Campus Spotlight

August 5, 2024

<p>More than 150 projects were on display at the 33rd annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on Aug. 1. The 400-plus students made public presentations about work done this summer with faculty researchers. Research projects represented work from all of RIT’s colleges.</p>

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More than 150 projects were on display at the 33rd annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on Aug. 1. The 400-plus students made public presentations about work done this summer with faculty researchers. Research projects represented work from all of RIT’s colleges.

a woman stands on a staircase overlooking the undergraduate research symposium.

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Roberta DiLeo Benedict ’08 (physics), ’12 (microsystems engineering) returned to RIT to address this year’s undergraduate researchers. She was among the group when she began at RIT, and she shared her journey to become an experienced research-scientist with local company, Cellec Technologies, in lithium-ion battery development.
a woman stands in front of a presentation appearing to be speaking to people.

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Chenxin Wang, a third-year biomedical sciences student, discussed the impact of glycosylation on bacterial motility. She began work with the Schulze Lab in the College of Science just over a year ago as part of her exploration into understanding cellular processes.
people are shown sitting at tables watching a presentation called rebound.

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Karina Bryant, a third-year physics major from Rochester, described some of her supermassive black hole image data, comparing it to the slow-motion effects in "The Matrix".
a student is shown standing in front of a presentation screen and he appears to be directing conversation to an audience.

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Eli Wolochow, a third-year physics major, was studying the history of the universe through a project simulating atmospheric noise.
a student appears next to his presentation looking at the material.

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Perrin Woods, a fourth-year mechatronics engineering technology major, details 3D printer technologies for bio inks.
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