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  • June 4, 2018

    RIT students and Professor Rojas are outside setting up their solar powered 3D printer. In the distance, a large group of school children look at their progress.

    Team creates solar-powered 3D printing system
    RIT engineering students and faculty traveled to Cali, Colombia, to deliver and show residents how to use a new solar-powered 3D printing system they developed. The team worked with partners from the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente throughout the spring semester to create the product.

  • May 29, 2018

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    RIT puts final wrap on successful NYC Design Week
    Dozens of RIT students, faculty and staff left New York City exhausted yet inspired after the university’s most ambitious presence ever at NYCxDESIGN, the Big Apple’s sixth-annual celebration of design. Scores of visitors crowded into RIT’s seven exhibits and events showcased May 16 to 23.

  • May 23, 2018

    Headshot of Patricia Moore.

    RIT hosts Capstone Design Conference
    More than 200 faculty, administrators, researchers and students from universities around the country are expected for the conference about improving capstone courses, one of the key experiential learning components of engineering education.

  • May 16, 2018

    Formula car.

    Formula SAE Racing opens season with Top-20 finish
    RIT Formula SAE Racing opened its season with a Top-20 finish at Michigan International Raceway. The team placed 16th overall in a field of 120 collegiate teams during Formula Student Michigan, the largest national collegiate design competition in North America.

  • May 15, 2018

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    Learn about product development, leadership programs
    Engineers, scientists, technical managers and other professionals looking to move into mid- and senior-level management positions in high-tech industries can attain the needed product development and leadership skills through programs offered at RIT.

  • May 14, 2018

    a Hexagonal pattern with words in them. Biggest text saying "machine learning".

    RIT hosts workshop on artificial intelligence
    RIT is presenting a three-day workshop about artificial intelligence and how the technology is being developed to advance industries such as manufacturing, security and heath care.

  • May 14, 2018

    logo text saying "NYC X Design, a celebration of global design".

    Design, engineering students exhibit at NYCxDESIGN
    Nearly 50 RIT students, faculty and staff from RIT’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences and Kate Gleason College of Engineering are exhibiting a wide variety of projects at NYCxDESIGN—New York City’s annual celebration of design.

  • April 30, 2018

    Three Clockwyse team members hold up a large check while the CPSI director talks to a crowd about their first-prize accomplishment.

    Emergency mass notification clock wins STEAM contest
    A team of three computer engineering majors has developed a prototype for an emergency mass notification clock, which won the top prize and $5,000 in RIT’s first STEAM competition, sponsored by RIT’s Center for Public Safety Initiatives.