College of Engineering News

November 20, 2018

Building astute robots

Ferat Sahin envisions the day when robots will work alongside humans on manufacturing lines, able to sense their surroundings and adapt independently to different responsibilities.
November 7, 2018

Toilet seat that detects congestive heart failure wins Tiger Tank

Postdoctoral fellow Nicholas Conn hopes to lower the hospital readmission rates of patients with congestive heart failure through a toilet-seat based cardiovascular monitoring system.
November 6, 2018

Faculty-researcher honored as Emerging Investigator

Patricia Taboada-Serrano, an associate professor of chemical engineering, was named a 2018 Emerging Investigator by the American Chemical Society for her work in developing water treatment technology through molecular engineering
October 31, 2018

Student teams work with women’s group in Haiti

Haiti became a classroom for more than a dozen RIT students when they worked with 19 women leaders from a nonprofit group in Haiti on projects that could become future businesses.
October 24, 2018

Researchers improve upon stethoscope design

Researchers at RIT and URMC developed a new digital stethoscope that combines precision sensors, electrocardiogram technology and machine learning applications into one piece of equipment to better detect heart ailments and problems that might occur with an implanted heart pump.
October 15, 2018

Researchers use AI to preserve Seneca language

Using deep learning, a form of artificial intelligence, RIT researchers are building an automatic speech recognition application to document and transcribe the traditional language of the Seneca people.
October 12, 2018

Engineering dean recognized as Outstanding Educator

Doreen Edwards, dean of the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, received the Outstanding Educator Award from the American Ceramics Society.
October 11, 2018

Student Spotlight: Start-up receives award

Meet Nathan DeMario, a mechanical engineering graduate student and chief technical officer of Phase Innovations.
October 8, 2018

Kate Gleason College of Engineering honored for diversity efforts

The college received the 2018 Changing Hearts and Minds Award for its efforts to enhance diversity among the faculty ranks and further RIT’s overall commitment to diversity.
October 4, 2018

2018 Distinguished Alumni: Meet Michael G. Field

Meet Michael G. Field ’86 (mechanical engineering), the Kate Gleason College of Engineering 2018 Distinguished Alumnus.
October 3, 2018

Technology leader discusses quantum computing

Bo Ewald, president of D-Wave Systems, spoke to faculty-researchers and students about quantum computing, a high-tech growth industry in need of skilled workers.
September 26, 2018

RIT, alumni honor REDCOM milestone anniversary

Saunders College of Business is honored to recognize the 40th anniversary of REDCOM Laboratories Inc., a local communications company with many ties to RIT. More than 30 percent of the employees at REDCOM—including the founders and several members of the leadership team—are graduates of RIT.