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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Office of Enrollment
Management today announced two new annual scholarships for
prospective students in recognition of their academic
excellence in mathematics and science, and leadership, service,
and devotion to their peers, schools, and communities.
Sadly, Professor C. James Li, a member of the Department
of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering faculty since
1993 has passed away. Professor Li had been battling cancer for
over a year.
A professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will be
recognized this week for research and technical achievements
toward the design and realization of 3-D integrated computer
chips.
On June 11, leading authorities on the World Wide Web will gather at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for an old-fashioned debate with a social media twist. The questions for discussion will be shaped and selected by the collective wisdom of Web users from around the world.
The 2008 graduate's invention could replace one of the
most common pieces of technology in the world — the silicon
transistor for high-power and high-temperature
electronics.
The Fellowship Board of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering
honor society, announced the selection of 145 Tau Beta Pi
Scholars from 366 applicants for undergraduate study during the
2008-09 academic year. Among the winners were three Rensselaer
engineering students, Brian J. Belley, Sharon M. Vuong and
Shankar Kar.
There are over one million full-time sworn police officers charged with preserving safety and security in the United States. Now, thanks to an invention devised by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Class of 2008 graduate Sarah DiNovo, our law enforcement officers can protect themselves while protecting us.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute inventors and innovators
were awarded three of the top four student prizes at the CTT
Innovation Conference recently held in Boston, Mass.
Sheldon Weinbaum ’59, CUNY Distinguished Professor of
Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering at The City College of
New York, receives the prestigious Davies Medal for Engineering
Achievement from the Rensselaer School of Engineering.
Students from the Department of Chemical and Biological
Engineering designed, constructed and ran their chemically
powered model car "Dreamer" in the AlChE regional competition
hosted by MIT on Saturday, April 5th
Troy, N.Y. - A handheld device to detect skin cancer and
a disposable robot capable of removing land mines are two of
the five winning ideas in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's
spring 2008 Change the World Challenge contest.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's graduate programs in
engineering and the fine arts rank among the best in the
nation, according to the 2009 U.S.News & World Report guide
to "America’s Best Graduate Schools." The publication is
scheduled to hit newsstands on April 1, 2008.
A wired law enforcement badge and an online ordering
platform are winners of prizes from the Class of 51
Entrepreneurship Fund.
Troy, N.Y. – Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute have created a road map that brings academia and the
semiconductor industry one step closer to realizing carbon
nanotube interconnects, and alleviating the current bottleneck
of information flow that is limiting the potential of computer
chips in everything from personal computers to portable music
players.
Chris Morrison, a graduate student in chemical and
biological engeering American Chemical Society (ACS)
Biotechnology Division won the W. H. Peterson Best Poster Award
given by ACS Biotechnology Division.
Researchers at Rensselaer have demonstrated that liquids
embedded with nanoparticles show enhanced performance and
stability when exposed to electric fields. The finding could
lead to new types of miniature camera lenses, cell phone
displays, and other microscale fluidic devices.
Ask Georges Belfort to name the most important aspect of
his career, and he'll say, "my wife, Marlene." The two have
been lifelong collaborators both at home, where they raised
three sons, and in the lab. In fact, according to Belfort,
5-10% of his academic research is in collaboration with
Marlene, a geneticist.
Ralph B. Peck, Professor Emeritus of Foundation
Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
died of congestive heart failure on February 18, 2008, at his
home in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
In 1999, a group of faculty members from three schools
across Rensselaer’s Troy campus had an idea: What if we looked
beyond the scope of typical industrial design or engineering
programs to develop a program that melded the technical
sophistication of design and engineering disciplines with the
social and cultural aspects found in an arts and humanities
education?
Researchers at Rensselaer and Polyset Company have
developed a new inexpensive, quick-drying polymer that could
lead to dramatic cost savings and efficiency gains in
semiconductor manufacturing and computer chip packaging.
Professor Emeritus Robert H. Doremus died suddenly on
January 30, 2008 in Florida. He had been a member of the
Department of Materials Science and Engineering since 1971 and
was nationally recognized as a leader in glass and ceramic
science research.
Five new department heads recruited from within and
outside Rensselaer are now working to continue the School of
Engineering’s marked growth and expansion
Corrosion expert David Duquette, head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been named John Tod Horton Distinguished Professor in Materials Engineering. The endowed professorship is one of the highest honors bestowed on a Rensselaer faculty member.
