David Mendonça Ph.D., '01, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering gave an ENGtalk entitled " Network Improvisation in Emergency Response: An Application to Debris Removal Operations ." ( ENGtalk : Little lectures on big ideas from Rensselaer engineers: selected faculty present brief lectures on some of the hottest topics in engineering.)
ISE News and Events
ISE Faculty Mark Embrechts is awarded US Patent # 8,744,557 on June 3, 2014 for his co-invention "Use of Machine Learning for Magetocariograms." This patent resulted from a collaboration between Prof. Embrechts and CardioMag Imaging in Latham, NY. ISE Faculty John Wen is awarded US Patent # 8.746,310 on June 10, 2014 for his co-invention "System and method for probe-based high precision spatial orientation control and assembly of parts for microassembly using computer vision." This patent resulted from a collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Mathworks highlights the user story of ISE Head, John Wen: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Speeds the Development of Robotic Control Systems .
Rethink Robotics produced a video of a Robot Assistant Jamster prototyped by John Wen and colleagues.
ISE Emeritus Professor Daniel Berg was honored with the Siwei Cheng Award at the International Academy of Information Technology and Quantitative Management ( ITQM) held on June 3-5 in Moscow, Russia. The award was named after Dr. Siwei Cheng, a renowned economist in China. Dr. Cheng personally presented the award to Dr. Dan Berg at ITQM 2014.
The Class of 2014 has another banner year in terms of job placement. ISE graduates will work in SABIC Engineering, Factset Research Systems, Deloitte, Regeneron, WL Gore, 1010data, Etransmedia, Loreal, Hartford Financial Group, Cisco, Apple, Goldman Sachs, Nestle, Schlumberger, Paull, Amphenol RF, IBM, Ralpha Lauren, US Postal Service, GlobalFoundries, Extreme Molding, Quest Global, Exxon-Mobile, US Marine Corp, UTC Aerosystems, Capital IQ. Several will go on with graduate schools, including RPI, University of Southern California, University of Kent.
Institute News
Blood sample analysis showed that, two to five years after they gave birth, mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) had several significantly different metabolite levels compared to mothers of typically developing children. That’s according to new research recently published in BMC Pediatrics by a multidisciplinary team from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Arizona State University, and the Mayo Clinic.
As communities across the United States struggle to manage a wave of COVID-19 infections, a multidisciplinary team of researchers argue that the pandemic has revealed the ways in which engineered structures and services have contributed to society’s challenges. They subsequently insist that the built environment — including both engineered structures and services — cannot be ignored when developing long-term pandemic mitigation.
TROY, N.Y. — A loss of enzymatic processes within the body can increase a person’s risk of bone fracture. This new insight was recently published in eLife by an international team of scientists and engineers led by Deepak Vashishth, the director of the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
The stress that COVID-19 has placed on medical facilities across the country highlights the need for safe, convenient, and functional surge capacity that can be used for hospital care or quarantine during a public health crisis.
In order for future lunar exploration missions to be successful and land more precisely, engineers must equip spacecraft with technologies that allow them to “see” where they are and travel to where they need to be. Finding specific locations amid the moon’s complicated topography is not a simple task.