Seven Inducted Into the Rensselaer Alumni Hall of Fame

New inductees range from stadium architects to designers of aircraft and international bridges Troy, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute honored the achievements of seven extraordinary alumni by inducting them into the Alumni Hall of Fame on Sept. 7. With talents spanning a variety of disciplines including architecture, aircraft and bridge design, geology, chemical engineering, and communications, the 2007 Hall of Fame inductees continue the exceptional heritage of Rensselaer’s distinguished graduates.

Rensselaer Celebrates Grand Opening of World-Class Supercomputing Center

Event features presidential colloquy and highlights partnership with IBM, New York state Troy, N.Y. — In the true spirit of the computer age, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today celebrated the grand opening of the world’s most powerful university-based supercomputer with a “virtual” ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Researchers Developing Device To Predict Proper Light Exposure for Human Health

$1.8 million NIH grant supports research to study links between lighting, sleep, psychosocial stress Troy, N.Y. — Scientists have long known that the human body runs like clockwork, guided by a circadian system that responds to daily patterns of light and darkness. Now a team of researchers is developing a personal device to measure daily light intake and activity, which could allow them to predict optimal timing for light therapy to synchronize the circadian clock to the 24-hour solar day and relieve psychosocial stress.

Discovery Could Help Stop Malaria at Its Source - the Mosquito

Troy, N.Y. — As summer temperatures cool in the United States, fewer mosquitoes whir around our tiki torches. But mosquitoes swarming around nearly 40 percent of the world’s population will continue to spread a deadly parasitic disease — malaria. Now an interdisciplinary team led by researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has found a key link that causes malarial infection in both humans and mosquitoes.

Tien To Leave Rensselaer for University of Miami

Troy, N.Y. — James M. Tien, the Yamada Corporation Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will leave the Institute to accept a new position as dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Miami. Tien, a Rensselaer alumnus, was founding chair of the Department of Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems (DSES) and currently holds a joint appointment in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering. He will assume his new role in Miami on Sept. 1.

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