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Riddhi Banik, CBE Ph.D. graduate student, has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious Founders Award of Excellence. This honor recognizes exceptional academic achievement, leadership, and contributions to the campus community. Riddhi will be formally recognized at the Honors Convocation ceremony on Saturday, October 25, 2025, an annual event that celebrates student excellence as part of the broader Founders Day and Family Weekend festivities,
Prashun Gorai, Assistant Professor in Chemical and Biological Engineering at RPI, and his collaborators at the Colorado School of Mines and Carnegie Mellon University have been awarded a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to accelerate the development of wurtzite ferroelectrics, a class of materials with potential to transform microelectronics.
Professor Jonathan Dordick Receives Two Prestigious Honors
Jonathan Dordick, Ph.D., Vice President for Strategic Alliances and Translation and Institute Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), has recently received two prestigious honors.
Scientists’ Discovery Could Reduce Dependence on Animals for Vital Anti-Blood Clot Drug
Heparin, the world’s most widely used blood thinner, is used during procedures ranging from kidney dialysis to open heart surgery. Currently, heparin is derived from pig intestines, but scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered how to make it in the lab. They have also developed a path to a biomanufacturing process that could potentially revolutionize how the world gets its supply of this crucial medicine.
RPI Doctoral Student Honored as Rising Black Scientist
Steve Eshiemogie, a doctoral student studying chemical and biological engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been recognized as an honorable mention in the annual Cell Press Rising Black Scientists Awards for his essay “From village to lab: An African scientist’s quest for a sustainable future.” [MS1] More than 350 students across a range of scientific disciplines applied.
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Pingkun Yan Named Head of RPI’s Department of Biomedical Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has appointed Pingkun Yan, Ph.D., the P.K. Lashmet Career Development Chair Associate Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at RPI, as head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Nanomanufacturing Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Night Vision Technology, Other Fields
RPI scientists played a pivotal role in the development of a new manufacturing technique that could revolutionize infrared detection technology, potentially making thermal imaging devices cheaper, smaller, more accurate and far more affordable.
RPI Researchers Join Expertise at the Frontier of Light and Materials Research
Researchers at RPI’s schools of science and engineering are exploring new ways to manipulate matter with light to unlock a new generation of computer chips, photovoltaic cells and other advanced materials.
RPI Professor Nikhil Koratkar Named Royal Society of Chemistry Fellow
Nikhil Koratkar, Ph.D., the John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Professor of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), one of the highest professional distinctions awarded by the world’s oldest chemical society.
RPI's Ge Wang Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovations in Medical Imaging
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is proud to announce that Ge Wang, Ph.D., Clark & Crossan Endowed Chair Professor and Director of the Biomedical Imaging Center at RPI, has been named a recipient of the 2025 Edith H. Quimby Award for Lifetime Achievement in Medical Physics by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).