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 1973
Preparation of malachite green leucocyanide and a study of the effects of dye impurities, Paul Dennis Berg
Lewis Wickes Hine Memorial Collection: International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Robin Brown
Creating theme bedspreads through loom and non-loom techniques, Cindy Chal
Fast Fourier Transform with Computer Program, James Chapin
Plastics combined with metals in the production of desk objects, Sharon Church
Investigations of color balance perception of photographic images as related to their surrounds, Robert Cosgrove and William Rabey
A manual for a settlement house or neighborhood center, Jeffrey Daly
Large wheel-thrown pottery, Eddie Davis
Orientation to the Urbanarium, a Slide-Tape Production, Darryl Degelman
The design, construction and evaluation of a resolution target for microfilming application, Thomas E. Diosy
Self-objectifications, William Dye
Graphic Identity Program, Richard Falzoi
The Corporate Identity Game: A Simulation Game Involving Graphic Design Methodology, Alonzo Foster
Serving Dishes, J. Freimarck
Suspended Forms in Clay, Carol Furioso
The Fine Line, Giorgio Furioso
Basketry Sculpture, Laura Glazier
M.F.A. Painting Thesis, John Michael Harris and Rebecca Fogg
A dead time process controller, Frank Hermance
Effect of errors in spectrophotometry due to fluorescence on the ability to calculate colors by the Neugebauer equations, Junichi Iwao
The University Studio, Michael James
Investigations in Post-fixation Physical Development, R. Jerry and J. Nelson
Visual Communication Exhibition System, Robert Kahute
The construction of a readability target and its correlation with resolving power, Gary E. Lowe
To Stuff, or Not to Stuff, Pamela Manahan
A Method of Determining Dot Sharpness of Lithographic Films, Timmy McCreary
Relationship of Preferred Tone Reproduction to Picture Size, David Miller
Big, Grainey Pitchas, Marc Miller
Insulation Coordination on a 115 kV System Addition to the Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation System, Clifton Olson
Five plays, William Roth Ortwein
That's what's happening: the evaluation of eight Scandinavian crafts schools, David Powning
IC Design for the TV Receiver, D. W. Rhee
A Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting Decision Model Related to New, Small, High Technology Corporations, Bruce R. Robinson
Slip and Glaze Application, Barbara Sabbeth
Polarities, Barbara A. Smith
The objective evaluation of image quality produced with physical development, Bruce C. Smith and Keith M. Snyder
Development of a Thai Typeface for Photo Lettering Applications, Chow Sornsongkram
A Photographic Study of Movement of Material On a Web Offset Press Blanket, Leigh Stewart
The design and analysis of a rapid transit speed regulator, Frank Svet
An accounting system for the artist, designer, and craftsman, Toby Thompson
Birth: An Interpretation, Gail Vick
Statistical analysis of grain growth based on the Frieser-Eger film on development kinetics, Noreen Vredenburg and Sharon Perry
Picture Puzzle History, Jane Wattenberg
Premonitions, Samuel Wernick
Theses/Dissertations from 1972
Some effects of temporal coherence of the Fourier transform holographic system, Ronald Antos
Portfolio of limited production furniture, Elbert Benson
Painter Symbol and Science, Ronald Berger
A study on occupational sterotyping among graphic arts students enrolled in selected public secondary schools, Monroe County, New York, Adrian Bernagozzi
Personalized Glazes for My Work, Robert Black
Multiple component color imagery, Nicolas Bowen
A Study of the Influence of Iodide Released During Development on the Course of Development, Barry Britton
Graphic Image and Ceramic Form, Sandra Butler
Wilderness of Hope: The White Mountains, George DeWolfe
Automatic Design of Switching Networks, Darryl Dhein
A handbook of intaglio techniques, David Dickinson
Documented Techniques in the Creation of Flatware, Norman Evans
Treatise on combined metalworking techniques: forged elements and chased raised shapes, Bonnie Gallagher
Pulse-Width-Modulation Control for Second Order Plants Via a Quadratic Criterion, Charles Gebo
Sculptural and functional explorations in wood and metal, Scott Gilliam
Thesis Diary: September 1971- May 1972, Bonnie Johanna Gisel
Design and Construction of a Standard Planetary Microfilming Camera Target Array (PMTA), Bruno Glavich and Richard Johnson
Treatise on Chasing and Repoussé, Genie Goldberger
Optical Measurement Techniques for Blanket Release Characteristics on Web Presses, Joseph Griggs and Ronald Sandford
Plastics in Art, Patricia Hincks
Graphic Communication Education in Maine, Howard Holinger
Landscapes in gum, Barbara Johnson
Design, Fabrication and Evaluation of a Monochromatic Sensitometer, Jay Johnson
Relaying Pannel Road 345 kV, Robert Jones
Digital Executive Control of a Hybrid Computing System, Glenn Kauffman
Printmaking: a phenomenological art, Nancy Keehn
A Method of Schlieren Alignment Stabilization Using Automatic Feedback Control, W. Lawton King
Print Quality Measurement: The Application of Instrumental Analysis to Graphic Arts, John Kuder
Landscape Forms, Colleen Kuntz
Coffee, chocolate, and liqueur sets, Carolyn Law
A Photomicrographic Method for the Detection of Oxygen Content in the Hemoglobin of the Red Blood Cell, Bruce Martin Levine and Craig Sager
Image Spread Characteristics of Vesicular Films, Ira Long and Alan Turner
Additive and subtractive color, Elizabeth Ann Maclean
The Evolution of the Crafts from Function to Pure Sculpture, Elaine Martin
Stability of Large Flexible Satellite, Manoj P. Mehta
Calibration of a Photometric Standard for Hard Dot Area measurement, Steven K. Misar
Design and Construction of a Digital Pulse Generator, David Myer
Research and Exploration of Stone Settings, Jonathan O. Parry
Audit Techniques for Data Processing Systems; An 8 Quarter Credit Hour Research Option, William Perry
The exploration of the decorative and functional use of riveting in hollow forms, David Pimentel
The Carousel: An Exploration of Etching and Drypoint Techniques Through Integration of Organic and Mechanical Symbols, Paul Porter
An Investigation of the Mechanism of Emulsion Stabilization by 4-Hydroxy-6-Methyl-1,3,3a,7-Tetraazaindene, Eddie Rising
Surface Enhancement of Handbuilt Forms, Sara Rubin
Liberated Paintings, Susan Russo
The effect of chromatic aberration in process lenses on the copying of reflection halftone dots, Burdette A. Saunders
Environmental Design, Rand Schuster
Photographic Documentation: A Personal Development and Refinement of a Photographic Approach in Making Visual Documentary Statements, Michael Robert Soluri
A Study of the Kinetics of "Lith" Development, David Turbide and Michael Williams
Statistical Separation of Objects in Shadows from Objects in Daylight in an Aerial Scene, David Valvo
The Exploration of Light as a Means of Expression in the Intaglio Print Medium, Mary Vasko
An investigation leading to the production of a nonlift tea service, David Vukelich
Graphic design on the staromat, Bruce Weinstein
Salt Glazed Clay Surfaces, Brian Williams
Wood firing, Robert Woo
