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professor Steve Roessner stands in front of a large sound board in a recording studio.
ٸר Life
October 29, 2019 | 10:28 am

The art and science of sound

The University’s $3 million investment in a new state-of-the-art recording studio, control room, mixing rooms, and sound design lab is a major milestone for Rochester’s now six-year-old audio and music engineering program.

topics: Audio and Music Engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, quality education,
Joan Rubin and Wendi Heinzelman talking and laughing on the quad
The Arts
October 9, 2019 | 12:04 pm

What engineers and humanists can learn from one another

To Joan Shelley Rubin, the Ani and Mark Gabrellian Director of the Humanities Center, and Wendi Heinzelman, dean of the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, engineering and the humanities are strongly connected.

topics: faculty, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Humanities Center, interdisciplinary, Joan Shelley Rubin, thought leadership, Wendi Heinzelman,
portraits of three individual students
ٸר Life
October 9, 2019 | 12:03 pm

Students thrive at the intersections of engineering, computer science, and humanities

Seniors Melissa Wen, Nathan Nickerson, and Jarrod Young are this year’s winners of the Wells Award, given each year to high-achieving students in the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences who also excel in the humanities.

topics: Department of Art and Art History, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Computer Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, humanities, interdisciplinary, Program in Archaeology Technology and Historical Structures, School of Arts and Sciences,
person sitting in a chair wearing a virtual reality headset and surrounded by speakers as another person adjusts the headset
Science & Technology
September 18, 2019 | 10:39 am

New training in AR/VR tech gives Rochester doctoral students an edge

A $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation will establish a structured, well-rounded training program for University scholars applying augmented and virtual reality in health, education, design, and other fields.

topics: augmented reality, Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Computer Science, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, featured-post, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Jannick Rolland, Michele Rucci, School of Arts and Sciences, virtual reality, Zhen Bai,
Marvin Doyley smiles in his lab.
University News
August 28, 2019 | 02:16 pm

Marvin Doyley selected for first cohort of national STEM leadership program

The professor of electrical and computer engineering is one of 20 faculty members nationwide who have been selected for the IAspire Leadership Academy, a program aimed at building diversity in STEM fields.

topics: announcements, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, diversity, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, research funding,
two portraits of faculty members.
University News
August 12, 2019 | 02:53 pm

Two faculty recognized by DOE as exceptional researchers

Two ٸר faculty members–Hussein Aluie and Ellen Matson–have been named recipients of Early Career Research awards from the Department of Energy.

topics: Department of Chemistry, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ellen Matson, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Hussein Aluie, School of Arts and Sciences,
five portraits of faculty mentors
University News
August 8, 2019 | 01:17 pm

These mentors make a difference for first-generation, minority students

Five ٸר faculty mentors are the inaugural recipients of a new mentorship award from the University’s David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity.

topics: awards, David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Linguistics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, diversity, Douglas Kelley, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, undergraduate research,
researcher in safety glasses working in an optics lab.
ٸר Life
July 24, 2019 | 02:09 pm

Summer in Rochester means research

There’s no better time to do research at the University than during the summer. While the classrooms may be quiet, labs and libraries remain busy as undergraduate students work on projects from engineering to political science.

topics: David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity, featured-post, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, undergraduate research,