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Christina Goudreau caught the teaching bug as an undergraduate and never waivered from her chosen career path. “I’ve never had a job in the real world,” says the associate professor of chemistry in the College of Science and a winner of a 2013 Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching. “I went to college and then I went to graduate school and then I came here. I never left academia. I always say maybe I’ll get a real job when I retire.”

Gary Behm, now director of the Center on Access Technology’s Innovation Lab at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, is testing materials to create a see-through facemask that can be used in clean rooms and hospitals.

Ivona Bezáková enjoys looking at math as a problem-solving tool for programing and algorithmic thinking. The associate professor of computer science in RIT’s B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences and winner of a 2013 Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching believes that anyone can understand the mathematical foundations of computer science. “Many people will tell you that they were bad at math in high school and will never be any good at it,” she says. “I have never been willing to accept that, because often times you just need to look at it from another viewpoint.”

Kelly Martin, assistant professor of communication in RIT’s College of Liberal Arts, is the 2013 recipient of the Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award is given to faculty who have taught three years or less and who foster excellence in teaching and leadership in the campus community. Martin, who came to RIT in 2011, says, “I always encourage my students to take advantage of every opportunity and build experiences.”

Bill McDermott, center, Co-CEO of SAP, renews his former Xerox-Rochester ties as keynote speaker for the Executive Leaders Network Luncheon on May 8, hosted by RIT’s Saunders College and sponsored by Toshiba Business Solutions.

Bill McDermott, Co-CEO of SAP, renews his former Xerox-Rochester ties as keynote speaker for the Executive Leaders Network Luncheon on May 8, hosted by RIT’s Saunders College and sponsored by Toshiba Business Solutions.

Professor Carl Salvaggio and his son, Phil, a doctoral student in imaging science, built a digital music player for their car because they could. They programmed a Raspberry Pi electronic interface—a $35 general-purpose computer the size of a deck of cards—to play a random selection of their favorite music from a thumb drive.

Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival drew a large and inquisitive crowd on May 4. More than 30,000 visitors explored the RIT campus during the festival. To read more, go to www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50004.

President Destler’s E-Durance Challenge kicked off the Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival on May 4. To read more about the race and other exhibits, go to www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50004.

The E-Durance Challenge kicked off the Imagine RIT Innovation and Creativity Festival on May 4.

The School for American Crafts BFA Exhibition will be showcased at Gallery r, 100 College Ave., from May 2 to 11. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 9:30 p.m. May 3, during First Friday—Rochester’s monthly citywide gallery night that encourages collaboration between nonprofit, university and commercial art venues.

Rob Aldi showcased his composite material products, including turbine blades used to generate wind power, at last year’s Imagine RIT festival.