TROY, N.Y. -- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute officials today announced a $250,000 fellowship gift commitment from Ajit Prabhu '98 in support of the $1 billion Renaissance at Rensselaer Campaign. The Ajit Prabhu '98 Fellowship will be added to the Rensselaer endowment, and income from the gift will be used to provide...
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., are collaborating to further research at the intersection of medicine and engineering. Under terms of a recently signed agreement, the institutions will jo Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in...
Michael M. Abbott, 68, Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute RPI in Troy, NY, died May 31, 2006, of pancreatic cancer Michael began his long affiliation with RPI in 1956, as a freshman, and earned a BSChE in 1961 and a Ph.D. in 1965. After a four-year...
NOVATO, Calif. -- Siterra Corporation, the leading provider of project, document and property management solutions for organizations that manage large numbers of high value real estate and operating assets, today announced its commitment to providing project management solutions to the higher education market. Siterra also announced that Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute...
Byline: Maya Payne The Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., have signed an agreement to explore the intersection of medicine and engineering. They will collaborate on research in areas in Byline: Maya Payne ...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Albany Molecular Research, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMRI) announced today that Thomas and Constance D'Ambra have made a personal gift of 75,000 shares of AMRI stock to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute RPI. The donation is the third and final installment to honor a $3 million commitment made by the D'Ambras...
An ultralight terahertz (T-rays) spectrometer that weighs less than five pounds has been developed by Brian Schulkin, a physics doctoral candidate and winner of the first-ever $30,000 Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize, reports Rensselaer Polytechnic An ultralight terahertz (T-rays) spectrometer that weighs less than five pounds...
NEW YORK -- Dr. Martin Weinstein, vice chairman and chief executive officer of Sequa Corporation (NYSE:SQAA), has been designated the recipient of the RAA Fellows Award, presented by his undergraduate alma mater, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute RPI.
FCTN is showcasing fuel cell research initiatives at leading schools and universities, and was happy to see that Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (110 8th Street, Troy, NY USA 12180; Tel: 518/276-6000; Web: www.rpi.edu/academics/index.html) recently FCTN is showcasing fuel cell research initiatives at leading schools and...
Robots are to assemble fuel cell stacks in a new research project at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, N.Y., that aims to tackle the challenge of mass production. "It is currently common to take as long as a full day to assemble and leak ...
Today's "smart vehicles" may be getting a little smarter as a result of research currently underway at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. Led by Dr. George List, professor and department chair of civil and environmental engineering, and Dr. William Wallace, professor of information systems and decision sciences, a research...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Albany Molecular Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMRI) announced today that Thomas and Constance D'Ambra have made a personal gift of 85,000 shares of AMRI stock to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The donation is a second installment to honor a $3 million commitment made by the D'Ambras to endow a...
HONOLULU -- The smallest nanotube brushes with bristles more than thousand times finer than a human hair have been created by researchers of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy (Dr. Pulickel M. Ajayan), NY, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa (Mr. Vinod P. Veedu, Dr. Anyuan Cao and Dr. Mehrdad...
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute hope to develop what they call "bone spackle," an engineered tissue that may help bone injuries heal faster and stronger. The idea is to devise engineered bone cells that can directly inject Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute hope to...
Power system problems have motivated the development of new applied mathematical tools, and conversely, advances in applied mathematics are customized to form systematic approaches to complex power system problems. This discussion paper attempts to discuss the open problems in power system reliability and security. The discussions are based on optimization...
A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., has created what is claimed to be the world's first material that reflects virtually no light. The new material has almost the same refractive index as air, making it an ideal b A team of researchers...
The Groton Site of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, located at the Trails Comer Professional Center on Poquonnock Road in Groton, launched the Fall 2004 term with more room and increased technological capabilities. Rensselaer acquired four additional rooThe Groton Site of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, located at the Trails Comer Professional Center on...
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, as part of its continued expansion of energy research, has announced a $4.8 million novel interdisciplinary program to train doctoral students in fuel cell science and engineering. The program is supported by a $3.2 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, as part of its continued...
This white paper brings forth the two important tools of project management?Gantt and PERT charts. A Gantt chart provides a bar chart of task activity over time, while depicting overlap of task activities in time and is easy to understand. On the other hand, PERT charts provide graphic network of...