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TROY, N.Y. — If researchers could observe drug delivery and its effect on cancer cells in real time, they would be able to tailor treatment options with unprecedented specificity. An academic-industrial partnership between engineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, molecular and cellular biologists at Albany Medical College, and engineers at MARS Bioimaging Ltd aims to make this a reality for the treatment of breast cancer through the combination of highly innovative X-ray and optical imaging technologies.

A team of current and graduated Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students will present at the American Nuclear Society’s Winter Conference in Washington, D.C., this November.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has awarded $200,000 in Far-reaching Nuclear Engineering Excellence Scholarships to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for 2019. Rensselaer is one of only 33 academic institutions to receive this type of funding from the NRC.

Richard Healy, a doctoral student in aerospace engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was recently chosen as the top graduate student intern within the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Vehicle Technology Directorate (VTD).

TROY, N.Y. — Biopharmaceuticals are necessary, life-saving tools. But the process for making them is time-consuming and costly, particularly when it comes to the process of purification — the removal of unwanted elements like proteins, viruses, and DNA. 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will host a speaker series throughout this academic year examining the effects of human activity on climate, the changing climate’s impact on humans, and the action needed to address such a complex issue.

TROY, N.Y. – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was recently listed among the best employers in New York state on the inaugural Forbes list of America’s Best-in-State Employers.  

Troy, N.Y. — It often takes time for power system malfunctions to be found and fixed, at times leading to larger system failures. If operators could identify system disturbances as they happen and take action before they lead to large outages, the power grid would be substantially more reliable and resilient. With recent support from the National Science Foundation, Meng Wang, an associate professor of electrical, computer, and systems engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is developing software to make that real-time analysis possible.

A promising semiconductor material could be improved if flaws previously thought irrelevant to performance are reduced, according to research published today in Nature Communications.

With support from the National Science Foundation, a team of researchers is developing a “citizen science” soil research project in Troy, New York and Tierra Amarilla, Chile that engages residents in greater understanding of contaminants in their midst and strategies for protecting public health.