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The full text of Senior Independent Study Theses submitted during and after 2012 are available to download only by College of Wooster users. Unless listed as an exemplar, all other theses are restricted.

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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2025

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StudyConnect: A Collaborative Platform for Student Study Groups Using Artificial Intelligence, Anas Rayane Abounnaaim
Department: Computer Science

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Med-Mingle: A Research Framework for AI-Enhanced Content Moderation and Peer Support in Digital Health Communities, Linda Berhe
Department: Computer Science

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Cybersecurity and Electronic Medical Records, Baltasar Berretta
Department: Computer Science

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Designing Crafting and Combat in Video Games, Lina Boughton
Department: Computer Science

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A Multi-Agent Approach to Smart Attendance, Siham Boumalak
Department: Computer Science

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Activation Functions in Deepfake Detection, Charles B. Carroll III
Department: Computer Science

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A Comprehensive Comparison of Pathfinding Algorithms, Paa Kweku H. Cato
Department: Computer Science

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FightCLub: A Study on Adaptive Gameplay Through AI Difficulty Adjustment, Alexander Chavez
Department: Computer Science

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Circuits to Software: An Exploration of Computing Development in Three Stages., Elizabeth Curry
Department: Computer Science

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Synthetic Hormones and the Female Brain: A Neurobiological Study of Oral Contraceptive Effects on Memory and Plasticity, Rishika Daruwala
Department: Biology; Computer Science; Mathematics; Neuroscience; Psychology; Statistical and Data Sciences

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Applying Software Engineering Concepts to Create a Website for The College of Wooster’s Computer Science Department, Oliver Dhyanchand
Department: Computer Science

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Understanding the Role of AI-Based Object Detection Models in Autonomous Vehicles, Nathan Ferrence
Department: Computer Science

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Simulating Cyber-Attacks: A Practical Exploration of Vulnerabilities and Defenses in Web Security, Kai Francis
Department: Computer Science

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Quantum Encryption and a Bulk Rotational Algorithm, Leah S. Goodall
Department: Computer Science

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Designing a Natural History Timeline Website Using Researched User Interface Principles and Guidelines, Julian Grace-Martin
Department: Computer Science

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HomeOrbit: A Personalized and Adaptive IoT-Based Home Automation System, RM Shahriar Hoque
Department: Computer Science

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AI-Driven Dermatological Diagnostics through Advanced Imaging and Deep Learning Independent Study Thesis, Habiba Hye
Department: Computer Science

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Becoming Iconic: What it Takes to Create a Game That Transcends Generations, Jessica Israel
Department: Computer Science

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Commercial Contract Clause Analysis Using BERTopic Dynamic Topic Modeling, Patrick Johnson
Department: Computer Science

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Augmented Translation of Spanglish Adjectival Phrases through Fine-Tuning of mBART50 & Helsinki Machine Translation Models, Walker A. Johnson
Department: Computer Science; Spanish

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Enhancing Quality of Life: Evaluating the Impact of the IncludeAbility App on Decision-Making, Community Engagement, Social Inclusion, and Autonomy for Individuals with Physical Disabilities., Joseph Jordan
Department: Communication Studies; Computer Science

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The College of Wooster Cultural Repository: Information Representation in User Interfaces, Aidan Koenigsberger
Department: Computer Science

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Verification of Programs Written in a Simple Language using Placeholder Values, Eric Liu
Department: Computer Science

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Assessing the Emotional Impact of User Interface Design and Virtual Reality Experiences Using Color-Emotion Associations, Diya Misra
Department: Computer Science; Psychology

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How Controller Designs Affect Video Game Accessibility and User Experience, Amelia M. Mitchell
Department: Computer Science

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A Low-Cost, Real-Time Motion Capture Framework for Virtual Model Animation Using Pose Estimation and Inverse Kinematics, Torence Mwindaare
Department: Computer Science

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One-Shot Facial Recognition Using Siamese Neural Networks, Idris Nemsia
Department: Computer Science

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Exploiting Symmetries in Training Convolutional Networks, Jorge Quinteros
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics

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Modeling Disaster Response Using Multi-Agent Systems: A Snowstorm Simulation Framework, Zaynab Ramou
Department: Computer Science

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Synthesis Simplified: Developing a Python Driven Synthesizer Using wxPython and PYO, Miles Rochester
Department: Computer Science

