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 2015
Evaluation and Assessment of ZigBee wireless Sensor, Kai Lei
Aspects of Supermassive Black Hole Growth in Nearby Active Galactic Nuclei, Davide Lena
The Connex: A New User-Interface Design for the Contacts of a Mobile Phone, Chelsea Lessnick
Mist, Huan Abby Liao
Applying the User-Centered Design Method to A Perinatal Depression Website Design, Jiaying Li
Building Model Reconstruction from Point Clouds Derived from Oblique Imagery, Ming Li
Efficient Space-Time Sampling with Pixel-wise Coded Exposure for High Speed Imaging, Dengyu Liu
Design for Hanging: Innovative series product that challenge the way people dealing with cloths., Kejia Liu
Tianran, Ruiqi Liu
Getting Back The Lost, Wanru Liu
无法抗拒 – Untranslatable, Yuanyuan Liu
The Art Traveler: Building a user experience system to discover art, Yue Liu
CMOS Compatible 3-Axis Magnetic Field Sensor using Hall Effect Sensing, Joshua R. Locke
Expanding Dimensionality in Cinema Color: Impacting Observer Metamerism through Multiprimary Display, David L. Long
Trans-species Transcriptomic Comparison of in vitro and in vivo Neural Cells, Peter LoVerso
Integrated Cardiac Electromechanics: Modeling and Personalization, Hongda Mao
Comparing Uncivil Discourse with a Conversational Intelligent Agent in Public and Private Online Settings, Mark Marcello
Sharing Ideas at Work: Workstation and Empathic Design, Yolegmma Marquez
Visual Guidance: A Universal Wayfinding Symbol System Prototype for Art Museums, Rui Ma
Continuity and change in the history of police technology: The case of contemporary crime analysis, Alysia C. Mason
Modeling Atmospheric Emissions and Calculating Mortality Rates Associated with High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing Transportation, Alyssa Mathews
Data-ink Ratio and Task Complexity in Graph Comprehension, Kevin McGurgan
X10 Comics: Reimagining the Sequential Narrative, Sten E. McKinzie
Measuring the Terahertz Refractive Index of Boron-Doped Silicon Using a Photoconducting Antenna Terahertz Generator, Brendan P. McNamara
Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Surface Enhancement using Electrodeposition with Non-Electrolyte Bath, Valentina Mejia
An Ambulance Made of Whiskey, Maria Victoria Mejia Yepes
Aluminum Nitride Contour Mode Resonators, Joshua Robert Melnick
Design of Neuromemristive Systems for Visual Information Processing, Cory E. Merkel
A Methodology to Estimate Supply Chain Cost of Low Demand Parts, Amey S. Mhapsekar
Dynamic Optimization of a Rimless Wheel with an Actuated Pendulum, Benjamin Thomas Mihevc
OUT OF SYNC: Live Visual Performance Design, Charles Miller
The International Market: Designing an e-commerce experience to promote different cultures, Marina Minnikova
Meditations, Jillian C. Miyagi
A Model-Free Control Algorithm Derived Using the Sliding Model Control Method, Arielle Mizov
Anonymity Analysis of Cryptocurrencies, Liam Morris
Vaccine Access and Affordability in a Coordinated Market Under Stochastic Reservation Prices, Galo Mosquera
An Interconnection Architecture for Seamless Inter and Intra-Chip Communication Using Wireless Links, Jagan Muralidharan
Statistical Study of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections with Strong Magnetic Fields, Matthew E. Murphy
Creation of a Curatorial Plan for the RIT Archives: A Case Study of the Frans Wildenhain Ceramic Collection, Alexander Nacca
Some Multicolor Ramsey Numbers Involving Cycles, David E. Narvaez
Mobile Cooking Space Cart: Enabling Community with Communal Cooking Spaces, Thomas Nasca
Seasonal Variation in Chronic Stress and Energetic Condition in Three Species of Migratory Birds, Meghan Oberkircher
Open Up, Jacquelyn Marie O'Brien
Investigation of Reactively Sputtered Titanium Oxide Memristors, Wilkie Olin-Ammentorp
Visualizing the News: An Analysis of a Year in Interactive News from The New York Times and The Washington Post, Maria T. Olivo
Pulsar: Design and Simulation Methodology for Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation in Photonic Network-on-Chip Architectures in Heterogeneous Multicore Systems, Kwadwo Opong-Mensah
Mer Depré, Margaret Orr
Quantifying a Fused Deposition Modeling System’s Dimensional Performance Through Its Addressability, Nathan Ostrout
Paradise In The East, Hui Ouyang
Phylogeographic Study of Ctenosaura similis, Hasret Ozturk
