Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Nurtures Innovation
Collaboration with RPI led to local startup’s acceptance into prestigious virtual incubator program
Collaboration with RPI led to local startup’s acceptance into prestigious virtual incubator program
In honor of Earth Week, a “Sustainable Community Futures Roundtable” will be held on April 19 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bruggeman Conference Center in the Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Yael Erel, assistant professor in the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and her partner, Avner Ben-Natan, won second place in the 2022 [d]arc Awards in the “Art - Low Budget” category, for their project Reflecting On Troy featured in the Troy Glow light festival.
David T. Corr, a professor of biomedical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been elected to The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows class of 2023.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Daniel Gall has been named the Robert W. Hunt Professor of Metallurgical Engineering. Gall, a professor in the department of materials and science engineering and a world-renowned expert in advanced materials for computer chip interconnects, focuses on developing atomic level understanding of thin film growth and on the electronic and optical properties of advanced materials. He is studying electron transport in nanowires and epitaxial metal layers and is renowned for his work on the resistivity size effect and its impact on interconnect lines in integrated circuits.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Xinformatics students accomplished a rare feat: their class project was shared on a NASA Technical Report Server (NTRS). The NTRS is a provider of scientific and technical information.
Luigi Vanfretti, professor of electrical, computer, and systems engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will present research conducted with the help of students at the IEEE PES Grid Edge Technologies Conference and Exposition, to be held April 10-13, 2023 in San Diego.
The Rensselaer Astrophysical Society invites the public to explore the wonders of the cosmos. After a pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, public viewings at the Hirsch Observatory will resume on Saturday, March 11.
The first doctoral degree in computer science ever earned at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was in 1969. The sixth was presented to Margaret Kahles Guyder in 1972, and it was also the first ever earned by a woman.