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Ᏽ Stanley Dunn, Professor Ᏽ Juergan Hahn, Professor Ᏽ Wolf von Maltzahn, Professor Ᏽ Deepak Vashishth, Professor and Department Head
Ᏽ Jonathan Newell, Professor Emeritus and Research Engineer
Ᏽ Robert Spilker, Research Professor Ᏽ David Corr*, Associate Professor Ᏽ Mariah Hahn*, Associate Professor Ᏽ Xavier Intes*, Associate Professor
Ᏽ Shiva Kotha*, Associate Professor Ᏽ Eric Ledet, Associate Professor Ᏽ Deanna Thompson, Associate Professor Ᏽ James Cooper, Assistant Professor Ᏽ Guohuo Dai, Assistant Professor Ᏽ Ryan Gilbert*, Assistant Professor Ᏽ Qun (Leo) Wan, Assistant Professor Ᏽ Glenn Monastersky, Professor of Practice Ᏽ Stanley Reisman, Professor of Practice
Ᏽ Nelson Tacy, Lecturer
Department of Biomedical Engineering
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
STUDENTS 347 Undergraduates 11 Masters 42 Ph.D.
DEGREES OFFEREDBiomedical Engineering: B.S., M.S., MEng, Ph.D. Minor in Management
Concentrations: Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Bio Imaging/Bio Instrumentation
DEGREES AWARDED IN 2011 65 Bachelors 4 Masters 6 Ph.D.
GRADUATE STUDENT SUPPORT (FALL 2011)
100% of doctoral students received financial assistance
RESEARCH AREAS
Ᏽ Biomolecular Science and Engineering
Ᏽ Multiscale Modeling, Imaging, and Biocomputation
Ᏽ Musculoskeletal Engineering Ᏽ Neural Engineering Ᏽ Vascular Engineering
AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS Ᏽ Center for Biotechnology & Interdisciplinary Studies | biotech.rpi.edu
Ᏽ Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations (CCNI) ccni.rpi.edu
Ᏽ Center for Engineering-based Patient Modeling | cepm.rpi.edu
Ᏽ Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine www.scer.rpi.edu/cemsim
Ᏽ Center for Stem Cell Research
ANNUAL RESEARCH EXPENDITURES IN THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
50MILL ION
OVER$
BME.RPI.EDU
FACULTY * BME faculty includes 5 current NSF CAREER awardees
DR. DEEPAK VASHISHTH
PROFESSOR AND DEPARTMENT HEAD
(518) 276-6548
BME.RPI.EDU CONTACT US
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING QUICK FACTS
Ᏽ Founded in 1824, one of the oldest engineering schools in the country
Ᏽ Located in Troy, NY, 150 miles north of New York City, 175 miles west of Boston, at the gateway to the Adirondack State Park
Ᏽ 700 graduate students
Ᏽ 7 academic departments
Ᏽ 3,000 undergraduate students
Ᏽ 30% of first-year students were female (Fall 2011)
Ᏽ 15% of first-year students were underrepresented minorities (Fall 2012)
Ᏽ 70% of incoming first-year engineering students were in the top 10% of their graduating class
Ᏽ 30 degree programs (12 UG and 18 G)
Ᏽ 55,000 living alumni
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Ᏽ 12 Research Centers
Ᏽ 2 NSF Engineering Research Centers (ERC’s)
SCHOOL FACULTY
Ᏽ 165 faculty members
Ᏽ 21 endowed chairs or professorships
Ᏽ 11 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award winners in the last three years (2010-2012)
Ᏽ 37 Early Career Awards (e.g., NSF CAREER and other Young Investigator Awards) among current faculty
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
STUDENTS (Fall 2011)318 Undergraduate 40 (3 M.S./37 Ph.D.)
RANKED 29th in US News & World Report Graduate Rankings
DEGREES OFFEREDCivil Engineering (B.S., M.S., D.Eng., Ph.D.)
Environmental Engineering (B.S., M.S., D.Eng., Ph.D.)
