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 2009
"Do you hear what I hear", Zachary Giles
Feasibility assessment of a Kalman filter approach to fault detection and fault-tolerance in a highly unstable system: The RIT heart pump, Erin Gillespie
Optimizing scalar multiplication for koblitz curves using hybrid FPGAs, Gregory Głuszek
Intelligent deployment strategies for passive underwater sensor networks, Erik Golen
Control of a magnetically levitated ventricular assist device, Arnold David Gomez
Understanding malware autostart techniques with web data extraction, Matthew Gottlieb
Design and implementation of a computational cluster for high performance design and modeling of integrated circuits, Charles J. Gruener
Development of a novel method for autonomous navigation and landing of unmanned aerial vehicles, David Grymin
Automated 3D object modeling from aerial video imagery, Prudhvi K. Gurram
Coping with relational aggression: a qualitative study, Rebecca M. Haderer
Characterization of mass transport processes to enable PEM fuel cell start-up from low temperatures, Daniel I. Harris
GPU acceleration of object classification algorithms using NVIDIA CUDA, Jesse Patrick Harvey
Hierarchical task allocation in robotic exploration, John Hawley
The potential for misleading visual communication on food packaging, Terry Ann Hayes
Computer 30 Models of Pulmonary Epithelium and Endothelium Cross Sections and Alveoli Across a Septum, Valerie Henry
A Bayesian approach to identfication of gaseous effluents in passive LWIR imagery, Shawn Higbee
Competency requirements of managers in hotels in Jamaica: The Implications of soft skills, Sharmon Hinds-Smith
Graduation Day, Isaac Holze
The Predictive utility of the model of multiple identity tracking in air traffic control performance, Ryan Hope
Testability of a swarm robot using a system of systems approach and discrete event simulation, Matthew R. Hosking
Semi-automated techniques for the retrieval of dermatological condition in color skin images, Ranxi Huang
Foufou: using multimedia to promote a new product and establish a brand identity online, Yu-Chang Huang
Apparent Horizons of N Black Holes and Black Hole Rings, Gabriela Jaramillo
A Vital environment, Taesung Jeng
Analysis of a new modulation/ multiplexing technique using mutually orthogonal chaotic waveforms, Chaitanya Jidge
What surfaces from one, Danielle Johns
Anisotropic acid catalyst displacement in a chemically amplified photoresist via application of an electric field, Ward A. Johnson
In memory of trauma, Amber Johnston
Designing for digital: skill sets needed to design for variable data, Jessica Jordan
Securing location discovery in wireless sensor networks, Wisam F. Kadhim
Design for Assembly Line Performance: The Link Between DFA Metrics and Assembly Line Performance Metrics, Krishna Kamath
Implementation of functional safety in a robotic manufacturing cell using iec 61508 standard and siemens technology, Darshana M. Kamtekar
Heart frontal section and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Robin Kang
The Seven prerequisites for life, Jon Karafin
A Study using a high-addressability Inkjet Proofer to produce amhalftone p roofs matching Kodak approval in color, screening, and subject moiré, Arvind S. Karthikeyan
Applications of Continued Fractions in Cryptography and Diophantine Equations, Aaron H. Kaufer
Direct occlusion handling for high level image processing algorithms, Carl Ryan Kelso
Adverse advertising: the impact advertisements have on webpage content retention, David P. Keppel
Recognition of human activities and expressions in video sequences using shape context descriptor, Natasha Prashant Kholgade
Chasing the moon, Yumi Kim
The relationship between hotel managers’ communication styles and subordinate employee attitudes and personal relationships, Tess Kittelberger
A Precise analysis of a class e amplifier, Brett Klehn
Scientific visualizations, Nick Kochakian
Synthesis of 5-halo-3-methoxy-salicylaldiminato nickel catalysts and their use for ethylene polymerization in organic and aqueous media, Nikhil Avinash Kolhatkar
Eating the allegory, Nicola Kountoupes
Eganwo: the graphic novel’s escape to digital media, Brian P. Kowalczyk
