Experts Guide

Welcome to the RIT Experts Guide. Here you will find information on RIT faculty and staff with expertise in a variety of areas. Each profile includes the expert’s credentials and contact information.

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Amy, Michael
Professor, art history
Expert in:
Renaissance and Baroque art and architecture
Modern and contemporary art
Jazz history, 1920-1980

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Andrejko, Dennis
Associate Professor, Program Chair, Master of Architecture Program
Expert in:
Sustainability
Sustainable architecture
Environmental design
Energy reduction
Sustainable building technology
Sustainability research and education
Renewable energy

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Babbitt, Callievideo available
Associate professor
Expert in:
Sustainability
Electronic waste management
Eco-design and circular economy
Environmental implications of emerging technologies, including consumer electronics, nanomaterials and lithium-ion batteries
Life cycle assessment
Food-energy-water nexus

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Bailey, Margaret
Professor, mechanical engineering
Faculty Associate to the Provost for Female Faculty
Co-chair, President's Commission on Women, RIT

Expert in:
Mechanical engineering: thermodynamic analysis of complex energy systems
Gender diversity: increasing representation of female faculty and female students in STEM disciplines
Research areas: Female students' increased retention and graduation through participation in cooperative education experiences

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Bao, Amanda
Assistant professor, civil engineering technology, environmental management & safety
Expert in:
Soil-structure interaction in bridges
Seismic behavior of bridges

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Barbato, Robert
Professor, area head, management, international business and entrepreneurship
Expert in:
Business ethics
Entrepreneurship
Organizational behavior

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Batabyal, Amitrajeetvideo available
Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics
Expert in:
Environmental economics
Regional economics
Development economics
Natural resource economics
South Asian economics and politics
International trade

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Berns, Royvideo available
Richard S. Hunter Professor of Color Science, Appearance and Technology
Expert in:
Color science
Spectral imaging, digital archiving, and reproduction
Art conservation science
Spectral-based color reproduction
Multi-ink printing

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Bhattacharya, Mishkat
Associate Professor
Expert in:
Quantum physics
Optics
Nanomechanics
Laser cooling and trapping of atoms
Cold and ultracold molecules
Superconducting quantum computing

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Bischof, Hans-Peter
Professor, computer science
Expert in:
Visualization of scientific data
Computer science

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Boateng, Adwoa
Science, Health Sciences and Technology Librarian
Expert in:
STEM education
STEM librarianship

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Boehner, Robert
Senior lecturer, Executive in Residence, Forman Chair for Teaching Excellence
Expert in:
Competitive advantage--sources of
Consulting
Marketing strategy
Strategic management
Strategic marketing
Strategic planning

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Bondy, Chris
Gannett Distinguished Professor, administrative chair, School of Media Sciences
Expert in:
Strategy and business development
Product planning
Process reengineering
Sales/marketing for commercial printing
Publishing
In-plant printing companies
Marketing communication products and services

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Border, Charles
Associate professor, computing security
Expert in:
Computer security
System administration
Spyware
Networking
Cloud computing

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Borkholder, David
Professor, electrical and microelectronic engineering
Bausch + Lomb Associate Professor, microsystems engineering

Expert in:
Research projects: implantable microsystems for intra-cochlear drug delivery; a soldier-worn blast dosimetry system (blast gauge); a user guided assistive listening system
MEMs devices, medical devices, integrated electronics and auditory dysfunction, with a focus on therapy-directed microsystems and sensors
Engineering ethics

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Brewer, Billvideo available
Director of Exercise Science
Expert in:
Fitness assessment
Exercise prescription
Cardiac rehabilitation
Therapeutic exercise
Thermoregulation
Exercise adherence

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Buckley, Gerard
President, National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Expert in:
Deaf education

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Cahill, Nathan
Associate professor, Center for Applied and Computational Mathematics in the School of Mathematical Sciences
Graduate faculty member, Center for Imaging Science
Extended faculty, Ph.D. program in computing and information sciences

