| Accolades
James Ferris, director of the New York Center for the Origins of Life and a research professor of chemistry, was invited to present an overview lecture on the topic "Catalysis and the Emergence of the RNA World" at the session "Origins and Distribution of Life in the Universe" at the Goldschmidt Conference in Geochemistry, Sept. 8-12 in Kurashiki, Japan. He also presented a paper on "A Laboratory Investigation of the Photochemical Generation of a Polymeric Haze in Titan's Atmosphere" at this meeting. 9/22/03
WRPI (91.5 FM) was recognized in Metroland’s 2003 “Best Of” issue as the “Best World News Radio Programming.” Metroland wrote: “Some of the most important radio broadcasts in the area during the build-up to and beginning of U.S. military intervention in Iraq came out of 1 WRPI Plaza. Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now! and the media criticism show Counterspin, put together by the media watchdog group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, offered local audiences perspective they couldn’t even dream of getting from Clear Channel.” 9/22/03
Raj Bawa ’87, adjunct assistant professor in the School of Science, presented two papers at the prestigious World Nano-Economic Congress, held Sept. 8-10 in Washington, D.C. Other speakers at the conference included Richard E. Smalley (Rice University) and David L. Tennenhouse (INTEL Corporation). Bawa is an expert in the business of nanotechnology. His research explores patent and business trends in nanotech-related inventions. In addition to his position at Rensselaer, Bawa is president of Bawa Biotechnology Consulting, LLC, in Arlington, Va. Bawa will speak at an Oct. 23 “Biotechnology: Innovation, Opportunity, and Commercialization” symposium at the Heffner Alumni House. 9/15/03
Aparna Gupta, assistant professor of decision sciences and and engineering systems, is among 83 of the nation's top young engineers who have been selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering's (NAE) ninth annual Frontiers of Engineering symposium. The three-day event will bring together engineers age 30 to 45 who are performing leading-edge engineering research and technical work. The participants — from industry, academia, and government — were nominated by fellow engineers or organizations and chosen from a field of nearly 170 applicants. “This century’s great achievements will involve the marriage of seemingly unrelated disciplines, like bioengineering and computer science,” said National Academy of Engineering President William A. Wulf. “It is gatherings like Frontiers of Engineering, which forge relationships among the brightest young engineers in a diverse range of fields, where future innovations will be initiated.” The symposium will be held Sept. 18-20 at the National Academies' Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center in Irvine, Calif., and will explore topics in environmental engineering, nanotechnology, counterterrorism technologies and infrastructure protection, and biomolecular computing. 9/15/03
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