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 1986
An Analysis of Electronic Color Scanning Techniques for Application to the Dye Transfer Process, William Allan Six
Imaging land/water demarcation lines for coastal mapping, Kirk Smedley
JMSL - a language derived from APL, John Mark Smeenk
The design and construction of furniture for mass production, Kevin Stark
Linkage kinematics sketchpad, Michael St. Jacques
Investigation of the control information content in the transient regime input/output data, Matthew Strack
Pattern within porcelain, Virginia Carol Swisher
Brighton Beach -- An Interaction, Dory E. Thanhauser
Nouveau deco, Jodie Traugott
A learning program for the game of 'Go-Moku', Dong-Ming Wang
"Enchanted spaces: shelters of Block Island", Judith Watts
Collage, and transposing space, David King Werberig
A modular approach to communication using prediction, James Wilson
Film Granularity and the Effect on Subjective Image Quality, James A. Wisner
Addition of Structured Records to the UNIX™ and MS-DOS™ File Systems, Nancy Wisotzke
Design of an expert system to perform cladistic analysis, Walter Wolf
Proper spaces, Karen Wollins
An agreeable truth: facts and faith in nineteenth century photography, David Wooters
A study of the relationship between the black and white solid ink density and image quality in lithography, Chia-Wei Wu
Computer vision of a moving square using a two-level data hierarchy, David Zokaites
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
Criteria for selecting materials suitable for application to modified atmosphere packaging of fish, Yvonne Allen
Access control models: Authorization mechanisms for database management systems, Diana Anglero
Attitudes and Evolution; A Profile of My Work, Amy Ellen Anthony
Landscapes, Willard R. Barnes Jr.
The Image and Its Pot, Gary Baxter
The determination of metameric mismatch limits of industrial colorant sets, Michael Beering
Simulation of an open-loop stepping motor system, Gregory Bell
Identity Mark Evaluation and Organization Project, Brian Bennett
Mathematical Modeling of the Nikon Lampas Reflection Measuring Microscope, William O. Bennett
Image reconstruction using Wiener filtering and unsharp masking: a computer model, Jay Berman
Workings of a male hegemonic discourse: representations of women in Life magazine around WWII, Lisa Bloom
The Romance and Reality of Art and Laundry, Susan Blumendale
Using natural language for database queries, Mikel J. Brown
Molecular crosslinking of DNA by dichloro-n-methyl-azaadamantane isomers, Nancy A. Cabral
Comparison of Two MTF Measurement Methods: Sine-Wave Vs Edge Gradient Analysis, John Cadou
A question of reality, Bruce Chapin
Mobile telephone system and non-wire line network, Daniel Chi Man Cheung
Adaptive pattern recognition of hand-written Chinese characters using Fourier transforms of projection profiles, Der-Tsyi Chuang
A study of the effect of ink viscosity on dot gain in offset lithography, David Dailey
The Artist in Society, Ann DeMarle-Pollak
Dot structure analysis of film and developer combinations to optimize LOF for the DC-300B/L scanner, Randy DeMuth
Psychic expression through image-making, Donna De Palma
Comparison of Existing Linewideth Measuring Systems to an Experimental Unit that Enables Minimization of Vibration During Measurement, James G. De Witt
An investigation of the competition between surface/internal latent-image formation in AgBr core-shell emulsions, A. Gary DiFrancesco
Computerized medical illustration, Cynthia Duffer
Rochester: documented, Peter Eberlin
University of Rochester Medical Center symbol development, Nancy Fisher
Novel array representation methods in support of a microcomputer-based APL interpreter, Daniel Fleysher
Displaced Vignettes/Memory Trace, Elizabeth Gafarian
The Pathological Indications of Diabetes Mellitus, Patricia Gast
Decoding daily life, Howard Granowitz
The Fabrication and Testing of a Lead Iodide Photovoltaic Cell, Keith Greenberg
The effect of cross-coupling on the temporal response of ultrasonic transducer arrays, David Hadley
