Research News

March 6, 2017

RIT helps advance space camera being tested on ISS

Imaging technology advanced by researchers at RIT and Florida Institute of Technology is being tested on the International Space Station and could someday be used on future space telescopes.
February 27, 2017

Students study habitable zone of alien planets

First-year students in RIT’s Science Exploration Program are reproducing a slice of life in their lab that might exist on the seven Earth-like planets recently discovered in another solar system.
February 2, 2017

Associate professor wins early career award

Nathan Cahill, associate dean for industrial partnerships in the College of Science and an associate professor, was named a Rising Researcher by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, for his contributions to defense and security research.
January 17, 2017

Professor seeks to improve Ph.D. completion rates

Casey Miller, associate professor and director of RIT’s materials science and engineering graduate program, won funding from the National Science Foundation to develop an inclusive approach to physics graduate education admission and retention of traditionally underrepresented U.S. citizens.
January 6, 2017

RIT seeks partnership with Moscow State University

A contingent from the College of Science is meeting this week with their counterparts at Lomonosov Moscow State University, while five RIT students attend a short course on winter ecology at the Zvenigorod Biological Station outside of Moscow.
December 19, 2016

Researchers study plastic pollution in Great Lakes

A new study by Matthew Hoffman of RIT’s College of Science and Eric Hittinger of the College of Liberal Arts inventories and tracks high concentrations of plastic in the Great Lakes and could help inform cleanup efforts and target pollution prevention.
November 23, 2016

Professor wins grants to study mitochondrial DNA

Moumita Das, assistant professor in RIT’s School of Physics and Astronomy, won seed funding for two research projects on mitochondrial DNA and intercellular cargo transport.
November 22, 2016

Professor wins grant to study the eye

Biophysicist Moumita Das is leading a National Science Foundation-funded study to explore properties critical to the function of the vitreous humor, or gel, that fills the eye, which could lead to advances in the treatment of vision disorders, drug delivery and eye surgery.
November 16, 2016

Researchers fix Landsat 8 imagery, measurements

Software developed by Aaron Gerace and Matt Montanaro, senior scientists at RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, improves the accuracy of NASA’s Landsat 8 Earth-sensing satellite, which was giving inaccurate readings due to defective optics in the thermal infrared sensor.
November 4, 2016

Professor wins four fellowships

Joel Kastner, professor in RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science and the School of Physics and Astronomy, is broadening and deepening his research program on the origins of our solar system while on four consecutive fellowships and visiting positions.
October 10, 2016

RIT celebrates Optical Society’s 100th anniversary

RIT will have a strong presence at the centennial anniversary meeting of the Optical Society, including a technical exhibit by the Future Photon Initiative, the RIT-led “Global Women of Light” symposium and several presentations by faculty, students and alumni.
October 7, 2016

Symposium highlights female scientists

The international symposium “Global Women of Light,” organized by RIT associate professor Jie Qiao, features female scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs working in optics and photonics and celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Optical Society.

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