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Department of Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering
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January 4, 2023
Schumer, Gillibrand and Morelle secure $2 million in Omnibus Bill for RIT to upgrade its Semiconductor Fabrication Lab
RIT will receive $2 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce to update and expand its Semiconductor Fabrication Lab to accommodate research in semiconductor technologies and prepare the workforce for the growing domestic microelectronics manufacturing industry. The funding was included as part of the fiscal year 2023 omnibus funding package.
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November 28, 2022
Grad builds system for International Space Station
When NASA’s Cygnus spacecraft launched in spring 2022, technology built by Snehal Ravindra Ingle ’19 (electrical engineering) made its way to the International Space Station.
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November 18, 2022
Chips 101 showcases RIT and Upstate NY skills in computer chip development and manufacturing
Becoming the Silicon Valley of the Northeast may have as much power as the computer chips that will soon be designed and developed in the upstate New York region. The recent Chips 101 event, hosted by RIT on Nov. 16, kept to that premise. More than 50 regional government and corporate representatives learned how computer chips are designed and manufactured—and how universities, government, and workforce development initiatives will contribute to this area.
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November 16, 2022
RIT educates community leaders on semiconductors
WHAM-TV features RIT's Chips 101 event.
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October 31, 2022
RIT engineering students experience nuclear engineering outside the classroom
A visit to Constellation Energy’s R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant in Ontario, New York was part of Santosh Kurinec’s teaching plan so that engineering students apply what they learn in the classroom to the world of industry.
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October 31, 2022
Professor Santosh Kurinec honored with IEEE distinguished service award
RIT microelectronic engineering Professor Santosh Kurinec was recently honored as the IEEE’s 2022 William Terry Distinguished Service awardee. Given to a member of the IEEE’s Northeast Region 1, the award highlights an individual’s dedication and service to the engineering profession.
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October 11, 2022
Micron opens doors for more opportunities for local colleges
CNY Central interviews Professor Santosh Kurinec from RIT's Department of Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering about the impact of Micron Technology's plans to build a mega-complex of computer chip plants near Syracuse.
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July 29, 2022
‘Cautiously optimistic:’ RIT professor discusses chip bill
WROC-TV talks to Robert Pearson, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering, about a bill to boost the semiconductor industry.
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July 6, 2022
Microelectronic engineering professor developing options for improving memory technologies for storage and computing
Research at RIT into new energy-efficient materials for computing could improve the bottleneck that often occurs when retrieving large amounts of data, hindering processing throughput and energy efficiency.
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June 22, 2022
Kate Gleason College of Engineering honors alumni for achievement and leadership
Twelve alumni from RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering were honored with alumni awards during a reception at the Joseph M. Lobozzo Alumni House last month.
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June 3, 2022
Electrical engineering student finds success across campuses
Mridhula Sreekumar's RIT journey began at the Dubai campus in her hometown, before coming to the Rochester campus to study abroad with Global Scholars.
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May 11, 2022
Powering the future
Supply chain disruptions and a strong demand for consumer electronics during the pandemic led to a global chip shortage. The shortage has highlighted the need to strengthen the domestic semiconductor industry and has put a new emphasis on microelectronic engineering education.