College of Engineering News

  • July 2, 2018

    RIT Formula Racing team competes in UK competition
    RIT’s Formula race team will cross the Atlantic to compete in Formula Student UK as one of 93 international collegiate race teams competing at the 20th anniversary event. The competition takes place July 11-15 in Northamptonshire, just north of London.

  • June 22, 2018

    Bruce Smith poses for a photo with four other people at the Inventor of the Year award ceremony.

    Engineering professor named Inventor of the Year
    For his innovative work impacting advanced microelectronics, Bruce Smith, a professor and director of the microsystems engineering doctoral program at RIT, was honored as the 2018 Inventor of the Year by the Rochester Intellectual Property Law Association.

  • June 18, 2018

    student and professor talking.

    Mapping artificial intelligence at RIT
    Researchers in RIT’s Center for Human-Aware Intelligence believe their work could lead to breakthroughs in everything from health care to energy management to cybersecurity.

  • June 14, 2018

    Santosh Kurinec and other honorees excitedly pose for a photo, all of them smiling wide and holding their arms out in triumph.

    Professor inducted into international hall of fame
    Santosh Kurinec, a microelectronic engineering professor, was one of six influential women from around the world honored for their work as visionaries in technology, engineering and science and inducted into the Women in Technology Hall of Fame.

  • 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

    a group of people at a celebration with a dining table.

    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.