The Howard P. Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Riddhi Banik Won Founders Award of Excellence

Posted October 7, 2025

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,

Gorai Awarded NSF Grant to Advance Wurtzite Ferroelectrics

Posted October 6, 2025

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.

Graduate program Info session

Posted October 6, 2025

The Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is seeking motivated students for our Ph.D., M.S., and M.Eng. graduate programs. With 19 core faculty, including 3 National Academy of Engineering members, graduate students in the department have an opportunity to engage in research across a range of high-impact areas, such as biotechnology, advanced materials, and energy sustainability. Competitive stipend and tuition support is available for doctorate students.

RPI to Highlight Advanced Manufacturing Career Paths with National Manufacturing Day Event

Event will showcase the future of manufacturing education, research, and career opportunities at the nation’s first technological university

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.

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.

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.

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.

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