News

  • June 22, 2017 - The DMFL website is last updated
  • May 30, 2017 - Hee Tae An, Kimmy Bernetski, Cristina Guzman-Moumtzis, AJ Longabucco, Uyen Nguyen, Umesh Sojitra, Clayton Terry, Dhanya Thiyagarajan, and Anna Tilstra-Smith join the DMFL for the summer
  • May 16, 2017 - The DMFL, Dr. Maki, and Jordanna O'Brien present "The Cheerios Effect and Tear Films" at Imagine RIT 2017 with the help of several former SMASH students
  • April 11, 2017 - Collin Burkhart, Dr. Maki and Dr. Schertzer publish research in the ASME Journal of Heat Transfer
  • January 23, 2017 - Sari Houchaimi and Cammie Johanning join the DMFL for the spring

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  • December 2, 2016 - Kaushik Kudtarkar successfully defends his thesis
  • November 28, 2016 - Amit Rogel joins the DMFL for the fall and intersession
  • November 15-17, 2016 - Collin Burkhart, Kaushik Kudtarkar, and Dr. Schertzer attend IMECE 2016 in Phoenix, Arizona to present their research
  • October 4, 2016 - Sanskar Panse joins the DMFL for the fall
  • August 5, 2016 - All of the summer undergraduate students present their research at the RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium 2016
  • August 1, 2016 - Xi Li joins the DMFL as a PhD student
  • July 26, 2016 - Collin Burkhart successfully defends his thesis
  • July 11-13, 2016 - Dr. Schertzer attends ICNMM 2016 in Washington, DC to present his research
  • June 3, 2016 - The DMFL and other mechanical engineering research labs kick off the summer with a barbecue!
  • May 31, 2016 - Anil Adharapurapu, Nicholas Amato, Tinuola Bolarin, Johanna Carroll, Mark Davis, Zachary Geffert, Mahdi Haji, Keira Higgins, Michael Johnson, Lorenzo Nunez, Daniel Rykman, Corry Straathof, Jean Valoy, and Pablo Weiner join the DMFL for the summer
  • May 10, 2016 - Dr. Schertzer attends the Annual Microengineering Conference 2016 in Rochester, New York
  • May 7, 2016 - Collin Burkhart, Dr. Schertzer, and Dr. Maki from the RIT College of Science present “The Cheerios Effect and Tear Films” at Imagine RIT 2016 with the help of several former SMASH students
  • April 8, 2016 - Collin Burkhart and Kaushik Kudtarkar give oral presentations at the RIT Graduate Research and Creativity Symposium 2016
  • March 2, 2016 - Collin Burkhart is accepted into the Engineering PhD program at RIT
  • January 25, 2016 - Benjamin Grimsley, Carlos Gutierrez, Leah Matzcak, and Ethan Spence join the DMFL for the spring semester
  • January 4, 2016 - Jonathan Bontemps joins the DMFL for intersession and the spring

  • November 13-19, 2015 - Dr. Schertzer attends IMECE 2015 in Houston, Texas to present his research
  • August 7, 2015 - Hee Tae An, Yohance Basdeo, Sydney Lizarazo, Kevin Millar, Matthew Nygren, and Humza Syed give poster presentations at the RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium 2015
  • July 29, 2015 - Peter Dunning successfully defends his MS thesis “Controlling the Transient Interface Shape and Deposition Profile Left by Desiccation of Colloidal Droplets on Multiple Polymer Surfaces”
  • July 6-9, 2015 - Collin Burkhart and Dr. Schertzer attend the ICNMM 2015 conference in San Francisco, California to present their research, Dr. Schertzer also speaks as part of panel on microfluidics
  • June 1, 2015 - Hee Tae An, Yohance Basdeo, Ryan Carrazzone, Rakesh Chokanathan, Sydeny Lizarazo, Kevin Millar, Matthew Nygren, and Humza Syed join the DMFL for the summer
  • May 14, 2015 - Collin Burkhart successfully defends his thesis proposal
  • May 2, 2015 - Senior Design teams P15610 and P15611 present their projects at Imagine RIT 2015
  • February 27, 2015 - Collin Burkhart and Peter Dunning give oral presentations at the RIT Graduate Research and Creativity Symposium 2015
  • February 10, 2015 - Collin Burkhart, Peter Dunning, and Dr. Schertzer travel to SUNY Binghamton in Binghamton, NY for research and collaboration talks with the Chiarot and Singler lab groups
  • January 26, 2015 - Kaushik Kudtarkar joins the DMFL as an MS student

  • November 14-20, 2014 - Peter Dunning and Dr. Schertzer attend IMECE 2014 in Montreal, Canada to present their research
  • September 2, 2014 - The DMFL sponsors Senior Design teams P15610 and P15611 to develop a DMF control system and environmental enclosure, respectively
  • August 19, 2014 - The DMFL moves to its current location in GLE-2130
  • June 15-18, 2014 - Dr. Schertzer attends the ASEE National Conference 2014 in Indianapolis, Indiana to present his research
  • June 2, 2014 - David Lanza and Emrys Scott-Murrell join the DMFL for the summer
  • May 15, 2014 - Collin Burkhart joins the DMFL as an MS student
  • May 6, 2014 - Peter and Dr. Schertzer present “Applications in Discrete Microfluidics” at Imagine RIT 2014
  • February 14, 2014 – Peter Dunning successfully defends his thesis proposal

  • November 15-21, 2013 - Dr. Schertzer attends IMECE 2013 in San Diego, California to present his research
  • August 29, 2013 - Peter Dunning joins the DMFL as its first MS student
  • August 26, 2013 - Jake Leone joins the DMFL team for the fall semester
  • August 20, 2013 - The DMFL is founded at RIT in ENG-2641/2643 by Dr. Schertzer