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 1977
A Modification of the Fourier Transform Model in Visual Perception, Bruce Apgar and William Harris
A production of discharge prints created with tie-dye/stencilling and their photographic comparisons, Paxton Sholademi Aremu
Quantitative Analysis of Phenidone and Derivatives in Photographic Developing Solutions, Charles Augello
Comparison of YMCA Operations in the United States with Those in Sweden, Paul Baker
The Design of Fail-Safe Logic, Harvey Becker
A study of the effect on direct stencil edge definition of emulsion thickness, screen mesh count, fabric thread thickness and coater blade thickness, George Bedirian
Sharpness Ratings of a Complete Imaging System, David Blanchard
Checks & Balances, Henry Blaustein
A sense of self, Diane Brawarsky
The Quantitative Identification of E-6 Chemical Processing Errors, Peter Buck and Donald Betz
Correlation Study Between Subjective and Objective Scene Classifications, Craig Campbell
Illumination, Charlotte Yale Chamberlain
Color Photographs, Kathleen Collins
Textile Conservation: Deterioration of Materials, Gayle Corah
Interaction of bromide and organic antifoggants in development, Miriam DeCastro and Kim Eisenberg
Myself & My Space, Jennifer Dossin
Direct Measurement of the Optical Modulation Transfer Function of Non-Developed Emulsions, Glen Elie
Painting with air, John Eoff
Modulation of cyclic amp phosphodiesterase, Gary Fouquet
Christian Art in the Twentieth Century, Jane Fretz
Image Intensification by Superimposed Vesicular Images Generated by Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide, William Grabenstetter
Gesture Pots, Barbara Hancock
Photo Abstraction: A Camera Vision, John Head
Visual concepts developed through Kafka, Denise Heischman
A digital signal processing system developed for the optimal use of high density magnetic storage media, Victor Hernandez
An outpatient environment for fetal monitoring, Claude Hutcheson Jr
Chemical and physical properties of nitryl chloride, Andreas J. Illies
Computer Recognition of Various Aspects of a 35-Lead Electrocardiogram, Mitchell Janoff
Quality aspects of holographic image deblurring, Robert Kalita and Lawrence White
An evaluation of the Sherwood S-12 system for use with the SMA 12/60, Thomas Kankoski
Sculptural Constructions, Robert Kirchmyer
Characterization of a Contact Screen System as Used in the Graphic Arts, Arthur Kliman
Mountain, James Kwiatkowski
Movement of Colors and Forms, Sun Young Lee
Thermalhardening Offset Lithographic Printing Plate, Eric Leonard
Lanthanide shift reagents involving crown ethers, David J. Long
Multiple Component, Ceramic Sculpture, Theodore Lossowski
Punctuation Frequency in Selected American Daily Newspapers, Andrew Malcolm
Operation Bookwatch, Vivian Mallison
Design of a Stepped Diaphragm Intensity Scale Sensitometer, Patrick Meehan
A marketing communications program for Whillock Brothers' Men's Furnishings Store, Robert Meyer
Pepperoni on one half, mushrooms on the other, Tobi Miller
A communication program for television, James Palmer
Symbol making and the creative process, Paula Pate
An investigation into the effects of gloss and smoothness on legibility, Donald Perlman
Infrared In-Process Densitometer, Miroslav Piskacek
Animal and other fibers, Anna Polesny
A static stress analysis of the glass metal truss-type column of the Van De Graaff Accelerator, Rudolf Prechter
Increasing Visual Detectability in Reduced Exposure Mammography by Contrast Adjustment, Stuart Richer
The effects of reduction atmospheres upon feldspathic glazed porcelain forms, John Richmond
A graphic identity program for the Judicial Commission, Julie Roehm
Animal, vegetable and womenal, S. Lee Rothschild
Art, Dream and Spontaneity, Karen Schory
Laser Imaging With a Holographically Produced Lens, Eric Schwartz
The question of style in daguerreotype and calotype portraits by Antoine Claudet, Linda Vance Sevey
MTF and Adjacency Effects of Vesicular Film, Timothy Sewell and Paul Willig
On Surface Embellishment, John Shedd
Naksha-I-Gashta: A Changed Design, Philip Smith
My Snapshots, Arnold Sorvari
Finite Element Analysis and Program for Stokes Fluid Flow, Jeffrey Steele
Raku: The Gentle Art of Violence, Carl Stockwell
An Analysis of Kirlian Electrophotography, Robert Suba
Copper Physical Development of Copper Latent Images, Gregg Tashker and Peter Schreiber
Frederic W. Goudy Correspondence 1935-1946, Anne Thomen
Natural forms in clay, Karen Tretiak
Structured spacial concepts, James Veatch
The Frame of a Painting, A Cultural Insight to Man, Robert Whiteside
Electron microscope investigation of silver halide crystals, R. David Williams
Poems/photographs/printing: a handmade book by Jeffrey A. Wolin, Jeffrey Wolin
Development and Presentation of a New Graphic Identity System for the Seneca Zoological Society, Patricia Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
Redesign of the RMS Granularity Meter, Robert Bathgate and Filippo Ferrauto
A Room, Ned Behnke
Distinguishable Density Levels in Image Recording of Earth Resources Satellite Data, Steven Beiser
Design and Construction of an Edge Exposure Apparatus, Michael Benson
The Spatial Installation of Painting, John Benzel
Window, Mark Bialy
Application of the finite element method to the solution of maximum fillet stresses in loaded projections, Victor Biller
Porcelain Families, Ingrid Bogel
A suite of color images printed by screen process, Pamela Brueckner
Studies of the properties of poly (ethylene oxide) as a substitute for gum arabic in the fountain solution, Orapan Chongpipatanasook
Solution of the Transonic Potential Flow Equation By Finite Differences for the Hydraulic Analogy, Ewan Choroszylow
Closet Photography, Alida Cronin
The influence of bromide and polyethylene oxide upon development kinetics, Robert Durbin
Tumbling Through Time: An Inquiry Into Vision, Charles Fisher
An investigation of solid ink density variation as determined by the acceptability of overprints in process color printing, John G. Gaston III
Komchen, A Maya Village, Stephen Gaye
Mass Production Techniques for the Studio Potter, James Halvorson
Left and right brain hemispheres and their effect on creativity, Catherine Hraber
Discover town centers: educational urban information, Jeffrey Huff
Intensity Scale Sensitometer, Swaminathan Kalyanam
An evaluation of the primary factors which influence proportionality failure, Daniel Levine
Painted Motion, Joseph Litow
A quantitative method of pre-setting the ink distribution keys of an offset duplicator using a photoelectric estimating unit, Martin Marino
The pre-setting of the ink distribution keys of a small sheet-fed offset press, Bruce May
An Approach to Tone Reproduction for Converting Transparencies to Reflection Prints, Mark McCormick-Goodhart and Andrew Macica
Control System for Hydraulic Hybrid Propulsion System, Vratislav Michal
