Sweetwater Energy teaming with Rochester Institute of Technology students

In New York state, collaboration between Rochester Institute of Technology’s Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences and Sweetwater Energy Inc. will give students experience with the Rochester-based company that has a sweet and sustainable niche. Sweetwater Energy provides its industry partners with a concentrated plant-sugar mixture for production of biofuels, biochemicals and bioplastics. The growing company seeks to develop a pipeline of RIT students with industrial biotechnology skills necessary for converting plant materials to sugar and a ready source of energy. The relationship could lead to co-ops or internships and, perhaps, full-time employment for some RIT students.