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.
To browse dissertations and theses by academic department or program, please go to the Colleges and Departments page.
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Efficient Implementations of Pairing-Based Cryptography on Embedded Systems, Rajeev Verma
A Cost Benefit Analysis of Establishing a Prishtina Aquatic Therapy Center, Berna Visoka
Factors affecting the regular monthly payment of electricity bills in Hajvali, Dina Vllasaliu
Exploring Negative Sexual Experiences, Attitudes, and Behaviors by Auditory Status, Taylor Victoria Vogt
Gluten-free Products and Zagreb’s Bakeries, Maja Vukoja
Run-time Ink Stability in Pneumatic Aerosol Jet Printing Using a Split Stream Solvent Add Back System, Arjun Wadhwa
On Your Own, Tianyi Wang
Effects of Virtual Humans’ Facial Emotional Displays on Persuasion, Yuqiong Wang
An Analytical Framework for Assessing the Efficacy of Small Satellites in Performing Novel Imaging Missions, Oesa A. Weaver
Economic Figures, Fiona Eloisa Wilson
Direct E-Democracy and Political Party Websites: In the United States and Sweden, Kirk M. Winans
Analysis of Nicotine in Electronic Cigarettes Using Gas Chromatography-mass Spectrometry, Gloria Wink
Symmetric Product Graphs, Evan Witz
For the Love of Books: A Furniture Solution for Transient Bibliophiles, Sarah Wolfsont
SCANNER: Sequence Clustering of resource Access to find Nearest Neighbors, Neil Wong Hon Chan
Order Through Chaos, Joshua Woof
Investigation and Characterization of Conductive DEAP Polymer Materials with Nickel Nanocomposites, Seaver Wrisley
Full Measures, Xuejing Xu
Fat Boy Can't Fly, Tianyu Yang
Discovering Galapagos: A Children’s Website, Jing Yan
The Life Tube: A fire emergency design, Danwei Ye
See a Different World: Interactive Storytelling for Children to Raise Awareness of Color Blindness, Dan Yu
Multiplayer Sound-Oriented Game Design: An iOS brain and hearing training game, Liwei Yu
Tolerance Equivalency between ΔE*ab and ΔE00 Metrics, Lufei Yu
Studies of Gas Absorption In Infrared Spectra of Carbon-Rich AGB Stars, Xingchao Yu
Topic Uncovering and Image Annotation via Scalable Probit Normal Correlated Topic Models, Xingchen Yu
Fighting Informal Economy: Informal Labor, Lumbardh Zagragja
Dancing in Silence, Moyu Zhang
Spectral Properties of Squaraines and Their Aggregates, Targeted for Use in Bulk Hetero-junction Solar Cells, Chenyu Zheng
Edutainment System for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Chunxiao Zhu
The ApnAase/mRNA Decapping Nudix Hydrolases from M. tuberculosis and M. leprae, Peipei Zhu
An End-to-End License Plate Localization and Recognition System, Siyu Zhu
A manifold learning approach to target detection in high-resolution hyperspectral imagery, Amanda K. Ziemann
Frequency Constraints on D.C. Biasing in Deep Submicron Technologies, Jonathan Thomas Zimmermann
Empirical Study of Training-Set Creation for Software Architecture Traceability Methods, Waleed Abdu Zogaan
Design and Analysis of a Reconfigurable Hierarchical Temporal Memory Architecture, Abdullah M. Zyarah
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Spatiotemporal Variability: Process-Independent Analysis of Printing Uniformity, Saleh A. Abdel Motaal
Pigment Identification of Paintings Based on Kubelka-‐Munk Theory and Spectral Images, Farhad Moghareh Abed
High-speed and Robust Integrated Silicon Nanophotonics for On-Chip Interconnects, Abdelsalam A. Aboketaf
The Foundlings, Nadia Adams
Ultrasound Guided Robot for Human Liver Biopsy using High Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Hemostasis, Viraj Reddy Adduru
Development of a virtualization systems architecture course for the information sciences and technologies department at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Pooriya Aghaalitari
Dynamics of the Inertia Coupled Rimless Wheel with Frictional Losses and Actuation, Konrad J.H. Ahlin
Reveal, Rudith Senam Abla Akorli
This is Bouyon: An Exploration of Dominica’s Own Genre of Music, Garford Alexander
Deforestation and the Islamic Stewardship Ethic, Misbah Alghamdi
NuMap: a web platform for prediction of nucleosome rotational and translational positioning at high resolution, Bader Alharbi
