Research at RIT
The world needs collaborative, original thinkers and doers who seek out the globe’s most pressing problems. Research fuels creativity and ingenuity. At RIT, we create the tools, processes, and systems that will make things better than they are—bringing goodness to the world.
$82M
Sponsored research awards in 2020 fiscal year
723
Research proposals submitted in 2020 fiscal year
94
Current researchers who have achieved $1 million or more in funding since 2000
Key Research Centers and Institutes
- AMPrint (Center for Additive Manufacturing and Multifunctional Printing)
- Battery Prototyping Center
- Center for Advancing STEM Teaching, Learning, and Evaluation (CASTLE)
- Center for Bioscience Education and Technology
- Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation
- Center for Detectors
- Center for Human-aware AI (CHAI)
- Center for Imaging Science
- Center for Public Safety Initiatives
- The Future Photon Initiative
- Image Permanence Institute
- Golisano Institute for Sustainability
- Global Cybersecurity Institute
- Laboratory for Multiwavelength Astrophysics (LAMA)
- MAGIC Center (Media, Arts, Games, Innovation and Creativity)
- New York State Pollution Prevention Institute
- Personalized Healthcare Technology
Latest Research News
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February 25, 2021
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How does the Johnson & Johnson vaccine compare to other coronavirus vaccines? 4 questions answered
Essay by Maureen Ferran, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, published by The Conversation.
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February 24, 2021
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RIT faculty using smartphones and artificial intelligence to help assess crop roots
An RIT faculty member is creating new artificial intelligence systems that could empower agricultural researchers, breeders, nurseries, and other users to analyze the roots of their crops with the power of their smartphones. Assistant Professor Guoyu Lu is receiving a $450,000 New Investigator grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to conduct the research.
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February 5, 2021
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RIT’s Nabil Nasr part of board advising federal leaders on top climate initiatives
Nabil Nasr, associate provost and founding director of RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability, is part of an advisory board, The CLEEN Project, which recently launched the nation’s first co-operative idea database designed specifically for federal leaders in the new administration and focused on providing actionable ideas to combat climate change and advance climate justice.
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February 3, 2021
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Saunders College of Business expands research with Jewish Senior Life partnership
Saunders College of Business has announced an extension of its unique partnership with Jewish Senior Life. Over the next five years, the Jewish Senior Life Innovation Collaborative will support the development of research materials to explore how new technologies may impact and improve the lives of seniors.
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February 3, 2021
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This smart toilet seat might save your life one day
Forbes features Nicholas Conn '11, '13 MS (electrical engineering) and RIT trustee and 2009 alumnus Austin McChord as they team up to create Casana, formerly Heart Health Intelligence, which produces a toilet-seat based cardiovascular monitoring system.
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February 2, 2021
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RIT researchers explore augmented reality concepts in real estate and property management
Computing researchers at RITare teaming up with Fortune 500 company JLL to explore augmented reality within the commercial real estate and property management space.
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February 2, 2021
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RIT professor co-designed drone imaging system that can determine grape farm health
WROC-TV highlights work by Jan van Aardt, professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science.
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January 27, 2021
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RIT’s Image Permanence Institute receives $350,000 grant from NEH
Research activities for the three-year, field-based research project will be organized and led by Kelly McCauley Krish, IPI preventive conservation specialist. The study will apply data from temperature, relative humidity, and pollutant monitoring to comprehensively balance these known risks to collections when implementing energy-saving mechanical system operations.
