CBE News and Events
This year's Abbott Lectures will be on Wednesday, April 18 and Thursday, April 19 and will feature Distinguished Professor, Andrew Zydney, from the Pennsylvania State University. All are welcome!
Carolina Motter Catarino awarded £10,000 for her research on 3-D bioprinting technology
Carolina Catarino, a 3rd year Ph.D. student, has been selected as one of the winners of the Young Researchers - America Lush Prize for her work on “Animal-free approaches for engineering physiologically relevant humanized skin models using 3D bioprinting technology”.
Tania Baltazar, a 4th year Ph.D. student under the supervison of Dr. Pankaj Karande, has received the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Young Investigator Award for her work on developing the first 3D bioprinted in vitro model of vascularized human skin.
The Department of Chemical and Biological Engieering has teamed with the Art Department to create artistic, digital images that capture the essence of Chemical Engineering. Students from Kathleen Ruiz's Intermediate Digital Imaging course have created three unique canvases that will "come alive" to tell you a story.
Institute News
RPI Researchers Receive Prestigious Gordon Prize from National Academy of Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Georges Belfort, Ph.D., and Steven Cramer, Ph.D., both Institute Professors of Chemical and Biological Engineering, have won the 2025 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education given by the National Academy of Engineering.
Multimodal Multitask Foundation Model Enhances Lung Cancer Screening and Beyond
Lung cancer is one of the most challenging diseases, making early diagnosis crucial for effective treatment. Fortunately, advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming lung cancer screening, improving both accuracy and efficiency.
Ge Wang Named Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
Ge Wang, the Clark-Crossan Chaired Professor and director of the Biomedical Imaging Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), has been appointed as the editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging journal. With nearly 3,000 submissions per year, it is the flagship journal in the tomographic medical imaging field and among the most highly cited of all biomedical engineering journals. Wang’s initial term is for three years and is renewable for a second term.
Clint Ballinger Named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Clint Ballinger, Ph.D., professor of practice in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering (MANE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is among 170 inventors elected by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) to its 2024 Class of Fellows.
RPI and GlobalFoundries Partner on Semiconductor Workforce Development
TROY, N.Y. — Building on several ongoing collaborations, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and GlobalFoundries (GF) are working together to further grow and strengthen the semiconductor workforce in the region.