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Videos

These videos are about the Imaging Science undergraduate program and the student experience at RIT. We encourage you to use these as a quick introduction to Imaging Science at RIT.
Use the "Captions" and "No Captions" links to download video files.

What is Imaging Science? video
Length: 2:44

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Imaging Science Student Monica Cook Profile
from the Provost Series "Hear From Our Students"
Length: 2:02

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Produced in association with RIT Production Services

Freshmen Innovation in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
Length: 6:00

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Produced in association with RIT Production Services

Imaging Science, as told by our students.
Length: 5:23

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Student Produced

Presentations

These presentations are designed to illustrate the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science at RIT. They are available here in PDF format. For an editable presentation (.ppt or .pptx formats), please  e-mail Bethany Choate.

About CIS - This presentation is a general overview of the Imaging Science undergraduate program.

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• Slides with Presenter Notes

Imaging Scientists: We strongly encourage you to incorporate your own story into this presentation. Relaying your own experiences in the Imaging Science field is integral to conveying our message. Be sure to include how you got interested in Imaging Science, what unique opporutnities it has provided you, and what your typical work day looks like. If you would like to edit the Powerpoint directly to add images (recommended), please use the link above to e-mail us.

About CIS Labs - This is designed as an optional add-on to the "About CIS" presentation. It includes slides and image examples for several of CIS's laboratories.

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Activities

These hands on activities can easily be performed in a classroom setting. The projects available below have been selected or designed to provide an introduction to some of the fundamental Imaging Science concepts. The projects become increasingly more sophisticated and demonstrate more complex concepts as you go down the list. After completing all of the projects, students will have been exposed to key aspects of almost all of the links in the imaging chain.

All activities should be precluded by the introduction, What Is Imaging Science?

Beginner - Color and Simple Cameras

• Introduction
• Disappearing Colors
• Color Kaleidoscopes
• Geometric Optic Spinner
• Spinning Color Wheels
• Colors Change Appearance
• Make a Green Gumball Black
• What Causes Rainbows?
• Making a Pinhole Camera

Intermediate - Optics

• Introduction
• OSA Discovery Kits - Full Teachers' Guide
• Refraction Cup
• Shimmering Lenses
• Lose a Glass in a Glass
• Transparent Gelatin
   

CIS would be happy to provide you with a FREE supply of OSA Optics Kits and/or refraction cups. Please give us sufficient (>14 days) notice to ensure quantity and delivery. Request Materials

Advanced - Imaging Systems

• Introduction
• Single-Use Camera Disassembly
• Digital Camera Disassembly*
• Make Your Own 3-D Anaglyphs -Requires Adobe Photoshop
• Digital Image Processing - Slides only or With Notes - Requires ImageJ software, which can be downloaded for free

* Due to constant growth in sophistication of digital cameras, we cannot guarantee that cameras available on the market will be consistent with the model cameras used in this tutorial.

CIS would be happy to provide you with a FREE supply of Single Use Cameras. Please give us sufficient (>14 days) notice to ensure quantity and delivery. Request Materials

Advanced - High Tech Imaging Systems

• High Speed Video
• Thermal Imaging

Print Materials

Please visit our Materials page to browse available promotional materials and publications. To request print materials, please email us.