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University News
August 2, 2018 | 11:06 am

Honorary professorships awarded for excellence in teaching

John Tarduno has been awarded the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professorship, and Thomas Eickbush and James Zavislan are recipients of the Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professorship.

topics: awards, Department of Biology, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, James Zavislan, John Tarduno, Natural Sciences, professorships, School of Arts and Sciences, Thomas Eickbush,
Society & Culture
May 16, 2018 | 12:18 pm

The ethics of autonomous vehicles

As a computer science major minoring in philosophy, Josh Pachter was ideally suited for developing concepts for programming self-driving cars that behave ethically. His idea: create ethical machines through a process similar to how we raise children.

topics: Class of 2018, Department of Computer Science, Department of Philosophy, engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, humanities, School of Arts and Sciences,
Campus Life
April 30, 2018 | 03:00 pm

Chem-E-Car team moves up in the pack

A team of chemical engineering students from Rochester, in their second year building and competing with a vehicle powered only by chemical reactions, held their own against 20 other teams at this year’s American Institute of Chemical Engineers regional conference.

topics: announcements, Department of Chemical Engineering, engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
University News
February 14, 2018 | 11:31 am

Former Institute of Optics director Kenneth Teegarden dies

Teegarden joined the Institute of Optics in 1954 and served as its director from 1981 until 1987. He was also the first director of the University’s Materials Science program, and led the New York State Center for Advanced Optical Technology.

topics: engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Kenneth Teegarden,
Science & Technology
January 29, 2018 | 08:46 am

Ching Tang inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame

Ching Tang is being recognized for his part in helping pioneer development of the organic light-emitting diode, or OLED, found in today’s flat panel displays in computers, cell phones, and televisions.

topics: Ching Tang, Department of Chemical Engineering, engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, OLED,
Science & Technology
August 10, 2017 | 02:35 pm

Shape-memory polymers expand with student research

A mechanical engineering student visiting from the University of Maryland, Ricardo Cardoza stretched himself—and the shape-memory polymers he worked with—in Mitchell Anthamatten’s chemical engineering lab this summer.

topics: Department of Chemical Engineering, engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Mitchell Anthamatten, polymers, research finding, URnano,
Science & Technology
July 11, 2017 | 02:14 pm

Researchers, engineers team up on app for caregivers facing FASD

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $1.5 million grant to support the development of a mobile app providing peer-to-peer interventions for parents of children with fetal alcohol syndrome disorders (FASD).

topics: children, Christie Petrenko, Cristiano Tapparello, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, engineering, fetal alcohol syndrome, grant, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, mobile app, Mt. Hope Family Center, parenting,
Campus Life
May 19, 2017 | 12:27 pm

Human-Computer Interaction class creates programs, apps to improve lives

Students in this class spend two months developing a technical product that could potentially be deployed in the wider world, with the goal of using computing to solve pressing problems in society.

topics: Department of Computer Science, Ehsan Hoque, engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, virtual reality,
Science & Technology
May 17, 2017 | 11:21 am

Hoque an inaugural member of Future of Computing Academy

Hoque, who applies a computational lens to understand and model the ambiguity in human communication, would like to raise awareness for accessibility and promote the role of computing to solve important societal problems.

topics: Association for Computing Machinery, Department of Computer Science, Ehsan Hoque, engineering, Future of Computing Academy, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Science & Technology
May 3, 2017 | 09:52 am

Engineering skills meet ‘real world’ challenges

From drones that see color to devices that help veterinarians extract the objects our pets swallow, this year’s Design Day showcases 87 seniors projects from students in five engineering departments and computer science.

topics: Audio and Music Engineering, Center for Medical and Technology Innovation, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, design day, engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, heart disease, Institute of Optics, virtual reality,