Expert in:
Medical image computing (specifically techniques for nonrigid and/or multimodal image registration)
General application of scientific computing algorithms in computer vision

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Campanelli, Manuella
Professor, Director of the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation

Expert in:
Gravitational Physics
Numerical Relativity
Computational Astrophysics
Black Holes
MHD and accretion disks

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Chung, Robert
Gravure research professor
Expert in:
Color perception
Color measurement
Color imaging
Color management system
Quality management
Gravure process
Digital color imaging trends

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Clark, Catherinevideo available
Associate professor, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, cochlear implant program coordinator
Expert in:
Cochlear implants
Speechreaching
Communication technologies

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Coleman, Michael
Associate Professor
Director of Chemistry Graduate Programs

Expert in:
Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Organometallic catalysis
Radiochemistry
STEM Outreach Advocate

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Collison, Christopher
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Core Faculty, Microsystems Engineering
Polymer Photovoltaics Group Leader, NanoPower Research Laboratory

Expert in:
Organic/Bulk heterojunction solar cells
Quantum mechanics and molecular photophysics
Lasers and spectroscopy
Effective Communication in Science
Personal growth and fulfilling human potential
Teaches courses in: Organic Photovoltaics; Photophysical Chemistry; (Writing Intensive) Experimental Physical Chemistry; Effective Communication for Undergraduate Research

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Colton-Hebert, Deborah
Associate professor, international business and marketing
Expert in:
International business
Marketing
Marketing strategy
Internet marketing
Electronic retailing

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Cormier, Denis
Earl W. Brinkman Professor
Professor, industrial and systems engineering
Director, AMPrint Center (Center for Additive Manufacturing & Multifunctional Printing)

Expert in:
3D, multi-functional and multi-material printing
Additive manufacturing
Direct-write printing technologies
Regional University-Corporate-Research Partnerships RE: 3D Print Technologies

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Craig, Paul
Professor and Head, School of Chemistry and Materials Science
Expert in:
Molecular Visualization, Computational Biochemistry, Proteins, Structural Biology, Metabolism

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Crawford, Kijana
Professor, sociology/anthropology
Expert in:
Mentoring in career choice and development
Race, class and gender
Mentoring, women, work and culture
Minority relations
African-American culture

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DeCaro, James
Director, Center on Access Technology
Expert in:
Access technology
Education of the deaf
Education of the deaf internationally

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DeLong, Caroline
Associate professor, psychology
Expert in:
Comparative cognition
Cognitive psychology
Human and animal perception
Bioacoustics

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DeMartino, Richardvideo available
Associate professor, management
Director, Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Expert in:
Entrepreneurial motivations
Technology commercialization
Small business growth
Multidisciplinary innovation and entrepreneurship

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DiFonzo, Nicholas
Professor, psychology
Expert in:
Rumor
Gossip
Social psychology
Forgiveness

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Dresnack, William
Associate professor, accounting and finance
Expert in:
Accounting: financial
Business law
Taxation

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Dwyer, Laura
Lecturer, marketing
Expert in:
Consulting
Consumer behavior
Marketing management: development of strategy implementations
Marketing strategy
Production management

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Easton, Caroline video available
Professor of clinical forensic psychology in the School of Behavioral Health and director of the Priority Behavioral Health Internship Program
Expert in:
Addiction and family violence
Domestic violence
Intimate partner violence
Substance abuse
Alcohol and drug addiction
Mental and behavioral health

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Ettlie, John
Professor, decision sciences
Benjamin Forman Chair for Research

Expert in:
Technology management
New product development
Innovation research
Enterprise resource planning systems

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Figer, Donald video available
Director, Center for Detectors
Expert in:
Detectors
Detector testing
Massive stars
The Quintuplet Cluster
The Pistol Star

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Fornieri, Joseph
Professor, political science
Expert in:
Life and political thought of Abraham Lincoln

