Troy, N.Y. — A Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute engineer is headed to New Orleans as part of an expert team investigating levee failures in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The researchers, who are funded by a special exploratory grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), plan to take lessons from the disaster and apply them to the design of levee systems across the country.
Troy, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson will serve as honorary chair for the National Women’s Hall of Fame 2005 Induction Weekend, Oct. 7 and 8, in Seneca Falls, N.Y.
Troy, N.Y. — A team of researchers led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been awarded a five-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to work on improving the prediction of bone fracture risk by developing a new way to measure bone quality.
Troy, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson announced that Stacey Franklin Jones, D.Sc., Dean, School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at Benedict College in Columbia, S.C., one of forty American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows, is spending the 2005-2006 academic year as a visitor to Rensselaer’s campus.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has announced that it is taking legal action against college students around the country, including from Rensselaer, for allegedly providing access to copyrighted materials via the Internet. We have not been advised that any litigation has been initiated against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute by the RIAA.
Troy, N.Y. — The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., has been selected by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to join its “Centers of Excellence” program.
Monthly lectures to be videoconferenced to new partners at Cornell University’s Center for Life Science Enterprise, Syracuse Technology Garden Incubator, and CNY MedTech
Troy, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has appointed John Wen as the new director of the Center for Automation Technologies and Systems (CATS). Wen brings extensive experience in robotics to the center, which matches Rensselaer research with targeted industrial applications ranging from manufacturing and microsystems assembly to the automation of medical systems.
First Student Awards for “Idea Competition” Presented at Homecoming Today Troy, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumnus and entrepreneur Sean O’Sullivan ’85 has donated $1 million to create the “Change the World Challenge,” an initiative to support entrepreneurship education and stimulate ideas to improve the human condition. The program was officially launched today with the first round of $1,000 awards presented to five Rensselaer students.
Troy, N.Y. — Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are exploring the potential of nanomechanical systems by making and testing springs, rods, and beams on the nanoscale. They have been awarded a $1.15 million grant from the National Science Foundation for the research.