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  "/abby-j-kinchy": {
    "area": "Sociology of science Environmental politics Citizen science Social movements",
    "biography": "Abby Kinchy is a sociologist, working in the interdisciplinary field of science and technology studies (STS). Her research examines the relationship between science and democracy, with two main objectives: 1) to illuminate how science shapes politics and policy making, and 2) to understand changing forms of public participation in the making of science and technology. Kinchy's research and teaching focus on topics relating to agriculture, ecological sustainability, and environmental justice. Most recently, Kinchy's research has focused on the politics of \"citizen science\"--public participation in scientific research. Her book on this topic, co-authored with Aya H. Kimura, is Science by the People: Participation, Power, and the Politics of Environmental Knowledge (Rutgers, 2019). In addition, her current NSF-funded project, Nuestros Suelos/Our Soil, explores how citizen science could help urban communities to identify heavy metal contamination in soil and to advocate for solutions. She previously led the NSF-funded Watershed Knowledge Mapping Project, which examined the practices and politics of environmental monitoring in the context of shale gas development, or \"fracking.\" Kinchy's work extends beyond the politics of citizen science. She is the author of Seeds, Science, and Struggle: The Global Politics of Transgenic Crops (MIT, 2012). She is also a co-organizer of STS Underground, a research network that advances social science research on the technoscientific dimensions of mining, burial, and other forms of subterranean exploration.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Sociology and Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison M.S., Sociology and Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin B.S., Science, Technology and Society, Vassar College",
    "name": "Abby J. Kinchy",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Abbey.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Science and Technology Studies"
  },
  "/agung-julius": {
    "area": "Control, Robotics, and Automation",
    "biography": "A. Agung Julius is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute . He is also a faculty member of the Rensselaer Center for Automation Technologies and Systems . His research interests lie in the intersection of systems and control theory, systems biology, and theoretical computer science. He received the Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) in Indonesia in 1998, and an MSc and Doctoral degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Twente in the Netherlands, in 2001 and 2005, respectively. Prior to joining Rensselaer, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the GRASP Lab at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Julius co-authored papers that received the \"Best Application Paper Award\" at the 10th Int. Conf. on Ubiquitous Robots and Artificial Intelligence (URAI 2013), and a finalist for the \"Best Paper Award\" at the IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2013). At Rensselaer, he received the School of Engineering Award for Research Excellence (2016) and the James M. Tien'66 Early Career Award for Faculty (2017). Dr. Julius received an National Science Foundation CAREER award in 2010.",
    "education": "BS in Electrical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia MSc in Applied Mathematics, University of Twente, The Netherlands PhD in Applied Mathematics, University of Twente, The Netherlands Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, USA",
    "name": "Agung Julius",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/julius_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/akina-yura": {
    "biography": "Pianist Akina Yura joined the faculty at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2018. Her concerts have been heard throughout the United States, Europe, and her native Japan. She has performed as a guest recitalist in numerous concert series, including the Pianodrom International Piano Festival in Albania, the Kaleidoscope MusArt concert series, and the SUNY at Albany Performing Arts Center concert series. Furthermore, her appearances as a chamber musician include concerts as a collaborative pianist for the Castleman Quartet Program and the College of Saint Rose Camerata concert series. In addition to her position at RPI, Yura also serves on the piano faculty at The College of Saint Rose (Albany, NY) and maintains an active private studio. Her private students have been placed as top prize winners at national and international piano competitions. She is also a co-founder and co-director of Kaleidoscope MusArt, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Miami, FL, which focuses on the promotion of newly composed and rarely heard works along with standard masterworks of the classical canon. In addition to frequent performances in the concert series, Yura actively supports the management for the execution and growth of the organization\u2019s missions. Passionate in exploring a wide range of repertoire, Yura continues to incorporate both well-known classical works and new and underrepresented music in her performance and in her teaching. Her debut CD, Mutsuo Shishido Complete Works for Piano (MSR Classics) has been hailed by critics for \u201cfirst rate\u201d and \u201cfantastic playing... full of sensitive nuances\u201d [American Record Guide]. Fanfare Magazine critic Peter Burwasser wrote: \u201cI cannot imagine a better advocate for this music than the wonderful young pianist Akina Yura.