Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute News

Rensselaer Associate Professor Michael Symans and incoming Dean of Engineering David Rosowsky are among the team of researchers who will converge in Japan next week to perform the largest earthquake simulation ever attempted on a wooden structure.

Submitted by Frank Rio on 2009-07-03.   Kevin W. Rio, son of Frank and Mary Ann Rioof Bolton, received two degrees at the 203rd Commencement at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York on May 16.

SOUTH CHINA : Rome wasn't built in a day; and fittingly, architect student Christine Porter will get a whole semester to take in its sights.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute announced today it will test its new emergency siren system from 11 a.m. to noon on Wednesday.

Evident Technologies Inc. of Troy, one of the region's most promising nanotechnology startups, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Federal stimulus money will soon fund roadwork in Troy that will open a parcel for mixed-use development, one of the newest stimulus-backed projects in this region.

Robert Barr said the 1960s was an exciting decade in America. He's talking about rapid-fire innovations in plastics resin, machinery and screw design, not bell-bottoms and the Beatles.

It's your first semester at college, and chances are it's the first time you've been away from home for an extended period of time.

Troy Fire Department Capt. Dave Paul speaks as firefighters hold a news conference to raise safety issues about the chemicals and other dangers at the RPI campus after a more... A view of the Jonsson-Rowland Science Center on the RPI campus in Troy on Tuesday a day after a fire Monday night in one of the labs.

TROY, N.Y. - More than a dozen firefighters are recovering after they were exposed to smoke and chemicals after a fire broke out inside a laboratory at an Albany-area college.

A Navy pilot based in Virginia Beach was selected Monday as one of nine new NASA astronauts.

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Source: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Comments Computer-generated images of lunar eclipses are nearly indistinguishable from photographs Lunar eclipses are well-documented throughout human history.

Over the past 25... Full Bio Dave Deamer Part of the enjoyment of doing research is that ideas pop into your head all the time.

The San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California, San Diego, today announced the appointment of Michael L. Norman to the position of interim director, effective July 1. Norman succeeds Francine Berman, who announced plans in April to join the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as vice president of research, effective August 1.

STATUS REPORT Date Released: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Source: NASA Astrobiology Institute - Comments The NAI and the American Philosophical Society jointly sponsor graduate students, postdocs, and junior scientists for field studies through the Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research in Astrobiology.

With the growth of unpredictability comes forecasts that are harder to believe. But good leaders plan for a wide range of scenarios that are based on trends we see today.

It's hard to sleep when your homeland is burning. Hafez Raeisi Fard tosses and turns when he pictures his family back in Iran.

Gerald and Marguerite Bombardier, of Granby, pose for a Fathers Day photo with three of their four son.

At a time when American dominance is weakening and Swiss research is making its mark, Switzerland is aiming to intensify scientific cooperation with the United States.

Two American engineers who were instrumental in developing e-mail and mobile phones on Wednesday won one of Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias awards for revolutionizing the way people communicate.