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 2014
Manufacturing Design and Fabrication of 100 nm (Leff) CMOS Devices, Samarth Parikh
Exploring Cultural Identity: Learning Culture Through Effective Interactive Design, Augie Park
Preserving Han-Ok: Reimaging the Korean Traditional House for Today using 3D Design, Haiden Park
Applying Social Presence Theory: What Effect Does Lifestyle Imagery Have on Website Persuasiveness?, Deni Paskojevic
Enhancement of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer using a Combination of Open Microchannels and Microporous Surfaces, Chinmay Patil
Automatic Denoising and Unmixing in Hyperspectral Image Processing, Honghong Peng
Optical Heterodyne Detection of Phase-Shifted Signals, Daria Permeneva
High Performance Implementation of Support Vector Machines Using OpenCL, Ethan Peters
How Disgust Affects Romantic Attraction: How our Moods Affect our Judgments of Attractiveness, Nicholas Phelan
A Study of Advanced Modern Control Techniques Applied to a Twin Rotor MIMO System, Andrew E. Phillips
Intelligent Combination of Structural Analysis Algorithms: Application to Mathematical Expression Recognition, Amit Pillay
Warp & Weft, Maggie Pinke
unfolding Thailand: Tourism Promoted by 3D Motion Graphics, Nonthawan Pisessith
A Generalized Probabilistic Gibbard-Satterthwaite Theorem, Jonathan Potter
Scalable Multi-document Summarization Using Natural Language Processing, Bhargav Prabhala
Multiwavelength Observations of Young Stars and Their Circumstellar Disks, David A. Principe
Folding Seating System for Airports, Xiaoxiao Pu
An Automatic Similarity Detection Engine Between Sacred Texts Using Text Mining and Similarity Measures, Salha Hassan Muhammed Qahl
Feasibility Studies on Future Exchange of Agricultural Commodities in Kosovo, Lorez Qehaja
The Dupe, Jiaqing Qiang
Performance Analysis of Tracking on Mobile Devices using Local Binary Descriptors, Mohammad Faiz Quraishi
Shear Inducing Device for the Testing of Cell Fragility, Ramnath Raghunathan
Effect of Evaporation Momentum Force on a Bubble Under Asymmetric Temperature Conditions, Pruthvik A. Raghupathi
Classifying Mechanisms of Spiral Wave Breakup Underlying Cardiac Fibrillation Using Quantitative Metrics, Sejal Jagdish Rai
Power Generation for a 2D Tethered Wing Model with a Variable Tether Length, Ashwin Chander Ramesh
Non-‐Invasive Fault Detection in Axial Flow Blood Pump Used As Ventricular Assistive Device, Rohit Rana
Scalable Automation of Online Network Attack Characterization, Ryan T. Rawlins
Typography for Non-Designers, Caitlyn Redden
A Conjoint Analysis of the Value of Book Covers in E-Book Buying Decisions, Holly Rollins
Abstracted Workflow Framework with a Structure from Motion Application, Adam J. Rossi
Integrated Marketing Campaign for The Land Freeride Bike Park, David R. Royka
An Ecological Framework to Assess Sustainability Impacts for an Evolving Consumer Electronic Product System, Erinn G. Ryen
Inter-vehicular communication for collision avoidance using Wi-Fi Direct, Chaitra Satish
Alternative Lithographic Methods for Variable Aspect Ratio Vias, Anthony R. Schepis
Predicting the Adoption of Digital Printing in the Label Printing Industry: A Reasoned Action Study, Trevor S. Schroeder
Dynamic Response of Dielectric Lenses Influenced By Radiation Pressure, Daniel George Schuster Jr.