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Multi-Agent Coordination in Autonomous Vehicle Routing: A Simulation Based Study, KM Khalid Saifullah
Department: Computer Science

From Chaos to Chic: The Design and Development of a Digital Wardrobe Management Application, Sumeyya Sherief
Department: Computer Science

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Development of Artificial Reverberation in C++, William A. Sieber
Department: Computer Science

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Idea Management for Composers, Grace Elizabeth Simonson
Department: Computer Science; Music

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Exploring Optimizations in the COSI High-Level Data Analysis Library, Augustus R. Thomas
Department: Computer Science; Physics

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EasyGoing: A Human-Centered Web Application for Student Organization Using LLMs, Leilani Torres
Department: Computer Science

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Creating a Digital Collectible Card Game in Unity, Raymond Williams
Department: Computer Science

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Implementation and Optimization of Lattice-Based Quantum-Resistant Encryption: Advancing and Understanding Secure Cryptographic Protocols, Nathan Winningham
Department: Computer Science

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WooScholar App: Harnessing Text Embeddings and LLM for Finding Independent Study Theses, Soobin Yang
Department: Computer Science

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2024

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A Comprehensive Review of Cybersecurity Threats and Mitigation Strategies to Secure Health Data for a Full-Stack Web Application, Tigist Adane Berhe
Department: Computer Science

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Creating an Artificial Opponent for the Game Minotaurus, William Bielski
Department: Computer Science

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Comprehensive Usability Testing and UX/UI Evaluation of Ni Hao Pengyou: Advancing the Traveler’s Experience Through an Innovative Application, Nini Curcione
Department: Computer Science

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StarPoint CRM, Erick Delgado
Department: Computer Science

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Developing A Web Application For Displaying Major League Baseball Statistics, Alex Delicer
Department: Computer Science

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Visualizing Economics: Design and Development of an Interactive Dashboard, Ahmed Nassir Dino
Department: Computer Science; Economics

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Creating a Chess AI of Myself, Eltahir Elawad
Department: Computer Science

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Developing "WoOral": A Full Stack Web Application for Streamlined Thesis Defense Scheduling with User Interface Design Focus, Turbat Enkhtur
Department: Computer Science

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Social Scripts: Esoteric Languages, Proprietary Software, and the Art of Writing Code, Amy Falk
Department: Computer Science

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The Buddy System: Incorporating AI in mental health – Mobile app development & empirical study of AI perceptions, Yasmine Fazazi
Department: Computer Science; Psychology

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Micromouse: End to End implementation of a Competitive Maze-Solving Robot, Levi Gainer
Department: Computer Science

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InstaMatch: Influencer Recommendation System for Targeted Apparel Brand Marketing - A Case Study on ASOS, Ephrathah Gebremichael
Department: Computer Science

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An Integrated Library System that Focuses on Collaboration: Bringing Books and Computers Together, Mae Koger
Department: Computer Science

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Cryptography: Protecting Data in the Digital Age, Ethan Kramer
Department: Computer Science

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A Performance Analysis of the Sum of Sines and Fast Fourier Transform Algorithms for Real-Time Ocean Rendering, Kaiya Magnuson
Department: Computer Science

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Static Energy Analysis of Low Level Programs, Patrick May
Department: Computer Science

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Predicting Fraud in Accounts Payable using Benford's Law and Neural Networks, Grant Mitchell
Department: Computer Science

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Waves of Absurdity: Investigating Real-Time Ocean Renderings and Their Relationship with Absurdism, Luca Napora
Department: Computer Science

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Charting the Conversational Cart: A Voice-Driven Adventure into Virtual Assistants for Grocery Shopping, Minh Phan
Department: Computer Science

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Examining VR and AR Exposure Therapy through Comprehensive Analysis and Innovative Solutions, Haweni Regaa
Department: Computer Science

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Building A College Recommender System, Bitania Ketema Samuel
Department: Computer Science

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Exploring the Implications of Design Choices in UI/UX Design, Safal Shrestha
Department: Computer Science

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Exploring the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence through Approaches of Chatbot Models, Bryson Simpson
Department: Computer Science

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An Animation in a Picture: Creating a short animation from a single image using digital image processing methods, Ellie Stroke
Department: Computer Science

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Exploring Swarm Behavior for Artistic Rendering: From Abstract Art to Targeted Image Rendition, Aryan Tamrakar
Department: Computer Science

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Gesture-Based Interactive Nature Simulation, Taemour S. Zaidi
Department: Mathematics; Computer Science

