News by Topic: Faculty

  • 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

    Giving computers a better brain

    Next-generation computing systems modeled after the human brain’s information processing capability and energy efficiency are becoming a reality through work by Dhireesha Kudithipudi.
  • November 20, 2018

    Teaching computers to learn

    While the technology has rapidly progressed, Christopher Kanan and his team are trying to make deep learning even more versatile.
  • November 20, 2018

    Building astute robots

    Ferat Sahin envisions the day when robots will work alongside humans on manufacturing lines, able to sense their surroundings and adapt independently to different responsibilities.
  • November 13, 2018

    A satellite image of Hurricane Sandy.

    RIT to assess hospitality industry contributions during disasters

    Tourist locations are hardest hit during natural disasters, but also provide significant resources during recovery efforts. A research group at RIT is measuring those efforts and the value of the contributions hotel and lodging sector personnel and facilities provide during times of crisis.
  • November 12, 2018

    RIT researchers take a bite out of food waste

    The Golisano Institute for Sustainability is employing food waste treatment technology and equipment in its new food waste utilization testbed—the goal of which is to share results with businesses—by using excess food from RIT’s dining halls.
  • November 6, 2018

    Patricia Taboada-Serrano poses for a photo in front of a fume hood in a lab.

    Faculty-researcher honored as Emerging Investigator

    Patricia Taboada-Serrano, an associate professor of chemical engineering, was named a 2018 Emerging Investigator by the American Chemical Society for her work in developing water treatment technology through molecular engineering
  • October 30, 2018

    Owen Gottlieb talks to three people and demonstrates how the Lost & Found: Order in the Court game works.

    Creators of ‘Lost & Found’ game honored for work

    The interdisciplinary team of RIT faculty and student researchers, designers and developers that created the Lost & Found tabletop game is getting recognition for its design. Throughout the year, the game has been featured at several showcases for independent and serious games.
  • October 25, 2018

    One woman on the right adjusts augmented reality glasses on another woman who is wearing them on the left.

    NTID to explore augmented reality technology

    Using augmented reality to make STEM content more accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing learners in live presentation settings is the goal of a $258,000 grant from the National Science Foundation awarded to NTID.