An Approach for Applying Data Assimilation Techniques for Studying Cardiac Arrhythmias, Stephen T. Scorse
Server-Based Desktop Virtualization, Anas Raqi Shabaitah
Heterogeneous Photonic Network-on-Chip with Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation, Ankit Himanshu Shah
Interaction of Droplet and Sidewalls with Modified Surfaces in a PEMFC Gas Flow Channel, Mihir M. Shah
Crush, Tirumalaimuttu Shanmugam
Object Detection using Dimensionality Reduction on Image Descriptors, Riti Sharma
my spot. a new kind of workspace., Bridget Dee Sheehan
The Star Fishing Boy, Chuanshu Shi
Containing The Facade, Tatara Anne Siegel
Photoacoustic Image Analysis for Cancer Detection and Building a Novel Ultrasound Imaging System, Saugata Sinha
A Novel Method for Extraction of Neural Response from Cochlear Implant Auditory Evoked Potentials, Daniel Q. Sinkiewicz
Design and Simulation of Short Channel Si:HfO2 Ferroelectric Field Effect Transistor (FeFET), Idris H. Smaili
Object Tracking Using Local Binary Descriptors, Henry A. Spang V
Charge Photogeneration Experiments and Theory in Aggregated Squaraine Donor Materials for Improved Organic Solar Cell Efficiencies, Susan Demetra Spencer
Toward Image-Based Three-Dimensional Reconstruction from Cubesats: Impacts of Spatial Resolution and SNR on Point Cloud Quality, Jordyn Stoddard
Social Networks as Command & Control Channels for Botnets, Adam St. Onge
Home Security: The Psychological Threshold, David Strauss
Minimum saturated subgraphs of tripartite graphs, Eric C. Sullivan
Temporal Signature Modeling and Analysis, Jiangqin Sun
A Composite Interface for Bioinformatics Applications (CIBA), Daniel F. Surdyk III
Use of Mobile Technology Among Museum Visitors: A Case Study, Meg Miller Taber
MIDI Violin: A digital music input device for nonprofessional violin family instruments' players, Henry Hun Tao
Continuous Methods for Elliptic Inverse Problems, Corinne Teravainen
Investment Climate and the role of Diaspora in economic development, financial and fiscal incentives for Kosovo, Kreshnik Thaqi
Fault-Resilient Lightweight Cryptographic Block Ciphers for Secure Embedded Systems, Kai Tian
Analysis of the Effects of Pre- and Post-Processing Methods on vPPG, Kyle Tomsic
Antenna Gain Enhancement and Beamshaping using a Diffractive Optical Element (DOE) Lens, Christopher Torbitt
An Examination of NFL’s “A Crucial Catch” Campaign: NFL Athletes as Disease Prevention Advocates, Chyna Teresa Trible
Virtual Mobility Domains - A Mobility Architecture for the Future Internet, Hasan Tuncer
B-Sides are the Best Sides, Jay Tyndall
Parasitic Databases, Svetlin Tzolov
Multimodal Imaging and Characterization of Biofilms, Kunal Vaidya
Energetics of an Inertia Coupled and Simple Rimless Wheel, Saloni Motichandra Vardhan
Reconstructed Memories, Sarah Vaughn
An Overview of the Rochester Drug Free Streets Initiative: A Developing Strategy that Addresses the Open-Air Marijuana Market Located in the Conkey & Clifford Neighborhood, Pedro O. Vazquez Gonzalez
Passivation of Amorphous Indium-Gallium-Zinc Oxide (IGZO) Thin-Film Transistors, Nathaniel Walsh
Switched-Capacitor Voltage Doubler Design Using 0.5 μm Technology, Hanfeng Wang
Managing End-of-Life Lithium-ion Batteries: an Environmental and Economic Assessment, Xue Wang
The Most Beautiful Times, Yuwen Wang
A Computer Network Model for the Evaluation of Moving Target Network Defense Mechanisms, Benjamin Fredrick Wheeler
Design for Implementation of Image Processing Algorithms, Jamison D. Whitesell
A Framework For Learning Scene Independent Edge Detection, Aaron J. Wilbee
Sonar-Based Autonomous Navigation and Mapping of Indoor Environments Using Micro-Aerial Vehicles, Mark Williams
Iterative Methods for the Elasticity Imaging Inverse Problem, Brian C. Winkler
Understanding the Relationship Between Social Media, Fanship, and Behaviors in Collegiate Athletics, Kurt A. Wirth
A Study of Nucleosome Sequence and Relative Position to Gene Transcription Start Sites in Yeast and Human Genomes, Greg Wright
Reproducing the Chinese Ancient Heroic Figure “Xiang Yu” Using 3D Graphics Technology, Ke Xiang
Application of Visual Imaging Correlation-2D to Strain Measurement, Hui Xu
Restoring Fort Frontenac in 3D: Effective Usage of 3D Technology for Heritage Visualization, Mitsuyoshi Yabe
Bike to Basics: A Cargo Bicycle Design for Short-distance Commuting, Cong Yao
Electrospinning of Ceria and Nickel Oxide Nanofibers, Jyothi Swaroop Reddy Yerasi
A Flower In The Box, Xin Yin
Pumping Potential of a FMC Structure with Negative Effective Poisson’s Ratio, Zhen Yin
The Effect of Optical Brightening Agent (OBA) in Paper and Illumination Intensity on Perceptibility of Printed Colors, Changlong Yu
The Undertow, Xiaoqing Yue
Let Me Go, Keqing Yu
Wonderland, Meng-Han Yu
Design Trade-offs for reliable On-Chip Wireless Interconnects in NoC Platforms, Manoj Prashanth Yuvaraj
Taxpayer's Right in Kosovo, Herolinda Zenuni
The Impacts of Study Abroad Opportunities on International Students, Seza Zerman
To Build A Home, Gina Zetta
Optical simulation of terahertz antenna using finite difference time domain method, Chao Zhang
Analytical Modeling and Performance Assessment of Micropulse Photon-counting Lidar System, Jiashu Zhang
