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 2012
A computational study of the effects of adherent leukocytes on secondary recruitment, Dhananjay Subramaniam
Design of a terrain detection system for foot drop, Christopher Sullivan
Gender equality in Kosovo's uniformed services : [presentation given August 24, 2012], Arbenita Sylejmani
A Feasibility assessment of a new navigation system for unmanned underwater vehicles with adaptive gain sliding mode differentiation, Steven Szklany
Environmental science in middle school curricula: A Pilot project in the Dominican Republic, Laura Tejeda
On Representations of integers by the quadratic form x2 − Dy2, Christopher Thomas
Skirr, Melissa Tierney
Man : Woman : Human, Maressa Tosto Merwarth
Macroinvertebrates online, Caitlin Treuting
A Visualization of a new conceptual sustainable building using green materials, Tzu-Fang Tseng
My direct reports: Office toys for young adults., YungLin Tsun
Visualizing actin regulatory proteins & the mechanoelectrical Ion channel in inner ear stereocilia, Chih-Tao Tu
Remanufacturing: the Game, Karli Tucker
Classroom habitat: Natural system of movement, Sandra Turner
Investigation of digital printing variation in a production environment, Pierre Urbain
Tech service, John Valenti
Consumer perception of inkjet printed textiles, Arianna Valentini
Two and three dimensional segmentation of multimodal imagery, Sreenath Rao Vantaram
Remnants: Within an age of digitalism, Marchelo Vera
Adaptive code division multiple access protocol for wireless network-on-chip architectures, Vineeth Vijayakumaran
Flow analysis based on role and pattern matching, Pooja Wagh
A Benchmarking assessment of known visual cryptography algorithms, Disa Walden
The Effect of interruptions on prospective memory in the emergency department, Kate Walders
What is good enough for mobile system evaluation: A Comparison of laboratory and field setting, Yao Wang
Evaluation of the press calibration methods by simulation, Yi Wang
Web-based single sign-on: an examination of security and usability, Samuel Waters
Factors contributing to the success of commercial printers, Diana Watkins
Block-scoped access restriction technique for HTML content in web browsers, Timothy Watt
Mitochondrial haplotype variation in Lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens (Rafinesque, 1817), of the Great Lakes Basin, Michelle Lynne Weatherell
A Study of the use of SIMD instructions for two image processing algorithms, Eric Welch
Investing in renovation and management of Kosovo’s cadastral database / [presentation given November 14, 2012], Mentor Xhemajli
Dream: A Short 3D surrealistic animation, Liwei Xia
Scanning evanescent wave lithography for sub-22nm generations, Peng Xie
The Interaction between an omnivorous mud snail and bloom-forming macroalgae is context-dependent in shallow estuaries, Charles Yarrington
Color charm: Interactive color theory & color reflection, Chia-Huei Yen
Three-dimensional quantification and visualization of vascular networks in engineered tissues, Mohammed Yousefhussien
The Blanket: Play for social and creative development, Monica Zagarra
An Approach to detecting crowd anomalies for entrance and checkpoint security, Holly Zelnio
Verifying the conformance of CMY offset inks to ISO 2846 by means of a graduated gage, Enqi Zhang
The Current state of paying for digital news content, Haizhen Zhang
Changes in reading behavior among ereader adopters, Lingya Zhang
Hey! Beijing: China Special Series: Promoting the Internet Travel Program of Beijing with Motion Graphics, Pengxiao Zhao
An Investigation of ink usage in offset process printing, Jiayi Zhou
Pablo & The Artists: a mobile game for art education, Yixiong Zhou
Virtualization and shared Infrastructure data storage for IT in Kosovo institutions, Gani Zogaj
Using GIS databases to simulate night light imagery, Joshua Zollweg
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Modeling the capacitive behavior of coplanar striplines and coplanar waveguides using simple functions, Jeffrey Abbott
Narrative drawers: Reconsidering familiar precedents of drawer furniture, David Adams
Real-time data acquisition, transmission and archival framework, Piyush Agarwal
Spectacles, Molly Agnew
Effects of group apology and reparation after breach of psychological contract, Anthony Alongi
Fabrication and life cycle assessment of organic photovoltaics, Annick Anctil
Security of the SHA-3 candidates Keccak and Blue Midnight Wish: Zero-sum property, Liliya Andreicheva
Dynamical processes near the super massive black hole at the galactic center, Fabio Antonini
Lasing behavior of an active NIM-PIM directional coupler, Riffat Ara
Factors that contribute to success of probationers: Probation officers’ point of view, Brittany Archambeau
Optical-pulse generation and compression using a comb-driven gain-switched laser diode and chromatic-dispersion compensator, Sumeeta Arora
A Comparative Study For Cold Chain Packaging Options., Pooja Ashokan
Immanent beauty, Jenamarie Bacot
Unhinged, Gayane Bagdasaryan
Scapes, Masa Bajc
Effect of temperature on the in-plane permeability of the gas diffusion layer of a PEM fuel cell, Rupak Banerjee
Computing Hilbert Functions using the Syzygy and LCM-lattice methods, Maria Barouti
Development of a deep submicron fabrication process for tunneling field effect transistors, Michael Barth
Parathyroid hormone and cell signaling in bone remodeling, Christina Battista
Combating counterfeit goods entering Kosovo : [presentation given on November 16, 2011], Zana Batusha
An Analysis of open security issues of Android interfaces to cloud computing platforms, Corey Beres
Illustrative neighborhood redevelopment, Bradley Bethel
An assessment of road traffic safety in Kosovo : {presentation given on September 6, 2011], Mentor Bislimi
TangiPaint: Interactive tangible media, Anthony Blatner
Analog integrated circuit design in ultra-thin oxide CMOS technologies with significant direct tunneling-induced gate current, Eric Bohannon
Are American women turning to reusable and greener menstrual products due to health and environmental pollution concerns?, Ann Borowski
Distance metric learning for medical image registration, Zois Boukouvalas
Personalized print in Europe, Jeanette Bredsten
The Hyper-log-chromaticity space for illuminant invariance, Samuel Brisebois
Presettlement Forest Composition in the Connecticut Tract of Western New York, Evelyn Brister
Turing instability in discrete replicator systems, Alex Bryce
Service level agreements and virtual machines, Jordan Caminiti
Inventory 03 21 -06 20, Maria Casanovas
An Analysis of flow-based routing, Jennifer Casella
An Analysis of VP8, a new video codec for the web, Sean Cassidy
Application of non-invasive flow measurement techniques for quantitative analysis of a biomedical device, Amit Chainani
Beauty of Taiwan, Yu-Chung Chang
Reproducing wooden and marble patterns using multi-channel ICC profile, Saurabh Chaturvedi
Burning bright, Mei-Yu Chen
The Twelve animals: An Interactive guide to the Chinese zodiac signs, Yanzi Chen
New amusement rides: Platforms for parents and children to share fun, Ming Chiang
Sola in nature, YeonHee Choi
An Investigation of facial rigging for animation, Patrick Clarke
The Specter of nature, Stephanie Clark
Representation and recruitment: A Three-part analysis of the police hiring process within New York state, Michelle Comeau
