Applied Geometry at Rensselaer

Rensselaer research focuses on:

• Geometric foundations of applied geometry.
• Surface modeling.
• Solid modeling.
• Robot path planning.
• Computational geometry.

Students studying applied geometry can take advantage of related courses in:

• Electrical Engineering.
• Mechanical Engineering.
• Computer Science.

Current Projects

Researchers work in the following areas:

• Problems dealing with surface design.
• Curve design.
• Robot path planning.
• Packing.
• Tiling.
• Computational geometry.
• Artificial intelligence as it applies to geometry.

Faculty Researchers

Harry McLaughlin
Bruce Piper