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Fram, Eugene
Emeritus professor, marketing
Expert in:
Retail malls and shopping
Internet retailing
Nonprofit and corporate governance
Careers and advertising

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Franklin, Scott
Director, Science & Mathematics Education Research Collaborative
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy

Expert in:
Granular/soft matter
Geometrically cohesive materials (e.g. rods, staples, semi-circles)
Defect dynamics in sheared granular materials

Physics Education Research
dynamics of student learning in physics
how physicists associate meaning with mathematical expressions

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Freer, Jennifer
Business Librarian
Expert in:
Business librarianship

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Gaborski, Thomasvideo available
Assistant Professor
Expert in:
Biomedical engineering
Ultra-thin nano-membranes and nanomanufacturing
Cellular micro-environments - stem cell differentiation
Microfluidics

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Galbraith, Steven
Curator of Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Expert in:
Book history
History of the Bible
Rare book librarianship and special collections
Shakespeare and English Renaissance literature

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Garrick, Robert
Associate professor, manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology
Expert in:
Improved product realization through the use of computer aided engineering and design for 'X' tools
Research on use of tablet technology in coursework

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Gaustad, Gabrielle
Associate Professor
Expert in:
Sustainability education
Critical and strategic metals and minerals - supply chain impacts and mitigation
Metal recycling- technology development and assessment
Environmental implications and lifecycle assessment
Decision support tools - optimization, simulation, systems analysis, material selection

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Gerace, Robert
Adjunct professor, environmental management and safety
Expert in:
National and international affairs
Terrorism, terrorist organizations and history of terrorism
Emergency preparedness RE: vulnerable community targets
Threat assessment RE: chemical, nuclear and biological agents

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Ghazle, Hamad
Director, professor, diagnostic medical sonography (ultrasound)
Expert in:
Medical sonography
Ultrasound

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Gold, Steven
Professor, economics
Expert in:
Computer modeling
Economics
Financial markets
Managerial economics
Micro economics
Simulation
Visual Basic

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Gordon, Martin E.
Professor, Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology
Director for External Academic Relations, CET

Expert in:
Forensic Engineering
Traffic Accident Reconstruction
Distracted Driving
Highway Safety
Product Liability
Mechanical Failures
Professional Licensure of Engineering Technology Graduates

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Greenwood, Lisa
Lecturer, civil engineering technology, environmental management and safety
Representative, U.S. Technical Advisory Group to International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

Expert in:
Organizational and societal value in corporate environmental management systems
Environmental sustainability
National and International ISO standards in environmental management industry

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Hall, Jamesvideo available
Executive Director, School of Individualized Study
Expert in:
Higher education innovation and reform
Customized and multidisciplinary degrees
Online and adult learning
Career transformation
20th Century American literature and culture

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Hansen, Sean video available
Assistant professor, management information systems
Director, MBA program

Expert in:
Behavioral issues in decision support systems
Ethics: business and society
Facilitation and group process
Information management and systems
Qualitative and quantitative methods
Strategic planning
Systems analysis and design
Technology management

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Hartpence, Bruce
Professor, information sciences and technologies
Expert in:
Network security
Wireless and wired networking and security
Real-time data (e.g. VoIP)

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Hauser, Peter C.video available
Professor
Director, Deaf Studies Laboratory
Director, Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate

Expert in:
Deaf cognition
Sign language research
Deaf capital and psychosocial well-being
Post-secondary science mentoring

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Hems, Lorraine
Lecturer, Department of Hospitality and Service Management
Expert in:
Wine and spirits: education, history of the industry
Wine Judge and coordinator of regional, national wine judging events

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Hergenrader, Trentvideo available
Assistant professor, English
Expert in:
Digital pedagogy
Creative writing pedagogy
Game studies
Genre fiction

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Hoi, Chun-Keung (Stan)
Associate professor, finance
Expert in:
Corporate finance
Corporate governance
Law and finance

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Holden, Ed
Associate professor
Expert in:
Databases
Computer applications
Cloud computing
E-commerce
Health IT