\u201d She has also compiled and written the first extensive biography of the composer and provided analysis of his complete piano works. The project was funded by Presser Foundation. Yura holds a Bachelor of Music in piano performance from the University of Maryland, College Park, a Master of Music from Indiana University\u2019s Jacobs School of Music, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Miami\u2019s Frost School of Music. Her teachers include Santiago Rodriguez, Edward Auer, Shigeo Neriki, Mikhail Volchok, and Nathan Buckner.",
    "name": "Akina Yura",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/AkinaSmall.jpg",
    "title": "Music Fellow, Arts"
  },
  "/al-hiland": {
    "biography": "Alexander Hiland Ph.D is a Senior Lecturer in Communication & Media. After earning his doctorate from the University of Minnesota in 2017 he served as the Assistant Director of Debate at James Madison University and the Director of Forensics (speech and debate) at Texas Tech University. Dr. Hiland comes to RPI with 14 years of experience coaching students in competitive public speaking events and 11 years of teaching at the collegiate level. In the 2022-2023 Academic Year Dr. Hiland will be teaching Public Speaking and Communication Theory & Practice. Previously he has taught courses such as Argumentation & Debate, Communication in Social Movements, American Political Culture & Communication, Introduction to Research Methods, Freedom of Speech, and Communicating Terrorism. He has also worked extensively in preparing students and political candidates for public speaking events. Dr. Hiland also maintains an active research program at the intersection of rhetoric, politics, and speech pedagogy. His most prominent work is his 2019 book \"Presidential Power, Rhetoric, and the Terror Wars: The sovereign Presidency,\" which analyzes how Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama used presidential powers to pursue the War on Terror. He has also written on originalism and how it will likely influence Supreme Court decisions, especially on First Amendment issues. His writing has appeared in the William & Mary Bill of Rights Law Review. He has also published and presented on various approaches to debate as a pedagogical tool, especially in the post-secondary school setting. Currently he is continuing his research on originalism with his co-author Michael Smith focusing on how an originalist approach would change contemporary understandings of defamation law. He has recently begun data collection for a project about political podcasts and will be presenting a paper focusing on rhetoric about the war in Ukraine at the National Communication Association conference in November, 2022. He is also working on a manuscript that revisits Kennedy\u2019s Inaugural Address as a foundational statement on U.S. foreign policy.",
    "name": "Al Hiland",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Headshot_0.jpg",
    "title": "Sr. Lecturer, Communication and Media"
  },
  "/alan-desrochers": {
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D. (Purdue University)",
    "name": "Alan A Desrochers",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/AlanDesrocher.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/alex-gittens": {
    "area": "Kernel Methods Randomized Numerical Linear Algebra Large-scale Machine Learning Low-rank approximation and Sketching",
    "biography": "Before joining Rensselaer as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science in 2017, Dr. Gittens was a research scientist at eBay Research Labs and a postdoctoral scholar at the International Institute of Computer Science and the Department of Statistics, UC Berkeley. His interests lie in applying randomness to computational linear algebra, machine learning, and statistics, and are motivated by the goal of efficiently extracting information from massive data sets while maintaining guarantees on rigor and accuracy.",
    "education": "B.S. , Mathematics, University of Houston, 2006. B.S. , Electrical Engineering, University of Houston, 2006. PhD. , Applied and Computational Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, 2013.",
    "name": "Alex Gittens",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Gittens-faculty-headshot-500-by-500.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Computer Science"
  },
  "/alex-ma": {
    "area": "Chemical Education & STEM Outreach Test Development & Outcome Assessment Carbon Chemistry & Advanced Materials Polymers, Materials, and Energy Carbon Capture, Storage, Recycle, and Reuse",
    "biography": "Dr. Ma is active in the continued improvement of Chemical Education and STEM Outreach. He has offered various high school outreach programs for Summer @ Rensselaer. Dr. Ma is the co-lead for the I-Persist Chemistry Mentoring program. He is also the faculty advisor for the Chemistry Demo Team, Rensselaer Chemistry Society, and Phi Lambda Upsilon Chemistry Honor Society. Prior to joining Rensselaer in 2012 as the Freshman Chemistry Coordinator, Dr. Ma was the Director of Outcome Assessment and Program Evaluation for the School of Business and Technology at Excelsior College in Albany, NY.",
