Cap Reg NY Hass Tech Educ Community (HTEC) Conf, co-hosted by HVCC & RPI, held its morning session at RPI today. Focus of session was on ways to bring CNC machine tools and technology into their curriculum. Attendees from K-12, BOCES, 2-yr & 4-yr colleges attended.

Congratulations Briana Deleon (civil eng) for receiving the William P. (Willie) Stanton Award for outstanding contributions to the service of RPI student body. 'Unbeknownst to her, she inspires others with her bright personality, enthusiasm, and hard work.' #rpi2024 #RPI200

Ben Viner ’24, dual major in aero & mech eng, 2 minors–music performance & architectural acoustics. Outside the classroom, he was part of RPI Engineering Ambassadors, served as 157th Grand Marshal, and played in the Rensselaer Music Association. #RPI2024 bit.ly/3QPohcj

President Martin A. Schmidt ’81, Ph.D.: “Today you are graduating into a world poised to be transformed by emerging technologies like AI and quantum and you, too, are going to be shaping revolutions.” #RPI2024 #RPI200

Congratulations Jacob Croce ‘24 (chemical engineering)! #rpi2024 #rpi200

.RPIEngineering researchers have created a device no wider than a human hair to help answer big questions about the universe. shorturl.at/T8soE

Congratulations to Luigi Vanfretti ’07G, ’09 Ph.D., professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, who won the U Calgary Visiting Scholar Award.

Congrats to Professor Rich Radke, who won the IEEE Signal Processing Society Regional Distinguished Teacher Award for his contributions to signal processing education and his inventive approach to immersing students in the field of generative AI. bit.ly/3RAeJ5r

Today began the two-week CHIPS Summer Immersive Program and STEAMM Inventor Studio. We welcome students from local area high schools, Hudson Valley Community College, Prairie View A&M University, National Taipei University, Taiwan, and Nagoya University, Japan.

Dr. Xavier Intes (biomedical eng) has been named J. Erik Jonsson ’22 Distinguished Professor at RPI. An endowed chaired professorship is among the highest honors given a faculty member at RPI. Please congratulate Xavier on this well-deserved recognition of his accomplishments!

CHIPS Summer Immersive Prog & STEAMM Inventor Studio toured Manufacturing Innovation Learning Lab (MILL) to see the forward-looking mfg learning environment & industry-grade equipment where students learn design, process engineering, and rapid prototyping used in industry.

Don't miss our upcoming NORDTECH Workforce Development Summit at @RPI on July 18th, 9-5 pm in Troy, NY. Panels, breakout sessions, and more. Registration is free but sign up before July 15 at 5 pm. Register here: bit.ly/4cBuiBR #NORDTECH #RPI #WorkforceDevelopment

Summer Immersive Program students visit Robotics Lab to see work on design/building of robots & their electrical systems & software. Then visited Mercer XLab where students & faculty build innovations, collaborations, share technical tools, etc. to multiply impact of innovators.

NORDTECH is partnering with Rensselaer to host a Workforce Development Summit today. This event brings together leaders to discuss semiconductor-focused WFD efforts in NYS and supports national initiatives like the CHIPS & Science Act and NSTC. More here: bit.ly/4f3LQZn

Thank you to our panelists for a thoughtful conversation about building the semiconductor workforce to support chips research and production in the U.S., and to Martin Schmidt, President, Rensselaer for moderating. @NYCREATES University at Albany Cornell University IBM U.S. National Science Foundation Micron Technology Tokyo Electron US

With aspirations to become an industrial/supply chain engineer, Andrew Lee learned how his interests intersect with the semiconductor industry through the RPI-HVCC Semiconductor Scholars Program. He spoke today at Northeast Regional Defense Technology Hub's #WorkforceDevelopment Summit.

Dean Garde talks RPI, chips, and more with the Times Union. #RPI #chips timesunion.com/environment/ar…

Ozioma Ozioko, a doctoral student in Mechanical Engineering, is on a mission to give her home country of Nigeria — and the rest of the world — ready access to solar energy. Learn more: news.rpi.edu/2024/08/19/sol…

Honoring our brave first responders who fearlessly climbed 110 stories within the World Trade Center 23 years ago. Today, our ROTC students took to the Louis Rubin Memorial Approach in their memory. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten. #NeverForget