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Entrepreneurship

	Protecting Those Who Protect and Serve
	Rensselaer Students Win Three of Four Top Prizes at Innovation Conference
	Rensselaer Students Recognized for Innovative Ideas To "Change The World"
	Class of 1951 Rewards Two Student Groups for Entrepreneurial Ideas

Innovations in Education

	$1 Million Scholarship Supports Future Engineers
	Undergraduates Join NASA Summer Interns
	New Rensselaer Scholarship Opportunities Recognize Academic Excellence and Leadership
	The Future of the Web: An Old-Fashioned Debate With a Social Media Twist
	Rensselaer Ranked Among the Most Connected Campuses in the Nation

Positions & Searches

Recognition

Research

	Professor Ryan Advances DSES Research Thrust in Adaptive Supply Chains Through Major NSF Grant on Real-Time Condition Monitoring for Equipment Populations
	"Gray's Paradox" Solved: Researchers Discover Secret of Speedy Dolphins
	Trustee Makes Donation To Start New Solar Energy Research Center at Rensselaer
	Just Scratching the Surface: New Technique Maps Nanomaterials as They Grow
	Outshining Edison: New NSF Engineering Research Center To Advance "Smart Lighting"
	Controlling Light With Sound: New Liquid Camera Lens as Simple as Water and Vibration
	Rensselaer Receives $850,000 From NRC To Boost Nuclear Engineering Education
	New $1.1M Grant: Restoring Basic Needs After Hurricanes, Disasters
	Top Secret Technology To Help U.S. Swimmers Trim Times at Beijing Olympics
	'Nanosculpture' Could Enable New Types of Heat Pumps and Energy Converters
	On the Boil: New Nano Technique Significantly Boosts Boiling Efficiency
	Professor Wallace to Direct Rensselaer Based Projects in the Center for Natural Disasters, Coastal Infrastructure and Emergency Management
	Carbon Nanotubes Outperform Copper Nanowires as Interconnects
	Strengthening Fluids With Nanoparticles
	New Polymer Could Improve Semiconductor Manufacturing, Packaging
	Partnership Synthesis

Undergraduate Student Activities

	Nuclear Renewal Spurs Demand for Engineers
	Rensselaer's Career Development Center Wins GE Partnership Award
	Team Dreamer takes second place in The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AlChE) Northeast Regional ChemE Car Competition

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Design on the Future»

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?

Michael Angelo '76 and Philip Woodrow '71: Merck's Matchmakers»

In 15 years at Merck, the two chemical engineers have worked jointly to launch new processes in European plants, solve thorny engineering problems, and forge dynamic partnerships with universities.