RIT Professor Elected Chair of Local Engineering Society

William Leonard, assistant professor of manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology at Rochester Institute of Technology, was elected chair of the St. Lawrence Section of the American Society for Engineering Education. Leonard was elected to a one-year term, beginning June 1, at the society’s meeting at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.

Leonard, of Brockport, specializes in the design, development and manufacture of consumer products. He has been a member of the RIT faculty since 1997.

Note: RIT’s College of Applied Science and Technology, the college of innovation, offers 71 undergraduate and graduate degree programs and 39 certificates and diplomas emphasizing technology, service management and multidisciplinary studies. The college leads the university in lifelong, corporate and outreach education, online learning and international studies including programs taught at the American College of Management and Technology in Croatia, at the American University in Kosovo and in the Dominican Republic. The college is home to the world’s only university-level course in space tourism development and its packaging science degree program is one of only six in the nation.

Founded in 1829 and located in western New York state, RIT is internationally recognized as a leader in computing, engineering, imaging technology, fine and applied arts, and education for the deaf. RIT enrolls 15,500 students in more than 340 undergraduate and graduate programs.