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2023

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Building an 8-Bit Computer: From Design to Implementation, Craig Akiri
Department: Computer Science

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Hey Baby You Up? A Solution to Early Online Sexual Predator Detection, Haley R. Bloom
Department: Computer Science

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Automation Testing: The Savior of The QA Team, Dane Camphausen
Department: Computer Science

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Simulating Reaction-Diffusion Waves to Model Gravitational Lensing, Daniel Cohen-Cobos
Department: Computer Science; Physics

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An Exploration Into Image Object Detection and Image Instance Segmentation: Mask R-CNN and YOLOv5 Comparison in Image Object Detection Task, Minh Duc Dao
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics

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Detecting Cryptojacking Malware, Chase D. Fickes
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics

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An Analysis of Recurrent Neural Networks and Long Short-Term Memory Networks, Naod Mahtot Fisseha
Department: Computer Science

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A Django Implementation of a Stock Market Simulation Web Application, Yong Seok Lee
Department: Computer Science

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Exploring the Power of Generative Architectures such as GANs, Transformers, and VQGAN+CLIP through the Construction of an Illustrated Storybook Generator, Ussama Mustafa
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics

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Becoming HOA: Constructing A Virtual Realistic Webxr Archive To Imagine And Unimagine The HOA Identity In Present-Day Vietnam, Minh Nguyen
Department: Computer Science; History

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An Analysis of Large Language Models in the HealthCare Domain, Bolanle Oladeji
Department: Computer Science

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Cubulus: Procedural World Generation Using Marching Cubes, Keeton P. Purvis
Department: Computer Science

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Automated Geologic Cross-Section Generation for Ohio Using GemPy, Abigail Rice
Department: Computer Science

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Visualizing Constraint Satisfaction Problems Using Swarm Intelligence, Kyle N. Rossi
Department: Computer Science

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Supervised Machine Learning on Photo Recognition of Real and Fantastical Images, Ethan O. Samangy
Department: Computer Science

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Procedurally Generating a Dungeon for Roguelike Games, Manan Shahi
Department: Computer Science

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Facilitating Collaborative Gameplay Within an Immersive Virtual Reality Environment, Drake Stolman
Department: Computer Science

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Staring at Images: A Comprehensive Exploration of Object Detection, August Tewell
Department: Computer Science

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The Evolution of Human-Computer Interaction and Its Technological Advancement With a Focus on Applications With Electric Paint, Sobika Thapa
Department: Computer Science

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Investigating the Impact of User Interface Design on User Experience in a Full Stack Social Media Web Application., Aavash Upadhyaya
Department: Computer Science

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Designing For The Modern Digital Landscape: A Full-Stack Web Development Project, Kevin Yuan
Department: Computer Science

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Visualizing Movement: Predicting Interstate Migration Probabilities and Populations of U.S. States Using Markov Chain Analysis, Rekik Ziku
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2022

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Visualizing World Happiness: Exploring Databases For Web Applications, Basliel Ababayehu
Department: Computer Science

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Abbyssinia: The Design And Development Of A Tower Defense Game, Raey Aweke
Department: Computer Science

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Recommender Systems, Pavithra Brahmananda Reddy
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics

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A Comprehensive Empirical And Simulation Analysis On How Minimum Wage Increases Impact Unemployment, Brandon Charles
Department: Computer Science; Economics

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Comparing Three Approaches To Webcrawling, Salim Dohri
Department: Computer Science

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Built To Scale: An Exploration Into Full Stack Development Strategies Through The Construction Of A Web Application, Ben Foltz
Department: Computer Science

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Investing In Our Future: Identifying Students Most In Need Of Assistance, Colin M. Gutow
Department: Computer Science

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Hunger Hacker: An Exploration Of Neural Networks For Food Preference Prediction, Joseph Thomas Henry
Department: Computer Science

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Sketching Big Data: Applying Probabilistic Data Structures And Algorithms, Derek Hinojosa
Department: Computer Science

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Developing A Virtual Modular Synthesizer For Sound Waves And Midi, Margaret Jagger
Department: Computer Science

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Exploring Augmented Reality Using Snapchat's Lens Studio, Gunjan Joshi
Department: Computer Science

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An Analysis Of Advanced SQL Injection Exploitations And Mitigations, Huy Kieu
Department: Computer Science

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On Implementing And Testing The RSA Algorithm, Kien Trung Le
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics