News by Topic: Faculty
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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 15, 2018
Four RIT faculty and staff alumni receive Golden Brick Award
Nathan Cahill, Donna Podeszek, Denishea Ortiz and Mary Beth Nally received Golden Brick Awards at the Faculty and Staff Alumni Breakfast and Golden Brick Awards Ceremony on Thursday morning. -
November 13, 2018
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
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 -
November 1, 2018
RIT collaborates on multi-university research exploring the quantum world
RIT researcher Mishkat Bhattacharya is building a theoretical framework to predict how nanoparticles made of graphene, silica and rare-earth compounds behave when suspended within the center of a laser beam. -
October 31, 2018
Student teams work with women’s group in Haiti
Haiti became a classroom for more than a dozen RIT students when they worked with 19 women leaders from a nonprofit group in Haiti on projects that could become future businesses. -
October 30, 2018
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
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.