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April 21, 2003
  Governor Selects Rensselaer to Manage Upper Hudson Satellite Center; Will Promote Research and Education to Protect the Hudson and Rivers of the World
 
 
 
Photo courtesy of the DFWI/John Wimbush
Governor George E. Pataki has announced that Rensselaer will manage the Upper Hudson Satellite Center that will be part of the Rivers & Estuaries Center on the Hudson — a world-class institute for the study of rivers and estuaries. Columbia University will manage the Lower Hudson Satellite Center. More

Arcak Receives NSF CAREER Award

 

Murat Arcak, assistant professor of electrical, computer, and systems engineering at Rensselaer, was awarded a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation.

The CAREER Award, which carries with it a $400,000 grant, is the most prestigious award given to young faculty members. Arcak will use the grant to advance his study of nonlinear control systems, and to apply them to fuel cells. More

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Lighting Research Center Receives $1.7 Million to "Capture the Daylight Dividends"

The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer is launching a new research program to investigate human performance and business benefits of harvesting daylight for use in office buildings. The “Capturing the Daylight Dividends” program is a collaborative effort between the LRC, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), and other organizations. More

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Net Results: IED Students Show Off “Ping Pong Robots” April 30

About 260 students enrolled in Introduction to Engineering Design (IED) will test and display their final projects for the semester, “Ping Pong Robots,” from 4 to 7 p.m. on April 30 in the Alumni Sports and Recreation Center. Campus is invited and encouraged to attend. More

Rensselaer Students Get Plans Rolling for a Community Skatepark

Rensselaer students in the Community Planning Workshop class have joined forces with local teens to develop a countywide, public skatepark. More

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Accepted Student Celebration

Rensselaer hosted more than 2,200 visitors to campus for Accepted Student Celebration on April 12. More than 800 accepted students and their families were welcomed to campus by President Jackson and Teresa Duffy, dean of enrollment management. They also met with faculty and current students and toured campus labs and facilities. “We have had tremendous feedback from the visitors that this campus, unlike any others they had visited, made them feel part of the community already,” said Duffy. “It took hundreds of you to make this feeling real — you have my thanks for all you did to make this day such a wonderful success.



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