Transportation Engineering (M.S., D.Eng., Ph.D.)
DEGREES AWARDED IN AY 201175 B.S. Civil Engineering10 B.S. Environmental Engineering 2 M.S. Civil Engineering29 M.E. Civil Engineering 6 M.E. Environmental Engineering 3 Ph.D. Environmental Engineering 2 Ph.D. Civil Engineering
GRADUATE STUDENT SUPPORT (FALL 2011)95% of graduate students received financial assistance.
AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS Ᏽ Geotechnical Centrifuge Center www.nees.rpi.edu
Ᏽ Center for Infrastructure, Transportation, and the Environment transp.rpi.edu/~CITE
Ᏽ Darrin Fresh Water Institute rpi.edu/dept/DFWI
RESEARCH AREAS
Earthquake Engineering Research Ᏽ 4th largest geotechnical centrifuge (150 g-ton) in the nation
Ᏽ Response of structures to earthquakes Ᏽ Analysis of New Orleans levee failures Ᏽ Analysis of critical pipeline failures
Natural Hazard Research (Structural) Ᏽ Snow Load Hazard Ᏽ Wind Load Hazard Ᏽ Natural Hazards, infrastructure and future climate scenarios
Transportation Systems and Operations Ᏽ Transportation Planning & Economics Ᏽ Disaster Response Ᏽ Intelligent Transportation Systems Ᏽ Sustainable Freight Systems Ᏽ Transport Network Modeling & Simulation Control
Ᏽ Advanced Econometrics
Computational Mechanics (Civil) Ᏽ Modeling & simulation of civil systems Ᏽ Micromechanical & multiple-scale modeling
Ᏽ Automated finite element & discrete element modeling techniques
Ᏽ Adaptive analysis procedures & design using knowledge-based techniques
Environmental Ᏽ Pollutant Fate and Transport Ᏽ Water Treatment Ᏽ Site Remediation and Bioremediation
ANNUAL RESEARCH EXPENDITURES IN THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
50MILL ION
OVER$
CEE.RPI.EDU
DR. CHRIS LETCHFORD
PROFESSOR AND DEPARTMENT HEAD
(518) 276-6360
CEE.RPI.EDU CONTACT US
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING QUICK FACTS
Ᏽ Founded in 1824, one of the oldest engineering schools in the country
Ᏽ Located in Troy, NY, 150 miles north of New York City, 175 miles west of Boston, at the gateway to the Adirondack State Park
Ᏽ 700 graduate students
Ᏽ 7 academic departments
Ᏽ 3,000 undergraduate students
Ᏽ 30% of first-year students were female (Fall 2011)
Ᏽ 15% of first-year students were underrepresented minorities (Fall 2012)
Ᏽ 70% of incoming first-year engineering students were in the top 10% of their graduating class
Ᏽ 30 degree programs (12 UG and 18 G)
Ᏽ 55,000 living alumni
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Ᏽ 12 Research Centers
Ᏽ 2 NSF Engineering Research Centers (ERC’s)
SCHOOL FACULTY
Ᏽ 165 faculty members
Ᏽ 21 endowed chairs or professorships
Ᏽ 11 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award winners in the last three years (2010-2012)
Ᏽ 37 Early Career Awards (e.g., NSF CAREER and other Young Investigator Awards) among current faculty
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
FACULTY
CEE.RPI.EDU
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Ᏽ Tarek Abdoun, Thomas Iovino Chair Professor, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs
Ᏽ Xuegang (Jeff) Ban, Assistant Professor
Ᏽ Victoria Bennett, Research Assistant Professor
Ᏽ Philippe Baveye, Kodak Chair of Environmental Engineering
Ᏽ Ricardo Dobry, NAE, Institute Professor and Director, NEES-NSF Geotechnical Centrifuge Research Center
Ᏽ Venkata Ramana Gadhamshetty, Lecturer
Ᏽ Jose Holguin-Veras, William H. Hart Chair Professor
Ᏽ James (Chip) Kilduff, Associate Professor
Ᏽ Chris Letchford, Professor, Department Head
Ᏽ Mark Mistur, Associate Professor, Associate Dean, Architecture
Ᏽ Marianne Nyman, Associate Professor
Ᏽ Michael O’Rourke, Professor
Ᏽ John M. Reilly, Professor of Practice
Ᏽ David V. Rosowsky, Professor, Dean of Engineering
Ᏽ Inthuorn Sasanakul, Research Assistant Professor and Manager
Ᏽ Mark S. Shephard, Samuel A. Johnson ‘37 and Elizabeth C. Johnson Professor of Engineering.
