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');document.writeln(' Rensselaer Professor Robert Hull Elected Fellow of Materials Research Society');document.writeln(' 11/04/2009');document.writeln(' Renowned materials scientist Robert Hull, the Henry Burlage Jr. Professor of Engineering and head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was recently named a fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS). ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Controlling Light With Sound: New Liquid Camera Lens as Simple as Water and Vibration');document.writeln(' 09/25/2008');document.writeln(' 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. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Professor Michael Jensen appointed founding Technical Editor for Applications in Thermal Science and Engineering');document.writeln(' 08/06/2008');document.writeln(' Professor Michael Jensen appointed as the founding Technical Editor for the new journal, Applications in Thermal Science and Engineering. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' On the Boil: New Nano Technique Significantly Boosts Boiling Efficiency');document.writeln(' 07/07/2008');document.writeln(' 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. ');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(' Commencement 2008: First Woman Leader of Rensselaers Car-Building Club To Start New Career With General Motors');document.writeln(' 05/12/2008');document.writeln(' Laura Wontrop knows all about cars and trucks. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Commencement 2008: Future Astronaut Aiming for Space');document.writeln(' 05/12/2008');document.writeln(' It\'s not every day that you meet someone who builds next-generation rocket engines from scratch for fun. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Safer, More Accurate Radiation Therapy for Expecting Mothers');document.writeln(' 12/21/2007');document.writeln(' New modeling tools enable more effective cancer treatment and imaging procedures ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Virtual Reality - Advances in Surgery Simulation');document.writeln(' 12/12/2007');document.writeln(' 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. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Using Supercomputers To Make Safer Nuclear Reactors');document.writeln(' 11/06/2007');document.writeln(' 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. ');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(' RPI Wins Greenhouse Award');document.writeln(' 08/29/2007');document.writeln(' At Blackboard, we believe a truly effective course combines ambitious vision, content with real-world applicability and state-of-the-art technology. With this in mind, Blackboard recognizes clients who have developed technologically rich and pedagogically sound courses with our annual Greenhouse Exemplary Course Program™ and Greenhouse Grants™. Both programs are designed to foster educational innovations across the Blackboard global e-Learning community. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Rensselaer Places Ninth in the 2007 Formula SAE Competition');document.writeln(' 07/12/2007');document.writeln(' Rensselaer’s Formula SAE team placed ninth out of 105 teams that competed from May 16-20 at the 2007 Formula SAE Team from in Romeo, Mich. ');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(' Rensselaer Senior Spends Summer at NASA Researching Space Technology');document.writeln(' 07/10/2007');document.writeln(' Rensselaer student Phillip Bracken scored a front-row seat June 8 to watch the space shuttle Atlantis take off and embark on its 11-day mission. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Rensselaer Takes First and Second place in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Innovation Showcase');document.writeln(' 11/12/2007');document.writeln(' Organic insulation and diabetic foot scan team earn top honors ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' “Virtual Patient” To Simulate Real-Time Organ Motions for Radiation Therapy');document.writeln(' 07/10/2007');document.writeln(' With a $2 million grant from the NIH, researchers from Rensselaer are developing a physics-based virtual model that can simulate a patient’s breathing in real time. ');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(' Controlling the Movement of Water Through Nanotube Membranes');document.writeln(' 03/13/2007');document.writeln(' Fusing wet and dry nanotechnologies, researchers led by Nikhil Koratkar, have controlled the flow of water through carbon nanotube membranes with an unprecedented level of precision. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Rensselaer Offers Students New Major in Design, Innovation, and Society');document.writeln(' 03/13/2007');document.writeln(' Rensselaer recently added a bachelor of science degree in Design, Innovation, and Society (DIS) to its list of innovative undergraduate degree offerings. ');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(' Antoinette Maniatty Named Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers');document.writeln(' 04/18/2006');document.writeln(' Antoinette Maniatty ’87, professor of mechanical, aerospace, and nuclear engineering at Rensselaer, has been named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The highest elected grade of membership in ASME, fellowship is conferred upon a member with at least 10 years of active engineering practice and who has made significant contributions to the profession. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Traveling on a Beam of Light');document.writeln(' 12/26/2005');document.writeln(' Reflecting on the history and current trajectory of space travel, Leik Myrabo muses, “The problem with traditional spacecraft is that the propulsive energy source must be carried aboard the vehicle, either as liquid or solid-fuel rocket propellants, contributing as much as 95 percent of the launch weight.” Myrabo, associate professor of mechanical, aerospace, and nuclear engineering, proposes a revolutionary solution: “We’ve left all that weight behind and created a radically new vehicle called a lightcraft.” ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' And If Rockets Had Wings...');document.writeln(' 12/28/2005');document.writeln(' What goes up like a rocket, changes into a plane, then glides under controlled flight? For Christopher Wilkins ’05, Erik Palitsch ’05, Samuel Lee ’05, James Rollo ’05, and a team of Rensselaer students, it’s their senior capstone project. It’s called a morphing rocket — a rocket that changes inflight to an aircraft with wings and control surfaces to facilitate directed flight. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Easing Seizures');document.writeln(' 11/10/2005');document.writeln(' Rensselaer researchers are developing a tiny, highly efficient heat spreader to be used in a new device to be implanted in the brains of patients who suffer from severe epileptic seizures. The implant device is designed to detect and arrest epileptic seizures as they begin by cooling a small region of the brain, thereby effectively blocking the erratic electrical activity. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Undergraduates Take Top Honors in Helicopter Design');document.writeln(' 07/15/2005');document.writeln(' The 5 member team of Raisul Haque, Rafael Irizarry, Heather Maffei, Robin Chin and Trevor Tersmette are all Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Seniors. Their winning entry was designed as part of their senior level capstone design class (MANE 4860). ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Students Go Full Throttle With Worldwide Race Competition');document.writeln(' 05/05/2005');document.writeln(' It\'s a challenge worthy of Ferrari: design a race car, build it, and get it track-ready — in eight months. At Rensselaer, that task has fallen to 23 undergraduates. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Can-Do Design!');document.writeln(' 05/05/2005');document.writeln(' Sophomore Gavin McIntyre, who has a dual major in product design and innovation (PDI) and mechanical engineering, was one of 30 finalists in Red Bull’s nationwide “Art of the Can” contest this spring. More than 300 entries, from 44 states and 11 different countries, were submitted. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Good Vibrations');document.writeln(' 05/05/2005');document.writeln(' Using carbon nanotubes, Rensselaer researchers have developed a novel way to enhance conventional material used to reduce vibration in a wide range of applications in manufacturing equipment and electronic devices. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Ostrogorsky Named Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers');document.writeln(' 02/08/2005');document.writeln(' Aleksandar Ostrogorsky, professor of mechanical, aeronautical, and nuclear engineering and professor of materials science and engineering at Rensselaer, has been named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Designation as a fellow, the highest grade of membership within ASME, recognizes significant contributions to the engineering profession. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Senior Citizens May Gain Mobility From Student Projects');document.writeln(' 09/07/2004');document.writeln(' For so many older people, the biggest challenge of every new day is simply getting up and moving around. Two teams of Rensselaer students want to make it easier. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Students Drive Ion Redesign');document.writeln(' 05/05/2005');document.writeln(' Rensselaer seniors taking a capstone course in the O.T. Swanson Multidisciplinary Design Laboratory (MDL) are lending their engineering expertise — along with their firsthand knowledge of the “Generation Y” consumer — to help design a customized version of the Saturn Ion Quad Coupe. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Virtual Surgery Simulator');document.writeln(' 05/05/2005');document.writeln(' The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Suvranu De, assistant professor of mechanical, aerospace, and engineering, a $347,000, two-year grant to develop a next-generation simulator to train surgeons to perform minimally invasive surgery. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Tapping Into the Power of the Wind');document.writeln(' 10/06/2005');document.writeln(' Rensselaer has begun tapping into the power of the wind to generate electricity, with a newly installed wind turbine off Sunset Terrace on the east side of campus. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Formula SAE Team Takes Second Place');document.writeln(' 05/05/2005');document.writeln(' Rensselaer\'s Formula SAE team drove its student-designed and built racecar to a second-place finish at Formula Student, a worldwide collegiate design and engineering competition held annually in the United Kingdom. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Low Gallery Dedicated');document.writeln(' 06/28/2004');document.writeln(' George M. Low \'48 was a visionary whose genius inspired generations of Americans to reach for the sky, seek greatness, and never give up in the face of adversity. In September 2002, fans of Low gathered for the unveiling of the George M. Low Gallery on the Rensselaer campus, a fascinating collection of artifacts from Low\'s distinguished aeronautical career. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' Bubble Fusion Research Progresses');document.writeln(' 10/06/2005');document.writeln(' Rensselaer and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) continue to move forward with their research into bubble fusion, a pioneering technique used to create thermonuclear fusion. Their findings were first reported in March 2002 in the prestigious Science magazine, and sparked considerable interest in the international scientific community. ');document.writeln('
');document.writeln(' The Fuss Over Fusion');document.writeln(' 07/22/2004');document.writeln(' Richard Lahey \'64, the Edward E. Hood Professor of Engineering at Rensselaer, was on the phone for about five hours on March 4 to answer questions from reporters about "bubble fusion," a possible new technique for creating fusion that was reported in the March 8 issue of Science magazine. ');document.writeln('

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