    "education": "Postdoc (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) - \"Electrical Conductivity of Poly-Benzyl-L-Glutamate\" Ph.D. Chemistry (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) - \"Molecular & Structural Determination of Pitch-Based Precursors for High Performance Carbon Fibers\" MS Chemistry (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) BS Chemical Engineering (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)",
    "name": "Alex Ma",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/maa4_AlexMa_SocialMedia%20%282%29.jpg",
    "title": "Sr. Lecturer, Chemistry and Chemical Biology"
  },
  "/alhussein-abouzeid": {
    "area": "Computer Networks Networked Systems IoT Smart Grid Vehicular Networks",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of Washington, Electrical Engineering M.S., University of Washington, Electrical Engineering B.S., Cairo University,Electronics and Communication Engineering",
    "name": "Alhussein Abouzeid",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/alhusseinaabouzeid.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/ali-shahsavari": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Ali Shahsavari",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/AliShahsavari.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/ali-tajer": {
    "area": "Machine Learning Information Theory",
    "biography": "http://ecse.rpi.edu/~tajer/",
    "education": "Postdoctoral (EE), Princeton University, 2010-2012 Ph.D. (EE), Columbia University, 2007-2010 M.A. (Statistics), Columbia University, 2008-2009 M.Sc. (EE), Sharif University of Technology, 2004 B.Sc. (EE), Sharif University of Technology, 2002",
    "name": "Ali Tajer",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/AT_pic.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/alicia-walf": {
    "area": "stress well-being emotion neuroplasticity",
    "biography": "RESEARCH Alicia Walf's research interests are fueled by the broad question: Why are there individual differences in stress? This question led her to studying hormones' actions for growth and plasticity in the brain and body. She has since refined my pursuit to include consideration of body, brain, and mind relationships as they relate to memory, perception, social cognition and emotions. A current focus is to understand the contextual variables important for these effects of hormones for these behavioral and cognitive processes. Dr. Walf has taken a cross-species and cross-discipline approach. Similarities across species for stress and hormone effects are important to note as they suggest common mechanisms across mammals, likely including humans as well, in the brain and body responses to challenges. Estradiol has novel actions for brain and body growth: Dr. Walf has investigated the effects, brain regions, and receptor targets of estradiol across endogenous cycles over the adult rodent lifespan as well as effects of different dosing of estradiol or other estrogenic drugs for affective behavior (e.g. stress, anxiety, fear) in the hippocampus and amygdala (regions of the limbic system). These studies in animal models corroborated what was being found in the clinical literature; that is, variability in the effects of estradiol were due to many contextual variables, including, the individuals' age, previous hormonal and behavioral experiences, stress responsiveness, and health. Despite these promising findings, the growth effects of estradiol required further consideration. A major consideration in studying steroid hormones, like estradiol, is that they cannot be contained; that is, they move through the circulatory system and cellular membranes in the brain as well as the rest of the body with relative ease. The specificity of steroids' effects lies in where receptors are and how steroids can act on them. Because a basic function of steroids is to induce growth, there is potential for increasing growth in estradiol-sensitive body tissues, associated with reproductive cancers. Studies supported by a grant from the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program demonstrated that estradiol's functional effects in the hippocampus, but not proliferation in the body, involve ERbeta, a newly-discovered type of estrogen receptor. These studies also demonstrated that the mechanisms of estradiol for affect/emotions and memory in the hippocampus are not as distinct as previously argued and may involve novel hormone targets. Dr. Walf's research productivity and use of novel approaches in the field was recognized by her receiving a competitive and prestigious award, the inaugural Luciano Martini Prize for Young Investigators in Neuroendocrinology, named in honor of a trailblazer in the study of neurosteroids. Hormones' rapid effects to alter behavior and behaviors' rapid effects to alter hormones: Dr. Walf's work in hormone mechanisms relating to cognitive and emotional aspects of stress focus on the rapid effects of hormones through novel receptor and intracellular signaling targets in brain regions, such as the reward pathway and limbic system. These studies contribute to the field by showing that the effects of hormones for behavior are bidirectional, with hormones altering many behaviors (e.g. reproduction, learning, social interactions, stress) as well as these behaviors themselves changing