Gate-to-channel parasitic capacitance minimization and source-drain leakage evaluation in germanium PMOS, Raymond T. Krom
Face recognition with variation in pose angle using face graphs, Sooraj Kumar
Hyperspectral Clustering and Unmixing of Satellite Imagery for the Study of Complex Society State Formation, Justin Kwong
Cube attacks on cryptographic hash functions, Joel Lathrop
Longshi, Pei-Cheng Lee
Monitoring Reading Fluency Progress with the Use of Graphs, Emily Lewandowski
TelosRFID an ad-hoc wireless networking capable multi-protocol RFID reader system, Michael P. Lewis
Towards virtual machine integrity using introspection, Sammy Lin
The Lantern, Ting Liu
Computational analysis of ultraviolet reactors, Xiang Li
Chascript: A Chinese interactive typographic drawing application, Yiyi Lu
Applying the function and aesthetics of structure to furniture, Soohyun Lyu
Data center design & enterprise networking, Christian Mahood
We Support Our Troops, Javier Maldonado-O'Farrill
Unintended consequences of ethanol production: Geospatial lifecycle analysis, Amanda Louise Malone
Development and modeling of a low temperature thin-film CMOS on glass, Robert G. Manley
Optimal interpolation grids for accurate numerical solutions of singular ordinary differential equations, Michael Margitus
The Effect of training, aim pattern and target type on the ergonomics and efficiency of handheld scanners, Nicolette M. McGeorge
Extending the body: a niche design for seamstresses, Brandon McKean
Benthic macroinvertebrate diversity in a shallow estuary: controls on nutrient and algal dynamics, Natalie Ann McLenaghan
Range voting is resistant to control, Curtis Menton
Imaging schizophrenia: data fusion approaches to characterize and classify, Andrew M. Michael
Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling with multi-clock distribution systems on SPARC core, Michael Nasri Michael
Developing an imaging bi-spectrometer for fluorescent materials, Mahnaz Mohammadi
Radiometric modeling of mechanical draft cooling towers to assist in the extraction of their absolute temperature from remote thermal imagery, Matthew Montanaro
Music in motion: the synthesis of album design and motion graphics for downloadable music, Ryan Mott
Realization of CoFeB|MgO|CoFeB magnetic tunnel junction devices through materials analysis, process integration and circuit simulation, Sankha S. Mukherjee
3D head motion, point-of-regard and encoded gaze fixations in real scenes: next-generation portable video-based monocular eye tracking, Susan M. Munn
CACTUSS: Clustering of Attack Tracks using Significant Services, Christopher Thomas Murphy
Presenting budgeting and financial Management skills in the community, Beverly Murrell-Frasier
Disaster recovery heuristic, Sapna Guniguntla Murthy
Implementing QR Code Technology in Medical Device Pacakage, Manu Chakravarthy Kittanakere Naagaraj
Reducing changeover times in a web offset packaging environment, Prashanth Nagarajan
A study of outsourcing of premedia services to India by US companies , Rahul P. Nayak
Environmental enrichment effects on the activity of a nearctic river otter, Kenneth O. Nelson
Heirlooms, Tybre Newcomer
Modeling and control of an automotive fuel cell thermal system, John Nolan
Algorithms for testing equivalence of finite automata, with a grading tool for JFLAP, Daphne Norton
Modeling problems in mucus viscoelasticity and mucociliary clearance, Michael M. Norton
Visualizing threat and impact assessment to improve situation awareness, Michael Cooper Nusinov
Electro-osmotic actuation for micropump applications, Sean O'Brien
An Application of the Bass diffusion model to border security and illegal immigration, Ayeh Ohene-Asah
Gas-phase surface oxidation and chlorination of carbon nanotubes, Luciana C. Oliveira
A Symbol layout classification for mathematical formula using layout context, Ling Ouyang
The State of media education implementation in Rochester, NY K-12 Schools, Lydia S. Palmer
Poly[4(5)-vinylimidazole]/polyvinylidene fluoride composites as proton exchange membranes, Jingjing Pan
Improving electronics with use: design to wear, Sung Hye Park
Determining the effect of printing ink sequence for process colors on color gamut and print quality in flexography, Shachi Patel
Intelli MAC Layer Protocol for Cognitive Radio Networks, Rahul K. Patibandla
