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 1996
To Study the permeation characteristics of spicy chicken flavor using metallized OPP film from Thailand so as to be able to extend the shelf life of Big Jack (corn snack), Kanitta Savetpacharaporn
Significance that a learning tool to enhance the understanding of the principles of printing has an effect on the productivity of color laser copier/printer operators, AnnMarie Scamacca
Process design for charge-injection based imaging array fabrication, Michael Schippers
Investigation into the capturing, manipulating, calibrating and outputting of black and white images on a Xerox Docutech, Sebastian Schwarz
Space adventure, David Seah
Portraits in flight, Jeanne Ungemach Shain
The Colorimetric characterization of CRT-based digital film recorders, Helen Hae-Kyung Shin
50 Years to justice "The Trial of Paul Touvier", Kimberly Slack
Synergistic qualities of form and space, Catherine Dicesare Smith
Assessment of changes in the decision making environment in a 210 room, Rochester, NY hotel: A 1996 Case study, Nikhila Sridhar
Simplicity, Angela Stickell
208 Mill Street: An Historical renovation, Lisa Ilene Studint
The Integration of an information processing system: A Case study based at the Lodge at Woodcliff, Robert Sweeney
Modeling the MTF and noise characteristics of an image chain for a synthetic image generation system, Frank Tantalo
Quietude, Katelyn Thorne
Assessment of mixing parameters to achieve stable sodium carboxymethylcellulose (NaCMC) solutions at vaeying ionic strengths of NaCl, Beverley Waller
Conveyor tracking using adept robot with vision guidance system, Chen-yu Wang
See through the dark -- Reincarnation, Su-Chin Wang
Lei Rimana "She stays", Keith Watson
Comparative analysis of airline reservation systems on the internet in terms of convenience, Somyot Wattanakamolchai
Validation of Rochester Institute of Technology's (RIT's) Digital Image and Remote Sensing Generation (DIRSIG) Model, reflective region, Russell White
Two-dimensional spectrum estimation using the radon transform, Jennifer Wideman
Design process and digital technology: A Perspective for education, Susan Wieters
Sports identity: A Design altenative, C. Williams-McClure
A Nonprofit's guide to internally-planned successful print communications, Joseph Wilson
Optimization of template selection for signal detection systems with additive internal noise, Shan Xue
Hydroboration of Alkenes catalyzed by rhodium compounds, Lu Yang
Hell vision, Willie Li-Wei Yang
Emotional content in gestural process and form, Robin Yates
Digital halftoning using fibonacci-like sequence pertubation and using vision-models in different color spaces, Huanzhao Zeng
Thermotropic liquid crystalline poly(amide-imide)s: Preperation and characterization, Bidan Zhang
Modeling and image quality of photopolymer-based holographic optical elements, Guoheng Zhao
3-D CFD analysis of flow in a mixed-flow pump diffuser, Yi Zhao
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Illustrated lexicon of technical terms used in the condition report of photographs, Patricia Acuña Castrellon
Hybrid-electric vehicle design and applications, Eric Adams
Dynamic model update program, Feroz Ahmed
A Computational analysis of observer metamerism in cross-media color matching, Richard Alfvin
A Study of ellipsoidal variance as a function of mean CIELAB values in a textile data set, Seth Ansell
Seven panels on preservation: Ruminations of a one-eyed fat man, Phillip Austin
A Study to evaluate the permeation characteristics of black tea flavors and linalool in four different plastic films, Cheong Soon Aw
A Question of balance: Constructing a mobile software simulator, Michael Wulf Axelrod
A Model: An Organization that fosters internal motivation, Sheila Barber
Overcoming limitations, Debra Barton
Designing dinner plate protypes for the contemporary table, Sandy Meg Beckerman
Filters in motion, Piyaluk Benjadol
An Interaction in glass, Jason Berg
The Exploration of nature through the plane, Rodger Book
Reality and appearance, Apinya Boonprakob
Puerto Rico 2000: Building a new future, Griselle Boria-Marcano
Moving toward reconciliation, Paula Boronell
The Influence of LOCOS-Related oxide etch on thin oxide leakage in memory devices, Rohan Braithwaite
CCD photometry and the stellar content of the central region of IC 1805, David Bretz
A VHDL model of a digi-neocognitron neural network for VLSI, Troy Brewster
Inside the cook-room, Sadie Bridger
Books of remembered rites and celebrations, Laura Brown
The Transient response of heat exchangers, David Bunce
Arbol de la Vida, Carisa Cannan
Experimental and analytical investigation of the bubble nucleation characteristics in subcooled flow, Michael D. Cartwright
Dream tree, Kyoung-Choul Cha
Matched wavelet construction and its application to target detection, Joseph Chapa
The Economical feasibility of computer-to-plate technology for use in magazine production, Chih-Ming Chen
Convergence of adaptive morphological filters in the context of Markov chains, Yidong Chen
Synecdoche, Isabel Chicquor
Tourism, transportation and accomodation: Case study of two cities in Southern India, Garani Chitra
A Personal mobile computer (a notebook computer without a keyboard), Kwan-Sik Cho
Effective communication in interactive media through application of Gestalt principles, Cheryl R. Cicha
Relics of psychic events, Bonnie Coen
An Investigation into world wide web publishing with the hypertext markup language, Eric Joseph Cohen
The Design, construction, and implementation of an engineering software command processor and macro compiler, Jesse Coleman
Intelligent user interfaces and the Internet, William Colgrove
Ascension, Clifford M. Commanday
An Investigation into the distuibution of portable documents in a prepress environment, Timothy Conroy
Ceramic tableware for everyday utility, Pamela Delyannis
Modification and characterization of poly[styrene-co-maleic anhydride] with fluorescent probes, Ronald DiFelice
The "New" new typography?: A Critical view of the state of typography, Joseph DiGioia
Temporal sampling of forward looking infra-red imagery for sub-resolution enhancment post-processing, Serge Dutremble
Fences, George Elyjiw
The Permeation of volatile compounds through acrylonitrile polymers films, Juan Escobar
The Effect of image content on color difference perceptibility, Susan Farnand
Design and performance evaluation of a modular imaging spectrometer instrument, Xiaofan Feng
A Study of the epic delta dampening system's ability to eliminate plate-caused hickeys, Noelle Lara Folkes
A Study of the preferability of desktop generated color separations over high end generated color separations in newspaper printing, Robert Foster
The Ritual of painting, Allen Vaughan Fowler
Mechanism of inhibitation of human leukocyte elastase by benzisothiazolinone-1,1-dioxides, Catherine Franke
Quality service in a large metropolitan healthcare facility's cafeteria: A Comparison of customer perceptions and management perceptions as measured by SERVQUAL, James Frederiksen
An Examination of distributional assumptions in landsat tm imagery, Elizabeth Frey
An Investigation of alternative communication methods to face to face interaction between design and client, Tanya Friedman
Spectral analysis of blood velocity in the human fetus, Francis J. Gallagher
AIDS print media resource directory: A Prototype for the centralization of AIDS print media in Monroe County, New York, Joseph Galli
Efficient VHDL models for various PLD architectures, Vassilis Giannopoulos
Improvement of packaging as one of the key terms of the efficient economy development, Edward Goldberg
Frames ate the art, frames are the art, the camera is the art, the text is the art, the thing is the art, art is the art, Phil Goldwhite
Adaptable rescue system, Matthew George Goulet
The Impact of videoconferencing on the corporate travel industry, Mary Elizabeth Grieco
Spectroscopic and sensitometric studies of chemically produced silver clusters, Shilin Guo
A CMOS monolithic analog multiplier with wide input dynamic range, George Anthony Hadgis
