Commencement 2009: Fighting Fire With Innovative Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)Conventional smoke detection and sprinkler systems are important safety tools and help to save lives, but indiscriminately soaking an office building, home, or workplace with water can cause tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage. A group of graduating engineers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute set their sights on this problem, and have developed a promising solution.