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 2018
Online News Coverage About Fraud and Self-Defensive Behavior in China, Congxi Wang
Team Queue: A mobile application which provides a third party stage for an E-Sports service provider, Mengying Wang
CMOS Integration of High Performance Quantum Dot Lasers For Silicon Photonics, Zihao Wang
Verification of SD/MMC Controller IP Using UVM, Tejas Pravin Warke
Evaluation of the Implementation of the New York State (NYS) Concussion Management and Awareness Act, Elise Wilcocks
Modeling and Extraction of Transport Parameters to Simulate Drug Delivery in the Murine Cochlea, Kevin Wilson
Active Oxygen Scavenging Film for Sliced Bread Packaging, Chayanit Wongpradit
Dream, Dongyi Wu
C H R O N O S P A C E Living in the Moment: Metaphorical Motion Design, Guan-Huei Wu
Statistical Aspects of Music Mining: Naive Dictionary Representation, Qiuyi Wu
24 Jie Qi Journey: Learning Jie Qi Culture and Living a Healthy Life, Yuqi Xiao
Stage, Ying Xu
Thinking About Life: Being Balanced, Xinhao Yang
Mathematical Model and Parameter Estimation for Tumor Growth, Lujun Yin
The Impact of Perceived Leadership Styles on Hotel Employee Job Engagement, Abutaleb Zarban
Protein Vaccines Against Acute Otitis Media Caused by Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae in a Murine Model, Mark Zavorin
Hotel Industry Development in Kosovo, Kaltrina Zeka
Evolution of A Common Vector Space Approach to Multi-Modal Problems, Chi Zhang
Ancient Chinese Tombs: Western Han Dynasty Chapter, Yaling Zhang
Tactile Painting Easel: For people with limited vision, Yue Zhang
Becoming, Danlin Zhao
Efficient Organic Photovoltaic Cells Employing Squaraines and Their Aggregates: Experiment and Theory, Chenyu Zheng
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
A Privacy-Preserving Method with Flexible Charging Schedules for Electric Vehicles in the Smart Grid, Sabrina Afrin
Re-envisioning Kindergarten Learning Spaces in the U.S Education System, Suhina Agarwal
Efficient Error detection Architectures for Low-Energy Block Ciphers with the Case Study of Midori Benchmarked on FPGA, Anita Aghaie
Determining the optimal stockpile level for combination vaccines, Sheetal Aher
Efficient Template-Based Nanomanufacturing of Carbon Nanotube Arrays for Cell Applications, Adeel Ahmed
Applying Data Analytics to Improve Multi-Asset Portfolio Performance, Amrith Akula
Finding Practical Way to Minimize the Time and Space Needed at the Temporary Donation Places, Reema Aldossari
Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from Created Wetlands: How Management Techniques Impact Emissions and Implications for Climate Change, Thulfiqar Ali Jasim Al-Graiti
Symbol Synchronization Techniques in Digital Communications, Mohammed Al-Hamiri
360° View Camera Based Visual Assistive Technology for Contextual Scene Information, Mazin Ali
Dusty Donuts: Modeling the Reverberation Response of the Circumnuclear Dusty Torus Emission in AGN, Triana R. Almeyda
Comparison of visual programming and hybrid programming environments in transferring programming skills, Hussein Alrubaye
fixino 1.0, Sultan Alshehri
Educational Material for the Surgical Hospital at Southwoods, Victoria Altomare
Using the Opposition Effect in Remotely Sensed Data to Assist in the Retrieval of Bulk Density, Brittany L. Ambeau
Adding Security to Control Area Network of Vehicles by Using SHA-3, Aidin Ameri
Optimal L(h, k) labelings of Cartesian products of complete graphs and paths, Krishna Vittal Ammanabrolu
Comparing Economic, Environmental, and Social Effects of Central Air Conditioner Size and Thermostat Schedule Interactions, Briana Elizabeth Amoroso
Measurement of Ferroelectric Films in MFM and MFIS Structures, Jackson D. Anderson
Optimizing the Operation of Bulk Energy Storage Devices to Find the Trade-offs Between Revenue and CO2 Emissions., Laura M. Arciniegas
The Omnichannel Marketplace: A Look at Modern Consumers, Rosa Arnone
Towards Automated Analysis of Urban Infrastructure after Natural Disasters using Remote Sensing, Colin Axel
Better Text Detection through Improved K-means-based Feature Learning, Kardo Othman Aziz
Pitch Control of Wind Turbine through PID, Fuzzy and adaptive Fuzzy-PID controllers, Silpa Baburajan
The Role of Women in the Economy of Kosovo, Hana Bacaj
Deep Learning Localization for Self-driving Cars, Suvam Bag
