Rensselaer Receives NSF Grant To Install Balanced, Green Supercomputer

A new system planned for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute supercomputing center will enable exciting new research possibilities across the nation and boost the university’s international leadership in computational modeling and simulation, data science, high-performance computing, and web science.

From 9/11 to Fukushima: The Science of Donated Stuff

Humanitarian Logistics Expert and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor Jose Holguín-Veras Impacted Personally, Professionally by Terrorist Attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 For years, Jose Holguín-Veras had a ritual. Prior to each and every monthly meeting with colleagues and former students on the 82nd floor of the World Trade Center Tower 1, he would stop and buy a hot mocha at a coffee shop on the ground level.

Ten Years After 9/11, Infrastructure Interdependence Still a Challenge in United States

Systems Engineering Expert and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor Al Wallace Identified Major Infrastructure Challenges in the Wake of World Trade Center Attacks Al Wallace was watching the live television news coverage from Manhattan when his phone rang. Only a few hours after the unthinkable terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, a program manager from the National Science Foundation called to ask for Wallace’s help in assuring nothing like this could ever happen again.

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