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 1987
Residential renovation: Architecture, history, and interior design, Nancy Chwiecko
The Design and implementation of a system for processing documents described in generalized markup languages, Frank Cost
Personal vessels, Keith Cullen
Characterization of ion implanted antimony, Michael J. Cumbo
A finite element solution of thermal wave propagation in elastic media, Dominic N. Dalo
Awakening the spirit, Jane Emily Dalton
Development of a photometric primary transfer standard for reflectance goniospectrophotometry, Denis J. O. Daoust
Assessment of classical database models for representing solids, Julia L. Deal
Development of a composite material with enhanced electromagnetic power dissipation characteristics, Lawrence R. Egan
Database recovery, Kim L. Emanuel
Surface design, Marie Emmanuel
A digital indicator diagram generation system for the ricardo E6 engine, Peggy A. Faber
Reactive ion etching of polyimide films using a radio frequency discharge, James G. Fagan
Investigation of the accuracy of array radiometry for measuring pulsed radiation sources, K.W. Farrell
An Exploration of conscious and instinctive concepts within ceramic sculpture, Pamela Jayne Fayer
A study of the brain's transfer function for edge perception, Charles G. Fink
The Ubiquitous B-tree: Volume II, Sally E. Fischbeck
Thermal degradation of polymer blends containing the poly(hydryoxy ether of Bisphenol-A), Joseph S. Formosa
Searching, Lisa (Elizabeth) Forster
Pate de verre process, Ann Frellsen
A new imaging material utilizing exposure induced free radical reduction of stabilized soluble metal salts, Patrick Friedman
The forms and colors of nature on silk, Sulaiman Abdul Ghani
Ornamental fans, Marie Annette Gniazdowski
Computer Aided Instruction and a Graphical Authoring System, Catherine Lofgren Goodykoontz
The corporate identity process: Development & application, Lisa Grande
Test target display, an M.F.A. photography portfolio as applied to optical laser disc, Ronald Joseph Gregory
Music and art : an analogical approach, Donald Groscost
A computer simulation of processor scheduling in UNIX 4.2BSD, Michael D. Grossman
Glamour, Barbara Grunbaum
UGURU: a natural language UNIX consultant, John Hanson
Automatic differentiation: Implementation in the Ada programming language, Robert P. Herloski
How a printer's marketing strategy affects capital-equipment purchasing decisions, Lisa S. Horwich
Frame design, Bonnie House
Mosaic in paper, Caroline M. Howell
Between realism and abstraction, Shi-ling Chen Hsiang
A Comparative study of four major knowledge representation techniques used in expert systems with an implementation in Prolog, JoAnn T. Hudgick
Comparison of color lightness in two-color plus black reproduction systems vs. three-color reproduction systems, Lonnie Jackson
A model for automatic optical scaling of type designs for conventional and digital technology, Bridget Lynn Johnson
An image storage system using a relational database management system to facilitate picture data handling, Daryl G. Johnson
Interactive Virtual Debugger for GPSS/H, Eugene Johnson
On the proposed integrated services digital network, Robert Johnson
Investigation of steady incompressible flows in the vicinity of an airfoil, Sivaraj Kailasapathy
The effect of solid ink density on shifts in hue in gray component replacement, Hans P. Kellogg
Design, fabrication and implementation of a hash table processor, Robert Paul Ketrick
The Exploration of spatial relationships through a personal iconography, Sara Koblentz
Relationships of light and the spirit, Bernadine Wisniewski Koert
The optical spread functions and noise characteristics of selected paper substrates measured in typical reflection optical system configurations, Janet L. Kofender
A report on debugging networked real-time multi-microprocessor systems, Anandi Krishnamurthy
Animator: an object-oriented approach, Stephen Kurtz
The computer as a tool in the ethical development of primary school children, Nancy B. Landau
Design and implementation of a local area network utilizing Intel 310/80286 systems, James Leach
Thermal degradation of polymer blends containing poly(vinyl chloride), David W. Lee
Four input nor gate array for EMCR210, Theodore Lemmond
An expert system to optimize combinational logic, Gu-Ching Lin
Stylistic analysis and recognition of piano sonatas of four composers -- Mozart, Chopin, Debussy, Anton Webern, Emily Feng-Hwa Lin-Jeng
An algorithmic approach for multi-color Ramsey graphs, Wei Li
Society bits, Jose Enrique Lorca
The prediction of edge raggedness via a single-channel filter model of the visual system, Michael G. Mannix
Adaptive statistical recognition of hand-printed Telugu characters, Murthy Lakshmana Mantha
A statement in pattern, Dennis Earl Maust
A work center for the home, Lauren McDermott
COuntywide Police Simulation System COPS, Craig J. McDonald
A study of the discernibility of electrophotostatic copied typestyles as compared with non-electrophotostatic copied typefaces, Laura A. Melchionne
The variability of a web offset newspaper press run as measured by the Eastman Kodak Company's customized color analysis target, John C. Meyer
Partitioning and protecting control program function through virtual storage, Thomas J. Murray
A series of fourteen posters, Ok-Hee Nam
Form and decoration, Geraldine Anne Nash
Educational/informational posters on graphic design, Sister Mary Kay Neff S.C.
An introduction of the theory of nonlinear error-correcting codes, Robert B. Nenno
The Joker is wild, Jay Noiman
Study of the graininess models using the Macintosh computer, Apiwat Nutavej
Effects of chromatic surrounds on the perceived color balance of reflection prints, David R. Odgers
Psyxpert: An Expert system for aiding psychiatrists in the diagnosis of psychotic disorders, Mary A. Overby
The family album: an extended portrait, Michael Phillips
An analysis of wet-on-wet trapping using the Walker and Fetsko ink transfer equation, Sam Powell
IPL: Interfaced Prolog/Lisp, Steven J. Recard
Images of my mind, Mary Loomis Rickman
Application of the DRAM software for the dynamic analysis of a linkage mechanism, Deepak Namdeo Rode
Tableware, Rebecca Rupp
Automated segmentation of urban features from landsat thematic mapper imagery for use in pseudoinvariant feature temporal image normalization, Carl Salvaggio
Computer imagery and creative energy, Linda K. Saxton
Integrated voice/data through a digital PBX, Ian Schofield
Deuterium isotope effects on in vitro dealkylation of 1,1-dimethylhydrazine and 1,1-dimethylnitrosamine via hepatic enzymes, Robert Sloane
Evaluation of some multivariate CUSUM schemes, Susan L. Spindler
Master of fine arts degree programs marketing and communication programs, Araya Srikanlayanabuth
Implementing intersection calculations of the ray tracing algorithm with systolic arrays, Andrea Stankus
A simulation of a distributed file system, Alan Stanley
A low-noise CCD electrometer using buried-channel LDD nMOSFETs, Eric G. Stevens
Wire water wood, Agnes Stokes
An Investigation of the performance of gray-component replacement, Melissa Berry Tolmie
A mathematical analysis of an electronic dot generating scanner for dot resolution and tone reproduction, Frederick K. Waechter
Design and testing of a computer-controlled square wave voltammetry instrument, Nancy L. Wengenack
PyGraph: a graphic front-end for the PAISLey executable specification language, Richard Willison