Ᏽ Michael Symans, Associate Professor
Ᏽ William Wallace, Yamada Corporation Professor
Ᏽ Xiaokun (Cara) Wang, Assistant Professor
Ᏽ Mourad Zeghal, Associate Professor
Ᏽ Thomas Zimmie, Professor
The Howard P. Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
ABOUT THE HOWARD P. ISERMANN DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
STUDENTS 288 Undergraduates 84 Doctoral
RANKED 21st in US News & World Report Graduate Rankings
DEGREES OFFEREDChemical Engineering (B.S., M.S., M.Eng., Ph.D.)
DEGREES AWARDED IN 2011 67 Bachelors 6 Masters 10 Ph.D.
GRADUATE STUDENT SUPPORT (FALL 2011)
100% of doctoral students received financial assistance
RESEARCH AREAS
Ᏽ Advanced Materials Ᏽ Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering
Ᏽ Bionanotechnology Ᏽ Bioseparations Ᏽ Complex Fluids Ᏽ Drug Design and Delivery Ᏽ Interfacial Phenomena Ᏽ Metabolic Engineering Ᏽ Molecular modeling and Simulations Ᏽ Process Control and Design Ᏽ Synthetic Biology
AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS Ᏽ Center for Biotechnology & Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS) biotech.rpi.edu
Ᏽ Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center rpi.edu/dept/nsec/
ANNUAL RESEARCH EXPENDITURES IN THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
50MILL ION
OVER$
FACULTY
Ᏽ Georges Belfort, NAE, Institute Professor
Ᏽ B. Wayne Bequette, Professor Ᏽ Vidhya Chakrapani, Assistant Professor Ᏽ Cynthia Collins, Assistant Professor Ᏽ Steven Cramer, William W. Walker Professor of Polymer Engineering
Ᏽ Jonathan Dordick, Howard P. Isermann ‘42 Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Ᏽ Shekhar Garde, Department Head and Elaine S. and Jack S. Parker Chair in Engineering
Ᏽ Ravi Kane, P. K. Lashmet Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Ᏽ Pankaj Karande, Assistant Professor
Ᏽ Mattheos Koffas, Associate Professor and Career Development Chair in Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering Constellation
Ᏽ Joel Plawsky, Professor Ᏽ Pete Tessier, Assistant Professor Ᏽ Patrick Underhill, Assistant Professor Ᏽ Fuming Zhang, Research Professor
CBE.RPI.EDU
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING QUICK FACTS
Ᏽ Founded in 1824, one of the oldest engineering schools in the country
Ᏽ Located in Troy, NY, 150 miles north of New York City, 175 miles west of Boston, at the gateway to the Adirondack State Park
Ᏽ 700 graduate students
Ᏽ 7 academic departments
Ᏽ 3,000 undergraduate students
Ᏽ 30% of first-year students were female (Fall 2011)
Ᏽ 15% of first-year students were underrepresented minorities (Fall 2012)
Ᏽ 70% of incoming first-year engineering students were in the top 10% of their graduating class
Ᏽ 30 degree programs (12 UG and 18 G)
Ᏽ 55,000 living alumni
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Ᏽ 12 Research Centers
Ᏽ 2 NSF Engineering Research Centers (ERC’s)
SCHOOL FACULTY
Ᏽ 165 faculty members
Ᏽ 21 endowed chairs or professorships
Ᏽ 11 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award winners in the last three years (2010-2012)
Ᏽ 37 Early Career Awards (e.g., NSF CAREER and other Young Investigator Awards) among current faculty
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DR. SHEKHAR GARDE
DEPARTMENT HEAD
(518) 276-6929
CBE.RPI.EDU
CONTACT US
STUDENTS498 Undergraduates 11 Masters117 Doctoral
Select US News & World Report Rankings:14th Undergraduate Electrical Engineering17th Graduate Electrical Engineering
DEGREES OFFEREDComputer and Systems Engineering (B.S., M.S., M.Eng., Ph.D.)