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Horowicz, Kari
Imaging Arts and Science Librarian
Expert in:
Art and photography librarianship

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Hudson, Andrevideo available
Associate Professor
Expert in:
biochemistry
enzymology
amino acid metabolism
bacterial cell wall metabolism
antibiotic research
genome sequencing

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Hugill-Fontanel, Amelia
Associate Curator of Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Expert in:
19th & 20th Century design history
Exhibition design
Printing history
Publication technologies
Typography: history, design, contemporary use

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Hull, Clydevideo available
Associate professor, management
Expert in:
Corporate social responsibility
Entrepreneurship
Ethics
Marketing high technology
Strategic management
Survey research
Technology management

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Indelicato, Mark
Professor, electrical, computer and telecommunications engineering technology
Expert in:
Telecommunications engineering technology
Real Time Audio Collaboration (RTAC) and the feasibility, logistics and implementation of live recording sessions carried and delivered over IP networks

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Jackson, Michael
Associate professor, microelectronic engineering
Extended faculty, materials science and engineering Master of Science program, College of Science
College coordinator, NYS Economic Development, Advanced Manufacturing training program
Program outreach director and minor adviser

Expert in:
Nanofabrication
Photovoltaics
Electronic Materials
Integrated Circuit processing and fabrication
Semiconductor devices
Thin film disposition

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Jacobs, Stephen
Professor, interactive games and media
Visiting Scholar, National Center for the History of Electronic Games

Expert in:
Consumer electronics
Computing hardware and software
DVDs
Digital television
Video game design and development
Open Source Software development

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Johansson, Mike
Lecturer, communication
Expert in:
Journalism/News business
Social media
Public relations
Advertising
Social marketing
Blogging
International media

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Johnson, William P.
Professor, telecommunications engineering technology

Expert in:
Broad telecommunications industry expertise
Legal, technical issues in wireless, cellular, microwave, RF and satellite technologies & regulations
Technical expert for zoning agencies (planning/zoning boards, city planning commissions) RE: building permits for telecommunications facilities (cell towers).

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Johnson, Daniel
Professor & Department Chair, Packaging Science
Director, Manufacturing Management and Leadership Program

Expert in:
Production Operations, Process/Supply Chain Strategy, Integrated Process/Product/Technology Development
Design for Manufacturing and Assembly,
Facilities Planning, Logistics, Material Handling,
Lean Manufacturing: Toyota Production System, Statistical Quality Control, Six Sigma, Anti-Counterfeiting Techniques in Manufacturing.

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Jones, Bill
Director, Venture Creations
Expert in:
Business start-ups
clean energy

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Justice, Lorraine
former dean, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences
Expert in:
Design thinking and strategy
Industrial design
Research design
Product design
User experience
Insights into East/West business relationships
Interdisciplinary projects


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Kandlikar, Satish
The Gleason Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director, Advanced Fuel Cell Research Laboratory

Expert in:
Fuel cell technology
Flow boiling, critical heat flux, fluid flow and heat transfer in micro-channels
Advanced cooling techniques for microelectronic and high-heat flux devices
Fluid flow in micro-passages and thermal analysis

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Kastner, Joel
Professor, Chester F. Carlton Center for Imaging Science
Expert in:
Star and planet formation
Late stages of stellar evolution
X-ray, optical, IR, and radio imaging and spectroscopy
Image processing algorithms and systems

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Kim, Spencer
Associate professor, manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology
Associate director, American Packaging Corp. Center for Packaging Innovation

Expert in:
Biodegradable plastics
Composite materials (biodegradable blended)
Recycling plastics
Engineering materials
Failure analysis

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Kim, Sungyoung
Assistant professor, electrical, computer and telecomm engineering technology
Expert in:
Broadcast audio engineering
Multichannel-delivered sound fields
Auditory depth control and 3D visual display
Immersive sound fields

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Klofas, John
Professor, criminal justice
Expert in:
Crime reduction
Urbanization
Youth services

