Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute computer scientist Francine Berman has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences along with luminaries including former First Lady Michele Obama, author Jonathan Franzen, and gender theorist Judith Butler.
To celebrate the launch of a new dual degree program in music and management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will host Creative Entrepreneurship: The Music-Tech-Business Connection, a presentation and panel discussion, on Monday, April 22. It will be held at 4 p.m. in Studio Beta of the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) on campus and is free and open to the public.
TROY, N.Y. — Creating a lithium-ion battery that can charge in a matter of minutes but still operate at a high capacity is possible, according to research from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute just published in Nature Communications. This development has the potential to improve battery performance for consumer electronics, solar grid storage, and electric vehicles.
Minoru Tomozawa, professor of materials science and engineering, has been elected a Distinguished Life Member of the American Ceramic Society. “The Distinguished Life Member grade of Society membership is the Society’s most prestigious level of membership and is awarded in recognition of a member’s contribution to the ceramics profession,” said Pawel Keblinksi, materials science and […]
Six Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students have been invited to participate in the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). The program supports students in science, technology, engineering, and math who are working on research-based master’s and doctoral degrees. The GRFP is the oldest graduate fellowship of its kind and is known for choosing scholars […]
Liping Huang, associate dean for research and graduate programs in the School of Engineering, has been accepted as a member of the 2019-2020 cohort of fellows for the Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science (ELATES) at Drexel® program. ELATES at Drexel® is a one-year, part-time fellowship aimed at advancing senior female faculty in […]
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will present a piano showcase on Wednesday, April 17, at 4 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) on campus. The event, free and open to the public, will feature compositions for up to four pianos in addition to original student work.
The Paul J. ’69 and Kathleen M. Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute recently held its biannual Change the World Challenge, where six student teams were each awarded a prize of $1,000 for the business concepts they pitched to solve complex global challenges. Two teams received honorary mentions and were awarded $500 each.
TROY, N.Y. — A wide-eyed, soft-spoken robot named Pepper motors around the Intelligent Systems Lab at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. One of the researchers tests Pepper, making various gestures as the robot accurately describes what he’s doing. When he crosses his arms, the robot identifies from his body language that something is off. “Hey, be friendly to me,” Pepper says.
Research on three mutations associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy –a disease best known for revealing itself as an unexpected, fatal heart attack during strenuous exercise – found separate mechanisms at work at the molecular level.