hormones, such as neurosteroids (steroid hormones made in the brain), and thereby brain plasticity. This is a key finding relating to how hormones may alter brain and behavioral plasticity, and has continued to drive her research. Individual differences in response to stress and hormones in the context of brain and body health: Dr. Walf's overarching current research aim is elucidating the mechanisms of hormones in the brain as integrators of the internal and external environment as it relates to stress and well-being. These studies are currently being conducted using different approaches in human subjects. Her drive for pursuing the research goals on understanding described above is not only fueled by curiosity, but to provide hands-on training and mentoring of students in research of these clinically-relevant questions relating to hormones in the brain and body. Students are welcome to contact Dr. Walf about getting involved in these studies. Short descriptions of current projects: 1) Studies on understanding well-being and mechanisms of contemplative practice within specific contexts are examples of current research investigating body and brain relationships as they are related to well-being and resiliency. For example, studies are ongoing about mindful/attentional practices for stress responding and higher cognitive processes, such as creativity. These are studies done to understand effects and mechanisms, but also to incorporate best practice in supporting growth, resiliency, and well-being in the classroom. 2) Another way to study hormones as integrators of the external and internal environment is to investigate these effects in collaboration with artists and architects. For example, Dr. Walf and collaborators investigate how artistic practice and performance and characteristics of built environments may alter cognitive performance and stress responses in human subjects. 3) To understand risk factors for age-related changes in emotional and cognitive function, in-person and web-based testing is being conducted. A novel risk factor being investigated is changes in sense of smell and whether olfactory training can be a potential prevention technique for Alzheimer's Disease and other neurodegenerative brain diseases. TEACHING Dr. Walf's focus on engaging in behaviors that encourage growth is not limited to research endpoints, but also her teaching approach and the behaviors that she engages in to support growth in the various communities she is part of and can support. Dr. Walf is committed to training, mentorship, and educational outreach. She is driven to support a diverse and inclusive environment in the classroom and beyond to promote well-being and resiliency to stress. Courses: Stress & the Brain Well-being: Cultivating Curiosity Understanding Empathy Sensibilities Hormones, Brain, & Behavior Behavioral Neuroscience Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience Cognition & the Brain",
    "education": "Ph.D., Behavioral Neuroscience, University at Albany",
    "name": "Alicia Walf",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/walf.jpeg",
    "title": "Sr. Lecturer, Program Coordinator Psychological Science, Cognitive Science"
  },
  "/allison-hoffman": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Allison Hoffman",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/amelia-peterson": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Amelia Peterson",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Adjunct Professor, Science and Technology Studies"
  },
  "/amir-h-hirsa": {
    "area": "Fluid Dynamics at Interfaces Surface Tension Phenomena Proteins at Liquid Surfaces",
    "biography": "Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; 2005 - present Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; 1996 - 2005 Associate Professor; 1990 - 1996 Assistant Professor, also, Associate Head for Graduate Studies (2007 \u2013 present) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; 2003 - 2009 Joint Appointment (by courtesy) Howard P. Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University of California in Santa Barbara, Department of Chemical Engineering; 1/'07 - present Visiting Professor Cornell University, School of Chemical Engineering 1/'00 - 12/'00 Visiting Associate Professor Naval Surface Warfare Center (Formerly David Taylor Research Center), Hydrodynamics Division, Code 1542, Bethesda, Maryland. 5/'92 - 8/'92 Faculty Research Fellow Editorial board member, Proceedings of The Royal Society (London) A: Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences (Proc. R. Soc. A)",
    "education": "Ph.D. University of Michigan",
    "name": "Amir H. Hirsa",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/hirsa_amir_web_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/amit-mathur": {
    "area": "Systems Modeling and Optimization Systems Requirements and Integration",
