News
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.
Congratulations, Jane!
Congratulations everyone! The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering has been named the most published department from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in March, 2017 with 10 new publications! Of our published works as a whole, Pete Wayner, Professor Emeritus, is the most read author from our Department with 91 new reads as of April 23, 2017. Congratulations, Pete!
Chemical Engineering Undergrads are in the news: The Best of the Best Change the World Challenge!
The ChemE Car team competed at the 2017 AIChE Northeast Student Conference and achieved third place, qualifying the students for the national competition in October.
Institute News
Pazour and Hekimoglu Named James M. Tien ’66 Dean’s Faculty Fellows in Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) announced the appointment of Professor Jennifer Pazour, Ph.D., from the School of Engineering and Professor M. Hakan Hekimoglu, Ph.D., from the Lally School of Management as James M. Tien ’66 Dean’s Faculty Fellows in Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems (DSES).
Zheyu Zhang Appointed Richard P. Felak ’66 ’67G and Joan C. Felak Endowed Faculty Fellow in Electric Power Engineering at RPI
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has announced the appointment of Zheyu Zhang, Ph.D., as the inaugural Richard P. Felak ’66 ’67G and Joan C. Felak Endowed Faculty Fellow in Electric Power Engineering.
RPI Welcomes Second Cohort of HVCC Semiconductor Scholars Through NORDTECH Partnership
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is proud to welcome the second cohort of Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC) students to the Semiconductor Scholars Program, an initiative supported by NORDTECH DoD Microelectronics Hub.
RPI Announces $10 Million Gift from Alumnus and Entrepreneur Ajit Prabhu
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has received a $10 million gift from Ajit Prabhu ’98, founder and CEO of Quest Global, to establish the Ajit Prabhu Catalyst Endowment and the Ajit Prabhu Catalyst Fund, both in support of the Office of Strategic Alliances and Translation (OSAT). Prabhu launched the fund, which will assist RPI student and faculty entrepreneurs.
RPI Professor Appointed Chair of IEEE Biomedical Imaging and Image Processing Technical Committee
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is proud to announce that Pingkun Yan, Ph.D., associate professor of Biomedical Engineering at RPI, has been appointed chair of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) Technical Committee on Biomedical Imaging and Image Processing (BIIP).