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Adaptive supply chains and homeland security/social
networks are the two primary areas that encompass the majority
of DSES research proposals.
New technology helps disprove 72-year-old scientific mystery
Troy N.Y. – Thomas R. Baruch, a member of the Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute Board of Trustees and alumnus of the
Class of 1960, has donated a gift that will help to establish a
new center at the Institute devoted to bio-energy research. The
new center — the Baruch '60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy
Research — will conduct unprecedented research on biochemical
solar technology.
Troy, N.Y. - Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute have developed a measurement technique that will help
scientists and companies map nanomaterials as they grow. The
discovery could help create superior nanotechnologies and lead
to the development of more efficient solar panels and increased
magnetic data storage.
Rensselaer to host $18.5 million ERC dedicated to
energy-efficient lighting and photonics
New miniature image-capturing technology powered by
water, sound, and surface tension could lead to smarter and
lighter cameras in everything from cell phones and automobiles
to autonomous robots and miniature spy planes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Professor Al Wallace and colleagues from the University
of North Carolina have been selected as a university center of
excellence by the Department of Homeland Security. The center
will conduct innovative research on coastal hazard resilience
and translate the knowledge developed to practice.
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.
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.
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.
One Rensselaer center draws engineers, scientists, and
corporations together in a range of polymer projects. At
Rensselaer's New York State Center for Polymer Synthesis (CPS),
polymer synthesis is only the beginning.
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