CfD News
September, 2024
RIT receives $3.97 million award to improve quantum system networking initiativesAugust, 2024
Inside ‘Upwards’ at RIT; an international semiconductor education exchange programRIT receives $3 million grant to train grad students
NSF awards RIT nearly $3 million to advance semiconductor technologies
July, 2024
RIT expands its workforce initiatives for the semiconductor industryRIT partners awarded $40 million to boost the semiconductor industry across the region and nation
NY SMART-I Corridor gets $40 million in federal funds
June, 2024
Ph.D. student is lead author on paper published on cover of 'Optica Quantum'February, 2024
NASA, RIT Center for Detectors partner to help future spacecraft survive longer, harsher missionsRIT's Center for Detectors to work on two NASA projects
September, 2023
Rochester Hosts Industry-leading Integrated Photonics Test and Packaging WorkshopAugust, 2023
Seeing the full picture with line-intensity mappingCampus Spotlight- Photonic Integrated Circuits: Testing and Packaging.
April, 2023
RIT scientists aim to understand the history of light production in the universe through the CIBER-2 experimentCould a Rogue Planet Destroy the Earth?
March, 2023
RIT acquires equipment from Vanguard Automation to advance photonics packaging research and developmentFebruary, 2023
Expanding RIT’s research footprintJanuary, 2023
Challenging Past Assumptions: Light From Outside Our Galaxy Much Brighter Than ExpectedDecember, 2022
Brighter Light Observed Outside the Milky Way GalaxyNew study confirms the light from outside our galaxy brighter than expected
RIT researchers receive NSF funding to further develop infrared detectors for astrophysics
November, 2022
RIT astrophysicists leverage cancer center to damage single-photon CMOS detectors for future space missionsAugust, 2022
RIT student Lazar Buntic awarded NASA FINESST graduate student fellowshipJune, 2022
Electrical engineering student finds success across campusesMay, 2022
RIT offers new minor in emerging field of quantum information science and technologyRIT and SPIE to host Photonics for Quantum event June 6-9
March, 2022
RIT professor Stefan Prebble, "RIT researchers contribute integrated photonics technology to develop new point-of-care system for diagnosing coronavirus"Center for Detectors Director, Don Figer, The James Webb Space Telescope and the Role of Technology in Astrophysics
Mike Zemcov is featured in: "The universe’s background starlight is twice as bright as expected" in Science News article
January, 2022
Center for Detectors Director, Don Figer, Talks to Channel 8 TV about his contributions to JWSTRIT scientists are working to find a definitive answer to how many stars exist in the universe
December, 2021
Multiple RIT scientists contribute to the newest space telescopeRIT poised to contribute to NASA’s next great observatory following release of decadal survey
October, 2021
RIT, photonic company build quantum chip prototype to bridge quantum and traditional network bandsAugust, 2021
Industry-Academia Partnerships Exceed the Sum of Their PartsJuly, 2021
Student team designs imaging system for CIBER-2 launchesJune, 2021
CIBER-2 Experiment Successfully Completes First FlightRocket Team to Discern if Our Star Count Should Go Way Up
NASA-Funded CIBER-2 Sounding Rocket Identifies the Complete Count of Stars, Expected to Increase
May, 2021
Astrophysics Ph.D. students Emily Wilson and Teresa Symons win honorGigajot Unveils World's First Commercially Available Quanta Image Sensors
April, 2021
Astronomy Magazine: The Galaxy's Marvelous Rogues and Misfits, Stars UnleashedJanuary, 2021
VIDEO: Don Figer "Technology Development and the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics"IRSIG Newsletter Jan 2021: A Single Photon Counting and Photon Number Resolving Detector for NASA Missions
RIT's Michael Zemcov helping to push new NASA space telescope toward launch
December, 2020
Scientists Discover Outer Space Isn't Pitch-Black After AllNews Articles
Scientists Discover Outer Space Isn't Pitch-Black After All
Outer Space Just Got a Little Brighter