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Koberlein, Brianvideo available
Senior lecturer, physics
Expert in:
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Physics
Science communication

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Koren, Linette
Engineering/Applied Science and Technology Librarian
Expert in:
High tech cheating
STEM librarianship

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Kurinec, Santosh
Professor, microelectronic engineering
Expert in:
Photovoltaics, non-volatile memory and advanced integrated circuit materials and processes
Polysilicon solar cells and thin film polysilicon transistor process
Fabrication of the first TFT, MOSFETs with sputtered SiO2 and Ta2O5 gate oxides, RIT
Current research: sub-100 nm Si devices and technology, and thin-film materials and devices for integrated microsystems

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Kurz, Christopher
Associate Professor
Expert in:
Deaf education
Mathematics and science (STEM)
Mathematics and science education
American Sign Language
Deaf history
International education (Southeast Asia)
History of education

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Kurz, Kimvideo available
Department Chair, ASL and Interpreting Education
Expert in:
5 C's theories and applications
American Sign Language national standards
Educational interpreting

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Landi, Brian
Associate professor, chemical engineering
Graduate faculty, sustainability and microsystems engineering

Expert in:
Lithium ion batteries (specifically development of high capacity anode and cathode active materials)
Nanomaterials and carbon nanotubes

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Lawley, Elizabeth
Professor, School of Interactive Games & Media
Director, Lab for Social Computing at the RIT MAGIC Center

Expert in:
Social computing technologies, including blogs, wikis and real-time chat environments
Collaborative information creation and retrieval
Social aspects of game design and play
Gender imbalances in technology and education

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Lawlor, Martin
Senior lecturer, director of the Online EMBA program
Expert in:
Competitive intelligence
Marketing
Strategic management
Strategic marketing
Business development

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Lee, James
Assistant professor, manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology
Research faculty, Golisano Institute for Sustainability

Expert in:
Natural gas fueled engine development
Small aircraft engine development
Energy systems
Fuel cell systems

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Lobos, Alexvideo available
Assistant professor, industrial design
Paul and Francena Miller Chair for International Education

Expert in:
Industrial design
Sustainable design
Graphic design
User-centered design

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Lousto, Carlos
Professor, co-director of the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation
Expert in:
Numerical relativity
Relativistic astrophysics
Black hole physics
Perturbation theory

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Maggelakis, Sophia
Dean, College of Science
Expert in:
Mathematical biology
Mathematical modeling of biological processes: tumor growth, capillary growth, wound healing and retinopathy

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Magyar, Mindy
Assistant Professor
Expert in:
Indigenous design
Sustainable design
Integrated design
Participatory design
User-centered design
Creative entrepreneurship
Cultural entrepreneurship

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Mandell, Hindavideo available
Assistant professor, communication
Expert in:
Scandal
Gender
Holocaust and memory

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Markopoulos, Panos
Assistant Professor, electrical & microelectronic engineering
Director, SCAN Research Group (Signal Processing for Data Communications & Analysis)

Expert in:
Wireless communication
Statistical & Adaptive Signal Processing/Learning
MIMO Systems: multi-user access; interference mitigation/suppression; beam-forming
Big Data/Data Analysis

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Marschark, Marc
Professor, Department of Research
Expert in:
Deaf education

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Matic, Jennifer
Assistant Professor, Service Leadership and Innovation
Expert in:
Supporting organizational creativity and innovation through system design
Customer-focused innovation
Pedagogies/andragogies for developing individual creativity
Facilitating non-native speaker participation in student-to-student discussion

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Maywar, Drew
Assistant professor, electrical, computer and telecommunications engineering technology
Expert in:
Photonics
Advanced Fiber-optics Networks: systems, components and physical processes
Adiabatic wavelength conversion
All-optical signal processing
Optical phenomenon and non-linear optics

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McQuade, Samuelvideo available
Professor and Enterprise Security Program Coordinator
Expert in:
Cybersecurity
Cyber-bullying
Computer security
Internet issues
Criminal justice issues

