CBE News and Events
Dr. Wayne Bequette has recently been elected as the Vice President for the CACHE Corporation.
Nanobiotechnology expert Ravi Kane, the P.K. Lashmet Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been named head of the university’s Howard P. Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE).
2014 marks an exciting time for the Howard P. Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, as we commemorate a century at Rensselaer! Over the coming year, our Centennial events will highlight the important accomplishments of our alumni, faculty and students.
For a detailed program of events, please visit our Chemical & Biological Engineering Centennial page.
Rangarajan Radhakrishnan, a graduate student in the Dynamics of Complex Fluids group led by Prof. Patrick Underhill, received 3rd prize in the poster competition at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology held in Pasadena, CA in February 2013.
Juan Borja, a graduate student in Prof. Joel Plawsky's Research Group in CBE has won the Best in Session Award at TECHCON 2012 held in Austin Texas in September 2012.
Institute News
Rensselaer Doctoral Student Conducting Research at Los Alamos National Lab
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute doctoral student Emily de Stefanis is one of 60 recipients of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) award. The SCGSR program places students with mentors at DOE national labs, where students learn from top experts in their field and conduct research in state-of-the-art facilities.De Stefanis will spend 2024 at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico working on her research with experts in the field of nuclear materials.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute doctoral student Emily de Stefanis is one of 60 recipients of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) award. The SCGSR program places students with mentors at DOE national labs, where students learn from top experts in their field and conduct research in state-of-the-art facilities.De Stefanis will spend 2024 at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico working on her research with experts in the field of nuclear materials.
With Pivot Fellowship, RPI’s Jian Shi Tackles Big Quantum Computing Challenge
Jian Shi, Ph.D., associate professor in both the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), has been selected for the Simons Foundation's Pivot Fellowship.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Welcomes Tom Capek ’86 to Board of Trustees
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has announced the addition of Thomas G. Capek ’86, senior vice president and chief engineer at Corning Incorporated, to Rensselaer’s Board of Trustees. Corning is one of the world's leading innovators in materials science and has a longstanding relationship with RPI supporting research, philanthropy, and student recruitment. Capek previously served on the Dean’s Leadership Council in RPI’s School of Engineering. As a Board of Trustees member, Capek sits on the Academic Affairs and Research Committee and the Student Life Committee.
Scientists 3D-print hair follicles in lab-grown skin
A team led by scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has 3D-printed hair follicles in human skin tissue cultured in the lab. This marks the first time researchers have used the technology to generate hair follicles, which play an important role in skin healing and function.