Electrical Engineering (B.S., M.S., M.Eng., Ph.D.)
DEGREES AWARDED IN 2011 17 Doctoral 33 Masters142 Bachelors
HIGHLIGHTS (FALL 2011) Ᏽ 95% of the doctoral students receive financial aid in the form of fellowships, teaching assistantships or research assistantships
Ᏽ ECSE Alumni have been awarded three National Medals of Technology from President Obama in the last two years
Ᏽ 119 Archival Journal Papers in 2011 Ᏽ FY11 Research Expenditures in excess of $12M
RESEARCH AREAS Ᏽ Communications, Information, and Signals and Systems
Ᏽ Computer Engineering and Networking
Ᏽ Control, Robotics and Automation, and Synthetic Biology
Ᏽ Electrophysical Devices and Systems
Ᏽ Energy Sources and Systems
Ᏽ Illumination Science and Systems
Ᏽ Image Sciences
AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS Ᏽ NSF Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center | smartlighting.rpi.edu
Ᏽ NSF Engineering Research Center for Ultra-Wide-Area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission (CURENT)
Ᏽ NSF Engineering Research Center for Sub-Surface Sensing and Imaging Systems (CenSSIS)
Ᏽ Center for Future Energy Systems | rpi.edu/cfes
Ᏽ Center for Automation Technologies and Systems | cats.rpi.edu
ecseElectrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
at Rensselaer
Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL, COMPUTER AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
KIM BOYER,
DEPARTMENT HEAD
ANNUAL RESEARCH EXPENDITURES IN THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
50MILL ION
OVER$
(518) 276-2150
ECSE.RPI.EDU
ECSE.RPI.EDU
CONTACT US
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING QUICK FACTS
Ᏽ Founded in 1824, one of the oldest engineering schools in the country
Ᏽ Located in Troy, NY, 150 miles north of New York City, 175 miles west of Boston, at the gateway to the Adirondack State Park
Ᏽ 700 graduate students
Ᏽ 7 academic departments
Ᏽ 3,000 undergraduate students
Ᏽ 30% of first-year students were female (Fall 2011)
Ᏽ 15% of first-year students were underrepresented minorities (Fall 2012)
Ᏽ 70% of incoming first-year engineering students were in the top 10% of their graduating class
Ᏽ 30 degree programs (12 UG and 18 G)
Ᏽ 55,000 living alumni
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Ᏽ 12 Research Centers
Ᏽ 2 NSF Engineering Research Centers (ERC’s)
SCHOOL FACULTY
Ᏽ 165 faculty members
Ᏽ 21 endowed chairs or professorships
Ᏽ 11 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award winners in the last three years (2010-2012)
Ᏽ 37 Early Career Awards (e.g., NSF CAREER and other Young Investigator Awards) among current faculty
Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
Ᏽ Al-Hussein Abouzeid, Associate Professor Ᏽ Ishwara Bhat, Professor Ᏽ Kim Boyer, Professor and Department Head, Electrical, Computer, & Systems Engineering
