Michael Jensen is a professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer. We ask him about his work: Q: What problems are you trying to solve? A: My research revolves around heat transfer, whether in large-scale heat exchangers, such as what might be found in a chemical process plant, or at […]
Dedicated to investigating new ways of infusing sustainability and efficiency into the way businesses send and receive goods, the new $4 million center is funded by the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF).
Student creativity and entrepreneurial thinking have received funding from the Rensselaer Class of ’51 Entrepreneurship Fund.
Rensselaer will celebrate the countdown to Earth Day with a weeklong festival of performances, lectures, films, exhibits, and workshops centered on environmental sustainability.
The road signs that direct traffic on the highways — collectively known as the cytoskeleton — are now the subject of research for Lee Ligon, associate professor of biology.
(Rensselaer Architecture student Tyler Hopf wrote this post about a team of Rensselaer students who are putting their skills and talents to a good cause in the Albany round of the nationwide CANstruction fundraising event.) My name is Tyler Hopf and I am the captain of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute CANstruction team. We are the […]
More than 100 Capital Region middle and high school students will participate in the 23rd annual Greater Capital Region Science and Engineering Fair.
Francine Berman co-leads the U.S. delegation, when nany of the world’s leading experts on “Big Data” and related fields will gather for the first plenary session of the new international Research Data Alliance (RDA).
It’s official. A record total of 16,112 high school students have filed applications to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute this fall.
The School of Engineering and several of its programs made gains on this year’s list of Best Graduate Engineering Programs by U.S. News & World Report.