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 1990
A Multi-dimensional visual history on the upper falls of the Genesee River, Rochester, NY, Bruce G. Robinson
Electronic design and publishing for Mexican textile exhibition, Maria Andrea Robledo Arcos
Simulation and analysis of a digital scanning system, Eugene A. Rogalski
Imagination makes things perfect, Donna Lee Rollins
Optimal selection of textural and spectral features for scene segmentation, Wendy Rosenblum
A New image, Scott E. Rummler
The design, fabrication, and test of a CMOS operational amplifier, Edward P. Sayre
A study of the accuracy of reproduction of measured photography: A method to equate the tonal range of the color transparency to the tonal of the photomechanical reproduction, Michael Grant Scala
Illustrating type, Gilbert Sennett
Efficient geographic information systems: Data structures, Boolean operations and concurrency control, James Sheng Min
Inspections: Software development process for building defect free software applied in a small-scale software development environment, Patricia A. Sherwood
3-D longwave infrared synthetic scene simulation, Eric H. Shor
Uncertainty reasoning and representation: A Comparison of several alternative approaches, Barbara S. Smith
Analysis of color variation during four-color offset lithographic press runs by monitoring changes in three-filter density values of overprint tints, Curtis L. Smith
Computer animation: The Animation capabilities of the Genigraphics 100C, Pamela Barth Stainback
Modeling variation in the refractive index of optical glasses, David Stephenson
An Interferometric method for evaluating holographic materials, Roger C. Sumner
Improved techniques for bispectral reconstruction of signals, Gopalakrishnan Sundaramoorthy
In purpose there is harmony, Trevor M. Tait
Felt garments, Mitsuko Tarui
No Guarantees, Barbara J. Tefft
Garments as living sculpture, Cynthia Tokar
Penthesilea: Woman as hero, George Totskas
My student years, David J. Urgo
To determine the drying rate and the rewettability characteristics of water based flexographic news inks, Parthasarathy Varadarajan
A quantitative analysis of a self-emitting thermal IR scene simulation system, James S. Warnick
Shift-invariant image reconstruction of speckle-degraded using bispectrum estimation, Steven M. Wear
A Dynamic scheduling monitor for a manufacturing process, Gregory Weilnau
Menu design: A Typographic history, Janice M. White
Enhancements to the XNS authentication-by-proxy model, Peter D. Wing
Reasoning with visual knowledge in an object recognition system, Christine Wojnowski
Motion in metal, Lisa Wolk
Chemical sensitization of tabular-grain emulsions in the presence of sensitizing dye, Weide Victor Yang
A Graphic Identity program for Sculpture '91, Alexandra Felice Young
Scatterer number density estimation for tissue characterization in ultrasound imaging, Hui Zhu
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
Designing to increase user acceptance of respiratory protection, David Abkowitz
Multi-image animation: "Super Hero", Jeannette M. Achurra
Marketing and feasibility study for launching a city/regional magazine in Rochester, New York, John K. Aizstrauts
Mysterium tremendum et fascinans, Babette Augustin Gabriele
A Study on doubling in the offset printing process, Amal A. Ba'adarani
Susan B. Anthony House graphic design program, Leuan Zumwalt Baker
An Evaluation of the relationship between optimum tone reproduction and reproduction size, Thomas A. Benson
Landscape and the light, Gloria Betlem
Enhancements to the frame virtual machine, Archna Bhandari
Interactive animated children's story, Dale Frances Boris
GSD - An interactive window oriented debugger, Gary Bricault S.
