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3° with Riccardo Bevilacqua
Riccardo Bevilacqua is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer, who recently received a prestigious award and grant from the Air Force...
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3° with Glenn Monastersky
June 22 marked a special milestone for scientific and medical research on the Rensselaer campus, with the opening of the New York State-funded Rensselaer Center for Stem Cell Research. The new...
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3° with Michael Jensen
Michael Jensen is a professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer. We ask him about his work: Q: What problems are you trying to solve? A: My research...
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Stranger Visions
This self portait of artist Heather Dewey Hagborg was created from genetic material. Photo credit: Dan Phiffer. The emerging genre of bio-art explores new frontiers of life made possible through...
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3° with Liping Huang
Liping Huang is an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer. We ask Liping about her work: Q: What problems are you trying to solve? A: Glasses are...
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New School Year! And Space Robots!
Today marks the first day of the new school year here at Rensselaer! We at The Approach would like to take this opportunity to welcome our first-year students, welcome back our returning students, and...
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3° with with Emily Liu
Nuclear engineering expert Emily Liu is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer. We ask Emily about her work: Q: Your research is...
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Drug Safety: How a Crisis Propelled Change
(In this post, Robert Linhardt, the Ann and John H. Broadbent Jr. ’59 Senior Constellation Professor of Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering at Rensselaer, answers questions about a Perspective he...
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Venue — An open source digital attendance tracker
(The challenge: Create a mechanism that makes it possible for instructors to track students and for student to earn credit for their attendance or participation in activities like theatrical events,...
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The Winning Algorithm
(In this post, Rensselaer graduate student Salles Viana Gomes de Magalhães talks about his First Place Overall Award in the 2016 TripAdvisor programming challenge, held September 17. Graduate and...
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3° with Ravi Kane
Ravi Kane (This is the first of many 3° – a new, ongoing feature at The Approach in which we will ask researchers to explain their work in their own words. Feel free to write us with requests or...
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3° with Lupita Montoya
Lupita Montoya We asked Lupita Montoya, assistant professor of mechanical, aerospace, and nuclear engineering at Rensselaer, about her research: 1. You have a sharp focus, in your research and in your...
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3° with Tarek Abdoun
Tarek Abdoun and his wife, Nevin We asked Tarek Abdoun, the Iovino ’73 Professor in Civil Engineering at Rensselaer, about his research: Your research involves geotechnical engineering and earthquakes....
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3° with Jeff Ban
Professor Jeff Ban just won an NSF CAREER Award for his traffic engineering research. We asked Jeff about his work: Q: Your expertise is transportation and traffic engineering. Why do we need to...
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3° with Dan Lewis
Professor Dan Lewis, in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, recently won an NSF CAREER Award for his research into the structure and performance of metals and ceramics. He also leads...
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3° with Jim Myers
Jim Myers, director of the Rensselaer supercomputing center, CCNI, was recently named to the High Performance Computing (HPC) Advisory Committee of the U.S. Council on Competitiveness. We ask Jim...
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3° with Marc-Olivier Coppens
Marc-Olivier Coppens is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer. We ask him about his work: Q: Your research group is called “Nature Inspired Chemical...
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3° with Diana Borca-Tasciuc
Diana-Andra Borca-Tasciuc is a professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer. We ask Diana about her work: Q. Much of your research involves heat...
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3° with Jennifer Ryan
Jennifer Ryan is a professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer. We ask Jennifer about her work: Q: You’re an expert in inventory and supply chain management. Tell...
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3° with John Wen
John Wen is director of the Rensselaer Center for Automation Technologies and Systems, and a professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering. We ask John about his work:...
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Learning from 9/11
Professor Al Wallace has strong opinions about the security of our national infrastructure. Through his research, he is dedicated to educating policy makers, lawmakers, and others about the inherent...
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3° with Linda Schadler
Linda Schadler is an associate dean in the Rensselaer School of Engineering and a professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. We ask Linda about her work: Q: Of all the stuff in...
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3° with Wayne Bequette
Wayne Bequette is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. We ask Wayne about his work: Q: Tell me a little bit about your work on creating an artificial pancreas to help...
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3° with Patrick Underhill
Patrick Underhill is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. We ask Patrick about his work: Q: You study complex fluids—everything from paint and ketchup to saliva, cell...
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3° with Ryan Gilbert
Ryan Gilbert is a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, who recently received a prestigious NSF CAREER Award. We ask Ryan about his work: Q: You’re endeavoring to create new...
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3° with Kim Lewis
Kim Lewis is a professor in the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, who recently received a prestigious NSF CAREER Award. We ask Kim about her work: Q: Your research has a strong...
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A Quarter Century of the World Wide Web
(For some 2016 is the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web (more about the veracity of that milestone below). In this post, Rensselaer professor James Hendler answers some questions about the...
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