The American Chemical Society has recognized Montwaun Young, a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, for his outreach efforts with a 2019 Outreach Volunteers of the Year award for the Eastern New York Local Section. Department head Wilfredo Colón, noting that each local section may recognize only one individual annually for […]

The ALSETLab at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has received an award of $100,000 from Dominion Energy, a Virginia-based company, to support research on flexible alternating current transmission systems. ALSET stands for Analysis Laboratory for Synchrophasor and Electrical Energy Technology, but perhaps more importantly, it is “Tesla” – as in, Nikola Tesla – spelled backwards. The lab […]

Xavier Intes, professor of biomedical engineering and co-director of the Biomedical Imaging Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been promoted to Fellow of the Society by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. SPIE annually promotes select members as new fellows. This year, SPIE will honor 88 new Fellows of the Society. This honor […]

Nanomaterials expert Nikhil Koratkar, the John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Professor of Engineering in the Rensselaer Department of Mechanical Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, has been awarded the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay Distinguished Alumni Award. Koratkar’s research is positioned at the intersections of nanotechnology, energy, and sustainability. His research focuses on the […]

“We believe the next generation of aerospace systems will be able to feel, think, and react in a way that is similar to how biological systems behave.” That’s how Fotis Kopsaftopoulos describes the overarching goal behind a new project funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Kopsaftopoulos, an assistant professor of aerospace engineering, […]

Aparna Gupta, associate professor of quantitative finance and director of the Lally School of Management Center for Financial Studies at Rensselaer, won a 2018 “best paper” award from the Financial Management Association. The paper was recognized as the best paper of 2018 in the discipline of derivatives and options. Gupta’s paper was co-authored by Runzu […]

The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) has awarded Rensselaer a workforce development grant as part of a nearly $13 million round of recently announced funding, a value which includes cost sharing from participating organizations. The grant, in collaboration with Celegene and LumaCyte, LLC will, develop “characterization of cell therapy products by flow […]

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute sits atop a hill overlooking Troy, NY. A massive granite staircase connects the campus and the riverside city below. It is known as The Approach. Initially completed in 1907, The Approach has served as a literal entry point to the university for more than a century. Its current splendor is the product […]

(Please enjoy this guest post, written by Kathleen Ruiz, Rensselaer associate professor of Integrated Arts, on the “World of Plankton” interactive touch-pool exhibit, now on exhibit at an aquarium in Burlington, VT.) What if there were mysterious creatures on earth responsible for all the freshwater on the planet? The World of Plankton is an interactive […]

[The Jefferson Project at Lake George is conducting ongoing research into how human activities may be affecting the lake. This guest blog by Kayla Coldsnow, a graduate student in the lab of Jefferson Project Director Rick Relyea, summarizes recent research published in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. The Jefferson Project is a collaboration between Rensselaer, IBM […]