The Impact of Adaptation Delays on Routing Protocols forMobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs), Yamin Al-Mousa
Sustainable Packaging Design Visually Explained Guidebook Prototype, Sara Almudhaf
A New Covert Channel Over Cellular Network Voice Channel, Bushra Sulaiman Aloraini
Toward Effective Access Control Using Attributes and Pseudoroles, Suhair Alshehri
I'm Listening with Dabdoop: A Phonological Stimulation App for Arabic Preschoolers, Manal Alyaba
Modeling, Simulation and Fabrication of 100 nm (Leff) High Performance CMOS Transistors, Chandan K. Amareshbabu
Increased Persistence of Wi-Fi Direct Networks for Smartphone-based Collision Avoidance, Priyanka Angadi
East to West: An interactive journey through posters from 1940 to 2010, India and USA, Sukhada Apte
Simorgh, Meghdad Asadilari
Use of Alkali Metal Salts to Prepare High Purity Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Solutions and Thin Films, Rakan F. Ashour
A Comparison Between International and US Graduate Students’ Attitudes and Experiences Using Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), Omar Ibrahim Asiri
Online Social Communities Through the Lens of Polyvore, Maansi Aurora
Grassmann Learning for Recognition and Classification, Sherif Azary
I could go with you., Michelle Bablitz
Liquid Water Transport in the Reactant Channels of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Rupak Banerjee
Run., Kevin Bauer
Reduction of Line Edge Roughness (LER) in Interference-Like Large Field Lithography, Burak Baylav
Female School Dropout: Gender Differences in Students’ School Retention, Edona Begu
A Structured Reality, Jeremy Berke
A Method for Comparing Real and Simulated Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery, Kevin T. Bloechl
From Apologia to Benoit: An Empirical Test of Image Restoration Strategies, Joseph D. Blosenhauer
Process Development for Single-Crystal Silicon Solar Cells, Mihir H. Bohra
Samantha’s Dilemma: A Look into a Life with AI, Thomas Bojarski
The Distancing Effect and Utilitarian Objects, Andrew Bonadio
Guiding Attention in Controlled Real-World Environments, Thomas P. Booth
Waste Cooking Oil-to-Biodiesel Conversion for Space Heating Applications, Daniel J. Bruton
The Movement: A Performance Venue, Matthew J. Burke
Material Engineering for Phase Change Memory, David Cabrera
The Treachery of Imaging, Charlie C. Campbell
A Layer 2 Protocol to Protect the IP Communication in a Wired Ethernet Network, Reiner Augusto Campillo Terrero
High Efficiency Silicon Photonic Interconnects, Liang Cao
A Different Sort of Normal: Critical Analysis of Five Lesbian Characters’ Coming-out Narratives on Contemporary Television Shows, Amanda M. Carlino
Superior Mirage: Aesthetic Recollections of the Great Lakes, S Caswell
Cyberdemocracy: Assessing the European Parliament, Maria Cataldo
Pumping Potential of a Two-Layer Left-Ventricle-Like Flexible Matrix Composite (FMC) structure, Arnab Chanda
Reflection, Vijay Chandrasekhar
Impact of Advertising Personalization in Tablet Versions of Magazines, Junpeng Chang
Believe: A Motion Graphic Animation Brings Positive Power to Life, Yu-Hsin Chang
Brick Walls, Tina Chapman DaCosta
Proof-to-Print Match: Effectiveness of Substrate-Corrected Colorimetric Aims in Soft Proofing, Peng Cheng
Le Couple, Jieting Chen
Heroes: Promoting and Branding an Original Designer Toys using Motion Graphics, Yang-Hsin Chen
Infinite Reflections of Transition, Ellina Chetverikova
Sweater, Pei-Chin Chien
Promised Versus Actual College Experience: The Role of Social Media in Pre and Post-enrollment Experiences, Casey Lynne Conklin
Atmospheric Compensation for a Landsat Land Surface Temperature Product, Monica J. Cook
Lubrication and Wear Analysis of a Novel Squeeze Film Artificial Hip Joint, Sean A. Coots
An Analysis of Storage Virtualization, Nicholas Costa
Data Driven Approach to Non-stationary EMA Fault Detection and Investigation Into Remaining Useful Life, William S. Craig
A Methodological Framework for Evaluating the Environmental Performance of Large-Scale Sanitation Systems in Developing Countries, Pedro Cruz-Diloné
ForWord: A Study on an Interactive Learning Environment in Foreign Language, Christina A. Curtis
Using Least Variance for Robust Extraction of Systolic Time Intervals, Cody R. Cziesler
