Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

110 Eighth Street, Troy, 12180, NY, US

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Rensselaer is America’s oldest technological research university, offering bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in engineering, the sciences, information technology and web science, architecture, management, and the humanities, arts, and social sciences. The university offers degrees from five schools: Engineering; Science; Architecture; Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences; and the Lally School of Management; as well as an interdisciplinary degree in Information Technology and Web Science. Rensselaer offers more than 145 programs at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels. Students are encouraged to work in interdisciplinary programs that allow them to combine scholarly work from several departments or schools. The university provides rigorous, engaging, interactive learning environments and campus-wide opportunities for leadership, collaboration, and creativity. Driven by talented, dedicated, and forward-thinking faculty, Rensselaer has dramatically expanded the research enterprise by leveraging our existing strengths and focusing on five signature research areas: biotechnology and the life sciences; energy and the environment; computational science and engineering; nanotechnology and advanced materials; and media, arts, science, and technology. The Institute is especially well-known for its success in the transfer of technology from the laboratory to the marketplace so that new discoveries and inventions benefit human life, protect the environment, and strengthen economic development.

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Tarek  Abdoun

Tarek Abdoun

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Specializes in centrifuge modeling, soil-structure interaction, soil remediation, field advanced sensing, and data visualization

Data Visualization Soil Remediation Centrifuge Modeling Soil-Structure Interaction Field Advanced Sensing Earthquakes

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Michael "Miki" Amitay

Director, Center for Flow Physics and Control & James L. Decker ’45 Endowed Chair Professor in Aerospace Engineering

Specializes in developing active flow control techniques with applications in aeronautical and mechanical systems

Active and Passive Flow Control Experimental Aerodynamics Aeronautical Systems Active Flow Control Techniques 3-D Flow Physics Mechanical Systems Experimental Fluid Dynamics

Kristin Bennett

Kristin Bennett

Professor, Mathematical Sciences and Computer Science & Associate Director, Institute for Data Exploration and Application (IDEA)

Extracts information from data using novel predictive or descriptive mathematical models

Bioinformatics Data Visualization Machine Learning Data Mining Health Informatics

Curt Breneman

Curt Breneman

Dean of the School of Science; Professor; Director, Rensselaer Exploratory Center for Cheminformatics Research (RECCR)

Specializes in the development of new molecular property descriptors and machine learning methods for physical and biochemical problems

Science Machine Learning Methods Chemical Biology Physical Organic and Computational Chemistry Chemistry Transferable Atom Equivalents Molecular Property Descriptors Protein Chromatography Modeling

Selmer Bringsjord

Selmer Bringsjord

Director, Rensselaer AI & Reasoning Lab; Professor, Cognitive Science and Computer Science

Expert in logic and philosophy, specializing in AI and reasoning

Artifical Intelligence Philosophical Foundations of AI Computational Economics AI Systems Formal Logic Computational Logic

Nancy D. Campbell

Nancy D. Campbell

Professor and Graduate Program Director, Science and Technology Studies (STS)

Focuses on the history of science, technology, and medicine as it relates to drug policy and the social significance of drugs

Opioid Crisis Harm Reduction Opioid Overdose History of Science & Medicine Gender & Addiction Legal and Illegal Drugs Drug Treatment Opioid Addiction & Recovery Substance Abuse Disorder & Addiction COVID-19

Christopher D. Carothers

Christopher D. Carothers

Director, Center for Computational Innovations (CCI) & Professor, Computer Science

Researches massively parallel computer systems with a focus on modeling and simulation systems

Information and Computer Science Parallel Discrete-Event Simulation Computer Science Massively Parallel Systems Modeling and Simulation Systems Massively Parallel Processing Systems and Network Modeling

Ben Chang

Ben Chang

Director, Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences (GSAS) & Professor, Arts

Explores the intersections of virtual environments and experimental gaming with contemporary media art

Digital Games Immersive Visualization Systems Experimental Gaming Electronic Art Virtual Environments Contemporary Media Art Game Development

Brian Clark

Brian Clark

Assistant Professor, Lally School of Management

Quantitative finance expert with extensive experience in risk management and machine learning in the banking and credit card industries.

Financial Regulation Financial Intermediation Quantitative Finance Machine Learning in Finance Risk Management

Jonathan S. Dordick

Jonathan S. Dordick

Institute Professor, Departments of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Biological Sciences

Applies biological principles to advance bioengineering and biomanufacturing, stem cell engineering, and drug discovery

Drug Discovery Biomanufacturing Biochemical Engineering Biochemistry Chemistry Bioengineering Stem Cell Engineering

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