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 1967
Post exposure latensification of a multilayer color film, Thomas A. Tietjen
A sculptor's approach to the design of aesthetically functional furniture, David Warner
An estimation of accuracy for star-oriented optical fixes of artificial earth satellites produced by amateur equipment, David Weishaupt
Automatic Merchandising, D. Kenneth Winebrenner
Theses/Dissertations from 1966
Direction, Joseph Antinore Jr
Birds as a Source of Pictorial Creativity, Sylvia Bornarth
Drawing and Painting: Reinterpretation of Far Eastern Miniatures, James Bracy
Icarus, Barbara Bruno
Handbuilt functional forms, Virginia Cartwright
The Effect of Certain Chemical Treatments on Photolytic Image Formation, H. W. Casey and D. J. Krupcale
Exploration of a Corporate Image: "In the Visual Perspective", H. Clapsaddle
Image of the TV station, Kathleen A. Collins
The Effects of Sludge on the Image Quality of a Particular Film-Monobath Combination, Alfred DiLascia and Ronald Hubbard
Creative Cook Book, Jo Ann Girton
Sensitometric Characteristics of Monobaths, Kenneth Gould and Bert Zaccaria
Possibilities in pottery: cooking ware including flameware, James Grittner
Irregular Paintings, Rollin Hanson
Optical and Mechanical Movement in Painting, Carolyn LePage
Color Intaglio, Henrietta Leuthner
Xerox Advertising, William McDonald
Nature, Man and the Young Reader, Jane Miller
Latent Image Stability in High Resolution Plates, Robert Mottice
The effect of aqueous materials and papers on subject matter, Gordon Myer
Experimental three-dimensional design, Jacqueline O'Connell
The Effect of Negative and Positive Granularity on the Final Print Granularity, W. Norman Pierce and Avron Hecht
Prediction of Neutral Requirements for Letterpress Printing, Hugh T. Pitts
Evaluation of Halftone Images by Modulation Transfer, John Price and Paul Kennedy
Seraglio, Maruta Racenis
Effect of sulfite and bromide concentration on MTF of the film, Mark Redzikowski
The effects of water addition on the threshold speed, gamma and net density of Du Pont Lino-Writ 5 direct recording paper, Robert H. Renner and Stanley N. Stein
Vases, Louis Rumbalski
Flat Unmodeled Form in Painting, Peter Schwartzott
The Effect of Development time, Temperature, and Sulfite Content on the Acutance of a Photographic Emulsion, Jeffrey Waltzer
Incunabula 1966, LeRoy Robert Wilce
A Ceramic mural, Thomas R. Zabriskie
A colorimetric determination of the decay in an observer's color sensation due to adaptation, Gary Zeff
Theses/Dissertations from 1965
Fiber glass methods for furniture, Donald Bjorkman
International Tourist Symbols, William Brown
The Influence of Materials in Furniture Design, Timothy Butler
Density variation and spread of the printed halftone dot in offset lithography, Walter L. Covington and William L. Heaps
The Effects of Temperature, Exposure, and Development Time on Polaroid Color Film, Dale Farkas
An experimental apparatus for measuring the relative illumination of finite conjugate lenses, Claude Fedele and Leo Neumann
Lighted ceramic garden sculptures, John Thomas Forgey
Segregation: an insult to human dignity, Richard Frizzell
The Effect of Turbid Water in the Optical Path of a Photographic System on the Modulation Transfer Function of That System, G. Fulmer and Harvey Greenberg
Feasibility study of direct electron recording target systems, Gaylord A. Helgeson
A Study of the Effects on Sigma D and Resolved Lines as a Function of Spatial Multi-Superposition of Images, Jerome Katz and Roger Umbdenstock
An Experimental Study of the Problems at High Temperature Developments, Pravin Lalwani
Use of borohydride to determine the difference in the developable density for a chemically sensitized and non-sensitized emulsion., S. Laufer and R. Golembe
Staved construction in furniture, Craig McArt
Ceramic sculpture for the wall, Joan F. Meyer
Design in clay for architecture, Leon I. Nigrosh
The Terrain of our Country and the Structures of our Cities, Claudia Sayler
A technique for analyzing the paper fiber accumulation on the blanket of a web offset press, John M. Scott
Fabrication of molds and fiber glass forms for furniture, Douglas Sigler
Metal Fusion and Granulation, John Ware
Mixed Media Painting, Gretchen Weber
Two-dimensional shapes in space, LeRoy White
Theses/Dissertations from 1964
Graphic, Identity Symbol Theories and the Creation of an Institutional Graphic Image, James J. Burke Jr.
Reconstructed Wavefronts: Comparative "Quality" of Several Systems, William Cook
Chapel furnishings, Sister Marie Angela Fina S.S.J.
Shape in Landscape, Leona Frascatore
Interiors, Michelena Frascatore
The Altar of Sacrifice, Rev. Gerald Hellem
A kinetic densitometer, Jerry Hughes
Investigation of effects of pH, ionic strength, and drying temp. on dimensional stability of film, Harry N. Parsonage and George A. Pittman
Ceramic wall reliefs for church interiors and exteriors, Sherwood Smith
Marion: a creative expression of personal reactions to environment, Harold Spencer
Ceramic sculpture in the home, Walter J. Yovaish
Theses/Dissertations from 1963
A study of early Christian symbols and their use in a contemporary church interior, Marcella Connorton
Surface treatment of pottery, Jon B. Curtis
Wilderness: A Visual Communication for Conservation, Joan Marinelli
A study for rural development, Lawrence Irving Prashaw
Investigating media as a means of expression, Wolodymyr Pylyshenko
Photomicrographic inspirations for graphic design, David Bradley Smith
The design and execution of a book of children's verse, Claudia Symonds
Theses/Dissertations from 1962
Production Sensitometric Testing of Lithographic Films Correlated with Customer Quality Acceptance, Lawrence Albertson
Dimensional Stability and Acutance : An investigation into the dimensional properties of various aerial films and a study of their acutance, Basilio J. Battaglia
Contrast threshold for a spot on a photographic print, Myron A. Berkovitz
Investigation of Surficants on Gamma and Speed, Patrick De Marco
Fixation and washing techniques for increasing image stability in photographic papers, Ray Eynard
Planters, David Giorgi
Dye Sensitization of a Photothermographic Emulsion, William Groves and Ronald Wichelman
A Preliminary Experiment in the Preparation and Evaluation of Photographic Prints of Unusual Tone Reproduction Characteristics, Robert Kane and Irving Magin
Hypersensitization and Reciprocity Law Failure, Charles West
Epoxy compound and polystyrene sheet combined decoratively with wood, John Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 1961
An Investigation into Halftone Density Variation with Pre-Screened Graphic Emulsions, Robert Chaffee
Ceramic murals, Candeger Furtun
Structure, wood, and the form of furniture, William Keyser
A Study of the possibilities of developing practical ceramic ware for charcoal cooking, John J. Masson
Limitations on expression involved in the materials and certain techniques of ceramic sculpture, Peter B. Riley
Theses/Dissertations from 1960
Covered jars, George J. Corbett
Secondary "Low Intensity" Exposure Method of Latensification, Vincent Gallo and Donald Forst
Removal of sodium thiosulfate from wash water by the use of ion exchange resins for application in a closed photographic system, George Stein and William Streeter
A course of study in woodworking for the art education student, John Stolz
Theses/Dissertations from 1959
An Experiment in Re-Exposure Exposure for Two Black and White Reversal Films, Gerard Sahlin
