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Kevin Rose Awarded Grant to Study Limpopo River Basin

With support from the U.S. Agency for International Development, a team of researchers including Kevin Rose, assistant professor of biological sciences, will study the water resources of the Limpopo River Basin in southern Africa, considered one of the most biodiverse natural areas on the planet.

Jian Shi Receives Award for Significant Professional Contributions

Jian Shi, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, is the 2019 winner of the Alfred H. Geisler Memorial Award.   The award, given by the Eastern New York Chapter of ASM International, “recognizes an outstanding young materials scientist/engineer” from the chapter who has made significant contributions to the fields of education, research, or manufacturing, before the age of 40.  

Daniel Gall and Graduate Student Receive Awards for Research

Daniel Gall, professor of materials science and engineering, has received the 2019 IBM Faculty Award, part of a competitive worldwide program aimed at fostering collaboration in research and promoting curriculum innovation. With the award, Gall receives $40,000 to support his work in the area of post-Cu metallization. 

Miles A. Kimball Receives STC’s Ken Rainey Award

The Society for Technical Communication (STC) recently awarded Miles A. Kimball, professor of communication and media in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at Rensselaer, the Ken Rainey Award for Excellence in Research. The award, given out annually, recognizes researchers who have made positive, significant contributions to the field of technical communication. It […]

Arch Spotlight: Engineering Student Secures Semester Away Opportunity at BorgWarner

Having just completed her sophomore year, Maggie McAuliffe, an industrial and management engineering major, is preparing to participate in the inaugural Arch program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In this innovative program, all undergraduate students live on campus during the summer after their sophomore year and participate in an off-campus experiential learning experience during the fall […]

Francine Berman Awarded Fellowship at The Radcliffe Institute

The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University has announced that Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute computer scientist Francine Berman has been awarded a fellowship as part of the  2019–2020 fellowship class. Berman, an international leader in data science, was recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her work has focused on the […]

Lally School Students Win Regional Round of ASCM Case Competition

This semester, a team of students from the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer won the regional round of the 2018-2019 ASCM Case Competition that took place in Boston. The annual competition, sponsored by the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) and Deloitte Consulting LLP, requires students to present solutions to supply chain management problems […]

Minoru Tomozawa Elected a Distinguished Life Member of the American Ceramic Society

Minoru Tomozawa, professor of materials science and engineering, has been elected a Distinguished Life Member of the American Ceramic Society. “The Distinguished Life Member grade of Society membership is the Society’s most prestigious level of membership and is awarded in recognition of a member’s contribution to the ceramics profession,” said Pawel Keblinksi, materials science and […]

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