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 2016
DigiTabs: Share. Learn. Play, Alfredo Lopez
Vital Construction, Shan Lu
Clearance Analysis of 3D Printed Assemblies Using Fused Filament Extrusion, Kshitij Luthria
Frequency Doubling of RF-Over-Fiber Signal Based on Mach Zehnder Modulator, Mohamed Maafa
Modeling the Radar Return of Powerlines Using an Incremental Length Diffraction Coefficient Approach, Douglas Macdonald
Scare Tactics, Tiago Martines, Gabriel Ortega, Karan Sahu, Lucas Pereira Vasconcelos, and Henrique Silva Chaltein de Almeida
Augmented Reality HUDs: Warning Signs and Drivers’ Situation Awareness, Zachary McDonald
The Analysis of Consumers’ Affective Responses to Brand Presentation, Awareness, and Loyalty: A Contemporary Development in Selecting Media Channels, Jessica F. McGinn
Detection of Anomalous Vehicle Loading, Troy McKay
Anomaly Detection Using Predictive Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory Units, Jefferson Ryan Medel
Tribological Study of Textured Surfaces created using Modulation Assisted Machining for Steel-Aluminum Contact, Paarth Mehta
Recovering Eleanor Roosevelt's Voice: The Exhibition of Prospects of Mankind, Kellie S. Menzies
Identification of Hyperelastic Anisotropic Properties in Vascular Biomechanics Based on In-‐ Vivo and In-‐Vitro Measurements, Nikhil Meshram
Modelling of Information Flow and Resource Utilization in the EDGE Distributed Web System, Bryan Thomas Meyers
Circular economy and system thinking framework in design; Food system design, Mehrafza Mirzazad Barijugh
KARMA: Design for Social Impact Toolkit, Vineet Mishra
A New Model-Free Sliding Mode Control Method with Estimation of Control Input Error, Raul Mittmann Reis
A Mathematical Formalization of Hierarchical Temporal Memory's Spatial Pooler for use in Machine Learning, James W. Mnatzaganian
Candelaria Hot Dog, Alexander Montoya
Live-Action and Animated Disney Films: An Analysis of Themes and Family Structures Over Time, Meghan Moran
Limitation of Invasive Plant Colonization by Native Shrubs During Forested Wetland Restoration, Kaitlyn E. Moranz
Re-thinking the Urban Form of Social Housing in Brazil: A Search for Urban Sustainability, Lis Moreira Cavalcante
Discovery, Cloning, Expression, Purification, and Characterization of Phosphoglycolate Phosphatase from Staphylococcus aureus, Isreal Moreno
Thesis Inquiry & Process: Something About Reality, Blayke Mackenzie Morrow
Knowledge-based Decision Making for Simulating Cyber Attack Behaviors, Stephen Frank Moskal
A Search Engine for Finding and Reusing Architecturally Significant Code, Ibrahim Jameel Mujhid
Cyclotomic Polynomials in Ring-LWE Homomorphic Encryption Schemes, Tamalika Mukherjee
Optical Flow and Deep Learning Based Approach to Visual Odometry, Peter M. Muller
Augmentation of Experimental Design Using Statistical Power, Anil Nair
Short-Term Retention of Location-Identity Bindings for Complex Objects, Alexander Nalbandian
Electrical Double Layer Potential Distribution in Nanoporous Electrodes from Molecular Modeling and Classical Electrodynamics Analysis, Evan Marshall Ney
A New Algorithm for Computing the Square Root of a Matrix, John Nichols
Propagation of Sensor Noise in Navigation Equations and High Accuracy Dynamic Calibration of Sensors, Timothy A. Nichols
Oral Hygiene System Design, Jianlin Nie
Fusion of Mini-Deep Nets, Sai Prasad Nooka
Implicating E. coli PAL in the pathogenesis of Gram-Negative sepsis, Bethany R. Novick
Dilemma, Yeliz Okdem Ates
Image Description using Deep Neural Networks, Ram Manohar Oruganti
Technological, Policy, and Organizational Issues in the Response to Biological Emergency Incidents in the US Food Supply, Kristina J. Owens
Viscoelastic Characterization and Effective Damping of a Carbon/Polyurethane Laminate, Niren Pallegonde Kumar
A Thermosiphon Loop for High Heat Flux Removal using Flow Boiling of Ethanol in Open Microchannel Manifold (OMM) with Taper, Sanskar S. Panse
Factors Affecting the Adoption of Production Digital Printing Technologies by Commercial Printers in India, Akshat Pardiwala
Implementing Partial Blind Estimation of Alamouti Space-Time Coding in Software-Defined Radios, Sai Gautham Peesapati
Validating the Operating Window Concept for Robustness on a Circuit Board Stencil Printing Process, Wagner Pereira Romito
Rectangle Visibility Numbers of Graphs, Eric Peterson
Innovation Mining: A framework for identifying components worth innovating in a system, Srikanth Peyyeti
Relationship Between Velocity of Contraction and Force Applied On Air Muscles, Aniruddha Sudhir Phatak
