News by Topic: Research

RIT will be part of a NY SMART-I Corridor Technology Hub focused on semiconductor manufacturing and innovation. The Corridor Tech Hub, one of 12 Tech Hubs in the nation, is expected to bring $40 million in federal funding to the region.

Researchers at RIT are developing non-invasive technology that will better assess cardiac tissue response to thermal energy, a common therapy approach for both cancer and cardiac arrhythmia treatments.

CITY features Jeyhan Kartaltepe, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, in a review of Rochester's contributions to the James Webb Space Telescope and space exploration.

RIT cybersecurity researchers are preparing connected vehicle networks for the next stage of cybersecurity—the post-quantum era. The team, in RIT’s ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute, is highlighting how current cryptographic methods are vulnerable to attacks enabled by emerging quantum computers.

An essay by Ahmad Kirmani, assistant professor in the School of Chemistry and Materials Science, published by The Conversation.

Led by Professor Juilee Decker, Professor David Messinger, and Professor Roger Easton Jr., the development of the MISHA system was originally planned to help small- to medium-sized cultural institutions in the United States.

Microsystems engineering Ph.D. student Evan Manfreda-Schulz ’20 (physics) accomplished something many academic researchers aim for when his first paper was published on the cover of Optica Quantum.

The new RIT research building is in its final construction phase with exterior work nearly complete and interior design set to begin. Structural work that started in early 2022 is expected to be complete by fall 2024 with move-in of several campus research teams by the new year.

The New York Times talks to Christy Tyler, professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, about how to reduce microplastics in your food and indoors. (This content may require a subscription to view).

Researchers at RIT are developing technology that will be able to determine the lifespan of a heart valve with more precision.

The Battery Prototyping Center at RIT and the Battery and Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Test and Commercialization Center have merged to become a comprehensive battery development enterprise in New York state.

Spectrum News speaks to Jade Myers, research development specialist in the AMPrint Center, about her life-changing bond with an amputee for whom she provided a prosthetic arm.