Science and Math - Graduate Degrees
RIT part of National Science Foundation Grant to Help Spur Next-Generation Lasers
Rochester Institute of Technology is among a group of area higher-education and industry partners sharing a $1 million Regional Innovation Engines Development Award grant from the National Science Foundation to help boost the next generation of lasers.
RIT Astrophysicist Puts Students First While Researching the Origins of Thousands of Galaxies
Associate Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe has her hands full studying data from the most powerful observational instrument ever made, the James Webb Space Telescope, while continuing to bolster her reputation as a teacher and mentor. Her work has gotten the attention of the astronomy community worldwide.
RIT Researcher Receives Award to Advance Study of Cortical Blindness
Gabriel Diaz, associate professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, has earned the Research to Prevent Blindness/Lions Clubs International Foundation Low Vision Research Award (LVRA), in collaboration with researchers at the University of Rochester. The annual award provides funding for innovative research that demonstrates out-of-the-box thinking, focuses on the visual system that is damaged, and seeks greater understanding of how the visual system and brain respond to severe and chronic visual loss.
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Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation
Dedicated to studying at the frontiers of numerical relativity and relativistic astrophysics, gravitational wave physics, its connection to experiments and observations, and high-performance computation and scientific visualization.
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Designing, developing, and implementing photon devices to enable scientific discoveries; and educating and training students through research and development in detectors, instrumentation, observational astrophysics, nanostructures, silicon photonics, quantum optics and information, and wide-bandgap materials.
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Next-generation DNA sequencing capabilities, featuring an Illumina Miseq, a platform capable of generating sequence data from small genomes, as well as, community analyses of bacteria.
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Laboratory for Multiwavelength Astrophysics
Fostering the utilization and advancement of cutting-edge techniques in multiwavelength astrophysics to improve human understanding of the origin and fate of the universe and its constituents.
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Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory (DIRS)
A research group focused on the development of hardware and software tools to facilitate the extraction of information from remotely sensed data of the Earth and the education of students who will continue this work for government agencies and private industry.
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Munsell Color Science Laboratory
A world-class academic laboratory dedicated to education, research, and outreach in the broad multidisciplinary field of color science.
Color Scientist Helps Make Top Films Look Vibrant
Joseph Slomka ’03 MS (color science), vice president and principal color scientist at Fotokem, has helped shape the visual experience of moviegoers around the world with visual effects work on films such as Spiderman 3.
Alumna Guides Her Team on How Real-World Data Behaves
As director of data science, Melissa Royo ’10 MS (applied statistics) mentors the data science team, helping develop methodologies that solve a variety of client data problems.
Alumna Makes Medicine Personal
Sherry Dadgar ’08 MS (bioinformatics) wants the future of medicine to empower patients. Dadgar, a clinical assistant professor of medicine at George Washington University, launched her company, Personalized Medicine Care Diagnostics (PMCDx), in 2020 with a goal of delivering advanced clinical genomic diagnostic testing to patients and their physicians.
RIT Alumnus Uses Math for NBA Analytics
As a basketball operations analyst with the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, Calvin Floyd ’17 MS (applied and computational mathematics) prepares coaches and the rest of the front office with analytical insights on opposing teams and their players.
Alumna is a Problem Solver for the EPA
Kerry Kuntz ’15 MS (environmental science) applies the same problem-solving skills she learned at RIT to her current job as a program analyst for the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Alumnus Communicates with Satellites as a Spacecraft Operator
Mike Ortiz ‘22 MS (astrophysical sciences and technology) chose RIT for its research options. Today, he works as a spacecraft operator at Terran Orbital, a global leader in small satellites.