Troy, N.Y. — Heidi Newberg, associate professor of physics and astronomy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is chairing the science working group of a new project focused on mapping the Milky Way Galaxy’s structure and stellar makeup and compiling data on its origins and evolution.
Troy, N.Y. — Rensselaer’s Lally School of Management and Technology has awarded incoming Master in Business Administration (MBA) student Heather Johnston its prestigious Herman Family Fellowship for Women in Entrepreneurship. The annual prize supports women enrolled in the Lally School’s MBA program in their pursuit of entrepreneurial interests.
Troy, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers are developing a tiny, highly efficient heat spreader to be used in a new device to be implanted in the brain of patients who suffer from severe epileptic seizures. The implant device is designed to detect and arrest epileptic seizures as they begin by cooling a small region of the brain, thereby effectively blocking the erratic electrical activity.
Troy, N.Y. — Robert Sands, clinical professor of management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has received a Fulbright Scholar lecturing/research award in business. He will use the grant to travel to Tunisia, Africa, to lecture, instruct staff, and develop curriculum for the graduate management program at the Institut Des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (IHEC) — the Institute of Advanced Business Studies.
Troy, N.Y. — Langdon Winner, professor of science and technology studies (STS) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been appointed to the newly endowed Thomas Phelan Chair in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
$120,000 HP Technology for Teaching Leadership grant provides recipients with additional technology in recognition of previous success
The nanobrushes could benefit the electronic, biomedical, and other industries Troy, N.Y. — Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a line of brushes whose bristles, made from carbon nanotubes, are so small that a thousand of them could fit inside a strand of hair.
Troy, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is partnering with Cornell University to test the effects of earthquakes on underground pipeline systems used for water, electric power, gas and liquid fuel, telecommunications, transportation, and waste. The four-year project is funded by a $2 million National Science Foundation (NSF) Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) research grant. Cornell University is leading the project, with Rensselaer’s portion of the grant totaling $746,822.
$4.8 Million Investment To Prepare the Next Generation of Fuel Cell Researchers Troy, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, as part of its continued expansion of energy research, today announced a $4.8 million novel interdisciplinary program to train doctoral students in fuel cell science and engineering. The program is supported by a $3.2 million, first-of-its-kind fuel cell research education grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) combined with a $1.6 million investment by Rensselaer.
Troy, N.Y. — Three teams of architecture majors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute received recognition for their ideas and designs to create an alternative master plan for the Palestinian village of Ein Hud in Israel.