Photo Spotlights

CIMS co-op students, clockwise from top, James Bagg, Matthew Chabot and Jonathon Pickard work on a Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicle in preparation for its use in CIMS’ research program. A network of sensors will be integrated into the vehicle to monitor key equipment, allowing for real-time diagnostic and prognostic health assessment to reduce logistics costs by making re-supply, maintenance and repair efforts more effective while also enhancing the safety of military personnel in the field.

In his (slightly British) rendition of Frank Sinatra’s New York New York, Neil Hair, the assistant professor of marketing in the College of Business, became a singing sensation during Spirit Week at RIT and was crowned the COB Idol. The karaoke contest netted nearly $500 for the COB Class Gift Scholarship Fund.

Edward McCarthy, senior program manager at RIT's Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies discusses CIMS research with Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-Perinton) during a tour of the facility Jan. 23. The congresswoman visited campus to receive an update on the center’s Alternative Fuel and Life-cycle Engineering Program, which seeks to expand use of alternative fuels, extend the life cycle of vehicles, and promote the use of remanufactured components.

RIT students (left to right) A.J. Siegel and Evan Sax weigh boxes of clothes and camping equipment headed to Pakistan. Following October’s deadly earthquake in Pakistan, RIT faculty and students started an online campaign, www.QuakeHelp.net, urging people to donate camping equipment. Since November, more than two tons of gear was collected in Rochester. UPS is shipping the supplies free of charge.

Richard Kaplan, president and CEO of Pictometry International Corp. delivered the keynote address at the 2006 Rochester Entrepreneurship Conference at RIT on Jan. 20. The event, focusing on “Growing Entrepreneurial Ventures,” was sponsored by RIT, the University of Rochester, HTR, The Innovator’s Edge, Greater Rochester Enterprise and Rochester Business Journal. 

Professor Calvin Mackie from Tulane University shared a provocative message during RIT's Martin Luther King Day celebration on Jan. 17. Mackie encouraged the audience to go beyond the annual one-day tribute to King's memory by living out his principles everyday. The event was sponsored by RIT's Commission for Promoting Pluralism.

Kevin Kochersberger, associate professor of mechanical engineering (left), and John Chambers, a fifth-year mechanical engineering B.S./M.S. student and lab assistant, inspect a powered-parachute airframe. Kochersberger instructs the only light-sport aircraft/powered-parachute inspection course in the nation.

Professor Raymond Grosshans, left, and Michael Haselkorn use laser imaging equipment to create a digital schematic of an aircraft part.

Gabriel McMurtrie shares a silly moment with mom, Elouise Oyzon, at the Margaret’s House art show opening, Dec. 15. For 10 weeks, 23 preschoolers from Margaret’s House and 16 pre-service art educators from the School of Art worked hard to produce unique and exciting art for the show.

The voices of RIT men's hockey--Chris Lerch, Randy Bloechl and Ed Trefzger--celebrate 25 years in the broadcast booth this season. The team brings the action of Tigers hockey to life for listeners of WITR-FM (89.7). The next game is 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, versus Oswego State at Ritter Arena.

Bhavin Parekh, material science and engineering student in RIT's College of Science, poses with model Laine Blumenkopf at the Materials Research Society fashion show in Boston last month. Parekh and fellow student Naveen Rawat represented RIT at the event highlighting technologies potential impact on future apparel. Students from Carnegie Mellon University and MIT were among the other participants. The small logo on Blumenkopf’s dress can change color depending on body temperature.

RIT’s Printing Applications Laboratory unveiled two new seven-color HP Indigo presses at an industry-wide event held Dec. 8 on the RIT campus. The units provides greater evaluation capabilities for industrial media suppliers and is integral to PAL’s expansion to the Worldwide Media Center for evaluating media used on HP Indigo digital presses. The installation also directly impacts educational opportunities available to students in RIT’s School of Print Media.