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 1982
On the Use of Cognitive Principles and the Personalized System of Instruction in Computer Science Education, James Bradley
Constructs, Pamela Jean Burg
Evaluation of the image quality of an experimental lenticular film system for radiographic applications, Elizabeth A. Butler
"Letters", Rose Butler
Accretion: Idea, Expression, and Humanism., Mary Campbell
Factors Influencing Flexographic Tone Reproduction Including Types of Printing Plate Materials Used, Bruce Capriotti
An Investigation of the effect of an infrared post-exposure latent image in a 3M dry silver film, Thomas J. Cardinali
3 Films, David Carnochan
The stability of reciprocity law failure in color print papers, Victoria L. Carriero
Sensitization of an oxadiazole derivative as an organic photoconductor, Claude G. Ceintrey
Theoretical determination of optimum split-filter exposures for color-correction masks, Jang-fun Chen
Everywhere is somewhere, Ann-Bridget Clarke
Prediction of Small-Scale Densities Using the Chemical and Optical Spread Functions, David S. Cline
Effect of stabilizers on gold sensitization, Douglas E. Corbin
Microprocessor-based in-process infrared densitometer, Steven Cox
Investigation of the electronic and thermal rearrangement properties of SPIRO[2,4]HEPTA-4,6-DIENES, Raymond K. Crandall
Mathematical modeling of black-and-white chromogenic image stability, Charles Datema
The Influence of Merleau-Ponty, James Davis
Derivation of the Optimum Film Contrast Gradient in Photographic Tone-Reproduction Systems, William R. Dowling
The Implementation of a Network Oriented Database Management System Designed to Run Under the Unix Operating System, Mary Dvonch
Abstract forms in nature, Lauren C. Engel
Correlation of development acceleration by decyltrimethylammonium bromide with the ionization states of hydroquinone and of chlorohydroquinone, Robert W. Eskes
Prediction of cut-off frequency from the maximum slope of a transmittance scan of an ideal edge, Dale E. Ewbank
The atmospheric photochemical stability of CC1F2NO, CC12FNO, CC1FNO2, and CC12FNO2, George Fazekas
Dyad: biography of a relationship, John Fergus-Jean
Correlation of silver halide emulsion bar-coater vacuum chamber pressure fluctuations with flow pattern occurrence, Paul Fitzpatrick
Weaving and architectural structure, Sonja Flavin
An exploration in weaving and painting, Christine Forsythe
Palette and Palate, James Fulmer Jr
An active filter design program (theory and application), Louis Gabello
SMA80 Structured Macro Assembler, Joseph R. Garappolo
The Graphic Arts Industry in Mexico - Training and Educational Aspects, Orbe Garcia
Wearable Art, Elizabeth Garver
Connected Narratives, Judith Geiger
Development of a quantitative spectrophotometric assay for lectins, Kim E. Goppert
Photographs and monoprints, Richard Gray
Fluted and faceted porcelain, Barbara Greever
Advantages and practical limitations of mathematical continuity in cam profile design, Edward Gunzelmann
Persistence of Perception, Gary Hadlock Jr
A collection of differences, Susan Hamlet
Paper coating constituents and their influence on chemical ghosting, Craig Harmsen
The printing industry in sub-Sahara Africa: An exploratory study, H. Richard Harmsen
Proposal and Investigation of a Method for Measuring Process Color Variation via Reflection Densitometer, Russell Harris
Investigation of a Method to Increase the Sensitivity of Counter-Current Immunoelectrophoresis Using Direct-Contact Photography, James E. Hohenberger
Direct diffusion resist for gravure, Wilson Hurst
The Decorative Imperative, Harriet Jaffie
The design and production of graininess samples using an ordered array binary imaging system, Paul W. Jones
Development of a Software Package to Generate Screen Maintenance Programs for Use on Qantel Computers, Jane Keller
Through the Looking Glass, R. Kohloff
Design, tuning and performance evaluation of an automated pulmonary nodule detection system, William Lampeter
Densitometrically measured effective dot area as a function of ink hue, Jeffrey Latzko
Generation of software to produce a Landsat scene comprised only of pseudo invariant features, Martha C. Leahy
Romance, Deborah Ray Leith
Wreckedangular Vision, Joseph Lesko
Image quality as a function of unsharp masking band center, Chia-Chin Liu
Aurora Borealis, Carol Luzon
Optimization of positive resist/developer pairs for semiconductor fabrication, John G. Maltabes
Eikoh Hosoe: Photographs 1960-1980, Constance McCabe
Private Pictures in Public Places., Margaret McGarrity
The manifestation of personal philosophies concerning material and form, Mark Methner
Moving beyond the vessel, William N. Mickle
The Removal of Low Concentrations of Heavy Metals from Photographic Processing Effluents Using a Modified Crovex Silver Recovery Metallic Replacement System, John W. Miller Jr
A comparison of the perception of juxtaposed tones in newspaper images when screened with conventional and random dot screens, Sylvia Monteiro
Waiting for the Sun, Terrance Murray
An Investigation and Implementation of Recommendation X.25 on a Motorola M6800 Based Network, Louis Nyerges
The Hosoe Project, Susan Poulakis
A software translator for color projection printing, Richard J. Quattrini
Visual Softness in Ceramics, Sheldon L. Rexrode
A family document, Ronald Richardson
Thesis, George Ring
Patterned Rugs, Kristin C. Rowley
A ruin aesthetic, John Hutchins Ruppert
Photographs of Alexa, Elizabeth Scott
Towards a simplification in painting, Monica Smith
The Aura of Femininity in Art, Linda Smolenski
Alphabet soup, Beth April Smolev
The effect of ink/fountain solution emulsion of paper permanence, Thomas H. Spotts
An Investigation into the Effects of Dry Etching Techniques on Changing Halftone Dot-Sizes, Anthony P. Stanton
Dancing on a wall, Jane Alden Stevens
Nicaragua: a society in transition, James Mason Stillings
Satellite channel sharing and its implications for computer networks, David Storch
Analysis of Ink Film Thickness on Screenless Lithographic Plates by Microscopy, James Spruill Summers
Optical Sculptures, Alexander Syndikas
Haloid Camera xerography, Ronald Ruhl Talbott
A Fool's paradise, Gary Todak
A Survey of Twelve Factors Influencing Covering Power, Jeffrey Wagner
The Hypoxia Screen as an Indicator of Alterations in the Number of Centeral Cholinergic Recpetors Inuduced by Chronic Acetylcholinestrerase Inhibition, Kathleen B. Wallace
Means of Lowering the Contrast of Association Product Printing Plates, Ming-Hwa Wang
The effects of mechanical stress on photographic emulsions, Dennis A. Weiss
Digitization, testing, and evaluation of a device for rapid determination of rms granularity, Daniel J. Williams
Bedouin textiles of Saudi Arabia, Celia Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 1981
The use of the spline function in computer-aided type design, Kathleen Barry Albertini
Research into lead glass, S. Leon Applebaum
Correlation between maximum density and log exposure range of quality prints, David Baer
Direct transfer positive preparation by the use of the Hell chromagraph dc-300 color scanner, Steven Berg
An Investigation of the vapor cushion thickness, temperature, and vaporization time of Leidenfrost drops, Frank Bonsignore
Generative systems & the sense of vision, James Bouchard
Heightened realities, elevated views, Marilyn Christine Bridges
Small area densitometry utilizing fiber optics, Eric D. Bruening
