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The RPI Chapter of the Alpha Pi Mu Honor Society initiated eight new members on November 12. Pictured here from left to right are Avery Halpern, Grace Lee, Julianna Demers, Alpha Pi Mu President - Cooper Carr, Tom Bertram, Alex Mele, Vivian Rost-Nasshan, and Vasili Chasabenis. Missing from the photo is Rachael Saldubehere. Congratulations to our students!
Several RPI faculty, students and alumni recently attended and presented at the INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA. Pictured here is Dr. Yinan Wang, Jiayu Liu, Yue Zhao, Junfeng Wu, Dr. Jennifer Pazour, Mariana Losada Agudelo, Thanaphorn Sornprom, Ran Hu, Batuhan Celik, Dr. Bahar Cavdar, Lucky Cho, Dr. Shahab Mofidi, Dr. Diego Moran Ramirez, Dr. James Bailey, Zulal Isler Ardic, Carlos Morel Figueroa, Youssef Nsouli, John Nichols, Dr. Emily Liu, Dr. Haolin Yang.
The ISE Department recently celebrated Mid Autumn Festival with our undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff. The department listened to music, ate delicious snacks, and enjoyed each other’s company. We plan to have more cultural celebrations in the future!
The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering proudly celebrates Dr. Azita Hirsa, recipient of the Rensselaer Alumni Association (RAA) Teaching Award.
Established in 1994, the RAA Teaching Award honors faculty who demonstrate creative and innovative teaching, deep commitment to student success, and a lasting impact on the Rensselaer learning experience.
Alex Ngan from ZOLL Medical and an RPI Alum, recently was a guest speaker at Dr. Nima Ahmadi’s course, Human Performance Modeling and Support. The title of Alex’s talk was Leveraging Human Factors in Healthcare. Students enjoyed learning about how ZOLL Medical Acute Care Technology Division is developing medical devices such as ventilators, defibrillators, patient monitors, and AEDs.
RPI's Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) department is actively recruiting to fill several fully funded PhD positions in optimization, data science, manufacturing systems, supply chain and logistics.
To learn more, we encourage you to attend our webinar on November 7th, 2025, from 8:30am to 9:30am EST. All information session attendees will receive an application fee waiver.
Webinar registration
Please join ISE on Wednesday, October 15 at 10:00 AM in CII 3130 for a colloquium featuring Dr. Gustavo Angulo's research on Robust Admission Via Two-Stage Matching under Ranking Uncertainty!
Co-Terminal/Accelerated Master's Program
Information Session
All interested students are welcome!
Learn about the ISE master's programs:
Industrial and Management Engineering (IME)
Systems Engineering and Technology Management (SETM)
September 24, 2025
1-2pm ET
Students in Dr. Azita Hirsa’s STSO-4100 Professional Development – Technical Issues and Solutions took class on the road to Pat’s Barn for an afternoon of:
✅ Engineering ethics
✅ Effective communication
✅ Great food & even better conversation
Our amazing undergrads — the next generation of change-makers — brought the energy, ideas, and teamwork that made this session unforgettable.
Join The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on August 12 for a webinar on creating more resilient supply chains using the latest insights from the mathematical sciences. Speakers will discuss their work on optimizing supply chains, including ways to address drug shortages, improve military logistics, and leverage on-demand manufacturing. Dr. Jennifer Pazour will be one of the speakers.
RPI News
A team led by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has made a breakthrough in semiconductor development that could reshape the way we produce computer chips, optoelectronics and quantum computing devices.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) recently held an Investiture ceremony to formally recognize Shekhar Garde, Ph.D., as the Thomas R. Farino, Jr. ’67 and Patricia E. Farino Dean of the School of Engineering, a significant moment for the Institute that will strengthen engineering at RPI across education, research, and the student experience.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has launched the Semiconductor CoLab at NY Creates' Albany NanoTech Complex, establishing a dedicated 6,000-square-foot facility designed to advance semiconductor research and strengthen academic programming in microelectronics. The facility positions RPI as a key contributor to the nation's semiconductor research infrastructure.
Event will showcase the future of manufacturing education, research, and career opportunities at the nation’s first technological university
Shaowu Pan, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical, aerospace, and nuclear engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), has recently received two prestigious awards recognizing his work to solve some of engineering’s most difficult challenges.
