Research News

December 1, 2014

New technology could reshape space telescopes

Scientists at RIT and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory are exploring a new type of space telescope with an aperture made of swarms of particles released from a canister.
November 6, 2014

College of Science seeks to launch $1M endowment

The Fred L. Emerson Foundation has offered a $250,000 challenge grant contingent upon RIT raising the remaining $750,000. The fund would support undergraduate research.
October 10, 2014

RIT team working to alleviate grape disease

Professor Michael Savka and alumnus Han Ming Gan are close to completing the genetic blueprint of grape crown gall tumor disease, which impacts vineyards worldwide.
August 13, 2014

RIT to study environmental impact of nanomaterials

Golisano Institute for Sustainability and Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences are the recipients of a $300,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation.
July 10, 2014

RIT astronomers help find star ‘necklace’

RIT scientists helped analyze data from the Hubble Space Telescope that could reveal rare insights about elliptical galaxies.
June 12, 2014

Imaging software helps diagnose lung cancer

Nathan Cahill, associate professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences, is creating algorithms to quantify the growth of lung nodules in patients at risk of lung cancer.
June 11, 2014

Professor questions standard model of the universe

David Merritt co-authored a study poking holes in the current understanding of galaxy formation and questioning the accepted model of the origin and evolution of the universe.
June 6, 2014

RIT offers workshop on imaging science July 14–24

The two-week intensive course is aimed toward career scientists and engineers as well as students seeking a better understanding of imaging science and technology.
May 28, 2014

Cure for dry eye could be a blink away

Kara Maki, assistant professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences, is studying how tear film travels across the surface of the eye.
May 19, 2014

Imaging science student promotes photonics funding

Ph.D. student Amanda Ziemann participated in the National Photonics Initiative Congressional Visits Day to promote government funding for photonics-driven technology.
May 15, 2014

Imaging science graduate student honored

Javier Concha was named Student of the Year by the Central New York Region of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
May 15, 2014

Imaging Science Society honors professor

Susan Farnand will serve a two-year term as the Society for Imaging Science and Technology’s Vice President of Publications, effective July 1.

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