Ᏽ Jeffrey Braunstein, Lecturer Ᏽ Joe Chow, Professor Ᏽ Tat-Sing (Paul) Chow, Professor Ᏽ Kenneth Connor, Professor Ᏽ Partha Dutta, Professor Ᏽ W. Randolph Franklin, Professor Ᏽ Lester Gerhardt, Professor Ᏽ Mona Hella, Associate Professor Ᏽ Zhaoran (Rena) Huang, Associate Professor Ᏽ Qiang Ji, Professor Ᏽ Anak A. Julius, Assistant Professor Ᏽ Junichi Kanai, Professor of Practice Ᏽ Koushik Kar, Associate Professor Ᏽ Robert Karlicek, Professor Ᏽ Russell Kraft, Lecturer Ᏽ Yannick Le Coz, Associate Professor Ᏽ Jian-Qiang (James) Lu, Professor Ᏽ John McDonald, Professor Ᏽ Leila Parsa, Associate Professor
Ᏽ Richard Radke, Associate Professor Ᏽ Sheppard Salon, Professor Ᏽ Arthur Sanderson, Professor Ᏽ Gary Saulnier, Professor and Associate Head for Undergraduate Studies
Ᏽ Shayla Sawyer, Assistant Professor Ᏽ Paul Schoch, Associate Professor Ᏽ E. Fred Schubert, Wellfleet Senior Constellation Professor, Future Chips
Ᏽ Jerry Selvaggi, Research Assistant Professor Ᏽ Michael Shur, Patricia W. and C. Sheldon Roberts ‘48 Chaired Professor in Solid State Electronics
Ᏽ Biplab Sikdar, Associate Professor Ᏽ Jian Sun, Professor Ᏽ Kenneth Vastola, Professor and Associate Head for Graduate Studies
Ᏽ John (Ting-Yung) Wen, Professor Ᏽ John Woods, Professor Ᏽ Michael Wozny, Professor and Associate Head for Operations and Curricular Affairs
Ᏽ Birsen Yazici, Professor Ᏽ Tong Zhang, Associate Professor
FACULTY
ECSE.RPI.EDU
ECSE Faculty includes: 14 IEEE Fellows; 7 NSF CAREER Award winners; 1 Naval Young Investigator Award winner; 2 Jefferson Science Fellows; 6 Fellows of multiple learned societies.
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Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERINGSCHOOL OF ENGINEERING QUICK FACTS
Ᏽ Founded in 1824, one of the oldest engineering schools in the country
Ᏽ Located in Troy, NY, 150 miles north of New York City, 175 miles west of Boston, at the gateway to the Adirondack State Park
Ᏽ 700 graduate students
Ᏽ 7 academic departments
Ᏽ 3,000 undergraduate students
Ᏽ 30% of first-year students were female (Fall 2011)
Ᏽ 15% of first-year students were underrepresented minorities (Fall 2012)
Ᏽ 70% of incoming first-year engineering students were in the top 10% of their graduating class
Ᏽ 30 degree programs (12 UG and 18 G)
Ᏽ 55,000 living alumni
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Ᏽ 12 Research Centers
Ᏽ 2 NSF Engineering Research Centers (ERC’s)
SCHOOL FACULTY
Ᏽ 165 faculty members
Ᏽ 21 endowed chairs or professorships
Ᏽ 11 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award winners in the last three years (2010-2012)
Ᏽ 37 Early Career Awards (e.g., NSF CAREER and other Young Investigator Awards) among current faculty
STUDENTS133 Undergraduates 11 Masters 16 Doctoral
RANKED 22nd in US News & World Report Graduate Rankings
DEGREES OFFEREDIndustrial and Management Engineering (B.S., M.S., M.Eng.)
Systems Engineering and Technology Management (M.Eng.)
Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems (Ph.D.)
