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RIT mechatronics student built an AI tutor tool to enhance student learning and success in RIT's College of Engineering Technology (CET)

Students Revolutionize AI in Education

Kyle Scher

Mechatronics Engineering Technology BS

Student

environmental sustainability health and safety student alum at work at tesla and new balance

First-Gen to Fortune 100: Alum's Journey to Tesla and New Balance

Environmental Sustainability, Health and Safety BS

Alumni

Civil engineers looking for ways to prevent future bridge disasters like the one in Baltimore

Civil engineers seek ways to prevent future bridge disasters

Amanda Bao

Civil Engineering Technology BS

Faculty

A multidisciplinary team of students, including CET computer engineering technology student John Schulz, and faculty continued an RIT tradition of participating in Canstruction Rochester by making an owl sculpture out of more than 1,500 pounds of canned goods.

Students and faculty deploy creative construction for a good cause

Computer Engineering Technology BS

Student

From left, Neal Sherman, founder and CEO of TAGeX Brands; Christopher Bates, a master sommelier and owner of Element Winery and FLX Table; "Environmental Connections" host Jasmin Singer; and Daniel Johnson, a professor of the Department of Packaging and Graphic Media Science for the College of Engineering Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Environmental responsibility in the food sector

Daniel Johnson

Packaging Science MS

Faculty

print and graphic media technology student fulfilled her first co-op experience by developing an interactive toy that fine tunes the motor skills of children with developmental disabilities at Mary Cariola Center in Rochester, NY

Students take summer learning to the next level with Studio930 consultancy

Print and Graphic Media Technology BS

Student

Yewande Abraham, Director of Smart Cities Construction Management MS, is working with peers from Texas A&M and Virginia Tech on developing a VR learning environment to introduce students to careers in the construction industry and urban development

Researcher receives grant to build a virtual reality learning environment focused on the construction industry

Yewande Abraham

Smart Cities Construction Management MS

Faculty

Students’ packaging design, including a packaging science BS student at RIT, is a top three finalist in the annual Paperboard Packaging Student Design Challenge

RIT student team named finalists in national packaging design challenge

Packaging Science BS

Student

A rendering of the new research building that is under construction on the southwest side of campus near Global Village on RIT campus in Rochester, NY

Construction for new RIT research building led by Civil ET alum

Civil Engineering Technology BS

Alumni

train derailing photo as news10nbc investigates what would happen in rochester, ny

News10NBC Investigates: Train trouble. What happens if a train derails locally?

Jennifer Schneider

Environmental, Health and Safety Management MS

Faculty

The development team of faculty-researchers building the series of education modules, includes (from left) Lisa Greenwood, Sumita Mishra, Yewande Abraham, and Jennifer Schneider

Research team awarded grant from NIST to develop new standards-based educational modules

Lisa Greenwood, Yewande Abraham, Jennifer Schneider

Environmental, Health and Safety Management MS

Faculty

Jennifer Schneider, faculty-researcher in RIT’s College of Engineering Technology, has been appointed to two national occupational health and safety organizations

Faculty-researcher joins national organizations to help improve personal protective equipment

Jennifer Schneider

Environmental, Health and Safety Management MS

Faculty