November, 2020
OSA Rochester Speaker Series: Don Figer- "Astrophysics Nobel Prizes and Instrumentation"Rethinking black holes: New theory says that something that goes into one won't be gone for good
October, 2020
L3Harris becomes industry partner for RIT's Future Photon InitiativeSuper-massive black hole discovery brings home the Nobel Prize in physics, and an RIT professor helped
Figer publishes article in journal
August, 2020
RIT student Justin Gallagher helps lead NASA-funded project to build single photon detectorsRIT faculty gearing up to apply spring learnings to fall classes
June, 2020
RIT launching virtual speaker series featuring global leaders in quantum and photonicsMay, 2020
Zemcov joins NASA missionMarch, 2020
Making a quantum leapRIT to host workshop exploring the intersection of photonics and quantum technology
January, 2020
RIT professor Zoran Ninkov tapped to support NSF as a program directorNovember, 2019
Researchers prepare rocket for launchOctober, 2019
New tech at RIT may help find other planetsSeptember, 2019
Scientists developing single photon detector to help search for habitable exoplanetsAugust, 2019
RIT researchers help develop practical new method for measuring quantum entanglementArticles
RIT researchers help develop practical new method for measuring quantum entanglement
A practical method to measure quantum entanglement
RIT awarded NSF funding to conceptualize Quantum Photonic Institute
Press Release
RIT awarded NSF funding to conceptualize Quantum Photonic Institute
RIT Recieves New Funding to Support Quantum Photonic Institute
Morelle announces $150k in funding for RIT quantum photonics
Business Report: RIT coming up with a plan that would help make faster computers
April, 2019
Podcast: Intersections: The RIT Podcast Ep. 18 How to Build a Career in ScienceRIT researchers help conduct experiment to study how the first stars and galaxies formed
February, 2019
RIT faculty part of NASA's $242 million SPHEREx mission: Michael Zemcov on the team that will explore the origins of the universe, galaxies and water in planetary systems
Press Release
RIT faculty part of NASA's $242 million SPHEREx mission
NASA Selects New Mission to Explore Origins of Universe
News Articles
CNN: NASA's newest mission will study the origins of the universe
Space.com: NASA Will Launch a New Space Telescope in 2023 to Investigate the Universe
Rochester Business Journal: RIT professor participates in project aimed at universe's origins NASA Selects New Mission to Ex-plore Origins of the Universe
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Rochester First: RIT professor will be part of NASA team for SPHEREx
January, 2019
Business Report: RIT quantum workshop preview;MCC touts success of tech degreesDecemmber, 2018
Media invited to open meeting on the future of quantum technology held at RIT Jan. 23-25RIT hosts quantum workshop Jan. 23-25
September, 2018
Dr. Philip Lubin Visits RITColloquium Video
August, 2018
NSF Awards $1.2M to Rochester Institute of Technology, University of California-San Diego, University of Delaware to Leverage AIM Photonics' World-Class R&D and Foundry Capabilities
Press Release
RIT awarded National Science Foundation grant to advance high tech computer architectures as part of AIM Photonics initiative
SUNY Polytech Institute: NSF Awards $1.2M to Rochester Institute of Technology, University of California-San Diego, University of Delaware to Leverage AIM Photonics' World-Class R&D and Foundry Capabilities
AIM Photonics: NSF Awards $1.2M to Rochester Institute of Technology, University of California-San Diego, University of Delaware to Leverage AIM Photonics' World-Class R&D and Foundry Capabilities
News Articles
Photonics Media: NSF Awards $1.2M to AIM Photonics' Partner Institutions
May, 2018
RIT faculty wins National Science Foundation CAREER Award for research on novel ultraviolet photonics technologyAsk Astro: Dr. Don Figer featured in Astronomy magazine
March, 2018
RIT scientist modifies digital cinema technology for future space missionsCfD Director Comments on Chinese space station headed toward earth