DEGREES AWARDED IN 2011 6 Ph.D. DSES 6 Master’s IME 5 Master’s SETM49 BS IME
GRADUATE STUDENT SUPPORT (FALL 2011)
100% of doctoral students received financial assistance
RESEARCH AREAS
SOCIAL AND COGNITIVE NETWORKS Ᏽ network science Ᏽ cognitive systems engineering Ᏽ resilience engineering Ᏽ performance modeling of neuro-prosthetics
Ᏽ pattern recognition and threat detection in social networks
Ᏽ emergent and improvisational responses of organizations to unplanned events
ADAPTIVE SUPPLY CHAINS Ᏽ game theory based modeling of supply chains
Ᏽ network design and scheduling in infrastructure restoration
Ᏽ scheduling of semiconductor manufacturing operations
Ᏽ logistics of disaster response Ᏽ application of sensor data in real time materials management
AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS Ᏽ U.S. Army Research Lab (ARL) Social Network Academic Research Center | scnarc.rpi.edu
Ᏽ Center for Automation Technologies and Systems | cats.rpi.edu
DR. CHARLES J. MALMBORG
DEPARTMENT HEAD
ANNUAL RESEARCH EXPENDITURES IN THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
50MILL ION
OVER$
FACULTY
Ᏽ Mohamed Aboul-Seoud, Lecturer Ᏽ Wai-Kin “Victor” Chan, Associate Professor Ᏽ Mark J. Embrechts, Associate Professor Ᏽ William J. Foley, Lecturer Ᏽ Cheng Hsu, Professor Ᏽ Charles J. Malmborg, Professor Ᏽ David Mendonça, Associate Professor Ᏽ Jennifer Ryan, Associate Professor Ᏽ Thomas Sharkey, Assistant Professor Ᏽ William “Al” Wallace, Professor Ᏽ Thomas R. Willemain, Professor
CONTACT US(518) 276-2773
ISE.RPI.EDU
ISE.RPI.EDU
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Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL, AEROSPACE, AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERINGSTUDENTS
1,113 Undergraduates 147 Graduate
US NEWS & WORLD REPORT RANKINGS Aeronautical Engineering 19 Mechanical Engineering 27 Nuclear Engineering 13
DEGREES OFFEREDAeronautical Engineering (B.S., M.Eng., M.S., Ph.D.)
Engineering Physics (M.S., Ph.D.)
Mechanical Engineering (B.S., M.Eng., M.S., Ph.D.)
Nuclear Engineering (B.S., M.Eng., MS )
Nuclear Engineering & Science (Ph.D.)
DEGREES AWARDED IN AY 2011 303 Bachelors 45 Masters 18 Ph.D.
GRADUATE STUDENT SUPPORT (FALL 2011)
95% of current full-time doctoral students received financial assistance
AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS Ᏽ Center for Automation Technologies and Systems | cats.rpi.edu
Ᏽ Center for Flow Physics and Control www.scer.rpi.edu/cefpac
Ᏽ Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine www.scer.rpi.edu/cemsim
Ᏽ Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations | ccni.rpi.edu
Ᏽ Center for Engineering-based Patient Modeling | cepm.rpi.edu
Ᏽ Scientific Computation Research Center | scorec.rpi.edu
RESEARCH AREAS
AERONAUTICS Ᏽ Active Flow Control Ᏽ Theoretical & Computational Aerodynamics
APPLIED MECHANICS/MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
Ᏽ Multi-scale Modeling of Materials Ᏽ Nano-Mechanics
DESIGN/MANUFACTURING Ᏽ Fuel Cell Design and Manufactruing Ᏽ Advanced Composites Manufacturing Ᏽ Micro- and Nano-scale Manufacturing
ENERGY SYSTEMS AND HEAT TRANSFER Ᏽ Electronics Cooling Ᏽ Micro- and Nano-scale Heat transfer
FLUID MECHANICS Ᏽ Interfacial, Multi-phase & Turbulent Flows Ᏽ Theoretical, Computational and Experimental Techniques
NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS Ᏽ Reactor Physics Ᏽ Nuclear Materials
SPACE TECHNOLOGY Ᏽ Micro-Satellites Ᏽ Cooperating Spacecraft
RADIATION TECHNOLOGIES Ᏽ Nuclear Detectors Ᏽ X-ray and Neutron Physics
DR. SUVRANU DE
DEPARTMENT HEAD
