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Multiple rankings have recently recognized the high quality of the graduate degree programs offered by the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

David Corr, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been elected as a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

A team of Rensselaer and IBM researchers was recognized with the best resource paper award at the 2020 International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) on November 6.

Nancy Campbell’s latest book, OD: Naloxone and the Politics of Overdose, was chosen as one of the outstanding academic titles for 2020 by Choice, a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries.

Ryan Gilbert, a professor of biomedical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and X. George Xu, the Edward E. Hood Endowed Chair Professor Emeritus of mechanical, aerospace, and nuclear engineering, have been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) 2021 class of fellows.

Birsen Yazici, a professor of electrical, computer, and systems engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been elevated to the level of fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). According to IEEE, fewer than 0.1% of voting members are chosen each year to receive this honor.

Joe Chow, an Institute Professor of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is part of a team that is a recipient of the prestigious 2020 R&D 100 Awards. The world-renowned competition supports innovation and revolutionary ideas in science and technology.

The final episode of the third season of Why Not Change the World? The RPI Podcast explores the challenges and opportunities associated with working remotely, something that has suddenly become very common during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aida Ayuk and Ammar Barbee were both selected as winners of the Paul J. and Kathleen M. Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship’s Change the World Challenge competition for the fall 2020 semester. The two honorees each took home a prize of $1,000.

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