In research recently published in Nature Communications, a team of chemical engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has significantly furthered its efforts to unlock the extensive possibilities of a type of material known as monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs).

The Federation of American Scientists has named James Hendler, the Tetherless World Professor of Computer, Web, and Cognitive Sciences and director of the Rensselaer Institute of Data Exploration and Applications at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, to a recently formed COVID-19 Rapid Response Task Force.

Angela Fu, a third-year, dual degree student in the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute studying Design, Innovation, and Society with Business Management, has been awarded the Zonta International Foundation Jane M. Klausman Women In Business Scholarship.

Hao Zhao, an associate professor in the Lally School of Management, has been appointed as an associate editor of Human Relations, a prestigious academic journal.

X. George Xu, the Edward E. Hood Endowed Chair Professor of mechanical, aerospace, and nuclear engineering, has been chosen to receive the 2020 Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education from the American Nuclear Society.

In the latest episode of Why Not Change the World? The RPI Podcast, an architect and a systems engineer explore how new approaches to building materials and supply chains will shape the future of society.

Airin Dutta, a doctoral student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has received the Zonta International Foundation Amelia Earhart Fellowship.

Two graduate students from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have received Vertical Flight Foundation scholarships for 2020.

The Operations and Systems Engineering Extreme Event Research (OSEEER) network, supported by the National Science Foundation, is looking for pre-tenure, tenure-track faculty in operations engineering who would like to participate in an Early Career Mentoring (ECM) program.

In a typical year, the students graduating with bachelor’s degrees from the Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS) in the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences would give public presentations of their thesis projects at the end of the spring semester. Of course, 2020 has been anything but a typical year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, such a gathering was not possible.