Commencement 2009: Green Engineering for a Better Tomorrow
Photo Credit: Rensselaer/Mark McCarty Libby Stehr has a vision of a greener, more sustainable future.
Rensselaer To Explore the Connections Between Science, Art, and Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will host a colloquium next week to discuss and explore the evolving convergence of art and science. Four renowned researchers and artists will convene to tackle questions about the evolution of aesthetic perception, and how art, music, science, and technology enhance our understanding of human sensibilities, communication, and cognition.
Statement of Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson on the Passing of Warren H. Bruggeman '46
It is with great sadness that I write to inform you that Rensselaer Trustee Warren H. Bruggeman ’46 passed away yesterday morning. He was 84 years old. Mr. Bruggeman served as a member of the Rensselaer Board of Trustees from 1989 through 2000, and continued to serve over the past nine years as an honorary member. He was chairman of the Board’s Community Relations Committee and the Rensselaer Technology Park Committee, and an instrumental figure in the growth of our Tech Park into one of the region’s most successful economic engines.
Spear Named Edward P. Hamilton Distinguished Professor of Science Education at Rensselaer
Frank Spear, professor and head of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, has been appointed as the Edward P. Hamilton Distinguished Professor of Science Education.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson Appointed to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
President Barack Obama today appointed Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson as a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). The announcement came in a speech at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.
Rensselaer Graduate Programs Rank Among the Best in the Nation
The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduate programs in engineering and the fine arts rank among the best in the nation, according to the 2010 U.S. News & World Report guide to “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” The publication is scheduled be available on April 28, 2009.
Rensselaer's Lally School of Management & Technology Poised to Re-engineer the Future of Finance
Business School Launches New Master’s Degree Track in Financial Engineering and Risk Analytics
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute To Lead Progressive Dialogue on Improving STEM Education With Emphasis on Women and Low Income and Minority Students
Institute receives grant to focus on bolstering K-12 STEM education in New York state
Measuring the Immeasurable: New Study Links Heat Transfer, Bond Strength of Materials
The speed at which heat moves between two materials touching each other is a potent indicator of how strongly they are bonded to each other, according to a new study by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Additionally, the study shows that this flow of heat from one material to another, in this case one solid and one liquid, can be dramatically altered by “painting” a thin atomic layer between materials. Changing the interface fundamentally changes the way the materials interact.
Rensselaer Professor Tarek Abdoun Wins ASCE Huber Award
Tarek Abdoun, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and associate director of Rensselaer’s Center for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (CEES).