Happy Engineers Week! 🎉 We’re very proud of the @urochester.bsky.social students, faculty, and alumni who push boundaries, ask questions, and create solutions that make a difference. ⚙️💙🐝 #engineeringstudent #urochester #hajimschoolofengineering #engineersweek

NEW paper from @marcoslabur.bsky.social Photobonding of silk fibroin-based hydrogels to rabbit corneas. doi.org/10.3389/fbio... #URochesterResearch @urengineering.bsky.social

1of2) NEW publication from Jannick Rolland in Optics Express: A new design method optimizes large-scale metasurfaces with many parts while modeling near-field coupling also known as crosstalk... doi.org/10.1364/OE.5... #URochesterResearch @urengineering.bsky.social

URochester and @RITtigers to receive $2M to expand capabilities for Rochester Quantum Network Thank you to @schumer.senate.gov, @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social and @morelle.house.gov for their support securing crucial funding to advance quantum communication More on RoQNET: https://uofr.us/4qDjauJ

"The most dangerous feeds are not the ones that upset us, but the ones that convince us we are always right," says @urochester.bsky.social PhD student Adiba Proma. New #URochesterResearch says slight design tweaks could reduce echo chambers on social media www.rochester.edu/newscenter/e...

Seeing in 3D depends on eye movement more than we thought 👁️ #URochesterResearch shows those tiny motions help the brain judge depth—with potential to improve VR, visual tech, everyday vision https://uofr.us/3MzGJGZ @urengineering.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @natcomms.nature.com#URochesterResearch

New #URochesterResearch finds the brain uses eye movements to see in 3D. This work could provide insight and new applications for visual technologies, such as virtual reality headsets via @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social

Barry Silverstein, who joined the @urochester.bsky.social faculty in January as director of the Center for Extended Reality, was a guest on Following the Photons. He discussed his career as an optics and photonics innovator, CXR and its mission, and the future of AR, VR, and AI #URochesterResearch

Professor Chunlei Guo from the @urochester.bsky.social Institute of Optics looked to diving bell spiders and rafts of fire ants for inspiration when he set out to create superhydrophobic materials that could make unsinkable metal devices #URochesterResearch

Introducing OPT448 #Vision & the #Eye Class -Spring 2026 @urochester.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social #Optics #BME #BCS A multidisciplinary group of students embark in a journey of discovery of the physical & physiological basis of vision & optical tools to assess it @cvsuor.bsky.social

Several meetings brought me from @urochestersmd.bsky.social to @urochester.bsky.social River Campus this week. The #EastmanQuandrangle is glowing in the #winter sun, still wrapped in last week’s fresh snow; #RochesterOptics #CenterforeXtendedReality @urengineering.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social ❄️🌞🎓

A generous $600,000 gift from a professor at the Institute of Optics and a Warner School alumna establishes the Dr. Govind Agrawal and Anne Agrawal Professorship in Optics, which will help the Institute expand by supporting new early career faculty member everbetter.rochester.edu/gift-establi...

Taking inspiration from rafts of floating fire ants, learn how our researchers turned ordinary metal tubes into superhydrophobic materials that could become the basis for ships, buoys, and floating platforms #URochesterResearch

University operating status for Monday, Jan. 26 ❄️ Classes and activities are cancelled for River Campus, Eastman School, School of Nursing, and SMD Graduate Program Only essential staff should report to work on Monday See rochester.edu/emergency for full info and updates

New paper from Jannick Rolland in Optica: Design methods for imaging with freeform optics doi.org/10.1364/OPTI... #URochesterResearch @urengineering.bsky.social

Great participation of @cvsuor.bsky.social members & collaborators at @io-csic.bsky.social #PUCP @umiamiengineering.bsky.social #BascomPalmer; @uhouston.bsky.social in San Francisco @spie.org #PhotonicsWest @urengineering.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social #RochesterOptics @urochester.bsky.social

Chemical engineers at @urochester.bsky.social developed new techniques to help produce everyday products from plastics to detergents without relying on precious metals like platinum #URochesterResearch www.rochester.edu/newscenter/t...