Regulating the Violent Past: Methods in Dark Tourism, Jean Pietrowski
How the Academy Awards Influence Audience Perception of a Film, Zoilo Pimentel
Moovy: Sensorial Communication Device, Mariana Pinheiro
Effect of Substrates in the Resistivity and Adhesion of Copper Nanoparticle Ink, Pritam Poddar
Rolling Horizon Workforce Schedule to Assign Workers to Tasks in a Learning/Forgetting Environment, Bhanu Krishna Potluri
Asset Protection in Escorting using Multi-Robot Systems, Stephen Powers
WeMingle - Meet-ups Simplified, Amith Rajagopal Kozhipuram
Tensor decomposition of multi-channel wearable sensors for Parkinson’s disease assessment, Vignesh Ramji
Icosatree Data Partitioning of Massive Geospatial Point Clouds with User-Selectable Entities and Surface Modeling, Stephen Walter Ranger
Blush: An Exploration of Empathetic Cultivation Through Technological Devices, Jordan Reading
Enhanced Flow Boiling Heat Transfer in Radial Microchannel and Offset Strip Fin Geometries, Alyssa Recinella
The Opportunity: A 3D Animation About Karma, Mark J. Reisch
Evaluation of sensor, environment and operational factors impacting the use of multiple sensor constellations for long term resource monitoring, Rajagopalan Rengarajan
Radiometrically Accurate Thermal Vehicle Targets for Synthetic Video Development, David B. Rhodes
Sustainable management of lithium-ion batteries after use in electric vehicles, Kirti Richa
Retopologizing MRI and Diffusion Tensor Tractography Datasets for Real-time Interactivity, R. Scott Riddle
Caring for Kodak's Colorama: Methodologies for Collections Care at George Eastman Museum, Mackenzie Robbins
A Zebra in the Infield, Nelson R. Robinson IV
Shape Representation Using the Helmholtz Equation, Laura A. Rolston
Electronic Cigarette Topography: A Quantitative Validation Study of the Wireless Personal Use Monitor, Karina Roundtree
Neighborhood Transformation: The South Wedge Exploring Gentrification and the Impacts of Displacement, Emily Royce
Guidelines for the Presentation and Planning of Cultural Heritage in the Municipal Development Plan of Vushtrri (MDPV), Arben Rrecaj
Optimal Phase Masks for High Contrast Imaging Applications, Garreth J. Ruane
Using Geographic Information Systems to Identify Habitat for the Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) in Western New York, Jesse Michael Rubenstein
Experimental Design in Game Testing, Bhargava Rohit Sagi
The Impact of Scholarships on Student Careers: The Case of IPKO Foundation Next Generation Scholarship, Daors Sahatciu
Image Quality Modeling and Optimization for Non-Conventional Aperture Imaging Systems, Philip S. Salvaggio
The influences of different socioeconomic scenarios in bioinformatics and biotechnology research: The ethical issues arising from technological advances, Marcia Miki Sato
Beyond the Surface: An Analysis on the Journalistic Reporting of Native American Issues, Nicole Dorothy Irene Scott
Prime Movers, Garvin Sealy
Memory Emphasizing Digital Camera, Jae Ho Seo
Implementation of the meshed tree algorithm on a switched network, Kuhu Sharma
close your legs, dear, Narin Shech
Multi-robot Task Allocation using Agglomerative Clustering, Maria Shoaib
How Students Choose College in Croatia, Ivana Silic
Milieu, Rachel Simonson
Energy Savings and Marginal Emissions Factor Approach to Emissions Reductions from Household Appliance Efficiency Improvements, Courtney N. Smith
Respecting Anatomically Rigid Regions in Nonrigid Registration, Eric J. Spangler
Gaze Guidance, Task-Based Eye Movement Prediction, and Real-World Task Inference using Eye Tracking, Srinivas Sridharan
Effects of Solder Paste Volume on PCBA Assembly Yield and Reliability, Sai Srinivas Sriperumbudur
Accessibility Practices & The Inclusive Museum: Legal Compliance, Professional Standards, and the Social Responsibility of Museums, Ruth Erin Starr
The Transverse Musculocutaneous Gracilis Flap for Breast Reconstruction Educational Illustration Series, Ryan Steenberg
A Scalable Flash-Based Hardware Architecture for the Hierarchical Temporal Memory Spatial Pooler, Lennard G. Streat
Reaching Quiet, Michael Strobert
Reliable Hardware Architectures for Cyrtographic Block Ciphers LED and HIGHT, Srivatsan Subramanian
Sampling and Counting Crossing-Free Matchings, Wenbo Sun
Factors that Affect Classroom Participation, Marija Susak
Feminist Complaint Department, Sarah Taavola
Measurement of Flow Velocities in a To-Scale Simplex Atomizer Using Particle Image Velocimetry, Andrew G. Thistle
Real-time Aerial Vehicle Detection and Tracking using a Multi-modal Optical Sensor, Burak Uzkent
