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Professor Jason Hicken has won a Young Investigator award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. He will use the three-year, 300,000 grant to further his research into developing new techniques for improving the design process of complex engineering systems.
Renowned biotechnology innovators Robert Linhardt and Jonathan Dordick have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
A team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Rockefeller University is developing a system that would make it possible to remotely control biological targets in living animals — rapidly, without wires, implants, or drugs. 
Rensselaer professors Francine Berman and Ge Wang and Dean of Engineering Shekhar Garde have been named fellows of AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society.
Entrepreneurs routinely encounter difficult questions along the path of entrepreneurship. More than 60 Capital Region-based entrepreneurs, business executives, and academic experts will participate in the Business Opportunities to Success Summit (BOSS) on Nov.12. 
The World Economic Forum recently honored Professor Peter Tessier with a 2014 Young Scientist award for his contributions to advance the frontiers of science, engineering, and technology in areas of high societal impact.
The work of Professor E. Fred Schubert was cited by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences earlier this month, when the group announced the winners of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Rensselaer lecturer Burt Swersey and graduate Eben Bayer `07, cofounder and chief executive officer of  Ecovative, will participate today in a live interview as part of the Disruptive Innovation Festival.
A multi-university research team led by Rensselaer has received a $1 million NIH grant to conduct clinical trials of their closed-loop artificial pancreas for individuals with Type 1 diabetes.
As signs of autumn like falling leaves and some cool weather days can be found across the Rensselaer campus, the campus will be buzzing with activity as thousands of Rensselaer families are expected to visit Oct. 24-26 to celebrate Family Weekend.