    "biography": "Programs Taught Systems Engineering Bio Amit Mathur is the Technology Development & Innovation Projects Lead for Lockheed Martin\u2019s Rotary & Mission Systems Global Sustainment Center for Excellence. Prior to his current role, Amit served as a Research Engineer for Qualtech Systems and a Principal Engineer and Scientist for Sikorsky Aircraft. Additionally, he has experience as a Systems and Software Engineer for Pratt & Whitney, and a Sustainment Technologies Engineer for Lockheed Martin. His expertise is in project planning and control, serving as the development team lead for technical management, business analysis, and design supervision. Amit enjoys addressing challenges related to systems engineering ranging from requirements analysis for new systems and products, to architecture modeling and detailed design. He is highly skilled in empirical and statistical modeling, model optimization, data analytic methods, and the development of forecasting algorithms. Throughout his career, Amit has experienced the evolution of technologies and business management methods and has realized the need for continuous learning in order to deliver value. Now as an instructor at Rensselaer, Amit mentors professionals to help them refine their approach to work, advance their careers, and achieve organizational success. Other Professional Experiences Sikorsky Aircraft \u2013 Principal Engineer/Scientist, Manager of Fleet Sustainment Technologies Pratt & Whitney \u2013 Principal Engineer Qualtech Systems, Inc. \u2013 R&D Engineering and Management University of Connecticut \u2013 Research and Teaching Assistant Indian Institute of Technology (Research & Teaching Assistant) Other Certificates and Licenses Member, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers IEEE Prognostics & Health Management (PHM) Society",
    "education": "B. Tech., Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur M. Tech., Electrical Engineering (Communications & Signal Processing), Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Systems & Controls), University of Connecticut",
    "name": "Amit Mathur",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Amit%20Mathur.jpg",
    "title": "Instructor Mentor, Rensselaer at Work"
  },
  "/ana-l-milanova": {
    "area": "Programming Langauges and Software Engineering Security",
    "biography": "Ana has been a faculty member at RPI since 2003. She works in programming languages, compilers, and software engineering. Her research centers around static program analysis and its applications in software productivity and security. Recent interests include taint analysis of Android apps, program analysis techniques for compilation into secure cryptographic protocols, and verification of machine learning libraries. Ana is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award and a Google Faculty Research Award.",
    "education": "Ph.D. 2003 Computer Science, Rutgers University. M.S. 1999 Computer Science, Rutgers University, B.A. 1997 Computer Science, American University in Bulgaria",
    "name": "Ana L. Milanova",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Milanova_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Computer Science"
  },
  "/andrew-burger": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Andrew Burger",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": ""
  },
  "/andrew-fitzgerald": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Andrew Fitzgerald",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Communication and Media"
  },
  "/andrew-saunders": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Andrew Saunders",
    "portrait": "http://",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, School of Architecture"
  },
  "/anna-dyson": {
    "area": "Building Architecture & Design Built Ecologies Building Energy Generation",
    "biography": "Anna Dyson teaches design, technology, and theory at the School of Architecture at Rensselaer. She is the director of The Center for Architecture, Science and Ecology (CASE) which hosts the Graduate Program in Architectural Sciences, concentration is Built Ecologies. She has worked as a design architect and product designer in several offices in Canada, Europe, and the United States. Her work has been exhibited in the MoMA Young Architects Series, and was a finalist in the international Next Generation Design Competition. Dyson holds multiple international patents for building systems inventions and is currently directing interdisciplinary research sponsored to develop new systems for on-site energy generation. Dyson received a Baccalaur\u00e9at G\u00e9n\u00e9ral from Universit\u00e9 Laval and a Master of Architecture from Yale University.",
    "education": "Universit\u00e0 di Siena, History of Architecture, 1989 Universit\u00e9 Laval, Baccalaur\u00e9at G\u00e9n\u00e9ral, 1990 Yale University, Masters of Architecture, 1996",
    "name": "Anna Dyson",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Dyson2012a.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor and Director, Center for Architecture Science and Ecology, School of Architecture"
  },
  "/anthony-titus": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Anthony Titus",
    "portrait": "http://",
    "title": "Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Architecture"
  },
  "/antoinette-m-maniatty": {
    "area": "Solid Mechanics Computational Mechanics",
