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.”

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.

A team of civil engineering students from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute won the GeoWall 2020 competition during the Geo-Congress 2020 conference recently held by the Geo-Institute (G-I) of the American Society of Civil Engineers in Minneapolis.

The advisory board of the Quantitative Finance and Risk Analytics (QFRA) master’s program in the Lally School of Management will host a panel discussion with business experts and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni for potential co-terminal students on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at noon.

The New York Delta chapter of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was recently recognized at the Carlson Leadership Academy, the fraternity’s national awards ceremony, in Parsippany, New Jersey.

In an effort to support over 1,200 students for the second complement of Arch away opportunities following the summer of 2020, the Center for Career and Professional Development at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute continues to engage and build partnerships with top industry employers.

If members of the Rensselaer community are considering getting a new car, an electric vehicle (EV) might be a good option. They can get assistance from Drive Green with National Grid, which recently updated their program to make it easier to connect with a local dealership that just might have the perfect EV.

As part of the inaugural class participating in The Arch at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, senior Anthony Mannino ’20, a physics major with a minor in economics, secured a fall semester away research opportunity at Boston University’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.