MSE News and Events
Wei Bao, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has won the Early Career Program (ECP) Award and Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) Award from the Department of Defense to study superconductors and cavity quantum materials, respectively.
The paper titled “On the nature of thermal transport in organic/inorganic nanolaminates” by Rajan Khadka and Prof. Pawel Keblinski has been featured as a cover article in the Journal of Applied Physics. Independently, the same work, as well as Rajan Khadka, were recognized by the MSE department by the 2024 “Norman S. Stoloff Research Excellence Award.
The MSE department welcomes new new Assistant Professor, Dr. Wei Bao, who will build a research group in the broad area of quantum materials for quantum information and quantum computing applications.
Prof. Jian Shi has won the prestigious 2023 IEEE Ferroelectrics Young Investigator Award “for his exciting out-of-box work on ferroelectrics and new way exploration of old materials." This highly-competitive award recognizes only one or two exceptional scientists under the age of 40 in the relevant field each year.
Dr. Hull has been appointed as Vice President for Research after serving as Acting Vice President for Research since March 2020. He also continues to serve as director of the Rensselaer Center for Materials, Devices, and Integrated Systems (cMDIS).
Institute News
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.