ANNUAL RESEARCH EXPENDITURES IN THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
50MILL ION
OVER$
CONTACT US(518) 276-6351
MANE.RPI.EDU
MANE.RPI.EDU
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING QUICK FACTS
Ᏽ Founded in 1824, one of the oldest engineering schools in the country
Ᏽ Located in Troy, NY, 150 miles north of New York City, 175 miles west of Boston, at the gateway to the Adirondack State Park
Ᏽ 700 graduate students
Ᏽ 7 academic departments
Ᏽ 3,000 undergraduate students
Ᏽ 30% of first-year students were female (Fall 2011)
Ᏽ 15% of first-year students were underrepresented minorities (Fall 2012)
Ᏽ 70% of incoming first-year engineering students were in the top 10% of their graduating class
Ᏽ 30 degree programs (12 UG and 18 G)
Ᏽ 55,000 living alumni
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Ᏽ 12 Research Centers
Ᏽ 2 NSF Engineering Research Centers (ERC’s)
SCHOOL FACULTY
Ᏽ 165 faculty members
Ᏽ 21 endowed chairs or professorships
Ᏽ 11 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award winners in the last three years (2010-2012)
Ᏽ 37 Early Career Awards (e.g., NSF CAREER and other Young Investigator Awards) among current faculty
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering
Ᏽ Michael Amitay, James L. Decker ’45 Endowed Chair in Aerospace Engineering
Ᏽ Kurt Anderson, Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, School of Engineering
Ᏽ Steven Antal, Research Associate Professor Ᏽ Riccardo Bevilacqua, Assistant Professor Ᏽ Thierry Blanchet, Professor Ᏽ Diana-Andra Borca-Tasciuc, Associate Professor Ᏽ Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc, Associate Professor Ᏽ Peter Caracappa, Lecturer Ᏽ Yaron Danon, Professor Ᏽ Suvranu De, Professor, Department Head Ᏽ Farhan Gandhi, Rosalind and John J. Redfern Jr. ’33 Professor of Engineering
Ᏽ Prabhat Hajela, Professor, Acting Provost and Dean, Office of Undergraduate Education
Ᏽ Thomas Haley, Lecturer Ᏽ Jason Hicken, Assistant Professor Ᏽ Amir Hirsa, Professor Ᏽ Joshua Hurst, Lecturer Ᏽ Michael Jensen, Professor Ᏽ Wei Ji, Assistant Professor Ᏽ Deborah Kaminski, Professor Ᏽ Nikhil Koratkar, John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Professor of Engineering
Ᏽ Chia Min Leong, Lecturer Ᏽ Jie Lian, Assistant Professor Ᏽ Li (Emily) Liu, Assistant Professor Ᏽ Bimal Malaviya, Professor
Ᏽ Antoinette Maniatty, Professor Ᏽ Sandipan Mishra, Assistant Professor Ᏽ Wallace Morris II, Lecturer Ᏽ Assad Oberai, Professor Ᏽ Matthew Oehlschlaeger, Associate Professor Ᏽ Yoav Peles, Professor and Associate Department Head for Graduate Studies
Ᏽ Catalin Picu, Professor and Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Studies
Ᏽ Michael Podowski, Professor Ᏽ Zvi Rusak, Professor Ᏽ Onkar Sahni, Assistant Professor Ᏽ Johnson Samuel, Assistant Professor Ᏽ Henry Scarton, Associate Professor Ᏽ Mark Shephard, Samuel A. Johnson ‘37 and Elizabeth C. Johnson Professor of Engineering
Ᏽ Richard Smith, Professor Ᏽ Zahra Sotoudeh, Assistant Professor Ᏽ Sastry Sreepada, Professor of Practice Ᏽ Mark Steiner, Professor of Practice Ᏽ Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Research Assistant Professor Ᏽ Burt Swersey, Lecturer Ᏽ John Tichy, Professor Ᏽ Daniel Walczyk, Professor Ᏽ Xie (George) Xu, Professor and Program Head, Nuclear Engineering
Ᏽ Lucy Zhang, Associate Professor Ᏽ Wei Zhou, Lecturer
FACULTY
MANE.RPI.EDU
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STUDENTS 93 Undergraduates 5 Masters 54 Doctoral
RANKED 19th in US News & World Report Graduate Rankings
DEGREES OFFEREDMaterials Engineering (B.S., M.Eng., M.S., Ph.D.)
