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 2023
Using ML Algorithms to Predict Real Estate Units Valuations in Ajman, Heba Al Yazouri
Predicting food safety compliance for food-serving establishments inspections, Huda Amin Al Zarooni
Deaf Communication Awareness, Emily Grace Cruz Amponin
Design of an Accelerated Lifetime Tester for Industrial Gas Compressor Poppet Valves, Michael W. Anderson
On Groundless Fears, Justin Aungst
Advanced Control of Vapor Compression Liquid Chillers, Suliman Awad
A Bit-Exact Hierarchical SystemC Model of pPIM for Verification and Performance Modeling, Dhana Lavanya Balasubramanian
Characterization of microbial communities on post-consumer polymers in water bodies of the Lake Ontario watershed: Environment determines community structure on post-consumer plastic, Carmella M. Bangkong
Harnessing CRISPR-Cas12a and Nanotechnology for the Rapid and Accurate Detection of DNA Viruses, Mengdi Bao
The Rise of Heroes, Nava Barenji
A Survey of Qubit Routing Algorithms, Harrison Barnes
Spherical Harmonic analysis and filtering of Weyl Scalar ψ4, Jackson Bates
Kilroy Was Never Here: An AR Mystery Game, Madeleine Baum
Numerical and Experimental Investigation and Optimization of Particle Size Distribution in a Medical Jet Nebulizer Using A Multiphase Multiscale Approach, Benjamin Beaudry
Glass: The Augmented Reality Glass Blowing Assistant, John Bechtold
Memory Protection with Cached Authentication Trees, Andy Belle-Isle
Road Traffic Management using Vehicle-to- Everything (V2X) Communication, Azzeddine Ben Khadra
Understanding Image Quality for Deep Learning-Based Computer Vision, Austin Bergstrom
The Effect of Demographic Imbalance on Crime, Maher Bhadri
Haptic2FA: A haptic-based 2-factor authentication method for blind and low-vision users, Palavi Vinod Bhole
Programmable Processing-in-Memory Core and Cluster Design and Verification, Namita Bhosle
All Memories Fade, Lynn Bierbaum
Energy Consumption of Drones for Delivery Usage: Case study in Dubai, Maitha Huraiz Bin Touq
Hybrid Test-Smell Based Approach for Prediction of Flaky Tests, Saurabh Bodke
Intraoperative Neuromonitoring, Xian Boles
Incorporating High Dynamic Range into Multispectral Imaging for Cultural Heritage Documentation, Gabrielle Brogle
The Automation of Translation Between Sign Language Variants Through Artificial Intelligence, Mohammad Sultan Buafra
Idealized Learning Environments: An Investigation of K-5 Classroom Design to Improve Student Academic Performance, Stephanie Buckingham
Efficiently Annotating Source Code Identifiers Using a Scalable Part of Speech Tagger, Gavin Burris
A Study of Large-Scale Structure Evolution through Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Corrections in Massive Clusters, Victoria Butler
Graph-based Learning Networks for Automatic Pigment Mapping of Historical Artifacts, Bei Cao
Functional Role of Toll-like Receptor Associated MicroRNAs in Intervertebral Disc Pathophysiology, Petra Cazzanelli
Which?, Ting Yu Chang
A Prototype of Simple Implantable Optofluidic Device Enabled by 3D Printing Technology, Yu Chang
New Intimacies, Louis Chavez
The Exploration of Circular Space Structure in Jewelry Design, Shuling Chen
Purification and Detection of Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria from Whole Blood with Nano-sieve, Xinye Chen
Redshift Wrangler: Conducting a Citizen Science Study of Extragalactic Spectroscopy, Sadie C. Coffin
Investigating Equitable Office Design: Addressing Women’s Wellness in the Corporate Office through Human-Centered Design to Improve the Quality of Life for all Employees, Jacqueline Collins
Examining the Universe with Galaxies: From Dynamical Models to the Inference of Cosmological Parameters, Peter A. Craig
Passive Reconfigurable Dual Linear and Dual Circular Polarization with CLRH-TL for Microstrip Patch Antennas, Alexander Dacey
Applying Homomorphic Encryption to a Cross Domain Problem, Cheyenne Dailey
Development and validation of epidemiological models for informing intervention strategies and preventing critical resource shortages, Kimberly A. Dautel
Space Efficiency by Way of Modular Furniture: Working from Home in an Era of Shrinking Housing, Robert Deane
Coach Goggles Thesis, Christopher Dell' Aquila
Dual Function Molecular Imaging Probes for Breast Cancer, Christopher DeNyse
Corneal Transplant Education in a Clinical Setting, Chynna DeSimone
Florist: (AR system), Yanran Ding
Exploitation of spatial content for enhancing pansharpening and image fusion performance, Rey Ducay