OSA Rochester Open House at RIT features Future Photon Initiatve and Center for Detectors Lab Tours
RIT researchers improve fabrication process of nano-structures for electronic devices
Newer Horizons: Scientists Pitch Pluto Probe as a Unique Deep-Space Telescope
CfD Director in Article on the James Webb Space Telescope
February, 2018
Dr. Michael Zemcov to lecture at Dark Matter Summer School in AlbanyJanuary, 2018
Chi Nguyen wins one of six Chambliss Student Poster Awards for AAS 231The universe could be full of more huge stars than we thought
October, 2017
AIM-ing up: Student-researchers help build the photonics ecosystemSeptember, 2017
The Galactic Center's Mysterious Quintuplet Stars UnmaskedAugust, 2017
Nobody knows how these baby stars got so close to our black holeProposed astrophysics mission to conduct the first infrared spectral survey of the entire sky
RIT astrophysics Ph.D. student wins competitive NASA fellowship
Sensing technology takes a quantum leap with RIT photonics research
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Sensing technology takes a quantum leap with RIT photonics research
News Articles
Rochester Business Journal: RIT researcher receives grant from U.S. Navy
IConnect007.com: Sensing Technology Takes a Quantum Leap With RIT Photonics Research
Nanotechnology Now: Sensing technology takes a quantum leap with RIT photonics research: Office of Naval Research funds levitated optomechanics project
May, 2017
CfD Student Dmitry Vorobiev Publishes PhD ThesisCfD Director Don Figer to teach course at University of Toronto's Dunlap Institute Summer School
NASA astronaut photography gets big boost from RIT students and faculty
April, 2017
CfD faculty provide introductory and advanced educational modules for workforce development with AIM Photonics Academy.RIT scientist measures brightness of the universe with NASA's New Horizons spacecraft
Press Release
Planetary mission offers up-close view of Cosmic Optical Background
News Articles
Forbes.com: NASA's New Horizons Surprises With Whole New View Of Cosmos RIT alumnus wins national award for undergraduate physics research Ryan Scott '16 recognized for developing an experiment for RIT's quantum mechanics lab
March, 2017
FPI Partner, Precision Optical Transceivers will Expand Operations Into Eastman Business ParkRIT helps advance space camera being tested on ISS Imaging technology could improve search for distant planets
January, 2017
Center for Detectors Director speaks at RIT West Networking EventNovember, 2016
Center for Detectors featured in Manufacturing Innovations at RIT videoSeptember, 2016
Students Build CSTARSCenter for Detectors is featured on RIT Greatness video
August, 2016
Engineering Undergrads Reach for the Stars with NASA Funded ProjectRIT undergraduates build star-tracking instrument for NASA research rockets Experiment tests new detector technology operable at cryogenic temperatures
May, 2016
A recent publication co-authored by Dr. Mohseni, titled "Evolution of GaAs Nanowire Geometry by Selective Area Epitaxy", is chosen as a recent favorite by Applied Physics Letters Associate Editor, Prof. Kei May Lau
Dr. Mohseni gives an invited talk at the 39th IEEE EDS-Photonics Western NY Conference
Future Photon Initiative Feature Article in RIT Research Magazine
April, 2016
Technology for Starshot program could be developed in RochesterFebruary, 2016
CfD Part of the Future Photon InitiativeNovember, 2015
CfD Wins NSF Funding to Develop Next Generation Infrared DetectorsOctober, 2015
CfD Welcomes New Faculty Member Parsian MohseniCfD Alumni are featured in the Winter 2015-2016 issue of University Magazine
September, 2015
CfD is featured in RIT's University News Campus SpotlightAugust, 2015
CfD Faculty Member Stefan Preble's work is featured in the cover article of the September issue of Rochester Engineering Society magazineJuly, 2015
CfD Faculty Member Michael Zemcov Part of Team Chosen to Develop Space Mission to Study Neutron Stars, Black Holes and MoreCfD Welcomes New Faculty Member Jing Zhang
CfD Welcomes New Faculty Member Stefan Preble and His Nanophotonics Group