[email protected] Trustee Emeritus John Bruning ’24 (Honorary) and Barbara Bruning committed $10 million to establish an endowed deanship for the Hajim School. Their generosity will help shape the future of the school and its leadership for years to come! www.rochester.edu/newscenter/j...

"As we gather at Photonics West in January, I want to challenge all of us—especially those early in their careers—to push through at least one boundary." @urochester.bsky.social Professor Julie Bentley, President of @spie.org, shares advice about the power of networking spie.org/news/photoni...

We love seeing Hajim students turning experiential learning into business ventures! Congratulations to Walter McDonald and Stephen Lim on this exciting new venture.

01/01/2026 Dr. Sari Al Zerey joined our team as a post-doctoral research associate. Welcome! @urengineering.bsky.social

With heavy hearts, we share the news that Kevin Parker, the William F. May Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at #URochester, died in late December at the age of 71. He was a pioneer in the field of ultrasound imaging and a revered faculty member. www.rochester.edu/newscenter/k...

Amazing to see @cvsuor.bsky.social faculty @flaumeye.bsky.social #RochesterOptics achievements highlighted among 1️⃣7️⃣5️⃣ contributions to the world#AdaptiveOptics #LASIK #WavefrontSensing #IOLs #URochesterResearch #EverBetter @urochester.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social

In mailboxes now! 📫 The newest issue of Rochester Review magazine, sporting a new design and a fascinating cover story showcasing the 175 ways that URochester has made our world ever better. Check out Rochester Review stories online: www.rochester.edu/newscenter/f...

🎉 Proud to share that 31 students have been inducted into @taubetapi.bsky.social at @urochester.bsky.social! As part of the nation’s oldest engineering honor society, our chapter leads community service projects, social events, corporate info sessions, and study sessions that uplift the community.

11/24/2025 5 years ago the Pandemic didn't stop our gratitude. We cherish these memories. We are grateful for our group. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! @urengineering.bsky.social

🔷BME Seminar 📅Date: 11/25/25, 8:30 AM 🎓Presenter: BME Faculty 📜Title: Graduate Program Alumni Review 🔗 Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-se... 🔗 Flyer: www.hajim.rochester.edu/bme/assets/p... #BME #URochesterResearch #URochesterBME #biomedicalengineering @urengineering.bsky.social

11/18/2025 Supun presented his invited talk at the annual CNF meeting. @urengineering.bsky.social

Our pleasure to host Pablo Artal @um.es in @cvsuor.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social a few days back. Here touring @marcoslabur.bsky.social #AdaptiveOptics Labs. Thanks for visiting!

The brain's blood vessels change diameter with every heartbeat in response to oxygen demand and during disease. Researchers from mechanical engineering and @urneuroscience.bsky.social developed new ways to measure it, published in JCBFM #URochesterResearch journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Products from squeeze bottles to outdoor furniture are made by turning propane to propylene. Researchers at @urochester.bsky.social gained new atomic insights that could make the manufacturing process more efficient Story: www.rochester.edu/newscenter/a... Paper: doi.org/10.1021/jacs...

🎓Thinking about graduate study? Interested in #MedTech? Join us for an info session w/Dr. Amy Lerner on Thurs. 11/20 @5pm EST and learn about our #CMTI #MS program! 🔗 events.rochester.edu/event/2025-1... #URochesterBME #GradSchool #MastersDegree @urochester.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social

11/13/2025 Optics 101 students working on their final proyects on waveguide loss and interference at our lab with Ramiro and Yuhan. @urengineering.bsky.social

Imagine #AR glasses as easy and clear to wear as your everyday specs. URochester researchers have developed a new metasurface-based in-coupler that improves brightness and image quality in AR lenses | #URochesterResearch www.rochester.edu/newscenter/m...