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Mee, Susan
Global Education and Distance/Online Learning Librarian
Expert in:
Information literacy
International and online librarianship

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Merritt, David
Professor, physics
Expert in:
Supermassive black holes
Galaxy dynamics and evolution
Computational astrophysics

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Messinger, Davidvideo available
Associate research professor and director of the Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory
Expert in:
Remote sensing systems
Remote sensing image analysis
Image processing

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Miller, Joseph
Assistant professor, marketing
Expert in:
Corporate social responsibility
Economic development
Marketing research and strategy
Marketing theory and management
Qualitative and quantitative methods
Sales-management-team selling

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Mislan, Rick
Visiting lecturer Saunders College of Business
Expert in:
Small-scale digital device forensics
Mobile security
Unusual sources of digital evidence
Application of artificial intelligence techniques for improving efficiency in cyber forensics

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Mozrall, Jacquelinevideo available
Dean and Professor
Expert in:
Curriculum assessment and review
Development of master's and dual-degree programs
Coordination of multi-disciplinary senior design and honors programs
Diversifying student body and faculty
Enhancing advising processes/student services to support retention
Fostering research and grants with industry partners and alumni
Program mentor for AACSB International accreditation
Global partnerships in study abroad programs

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Murthy, Raj
J. Warren McClure Research Professor of Marketing
Expert in:
Consulting
Consumer behavior and e-business
Search engine marketing and analytics
Electronic commerce
Ethics: business and society
Marketing high technology
Marketing management: development of strategy implementations
Marketing research and strategy

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Myers, James
Associate provost, international education and global programs

Expert in:
International education
Natural resources, infrastructure and health in developing countries
Corporate and government sponsored outreach education programs
Croatia
Dominican Republic
Dubai
Kosovo

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Nasr, Nabilvideo available
Director, Golisano Institute for Sustainability
Associate provost

Expert in:
Sustainability
Sustainable manufacturing
Remanufacturing
Clean production
Sustainable product design
Sustainability research and education
Alternative energy

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Naturale, Joan
NTID and Education Librarian
Expert in:
Deaf education
Deaf history, art, culture
English as a second language

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Nicosia, Lara
Liberal Arts Librarian
Expert in:
Humanities and social sciences librarianship
Information literacy
Plagiarism and academic integrity
Wikipedia for education

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Notargiacomo, Richard
Adjunct professor, director of New Ventures and Commercialization at RIT's Venture Creations Incubator
Expert in:
Management
Consulting
Product development: high-tech
Strategic planning
Technology management

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ogilvie, dtvideo available
Distinguished Professor of Urban Entrepreneurship
Professor, business strategy

Expert in:
Urban entrepreneurship and economic development
Business strategy
Promoting women executives in leadership roles

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Ornt, Daniel
Vice president, Institute of Health Sciences and Technology
Dean, College of Health Sciences and Technology

Expert in:
Renal disease

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Pagano, Toddvideo available
Associate professor
Director, NTID Laboratory Science Technology Program

Expert in:
Chemistry
Laboratory Science Technology

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Palanski, Michael
Assistant professor, management
Zutes Faculty Fellow

Expert in:
Organizational behavior
Leadership
Ethics
Levels of analysis issues

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Paley, Albert
Artist-in-Residence
Expert in:
Art and design
Metal crafts and sculpture
American crafts

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Pelc, Karen
Health Education Coordinator
Expert in:
Drug and alcohol abuse
Date rape
Date rape drugs
HIV-AIDS

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Peres, Michael
Associate chair, School of Photographic Arts and Sciences
Former chair, biomedical photographic communications program

Expert in:
Medical photography
Biological photography
Photomicrography
Images in science
RIT Big Shot
Medical-legal photography
Information imaging

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Perkins, James
Professor, graduate director, medical illustration
Expert in:
Medical illustration
Biomedical communications
Preparation of illustrations for print media
Use of medical exhibits in litigation
Vector illustration
Molecular visualization
3D molecular illustration

