John B. Rhodes, president and chief executive officer of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), will give the keynote address this week at the 2013-14 Annual Conference of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Center for Future Energy Systems (CFES).
The $1.7 Million NSF grant will fund research into improving the stability of enzymes, which might make them more attractive in industrial applications.
A team including researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered that a specific gene may play a major role in the development of a life-threatening birth defect called congenital diaphragmatic hernia, or CDH, which affects approximately one out of every 3,000 live births.
New research, led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researcher Chunyu Wang, has solved one mystery in the development of Familial Alzheimer’s Disease (FAD), a genetic variant of the disease that affects a small fraction of the Alzheimer’s population. In a paper published online January 6 in the journal Nature Communications, Wang and his team follow the trail of two genetic mutations – V44M and V44A – known to cause FAD, and show how the mutations lead to biochemical changes long linked to the disease.
Karyn Rogers researches the relationship between the geochemistry of an environment, particularly extreme environments like volcanic fumaroles and deep sea hydrothermal vents, and the microorganisms found in those environments.
Ji’s current research focuses on natural language processing, with emphasis on the design of efficient algorithms that can extract knowledge and information on a massive scale from Web-based sources such as social media posts, Wikipedia articles, and news reports.
With support from the Photosynthetic Systems Division at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), researchers in the School of Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are expanding a successful research program to uncover the minute workings of the photosynthetic protein, Photosystem II.
Two chemical engineering professors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are contributing to a collaboration among academia, industry, and the federal government to develop a method for rapidly manufacturing biologic drugs.
AAAS cites McGuinness for contributions to the Semantic Web, knowledge representation, and reasoning environments.
Kevin Readdean, a seasoned expert with more than 20 years of experience in the field of college health and associate director in the Gallagher Student Health Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, answers questions and offers advice on some ways that students can adjust to college/campus life.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a five-year, $5 million grant to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and partners to expand United States leadership and engagement in the international data community through the Research Data Alliance (RDA).
Troy, N.Y. – The Jefferson Project at Lake George is building one of the world’s most sophisticated environmental monitoring and prediction systems, which will provide scientists and the community with a real-time picture of the health of the lake. Starting next week, scientists will use a combination of sophisticated aerial and boat-based surveying techniques to create a high-resolution contour map and images of the lakebed and surrounding mountains.
“Mastering the Pivot” is the theme of the inaugural Business Opportunities to Success Summit (BOSS), which will be held Thursday, December 5, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn in Troy, New York. The event is open to entrepreneurs, executives, researchers, students, business professionals, and investors.
Information systems expert T. (Ravi) Ravichandran has been named the Irene and Robert Bozzone ’55 Distinguished Chair in the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. An endowed professorship is among the highest honors bestowed on a Rensselaer faculty member.
Light and plants expert Tessa Pocock, Ph.D., recently joined the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, leading the development of a new plant physiology lighting program. Light is a powerful regulator of plant physiology, affecting flavor and appearance, as well as nutritional and medicinal value. A specific wavelength and intensity of light could, for instance, increase the level of antioxidants in salad greens like red leaf lettuce, while a different wavelength and intensity could change the height of poinsettias, or perhaps, increase active compounds in medicinal plants—there are endless possibilities.
The Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is evaluating the potential for new lighting technologies and approaches to improve driving safety at night, including new car headlight systems—swiveling or bending headlights that direct light into roadway curves, and adaptive or glare-free high beam headlight systems, which allow drivers to use high beam headlights while selectively dimming a portion of the beam when oncoming drivers are present, preventing glare to the oncoming drivers while providing improved visibility along the rest of the road.
A new book co-authored by Rensselaer dean Mary Simoni serves as a guide for people interested in mastering the art, and science, of composing music using algorithms.
President Barack Obama on Thursday appointed Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson as a member of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Steering Committee 2.0.
The first scoop of soil analyzed by the analytical suite in the belly of NASA’s Curiosity rover reveals that fine materials on the surface of the planet contain several percent water by weight. The results were published today in Science as one article in a five-paper special section on the Curiosity mission. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dean of Science Laurie Leshin is the study’s lead author.
Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new drape made from graphene—the thinnest material known to science—which can enhance the water-resistant properties of materials with rough surfaces. These “nanodrapes” are less than a nanometer thick, chemically inert, and provide a layer of protection without changing the properties of the underlying material.
The Lally School of Management and Technology, the business school at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, recently launched a new Master of Science in Supply Chain Management program for fall 2013. To celebrate the start of the program, Meredith Stevens ’84, chief supply chain officer at Newell Rubbermaid and a Rensselaer alumna, will deliver a keynote talk titled, “Transforming Supply Chain Leadership from the Back Room to the Boardroom.” The program will be held on the Rensselaer campus on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 4 p.m. in the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies auditorium.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute received a “2013 Best of the Web” award from the Center for Digital Education for developing and creating the NanoSpace website, an online science “theme park” that aims to excite elementary and middle-school students about the world of atoms and molecules.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumnus Karthik Bala ’97 and his brother, Guha Bala, co-founders of the successful video game development company Vicarious Visions, have been selected as the 2013 William F. Glaser ’53 Rensselaer Entrepreneurs of the Year. Established in 1990, the award brings the world of entrepreneurship into Rensselaer classrooms by recognizing successful entrepreneurs and role models who share their wisdom and experiences with students.
A federal study led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is helping make Manhattan streets cleaner, less congested, and more profitable for businesses by shifting daytime delivery truck traffic to after normal business hours. Since launching in 2011, the study has enlisted nearly 150 restaurants, grocery stores, retailers, and other businesses in Manhattan to accept their freight deliveries between the off-hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. instead of during normal business hours. The feedback from companies has been overwhelmingly positive.
