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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission awarded two grants totaling $850,000 to boost nuclear engineering education, research, and workforce development at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
A new six-year, $1.1 million grant from the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security will allow researchers at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to investigate how different
civil infrastructures within a city or county – such as
roadways, water and power utilities, hospitals, banks, or law
enforcement – interact with each other and with the natural
environment after a disaster.
Ravi S. Kane, professor of chemical and biological
engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has won the
2008 Young Investigator Award from the American Institute of
Chemical Engineers’ Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Forum.
A fluids mechanics professor at Rensselaer is using
experimental flow measurement techniques to help American
swimmers sharpen their strokes, shave seconds from their lap
times, and race toward a gold medal in Beijing this summer.
Professor Michael Jensen appointed as the founding
Technical Editor for the new journal, Applications in Thermal
Science and Engineering.
Barbara Ruel, Director, Women in Engineering &
Diversity, has been appointed to serve a two year term on Women
in Engineering Pro Active Network (WEPAN) Board of Directors as
Director of Membership.
Co-author Dr. Michael Shur with K. Fobelets (lead), S.
Rumyantsev, W. Van Roy, and R. Vanheertum received the Best
Reliability Paper Award at the 26th International Conference on
Microelectronics (MIEL 2008). They received the award for their
paper: Correlation Between Flicker Noise and Current
Linearity in Ferromagnetic-GaAs-metal Tunnel
Contacts.
A new technique for growing single-crystal nanorods and
controlling their shape using biomolecules could enable the
development of smaller, more powerful heat pumps and devices
that harvest electricity from heat.
Troy, N.Y. - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has
received a gift of $1 million to establish the Paula and
Jeffrey R. Gural '64 Scholarship for undergraduate students in
civil engineering. The endowment supports the $1.4 billion
Renaissance at Rensselaer: The Campaign for Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute.
Three Rensselaer students will be working at the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the summer as
interns in some of the most competitive science and engineering
programs in the nation. The undergraduates each received
scholarships to participate in the program from the New York
Space Grant Program (NYSG).
A new study from researchers at Rensselaer shows that by
adding an invisible layer of the nanomaterials to the bottom of
a metal vessel, an order of magnitude less energy is required
to bring water to boil.
Modeling, design, and controls expert B. Wayne Bequette,
professor of chemical and biological engineering at Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, was recently elected a fellow of the
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
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.
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