Paradas: Utilizing the Organizational Structure of Spatial Agency in Migrant Labor Posts, Erik Duque
Enhancing Small and Medium-sized Enterprises' Performance through the Implementation of ERP Systems, Fatimah El Chediak
Predicting Payment Defaults in Customs Authorities, Ahmed Fayed Elnahel
Convicting the Innocent: The Impact of Wrongful Conviction in the U.S. Criminal Legal System, Aubrie Entwood
Unsupervised Multi-resolution Analysis of Protein-Protein Abundance Patterns in Infectious Exacerbation of COPD, Eric Everingham
Tapered-Precision Numerical Formats for Deep Learning Inference and Training, Seyed Hamed Fatemi Langroudi
Optimal Entanglement and Spin Squeezing in Collections of Two-Level Atoms, Emily Finson
Reduction in the Thermal Budget of Sputtered Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) to Potentially Broaden its use in Microelectronic Devices, Zachary Flowers
Online Fourier Analysis of Time-Varying Signals in a Real-Time Embedded Environment, Ty Freeman
Escaping Tradition: An Exploration of Optimized Learning Environments, Mak W. Friery
Rule Mining from Knowledge Bases: Semantics, Queries, and Estimations, Bhaskar Krishna Gangadhar
Viability of Rental Chillers for the GCC Region by Using UAE as a Baseline, Kenaz Thomas George
Shift Variant Image Deconvolution using Deep Learning, Arnab Ghosh
Outness among Transgender and Non-Binary Adults: Effects of Identity and Agency on Mental Health, Beau M. Gibbs
Empirical Investigations and Dataset Collection for American Sign Language-aware Personal Assistants, Abraham Trout Glasser
When It Clicks, Mitch Goldstein
Large Dry Metal Electrodes for Physiological Monitoring, Krittika Goyal
Vibration Powder Dispensing and Gravity-Fed Powder Delivery for Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing Systems, Andrew Greeley
Rare earth element extraction from secondary source materials: understanding economics and environmental impacts of development., Ajay Kumar Gupta
Network Security With Smart Switches, Sahil Gupta
Cast Iron Repair Through Directed Energy Deposition and Ancillary Processing Modes, Jakob D. Hamilton
Implementation of Model-Free Sliding Mode Control on a Multi-Input Multi-Output System, Walker Hare
Machine Learning Based Framework for Smart Contract Vulnerability Detection in Ethereum Blockchain, Qusai Omar Mustafa Hasan
From Fully-Supervised Single-Task to Semi-Supervised Multi-Task Deep Learning Architectures for Segmentation in Medical Imaging Applications, S M Kamrul Hasan
Optimized Generative Pre-training EEG to Sentiment Classification (OGPTSC), Amira Hassan
Novel Psychophysics of Cognitive Color Appearance Phenomena, Luke Hellwig
Using Natural Language Processing to Support Software Security Requirement Development, Spencer Herzog
Quantum Acceleration of Linear Regression for Artificial Neural Networks, Martin A. Hoffnagle
An Analysis of Heterogeneous Quantization Schemes for Neural Networks, Anusha Holavanahali
The Implementation of Trauma Informed Design in the United States Prison Campus: A Standardized Design Methodology, Quille A. Hughes
Normalization and Generalization in Deep Learning, Griffin Hurt
Model-Free Sliding Mode Control in the Lateral and Direction Dynamics of an Aircraft, Nicholas Hutson
The use of digitalization and Internet of Things to help alleviate Traffic congestion in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Nujuma Ibrahim
Legacy, Joseph Jackson
Effect of Fabrication Pressure and NMC Cathode Composition on LPSCL Electrolyte for Solid-State Battery Performance Improvement, Winervil James
3D Computational Modeling of Multiphase Phenomena in Boiling Heat Transfer, Winston O. James III
Állo (Neutral - “Other”), Alex Jarus
Hot Pot-Palatable Tour, Dian Jiao
Look at the Bigger Picture: Analyzing Eye Tracking Data with Multi-Dimensional Visualization, Anjali Jogeshwar
BioDOV: A Tool Used to Encourage Discovery in Bioinformatics Through Gamification, Gregory D. Johnson Jr.
ARtificial Games, Jake Johnson
Targeted, Neha Joshi
Darshan, Vibhav Kapoor
Improving the Test Smell-Based Detection of Flaky Tests, Shubham Kumar Karum
Demonstration of a Hybrid Electroabsorption Modulator/Photovoltaic Device for Space-based Free Space Optical Communication and Power Generation, Emily Kessler-Lewis
Quantifying the Nexus of Climate, Economy, and Health: A State-of-the-Art Time Series Approach, Kameron Blair Kinast
Urologic Sequelae Following Phalloplasty: An Explanation of Common Complications Following Transmale Gender Affirmation Surgery, Michelle Kittleman