Bilge Altay, assistant professor in the Department of Packaging and Graphic Media Science, published “Ink Formulation Design Strategies for Printed Electronics: A Review on Fundamentals, Materials, and Processing” in The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. The article presents a comprehensive framework connecting ink chemistry, printing processes, and device performance, offering strategies to move beyond trial-and-error approaches toward more reliable, scalable manufacturing of next-generation printed and flexible electronics.

The Center for Remanufacturing and Resource Recovery at RIT and the Remanufacturing Industries Council (RIC) recently hosted the 9th annual RIC-RIT World Remanufacturing Conference in Charlotte, N.C. The event brought together industry leaders, researchers, manufacturers, and policymakers from around the world to advance the future of remanufacturing and sustainable manufacturing. RIT presenters included Nabil Nasr, associate provost and director of Golisano Institute for Sustainability; Mike Thurston, research faculty and director of the Center of Excellence in Advanced and Sustainable Manufacturing; Nenad Nenadic, research associate professor in the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, and Brian Hilton, engineering manager.

Jessica Pardee, associate professor of science, technology, and society, will complete her term as the president of the Mid-South Sociological Association this October during its annual meeting. As president, Pardee sees sociology as a discipline well-positioned to provide trained scholars who understand the impact of research methodology on knowledge construction, and whose work will become of increasing service to the public in the years to come.