Fellowship Won by Dr. Williams
This past week, Dr. Scott Williams won the FFTA Sun Chemical Corporation Research Fellowship at the 2009 Flexographic Technical Association Conference (FTA). The Foundation Of Flexographic Technical Association (FFTA) is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to advancing the flexographic printing process by sponsoring conferences, seminars, and workshop, collecting and evaluating technical data, and providing scholarships to advance the flexography industry. The Sun Chemical Corporation works with the FFTA to provide the $10,000 fellowship for professionals and students that are in the field of flexography and the graphic arts.
With FFTA Sun Chemical Corporation Research Fellowship, Dr. Williams and colleagues will be researching bioprinting. They are designing a medical diagnostic tool to be used in remote or under-developed locations. The goal will be to print a “lab-on-paper” that can run and screen for a series of health condition factors or diseases. This technology is in the forefront of a brand new area of printing. Partners in the research will include PAL and the Rochester General Hospital. This point-of-care technology will hopefully, when fully developed, bring low cost health care to those who are not being currently served by the health community.
Congratulations to Dr. Williams for bringing this fellowship to the School of Print Media!
Innovation News Podcast
Recently Professor Michael Riordan spoke with RIT’s University News about the Open Publishing Lab (OPL) and the success of Innovation News at Imagine Festival. You can listen to a podcast of the interview by clicking on the link below.
Professor Riordan discusses Innovation News with RIT
Stephen Whittaker to Receive Zenger Medal
Stephen R. Whittaker, alumnus and adjunct faculty member of the School of Print Media at RIT, has been selected to receive the 2009 John Peter Zenger Medal from the Printing Industries Alliance (PIA). This medal is presented each year to an individual who excels in four areas: courage or heroism, charity, activism, and service. The [...]
The Art of Organic Art Materials
While not a required course within the School of Print Media curriculum, Technology of Organic Materials class, offered through the College of Liberal Arts, offers students an exceptional experience in the technologic, historical, and cultural applications of 19th century printing and photography to help them better understand the importance of these processes in the development [...]
