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Research plays an integral role in the pursuit of Rensselaer’s vision for the future.

In recent years, Rensselaer has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to build world-class facilities that allow our research leaders to advance the frontiers of human possibility. Rensselaer also structures research activities in ways that help spark new and dazzling insights. Our research constellations bring together some of the brightest stars in academia in teams that include undergraduates as well as faculty members and graduate students.

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Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies * Center for Biotechnology
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Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations

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The research center ranks among the world’s most advanced facilities focused on the application of engineering and the physical and information sciences to the life sciences. One of the world’s most powerful university-based supercomputing centers, CCNI advances semiconductor technology at the nanoscale, and is enabling key nanotechnology innovations in the fields of energy, biotechnology, new materials, arts, and medicine.
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Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center * Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center * Margaret A. and David M. Darrin ’40 Fresh Water Institute *

Darrin Fresh
Water Institute

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With an impact reaching across the entire spectrum of the Rensselaer experience, EMPAC provides students, researchers, artists, and audiences with opportunities to link the arts with leading-edge research and performance. The DFWI operates a state-of-the-art field station, situated on the crystalline Lake George at the foot of the Adirondack Mountains. The DFWI is widely regarded for its all-encompassing study of freshwaters.
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W.M. Keck Laboratory for Terahertz Science and Technology * W.M. Keck Laboratory
for Terahertz Science
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George M. Low
Center for Industrial
Innovation
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Terahertz (THz) research faculty and students are working to overcome the technical challenges inhibiting the wider commercial use of T-rays, particularly within biomedicine and information technology. The CII hosts major interdisciplinary research centers, including microelectronics, scientific computation, and automation systems, and a 10,000 square-foot Class 100 clean room.
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