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 2022
Curating the Agenda: A Review of the Tenement Museum’s Twitter, Taylor Carpenter
Implications of Unregistered Employment in Kosovo’s Pension System, Drin Cela
Gazing Upon the Moon, Fang-Yu Sarah Chang
Deep into the Eyes: Applying Machine Learning to improve Eye-Tracking, Aayush Kumar Chaudhary
Drawing From the Past, Pengpeng Chen
Scents of memory in the film: tender scent, Teng Chen
Behind the Plea: Factors that Shape Plea Bargaining Outcomes, Jonathon Chierchio
Modern Tarot Deck, Caitlyn Childress
The Distance of A Light Year, Ting Chu
Molybdenum and Tungsten Metal Organic Decomposition Complex Synthesis and Characterization, Kaitlyn Clark
Evaluation of the Accessibility of Touchscreens for Individuals who are Blind or have Low Vision: Where to go from here, Elizabeth Codick
The Restaurant Meals Program: A Guide for New York State’s Successful Implementation, Evan Cohen
Improving the Flexibility of CLARA's Automated Matching and Repair Processes, Maheen Riaz Contractor
Taxonomy of Software Readability Changes, Stephen J. Cook
Using GMOS Spectroscopy to Study Star Formation and AGN in the CANDELS COSMOS and UDS Fields, Isabella G. Cox
Data-Driven Optimization for Bicycle Station Location in a Small to Medium-Sized City: The Case Study of Cuenca, Ecuador, Fernando Cueva
Poster design: possible future living space for overpopulated Hong Kong, Rong Dai
Acquisition Strategies for Gravitational Wave Surrogate Modeling, Karl Daningburg
Implementation and Evaluation of Deep Neural Networks in Commercially Available Processing in Memory Hardware, Prangon Das
Constraints on Compact Binary Formation and Effective Gravitational Wave Likelihood Approximation, Vera Del Favero
Contraband, Omer Enes Demir
Life is a die, Xiangyu Deng
Dynamic Algorithms and Asymptotic Theory for Lp-norm Data Analysis, Mayur Dhanaraj
Probing the Processes of Planet Formation via Studies of the ϵ Chameleonitis Association, D. Annie Dickson-Vandervelde
Invisible Pain, Hairuo Ding
Alternative Participation: An exploratory study on participation in open source software beyond code contributions, Benjamin Dow
Within the Hour, Jacob Dowis
Light Management in III-V Thin-Film Photovoltaics and Micro-LEDs, Julia Rae D'Rozario
Leveraging Identifier Naming Structures in Source Code and Bug Reports to Localize Relevant Bugs, James Dugan
Technology Use by Registered Dietitians for Patient Care in an Outpatient Setting, Donika Emerllahu
Side-Channel Attacks and Countermeasures for the MK-3 Authenticated Encryption Scheme, Peter Fabinski
Protectbot: A Chatbot to Protect Children on Gaming Platforms, Anum Faraz
Predicting Hepatotoxicity in Patients Receiving T-DM1 Treatment using ALT Blood Concentrations, Nick Fidalgo, Chris Gatesman, Phillip Lee, Brett Peters, Samantha Sandwick, and Alex Shetler
Sustainable Antibacterial and Antiviral Polyesters based on Succinic Acid, Mercaptosuccinic Acid, and Eugenol, Rebekah Finster
Electrostatic Behavior of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators with Discrete Electrodes, Adam Foster
Learning to see and hear in 3D: Virtual reality as a platform for multisensory perceptual learning, Catherine A. Fromm
Petsi: A app that helps people look after & monitor their pets, Ruoyun Gao
How do academic advisors intentionally design their office space to be more inviting? A qualitative study on office décor and self-disclosure, Jessica Garcia
Sugar Freed, Sarah Gaygen
Investigation of Thickness and Robustness of Ultrathin Parylene Membranes for Tissue Barrier and Co-Culture Models, Shayan Gholizadeh
I, Object, Shanee Gordon
Advanced Lease Caching, Matthew Gould
Density functional theory study of oxygen vacancy formation and doping on wollastonite surfaces, Vedgopal Balasubramanian Govindhram
Experimental Simulation of Nucleating Bubble Behavior in a Microgap with Air Injected Bubbles, Jack Green