GRADUATE STUDENT SUPPORT (FALL 2011)
95% of doctoral students received financial assistance
AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS Ᏽ Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS) biotech.rpi.edu
Ᏽ Center for Future Energy Systems (CFES) rpi.edu/cfes
Ᏽ Center for Integrated Electronics (CIE) rpi.edu/dept/cie
Ᏽ Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations (CCNI) ccni.rpi.edu
Ᏽ The Focus Center - New York Rensselaer rpi.edu/dept/cie/fc-ny
Ᏽ Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center (RNC) rpi.edu/dept/nsec
Ᏽ Scientific Computation Research Center (SCOREC) scorec.rpi.edu
Ᏽ Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center (ERC) smartlighting.rpi.edu
RESEARCH AREAS
MATERIALS PROCESSING Ᏽ Advanced Metallurgical Systems
Ᏽ The Materials-Biology Interface
MATERIALS FOR MICROELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
Ᏽ Semiconductor Nanostructures
Ᏽ Electronic Properties of Thin Films
GLASSES AND CERAMICS Ᏽ Metallic Glasses
Ᏽ Glass structure and chemistry
NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS Ᏽ Polymer Nanocomposites
Ᏽ Biotic-Abiotic Composites
COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE Ᏽ Nanoscale Thermal Properties
Ᏽ Materials Under Extreme Conditions
NANOMATERIALS Ᏽ Nanoparticle – Protein Interactions
Ᏽ Nanostructured Thermoelectrics
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
ANNUAL RESEARCH EXPENDITURES IN THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
50MILL ION
OVER$
MSE.RPI.EDU
DR. ROBERT HULL
DEPARTMENT HEAD
(518) 276-6372
MSE.RPI.EDU
CONTACT US
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING QUICK FACTS
Ᏽ Founded in 1824, one of the oldest engineering schools in the country
Ᏽ Located in Troy, NY, 150 miles north of New York City, 175 miles west of Boston, at the gateway to the Adirondack State Park
Ᏽ 700 graduate students
Ᏽ 7 academic departments
Ᏽ 3,000 undergraduate students
Ᏽ 30% of first-year students were female (Fall 2011)
Ᏽ 15% of first-year students were underrepresented minorities (Fall 2012)
Ᏽ 70% of incoming first-year engineering students were in the top 10% of their graduating class
Ᏽ 30 degree programs (12 UG and 18 G)
Ᏽ 55,000 living alumni
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Ᏽ 12 Research Centers
Ᏽ 2 NSF Engineering Research Centers (ERC’s)
SCHOOL FACULTY
Ᏽ 165 faculty members
Ᏽ 21 endowed chairs or professorships
Ᏽ 11 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award winners in the last three years (2010-2012)
Ᏽ 37 Early Career Awards (e.g., NSF CAREER and other Young Investigator Awards) among current faculty
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
FACULTY
MSE.RPI.EDU
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Ᏽ Ying Chen, Assistant Professor
Ᏽ David Duquette, John Tod Horton ‘52 Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Ᏽ Daniel Gall, Professor
Ᏽ Ramanath Ganapathiraman, Professor
Ᏽ Liping Huang, Assistant Professor
Ᏽ Robert Hull, Henry Burlage Chaired Professor of Engineering and Department Head, Materials Science and Engineering
Ᏽ Pawel Keblinski, Professor
Ᏽ Daniel Lewis, Associate Professor
Ᏽ Robert Messler Jr., Professor
Ᏽ Rahmi Ozisik, Associate Professor
Ᏽ Linda Schadler, Russell Sage Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Engineering
Ᏽ Yufeng Shi, Assistant Professor
Ᏽ Richard Siegel, Robert W. Hunt Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Ᏽ Minoru Tomozawa, Professor
Ᏽ Roger Wright, Professor
