News

April 26, 2013

Planes, drivetrains and automobiles at Imagine RIT

Engineering students showcase a radio-controlled aircraft, the RIT Formula SAE Racecar and other vehicle technologies at Imagine RIT.
April 25, 2013

Professors named ‘Engineers of Distinction’

Santosh Kurinec and Maureen Valentine were recognized as Rochester Engineers of Distinction by the Rochester Engineering Society.
April 11, 2013

Professor builds business on NASA technology

Forty years after Apollo 11 used a silicon wafer to preserve messages to the U.S. from around the world, the concept being used as an archiving system by RIT researchers.
April 5, 2013

One of first RIT microsystems Ph.D. grads to visit

Anand Gopalan, senior director of engineering for Rambus Inc., will be the featured presenter for the Kate Gleason College of Engineering Dean’s Alumni Speaker Series.
April 3, 2013

Hispanic engineering students host 'science night'

Area teens and their parents can experience Noche de Ciencias, a night of science, an event on May 3 to promote interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
March 26, 2013

Researchers develop advanced image processing

Advanced in technology have increased the availability of high-res, remotely sensed images, so RIT researchers are developing processing technologies to handle that data.
March 13, 2013

Associate professor studying speech signals

Ernest Fokoue in RIT’s John D. Hromi Center for Quality and Applied Statistics is analyzing audio and speech signals that will enable better voice recognition technology.
March 10, 2013

Former president of RIT Dubai honored

Mustafa Abushagur, who most recently served as Libya’s first prime minister, was awarded the Robert E. Hopkins Leadership Award from the Optical Society of America.
February 12, 2013

FIRST Robotics event takes place March 1 and 2

The 2013 Finger Lakes Regional FIRST Robotics competition will be held at the Gordon Field House at RIT on Friday, March 1, and Saturday, March 2.
January 31, 2013

A Tiger habitat at GlobalFoundries

Robert Pearson, microelectronic engineering program director, met with the program’s most recent graduates as well as alumni who are now with the company.
January 29, 2013

Smith named Fellow of Optical Society of America

Bruce Smith, director of the microsystems engineering program, was recognized for his work in nanolithography and the education of engineers in micro- and nano-technology.
January 25, 2013

Marcos Esterman appointed faculty associate

Marcos Esterman, associate professor of industrial and systems engineering, has been appointed faculty associate by RIT Provost Jeremy Haefner.