News

January 28, 2014

RIT hosts 2014 Freescale model racecar challenge

The future designers of these modernistic vehicles will be participating in the annual Freescale Cup challenge April 18 and 19 at Rochester Institute of Technology.
January 27, 2014

Kridner of Beagleboard.org opens ARM Developer Day

Jason Kridner, co-founder of Beagleboard.org, an Open Source technology organization, will discuss software and hardware used in embedded computing at RIT’s ARM Developer Day.
January 15, 2014

Students engineer robotic chimes

Armed with a mixed box of parts and equipment, teams of students from an engineering design tools course designed robotic chimes programmed to play recognizable songs.
January 8, 2014

Professor presents at international conference

Santosh Kurinec, professor of electrical and microelectronic engineering, spoke on global trends in alternative energies at the Qatar National Research Foundation conference.
January 8, 2014

RIT, Taiwanese university offer BS/MS program

RIT and the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology are partnering on an electronic and computer engineering, electrical engineering and computer science program.
December 18, 2013

Students raise $12,000 for local charities

Engineering students gave more than $12,000 to eight Rochester charities, the result of a course in project management with a practical, service-learning component.
December 16, 2013

FIRST Robotics kicks off Jan. 4

Teams will receive the robot kits and equipment for the game. Teams will then have six weeks to build robots for the Finger Lakes regional competition at RIT in March.
December 5, 2013

Two RIT research teams awarded EPA grants

Faculty and students in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering and Golisano Institute for Sustainability were each awarded $15,000 for their environmental solutions.
December 5, 2013

RIT Production Services’ work honored

RIT Production Services’ Web/IT Group was honored at the 8th annual W3 Awards for the RIT SportsZone app and the Kate Gleason College of Engineering website redesign.
November 22, 2013

Staff, alumni named to 40 Under 40 List

Four RIT alumni and one staff member were honored by the Rochester Business Journal this year for professional success and civic contributions in the local area.
November 19, 2013

Students take second in engineering competition

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers honored Tyler Sherwood and Jared Benton-Smith for their work on improving the use of carbon nanotubes to filter wastewater.
November 18, 2013

Influencing A Changing World

Wherever he has been during his career, Mustafa Abushagur has found a way to build what had not been there before. Now he's building a new foundation for his homeland.