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Mechanical Engineering BS
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January 25, 2019
Student Spotlight: Team recreates 16th century reading wheel
Meet Matt Nygren, a fifth-year mechanical engineering dual-degree student who worked with three other mechanical engineering students to recreate a piece of 16th century technology: Ramelli’s Rotating Reader.
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December 3, 2018
Student rocket soars nearly 10,000 feet in first international competition
RIT Launch Initiative placed first for flight performance and 11th overall in the Spaceport America Cup, the best outing for the team in just its third year of competitions. -
November 20, 2018
Engineering students fish for better prosthetics
Associate Professor Kathleen Lamkin-Kennard’s students are learning to understand motion and to replicate it through technology that might mean mobility for individuals who may not have had that option before. -
November 20, 2018
Alumnus engineers a better brewing process
Steve Kaplan ’05 (mechanical engineering) recently helped implement a $49.1 million modernization project at Genesee Brewery. -
November 14, 2018
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October 24, 2018
Researchers improve upon stethoscope design
Researchers at RIT and URMC developed a new digital stethoscope that combines precision sensors, electrocardiogram technology and machine learning applications into one piece of equipment to better detect heart ailments and problems that might occur with an implanted heart pump. -
October 4, 2018
2018 Distinguished Alumni: Meet Michael G. Field
Meet Michael G. Field ’86 (mechanical engineering), the Kate Gleason College of Engineering 2018 Distinguished Alumnus. -
August 9, 2018
Students create assistive products for community
The Studio 930 Design Consultancy program, a 10-week long multidisciplinary studio experience focused on the design and production of access and health technologies products, wrapped up with an exhibition Aug. 7. -
June 11, 2018
RIT wins grants to expand study-abroad experiences
RIT received two grants from the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund to provide students new study-abroad experiences in Peru and Colombia. -
June 5, 2018
Baja team wins 2018 North American Series Championship
The RIT Baja Racing team won its third and final competition of the season on Saturday, as well as the 2018 championship title against hundreds of other college teams from around the world. -
June 4, 2018
Team creates solar-powered 3D printing system
RIT engineering students and faculty traveled to Cali, Colombia, to deliver and show residents how to use a new solar-powered 3D printing system they developed. The team worked with partners from the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente throughout the spring semester to create the product. -
April 10, 2018
Students solve problems in senior design program
Multidisciplinary senior design projects are the practicum for modern design thinking.