    "biography": "After receiving her B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering with highest honors from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1987, Antoinette Maniatty went on to earn two M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering, one from the University of Minnesota in 1988 and a second from Cornell University in 1990, followed by a Ph.D. from Cornell in 1991. After spending one year as a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Natal in Durban, South Africa, she joined the faculty at Rensselaer in 1992. She was the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor from 1992-1997. She was one of four women scientists and engineers nationwide to be awarded a Luce fellowship by the Luce Foundation in 1992. In 1993, she received a National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award. She was a member of the Defense Science Study Group in 2000 and 2001. In 2001, she was the first Loewy Visiting Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Lehigh University. In 2005, she was named a Fellow of the ASME. Maniatty is a member of the ASME, SME, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, and Sigma Xi.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Cornell University",
    "name": "Antoinette M. Maniatty",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/maniatty_antoinette_web_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor and Acting Department Head, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/antonella-zompa": {
    "area": "Risk Management Electro-Discharge Machining (EDM)",
    "biography": "Programs Taught Lean Quality in Production, Systems Engineering Bio Antonella Zompa is an author and principal consultant at AZ Consulting-SP. She has more than 20 years of experience in business transformation, project management, quality management, and global operations. She is a certified professional project manager (PMP\u00ae), Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and a Board-Certified Coach (BCC). She believes that people have it within them to succeed and enjoys working with them to reach their goals. She serves working professionals, helping to break down barriers and complex situations at the workplace. As a former corporate leader at General Electric and Philips North America, she led trainings and workshops internationally in the fields of Project Management, ISO 9001, Lean, Six Sigma, and team performance. Other Professional Experience Philips Lighting Solutions \u2013 Director, System Center Operations General Electric \u2013 Customer Experience & Operations Leader, Quality Svedala Industries Canada, Inc. \u2013 Project Manager, Special Projects Other Certificates and Licenses Project Management Professional (PMP\u00ae) Project Management Certification Executive Coaching (ICF accreditation) End2End Business Transformation LEAN Expert Trainer Six Sigma Black Belt TapRoot\u00a9 Root Cause Analysis ISO9001 \u2013 2001",
    "education": "M.S., Project Management, Boston University Graduate Courses in Management, International Business, McGill University B.E. Mechanical Engineering, Concordia University",
    "name": "Antonella Zompa",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Antonella%20Zompa_0.jpg",
    "title": "Instructor Mentor, Rensselaer at Work"
  },
  "/aparna-gupta": {
    "area": "Quantitative Finance Risk Management Financial Decision Support Optimization Simulation",
    "biography": "Gupta has developed and taught courses in financial engineering and quantitative methods in finance at the undergraduate and the graduate level at Rensselaer. Dr. Gupta also teaches short courses in Quantitative Finance in Lally School\u2019s international initiatives, specifically with industry and academic partners in India. She was a 2002 National Science Foundation New Century Scholar. Dr. Gupta\u2019s research interest is in addressing issues in risk management at the individual and the institutional level. Her work in individual risk management relates to financial decision support analysis, where her interest has been to seamlessly incorporate health-related risk into individual risk management frame work . At the institutional level, her interest is in developing enterprise risk management strategies and analyzing incentives for risk management. Dr. Gupta conducts National Science Foundation funded research in financial innovation for risk management in technology-enabled services, specifically Internet and network-based services. Dr. Gupta has published in leading quantitative finance and operations research journals, such as, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics; Journal of Computational Finance; Annals of Operations Research; Computational Optimization and Applications; and European Journal of Operational Research. Her technology-oriented publications appear in leading journals such as Computer Networks and International Journal of Product Development. She serves as the Vice-Chair of the INFORMS Financial Services Section. Dr. Gupta is a member of IAFE, AFA, INFORMS, and SIAM.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Stanford University; M.S., Stanford University; B.Sc., M.Sc., Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India",
    "name": "Aparna Gupta",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/gupta.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Co-Director and Site Director of the Center for Research toward Advancing Financial Technologies, Lally School of Management"
  },
  "/aric-krause": {
