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
High-performance subthreshold standard cell design and cell placement optimization, Sumanth Amarchinta
Makeready reduction in a platen die cutting operation: an analysis of process improvement methodologies, Charles Armendariz
Communication framework for distributed computer vision on stationary and mobile platforms, Christopher Armenio
The Effect of text and graphic search goals on web advertisement viewing, Brian Ashbaugh
Measuring customer service in national commercial bank in Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Bahudhailah
Neuronic sonic, Nicholas G. Baish
The Interaction of peptides with functionalized carbon nanotubes, Poulami Barman
Private Viewing, Ryan Barone
A Mathematical model of cutaneous leishmaniasis, Karthik Bathena
The Effects of grouping and curriculum on the self-concept of gifted children, Valerie A. Beaman
CHAracterization of Relevant Attributes using Cyber Trajectory Similarities, Jordan Bean
Vibrational control of chaos in artificial neural networks, Ralph Bean
Anecdotes, James Bellucci
Genetic elements of microbes: a comprehensive and integrated genomic database application, Ashlee Benjamin
In dreams, Jesse Bickel
Past with Present: A Design Process, Spencer Knape Biegler
Linking community revitalization, urban agriculture, and elementary education, Mary Alexis Blondrage
Spontaneous strategies, James D. Borders
Creating furniture inspired by building a wooden canoe, Brian Bright
Absence of freight transportation plans in state and county emergency operations plans, Christine Brown
Designing a cell phone application to alert and report drinking water quality to South Africans, Deana Brown
Ecological Balance: The Greater Goal of the Environmental Manager, Brian P. Butler
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and gender differences, Christina A. Carducci
Aortic valve performance with transaortic ventricular cannula, James Cezo
Favecity: a visual exploration of city travel information, Ching-Ping Chen
Interpixel capacitive coupling, Linpeng Cheng
Hide & seek: objects of meaning, Amy Maguire Chidiac
Gestural Interaction of In‐Vehicle Tasks: Audio and Climate controls, Chongyoon Chung
Motive and responsibility as influences on graphic design outcomes, Jackie Clements
The Music of art, Chad L. Cleveland
Effect of the internet on reading fiction books for enjoyment and potential interest in the integration of the two media, Jessica S. Cole
Temporal Awareness and Rhythmic Performance, Daniel J. Colombo
Sustainable intermodal freight transportation: applying the geospatial intermodal freight transport model, Bryan Comer
BioMeRSA: The Biology media repository with semantic augmentation, Adam Cornwell
Cosentinoworks, Daniel Cosentino
Improving Dodgson scoring techniques, Jason A. Covey
The fair information principles: a comparison of U.S. and Canadian Privacy Policy as applied to the private sector, Shane Crounse
Modeling the environmental impact of demand variability upon supply chains in the beverage industry, Jorge Y. Daccarett-Garcia
Big-screen aftershock: How 9/11 changed Hollywood’s Middle Eastern characters, Matthew Dana
A system study of sparse aperture sensors in remote sensing applications with explicit phase retrieval, Brian Daniel
Adolescent technology usage during sleep-time: does it influence their quality of sleep, attention difficulties and academic performance?, Kristin Dehmler
VHF-UHF passive filter synthesis based on acoustic resonator structures, Melissa Sefton Dempsey
Smooth flexible models of nonhomogeneous Poisson processes fit to one or more process realizations, Shalaka C. Deo
Sleep Shift, Neal Dhand
Sliding mode control applied to an underactuated fuel cell system, Daniel C. DiFiore
Fabrication of Nickel Nanodots for Application in Memory Devices, Karishma Diwan
Mathematical methods for anomaly grouping in hyperspectral images, Timothy J. Doster
Material selection for the actuator design for a biomimetic rolling robot conducive to miniaturization, Zachary S. Dotson
Mobile web resource tracking during a disaster or crisis situation, Phavanhna Douangboupha
The effect of new media on political advertising: television ads and internet ads in the 2008 presidential primary, William Dube
Recognition of human interactions using limb-level feature points, Michael David Dudley
Use of wireless sensors to improve robot lifetime for multi-threat containment, Michael D. Ellis
Implementing lean manufacturing into newspaper production operations, Marianne Engum
Scalable framework for heterogeneous clustering of commodity FPGAs, Jeremy K. Espenshade
Reactive exploration with self-reconfigurable systems, Eric Fabricant
Colors of the music, Meng-Tieh Fang
Propellant tank pressurization modeling for a hybrid rocket, Margaret Mary Fernandez
Determination of 3-dimensional deformations of the alveolar sac during simulated breathing, Joseph M. Ferrara
A New covert channel over RTP, Christopher Forbes
The Remains of the day, David Fox
VHDL modeling and synthesis of the JPEG-XR inverse transform, Peter Frandina
Preferred color correction for mixed taking-illuminant placement and cropping, Erin P. Fredericks
Assessment of K-12 educators’ awareness and need for online self-publishing services in the classroom, Vincent J. Gargiulo
The Potential impact of riparian buffer zones on sediment and phosphorus loading in two Canandaigua Lake subwatersheds, Valerie George
Shear Stress Distribution and Hemolysis Measurements in a Centrifugal Blood Pump, Matthew Nicholson Giarra
"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
