José Holguín-Veras, the William H. Hart Professor of civil engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been named a runner-up in the Pioneer Institute’s Annual Better Government Competition.

The Center for Career and Professional Development at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been strategically building partnerships with companies throughout the United States and globally to create a wide array of opportunities for students to pursue as part of The Arch at Rensselaer.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor James Hendler has been named to the newly formed Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Technology Policy Council, intended to coordinate the agenda for the association’s policy activities around the globe.

A team of current and graduated Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students will present at the American Nuclear Society’s Winter Conference in Washington, D.C., this November.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has awarded $200,000 in Far-reaching Nuclear Engineering Excellence Scholarships to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for 2019. Rensselaer is one of only 33 academic institutions to receive this type of funding from the NRC.

Richard Healy, a doctoral student in aerospace engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was recently chosen as the top graduate student intern within the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Vehicle Technology Directorate (VTD).

Scientific Graphics & Visuals—a course offered during the final session of The Arch—taught art, science, and engineering students the analytical, technical, and artistic skills needed to communicate a complex topic visually.

John Wen, the head of the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was recently honored at an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) workshop on advances in the fields of control and smart automation, an area in which Wen has made significant contributions.

Sandipan Mishra, associate professor of mechanical, aerospace, and nuclear engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been selected for the 2019 Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ (ASME) Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD).

As Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute prepares to transition to a new and improved security app, the existing RPI Guardian app will no longer function as of September 1, 2019.