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Perotti, Victor video available
Associate professor, Area Head, Management Information Systems, Marketing and Digital Business
Expert in:
Digital business
Digital entrepreneurship
Web 2.0 ecommerce
Social networks and social computing
Mobile collaboration and electronic communities
Video game business models

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Phelps, Andrew "Andy"
Professor in the College of Art and Design
Expert in:
Online gaming
Electronic entertainment
3-dimensional graphics and real time rendering
Virtual reality
Interactive worlds

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Robin, Ashok
Professor, finance
Rosett Chair for Research
Director, Master of Science Finance Program

Expert in:
Corporate governance
International finance
Financial derivatives

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Robinson, Risa
Department Head and Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Director, Respiratory Technologies Laboratory

Expert in:
E-cigarettes and devices - evaluation of products RE: reduced emissions and addictive potential
Dynamic behavior of inhaled particles as a means to study the toxicological effects of various tobacco products and nicotine delivery devices.
Aerosol mechanics, fluid dynamics and particle transport and deposition in systems, including the respiratory tract.

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Rogers, Michael
Associate professor
Expert in:
Art and design
American crafts
Glass blowing

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Romano, Frank
Professor emeritus
Expert in:
Multimedia
Graphic communications
Printing
Publishing
Electronic publishing
Copyright and trademark issues
Internet commerce

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Ross, Annemarievideo available
Associate professor, NTID's Department of Mathematics and Science
Expert in:
Deaf education
Science
Math

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Rothenberg, Sandra
Professor, management
Director, Saunders Institute for Business Ethics and Responsibility

Expert in:
Business and government relations
Corporate social responsibility
Ethics: business and society
Organizational theory
Qualitative methods

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Saber, Eli
Professor, electrical and microelectronic engineering
The Gleason Professor, Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering Department

Expert in:
Research interests: digital image and video processing
Image/video segmentation, object tracking, content-based Image/video analysis and summarization
Multi-camera surveillance processing
Three dimensional scene reconstruction and image/video understanding

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Sackler, Warren
Associate professor, hospitality and service management
Expert in:
Hospitality and tourism (regional and international)
Casino and restaurant management and operations
Real estate development
Franchising operations


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Sahin, Ferat
Associate professor, electrical engineering
Director, Multi Agent Bio-Robotics Laboratory

Expert in:
Robotics
System of Systems Simulation and Modeling
Swarm Intelligence
MEMS Materials Modeling and MEMS-based Microrobots
Micro Actuators
Distributed Computing

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Schneider, Jennifer
Eugene H. Fram Chair in Applied Critical Thinking
Principal, Collaboratory for Resiliency & Recovery
Professor

Expert in:
Global risk and resilience: critical infrastructure, emergency planning and disaster management
Exposure assessment, particularly HAZMAT response
Process safety engineering
Process safety management
Critical system engineering
Corporate environmental health and safety sustainability management

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Schrouder, Michelle
Director, Wellness Instructional Program
Expert in:
Health
Wellness
Fitness
Stress Management
Weight Management
Psychology of Behavior Change

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Schwartz, David
Director of the School of Interactive Games & Media (IGM), Associate Professor
B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Rochester Institute of Technology

Expert in:
Game design and development
Educational engineering simulation games
Game prototyping
Breaking into the game industry
Careers in the game industry

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Schweppe, Marla
Professor, program chair, 3D digital graphics
Expert in:
3D digital graphics
Animation
Media
Film
Visual communication design
Computer graphics

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Simmons, Rebecca
Archivist
Expert in:
Appraising collections
Archives and archival preservation
Fine art
RIT Art Collection
RIT History

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Smith, Bruce
Professor, microsystems engineering
Intel Professor, RIT
Director, Microsystems
Extended Faculty, Center for Imaging Science and Center for Materials Science and Engineering, RIT

