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
Special Interest Magazine Publishers’ Digital Strategies for Reader Engagement, Patricia Axford
The Photometric Effect of Macroscopic Surface Roughness on Sediment Surfaces, Greg Badura
How to Train Your Dog, Zihao Bai
Compelling, Fatmah Bamashmous
Terra: The Earthen Refrigerator, Priyanka Bambarkar
Anatomy of the Rotator Cuff, Shevon Barnes
Glimmer, Cody Barron
Residents' Attitudes Toward a Proposed Tourism Development in Jeddah City in Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Basendwah
Graphs with k-Uniform Edge Betweenness Centrality, Mariya Belchikova
The List, Joseph C. Bellavia
An Approximation to a Bayesian Detection Statistic for Continuous Gravitational Waves., John J. Bero IV
Development and Characterization of Novel III-V Materials for High Efficiency Photovoltaics, Zachary Shible Bittner
College Students’ Use of Digital and Traditional Media: Uses and Gratifications Approach, Kelly M. Bodine
Contractive Autoencoding for Hierarchical Temporal Memory and Sparse Distributed Representation Binding, Luke G. Boudreau
Fabrication and Analysis of Multifunctional Carbon Nanotube Electrical Conductors, Andrew Robert Bucossi
A Quantum Simulation Study of III-V Esaki Diodes and 2D Tunneling Field-Effect Transistors, Patsy Cadareanu
Heaven & Earth, Nelson Caliguia Jr.
Evaluating the Profitability of Natural Gas Combustion Turbine Power Plants in the US and its Implications on Future of Natural Gas as a Bridge Fuel for Electricity Generation, Rexon Joe Carvalho
Perceptions of Non-Americans Towards American TV Series, Thaarika Charumathy Seetharaman
Stockholms: An Artifact of Kink as an Innocuous Method of Bolstering Kinkster and Fetishist Populations, Kenneth Jeremy Chen
Design for Tea, Xiaoru Chen
Velleity, Yiyun Chen
Cross Layer Routing in Cognitive Radio Network Using Deep Reinforcement Learning, Snehal Sudhir Chitnavis
Exploring High Level Synthesis to Improve the Design of Turbo Code Error Correction in a Software Defined Radio Context, Bradley E. Conn
Implementation of Soft Lithography for the Fabrication of Stacked Dielectric Elastomer Actuators for Soft Robotics, Mert Corbaci
Architectural Vulnerabilities in Plug-and-Play Systems, Taylor Corrello
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