Freefall: Flying in Space
Dr. Guion S.Bluford, the first African-American to travel into space, will deliver a lecture titled “Freefall: Flying in Space,” on the Rensselaer campus on Wednesday, Nov.16.
A Game-Changing Approach: Using the X-Box Kinect as a Sensor to Conduct Centrifuge Research
A team of Rensselaer researchers used the Kinect device to replace expensive sensors on its geotechnical centrifuge to better (and more economically) understand how levees fail when overtopped by large floods.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Lally School Ranked Third Among Business Schools in New York State
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been ranked as one of the 10 Best Business Schools in New York by College Choice, a leading authority in college and university rankings and resources. Rensselaer ranked third on the 2016 list after New York University and Cornell University.
Communicating With Light
Visible Light Communication (VLC) is emerging as a potential broadband transmission technology that may offer an unlimited bandwidth spectrum for high-quality wireless services. The Center for Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications at Rensselaer has developed the world’s first high-speed visible-light transmission link with a fully integrated microchip receiver.
Jefferson Project — Nature By Numbers
Zooplankton, the smallest animals in the food chain, are critical to the ecology of lakes like Lake George. But studying them in the wild – by measuring biomass, species composition, behavior, and diet – is a challenge. How do you track a borderline microscopic animal in the vast volume of water (an estimated 550 billion […]
National Science Foundation Supports Completion of The Jefferson Project at Lake George Sensor Network
With support from the National Science Foundation, The Jefferson Project at Lake George is poised to complete the most powerful aquatic monitoring sensor network in existence.
Two Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Faculty Members Named to WEF Global Future Councils
Two faculty members have been invited to join the World Economic Forum’s Network of Global Future Councils. Cynthia Collins was selected for the Global Future Council on Biotechnologies, and Heng Ji was selected for the Global Future Council on the Future of Computing.
Under Pressure – Changing Semiconductor Properties at Room Temperature, in the Open Air
It’s a small change that makes a big difference. Researchers have developed a method that uses a one-degree change in temperature to alter the color of light that a semiconductor emits.
Exploring the Art of Learning and Playing Music at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
To raise the performance level of music ensembles, beginning in spring 2017, the Department of Arts in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences will offer private music lessons for instrumentalists and singers.
Nano-Decoy Lures Human Influenza A Virus to its Doom
To infect its victims, influenza A heads for the lungs, where it latches onto sialic acid on the surface of cells. So researchers created the perfect decoy: A carefully constructed spherical nanoparticle coated in sialic acid lures the influenza A virus to its doom.