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GIF of Melbot V3, the University of Rochester team's submission to the 2024 NASA Lunabotics Challenge competition, in action.
Campus Life
July 1, 2024 | 02:50 pm

Team building through bot building

Rochester undergraduates gained crucial systems engineering experience constructing a lunar rover for NASA’s Lunabotics Challenge.

topics: Class of 2025, Class of 2026, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
A radio controlled car with white flannel flags attached and four students in the background controlling it on a bike path.
Campus Life
May 3, 2024 | 07:59 am

Coursework: Engineering students put their skills to the test in design capstones

Rochester students invent solutions for project sponsors ranging from major league sports teams to researchers in Costa Rica.

topics: Class of 2024, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, global engagement, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Nursing, undergraduate research,
Rachel Whitmoeyer in an ETM uniform looking over her shoulder into the back of an ambulance.
Campus Life
April 10, 2024 | 01:57 pm

Exploring the ethical dilemmas of emergency care on the front lines

Rachel Whitmoyer ’24, a double major in physics and philosophy, brings her work as an emergency medical technician to bear on her studies at Rochester.

topics: Class of 2024, Department of Philosophy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences, undergraduate research,
Illustration of the sun during totality with the NASA logo superimposed on it and the outline of the Rush Rhees Library tower below.
Campus Life
April 2, 2024 | 01:41 pm

First-year students help NASA study the total solar eclipse

Rochester has one of about 30 teams nationwide taking observations for the Citizen CATE 2024 experiment.

topics: Class of 2027, Department of Computer Science, Department of Mathematics, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, undergraduate research,