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');document.writeln(' Kane Named P.K. Lashmet Professor at Rensselaer');document.writeln(' 11/19/2008');document.writeln(' Nanobiotechnology expert Ravi Kane has been named the P.K. Lashmet Professor at Rensselaer. The endowed professorship is one of the highest honors bestowed on a Rensselaer faculty member. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Rensselaer Researcher Wins AIChE Young Investigator Award');document.writeln(' 08/19/2008');document.writeln(' 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. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Rensselaer Professor B. Wayne Bequette Elected Fellow of AIChE');document.writeln(' 07/07/2008');document.writeln(' 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). ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Engineering Students Win Tau Beta Pi Scholarships');document.writeln(' 05/12/2008');document.writeln(' 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. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Team Dreamer takes second place in The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AlChE) Northeast Regional ChemE Car Competition ');document.writeln(' 04/24/2008');document.writeln(' 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 ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry');document.writeln(' 03/04/2008');document.writeln(' 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. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Biochip Mimics the Body To Reveal Toxicity of Industrial Compounds');document.writeln(' 12/20/2007');document.writeln(' 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. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Two Chemical Engineering Students Selected as Genentech Outstanding Student Awards.');document.writeln(' 12/17/2007');document.writeln(' 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. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Using Carbon Nanotubes To Seek and Destroy Anthrax Toxin and Other Harmful Proteins');document.writeln(' 12/10/2007');document.writeln(' New technology could enable new cancer treatment techniques and antibacterial coatings ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Rensselaer Chosen Among the Top 60 Design Schools In the World');document.writeln(' 10/22/2007');document.writeln(' 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. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Georges Belfort Wins American Chemical Society Award');document.writeln(' 09/25/2007');document.writeln(' 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 and Engineering Co. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Professor Jonathan S. Dordick Receives The Marvin J. Johnson Award');document.writeln(' 09/25/2007');document.writeln(' This award, which is sponsored by Pfizer, Inc., recognizes many of Professor Dordick’s achievements leading to functional bioengineered materials, enzyme-based nanocomposites, and bioactive agents that impact human health and bioprocesses. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' B. Wayne Bequette ranked number 23 of the 100 most-cited articles in the Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research journal');document.writeln(' 09/25/2007');document.writeln(' A 1991 article authored by Chemical and Biological Engineering Professor B. Wayne Bequette has been ranked by the American Chemical Society as number 23 of the 100 most-cited articles published in the series of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research journals since 1975. The article is titled “Nonlinear control of chemical processes: a review.” ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Rensselaer Career Development Center Wins National Award for Undergraduate Program');document.writeln(' 07/10/2007');document.writeln(' When it comes to identifying, planning for, and achieving career goals, undergraduate students are getting a head start from the Career Development Center at Rensselaer. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Rensselaer Supercomputer Ranks Seventh in the World');document.writeln(' 07/10/2007');document.writeln(' The new supercomputer at Rensselaer has been ranked seventh in the world, and it is the most powerful of any system based at a university, according to the 29th edition of the closely watched Top500 list. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Two Rensselaer Researchers Listed Among "Scientific American 50"');document.writeln(' 12/20/2007');document.writeln(' 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. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Rensselaer Names Garde New Head of Chemical and Biological Engineering');document.writeln(' 10/22/2007');document.writeln(' 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. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Overview of Stem Cell Research at Rensselaer');document.writeln(' 10/05/2007');document.writeln(' Stem cells. They make headlines and are the subject of morning talk show banter. They are a celebrity cause and a political hot potato. Some of the greatest minds in the world are working to uncover medical therapies using stem cells. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Jonathan S. Dordick received the ACS’s prestigious Marvin J. Johnson Award in Microbial and Biochemical Technology');document.writeln(' 09/19/2007');document.writeln(' At the event, attended by more than 13,500 scientists from around the world, Jonathan S. Dordick, the Howard P. Isermann Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and department chairman, received the ACSs prestigious Marvin J. Johnson Award in Microbial and Biochemical Technology. The award, given annually, is the ACSs highest biotechnology honor. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' BusinessWeek Ranks Rensselaer’s Lally School Among Top 50 Undergraduate Business Programs');document.writeln(' 03/13/2007');document.writeln(' Rensselaer’s Lally School is one of nine new schools to be named to BusinessWeek magazine’s list of top 50 undergraduate business programs. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson To Lead Institute Delegation To Europe');document.writeln(' 03/13/2007');document.writeln(' A delegation from Rensselaer will travel to Europe March 15-22 to meet with leading representatives from government, industry, science, and higher education. