Alex Rishty, CBE Ph.D. 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. Alex 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,
Thomas Neuman, CBE Ph.D. 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. Thomas 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,
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.
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RPI Professor Shaowu Pan Receives Dual Awards for Advancing AI and Clean Energy Solutions
Shaowu Pan, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical, aerospace, and nuclear engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), has recently received two prestigious awards recognizing his work to solve some of engineering’s most difficult challenges.
Todd Przybycien Named Head of RPI’s Howard P. Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Todd Przybycien, Ph.D., professor of chemical and biological engineering at RPI, has been named head of RPI’s Howard P. Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE). Under Przybycien’s leadership, the department will continue to drive innovation in sustainable biopharmaceutical manufacturing, metabolic and enzyme engineering, advanced materials development, transport processes, and process systems engineering.
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.