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 1994
Chemical vapor deposition reactor design and process optimization for the deposition of copper thin films, Alan Thomas Stephens
The World university games Buffalo '93 The Complete food service perspective, Darrin Stern
Gods, heroes, and figureheads, Nancy Stern
Emotional armor, Catherine M. Stobie
A Gender specific interactive project to promote bilingual literacy in American Sign Language and written English, Catherine Stotts
Design and fabrication of lateral high power devices for power integrated circuits applications, Raymond Talacka
Analysis of NYDEC guidelines for extended detention basins: Effectiveness in water quality improvement in western and central New York, Karlene Thomas
Simulation of simultaneous heat and moisture transfer in a porous media with heated boundries, Kim Thomas
Interactive electronic publishing, Jill Timm
Fear of muckness, Susan Unger
Synthesis, copolymerization and characterization of novel n-substituted phenyl maleimides, Victor Vandell
The Hiding house, Michele Lynn Vavonese
A Statistical analysis of student and employer coop evaluation forms, Amynah Virani
Strategic planning for a private school: A Case study, Kathleen Vollmers
Design and characterization of an amperometric glucose detector for flow injection analysis, Jean Wallace
Sentinel: Monumental sculpture, Charles Jerome Washburn
Scuplted spirituality, Carolee Weglarz
Spectral analysis of multi-spindle machining heads, Allan R. Wells
The Impact of certification on meeting professionals who are members of Meeting Planners International, Donna Winkley
Human face profile recognition, Vincent Wong
Design, graphic arts, and environment, Sondra Zalewski
An Edge-finder based on fuzzy perceptual grouping, Yue Zhang
Dynamic stability of a self-excited elastic beam, Francisco L. Ziegelmuller
Nonlinear system identification, Edward H. Ziegler
[Title goes here], Walter Zimmerman
The Effects of atmospheric pollutants on library microforms, Edward Zinn
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
A Study of time and temperature variables affecting apolipoprotein B-100 on iodipamide ethyl ester particles, Deborah J. Alberty
The Effect of flashing in reducing the tonal range of a transparency for photomechanical reproduction, Bader N. Al-Hajji
Reliability analysis of triple modular redundancy system with spare, Khalid A. Al-Kofahi
Cross-disciplinary use of methaphor, Jeff Arbegast
Interactive instructional design, Anne Marie Arbutiski
Global housekeepers, Mary Arp
An Uncertainty analysis of a color tolerance database, Mitchell Balonon-Rosen
Scanning ratios for desktop imaging, Mike Beaulieu
Desktop publishing applications for corporate graphic standards, Patricia Beckmann
The Relationship between typographic design and photography: Effectively combining type with image, Kristen Leigh Bell
The Design and production of the printed materials for the Goudy International Center for Font Technology and Aesthetics, Mark Benjamin
Application of sensors in an experimental investigation of mode dampings, Richard Hiram Berg
A Study of techniques to improve the effective resolution of thematic mapper thermal infrared imagery, Ranjit Bhaskar
DocuTech open job submode simulation, Lisa Bickerstaff
Process for the development of a repulpable barrier laminate, Brian Bigler
The Dream beast: Manifestations, Robert Bleifer
ABB Canada national sales conference: A Case study, Kimberly A. Blum
Influence of ink sequence on color's hue and saturation in four color halftone screen printing, Aristotelis Platon Bougàs
Empowerment: "Lip service" or "guest service", Earle Lindel Bowman
The Olympic sponsorship: a meeting planning perspective, Lisa E. Browning
Multiple myeloma, Matthew B. Brownstein
A Digital signal processing-based predistortion technique for reduction of intermodulation distortion, Richard James Buckley
XBuild: Flexible, generic, X-based user interface tools, Marcus Cannava
Trophies from a wandering soul: A Study of visual texture, Westy Caswell
The Aesthetics of healing: Joining feminism, autobiography, and landscape, Patricia Elaine Chandler
