Transportation engineering expert Jose Holguín-Veras has been named the William Howard Hart Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. An endowed professorship is among the highest honors bestowed on a Rensselaer faculty member.
A collapsible and reusable water bottle inspired by origami designs, live bee insulation, innovative walking and stair-climbing aids for the elderly, a pressure sensitive mat for bed-ridden patients that can aid in eliminating ulcers, and a low-cost prosthetic for below-the-elbow amputees are among the winning ideas from students in the fall 2010 Change the World Challenge at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Versatile Liquid Pistons Developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Have No Solid Moving Parts, Essentially Eliminating Wear
New Nanoengineered Batteries Developed at Rensselaer Exhibit Remarkable Power Density, Charging More Than 40 Times Faster Than Today’s Lithium-ion Batteries
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lighting Research Center (LRC) welcomes the Swedish Energy Agency as the newest member of the LRC Partners Program, which is designed to coordinate efforts of public and private organizations to advance lighting research, education, and technology. Headquartered in Eskilstuna, the Swedish Energy Agency is a government organization focused on Sweden’s national energy policy issues and promoting the development of an energy infrastructure that is environmentally and economically sustainable.
The lab is equipped with five “Create” robots — essentially a Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner paired with a laptop; three hand-eye systems; one Chiara (which looks like a large metal crab); and 10 LEGO robots paired with the Sony Handy Board robotic controller.
For many of us here at Rensselaer, December brings with it an onslaught of year-end reviews, top-10 lists, “best-of” compilations, and a host of other collections of newspaper, magazine, broadcast, and online articles that attempt to capture important events and accomplishments from 2010. If anything, the growing use of social media and the rapid expansion of the World Wide Web has accelerated the trend. Looking at these lists gave us pause, and led us to peer back at the year that was at Rensselaer.
Chris Letchford Chris Letchford’s Research Includes Wind Power Generation, Wind Climatology
Rensselaer Vice President for Research Honored for Leadership in High-Performance and Grid Computing
Computer Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Work With Elsevier To Enhance Scientific Research via the World Wide Web