🔷BME Colloquium Seminar 🗓️Date: 12/02/25, 8:30 AM 📣Nimmi Ramanujam, PhD 📄Title: “Impact of Biomedical Innovations for Women’s Health” 🎈Goergen Hall 101, or on Zoom! 🔗 Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-se... #URochester #URochesterBME #BME #colloquium @urengineering.bsky.social

This #VeteransDay, we salute 80 years of URochester NROTC—honoring the Midshipmen, alumni, and mentors who’ve advanced a proud legacy of leadership and service.

11/07/2025 We are very happy to share Sushant Kumar's recent work that demonstrates a fully passive alignment platform for photonic and electronic ICs and optical fibers. The paper just came out in Optics Express: opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.... @urengineering.bsky.social

🎶 Rick Carl ’19, ’20 (MS) is the designer behind Moog’s acclaimed Labyrinth & Muse synths—now part of a state-of-the-art lab at @urengineering.bsky.social From student to innovator, he’s inspiring the next wave of musicians and engineers #URochesterAlumni | uofr.us/3JG8pII

🔹 BME PhD Defense Seminar 📅 Date: 12/11/25, 9:30 am 🎓 Presenter: Vincent Ching-Roa, PhD Candidate 🔗 Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-ph... #PhDdefense #BME #URochesterResearch #PhDStudents #UofRBME #biomedicalengineering @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social

Most people in the world lack access to medical imaging including for assessment of pulmonary disease. Researchers from The Hajim School and URMC are using #AI to develop a system that rapidly triages pulmonary disease without a radiologist or sonographer #URochesterResearch doi.org/10.1186/s128...

BME Seminar 📅Date: 11/11/25, 8:30 AM 🎓Presenter: Antonia Zaferiou, PhD 📜Title: “Turning towards understanding and improving human agility and mobility” 🔗Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-se... #uofrbme #seminar #BME @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social

🔷BME Seminar 📅Date: 11/18/25, 8:30 AM 🎓Presenter: Lin Zhang, PhD 📜Title: “Conformable ultrasound electronics: from design strategies to healthcare innovation” 🔗Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-se... #UofRBME #seminar @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social

Just wrapped up the 2025 iGEM Jamboree in Paris, and my team won a gold medal and four nominations for their project to create sustainable materials on Mars! @urochester.bsky.social @igemhq.bsky.social

Advancements in deep learning hold promise in ultrasound imaging, but most approaches focus solely on image enhancement or segmentation, without integrating them into a unified framework. Read how Hajim researchers address the gap #URochesterResearch doi.org/10.1016/j.ul...

Also, congratulations to Institute of Optics director Thomas Brown, who was elected to the @optica.org Board of Directors.

Congratulations to Institute of Optics alumnus Alex Gaeta '90 PhD on being elected @optica.org vice president. That makes two @urochester.bsky.social alumni in the Optica presidential chain, joining President James Kafka.

Add this game-changing tech to the playbook🏈 Biomed engineering major Kade Kauffmann '26 is an intern at @urmed.bsky.social Motion Labs, working with researchers and clinical providers to help athletes understand how they move on the field @urengineering.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social

Congratulations to Susana Marcos, the David R. Williams Director of the @cvsuor.bsky.social and Nicholas George Professor in Optics, on this tremendous accomplishment! #URochesterResearch @urochester.bsky.social

Congratulations to #URochester computer science alumnus Jie An '25, who won the ACM SIGMM award for outstanding PhD thesis in multimedia computing, communications, and applications for his work with Professor Jiebo Luo. Jie is now a research scientist at Meta’s Reality Labs #URochesterResearch

🔹 BME Special Seminar 📅 Date: 10/24/25, 10:00 am 🎓 Presenter: Kaicheng Liang, Ph.D. 🔗 Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-se... 🔗 Flyer: www.hajim.rochester.edu/bme/assets/p... #biomedicalengineering #uofrbme #research #seminar @urengineering.bsky.social