Expert in:
Research focus in micro- and nano-fabrication including nanolithography, thin film materials and optical engineering
Electronic, micromechanical and display devices and structures key Excimer laser water immersion nanolithography
Semiconductor device manufacturing

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Snyder, William
Professor, chair of photojournalism program
Expert in:
Photojournalism
Digital photography
Photography

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Spaull, Malcolm
Administrative chair, School of Film and Animation
Expert in:
Digital video
Documentary film
Electronic cinema
New media
Interactive multimedia
Computer animation
Digital compositing

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Spiotti, Louvideo available
Executive Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
Expert in:
For more information, go to www.ritathletics.com/staff.aspx?staff=29 or contact Joe Venniro, Executive Director of Sports Information, at jtvsid@rit.edu.

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Sugarman, Laurencevideo available
Director, Center for Applied Psychophysiology and Self-regulation
Research professor, College of Health Sciences and Technology
General and Behavioral Pediatrician, Easter Seals Diagnostic and Treatment Center

Expert in:
Children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Anxiety
Clinical Hypnosis
Hypnosis in pediatric practice
Biofeedback
Self-regulation

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Tessoni, Daniel video available
Assistant professor, accounting
Forman Chair for Collaboration

Expert in:
Accounting
Corporate governance
Finance related issues to numerous companies: Xerox, Eastman Kodak Co., Bausch & Lomb, ITT Industries, Chase Manhattan Bank, Constellation Brands, First Empire Bank and Apple Computer

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Thorn, Brian
Associate professor, industrial and systems engineering
Director, Sustainable Engineering Graduate Programs
Adviser, RIT Chapter, Engineers for a Sustainable World

Expert in:
Resolution of technical and system problems
Sustainable product and process design
Life cycle assessment
Applied statistical methods

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Tomaszewski, Brian video available
Associate professor, Department of Information Sciences and Technologies
Expert in:
Geographic information science and technology
Geovisual analytics
Geographic information retrieval
Context modeling and representation
Geocollaboration
Crisis Management
Computing

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Tu, Qiang (John)
Professor, management information systems
Associate Dean for Faculty Development

Expert in:
Behavioral issues in decision support systems
Information systems
Management: supply chain
Operations strategy
Survey research

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Urso, Leonard
Endowed chair, Ann Mowris Mulligan Distinguished Professor
Expert in:
Art and design
Metal crafts
Jewelry design
American crafts

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Vacca Michel, Lea
Assistant Professor, School of Chemistry and Materials Science
Chair of Women in Science


Expert in:
Biochemistry
Protein chemistry
Protein vaccinology
Structural biology

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Vodacek, Anthony
Professor, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
Expert in:
Remote sensing systems, algorithms and applications
Environmental sensor networks
InfoSymbiotics
Spatial thinking
Applications of geospatial data in developing countries
Environmental sensing in the African Great Lakes region

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Ward, Johnvideo available
Lecturer, marketing and international business
Expert in:
Business-to-business marketing
International marketing
Marketing
Marketing management: development of strategy implementations
Marketing strategy
Strategic planning
Business related issues to Eastman Kodak Co.

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Williams, Ericvideo available
Associate professor
Expert in:
Sustainability
Energy policy
Technological progress
Renewable energy
Energy efficiency
Electronic waste

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Winebrake, James
Dean, College of Liberal Arts
Expert in:
Alternative fuels
Goods movement
Transportation technologies
Energy and environmental policy analysis
Modeling and analysis of energy and environmental systems

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Wolff, Josephinevideo available
assistant professor of public policy
Expert in:
Cybersecurity policy
Aftermath of security breaches
Computer system defense
Security controls and standards

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Yacci, Michael
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs - GCCIS
Professor, information sciences and technology

Expert in:
Instructional technology
E-learning
Computer Science

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Yang, Rong
Associate Professor
Expert in:
Corporate governance
Financial reporting quality
Risk management
Auditing quality

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Yu, Yangvideo available
Assistant professor of management information systems
Expert in:
Business Intelligence
Social Media
Data Mining