Faculty Spotlight on MANE Department Head Antoinette Maniatty for Women's History Month

MANE Department Head Antoinette Maniatty was honored for RPI's Womens History Month. Antoinette is an esteemed RPI alumna, gradutating in 1987 with highest honors in Mechanical Engineering. She then went on to complete to M.S degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and Cornell University, followed by a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1991. She returned to RPI in 1992 in her role of Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor, and made history by being one of the first four women to be awarded a Luce fellowship by the Luce Foundation in 1992. Then in 2023, Antoinette became Department Head of MANE (Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering) in 2023, showcasing her leadership and commitment to advancing engineering disciplines.