Morphological classification of noisy shapes via exterior granulometries, Yingchong Cheng
Simulation of a morphological image processor using VHDL - Part II: Control Mechanism, Hao Chen
The Heart of the Dragon, Lilly Chen
The Corporate Travel Index in Taiwan: a case study, Liming Chen
Simulation of a morphological image processor using VHDL - Part I: Mathematical Components, Wei-chun Chen
An impressionist form of oriental landscape images, You-Sook Choi
Sexual Harassment: A Pilot study in the hotel industry, Wen-Yi Tera Chung
Virtual reality, education and the Macintosh, Paul Cofrancesco
An evaluation to determine if there is a communication gap between campus auxiliary services and their student customers, Marylynne Crocker
An Analysis of a new tier pricing strategy in distilled spirit sales: a longitudinal approach, Dennis Dapolito
Total quality management and the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, Mary Beth DeFazio
A Self-timed implementation of the bi-way sorter systolic array processor, Mitchell Diamond
An Extensible, scalable microprocessor architecture, Matthew Dinmore
The Hotel management simulation/game: An Evaluation of game mechanics and learning outcomes, Angel E. Dominguez
Photolithography model parameter extraction from in-situ measured development rates, Patrick G. Drennan
The Suitability of polyethylene terephthalate copolyester for radiation sterilized dry small volume parenterals, Steven M. Drucker
A Comparison of the photochemical reproduction quality from color negative films versus color transparency films, Dawn DuBois
Narratives on clay, Moi Dugan
The Promise comes from faith, Darlene Knies Earls
Automated generation of SW design constructs from Mesa source code, David Egerton
Design for manufacturing: Performance characterization of digital VLSI systems using a statistical analysis/inference methodology, J. Ignacio Espinosa de los Monteros
A study of the effect of water-pick up of UV curable offset ink on its curing time and its end use properties, Ike Siti Fatnasari
Music & the creative imagination, Pamela Fredericks
Synthesis and characterization of novel poly(ester-imide)s containing chiral centers, T. Edwin Freeman
An investigation of the relationship between percentage area coverage and ink film trapping, Daniel Garcia
Design of a hardware efficient key generation algorithm with a VHDL implementation, James A. Goeke
A reference guide to JPEG compression, Daniel P. Goodenow
What happens to a dream deferred?, Alan H. Gordon
Numerical analysis of one-dimensional waves in generalized thermoelasticity, Mark J. Gorman
Construction cost analysis of new/refurbished hotel & motel properties, Deshane Granger
Examining the Creative Process; Electronic technology in art and design, Michael Hahn
CSG based automatic mesh generation using multiple element types, Richard H. Hall
3D Alchemy: a guide to 3D realistic computer graphics, Ching-Pei B. Han
Character recognition of optically blurred textual images using moment invariants, Adam Hanson
A Comparison of paper whiteness rankings: Visual vs. instrument generated, Lawrence David Harris
IISMA: An Interactive information system, Connie Winfield Harvey
Prepress selection of typeface styles and sizes for gravure printing, Eric Henty
An approach to the analysis and deisgn of an intelligent tutoring system using an object-oriented methodology, Jeanne C. Hiesel
Business forms industry's response to EDI and electronic substitutes, Michael J. Hill
A Case study: RIT's changing travel policy, Kathryn Hoch
A Log NEQ based comparison of several silver halide and electronic pictorial imaging systems, Jack Holm
Diamonds in the rough: A Journey of human spirituality, Holly Lynn Hoover
The Labyrinthine path, Shur-tzy Hou
A Laboratory study of ink splitting forces at different film thicknesses and an investigation of the stefan equation, Tso-Pei Hsieh
Channel routing: Efficient solutions using neural networks, Taj-ul Islam
Retrieval from an image knowledge base, James Janicki
Ramsey numbers involving a triangle: theory and algorithms, Xia Jin
