Photo Spotlights

Kelly Martin, assistant professor of communication in RIT’s College of Liberal Arts, is the 2013 recipient of the Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award is given to faculty who have taught three years or less and who foster excellence in teaching and leadership in the campus community. Martin, who came to RIT in 2011, says, “I always encourage my students to take advantage of every opportunity and build experiences.”

Professor Carl Salvaggio and his son, Phil, a doctoral student in imaging science, built a digital music player for their car because they could. They programmed a Raspberry Pi electronic interface—a $35 general-purpose computer the size of a deck of cards—to play a random selection of their favorite music from a thumb drive.

Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival drew a large and inquisitive crowd on May 4. More than 30,000 visitors explored the RIT campus during the festival. To read more, go to www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50004.

President Destler’s E-Durance Challenge kicked off the Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival on May 4. To read more about the race and other exhibits, go to www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50004.

The E-Durance Challenge kicked off the Imagine RIT Innovation and Creativity Festival on May 4.

The School for American Crafts BFA Exhibition will be showcased at Gallery r, 100 College Ave., from May 2 to 11. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 9:30 p.m. May 3, during First Friday—Rochester’s monthly citywide gallery night that encourages collaboration between nonprofit, university and commercial art venues.

Rob Aldi showcased his composite material products, including turbine blades used to generate wind power, at last year’s Imagine RIT festival.

The 3-foot-tall technology wonder walking the halls of the Kate Gleason College of Engineering is TigerBot III, RIT’s humanoid, autonomous robot. TigerBot III was developed by the engineering senior design project team of Chris Atwood, Graeme Buckley, Rachel Lucas, Nick Towle and Sasha Yevsitifeev, with mentoring by faculty advisers Ferat Sahin and George Slack. To read more, go to www.rit.edu/news/athenaeum_story.php?id=49918.

Whether they are mentoring their peers, flipping tables to de-stress during exam week or building projects, the Society of Software Engineers offers activities for everyone. To read more, go to www.rit.edu/news/athenaeum_story.php?id=49931. The group’s next table-flipping event is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 9 by the Tiger Statue.

The RIT College Activities Board hosted SpringFest April 25-28. The sold-out Macklemore and Ryan Lewis concert at the Gordon Field House and Activities Center was the closing event.

Join the RIT/NTID Performing Arts players for their production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Jim Orr. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. April 25, 26 and 27 and May 3 and 4, with a matinee at 2 p.m. April 28. For more information, go to www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49912.

Kenneth Williams, left, presented his Persian Lime Chicken Burgers to Elizabeth Olsson ’95 during his product development class. Students are using olive oils and vinegars provided by Flower City Olive Oil, a company co-owned by Olsson. The students will provide Olsson with recipes that the company will post on their website.