Interactive interface design: Graphic Design Archive prototype 2.0, Cathleen Britt
The Unfolding of geologic space, Anne L. Brown
Family album, Philip Burzynski
Historic site marker identity program for the National Register of Historic Places of Rochester, New York, Susanna D. Cassell
The Study of paper surface efficiency, Wandee Charoenpholphibool
Dependence of stress and resistivity of sputtered copper films on deposition conditions, Tse-Shih Chen
Structural aspects of bis(quadridentate)zirconium(IV) complexes, Brian P. Cleary
A Demonstration of the Genigraphics: An interactive videodisk for computer graphics, Ruth Cohen
Public education program for the Seneca Park Zoo, Liana R. Colón Badillo
HyperThesis: An Interactive report, Martha Conners
Conscious / unconscious, David M. Cravenho
Private spaces, Barbara Curtis
Geneplanner: A Prototype of an expert system to assist with chemical DNA gene synthesis planning, Marilyn Daum
Identity type appropriateness analysis based upon William Cavino's classification system for symbols and logos: Verbal symbols, Stewart Brett DeBoer
"Did you see that chair", Elaine R. Defibaugh
Rheumatoid arthritis: An overview, Angela DeLaura
Homonymous projections, Jo-Ann J. Dellaposta
Characterization and 1H-NMR applications of hexaaza macrocyclic complexes of lanthanides, Mary DiSano
Comparison of four digital halftone screen (dither) patterns using quantitative analysis of the binary image microstructure, Jacquelyn S. Ellinwood
A Study of the effect of oil added to Toray driographic ink on toning in the non-image areas of Toray company's negative working driographic plates, Joseph El-Yabroudi
Design facility utilizing VDTs, Glenn E. Enderby
Preparation and characterization of semi-flexible thermotropic poly(ester-imide)s, John V. Facinelli
Amused: a multi-user software environment diagnostic, Mary Ann Foltman
Pixel-by-pixel reduction of atmospheric haze effects in multispectral digital imagery of water, John W. Francis
Computing techniques for the enumeration of cyclic Steiner systems, Timothy Frenz Carl
Laser perforation for computer paper, Claude F. Gattuso
A Statistical approach to formant tracking, Robert T. Gayvert
Color transformation modeling for printed images using interpolation based on barycentric coordinates, K. Douglas Gennetten
Thesis report of David Clark Gibney, David Clark Gibney
Use of an incorparated hardening develpoer to produce a phase modulated hologram in a silver halide material, Geoffrey B. Gretton
Parametric splines in tension, Surendra K. Gupta
Simplicity of form, Tricia Harrison
Stories, Phil Harris
COACH: A two level expert planning assistant for high school football, Gary F. Hasman
Navigational tool for the Graphic Design Archive, Ken Hayward
A study of ink trapping comparing gravimetric and densitometric methods of measurement, Jui-lin Hsu
A graphic identity program for the Thousand Acre Swamp sanctuary, Cynthia B. Hummel
A Marketing plan for a publication for the arts in Rochester, Carmen Indorato
A Natural language interface to MS-DOS, Donna Indovina Blodgett
Visual metaphors in computer-generated information graphics, Sidney E. Jablonski
A Shift variant filter applied to edge trace analysis, David C. Johnson
The Roycroft Inn of East Aurora, New York, Randall Lamar Johnson
Liberation: Design that liberates rather than handicaps us, M. Amelia Kennedy
Geometric and organic imagery, Douglas Charles Kenney
Bible binding techniques: Analysis of spine lining constructions and endpaper reinforcements, Hyung-Sun Kim
Provenance determination of Bronze Age pottery using neutron activation analysis, Debra Ann Kipler-Koch
HOPS: A Hierarchical/object-oriented programming environment system, Ryuichiro Kodama
Modal analysis of a robot arm using the finite element analysis and modal testing, Shashank C. Kolhatkar
A corporate identity package for the technical association of the graphic arts: a methodological approach, Charles G. Kuhn
Points of hue, Andrea Kundin
Determination of image quality for added noise as a function of spatial frequency, Yun-Ching Kuo
Modification of structurally different polymers downstream of a microwave plasma, J. Patrick Kusior
Pilot study of hotel ownership patterns and their economic impacts on Wales economy, Joseph La Lopa
False illusions: Animals, nature and consumerism, Jo-Anne Landriaux
