College of Engineering Technology News

When the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory needed multiple stands that could each support up to 45,000 pounds of superconducting magnets in limited space, an RIT student designed the solution.

Interesting Engineering highlights RIT mechanical engineering technology student Robert Desjardins, who designed four-tier storage stands capable of supporting more than 45,000 pounds of superconducting magnets for the world’s first Electron-Ion Collider.

RIT's Baja team captured first place at the Baja SAE Ohio competition, outperforming 83 collegiate teams from around the world. The win positions RIT Baja No. 2 in North America for the 2026 season.

Rochester Business Journal features alumna Jennifer Hungate '13 (civil engineering technology), founder of Hungate Construction, discussing her path to business ownership and efforts to expand opportunities for women in the construction industry.

Technical Theatre Pathways, a new course offered by RIT’s School of Performing Arts, gives students a full picture of the varied behind-the-scenes roles that help bring a stage performance to life.

Unearth The Voyage includes RIT's packaging science program in its list of unusual degrees, citing competitive salaries and strong job placement rates.

Alternatives to plastics are being created by researchers at RIT using plant-based starch, a plentiful and highly sustainable material.

MSN includes RIT's packaging science program in its list of unusual degrees, citing competitive salaries and strong job placement rates.

The new research hub will improve engineering education to close skills gaps and address how artificial intelligence is impacting the workplace.

New advances in bioprinting by RIT researchers are pointing the way to nearly human capabilities for finger prosthetics.

Finger Lakes Daily News reports that RIT is among the institutions participating in Empire AI, New York's expanded artificial intelligence consortium, which is providing researchers access to one of the nation's most powerful academic AI supercomputers.

More than 1,800 student-engineers from universities in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, and Mexico designed and built off-road vehicles for the Baja SAE New York competition.