Scholarly Works > Recent Scholarship

The College of Applied Science and Technology continued on a path of maturation of scholarship during 2007-8 under the theme of "Collaborative Opportunities." The Scholarship Committee hosted three successful colloquiums, including the first to have a student speaker. Major efforts included funding of almost $142,000 of internal funding for scholarship in the form of Scholarship Incentive Grant (SIG) applied course releases and support, creation of over two hundred scholarly products, and fourteen proposals resulting in approximately $345,000 in external funding.  Initiatives to increase scholarly activity and recognition resulted in creation of a new draft process guidance appendix for CAST entitled, "Attaining Full Participation in Scholarship Among CAST Faculty" that is currently under review.

CAST Scholarly Activity Table

Here are some examples of recent scholarly activity by CAST faculty. This is a partial list extracted from the CAST Winter Faculty meeting presentation on January 27, 2006.

• Wolcott, Scott, “Online Learning: One Successful Approach”, 2006 CIEC
• M.H. Castro-Cedeno, “The Role of Engineers in the Creation of Engineering Drawings - Past, Present and Future”, 59th Midyear Annual Meeting of the Engineering Graphics Division of the American Society of Engineering Educators, Williamsburg, VA, November 21-23, 2004
• M.H. Castro-Cedeno, “The Use of Manufacturing Commands and Features in a CAD Interface to Familiarize Engineering Students with Manufacturing Equipment and Processes Capabilities”, ASEE 2005 Annual Conference, Portland, OR, June 12-15, 2005
• Lagiewski, R. and Lagiewski, C., “Bringing the New Paradigm of Business Education to the Balkans – Rochester Institute of Technology: the case of the American College of Management & Technology and the American University in Kosovo”, International Scientific Conference - The Next Decade Challenges for Business - February 2-3, 2006 Riga, Latvia
• Valentine, M. “How do we attract women and minorities into ET programs”, 2005 ETLI Conference.
• Dunn, T., Application Software: How large a role should it play in a Cost Estimating Course?, submitted to ASEE, EDT Division, 2005
• Lillie, J. Integrated Circuits for QVGA and VGA color displays, National Semiconductor, 2005
• Glenn, C., “Establishment and Development of Effective Scholarship Activities in a Challenging Environment”, Keynote address, 2005 ETLI conference, RIT.
• Mandloi, D., Sarella, K, and Glenn, C., “Implementation of Image Processing Approach to Translation of
  ASL Finger-spelling to Digital Text”, 2006 ITERA Conference, Las Vegas, NV
• Shah S., Sandy, M., and Kim D., “Development of Perpetual Wireless Digital Repeaters (WiDR) for Instantaneous Communication Under Disaster Situation”, 2006 ITERA Conference, Las Vegas, NV
• S. Manian Ramkumar, Dr. Krishnaswami Srihari, “A Novel Anisotropic Conductive Adhesive for Lead-Free Surface Mount Electronics Packaging”, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 5 – 11, 2005, Orlando, Florida
• S. Manian Ramkumar, Manivannan Sampathkumar, Santhakumar Rajesnayagham, Scott Anson, " Investigation of the Performance of SAC and SACBi Lead-Free Solder Alloys with OSP and Immersion Silver PCB Finishes”, SMTA International Conference Proceedings, Chicago, September 2005.
• A. Aghayere, “The Case for Ongoing Student Course Assessment”, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Portland, Oregon, June 12-15, 2005.
• A. Aghayere, “Enhancing Student Learning Through Continuous Course Assessment”, RIT Faculty Scholars Presentation, RIT Wallace Library, April 19, 2005.

CEMA = Center for Electronics Manufacturing and Assembly
CETEMS = Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management and Safety
CMS = Center for Multidisciplinary Studies
ECTET = Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology
HSM = Hospitality and Service Management
MMETPS = Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology/Packaging Science