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 2014
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
Towards 3D Matching of Point Clouds Derived from Oblique and Nadir Airborne Imagery, Ming Zhang
Privacy Sensitive Resource Access Monitoring For Android Systems, Leah Xinya Zhao
Novel Metamaterials and Their Applications in Subwavelength Waveguides, Imaging and Modulation, Wangshi Zhao
Nomadic Product: Furniture Design for the Modern Urban Nomad, Qiangwei Zhu
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Improved economic feasibility of green energy and fuel production through wastewater based microalgae growth, Cole Adams
Eat a peach, Lisa Adamucci
HTTP man-in-the-middle code execution, Brian Adeloye
Impartial validity, Salah Ahmed
Quantifying Mutational Impacts on Intrinsic DNA Flexibility in Prokaryotic Genomes, Mohammed Alawad
Spectral Target Detection using Physics-Based Modeling and a Manifold Learning Technique, James A. Albano
Usefulness of teaching security awareness for middle school students, Hani Alhejaili
Implementing a dynamic scaling of web applications in a virtualized cloud computing environment, Mohammed Aljebreen
736940, May Alkharafi
Modern Arabic Calligraphic-Based Logos: The Influence of Traditional Arabic Calligraphy on Modern Arabic Calligraphic-based Logo Designs, Amer Alkharoubi
Approximate nearest neighbors for recognition of foreground and background in images and video, Josh Allmann
Thermally-efficient tea set design, Hawraa Almaqseed
An Efficient interaction framework for mobile web services, Abdullah Almuaibid
Timeflies: Push-pull signal-function functional reactive programming, Edward Amsden
Design for long distance relationships, Chen An
Surface modification of a proton exchange membrane and hydrogen storage in a metal hydride for fuel cells, Lisa Andrews
Dreams and memories, Sarah Arditti
Global Routing Protocols for Wireless Body Area Networks, Nikhil Argade
Phase Retrieval using Power Measurements, Jamal Arif
Artist material BRDF database for computer graphics rendering, Justin Ashbaugh
A Case study of value streams and lean implementation for a small print shop, Alexis Austin
Establishing a women's and gender studies program at AUK, Teuta Avdimetaj
Digital Divide Déjà Vu: Examining Second-level Digital Literacy, Lisa Nicole Barber
A Lived-In Life, Sara Basher
Allegories through material, Ian Bassett
Hybrid life cycle assessment of low, mid and high-rise multi-family dwellings with development of knowledge-based uncertainty bounds, Kimberly Bawden
Design For The High School Experience, Richard L. Beckman
An SIR Approach to Modeling Business Interactions in a Marketplace, Jessica R. Beiter
Tree-structured small-world connected wireless network-on-chip with adaptive routing, Andrew Benjamin
