Sustainability News

RIT alumni are building professions in fields that were unthinkable a generation ago. Meet eight alumni, from across the university, who are shaping new careers.

Rochester Business Journal profiles alumnus Nick Myers ’15 (MBA), founder of Phoenix Tailings, whose company plans to build a $375 million rare earth processing facility and is collaborating with RIT on workforce development initiatives.

Hema Madaka provides clients with suggestions to redesign supply chains, set goals with their suppliers, and helps clients build supplier engagement programs around renewable energy.

Rochester Business Journal highlights RIT’s longstanding partnership with Ashlawn Energy, helping the company optimize its battery technology and scale production at its new Webster facility.

Tigers of Geographic Information and Research is more than a geography club, although its members do love maps. Geographic information systems technology is used to analyze and visualize location-based data, with applications varying from urban planning and environmental management to crime analysis. 

The Center for Innovation in Manufacturing and Sustainability (CIMS) at RIT and the Remanufacturing Industries Council (RIC) recently hosted the 9th annual RIC-RIT World Remanufacturing Conference in Charlotte, N.C.

A decade-long partnership between Rochester Colonial and RIT’s Center of Excellence in Advanced and Sustainable Manufacturing helped transform a custom folding-window concept into the award-winning FoldUp™ product line through engineering innovation, testing, and continuous design support.

Chemical engineering student Natalie Bedolla-Mortensen is playing a role in reengineering tiny particles that could one day become cell tissues of 3D-printed organs. Her research is part of Rochester Institute of Technology’s work in the growing field of soft matter development.

The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute (NYSP2I) has announced selections for the inaugural year of its Community Impact Accelerator Grant Program, a new funding opportunity designed to advance scalable, community-led pollution prevention initiatives across New York State.

In his State of the University address, RIT President Bill Sanders outlined a vision for RIT centered on investing in people, programs, and strategic priorities to sustain the university's momentum and impact.

Alternatives to plastics are being created by researchers at RIT using plant-based starch, a plentiful and highly sustainable material.