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 2012
A Historical evaluation of C&C complexity, Conzetti Finocchiaro
Drowsy cache partitioning for reduced static and dynamic energy in the cache hierarchy, Brendan Fitzgerald
A Case study of Edwin Howard Armstrong's public relations campaign for fm, Jessica Francis
War games, Trevor Fruchey
A Framework for the intergration of system engineering and functional analysis techniques to the goal and scope of life cycle assessment, Maria Fumagalli
Cost benefit analysis of the federal tax credit for purchasing an electric vehicle, William Fuqua
A MEMS viscosity sensor for conductive fluids, Luis Gan Chau
Water breakthrough behavior and GDL degradation mechanisms in a PEM fuel cell, Matthew Garofalo
Obstacle as inspiration: Producing Imago Dei, Jeremy Gemetta
Characterization of speaker recognition in noisy channels, Robert Ghilduta
A Practical study of the problems of current internet routing tables, Arnav Ghosh
Characterization of color, gloss and mechanical performance of 3D printed structures, Hrushikesh Godbole
The Influence of color on purchasing decisions related to product design, Kate Goguen
A Comparison of two concurrent think-aloud protocols: Categories and relevancy of utterances, Katie Greiner
Imaging unresolved object using vortex mode detection, Jiaxuan Han
A Bed of butterflies, Erica Hardy
Common themes in narratives about seeking interpersonal forgiveness, Kathryn Harter
Government Debt Crisis in Eurozone Case Studies: Greece and Italy What can Kosovo learn from the Eurozone crisis?, Blendi Hasaj
Mobile to cloud co-processing of ASL finger spelling to text conversion, Philip Hays
Structure-miscibility relationships in weakly interacting polymer blends, Theresa Hendrick
Hyperspectral imaging and association phenomenology of pedestrians in a cluttered urban environment, Jared Herweg
Girls living healthy, Gabrielle Hewson
An Evaluation of the application of partial evaluation on color lookup table implementations, Jordan Hibbits
Above the flesh, Romeal Hogan
Running With Mittens, Mary Housel-Demanchick
New face, old myth, Ping-chun Hsien
An Analysis of various web tracking methods, William Huba
Exploring Si/SiGe quantum-well thin-film thermoelectric devices using TCAD simulation, Shaoting Hu
Verification and validation of a theoretical model of a direct drive valve-controlled electrohydrostatic actuator for primary flight control, Heather Hussain
Computer integration of Kosovo’s business registration process : [presentation given on May 23, 2012], Rifat Hyseni
The Impact of polarization on the performance of all-optical flip-flops, Claudio Ippolito
Performance comparison between Ad Hoc On Demand Distance Vector and Dynamic Source Routing Protocols with security encryption using OPNET, Jaseem Jafferi
Visual communication in cross–cultural design, Fan Jiang
The Personality matching of mentors and mentees in a youth mentoring program, Toni Jolevski
Multi-mission radar waveform design via a distributed SPEA2 genetic algorithm, Brent Josefiak
Experimental investigation of pool boiling performance with ethanol and fc-87 on open microchannel surfaces, Ankit Kalani
White-light optical vortex coronagraph, Prachyathit Kanburapa
Community Knowledge Sharing Wiki for Higher Education Information Technology Professionals, Joseph M. Karam
Scalable GPU acceleration of b-spline signal processing operations, Alexander Karantza
Facebook and print magazines: A Study on the benefits of single- and cross-media advertising, Amanda Kelley
Study of poly(acrylic acid) grafted onto polymer surfaces modified by gas phase oxidation techniques, Ameya Khot
The Perceived value of videogame packaging among young adults, Colby Kibbe
Feathers from a post extraction, Bri Kinard
Real-time content-aware video retargeting on the Android platform for tunnel vision assistance, Thomas Knack
Center-of-gravity estimation of an aircraft solely using traditional aircraft measurement sensors, Andrew Komendat
Hive Five, Tom Kotcher
Human rights in Kosovo and EU Accession conditionality : [presentation given on May 22, 2012], Arberita Kryeziu
Emulating the volume of pulminary nodules: A Quantitative approach, Meagan Kuhfahl
Mercy Rule and my progress through the thesis process, Andrew Kuhn
Investigation of bolometric and resistive properties of nickel oxide, Shaurya Kumar
Examining family functioning in pediatric bipolar disorder through kinetic family drawings, Christiana LaJudice
Subject vs object, Francesca Lalanne Jeune
Deep learning using genetic algorithms, Joshua Lamos-Sweeney
An Agent based model of a two good economy on a network, Jacqueline Lattarulo
Messages of hope, Christopher Lavelle
Spatial relationship, Jeong Ju Lee
TOGO truck information service: Based on mobile tracking system, Kyunghee Lee
Creation of Organic Forms, Sung-Min Lee
Terra cotta warrior, Bin Li
Energy-aware replica selection for data-intensive services in cloud, Bo Li
Providing public key certificate authorization and policy with DNS, Matthew Lidestri
Solving hard problems in election systems, Andrew Lin
Low power context adaptive variable length encoder in H.264, Soumya Lingupanda
Fun-cleaning system: To teach children to establish the habit of sharing housework, Tsaiwei Lin
An Industrial Fluid Multi-Sensor, Nicholas O. Liotta
Hospital as a critical infrastructure in the community disaster response system, Yixuan Li
Printing standards and certification survey in the indian printing industry, Lekha Lokhande
The soulless machine, Nathan Lomas
Stacking of Dangerous Goods in Accordance with United Nations Stacking Recommendation, Zachary Loughery
Further exploration of nontypable Haemophilus influenzae proteins P5 and P6 as vaccine candidates, Anthony Mangan
Procedural generation of road networks for large virtual environments, Craig Martek
Analysis of translating hydrofoil power generation systems (hydrokites), Kelsey McConnaghy
Graphic design + biomimicry, Margaret McKosky
An evaluation of training for civil servant employees of the Ministry of Economic Development, 2005-2011 : [presentation given on May 22,2012], Florina Mehaj-Kosumi
Analytical modeling, performance analysis, and optimization of polarimetric imaging system, Lingfei Meng
Techniques for automatic large scale change analysis of temporal multispectral imagery, Ryan Mercovich
Credibility on cable news: An Examination of the factors that establish credibility in newscasters, Jonathan Mertel
Ionic polymer metal composites as tactile sensors, Chris Mieney
A Charge Pump Architecture with High Power-Efficiency and Low Output Ripple Noise in 0.5 μm CMOS Process Technology, Primit Modi
Archive, Melissa Moody
Error analysis of sequence modeling for projecting cyber attacks, Venkata Mudireddy
Spectral printing of paintings using a seven-color digital press, Simon Muehlemann
Planning of City Center Government Office accomodation : [presentation given on February 29, 2012], Laureta Mulliqi
The Age of consequences, Matthew Murray
Assembly, annotation, and polymorphic characterization of the Erysiphe necator transcriptome, Jason Myers
Mechanisms of psoriatic arthritis, Laurel Myers
Reconfigurable framework for high-bandwidth stream-oriented data processing, Alexander Mykyta
A Method for Designing Efficient Routes for Home Healthcare Agencies Considering Uncertain Future Demand, Nisha Nataraj
World Trade Center health effects, Erin Neill
Through place, Sarah Newman
Donor coordination in Kosovo 2010-2020 : [presentation given on May 22, 2012], Fatlinda Nitaj-Rexhaj
Compliance & Communication with Kosovar Taxpayers : [presentation given on May 22, 2012], Adriana Nixha
Emotion of motion, Sunhee Oh
Metamorphosis, Jin Hee Park
Think aloud: Can eye tracking add value in detecting usability problems?, Alekhya Paruchuri
Subpixel temperature estimation from single-band thermal infrared imagery, Sarah Paul
Create your own car: a motion graphic demo of a new game, Peng Peng
