency Analysis of Correlation for Human Brain Activity Data, Xiaowen Zhou
Urban Infill – Revitalize Downtown Almaty, Kazakhstan, Madi Zhunussov
Important considerations for creative professionals when designing for users with mental health issues, Yiting Zhu
Towards an Intelligent System for Software Traceability Datasets Generation, Waleed Abdu Zogaan
Designing Emotional Content into the Mouthfeel of Food, Shahd Zubier
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Methods for the Detection of Subterranean Methane Leakage, Margot Accettura
At The Fire: An Investigation in the Transformation of Matter, Darren T. Adair
Infinite Edges, Yagmur Akarsu
Think and Stop: Share your knowledge to help others, Unez Akbar
In Sheep’s Clothing: Reflections on the Trickery of Nature, Moneerah Alayar
Alkali Activated Slag Characterization by Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-ray Microanalysis, Najat A. Alharbi
The Development of an Advanced Low Profile Retractor for Neurosurgery, Mike Allen
Bad Droid! An in-depth empirical study on the occurrence and impact of Android specific code smells, Khalid Saeed Almalki
Contemporary Arabic Calligraphy and Poetry as Geometry of True Morality, Badreyah Almuqhawi
Statistics Anxiety Towards Learning New Statistical Software, Shahd Saad Alnofaie
How We Refactor and How We Mine it ? A Large Scale Study on Refactoring Activities in Open Source Systems, Eman Abdullah AlOmar
Advances and Challenges in Software Refactoring: A Tertiary Systematic Literature Review, Mazen Alotaibi
Traditional Clothing of Kuwaiti Women, Montaha Alqattan
Convex Optimization Approach to the Optimal Power Flow Problem in DC-Microgrids with Energy Storage, Abdullah Mohammed Alzahrani
Effect of lead contaminated soils on lycopene and mineral contents of tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum), Andrea T. Amati
Recommendations for Redesign: Revising the Rochester Museum and Science Center's "Native Peoples of the Americas" Exhibit, Jess Andrews
Using Microalgae to Remediate Food and Bio-Digester Effluents from Western New York Agro Industries and Prospecting Harvested Algae Biomass for Biofuel Feedstocks, Daniel Anini Baah
Modeling of a Dynamic McKibben Style Muscle System Using Material Properties, Alexander G. Arcus