Professor Kim Boyer has joined the faculty of Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute as head of the Department of Electrical,
Computer, and Systems Engineering.
New modeling tools enable more effective cancer treatment
and imaging procedures
Five teams of students are being rewarded for imagining innovative ways to make the world a better place, from a low-cost solar water purification system to a smart badge for law enforcement officers.
Moving Forward, REACHing Out
A new biochip technology could eliminate animal testing
in the chemicals and cosmetics industries, and drastically
curtail its use in the development of new pharmaceuticals,
according to new findings from a team of researchers at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the University of California
at Berkeley, and Solidus Biosciences Inc.
Recent innovations in optics and imaging have landed
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor E. Fred Schubert and
doctoral student Brian Schulkin on the 2007 Scientific American
50 - the magazine’s prestigious annual list recognizing
outstanding acts of leadership in science and technology from
the past year.
Genentech recently selected two Rensselaer students for
their "Genentech Outstanding Student Awards". They were
selected based on their achievements at Rensselaer, an essay,
and their performance in a phone interview.
Professor Assad Oberai garners the Young Investigator
Award from ASME for "recognition of fundamental development in
solving inverse problems and problems with multiple spatial and
temporal scales".
Profs. Debbie Kaminski (PI), Diana Borca-Tasciuc, Luciano Castillo and Timothy Wei were awarded a 2.9M/5 year NSF Graduate Teaching Fellow (GK12) Program Grant
Prof. Timothy Wei (MANE) was presented with a Dedicated
Service Award by the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers
Prof. Achille Messac (MANE) was elected Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Jacob Fish, the Rosalind and John J. Redfern Chaired
Professor of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
and director of the university’s Multiscale Science and
Engineering Center, has been elected a fellow of the American
Academy of Mechanics (AAM)
The newly developed Point-Associated Finite Field (PAFF)
approach integrates the strengths of current systems while
avoiding some of the weaknesses, providing users a smooth
visual display and more realistic touch response.
New technology could enable new cancer treatment
techniques and antibacterial coatings
Earthquake engineering and soil dynamics expert Ricardo
Dobry was recently named Institute Professor of Engineering,
one of the most prestigious honors bestowed upon a Rensselaer
faculty member.
A team of Rensselaer engineers took second place last month in the 2007 ASME Student Manufacturing Competition for their method to mass-produce tiny models of the EMPAC building (see below).
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bestowed high honors
upon a team of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute faculty and
staff for their critical contributions to the rebuilding of New
Orleans levees ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Institute Professor of Science & Technology, Daniel
Berg has been named Engineering Management Educator of the Year
by the IEEE Engineering Management Society.
World-renowned materials science expert Robert Hull will
join Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in early 2008 to head the
School of Engineering's Department of Materials Science and
Engineering.
Ecovative Design LLC and JDAxis Corporation, both
companies that are focused on developing products to improve
the environment and people's lives, won first and second place,
receiving $5,000 and $3,000 respectively.
Engineers develop degradable scaffold that releases stem
cells in the body
Presented by the American Society of Civil Engineers
(ASCE), this medal recognizes contributions to the science or
progress of hydroelectric engineering and is one of the highest
awards bestowed upon hydroelectric professionals in the United
States. This prestigious medal was last awarded in 2003.
The project will call upon a diverse team of researchers
and institutions to create highly detailed computer models of a
new proposed type of nuclear reactor. These models could play a
key role for the future development of the new reactors, which
meet stringent safety and nonproliferation criteria, can burn
long-lived and highly radioactive materials, and can operate
over a long time without using new fuel.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been counted among
the 60 "most forward-thinking design schools" in the world,
according to BusinessWeek magazine's second annual survey of
the best design schools around the globe. The ranking appears
in the publication's Oct. 15 issue.
Professor Shekhar Garde, a rising star in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's School of Engineering, was this week named the new head of the university's Howard. P. Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.
Biomedical engineering students watched surgery being
done at the Bone and Joint Center in Albany.
Dylan McGrath has written an excellent article in EE
Times entitled' Tool engages EE Students' in which he describes
how our Mobile Studio brings an exciting new dimension to
engineering education.