Structural influences in nature, John Hair
Percutaneous absorption and metabolic fate of [14C]hydroquinone in the dog, Marva Louisa Hamilton
The production of custom variable neutral density filters using film and a computer controlled imaging device, Gregory A. Hermanson
Balancing of the Shaking Force, Shaking Moment, Input Torque and Bearing Forces in Planar Four Bar Linkages, Timothy C. Hewitt
Ordered polyesters and polyester-sulfones: aromatic nucleophilic substitution reactions involving diaryl ethers, Linda Hobart
An analysis of stroke fluid flow in a converging channel using a penalty function finite element formulation, Keith A. Honkala
A discussion of my work, Lynne Hull
Model automatic focusing system for linewidth measuring instruments, John Ingraham
Color: A Semiotic Approach (A Video Tape Presentation), Michele Italiano
Terrestrial Invertebrates of the Virgin Islands, Wendy Jackelow
Structural Metamorphosis, Soo Hong Jahng
The effects of common solvents on different types of flexographic printing plates, Jack Jenkins
Analysis of current and future trends in synchronization, deadlock, and recovery in distributed databases, Carmen Ida Joglar
The static analysis of a complex optical-mechanical system utilizing the finite element method, Thaddeus A. Kciuk
Design and implementation of a communications package to network a group of microcomputers, Narayan J. Kulkarni
Entropus: entropia ex aisthetikos, Gerald LaMarsh
A Recursive Fractal Design Generator for Dimensions Zero to Two Implemented within a Two Dimensional Core Graphics Package, Elizabeth Lehmann
A method for comparison of anti-reflection coatings for photoresist via a simple computer algorithm, Neil Levine
The use of edge gradient analysis on chrome and emulsion photomasks to determine modulation transfer functions, Marcy E. Levin
How the computer can aid and facilitate traditional graphic design process, procedure, methodology, and curriculum development: A Videotape presentation, Mary Jane Lewandowski
An Investigation of the Effects Screen Ruling and Dot Structure have on Dot Gain on Offset Newsprint, Dawn Link
Optimization of an elastic drive belt system using an algorithm of automated optimal design, Gerald T. Lioy
Determining process latitude with electrically measurable test structures, Jonathan Littlehale
Brief Looks, Mary Jo Llewellyn
Two dimensional design on thrown forms, Roxanne H. Locy
Analysis of vehicle suspension system subjected to random vibration, Shabbir Lokhandwala
Packaging requirements for a sampling mechanism for self-selection liquid foundation makeup, Osnat Lustig
A Student scheduling system for a microcomputer, Michael Mahaney
Toward a new visual vocabulary: a guide to syntactic variables in graphic design, Craig Malmrose
Basic characteristics to achieve common sense reasoning, A. Raul Maselli
Characterization of G.C.A. Wafertrac 9000 using Kodak Micro Positive 820 Resist and Developer ZX-934, Janet Chapin McFarland
Ektachem evaluation, Barbara A. Meiklejohn
Neighborhood aesthetics, Cleveland Mills
High Performance Displacement Chromatography of Estrodial Analogs, David Minicuci
Strips, Marlin Minks
Information graphics: A Guidebook to downtown Rochester, New York, Michael Regis Mooney
Pages from my library, Elizabeth Handley Motlow
Anatomical Study and Illustrative Plates of the Dwarf Galago Primate, Hugh Nachamie
Computer generated graphics vs. traditionally rendered illustration: a contrast and comparison, Nancy J. Oyos
A personal statement about space, Manuel Pagan
The measurement of scatter and absorption using three spectrophotometric techniques, Christopher Pearson
AMISS: a microprogramming simulation system for educational use, Robert Pesar
The effects on hue resulting from black overprinting in halftone reproductions, Brian Philippsen
The painted portrait, Mary Porter
Container forms, Deborah W. Pratt
A Study to Eliminate Moire Patterns Produced in Color Separations When Scanning Polachrome CS Transparency Film on the Hell DC-300 B/L Laser Scanner, Edwin Parker Price
