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Don Figer

  • August 7, 2019

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    RIT awarded NSF funding to conceptualize Quantum Photonic Institute

    The National Science Foundation awarded RIT a grant to conceptualize a new institute that would be at the forefront of quantum science and technology. RIT received $150,000 in funding from the NSF’s Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes program to create a plan for an institute that would expand quantum science and technology capabilities through quantum photonic integrated circuits.

  • July 4, 2019

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    Podcast: How to Build a Career in Science

    Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 18: Don Figer, director of RIT’s Center for Detectors, offers advice on how to build a career in science to Dom Oddo, a Case Western Reserve student who participated at RIT recently in a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates.