Rensselaer Research Review Winter 2007-08
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Audio Podcast
Designing Safer Nuclear Reactors
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Rensselaer Will Lead a Three-year Project to Improve the Safety of Tomorrow's Re
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Rensselaer has the most powerful university-based supercomputer in the world. Now, a $3 million project joins Rensselaer’s supercomputer with the supercomputer found at Brookhaven National Laboratory, to boost the safety and reliability of next-generation nuclear power reactors. The project calls for the creation of highly detailed computer models of a new proposed type of nuclear reactor.  More...
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Undergraduate Research at Rensselaer
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Research isn’t just for professors or Ph.D. students. At Rensselaer, undergraduates are encouraged to investigate projects that interest them.
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Whether they participate through classes, part-time jobs, or special programs set up for research projects, our students enjoy the perks of working alongside some of the world’s leading researchers.
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Student Research: Interaction Between the Earth's Core and Mantle
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* Leslie Hayden, who recently earned her Ph.D. at Rensselaer, didn’t shy away from a controversial topic in her studies. *
Leslie Hayden
FOCUS ON: NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
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Magnesium Nanoblades Challenge Conventional Wisdom
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* Researchers at Rensselaer have created a razor-like material that is truly on the “cutting edge” of nanotechnology. *
Nano Blades
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Using Nanotubes To Detect and Repair Cracks in Aircraft Wings
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* Adding even a small amount of carbon nanotubes can go a long way toward enhancing the strength and safety of polymer composites. *
Nanotubes in Polymer
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The Sensitive Side of Carbon Nanotubes: Creating Powerful Pressure Sensors
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* Blocks of carbon nanotubes can create effective and powerful pressure sensors, according to a new study. *
Nanotube Pressure Sensing
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Seaweed Transformed
Into Stem Cell Technology
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Rensselaer engineers have transformed a polymer found in common brown seaweed into a device that can support the growth and release of stem cells at the site of a bodily injury or at the source of a disease.
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* Rensselaer Study Will Investigate Possible Risk Factors Associated With ALS
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Researchers in the Social and Behavioral Research Lab are leading a study to investigate potential environmental, lifestyle, and medical variables that may contribute to the onset of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
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First-of-Its-Kind Grant Fosters Research Partnership Between U.S. and Korea
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Chang Y. Ryu, polymer chemist from Rensselaer, is the recipient of a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support a partnership between American and Korean researchers.
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