MSE News and Events
Robert W. Messler, Jr., Ph.D., FASM, FAWS, has authored more than a hundred technical papers and seven other engineering books. A Practical Guide to Welding Solutions is the logical complement to his renowned Principles of Welding.
Michael Deagen (Ph.D., December 2018) received the Rensselaer Founders Award of Excellence at the Honors Convocation ceremony on October 20, 2018. Established in 1994, the Founders Award "honors students who embody qualities of creativity, discovery, leadership, and the values of pride and responsibility at Rensselaer."
This distinction is meant to honor young researchers who have made significant contributions to their respective fields within Polymer Science and Engineering.
Institute News
Three Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Faculty Members Honored by AAAS
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Boleslaw Szymanski, Ph.D., and Chunyu Wang, M.D. Ph.D., have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement Science (AAAS). Steven Cramer, Ph.D., who was elected AAAS Fellow in 2017, was elected Council Member of the Section on Engineering.
Six RPI Students Receive Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Six RPI students have been awarded fellowships from the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
Professor Jonathan Dordick Receives Two Prestigious Honors
Jonathan Dordick, Ph.D., Vice President for Strategic Alliances and Translation and Institute Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), has recently received two prestigious honors.
RPI To Host Panel on Sleep and Your Health April 16
We all know how a bad night’s sleep can affect how we feel. In fact, the disruption of our sleep has been implicated at many levels of human disease, including cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and disorders associated with aging.
Forensic Scientists To Present at RPI
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students will have the opportunity to meet with and learn from forensic scientists and other professionals from the New York State Police (NYSP) Crime Laboratory System at 2 p.m. on March 26 at the Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies.