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  • December 9, 2016

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    RIT expands agreement with University in China

    Tianjin University of Technology of China, a nationally recognized leader for its programs in engineering, technology and the arts and the first technological university providing education for the deaf in China, has entered into new partnership with RIT.

  • December 9, 2016

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    FIRST Robotics season kicks off Jan. 7

    FIRST Robotics will reveal the 2017 game for its annual competition on Jan. 7. Teams have six weeks to build their robots for the Finger Lakes regional competition at RIT in March.

  • November 30, 2016

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    RIT hosts Silicon Europe Alliance

    Members of the Silicon Europe Alliance, Europe’s leading micro- and nano-electronic business clusters, traveled to New York to meet with economic development organizations, high tech companies and universities to discuss advanced nanoelectronic technologies. Their final stop was at RIT.

  • November 21, 2016

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    Ph.D. in microsystems engineering—Archana Devasia

    Devasia is a research associate with NASA’s Center for Research in Space Science and Technology (CREST) and is part of the team developing custom detectors that span the entire electromagnetic spectrum for astrophysics applications.

  • November 11, 2016

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    Engineering students take top honors at conference

    Mario Saucedo-Espinosa, a microsystems engineering doctoral student, and Maria Romero-Creel, a fifth-year biomedical engineering student, took top honors at the annual 2016 SciX Conference for work in microscale separations and microfluidics.

  • November 2, 2016

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    Former Kodak scientist joins AMPrint Center

    RIT has named former Kodak scientist Bruce Kahn as the new director of business development for the New York State Center for Advanced Technology for Additive Manufacturing and Multifunctional Printing, also referred to as the AMPrint Center.

  • October 31, 2016

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    Research awarded grant for ultrathin membrane work

    Thomas Gaborski, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, received a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop ultrathin membranes for tissue engineering.

  • October 25, 2016

    RIT to acquire first liquid metal 3D printing system

    RIT will purchase the first liquid metal 3D-printing system from Vader Systems, a Buffalo-based company. It will be part of an array of high-tech equipment being used for research and product development through New York state’s AMPrint Center.

  • October 25, 2016

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    State opens AMPrint Center at RIT

    Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul joined state representatives, corporate partners and RIT leaders today in launching the Additive Manufacturing and Multifunctional Printing (AMPrint) Center, one of New York state’s newest Centers for Advanced Technology.

  • October 21, 2016

    Researcher gets grant to study vaccine market

    RIT received a three-year, $374,949 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for faculty-researcher Ruben Proaño to study and help design a coordinated decision-support system for the global procurement of vaccines.

  • October 18, 2016

    RIT receives grant to support STEM transfer students

    RIT received a five-year grant of nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation to support low-income transfer students’ access to undergraduate degrees in engineering and engineering technology. Surendra Gupta, professor of mechanical engineering, is overseeing the program.