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Congratulations to MANE Professor Dr. Shankar Narayan on receiving the HTD Boelter-McAdams Prize at the 2025 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference. This award is presented to a member of the Heat Transfer division of ASME that is recognized for their exemplary achievements and contributions to thermal science and engineering.
Congratulations to Dr. Johnson Samuel for being awarded the David M. Darrin ’40 Counseling Award for 2025!
A team of RPI graduates (Joe Adam '17, '18, '21, Tyler Mucci '21, '23, Cesar Gonzalez '20 and Nate Karwic '20) is preparing once again to remotely conduct experiments aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The ring-sheared drop module on the ISS is being utilized to advance our understanding of the flow of complex fluids and develop predictive modeling capabilities.
Research on the topic of "Improving Medicine Manufacturing", by MANE Professor Amir Hirsa, and his research lab has been mentioned in an article by ISS National Laboratory titled "NSF-Funded Research Heads to the International Space Station on NASA'S SpaceX CRS 32-Mission". The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, with support from Tec-Masters, expanded on prior research to study protein flow and clumping, a key issue affecting the quality of protein-based drugs.
MANE Alumna Jeanne Carboni Debonis '87 is going to be inducted into the RPI Athletics Hall of Fame! Each inductee exemplifies the highest standards of Rensselaer excellence, serving as an inspiration for future generations of student-athletes to pursue greatness—both in their sport and beyond.
Congratulations to Mechanical Engineering senior Shannon Brown who was named the Liberty League Women's Swimmer of the Year! Brown claimed victory in two individual events and anchored two winning relays at the 2025 Liberty League Championship, earning Swimmer of the Meet honors for the second consecutive year.
Congratulations to MANE students Christian Blanco, Andrew Hanson, and Jada Lin, members of The Silver Falcons Honor Guard representing Air Force ROTC Detachment 550 at RPI who took top honors at the annual Rensselaer Rumble Military Excellence Competition on February 1, 2025.
Clint Ballinger, Ph.D., professor of practice in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering (MANE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is among 170 inventors elected by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) to its 2024 Class of Fellows. Read the entire article here
Attend an information session to learn about exciting research opportunities, program requirements, funding options & application processes to MANE's Co-terminal, traditional and part-time Master's programs, and the Accelerated BS-PhD program.
Thursday, February 6th
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Tuesday, February 11th
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Wednesday, February 26th
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
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Congratulations to the Rensselaer Rocket Society Ascendants who took 2nd place at the 2024 Spaceport America Cup in the 30k SRAD Solid Motor category. Their rocket reached Mach 1.8 and 30,569 ft with a 30,000 altitude goal, closest to the target altitude in completion.
News
From lane-keep assistance to blind spot detection, today’s cars come equipped with autonomous driving features that make driving easier and safer. Rene Mai, a doctoral student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, imagines a world in which humans and machines complement each other’s strengths to do more together, a concept known as “symbiotic autonomy.”
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) today announced two special honorands for its Bicentennial Commencement celebrations. Astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman ’97 will return to RPI as the Bicentennial Commencement Speaker, and Emily Warren Roebling, who led the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge to completion, will receive a posthumous honorary degree, the first to be awarded in the history of RPI.Reid Wiseman ’97
Six RPI students have been awarded fellowships from the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
From computer chips and pharmaceuticals to batteries and airplanes, our world runs on manufactured goods and products. However, most people rarely think about how these things get made — not to mention the technology and engineering that goes into making them at scale.
The RPI team is working toward a big dream: a rocket that reaches well beyond the Kármán Line — the point 330,000 feet above sea level that marks the end of Earth’s atmosphere and the beginning of outer space.
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.
This all-day event will include speakers, presentations and lab tours highlighting how New York’s Capital Region is advancing technology. Please register online.
When
October 25, 2023
8 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Where
Heffner Alumni House
1301 Peoples Ave.
Troy, NY 12180
Above: South pole of the moon. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Sandeep Singh, assistant professor of mechanical, aerospace and nuclear engineering, answers questions about the significance of landing on the moon’s south pole and how his lab is tackling some of the challenges associated with traveling between the Earth and moon.
What is significant about the recent Indian and Russian lunar missions to the south pole of the moon?
Our lives are filled with smart devices - phones, rings, thermostats, speakers, doorbells, and more. But have you ever heard of smart manufacturing?