Researchers win $1.2M DOT grant to develop methods for shifting truck deliveries to off-hours
Tarek Abdoun, Associate Professor in the Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Associate Director,
NEES-NSF Geotechnical Centrifuge Research Center is the 2008
recipient of the prestigious Shamsher Prakash Research Award
for Excellence in the Practice of Geotechnical
Engineering
"Cutting edge" nanomaterial could be used in hydrogen
storage
NASA astronaut Richard "Rick" Mastracchio '87 became the
first Rensselaer alumnus to walk in space during the successful
STS-118 space shuttle mission in August.
Engineering professor Rich Radke participates in
prestigious DARPA program
Rensselaer had an impressive showing at the 234th
American Chemical Society (ACS) Meeting held in late August in
Boston, Mass.
Dan Christie, Corporate Campus Representative, Lockheed
Martin, and Mike Quinn, President, Knolls Atomic Power
Laboratory were among the attendees for the presentation of a
check for $56K to Rensselaer from the Lockheed Martin
Foundation.
Troy, N.Y. - Engineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute have developed tools to help solve two of the main
problems slowing the progress of stem cell research ? how to
quickly test stem cell response to different drugs or genes,
and how to create a large supply of healthy, viable stem cells
to study from only a few available cells.
Troy, N.Y. – A new partnership between Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, Sandia National Laboratories, and a
select group of leading universities and corporations will
present Rensselaer graduate students with a host of new
cutting-edge internship and research experiences.
Professor Charles Malmborg, a 22-year veteran of
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's School of Engineering, was
recently named the new head of the university's Department of
Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems (DSES).
James M. Tien, the Yamada Corporation Professor at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will leave the Institute to
accept a new position as dean of the College of Engineering at
the University of Miami.
Approximately 20 area Girl Scouts had an opportunity to
learn that science and engineering can be fun, as part of a
two-week summer program developed by the Center for Initiatives
in Pre-College Education (CIPCE) at Rensselaer. The students
used LEGO MINDSTORMS™ robot technology to design, construct,
and program robotic solutions to perform complex engineering
challenges.
The winning proposal for the course “Nuclear Phenomena
for Engineering Applications” was submitted by the team of
Thomas Haley, the instructor and adjunct assistant professor;
Don Steiner, the content expert and research professor; and
Marie-Pierre Huguet, the course developer.
Georges Belfort, Russell Sage Professor of Chemical and
Biological Engineering in the Howard P. Isermann Department of
Chemical and Biological Engineering,is the recipient of the "E.
V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry"
sponsored by ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co.
For more than 25 years, the Incubator Program at
Rensselaer has been a pioneer in nurturing the development of
entrepreneurial companies, helping them survive and grow during
the start-up period, when they are the most vulnerable.
Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson will co-chair a
national “Energy Security, Innovation & Sustainability
Initiative” of the Council on Competitiveness. She will be
joined by co-chairmen James W. Owens, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Caterpillar Inc., and D. Michael Langford,
National President of Utility Workers Union of America, in the
initiative designed to enhance U.S. competitiveness and energy
security.
For more than 25 years, the Incubator
Program at Rensselaer has been a pioneer in nurturing the
development of entrepreneurial companies, helping them survive
and grow during the start-up period, when they are the most
vulnerable.
Researchers have developed a new energy storage device
that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet of black
paper. The nanoengineered battery is lightweight, ultra thin,
completely flexible, and geared toward meeting the trickiest
design and energy requirements of tomorrow’s gadgets,
implantable medical equipment, and transportation
vehicles.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is one of several
universities selected to partner with the U.S. Department of
Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology
Administration (RITA) to improve transportation system
performance and reduce construction and maintenance costs
through remote sensing and spatial information
technologies.
A team of engineering students led by assistant professor
Lupita Montoya collaborated with students from the Pontificia
Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP) on a project entitled
"Casa Ecologica Andina" (Ecological House for the Andes). Their
project was selected as one of 30 finalists from a field of
more than 800 entries in the Mondialogo Engineering
Award.
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
invites applications for a faculty position at the Assistant or
Associate Professor level in transportation systems
engineering. Outstanding candidates at the Full Professor level
will also be considered. An earned Ph.D. is required. Prior
research and teaching experi- ence is a plus. The successful
candidates will be expected to develop high-quality funded
research programs that complement the existing areas of
excellence within the Department and the School of
Engineering.
The Future Chips Constellation, lead by E. Fred Schubert,
produced a non-reflective coating, which was selected by the
editors of R&D Magazine and MICRO/NANO Newsletter as one of
the most innovative products of 2007 in the Inaugural
MICRO/NANO 25 Competition
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