Title of Your Thesis. You can select this entire title (triple left-click), then type your own information. On title pages, replace all text highlighted in gray, and delete everything in red. by Your full name A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Major Subject: Your major subject Approved by the Examining Committee: _________________________________________ Adviser’s name, Thesis Adviser _________________________________________ Committee member’s name, Member _________________________________________ Committee member’s name, Member _________________________________________ Committee member’s name, Member _________________________________________ Committee member’s name, Member Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York Month, Year (For Graduation Month year) (note: use this line only if different date from above) The copyright page is optional: delete this page if you don’t want it. © Copyright year by Your Name All Rights Reserved ii CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................ iv LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................... v ACKNOWLEDGMENT .................................................................................................. vi ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................... vii iii LIST OF TABLES iv LIST OF FIGURES v ACKNOWLEDGMENT Type the text of your acknowledgment here. vi ABSTRACT Type the text of your abstract here. vii