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 1999
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
Sun & moon, Clifford Collier
Quantitation of yohimbine utilizing capillary electrophoresis. Method development through statistical design., Jonathan Cooper
Versatile power supply, Ian Cunningham
Managing in a post-merger/post-acquistion period in service industry: Focus on bank industry in Rochester area, Dilyara Daminova
Telephony-based email application, Perdana Darta
Team learning in a undergraduate setting in Croatia, Marvin Deitz
Properties of an aluminum based multilayered material versus package and processing performance, Eoin de Roiste
Dance as medicine, Eileen D'Esterno
An evaluation of the current state of digital photography, Charles Dickinson
A Database of typeface classification systems, Anthony Kllc Di Pietro
Theoretical investigation of the evaporation heat transfer cofficient of refrigerant R-134a in a plate heat exchanger, Vincent Donowski
Paramaterized beams as effective human lip models, Ron Dufort
Performance study of the 1911 Wright Brothers model B aircraft and propeller, Robert Egenolf
Unconstrained instantaneous center integration (ICI) algorithms, Nathan Eggleton
Up the tree, Glenn Ehlers
Asymmetric digital subscriber line technology and the future of remote access networking, Khodr El-Dakrouni
A Comparison study of input scanning resolution requirements for AM and FM screening, Kenneth Elsman
Identification of force directions created by dynamic events experienced in the international air freight distribution environment, William Enderle Jr
A Characterization of the impact of clouds on remotely sensed water quality, Ronald Fairbanks
Statistical analysis of Lake Ontario water levels, Matthew Fetzner
Telephony-based answering machine application, Army Fithry
Flow boiling heat transfer characteristics on structured surfaces, Ryan Fogarty
I am (the life of a girl), Nancy Ghertner
Behavior synthesis for high speed 3D color interpolation using VHDL, Thomas Glanville Jr
Smart decisions, Beatriz Gomez
A Cruel nature, Dylan Gottlieb
The Human race, Alex Gurevich
Philosophy made visual, Kirk Gustafson
A Room: A moment of stillness, Miwako Hagiwara
An Investigation of non-verbal auditory cues within graphical user interfaces, Christopher Hahn
Simulation of spectra signatures of chemical leachates from landfills, Jason Hamel
Self-portrait: The Integrity and interdependence of objective information and subjective experience in the representation of memory, Katherine Hannigan
Hieroglyphs for the information age: Images as a replacement for characters for languages not written in the Latin-1 alphabet, Akira Hasegawa
Addition of chelated trivalent cations to solutions of the polymer sodium carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), Deborah Hawkins
Non-Rayleigh ultrasonic characterization of tissue scattering microstructure via a multibandwidth probing technique, Maria Helguera
Asynchronous circuit simulation and design methodologies, Michael Hevery
Finite element analysis solution applications to photoreceptor modules, Robert Hildebrand
Matthew Carter: Reflects on type design, Phyllis Hoffman
A Combinatorial library of (alpha)-amide sulfone derivatives of phenylalanine, Andrew Hoteling
Customer service goes to college, Donald Hudspeth
Embeddability of pseudoline arrangements and point configurations to Eucliean plane, Javid Huseynov
The wavelength dependence of the Yule-Nielsen factor, Joseph Janiak
Noise reduction in digital images, Lana Jobes
Loaf, C. Michael Johnson
Phoebe, Julie Jurgens
Graphic design and architecture at their intersection, Kathleen Kaminski
Broadcast logo animation, Yoon Kang
William Wheatley: A Retrospective, Melissa K. Kaup
A Study of package handling drops in the United States postal service, Thomas Kausch
Leadership characteristics in an organizational transformation, Edward Keyes
Effective management of EFL(Executive Floor): An Investigation into quality-management on service, Keon-Wuk Kim
Drug use and pregnancy, Kimberly Klapmust
Vespers, Alec Knox
Development and testing of improved spectral unmixing techniques, Daisei Konno
Self-Similarity in a multi-stage queueing ATM switch fabric, Adam Lange-Pearson
A Study of key factors affecting the degree of job satisfaction of tour guide in Bangkok, Thailand, Thareethip Laowirojanakul
Interior design and multipurpose furniture for the collegiate apartment at RIT, Woranooch Leelapattanaputi
The Use of silica and alumina to catalyze the addition of hydrogen chloride to alkenes, Ying Liu
A Windows program for airfoil design using B-splines, Matthew MacLean
A Trip to the building, Zachary Margolis
Synthesis of lead zirconate titanate (PZT) and characterization of pyrolysis products, Graeme Matthews
Fragmentation and presence: Direction of the emotive moment, Michelle Mazurek