CfD to be part of New Rochester-based Photonics Center
June, 2015
CfD Welcomes New Faculty Member Michael ZemcovMay, 2015
RIT Convocation Speaker, NASA Administrator Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr., Visits CfDApril, 2015
CfD Director Gives Invited Presentation at the Hartford ClubCfD Director's image of the Pistol Star featured in Jersey Post Stamps commemorating 25 years of the Hubble Space Telescope RIT News Jersey Post
NASA Astronaut Dr. Donald Pettit Visits CfD Facebook Flickr RIT News
March, 2015
CfD Student Kim Kolb Defends PhD ThesisCfD Hosts Sloane Wiktorowicz's presentation "Characterizing Exoplanet Atmospheres through Our Own"Announcement Video
February, 2015
CfD Hosts Michael Zemcov's presentation "Mapping the Large Scale Structure of the Cosmos from the Big Bang to the Present"Announcement VideoCfD Hosts Roger O'Brient's presentation "Moore's Law and Astrophysics: Detectors that Teach Us About Physics Beyond the Standard Model"Announcement Video
September, 2014
CfD Annual Report 2014August, 2014
CfD Director appears on Connections: Science Roundtable with Evan Dawson on WXXI AM 1370 NewsApril, 2014
CfD Hosts Minh Nguyen's presentation "Nanoscale Semiconductor Hybrids: Fundamental Physics and Advanced Devices"February, 2014
Infrared Detector Technology at RIT's Center for DetectorsNovember, 2013
CfD Shedding light on Earth-like planetsOctober, 2013
CfD Graduate Student Kimberly Kolb Studies Tiny Details of Vast UniverseSeptember, 2013
CfD Annual Report 2013April, 2013
CfD Ph.D. Gives Christine Trombley MomentumCfD Hosts Christoph Baranec's Presention "Rayleigh Laser Guide Stars Pioneering the Next Decade of Astronomical Adaptive Optics" PDF
CfD Executive Assistant Allison Conte Helps Brand The Research Center
March, 2013
CfD Ph.D. Student Christine Trombley wins the NASA/Cornell University Graduate Research Fellowship in Astrophysical Sciences and TechnologyJanuary, 2013
NASA Awards CfD $1.1 million (RBJ Article)September, 2012
CfD Annual Report 2012July, 2012
CfD Leads Development of Next-generation Infrared DetectorsDetector Virtual Workshop: Hooman Mohseni presents "Nano-injection Detectors and Imagers" on 7/13/2012 at RIT
June, 2012
Secret Spy Telescopes Made in Rochester VideoCfD Student Brian Glod Completes Master's Degree
CfD Administrative Assistant Adena Thomson Thrives at RIT
Detector Virtual Workshop: Jim Bangs presents on Single and Dual Band HgCdTe Detectors on 6/4/2012 at RIT
May, 2012
Detector Virtual Workshop: Sanjay Krishna presents "The Infrared Retina: Ushering in the Fourth Generation of Infrared Detectors" on 5/14/2012April, 2012
Detector Virtual Workshop: Michael Krainak presents "Candidate detectors for space-qualified time-resolved photon counting" on 4/23/2012March, 2012
Detector Virtual Workshop: Jim Beletic presents "The Fantastical Discoveries of Astronomy made possible by the Wonderful Properties of II-VI Materials" on 3/26/2012 at RITDetector Virtual Workshop: Mark Itzler presents "Photon Counting with InGaAsP Single Photon Avalanche Diodes" on 3/12/2012 at RIT
February, 2012
Detector Virtual Workshop: Kieran O'Brien presents "MKIDs" on 2/27/2012 at RITDetector Virtual Workshop: Bernard Rauscher presents "Reducing Read Noise of JWST Detectors" on 2/6/2012
December, 2011
Detector Virtual Workshop: Craig Mackay presents "EMCCDs" on 12/5/2011November, 2011
Detector Virtual Workshop: Alan Migdall presents "Quantum Communication Detectors" on 11/28/2011 at RITDetector Virtual Workshop: Karl Berggren presents "Superconducting Single Photon Detectors" on 11/14/11 at RIT
Jon Morse presents "Frontiers in Astrophysics and the Federal Budget Landscape" Announcement Adobe Connect Video PDF
Mysterious Absorption Lines Could Illuminate 90-year Puzzle
October, 2011
Bahram Mobasher presents "Future Big Telescopes"Detector Virtual Workshop: Andy Shearer presents "High Time Resolution Astrophysics"
CfD Annual Report 2011
Hans Zinnecker presents "SOFIA Infrared Observatory and its recent results"
September, 2011
