Undergraduate Research
Research
At RIT, undergraduate research means you will conduct research assignments that your peers at other universities often don’t see until graduate school. By providing undergraduates the opportunity to do genuine research work, students learn hands-on skills that become the foundation of scientific research.
Research Experiences for Undergraduate Students
Throughout the 10-week program, undergraduate students from around the country work with RIT faculty to complete a research project in their respective areas. The Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, supported through the National Science Foundation, aims to help a diverse group of students develop a passion for performing research. RIT offers seven programs:
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Disaster Resilience Spatial Thinking
- Computational Sensing
- Extremal Graph Theory and Dynamical Systems
- Cultivating Next Generation Software Engineering Researchers
- Summer Undergraduate Research for Students who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing in Applying Mathematical and Statistical Methods to Problems from the Sciences
- Imaging in the Physical Sciences
- Multimessenger Astrophysics
Latest News
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August 27, 2019
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RIT Graduate Showcase highlights �Transformative Research Changing the World’
All RIT graduate students are encouraged to submit proposals for oral presentations, demonstrations or poster talks by midnight Sept. 15 for the annual Graduate Showcase on Nov. 22. The daylong symposium will celebrate the diverse forms of scholarship conducted by RIT students pursuing their master’s or doctoral degree.
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August 27, 2019
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RIT lab researching vaping amid recent death
WROC-TV talks to Risa Robinson, department head and professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, about her research on vaping and e-cigarettes.
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August 26, 2019
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RIT researches the status of pollinators
Research being conducted by RIT students and faculty will help determine if additional flowers, grasses and plants will benefit insects that help in pollination. The research is being done across the state, particularly next to roadways, and could help determine if later or fewer cuts to the vegetation next to the roads would help pollinators by allowing more time for plants to flower.
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August 23, 2019
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RIT researchers help develop practical new method for measuring quantum entanglement
Researchers have helped develop a new technique for quantifying entanglement that has major implications for developing the next generation of technology in computing, simulation, secure communication and other fields. The researchers outlined their new method for measuring entanglement in a recent Nature Communications article.