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' New Joint Master’s Degree To Focus on Technology Transfer and Commercialization');document.writeln(' 03/13/2007');document.writeln(' Rensselaer’s Lally School and Albany Law School today announced plans to offer two innovative master’s degree programs in the fields of technology transfer and commercialization. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' President Jackson Urges “Finding the Leadership To Trust Science” in Lecture at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government');document.writeln(' 03/13/2007');document.writeln(' In a lecture at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, President Shirley Ann Jackson called for a renewed focus on science in key public policy deliberations. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Rensselaer’s First-Year Experience Program Recognized Among Best in the Country');document.writeln(' 03/13/2007');document.writeln(' Rensselaer’s annual series of welcoming events called Navigating Rensselaer and Beyond has been awarded the 2006 NASPA Excellence Gold Award. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Handheld “T-ray” Device Earns New $30,000 Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize');document.writeln(' 03/13/2007');document.writeln(' Brian Schulkin, winner of the first-ever $30,000 Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize, has invented an ultralight, handheld terahertz spectrometer. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Rensselaer Announces Winners of “Change the World Challenge” Student Idea Competition');document.writeln(' 03/20/2007');document.writeln(' Four entries were recognized today as the winning ideas of Rensselaer’s “Change the World Challenge” competition. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' $514 Million PACE Contribution Provides Unprecedented Design Capabilities to Students');document.writeln(' 10/20/2006');document.writeln(' On Sept. 8, Rensselaer announced an in-kind contribution commercially valued at almost $514 million from the Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE). PACE is a joint philanthropic initiative of General Motors, EDS, Sun Microsystems, and UGS Corp. to support key academic institutions worldwide with computer-based design tools to prepare students to compete in the future. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' New Anthrax Inhibitor Could Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Strains');document.writeln(' 09/01/2006');document.writeln(' In a new approach to treating anthrax exposure, a team of scientists has created an inhibitor designed to tackle the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant strains. Rather than targeting the anthrax bacterium or toxin — the approach taken by the majority of current therapies — the new inhibitor blocks the receptors where anthrax toxin attaches in the body. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Researchers Create New Organic Gel Nanomaterials');document.writeln(' 08/16/2006');document.writeln(' Researchers have created organic gel nanomaterials that could be used to encapsulate pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic products and to build 3-D biological scaffolds for tissue engineering. Using olive oil and six other liquid solvents, the scientists added a simple enzyme to chemically activate a sugar that changed the liquids to organic gels. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Sticky Surfaces Turn Slippery With the Flip of a Molecular Light Switch');document.writeln(' 06/22/2006');document.writeln(' Changing a surface from sticky to slippery could now be as easy as flipping a molecular light switch. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created an “optically switchable” material that alters its surface characteristics when exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light. The new material, which is described in the June 19 issue of the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition, could have a wide variety of applications, from a protein filter for biological mixtures to a tiny valve on a “lab-on-a-chip.” ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Rensselaer Hosts AIChE Regional Student Conference');document.writeln(' 04/05/2006');document.writeln(' More than 100 engineering students from across the Northeast came to Rensselaer March 31-April 1 for the 2006 Northeast Regional Student Conference of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Rensselaer Research Featured at American Chemical Society Meeting');document.writeln(' 04/05/2006');document.writeln(' From attaching DNA enzymes to nanotubes to simulating proteins under pressure, the work of 33 Rensselaer researchers was presented at the 231st American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting March 26-30 in Atlanta. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Toxicology-on-a-Chip Tool Readies for Market');document.writeln(' 01/24/2006');document.writeln(' Recalls of popular prescription drugs are raising public concern about the general safety of new pharmaceuticals. A collaborative group of Rensselaer and other researchers says that identifying which drug candidates are toxic early in the discovery process can help prevent harmful pharmaceuticals from being placed on the market in the first place, and they have developed a tool to do it. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Students Compete in Car Challenge');document.writeln(' 11/10/2005');document.writeln(' Five Rensselaer chemical and biological Engineering undergraduates traveled to Glasgow, Scotland, to compete in the International Chem-E-Car Challenge on July 10. The Rensselaer team was one of three U.S. teams in the competition, which included a dozen teams from universities around the world. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Nanoscale Study Gives New Insight Into Heat Transfer in Biological Systems');document.writeln(' 10/31/2005');document.writeln(' One of the first things we learn in chemistry class is that solids conduct heat better than liquids. But a new study suggests that in nanoscale materials, this is not necessarily the case. Using computer simulations, researchers at Rensselaer have found that heat may actually move better across interfaces between liquids than it does between solids. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Rensselaer Researchers Develop Approach That Predicts Protein Separation Behavior');document.writeln(' 08/22/2005');document.writeln(' Applying math and computers to the drug discovery process, researchers at Rensselaer have developed a method to predict protein separation behavior directly from protein structure. This new multi-scale protein modeling approach may reduce the time it takes to bring pharmaceuticals to market and may have significant implications for an array of biotechnology applications, including bioprocessing, drug discovery, and proteomics, the study of protein structure and function. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Rensselaer Students Compete in International Chemical Car Challenge');document.writeln(' 07/14/2005');document.writeln(' Five Rensselaer chemical and biological engineering undergraduates traveled to Glasgow, Scotland, to compete in the International Chem-E-Car Challenge on July 10. The Rensselaer team was one of three U.S. teams in the competition, which included a total of 12 teams from universities around the world. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Searching for Cures by the Numbers');document.writeln(' 07/05/2005');document.writeln(' Traditionally, promising pharmaceuticals have been discovered by trial and error — or even by accident. They would then be tested for potency and side effects before, as often as not, being abandoned. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Determining Toxicity');document.writeln(' 05/05/2005');document.writeln(' In recent advances, large numbers of promising compounds for potential new drugs have been identified. Yet, the biggest obstacle that remains in drug discovery is the lack of a reliable way to screen these drug candidates to determine toxicity levels early enough in the process. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' New Technique To Analyze Drug Compound Toxicity Developed');document.writeln(' 04/07/2005');document.writeln(' Seeking to improve and accelerate drug discovery, researchers at Rensselaer and University of California at Berkeley have developed a new technique to rapidly analyze the toxicity of compounds at early stages in the drug discovery process. The technique uses a human enzyme chip called the MetaChip, or metabolizing enzyme toxicology assay chip. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Rensselaer Professor Ravi Kane Selected as One of the Top 100 Young Innovators Worldwide');document.writeln(' 01/03/2005');document.writeln(' Ravi Kane, the Merck Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been selected as one of the top 100 young innovators in technology from around the world by Technology Review, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\'s magazine of innovation. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Developing New Tools for Drug Discovery');document.writeln(' 09/09/2004');document.writeln(' Drug discovery can frustrate the most patient of researchers, let alone the people who need better treatments for diseases like cancer, heart disease, and AIDS. Researchers at Rensselaer are trying to accelerate the process — and a major grant should help them do just that. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' New Tools for Drug Discovery');document.writeln(' 05/04/2005');document.writeln(' The National Institutes of Health has awarded a Rensselaer research team a $2.7 million, four-year grant to develop new tools for drug discovery. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' When Plastics Come Alive');document.writeln(' 06/30/2004');document.writeln(' If plastics lived and breathed, what would they do? They might detect biological weapons. Keep medical implants free of germs. Extend the life of a ship. Two Rensselaer professors have had such advances squarely in their sights. Now their use of simulations is propelling these advances to the next level. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' A Better Approach to HIV Treatment');document.writeln(' 05/04/2005');document.writeln(' Ravi Kane, assistant professor of chemical engineering, is designing new molecules that may one day fend off an HIV infection. Bolstering the body\'s molecular defenses is a novel method that may lead to highly effective treatments for HIV, the virus that can lead to AIDS. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Stopping Artery Blockages Before They Begin');document.writeln(' 05/04/2005');document.writeln(' Lakshmi Santhanam is searching for molecules with properties that may someday be used as medicines able to pre-empt the damaging inflammatory response involved in atherosclerosis. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Sharfstein Finds Positive Uses for Stress');document.writeln(' 05/04/2005');document.writeln(' Susan Sharfstein is studying how osmotic stress - or adding salt to a cell - affects a cell\'s protein reproduction. The challenge is to control stress levels. As in humans, too much can be detrimental and may kill the cell or decrease protein reproduction. Finding the proper balance will provide the pharmaceutical industry with a new source of antibodies for the treatment of disease. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Proteins, Under Pressure!');document.writeln(' 05/04/2005');document.writeln(' Fundamental research conducted at Rensselaer on how proteins behave under high pressure is providing insights that could lead to novel engineering and biotechnology applications. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' A "Nonstick" Solution to Mussels');document.writeln(' 05/04/2005');document.writeln(' Researchers at Rensselaer have found a link between the protein that acts as glue in mussels\' feet and the molecular makeup of the surface to which they adhere. Understanding this relationship has applications for the development of non-stick surfaces for marine environments, as well as for biomedical procedures and drug development. ');document.writeln('

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