March 31, 2008
RIT Students Compete at Annual Technical Conference

RIT Tops Award Count

ROCHESTER, NY (March 31, 2008) – Ten students from the RIT Technical Association of the Graphic Arts (TAGA) student chapter attended and competed at the 60th annual TAGA Technical Conference held in San Francisco, California from March 16-19, 2008.

With a record attendance in recent years of 179, this year students represented 73 of the total conference attendees. Twelve student chapters were represented, with seven competing in the 2008 student chapter publication competition.

Overall, the RIT technical publication received the most accolades from the judges of the competition with a total of three. The publication received the excellence in publication design award, the coveted attendee’s choice award, and the Dusty Rhodes Graduate Paper award.

The Dusty Rhodes Graduate Paper award was received by recent graduate student, Kathryn O. Cole, for her paper titled, “Printability and Environmental Testing Using Silver-based Conductive Flexographic Ink Printed on a Polyamide Substrate.”

RIT chapter Vice-President, Cristina Stoll, also exhibited her innovative work titled, “Analysis of Spatial Uniformity and Temporal Consistency for the Heidelberg Anicolor Inking System” during student poster sessions. RIT student Brian Gamm served as a co-author of the work, which was advised by adjunct professor Franz Sigg.

Over the span of the conference, RIT chapter members networked with industry professionals and other students with a passion for the graphic arts. They also attended technical focus sessions, tutorials and keynote speakers about emerging technologies.

The students pictured are:
Back Row (From Left to Right)
Ben Gelb, Joe Schember, Jon Gerlach, Kyle Cole, Jeremy Brault, John Carew

Front Row (From Left to Right)
Cristina Stoll, Joanna Belding, Nicole Kuchera, Stephanie Janisch

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Organized in 1948, TAGA is the only global professional technical association for the graphic arts industries. Its mission is to provide a worldwide forum for sharing and disseminating theoretical, functional and practical information on current and emerging technologies for Graphic Arts print production and related processes.

Contact:
Joseph Schember
RIT TAGA 2008 President
jss7447@rit.edu, 814-882-6869