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.
To browse dissertations and theses by academic department or program, please go to the Colleges and Departments page.
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
A Comparative pricing analysis of SABRE versus Travelocity, Kathleen Muldermans
An Interactive, graphical typeface identification system, Charles III Myers
Sustainability and the next industrial revolution: A Revolutionary approach, Sarah Nesbitt-Rutkowski
Development of a linear version of the CIECAM97s chromatic adaptation transform, Matthew Ochs
A Study of the effects of strain on NiTi shape memory alloy, Bret Oltmans
The Design process, Thomas Pasquini
HOME: A Rediscovery of Cuba, Ernesto Perez
Oculoplastic surgery, Curtis W. Perone
Mechanical supported adaptable wing, Cory Pike
Reconstructing air, Mathieu Poster
The Rise and fall of one's heart and soul, David Prusinski
Development and characterization of a sub-micron CMOS process as an educational tool at RIT, Ivan Puchades
Graph coloring heuristics from investigation of smallest hard to color graphs, Andrew Radin
Black coffee before armageddon, Sotirios Rasiotis
University food services: Student dining expectations, needs and wants versus what is actually received in a mid-size university, Anthony Reale
Illusory coerrelations in school psychologists' diagnoses of learning disabilities, Marc Renzoni
Evaluation of environmental, health and safety management at small colleges, Ann Rippe
Typography in film, Lonna Robinson
Discovering the mill, Jacob Roesch
A Research study to determine customer service at universities in the Dominican Republic, Thelma Roman
A Study of the color management implementation on the RGB-based digital imaging workflow: digital camera to RGB printers, Darunee Sa-areddee
Development of an intranet website, Michelle Salimbene
Derivative spectroscopy for remote sensing of water quality, Meghan Salmon
Rhodium trichloride catalyzed hydroboration of 1-octene: Unexpected results, Anthony Sampognaro
Thermal calibration of MISI, Janel Schubbuck
Solid phase organic synthesis: Investigation of resins and linkers for phenols, Laurie Seifert
The Virtual class on the internet, Ja-Eun Shin
Korean cultural characteristics and graphic design, Jungyun Shin
The Causes and effects of job dissatisfacation among emergency room nurses, Karen Shuptar
Spiritual sadomasochism, Michael Sims
POD, Margaret Slinker
Wavelet analysis of acoustic signals, John E. Smertneck
Landing, Rachel Smith
It's grammatical!, Kurt Stoskopf
The Tale of the firefly, Weerana Talodsuk
Concepts of science fiction in graphic design: Concepts of science fiction applied to graphic design problem solving, Nawarat Teeraprasert
An Investigation into the effect of the compression algorithm in the presence of shifting and cropping on image quality, Ornsiri Thonggoom
Adobe Acrobat image compression: An Investigation into the effects of compression in Acrobat 4.0 on image reproducibility for digital printing, Kelly Thornton
Experimental study of water droplets impinging upon a hot surface, Cong Tran
Issues of customer satisfaction: A Study of Monroe County golf courses, Tom Treat
A Graphic design primer resources for educators, Sarah Beth Tregay
Focal reducer/wide-field corrector for the C. E. Kenneth Mees telescope, Laurie Tuttle
Project Iris: Image reconstruction of the iris spectrally, Joseph Unander
Dot Gain Variation (A Study of the effects of dot gain variation to improve digital workflow for the Xeikon DCP/32D digital printing system), Voraphot Vacheravothan
The Impact of political and socio-economic strategies on crime and service in developing countries; A Focus on South Africa, Marna Van Deventer
A Study discussing the future outlook of REITs after the REIT modernization act, Amit Verma
Graphic design and ecology, Luzuozi Wang
Color tolerance: A comparison of the method of constant stimuli and the gray scale comaprison method on a CRT, David Wilbur
Patient satisfacation at visiting nurse service, Richard Williams
Development and evaluation of an intrinsic gettering process for fabrication of integrated circuits, James ii Will
Hyperspectral imaging for bottom type classification and water depth determination, Nikole L. Wilson
An Investigation into the effect of plate hardness, and surface speed differential on flexographic gear marking, Wisit Wirojrungson
Design of a wristwatch PDA, Kun-Chi Wu
Virtual Rubik's cube, Wen-bin Wu
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Wireless communications in the new millennium and third generation wireless networks, Oz Yakuphanogullarindan
An Investigation of thread scheduling heuristics for a simultaneous multithreaded processor, Ralph Zajac Jr
A Feminist creation myth, Evelyn Zehraoui
Non traditional quilting: A Combination of material and process, Jennifer Ziehl
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Simulation of imaging Fourier transform spectrometers using DIRSIG, Francois Alain
Data transmission in printing & publishing: A Survey of the technical issues of on-line file transfer, John Altemueller
Teamwork and decision making environment at Koo-Yoo-Hah motor company: A Case study, Siriruk Angsanant
Simulation of the formation and propagation of the thermal bar on Lake Ontario, Dilkushi Anuja de Alwis
Modeling and simulating chemical weapon dispersal patterns in DIRSIG, Peter Arnold
Guaranteed bandwidth implementation of message passing interface on workstation clusters, Ali Atalay
A Fragile balance, Monique Aviles
Jazz as inspiration, Cosmo Barbaro
Surface topography of cuneiform tablets, Monica Barbu-McInnis
An Investigation into the development of a software tool for design of book pages, David Bennett
Altered, Pamela Bentzien
Combinatorial computing approach to selected extremal problems in geometry, Alina Beygelzimer
Xerox early customer engagement process and documentation, Carmen Bottini
FOLD: The Definitive guide to folding for print publications: A Designers guide, Trish Boyle
A Paradigm for color gamut mapping of pictorial images, Gustav J. Braun
Quest for survival: What comprises and effective team, Kathleen Brayer
Mackenzie Heritage Printery: a printing museum, Shauna Bream
The Comparison of three 3D graphics raster processors and the design of another, Paul Brown
The Use of customer complaints as a positive attribute for hotel development: The Marriot Thruway Hotel, Rochester, NY, Patcharin Buranabanyat
on the edge of being, Jessica Burko
Shades, Lisa Camire
Extracting the mystery from the red rectangle, Meghan Canning
Process development and reliability of thin gate oxides, Keith Capasso
Server selection for mobile agent migration, Wayne Caro
Equine osteoarthritis: A Comparison of type 1 and type 2 conditions, Wendy Chadbourne
Genetic algorithm and tabu search approaches to quantization for DCT-based image compression, Michael Champion
Point extraction and matching for registration of infrared astronomical images, Adith Chandrasekhar
Fingerprint recognition through circular sampling, David Chang
Abstraction & Chinese aesthetics, Huei-Ri Chang
A study of matching the color of EPSON Stylus COLOR 3000 to ANSI CGATS TR 001-1995 - type 1 printing, Joel Chan
Airport design, Long-Wen Chen
The Impact of graphic design on the target audience: Designing an effective social marketing campaign, Cynthia Childs
A Guide to image preparation for multiple media, Ai-Leen Chiu
Lupita looks up, Wan Chiu
Expression of relationship in life, Hoyeon Chung
Fine arts printmaking using modern technology, Priscilla Clay
Evaluation of a custom designed plastic pallet, William Colaiaco