CfD Initiates Detector Virtual Workshop speaker seriesCfD Graduate Student Christine Trombley Wins Prestigious NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program Fellowship
Detector Virtual Workshop: Dr. Robert Hadfield presents "Infrared Superconducting Single Photon Detectors" Announcement Video
CfD Student Member Adena Thomson wins Accounting Scholarship
August, 2011
CfD Director Invited to Speak at Central Kiloparsec in Galactic Nuclei Conference PowerpointCfD Director Invited to Speak at Single Photon Imaging Conference Powerpoint PDF
CfD Director Invited to Speak at Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets Conference Powerpoint PDF
July, 2011
CfD Graduate Student Kimberly Kolb Completes M.S. ThesisJune, 2011
CfD Director Invited to Speak at Single Photon Workshop 2011 Adobe Connect VideoMay, 2011
Donald Hall Presents at Center for Detectors Announcement Adobe Connect Video Quicktime FileApril, 2011
Center for Detectors Featured in Rochester Business JournalMarch, 2011
School of Design collaborates with RIDLFebruary, 2011
Center for Detectors is EstablishedCfD Student Chris Maloney Reports on FiOS Conference
December, 2010
Chris Packham Presents at Center for Detectors Announcement Powerpoint Quicktime File Adobe Connect Video RIDL Director Invited to Speak at NASA/JPLOctober, 2010
Joss Hawthorn Presents at Center for Detectors Announcement Quicktime FileJune, 2010
RIDL Presents at SPIE, San Diego, CAKolb et al., Hybridization of a sigma-delta-based CMOS hybrid detector
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Hanold et al., Characterization of a sigma-delta-based Monolithic CMOS Detector
PDF Powerpoint
May, 2010
RIDL Director Invited to Give NRO Technology SeminarFebruary, 2010
RIDL Selected by NASA to Develop Photon Counting Imaging Detectors for Space Exoplanet Finding MissionsJanuary, 2010
RIDL Director Invited to Speak at Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech (PDF) (VIDEO)October, 2009
RIDL Director Invited to Speak at AstroMed09, Sydney, AustraliaRIDL Director Invited to Speak at Detectors for Astronomy 2009, Munich, Germany
September, 2009
Youtube Video of RIDL on The History Channel (part 1) (part 2) (part 3)RIDL Student Kim Kolb Awarded Prestigious BAE Fellowship (Photo and caption)
RIDL Featured on Rochester CBS/Fox News Channel 8 and 31 (video)
July, 2009
A Day in the Life of the RIDL Director in Astronomy Magazine RIDL to be Featured on History ChannelMay, 2009
RIDL Featured in RIT Research MagazineBruce Tromberg Presents at Center for Detectors MP4 File Adobe Connect Video
March, 2009
RIDL Hosts Quantum Limited Detector WorkshopPress Release
RIT Presents: The Next Generation of Imaging Detectors
Agenda
Workshop Web Site
October, 2008
Moore Foundation Awards RIDL $2.8 Million to Develop Noiseless DetectorPress Release
Moore Foundation Awards RIT Scientist $2.8 Million to Develop Noiseless Detector
News Articles
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Laser Focus World Shouleh Nikzad Presents at Center for Detectors Announcement WMV File Michael Hoenk Presents at Center for Detectors Announcement WMV File
April 2008
RIDL Receives NASA Planetary and Earth Sciences Detector Development GrantPress Release
LIDAR Imaging Detector Could Build Super Road Maps of Planets and Moons
News Articles
Channel 10 News Video
MIT Technology Review
Optics.org
Astrobiology Magazine
United Press International
Popular Science
Spacemart.com
PHYSORG.com
Universe Today
Science Daily
Photonics.com
The Times of India
RIT University News
Bedabrata Pain Presents at Center for Detectors WMV File
August 2007
RIDL Receives NASA Planetary Science Detector Development GrantPress Release
New Imaging Detectors Could Take Snapshots from Deep Space
News Articles
MSNBC: New Cameras Can Withstand Space Radiation
Space.com: Tougher cameras Designed to Withstand Space Radiation
Photonics.com: Detector Resists Radiation
May 2007
RIDL Selected by NASA to Develop New Deep Space DetectorsMarch 2007
RIDL Achieves First Light with 4Kx4K SiPIN DetectorOctober 2006
RIDL Chosen to Lead the LSST Guider ProjectRIDL Chosen to Perform SNAP Prototype Detector Testing