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Prof. B. Wayne Bequette of CBE discusses the challenges and future direction of autologous CAR T-cell therapy, a personalized immunotherapy that reprograms a patient's own T-cells to attack cancer.
Prof. Patrick Underhill discusses how experiences like cooking and hiking impact science and engineering research in the Faculty Spotlight talk on January 14, 2026. Research is often confined to silos based on properties like size, material, or application, which can limit innovation. But when we break down these barriers and explore unexpected connections, we can find inspiration to solve complex problems.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and the Korea Technology and Information Promotion Agency for SMEs (TIPA), an organization that supports small and medium enterprises through technological innovation, have announced a strategic partnership to collaborate on industrial technology development.
Research aims to address a critical bottleneck in the production of mRNA therapeutics.
Prof. Helen Zha discusses a future where biological systems are harnessed to inspire, make, and dispose of the materials we use in our daily lives at the Faculty Spotlight talk on December 10, 2025. Nature provides many examples of materials that are exquisitely elegant in form and function. These materials can have high performance, be renewably made, and leave no lasting waste in our environment. Nature also provides bio-based tools for manufacturing these materials in an eco-friendly way.
Assistant Professor Prashun Gorai has received a two-year ACS Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) Doctoral New Investigator (DNI) grant from the American Chemical Society to investigate how crystallographic defects influence the stability and behavior of methane hydrates, which are ice-like phases with major implications for global energy resources and environmental
CBE family members gathered to celebrate Prof. Joel Plawsky’s more than a decade of service as head, and to welcome the new leadership on November 20. 2025.
Professor Todd Przybycien has been awarded a $3.1 million share of a Gates Foundation Global Grand Challenge grant.
Patrick Underhill, Professor and Associate Head of Chemical and Biological Engineering, was elected to be the new Secretary/Treasurer of the American Physical Society Division of Soft Matter (APS DSOFT). The four-year term will begin in March 2026 at the Global Physics Summit in Denver, CO.
Professor Todd Przybycien, Ph.D., head of RPI’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been awarded a $3.1 million share of a Gates Foundation Global Grand Challenge grant to advance exceptionally low-cost monoclonal antibody (mAb) manufacturing.