Rensselaer Celebrates Graduates Who Engineered Fenway Park
As Boston Red Sox celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park’s inaugural game, Rensselaer cebrates two alumni who played a key role in designing and building the storied ballpark.
It’s Not Just for Boys: Girls Are Into Math and Science Too
More than 200 10th and 11th grade girls from the Capital Region, other parts of New York state, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and across New England will participate in the “Design Your Future Day (DYFD)” program.
CAN-do Attitude
A few weeks ago guest-blogger Tyler Hopf wrote about a fundraising effort he and a team of fellow Rensselaer School of Architecture students had undertaken on behalf of local food pantries. The students were preparing an entry for the second annual annual Capital District CANstruction. In a recent update to the original post, Hopf reached out to say that [...]
Rensselaer To Host First Workshop on Building the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation
Rensselaer will host the first of a planned series of regional workshops to design a proposed $1 billion federal program, the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI).
Manufacturing Innovation and Economic Growth at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Michael Molnar will deliver the keynote address at the Rensselaer Center for Automation Technologies and Systems (CATS) 2012 Technology Showcase and Conference.
Guest Blogger: Elizabeth Wroe
(Civil Engineering senior Elizabeth Wroe wrote this excellent post for The Approach. It’s about an engineering competition last month in Oakland, Calif., where she and her teammates won second place. Enjoy!) On March 26, a group of RPI students placed second in the annual Geo-Institutes GeoWall competition. The four students on the build team were [...]
Obese Patients Face Higher Radiation Exposure From CT Scans—But New Technology Can Help
A new study from Rensselaer is the first to calculate exactly how much additional radiation obese patients receive from a CT scan.
Professor Xavier Intes Receives NSF CAREER Award
Xavier Intes, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation.
Metal Fatigue and You
How can nanotechnology and computer modeling lead to safer air travel? Mechanical engineering professor Antoinette Maniatty tackled this topic in her recent Academic Minute, which aired last week on NPR affiliates all across the country. Listen to the excellent 90-second piece here. The local NPR affiliate, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, launched its Academic Minute segment [...]
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Inducts New Members Into Phalanx Honor Society
Twenty-five students have been inducted into the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Phalanx Honor Society for 2012.