A computational model developed by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is the first to accurately simulate the complex twists of a short sequence of RNA as it folds into a critical hairpin structure known as a “tetraloop.”
A team of researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, led by Petros Drineas, associate professor of computer science at Rensselaer, has been awarded a four-year, $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Information & Intelligent Systems to explore the new strategies for mining petabyte data.
Rensselaer researchers and students, led by Professor of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy James Napolitano, have led the design, installation, and commissioning of the large-scale water purification system needed to shield the antineutrino detectors from cosmic ray and radioactive backgrounds.
The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute recently released a guide for designing light scoops—an innovative type of skylight designed by the LRC with funding from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). Light scoops provide optimal levels of daylight throughout the changing seasons and daily fluctuations in weather by capturing and strategically redirecting daylight into buildings.
The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute recently released an interactive video that offers guidance about selecting and installing LED lighting. The video was designed for contractors, builders, electricians, and others who professionally install LED lighting—and many homeowners will find it useful too.
Tissue engineering and stem cell expert Leo Q. Wan, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been named a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Additionally, Wan recently won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor and Council co-Chair of the international Research Data Alliance Francine Berman joined with Google Vice President Vint Cerf to discuss the future of public access to research data in a Science magazine Op Ed appearing Aug 9.
Catherine Royer, an expert in molecular biophysics, has joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a Constellation Chair in Biocomputation and Bioinformatics, and Professor in the Department of Biology in the School of Science.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers have identified the mechanism behind a plague of LED light bulbs: a flaw called “efficiency droop” that causes LEDs to lose up to 20 percent of their efficiency as they are subjected to greater electrical currents.
Systems biology expert Juergen Hahn has been named head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Highly interdisciplinary in nature, BME at Rensselaer is home to more than 360 undergraduate students and more than 50 graduate and doctoral students.
The U.S. Navy is turning to the Information Technology and Web Science (ITWS) Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to prepare a select group of U.S. Navy officers with skills needed for military cyberspace operations. Under a three-year agreement, the Navy will enroll a group of five to 10 officers yearly in a new “information dominance” concentration within the Master of Science in Information Technology degree program at Rensselaer.
Robotics and control systems expert John T. Wen has been named head of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Energy efficiency has become an important goal for many multi-family, affordable housing sites. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development spends $5 billion per year on utility costs for public and other affordable housing. The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, recently released a new publication to aid owners and facility managers of multi-family affordable and rental housing in selecting LED lighting products.
Richard Gross, an expert on biocatalytic and chemical synthetic methods, has joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a chair in the Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering Constellation, and professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. Gross is currently the Herman F. Mark Chaired Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU Poly).
Even though dimming is a feature commonly expected in many lighting applications, there is no standard definition for dimming in the industry. Over a two-year period, researchers from the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, on behalf of ASSIST, conducted technology performance and compatibility evaluations, human factors experiments, and reviews of existing industry standards to better understand the different aspects of lamp dimming. The results of this research led to the published ASSIST recommends, which outlines recommended minimum and maximum light levels, thresholds for dead travel, flicker, and audible noise, and definitions for dimming profile and system efficacy measurement.
The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will hold three Institutes this Fall for industry professionals.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today announced a new university-wide initiative to tackle the challenges and opportunities of Big Data. The new Rensselaer Institute for Data Exploration and Applications (IDEA) brings together and fortifies the wealth of data science, high performance computing, predictive analytics, data visualization, and cognitive computing research at Rensselaer, the nation’s oldest technological research university.
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today announced an affiliation agreement to collaborate on educational programs, research, and development of new diagnostic tools and treatments that promote human health. The alliance was commemorated in a signing ceremony on May 22, 2013.
Each year at Commencement, the graduating class presents the university with a unique and spirited gift. And now the fastest selling toy in history will find a home on the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus. Members of the Class of 2013 are raising funds to create a large-scale fully functional Rubik’s Cube.
This spring, 1,676 students will receive degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, on Saturday, May 25, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the East Campus Athletic Village (ECAV) stadium. They represent the next generation of leaders, engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, patent holders, game designers, architects, and innovators, in fields ranging from engineering to architecture, fine arts to science, game design to information technology, and business to the military.
The Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has launched the first interactive website to help homeowners, contractors and builders choose the right light bulbs, fixtures and controls to maximize energy savings, and design quality, healthy lighting. The site includes photo-realistic illustrations created by 3-D modeling software and an interactive economic calculator. The website is available to the public completely free of charge, and can be accessed from any computer or web-enabled mobile device.
Two institutes will work together on research, student exchange, joint master’s and doctoral theses, faculty/staff exchange, and other efforts.
Control systems expert Sandipan Mishra, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Mishra will use the five-year, $400,000 grant to investigate and develop new sensing and controls paradigms to help push forward the leading-edge field of additive manufacturing.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute faculty member Riccardo Bevilacqua has been named the recipient of a 2013 Young Investigator Award from the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR). Bevilacqua will use the three-year, $510,000 award to further his research into creating highly maneuverable and inexpensive low-orbit satellites for space weather forecasting.
Computer scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have set a high performance computing speed record that opens the way to the scientific exploration of complex planetary-scale systems. In a paper to be published in May, the joint team will announce a record-breaking simulation speed of 504 billion events per second on LLNL’s Sequoia Blue Gene/Q supercomputer, dwarfing the previous record set in 2009 of 12.2 billion events per second.
Biomedical imaging expert Ge Wang recently joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as the John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Professor of Engineering, and a faculty member in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
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