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* About the School of Science

We look for students with a wide variety of interests and career goals.

We seek students who are interested in becoming scientists likely to pursue a Ph.D. (or M.D.) and go into research. We also seek students who are not looking to become scientists — who recognize that, in our technological world, a science education is an excellent starting place for a wide variety of careers. Students in this group will become doctors and dentists and lawyers, or go into business, finance, public service, or other rewarding careers.

The common thread is that all of our students are excited about the importance of science and technology. They recognize that the “big issues” society will face in the new century will be heavily science-based.

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School of Science Stats

Undergraduate Students: 1052
Graduate Students: 337
Research Staff Members: 96

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Headlines
Rensselaer Professor Fengyan Li Awarded Sloan Research Fellowship

Fengyan Li, assistant professor of mathematical sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been named a 2008 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow. Li is among a group of 118 fellows from 64 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada who have been recognized for conducting research at the frontiers of physics, chemistry, mathematics, neuroscience, economics, computer science, and computational and evolutionary molecular biology. Read more.
Professor Toh-Ming Lu Named Fellow of the Materials Research Society

Toh-Ming Lu, the R.P. Baker Distinguished Professor of Physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been named a lifetime fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS). The MRS has recognized Lu for his contributions to the advancement of materials research, specifically his “seminal contributions to the fundamental understanding of thin film morphological evolution.”

This is the first year that MRS has named a class of fellows. Lu joins a distinguished group that includes 34 researchers for their outstanding contributions to the field. He will be formally honored during the 2008 MRS Spring Meeting on March 26, 2008, in San Francisco. Read more.

Carbon Nanotubes Outperform Copper Nanowires as Interconnects

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a road map that brings academia and the semiconductor industry one step closer to realizing carbon nanotube interconnects, and alleviating the current bottleneck of information flow that is limiting the potential of computer chips in everything from personal computers to portable music players. Read more.

Student Web Language Gains International Recognition

Working and learning in a community that includes students and researchers from around the world can lead to the occasional language barrier. Luckily, we can quickly adapt and work out ways to cross these barriers. Unfortunately, our computers run into language barriers all the time and until recently had no way of crossing the communication gap, greatly limiting their functionality and stalling further advancement of the World Wide Web.

Gregory Williams, a Rensselaer doctoral student in computer science who works in the new Tetherless World Constellation, single-handedly implemented a Web language that allows Web sites to speak and share data with one another. His language was given high marks by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and will form a baseline for other companies and researchers to build upon. Read more.

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Focus On... Undergraduate Research

Experience the satisfaction of taking new ideas, make them work, and discover something unknown.

Meet some of our current undergraduate researchers.

Learn more.

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Focus On... Accelerated B.S./Ph.D Program

You could cross the stage at graduation to receive your Ph.D. as one of the pioneers of a new accelerated program offered by the School of Science.

Earn a head start that provides a great time advantage. Plus, there is no need for graduate applications and no question about graduate school acceptance; you will already be admitted!

Your next stop after graduation could be a fellowship at the Institute for Genomics Research, or the Fermi Laboratories, or the National Aeronautics and Space Association... all at the age of 25.

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Coming Soon

Biology Symposium

Thursday, May 22, 2008
Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies

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Contact the School of Science

Wei Zhao, Dean of Science
zhaow3@rpi.edu (518) 276-6305

Samuel C. Wait Jr., Associate Dean
waitsc@rpi.edu (518) 276-6305

David Spooner, Associate Dean of Science and Information Technology
spoond@rpi.edu (518) 276-6305

William L. Siegmann, Associate Dean of Graduate Education and Research
siegmw@rpi.edu (518) 276-6905
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