News

March 5, 2014

Society of Women Engineers hosts teen students

RIT’s section of the Society of Women Engineers hosted 50 girls for the group’s annual SWE Overnight program. The girls toured RIT and explored hands-on workshops.
February 20, 2014

Engineering student builds his own cleanroom

A Q&A with Matthew Hartensveld, a first-year microelectronic engineering major who built his own cleanroom in his New Jersey home.
February 14, 2014

RIT celebrates National Engineers Week Feb. 16-22

Since 1951, the week has been observed by organizations to highlight contributions made by engineers and to emphasize the importance of STEM education and skills.
February 13, 2014

Students win national material handling contest

For the second year in a row, engineering students from RIT took top honors in the College Industry Council on Material Handling Education student design competition.
February 10, 2014

Engineering World Health CEO to visit RIT Feb. 12

Edward Hutton will be on campus Feb. 12 to talk about the role engineers play in supporting the health care and medical communities in the developing world.
January 29, 2014

RIT hosts photonics, semiconductor training

Eleven engineers and technicians from local and national companies participated in lectures and hands-on laboratory activities at RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering.
January 28, 2014

RIT hosts 2014 Freescale model racecar challenge

The future designers of these modernistic vehicles will be participating in the annual Freescale Cup challenge April 18 and 19 at Rochester Institute of Technology.
January 27, 2014

Kridner of Beagleboard.org opens ARM Developer Day

Jason Kridner, co-founder of Beagleboard.org, an Open Source technology organization, will discuss software and hardware used in embedded computing at RIT’s ARM Developer Day.
January 15, 2014

Students engineer robotic chimes

Armed with a mixed box of parts and equipment, teams of students from an engineering design tools course designed robotic chimes programmed to play recognizable songs.
January 8, 2014

Professor presents at international conference

Santosh Kurinec, professor of electrical and microelectronic engineering, spoke on global trends in alternative energies at the Qatar National Research Foundation conference.
January 8, 2014

RIT, Taiwanese university offer BS/MS program

RIT and the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology are partnering on an electronic and computer engineering, electrical engineering and computer science program.
December 18, 2013

Students raise $12,000 for local charities

Engineering students gave more than $12,000 to eight Rochester charities, the result of a course in project management with a practical, service-learning component.