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 1989
Elements affecting style, Aminta Romaguera
Environment "atmosphere", Kathleen A. Rose
Image quality analysis of the reproductions of black and white photographs obtained from a desktop publishing system, Manuel Fabián Ruiz-Laverde
Computing the chromatic number of t-(v,k,[lambda]) designs, Nancy M. Schornstein
Being of Shape: Being -- the ground through which all things are, Ruth Schultz
Detecting errors in software using a parameter checker: An Analysis, John Sexton A.
Implementation of a Modula 2 subset compiler supporting a 'C' language interface using commonly available UNIX tools, Raymond Shear F.
Optically transparent IR reflective heat mirror films of ZNS-AG-ZNS, Bruce W. Smith
People as the ultimate subject matter, Roy Sowers
Portrait of a young woman, Anne M. Spenny
Real time maze traversal, Robert Spina
Vowel recognition in continuous speech, Darrell C. Stam
My written thesis: an attempt at linear communication, Mary Strubbe
Integration of computer-aided design techniques into the mechanical product development process, Gerard R. Sturnick
Performance issues in mid-sized relational database machines, Larry Sullivan
Character animation with a computer, Jo Anna Timmerman
Vacuum ultraviolet modification of polymers, Daniel P. Tracy
Effects of irradiation on the rate of water vapor transmission of food packaging materials, Reginald L. A. Vas
A survey of quality awareness within the commercial printing industry, Craig Eric Veconi
Statemaster: a user interface management system based on statecharts, Pierre Wellner
The spirit in which it is made, Harry Michael Welsch
Experimental graphic design, George C. Wenzel
Ada and the graphical kernel system, Richard R. Wessman
2D special effects on the Genigraphics 100 D+, Jane M. Wood
Intelligent knowledge acquisition system, Bong-Soo Youn
An investigation of the color reproduction accuracy of two halftoning algorithms for dot matrix systems, Peter A. Zuber
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
Spine preparation: factors affecting optimum linkage of paper and adhesive in adhesive bookbinding, Richard Adams
The Integration of Ghanaian traditional pottery and American contemporary ceramics, Vesta Elizabeth Adu Gyamfi
Furniture for children, Sooyun Ahn
Measurement of the thermal conductivity of thin solid films with a thermal comparator, Charles A. Amsden
n-Values and paper opacity, Robert Eric Aronson
ColorPalette: A Knowledge-based system to select colors for a palette, Penny Bauersfeld
Dataflow: Overview and simulation, Steven I. Benjamin
Covering power and speed characteristics of silver bromide core/shell emulsions etched with sodium thiosulfate solution, Julie C. Bishop
An Investigation of the "walking" behavior in the manufacturing of biaxially oriented polypropylene films, Raj Bodalia
History and criticism of photographically illustrated children's books, Debora J. Bork
Analytical study of the aerodynamic removal of small, charged particles from a dielectric surface, Carl Bothner
Personal icons, Donna Nadine Bratcher
A Colorimetric analysis of color variation due to changes in simulated ink trapping, Mary Louise Bulger
Duality in furniture design, Kenneth S. Burton
Economics of library binding, Marcia I. Canibe
Photographic work 1986-87, Peter Ainsworth Carter
A Simulator for the Intel 8086 microprocessor, William A. Chapman
A model for non-image area of offset lithographic process, Vinay Chhajlani
My spirit, Kathy Clem
GCA 4800 DSN wafer stepper, Matthew J. Comard
Simulating three-dimensional animation, Daniel F. Connor
The Moving image, Jacqueline M. Cotrupe
A Visual aide for designing regular expression parsers, Norman C. Crowfoot
Effects of exposure on the printing characteristics of the association product process, Claude David Davis
CLASS - A Study of methods for coarse phonetic classification, James Delmege
Modeling of elastic-viscoplastic bahavior and its finite element implementation, Ted Diehl
A study of gravure cell structure generated by the Hell Chromagraph 399 ER laser scanner onto a photopolymer plastic gravure printing surface, Wichian Ekataksin
A simple solubility theory combining solubility parameter and Lewis acid-base concepts, Lan Tuyet Evans
A Comparison of the resolution obtainable from photomechanical and electrostatic plates, Michael Fitzpatrick
Breast Cancer: Options in Care and Treatment, Elliot Friedman
A study of the subjective differences between soft-copy and hard-copy proofing, Sandra Fuhs
Ada as a design specification language, Barbara Brunner Gibson
Optimizing tone production on a 300 spot per inch laser printer, James R. Hamilton
The Impact of a quicksetting ink on adhesion at the spine of an adhesive bound product, Stephen M. Hanchar
Importance and implementation of explanation in expert systems, Kurt R. Heilbronn
Loss of female hormones after menopause: Effects and implications, Mary Lou Heilman
A timing simulator, Kathryn D. Heintz
High-performance liquid chromatographic analysis of commonly used drugs, Gregg C. Hider
An Investigation of the affects of typefaces upon reader's perception of the meanings of messages using the semantic differential testing technique, Veronica M. Hofman
Building and testing a gravure paper conformity tester, Cort Holland
Dependence of stress and morphology of sputtered copper films on deposition conditions, Sangki Hong
A writable programmable logic array, Yuan Iee Hwang
Factors affecting the strength and openability of tight backed, adhesive bound, hardcover volumes, Geoffrey Hyatt
Graphical programming system for dataflow language, Jyun-Jier Roland Jehng
The Controlled shutdown of a hydraulic servo-system using acceleration feedback, Mark Jolly
An expert system in school psychology for PMHP, Jacqueline K. Joslyn
"Eggspressions", Eyda Jové
The embryological development of the tilapiine fishes, Michelle Katz
An Investigation using CC filtration to predict dot size changes in order to achieve desirable color balance, Karen Kelly
Painted Shibori, Soon-Hye Kim
Computer animation design and execution: integrating poetry and technology, Catherine Haven Kirby
ClassC/Elaine: a multiple inheritance object oriented C language, Paul Kirkaas
A quantitative comparison of ion–deposition printing for MICR quality on bank checks, in relation to other printing systems, Marachai Kongboonma
Performance analysis of text-oriented printing using PostScript, Thomas Kowalczyk
Database machines in support of very large databases, Mary Ann Kuntz
The relationship between computer interaction and individual user characteristics, Kathleen Lambert
An 8085 Microprocessor based monitor system for a 750 cc Honda motorcycle, Robert H. Leet
Thesis documentation, Judith A. Levy
Color theory as applied to typographic letterforms, Mark Lewis
Developing a procedure to reduce thermal shock influence in a steam turbine due to cold start, Ching-Po Liu
Laser printer's image quality using paper substrates, Irene L. Lobo
The Representation of symmetric patterns using the quadtree data structure, Lucia Lodolini
An Experimental characterization of the tensile behavior of polystyrene, Louis T. Loggi
My life's contrasts, Doreen A. Long
The Nature of realism, Lauren Anne Maines
The application of CIE LAB to study trapping efficiency, Patchanee Malikhao
Computer graphics and the Harvard interactive videodisc project, David B. Marshall
A study in music visualization, Charles Marsh
Cview, a graphical program generator for the C programming language, Walter E. Martin
Solid modeling interactive interface for design drafting, Edward Maruggi
Computer aided design of multiple pulley timing belt drives, Gary Matson
Implementation of a module implementor for an activity based distributed system, Stewart W. Mayott
Evaluation of the instrumentation laboratory microcentrifugal analyzer III, Karin B. McCall
