RECRUITING TOP TALENT AND EMPOWERING WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH
Whether it is preparing Rensselaer students for world-changing careers or pursuing the applied research that will solve the problems and create the opportunities of the 21st century, one factor is key: our faculty. Recent years have seen a transformational growth in the size and interdisciplinary background of our faculty. Their research is driving new discoveries in everything from biomanufacturing and regenerative medicine to advanced networking and visualization to machine learning, as well as driving pedagogical innovations in the classroom. Campaign investment in endowed faculty will enhance our ability to attract and retain the forward-thinking researchers the world needs and the dedicated teachers our students deserve.
Changing the World Through Transformative Research
SHARPENED OUR RESEARCH FOCUS
Rensselaer is aggressively expanding its teaching and research capacity in the 21st century’s most necessary fields of inquiry and application with five SIGNATURE THRUSTS.
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE LIFE SCIENCES
Creating new routes to drug discovery and development, and understanding the fundamental mechanisms of disease, from Alzheimer’s and diabetes to cancer.
ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND SMART SYSTEMS
Exploring renewable technologies, energy efficiency, and the under- standing of global environmental change to preserve the biodiversity of the planet.
COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Focusing on high performance computing, big data, and data analytics, which supports research and innovation across a broad front.
NANOTECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED MATERIALS
Developing robust, affordable, and sustainable methods for manufacturing new functional hybrid materials, and the hierarchical systems and products based upon them.
MEDIA, ARTS, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY
Facilitating new approaches to networking, advanced visualization, sensor design, haptics, and multiscale modeling and simulation, which are supported by the core capabilities of EMPAC.