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 2010
No space left behind, Joseph Imbasciano
Cyber crime and telecommunications law, Robert Imhof
Infrastructure investment strategies for increased agro-industrial outputs in Kosovo : [presentation given August 12, 2010], Siti Insiana
Emission Controls at Kosova’s Thermal Power Plants, Current and Future Capabilities : [presentation given February 22, 2010], Skender Isufi
Kosovo Energy Corporation debt collection strategy : [presentation given May 24, 2010], Bekim Jakupi
Interactive natural user interfaces, Sean Patrick Janis
Segmentation of slap fingerprints, Derek Johnson
Marketing special academic events to college professors and students, Julie Johnson
Design, development and simulation of sub-lithographic process for patterning nm scale features, Guriqbal Singh Josan
Static synapse, Jessica Jane Julius
Optimal trajectory planning for a UAV glider using atmospheric thermals, Wilson Kagabo
Concept Mapping: A Visual Learning Strategy Benefiting Post-secondary Deaf and Hard of Hearing Accounting Students, Michael E. Kane
There Is A Frozen Land, Zeeone Kang
Corda na bretha: Cord of life, Elizabeth Kelly
Analysis and design of an intra-coaxial reflected-power telemetry system, Jeffrey Kemp
Reposition, Ratna Khanna
Automatic multi-resolution spatio-frequency mottle metric (sfmm) for evaluation of macrouniformity, Siddharth Khullar
Negotiation Training For Non-Purchasing Staff, Becky Kiely
Optical art jewelry, Shimong Kim
Human powered production tool for the renewable material, bamboo, Rashmi Kinariwala
The Imagined collection, a story, Nancy Knapik
Threshold interval indexing techniques for complicated uncertain data, Andrew Knight
Waste management action plan for the municipality of Prishtina : [presentation given August 23, 2010], Ibrahim Krasniqi
Development of a platform for simulating and optimizing thermoelectric energy systems, John Kreuder
Investigating attributes - From technologist to business leader, Christopher Kronenthal
High Tech Vanity: Efficient Design with the Help of Technology, Cassandra Krul
Analysis of compression strength of corrugated shipping containers with different designed hand holes, Wonho Kwak
Analysis and computation of a quadratic matrix polynomial with Schur-products and applications to the Barboy-Tenne model, Carrie Lahnovych
Determination of effective water vapor diffusion coefficient in PEMFC gas diffusion layers, Jacob LaManna
Motivating change: An Interactive journey in sustainability in environmental concerns, Brittany Lamb
Regional target surveillance with cooperative robots using APFs, Jessica LaRocque
Autonomous robot patrolling of a sparsely populated unknown environment, Patrick LaRocque
Asset protection in a limited swarm environment utilizing artificial potential fields, Dieter Laskowski
Cookie dough 2.0: Digital sketchbook, Sue Leo
Development of a three-axis MEMS accelerometer, Jacob Leveto
Topological & network theoretic approaches in hyperspectral remote sensing, Ryan H. Lewis
Grandpa?!, TzuHui Lin
Students with Asperger’s Syndrome transitioning to postsecondary education: What are the common issues?, Claire Littlefield
Qualitative versus quantitative data tools for sustainable package design at Eastman Kodak company, Elizaveta Liubkina-Yudovich
An Exploration of covert channels within voice over IP, Patrick Lloyd
Matter of taste, Maria Loduca
Improved approximations for flows of thin films, Christine Elizabeth Lowry
Gas-phase surface modification of single-walled carbon nanotubes and polymers, Fei Lu
Single pixel target detection using multispectral background changes, Alfredo Lugo
Economical and environmental aspects of spontaneous combustion in Kosovo open mining process : [presentation given May 18, 2010], Bashkim Lushtaku
Physical and chemical investigations of alpha crystallin solutions, Paul Madden
Application of the b-spline collocation method to a geometrically non-linear beam problem, Jason Magoon
PCI DSS case study: Impact in network design and security, Yudit María
From then until now, Nick Marshall
In search of local news, Tina Marsh
Wireless security proportional to county development, Guillermo M. Martinez
