Center for Future Energy Systems
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th Street
Troy, NY USA 12180-3590
(518) 276-6754
Fax: (518) 276-4897
e-Mail:
cfes@rpi.edu


Announcement:
 

Professor G. Ramanath of the Materials Science and Engineering Department has been appointed Director of the Center for Future Energy Systems (CFES), effective May 1, 2008. Ramanath is a nationally and internationally recognized researcher in the area of nanomaterials and thin films. During his 10 years at Rensselaer, he has developed a thriving research program in nanomaterials synthesis, directed assembly and property measurements for applications in emerging nanodevice and energy technologies, published extensively in the best journals, presented regularly at international conferences and won prestigious awards. He has received significant peer-reviewed funding from several federal and state agencies and industrial sources, including the National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, Semiconductor Research Corporation, MARCO-DARPA, US -Israel Binational Science Foundation, IBM, Novellus, Philip Morris USA, Honda Research, and NYSTAR. In addition, he has been active in organizing and participating in cross-continental scientific exchange programs and visits for the USA with India , Japan and Australia .


Professor Ramanath's broad research and leadership experience will ensure that CFES will continue to develop into a focused, well-funded, highly recognized, and dynamic energy and energy sustainability research center. In collaboration with faculty, staff and students from all schools and departments and in partnership with other institutions, he will build diverse research programs and solve important problems that derive from practical needs in the energy industry. These research programs will leverage Rensselaer Rensselaer's strengths in materials, computation, sensors, automation, simulation, and biotechnology.

Prof. Ramanath's webpage: www.rpi.edu/dept/materials/GR

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