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Wapwallopen Woman Chosen Student Delegate at RIT
Smith, a computer engineering BS/MS major, is the daughter of Donna and the late Aubrey Smith.
Recipient of a Presidential Scholarship, an Alumni Scholarship and Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar Award, Smith was named to the Dean’s List and was president and secretary of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society. She also served as a note taker and held positions in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences and Grace Watson Dining Hall.
On co-op with Xerox Corp., she worked in software development and software and hardware troubleshooting. She designed and implemented JPEG image compression and decompression modules using standard compression algorithms on digital signal processors. She plans to continue working in research and development with Xerox and to pursue a doctorate in electrical engineering.
Note: RIT’s academic convocation ceremony begins at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 24. George Tenet, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, will deliver the commencement address. Commencement ceremonies for RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 25.