The NHANES III database: Design and a retrospective study to identify associations between vitamin D and hypertension, Brandon J. Marzullo
A PCA based method for image and video pose sequencing, James Massaro
Identifying opportunities and obstacles for the use of solar energy in commercial office buildings in the northeastern region of united states, Anju Ann Mathew
High field induced stress suppression of GIDL effects in TFTs, Andrew McCabe
Rank numbers for graphs with paths and cycles, Jacqueline McClive
Scanning acoustic microscopy for GDL water distribution characterization, Christopher McDade
Extracting structural vegetation components from small-footprint waveform LiDAR data in savanna ecosystems, Joseph McGlinchy
Does dual task interference affect concurrent duration production?, Mary Merlau
Family reunion, Carly Miller
Historic thermal calibration of Landsat 4 TM through an improved physics based approach, Jonathan Miller
The Image – by any means, Richard Minard
mtPrimer3: PCR primer design for mtDNA, Psalm Mizuki
Necessity of implementing electronic personal health information privacy regulation in Dominican Republic, Miguel Molina
Scalability study for robotic hand platform, Melissa Monahan
X-rays from planetary nebulae: Unveiling wind collisions and binarity, Rodolfo Montez
Dynamic fault tolerant grid workflow in the water threat management project, Young Suk Moon
Design process of web based portal: requirements of AUK Training and Development Institute : [presented May 18, 2010], Ylberina Morina
Optimization of the purification and processing of carbon nanotubes for strong, conductive and lightweight wires, Brian Moses
Laplacian eigenmaps manifold learning and anomaly detection methods for spectral images, Marcela Munoz Reales
Pond IDE: Machine level program development environment and register transfer level simulator for a massively parallel computer architecture, Jesse Muszynski
New findings for contemporary marketing to Black men: A Content analysis of alcoholic beverage ad appeals from Ebony and GQ magazines, Joshua Jedidiah Myers
Maximizing societal benefits associated with alternative fuel subsidies: The Case of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, Samir Nazir
Modeling and simulation of JP-8 fuel based hybrid solid oxide fuel cell system, Kalyan Nishtala
Sustainability of NGOs in Kosova: Challenges of the third sector and the ways forward : [presentation given May 18, 2010], Dardane Nuka
The Development and deployment of a remote virtual lab based on Amazon Cloud for networking courses, Emilio Nunez
Time delay and its effect in a virtual lab created using cloud computing, Juan Nunez
Optimizing sorting algorithms for the Cell Broadband Engine, Eric J. Offermann
Free-carrier effects in polycrystalline silicon-on-insulator photonic devices, Oshoriamhe Ogah
The Relationships between obesity, obstructive sleep apnea and commercial motor vehicle operator performance, Jennifer Ann O'Neil
Proposed standards and best practices for technological infrastructure at contact centers in the Dominican Republic, Patricia Ortiz Suárez
Scalable data clustering using GPUs, Andrew D. Pangborn
Assessing interpretability of visual symbols of varied colors across demographic profiles, Brendan Parker
A Revelation of thought, Katherine Parks
Design and fabrication of structured roughnesses in microchannels with integrated MEMS pressure sensors, Tushara Pasupuleti
Characterization of the effects of the human head on communication with implanted antennas, Michael A. Pecoraro
Determining the feasibility of a method for improving bandwidth utilization of cable networks, David Pisano
A Life reviewed: George Eastman through the viewfinder, Emma Powell
Effective use of personalized communication to influence the 18- to 25-year-old demographic to buy products and services, Suyog Pradhan
Modeling and simulation of adaptive multimodal optical sensors for target tracking in the visible to near infrared, Michael Presnar
Medical image segmentation using GPU-accelerated variational level set methods, Nathan Prosser
Unified communications: The search for ROI through tomorrow’s business communication solutions, Vincent Puglia
A Multi-sensor chip for monitoring the quality of drinking water, Heidi Purrington
