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.
To browse dissertations and theses by academic department or program, please go to the Colleges and Departments page.
Theses/Dissertations from 1981
First light, Dennis Burns
The effect of band-passed spatial noise on the perception of grain, Wallace Carpenter
Felt Vessels, Sherry L. Clark
Stamping and embossing: a modern adaptation of Pre-Columbian metalworking processes, Richard Coble
Tubular solar collector analysis and comparison with flat plate collectors in SDHW applications, Kevin A. Cole
Draw-a-map: An Interactive graphical system using a relational data base, Ethel Comte
Thermovacuum forming plastics for artistic endeavors, Rose E. Corcoran
The Halftone effect in color photographic enlargements, Rick Crowsey
Investigation into the mechanism of development to increase exposure latitude without loss of threshold speed, Susan A. Egnoto
The evaluation of positive photoresist speed, Donis Flagello
A visual synthesis, Mark Foster
Selected influences in painting, Barbara Fox
The Bausch & Lomb industrial design department identity program, Lorrie Frear
Music Education Posters, Edith L. Freedman
The Effect of camera motion on MTF and SQF for handheld camera at two weights, John Griffith
Qualities of uncoated groundwood paper affecting adhesive binding strength, Kenneth S. Gross
High temperature oxidation of sterling silver, Jon A. Hall
A comparison of the random dot and the conventional halftone printing process with respect to color characteristics, Sanat Hazra
The Graphic Design Career Kit, Sharon M. Heyenck
An investigation of a mathematical model to characterize the nonlinear nature of a lithographic film system, David S. Holbrook
The biological and mathematical basis of L systems, Christine Kelly-Sacks
Three dimensional resonant vibrations and stresses in turbine blade groups, Patrick J. Kline
Predicting color print filtration and exposure, James A. Klingshirn
Depth of field in high magnification fine grain photography, Mark Konieczny
Image restoration by selective short space spectral subtraction, Rose M. Korte
The effect of temperature and relative humidity during drying on the covering power of processed x-ray films, John M. Lauffer
The comparison of densitometric measurement with gravimetric measurement of wet-on-wet ink trapping, Kongsak Lawphongpanich
The microdensitometry of image boundaries fabricated by the Color-Difference Blue-Screen Traveling Matte Process, Michael F. Lehman
Digital image modeling of film granularity and effect on subjective pictorial quality, Jerold B. Lisson
Sam's Chance and other essays about art, Mary Lum
Scene illuminate effect on additive two-color reproduction, John C. Manfredo
Analysis on the Use of Viewing Filters to Determine Necessary Color Change in the Graphic Arts Industry, John W. McFarlan
Campobello Island: far from the mainstream, Stephen O. Muskie
Optical noise reduction using partial coherence in spatial filtering for image detail enhancement, Steven Lynn Musser
Ceramic art: a vehicle for cultural awareness, Michael Olusola Olugbile
Cryptography and its application to operating system security, Michelle Painchaud
Image degradation in a diffusion transfer process, Peter Petch
Edward Steichen and World War II naval photography, Christopher Phillips
Coherent optical linewidth measurement of thick films on integrated circuit wafers, Andrew Pomerene
Small scale monumental sculpture, Henry Ponter
Image enhancement in a microfilm projection printer utilizing partial coherence and spatial filtering, Donald Pophal
Edge sharpness effects on computer-generated holograms, Clinton S. Potter
Contemporary furniture and the pursuit of comfort, Joseph G. Prutch
Gravity controlled pAg double-jet precipitations, Adam Pudnos
Major Trends in Operating Systems Development, Margaret M. Reek
Factors influencing the acceptance of computer assisted estimating, Sharon Ryan
Quantification of the unsharp masking technique of image enhancement, Larry A. Scarff
Projected reality, Richard E. Schneider
A digital image processing system for slow scan television, James Schueckler
Visual modulation transfer function as a predictor of acuity, Thomas A. Sebring
Second nature, Joseph Solan
The study of factors that affect cell depth during etching in direct transfer gravure, Somchai Sringkarrinkul
For the table, Donald Stuart
Similarities between Chinese Taoism and Western graphic design, Lillian Yin-Ling Sung
Local Color, Gary Thomas Sutto
A new correlation for heat transfer during flow boiling, Bhabesh K. Thakur
Mise en Scene, Nelson Vigneault
Spiritual and philosophical concerns, Frances Welles
Interpretation of Oriental Consciousness, Yu-ru Yeh
Language processors for the Motorola M68000 microprocessor, Joseph Ziarko
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Guidelines to the implementation of printing vocational schools in Nigeria, Samuel Bademosi Adesorioye
A business primer for the artist/craftsman, Susan L. Alves
Images in Glass, Douglas Anderson
A study on the improvement of ROP newspaper color through modification of the reproductive curve to lighten the overall reproduction, Ronald Assoian
The CMS-2 subset compiler, J. T. Badura
The intuitive and the rational, Julie Benjamin
Modification of the Kenworthy Snorkel Camera System, Lewis Brown Jr.
Ultrasonic flaw detection, Wayne Buchar
Granularity: investigating equations that convert (T) to (D), Frederick Catt
The Yellow Pages of tourism resources for the Rochester area: A Tourism directory for Rochester and Monroe County, Nancy Jane Cecilia
Beginnings and Endings, William Cherkin
The effect of screen ruling on the saturation of pastel gamut colors, John T. Chittick
Structural aesthetics in furniture design, James Clark
Color and the Grid, David Cress
The secret soul of things, Joyce E. Culver
Design, construction, and verification of a photographic color paper sensitometer, Daniel Marc Denkin
The effect of emulsion stabilizers on the rate of solution of silver halide grains, Christopher L. Dumont
The effects of concurrent photon amplification utilizing an infrared latensification source, Mitchell D. Feather
The design and construction of an exposure meter for use with infrared sensitized film, James A. Fitz
Trail markers: Entries, views, reminders of passage, Michael Flecky
Transfer function of the human visual system under red safelight conditions with average luminance as a parameter, Virginia Flook
Making and Its Companions in the Visual Arts, Scott Garrison
Gwunder, Martin Gasser
Signatures, Beatrice Geller
Textile "Floorpieces", Patricia Giordano
Design Considerations for a General Purpose Sensitometer, Robert Goldy
Just living, Howard S. Goodman
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Greenwich Village Street Life in the Summer After Dark, Roy Greer
An investigation of a viscous lithographic developer, Thomas Gribb
Energy in physical spaces, Anthony Guidice