LUV: To The One Beloved, Zimo Pan
Expression Identity/Culture, Hyekeun Helen Park
Broken Art, Jihwan Park
A VISUALIZATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROSTRUCTURES OF COHESIVE POWDERS, Vineeth R. Patil
Hydrogen: A Framework for Analyzing Software Revision Histories, Shannon D. Pattison
AURA: Social Impacts of Everyday Objects, Bijal Patwa
The Effectiveness of Kosovo's Regulation on Public Sector Salaries, Albiona Peci
Stuff: The Abandoned Land An Interactive Sustainable Role-Playing Game, Chien-Ju Peng
Water Based Inkjet Material Deposition Of Donor-Acceptor Nanoparticles For Usage In Organic Photovoltaics, Anirudh Raju Penmetcha
Life Structures, Melissa M. Pepin
Measuring and Improving the Customer Service at Della Nonna, Adrian Pérez, Claudy Santana, and Euler Veloz
A Simulation Based Optimization Approach for Stochastic Resource Constrained Project Management with Milestones, Maribel Perez
Experimental Comparison of Parametric Characterization Methods for Thermoelectric Generators, Reginald D. Pierce
3D Gaze Point Localization and Visualization Using LiDAR-based 3D Reconstructions, James Pieszala
Facebook Face-ism: Perception of Competency in Social Media Profile Images and its Relationship to Gender, Marissa Pixley
Fostering Economic Growth: The Establishment of the Free Economic Zone in Gjakova, Bleta Polloshka
Design and Implementation of Quantum Dot Enhanced Next Generation Photovoltaic Devices, Stephen Jade Polly
Effective and Efficient Communication and Collaboration in Participatory Environments, Shiraz Qayyum
Cost Benefit Analysis of Residential Insulation in Kosovo, Anila Qehaja
The Law of the Protection of Personal Data: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis, Endrine Rafuna
Branding a Professional American Football Franchise, John J. Ragone Jr.
Reliable Hardware Architectures of CORDIC Algorithm with Fixed Angle of Rotations, Rajkumar Ramadoss
Media Influence and Third-Person Effect on Perception Formation About Immigrants in the State of New York, Leslie S. Ramirez Soto
Infrared Investigations of the Composition and Structure of Nearby Protoplanetary Disks, Valerie Ann Rapson
Deconstructing Architecture, Jon Rees
197_, Jason Paul Reimer
Casa Pasiva. An exploration in adapting vernacular techniques to meet passive house standards in the Dominican Republic., Larissa Reyna
Meeting in the middle: Organizing sustainability goals To redevelop Jacksonville, Florida suburbs, James Robert Reynolds II
Extraction of Vegetation Biophysical Structure from Small-Footprint Full-Waveform Lidar Signals, Paul Romanczyk
Consumers’ Communication Channels Preferences: High-Stake Versus Low-Stake Brands, Carolina Rondon Diplan
Information Design for Medical Innovation: Raising Student Awareness of Medical Design Potential, Brian W. Rosenberg
Puncture Initial Data and Evolution of Black Hole Binaries with High Speed and High Spin, Ian Ruchlin
Testing and Evaluating Dye Color: A Study Using Spectrophotometry on Technicolor and Eastman Color Motion Picture Film, Melissa Sagen
Design of a Neuromemristive Echo State Network Architecture, Qutaiba Mohammed Saleh
A Voxel-Based Approach for Imaging Voids in Three-Dimensional Point Clouds, Katie N. Salvaggio
Time Out: Influence of user experience design on behavior to reduce smartphone use, Tejal Sampat
American Sign Language Recognition System by Using Surface EMG Signal, Celal Savur
Perspectives of Chaos: Determining Meaning Through Interpretation, Benjamin M. Schmidt
Analyzing Domestic Abuse using Natural Language Processing on Social Media Data, J Nicolas Schrading
Implementing a Patient Information System in Public Hospitals in Kosovo, Adriana Sejfia
Numerical Investigation of Parameters Impacting the Wall Thickness of Carbon Nanotubes Manufactured by Template-Based Chemical Vapor Deposition, Yashar Seyed Vahedein
Authorized Access and the Challenges of Health Information Systems, Ryan Shelc
Dreamland:, Xiaohe Shen
(Re)Connecting With Listeners: How Radio Stations are Reaching Beyond the Dial (and Their Competitors) to Connect With Their Audience, Alyxandra Sherwood
Collection and Transportation of Municipal Solid Waste in Prishtina Municipality, Linda Shuku
Grid parity analysis of stand-alone hybrid microgrids: A comparative study of Germany, Pakistan, South Africa and the United States, Jawad M. Siddiqui