Three-dimensional Image Processing of Identifying Toner Particle Centroids, Di Bai
Dear Objects,, Jee Young Bang
Thickness and morphology analysis of squaraine based films using advanced AFM and XRD., Kenny Baptiste
The Power of After-Hours: Young Adult Engagement and Programming in Museums, Hannah E. Barber
Aligning Business Decision Making to Strategy, Donald J. Barnes, Katherine A. Dominguez, and Whitney J. Vazquez
Aligning Business Decision Making to Strategy, Donald J. Barnes, Katherine A. Dominguez, and Whitney J. Vazquez
Minimization of Energy Costs Considering Demand Charge Under Time of Use and Real Time Pricing Policies, Jose Carlos Batista Abikarram
Displays of Jealousy in Dogs, Cassandra D. Beck
Manner of Death and Willingness to Nullify in a Euthanasia Case, Daniel Bell
Development, Implementation and Pre-clinical Evaluation of Medical Image Computing Tools in Support of Computer-aided Diagnosis: Respiratory, Orthopedic and Cardiac Applications, Yehuda K. Ben-Zikri
Public Sector Wages: The Implications for the Private Sector, Drenusha Berisha
Teaching Agents with Deep Apprenticeship Learning, Amar Bhatt
Development of a Self Aligned CMOS Process for Flash Lamp Annealed Polycrystalline Silicon TFTs, Paul Bischoff
On Increasing Trust Between Developers and Automated Refactoring Tools Through Visualization, Alexander Bogart
General Relativistic Gas Dynamics in the Central Cavity of Binary Black Holes, Dennis B. Bowen
Into the Pines, Dustin Brown
A New Radio Spectral Line Survey of Planetary Nebulae: Exploring Radiatively Driven Heating and Chemistry of Molecular Gas, Jesse Bublitz
Bayesian Analysis for Photolithographic Models, Andrew M. Burbine
A Replicative Study Involving Commercial Art Galleries in Upstate New York, Yingtong Bu
Multi-Domain Spectral Methods for Data Reduction in Numerical Relativity Simulations, Brian A. Caimano
Recent Works: Exploring Connections with Naturally Derived Materials through the context of Art, Edmond Caputo
Deer: Creating a Realistic 3D Animal Using Photogrammetry, Karie Carita
Analytical Flood Risk Models for First Responder Use: Obstruction Detection and Risk Assessment, Brett Edmond Carlock
Hopeless Optimism, Shane Caryl
Understanding Traffic Characteristics in a Server to Server Data Center Network, Siva Shankar Chandrasekaran
Bridge DNA, Hung Yuan Chang
CPU Cooling in Data Center Using a Thermosiphon Loop with Tapered Open Microchannel Manifold (OMM), Aranya Chauhan
The Impact of White Space on User Experience for Tablet Editions of Magazines, Fanyi Cheng
From Character to Characteristics, Yen-Ting Chen
Androgyny, Yu-Chi Chien
A Machine Learning Approach on Providing Recommendations for the Vacant Lot Problem, Md Towhidul Absar Chowdhury
Her Eyes, Stephanie Clark
Applying Hierarchical Contextual Parsing with Visual Density and Geometric Features to Typeset Formula Recognition, Michael Patrick Erickson Condon
Scientific Imaging of Cultural Heritage for Computer Graphics Rendering, Brittany D. Cox
Enhancing Near Zero Volt Storage Tolerance of Lithium-ion Batteries, Kyle R. Crompton
The Process of Creating Accurate Reproductions of Fragile Objects: Fabricating 3D Facsimiles with Limited Resources, Katherine E. Curran
Advanced Music Audio Feature Learning with Deep Networks, Madeleine Daigneau
Revising a Habitat Suitability Model for Spotted Turtles (Clemmys guttata) in Upstate New York, Caitlin Dailey
Development of High Efficiency III/V Photovoltaic Devices, Yushuai Dai
Predicting underperformance from students in upper level engineering courses, William J. Darlington
Resilient Housing Design for Tsunami Prone Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India, Sabyasachi Das
Symbolic and Visual Retrieval of Mathematical Notation using Formula Graph Symbol Pair Matching and Structural Alignment, Kenny Davila Castellanos
PaSE : Parallel Speedup Estimation Framework for Network-on-Chip Based Multi-core Systems, Ghassan Bachay Dharb
Examining the New York State Gun Involved Violence Elimination Initiative’s Alignment with Several Theoretical Perspectives, Jamie Dougherty
Discovering Perceptions about and the Potential Demand for Unique, S.T.E.A.M. Educational Programs for Children in Osijek, Croatia, Tamara Drezner
Fabrication of Low Adhesion Films Through Pulsed Light Sintering, Dhananjay Dubey
Instruments of Generation, Bradley Dunn
