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Royer has joined Rensselaer as a Constellation Chair in Biocomputation and Bioinformatics, and Professor of Biology.

Rensselaer researchers have identified the mechanism behind a flaw called “efficiency droop” that causes LEDs to lose up to 20 percent of their efficiency as they are subjected to greater electrical currents.

Gilbert, professor and head of Biology, is being recognized for the high quality of her research contributions over time.

Systems biology expert Juergen Hahn has been named head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Rensselaer.

The U.S. Navy is turning to the Information Technology and Web Science (ITWS) Program at Rensselaer to prepare a select group of U.S. Navy officers with skills needed for military cyberspace operations.

Robotics and control systems expert John T. Wen has been named head of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, the first industrial member, is helping shape the future of data science.

Here’s a knotty problem: There is a relationship between human activity, damage to the environment, and harm to people (greenhouse gases leads to sea level rise which threatens coastal populations), but the cause-and-effect isn’t always clear. And while environmentalists collect stats on damage to the environment (pollutants in air and water, deforestation, species loss), policy […]

All hands on deck! It’s Rensselaer biology professor Sandra Nierzwicki-Bauer, with partners Harry Kolar (right) from IBM and Eric Siy (left) from the FUND for Lake George. They were on the water yesterday celebrating the launch of the Jefferson Project, an exciting new research effort to turn Lake George into the world’s biggest and most […]

Rensselaer, IBM, and the FUND for Lake George announced the launch of “The Jefferson Project at Lake George.”