I like to think you can still hear me, Sage Green
The EaRTH Disk Model: Analysis and Integration of Protoplanetary Disk Mineralogy and Structure, William Allen Richard Grimble
Tidal Disruption and Accretion of Planets and Brown Dwarfs Inside Giant Stars, Gabriel Guidarelli
Mythos, Mattea R. Guldy
Initial data generation and dynamical simulations of binary neutron star systems, Tanmayee Gupte
Why did you clone these identifiers? Using Grounded Theory to understand Identifier Clones, Luis Angel Gutierrez Galaviz
Device-Free Sensing and Modeling of Wireless Channels in Dynamic Indoor Environments, Benjamin J. Haag
A smart yoga mat system designed for visually impaired people, Dan Han
Optimization of Parameters for the Welding SS 304 using GTAW and Taguchi Grey Relational Analysis (TGRA), Ahmed Majdi Hasan
Technology Assisted Review of Legal Documents, Malik Umar Hassan
On the Use of Imaging Spectroscopy from Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) to Model Yield and Assess Growth Stages of a Broadacre Crop, Amirhossein Hassanzadeh
Graph Arrowing: Constructions and Complexity, Zohair Raza Hassan
Towards Efficient Lifelong Machine Learning in Deep Neural Networks, Tyler L. Hayes
Timing Jitter from Broadband Radio Observations of Millisecond Pulsars, Jackson Hebel
Axisymmetric Soft Elastohydrodynamic Squeeze Films: Parametric Studies, Eli Heisey
Transitional Car Living, Between Homelessness and Permanent Shelter, Isaac Hertzson
Impacts of Drugs on Neurotransmission, Wenrong He
An Analysis of New York State’s Bail Reform: Identifying and Addressing Gun Violence with the GIVE Executive Team, Hannah Hodge
Speech Feature Analysis and Discrimination in Biological Information, Shogo Honda
The Little Boy Who Became a Cow, Haemi Mimi Hong
Kitchen Cooking System Designed for Wheelchair Users, Boheng Huang
Our Legacy, Kaishun Huang
Radiometrically-Accurate Hyperspectral Data Sharpening, Sihan Huang
Analysis of growth and decay in neutrally stable flows, Colin Huber
Falling Through the Cracks: Two Understudied Populations in the Criminal Justice System, Ashley Hum
Chromium Modified Crystallization of Silicon Thin Films Crystallized by Flash Lamp Annealing, Matthew Hum
A Method for Measuring Puffing and Respiratory Parameters of Tobacco Users within their Natural Usage Environment, Shehan Jayasekera
Balanced AR Glasses System Between Text and Image Information Helps People Get a better Reading Skill, Libo Jiang
Data-Driven Equations for Coevolving Network Systems, Nicholas John
Ruminations, Maria Barbara Ileana Kane
Analysis of Global Banking Network, Sonali Kannan
Buyer Prediction Through Machine Learning, Rashed Ibrahim Karmostaje
Life in Mossville, Louisiana: Policy Implications of Toxic Waste Exposure and Environmental Racism, Clare Kelsey
Revisiting Ad-hoc Polymorphism, Apurav Khare
Pillow Princess, Shayna Kiblin
Development of a Bio-Inspired Computational Astrocyte Model for Spiking Neural Networks, Jacob Kiggins
Scalable Probabilistic Model Selection for Network Representation Learning in Biological Network Inference, K C Kishan
Another Cookie, Amanda Kopacz
Low-Rank Clustering via LP1-PCA, Matt Krol
Learning Multi-step Robotic Manipulation Tasks through Visual Planning, Sulabh Kumra
Testing of Neural Networks, Devan Lad
Impact of Noise in Automatic Speech Recognition for Low-Resourced Languages, Vigneshwar Lakshminarayanan
Light Scattering Study of an Important Eye Lens Protein: Beta Crystallin, Malcolm F. LaRose
Electrolyte loss and voltage degradation of HT-PEM fuel cells operated at 200oC., Jared Oscar Leader
Robust L1-norm Singular-Value Decomposition and Estimation, Duc H. Le
Rite of Identity, Youmee Lee
A Novel 3D Animation about Human Visual System: From Retina to Perception, Qiuwan Liu
Combating Global Warming: Modeling Enhanced Rock Weathering of Wollastonite Using Density Functional Theory, Brian Luan
