News and Events

ISE Faculty are hosting a webinar to provide information about the Ph.D. program in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering on December 18, 2023, at 9.00 am (EST). Ph.D. application fees will be waived for webinar attendees.
Students in Dr. Ahmadi's Human Performance Modeling
Students in the Human Performance Modeling Course at Rensselaer Augmented and Virtual Environment (RAVE) taught by Dr. Nima Ahmadi recently delved into the realms of Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and cutting-edge wearables. Their objective: get familiar with EmbracePlus, Tobii Pro Glasses 2, and the immersive VR and AR experiences provided by the HTC Vive Pro 2.
Dr. Yinan Wang was recently selected as a Scialog Fellow for Automating Chemical Laboratories, a new three-year initiation co-sponsored by Research Corporation for Science Advancement and the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. He will attend the first Scialog meeting in April 2024.  The scope of Scialog in Automating Chemical Laboratories is to promote advances in automated instrumentation and artificial intelligence (AI) in chemical and biological laboratories.
Several ISE Department faculty and grad students attended and presented at the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Meeting in Phoenix. Arizona in October, 2023. The thousands of presentations available at the meeting were united by a common theme of harnessing the data revolution...all with the power of OR/MS.
Industrial Engineers
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of industrial engineers has been projected to grow 12 percent from 2022 to 2032, much faster than the average for other occupations. About 22,800 openings for industrial engineers are projected each year, on average, over the decade.

Institute News

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has announced the addition of Thomas G. Capek ’86, senior vice president and chief engineer at Corning Incorporated, to Rensselaer’s Board of Trustees. Corning is one of the world's leading innovators in materials science and has a longstanding relationship with RPI supporting research, philanthropy, and student recruitment. Capek previously served on the Dean’s Leadership Council in RPI’s School of Engineering. As a Board of Trustees member, Capek sits on the Academic Affairs and Research Committee and the Student Life Committee.
A team led by scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has 3D-printed hair follicles in human skin tissue cultured in the lab. This marks the first time researchers have used the technology to generate hair follicles, which play an important role in skin healing and function.
Nikhil Koratkar, Ph.D., John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Professor of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). Koratkar was recognized for his pioneering contributions to the field of nanoscale science and technology and the use of nanoscale materials in composites and energy storage devices. Each year, no more than 0.05% of the society membership is recognized by their peers for election to the status of fellow of the American Physical Society.
Transistors — the tiny on-off switches inside microchips — have gotten smaller and smaller over the years, increasing computing power and enabling smaller devices. During that time, the copper wires that connect these switches have likewise shrunk. However, smaller, thinner wires create a big problem, said Daniel Gall, professor of materials science and engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Using artificial intelligence tools to analyze years of biomedical data, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered a possible connection between sleep, gastrointestinal health, and two potentially harmful behaviors often associated with profound autism: self-injury and aggression. Their study is published in the Journal of Personalized Medicine.