If members of the Rensselaer community are considering getting a new car, an electric vehicle might be a good option. Community members interested in learning more can participate in a free webinaron March 12.
Ravishankar Sundararaman, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, recently received the AIME Robert Lansing Hardy Award, in recognition of his career success and promise. Specifically, the award recognized "seminal contributions to transmute and harness quantum electronic structure calculations for computational materials design in diverse fields of materials research including electrochemistry and plasmonics."
Pawel Keblinski, the head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been elected a fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS). He receives this honor for his influential contributions to “the development of computational methods leading to fundamental understanding of thermal transport in materials on nanometer length scales.”
As a candidate for the qubits — the basic units of quantum information — in quantum computers, photons have one major advantage over the electrons used in all current devices. Unlike electrons, photons, the smallest possible quantity of light, do not easily interact with their surroundings. So, unlike its electron-based counterpart, a photonic quantum device would not need to be cooled to nearly absolute zero to limit unwanted interactions. But such a device does not exist — yet.
TROY, N.Y. — Glioblastomas are complex, fast-growing malignant brain tumors that are made up of various types of cells. Even with aggressive treatment — which often includes surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy — glioblastomas are difficult to treat, leading to an average survival of 11-15 months.
Cogswell Laboratory at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will be closed for the day on March 10, 2020, while the Environmental, Health, Safety & Risk Management department conducts a hazardous chemical disposal of chemicals and materials that are no longer needed for research or educational purposes.
Yael Erel, a lecturer in the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was recently awarded a Journal of Architectural Education Best Article Award by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.
Patrick Underhill, an associate professor of chemical and biological engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been elected to serve as a representative on the U.S. National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (USNC/TAM). He was elected to this position because of his accomplishments in the area of fluid mechanics.
TROY, N.Y. — Engineer Mark Z. Jacobson has testified before the U.S. Congress numerous times, written several books, and even appeared on late-night television to talk about clean-energy plans. This week, Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University and founder of The Solutions Project, will participate in a special panel discussion on decarbonization at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
TROY, N.Y. — Designing more efficient buildings could significantly decrease the nation’s energy consumption. In 2018 alone, homes and businesses consumed about 40% of the energy used in the United States.