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
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
Robust Path-based Image Segmentation Using Superpixel Denoising, Renee T. Meinhold
Design and Verification of a Pipelined Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Encryption Algorithm with a 256-bit Cipher Key Using the UVM Methodology, Devyani Madhukar Mirajkar
Tone Reproduction in Virtual Reality, Antara Mishra
Design and Verification of a Dual Port RAM Using UVM Methodology, Manikandan Sriram Mohan Dass
Empirical Satellite Characterization for Realistic Imagery Generation, Nilay Vijay Mokashi
Design for Curiosity: A Study of Visual Design Elements, Interaction, and Motivation, Elaine Carole Montambeau
Lumens, Manuel Moreno Lee
Behrdie, Brendan T. Murphy
Daily Artefact: a record of making and maker, Aprille Nace
The Design and Verification of a Synchronous First-In First-Out (FIFO) Module Using System Verilog Based Universal Verification Methodology (UVM), Vinoth Nagarajan
A Study of the Lightfastness of High-Chroma Water-Based Flexographic Printing Inks, Nuanjan Narakornpijit
A New Graphene Quantum Dot Sensor for Estimating an Antibiotic Concentration, Nuzhet Nihaar Nasir Ahamed
Geometric Properties and a Combinatorial Analysis of Convex Polygons Constructed of Tridrafters, Trevor Nelson
Predictive Models in Brain Connectivity Analysis, Guenadie Nibbs
Eighteen Mile Creek, Allison Nichols
Cache Memory Access Patterns in the GPU Architecture, Yash Nimkar
Improvements on ORCA for Fast Computation of Graphlet Degree Vectors of any Graphlet Order, Wilberto Z. Nunez
A Mathematical Model of Fluid Flow in Evaporating Droplets Using Wedge Geometry, Jordana O'Brien
Analysis of Grape Berry Epiphytic Microbiomes via QIIME, Isabelle O'Bryon
Post Millennium Tension, Dylan Peter Obser
An Etching Study for Self-Aligned Double Patterning, Christopher O'Connell
The Cost of Clean Space- A Study of the Additional Fuel Costs of Launching Above Low Earth Orbit, John O'Gorman
An Adaptive Inventory Management System for Hospital Supply Chain, Pradeep G. Pai
Consumer Preferences in Food Interactive Packaging, Nuchjarin Pareeratanasomporn
UVM Verification of an SPI Master Core, Deepak Siddharth Parthipan
Numerical Investigation of Heat and Mass Transfer Phenomena in Boiling, Isaac Bernabe Perez-Raya
Multi-modal learning using deep neural networks, Dheeraj Kumar Peri
What the Smell? An Empirical Investigation on the Distribution and Severity of Test Smells in Open Source Android Applications, Anthony Shehan Ayam Peruma
Microfluidic Study of Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) Transport Modeled on the MSN-DA Neuron Pathway, Carrie A. Phillips
Understanding Motives for Posting Online Reviews, Mara Plecas
Système, Trupti Pomaje
Effects of fullerenes on a freshwater benthic community: toxicity and implications for ecological functions and services, Sarah Ponte Cabral
BATSEN: Modifying the BATMAN Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks, Nelson Henry Powell III
