Researchers throughout Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are coming together to develop a new interdisciplinary Data Science Research Center. The center will bring together top researchers from every school within Rensselaer as well as collaborators at other universities and corporations to develop new and better ways to store, protect, share, and gain knowledge from scientific data.
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Use Water to Open, Tune Graphene’s Band Gap
Dr. Marcian E. “Ted” Hoff, Jr.
Prestigious Designation by American Society of Civil Engineers Recognizes Nation’s Oldest Civil Engineering Degree Program
In 1835, Rensselaer Issued the First Civil Engineering Degree in the United States Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today (Oct. 14, 2010) celebrated its place in history as the first university in the United States to issue a degree in civil engineering.
A recent Research Scholar Grant from the American Cancer Society acknowledges the potential of Rensselaer researcher Lee Ligon’s work on breast cancer. Ligon is investigating interactions between cells as breast cancer spreads within the body.
James K. Mitchell, Class of 1951 Esteemed Geotechnical Engineer and Educator To Be Awarded Highest Honor Given to a Rensselaer School of Engineering Alumnus
Vincent Meunier, Ph.D. Computational physicist Vincent Meunier has joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as the Gail and Jeffrey L. Kodosky ’70 Constellation Professor of Physics, Information Technology, and Entrepreneurship.
Graduates of Nation’s First Civil Engineering Degree Program Built the Brooklyn Bridge, Ferris Wheel, Yankee Stadium, and Other Historic Feats of Engineering; Smithsonian Institution Secretary G. Wayne Clough Among Noted Speakers at Celebration