    "biography": "Programs Taught Business Intelligence, Systems Engineering Bio Aric Krause leads the design and development of the Rensselaer at Work graduate programs as Dean of Academic and Administrative Affairs. He is recognized as an industry leader in adult education and professional development with over 20 years of experience nationwide. In addition to his academic expertise, he has consulted with leaders across a myriad of industries: carbon fiber manufacturing, financial services, data infrastructure, aerospace, real estate, venture capital, defense, and the NGO sector. He has developed strategy for organizations in very dynamic markets, evaluating market conditions for investment consideration, and analyzed market entry opportunities for innovative products in mature markets. Aric\u2019s vision is a future where professionals continuously learn, practice, and drive change in their organizations and in their careers. Other Professional Experiences University of Maryland \u2013 Vice Provost, & Dean of the Graduate School Westminster College \u2013 Dean, Division of New Learning",
    "education": "Ph.D., Colorado State University, International and Business Economics, 1998 M.S., DePaul University, Economics, 1992 B.S. Illinois State University, Economics, 1989",
    "name": "Aric Krause",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Aric%20Krause_0.jpg",
    "title": "Dean of Academic and Administrative Affairs, Rensselaer at Work"
  },
  "/ariel-alexandra-rempel": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Ariel Alexandra Rempel",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/noProfilePicture_8.png",
    "title": ", School of Architecture"
  },
  "/arthur-c-sanderson": {
    "area": "robotics knowledge-based systems computer vision",
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Arthur C. Sanderson",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Sanderson_resize.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/arturo-estrella": {
    "area": "Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Financial Modeling",
    "biography": "Arturo Estrella has published extensively in various fields within economics, including macroeconomic theory, empirical macroeconomics, monetary policy, financial regulation, econometric theory, applied econometrics, and financial markets, instruments, and institutions. \u201cI like to look at how the financial sector interacts with the real economy. For example, interest rates and stock prices incorporate information about investor expectations of future real economic activity and inflation. Can we extract those expectations from the data and put them to use in policy analysis or investment strategy? Also, bank lending is a major driving force for real economic activity. How does this channel operate? What drives bank lending itself? How is it affected by financial regulation?\u201d In 1988-89, he developed (with Gikas Hardouvelis) a probit model of the probability of a future recession. Since then, the model has correctly forecasted the last three U.S. recessions in real time with a lead time of about one year and no false positives. Professor Estrella has also written extensively about financial regulation, proposing in 1995 an innovative system for bank capital regulation that has the potential to prevent systemic problems arising from the failure of large financial institutions. From 1991 to 2001, he represented the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in international negotiations on bank regulation under the auspices of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. In econometrics, Professor Estrella derived a pseudo R-squared for dichotomous dependent variable models that outperforms other alternatives, including the classic McFadden measure. The measure has become part of the standard output in many widely-used econometric packages. He has also provided exact critical and probability values for use in time-series breakpoint tests in connection with generalized method of moments estimates. His most recently published work includes \u201cSovereign and Banking Sector Debt: Interconnections through Guarantees\u201d in OECD Financial Market Trends , \u201cMonetary Tightening Cycles and the Predictability of Economic Activity\u201d in Economics Letters , and \u201cThe Yield Curve as a Leading Indicator: Some Practical Issues\u201d in Current Issues in Economics and Finance . He is currently working on a number of articles, including \u201cSovereign Guarantees on Private Bank Debt: Effects on Credit Ratings and Credit Default Swap Spreads\u201d (with Sebastian Schich), \u201cThe Credit Channel: Impact and Observability in a New Keynesian Model\u201d Presented at the 17th International Conference on Computing in Economics and Finance of the Society for Computational Economics, \u201cTerm Premiums and the Predictability of Recessions\u201d (with Hao Wu). Curriculum Vitae",
    "education": "Ph.D., Harvard University, Economics M.A., University of Michigan, Applied Mathematics M.A., University of Puerto Rico, Mathematics A.B., Columbia University, Philosophy",
    "name": "Arturo Estrella",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Faculty_headshot_400x400_0008_Estrella_square.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Economics"
  },
  "/ashwani-kapila": {
    "area": "Applied Mathematics: Reactive and multiphase flow, nonlinear waves, perturbation methods, scientific computing Education: Development of web-based instructional materials",
    "biography": "My research has addressed problems of practical concern arising in the general area of solid and fluid mechanics, especially chemically reactive flows of the kind that occur during combustion and explosion processes. Recent work has focused on the development and analysis, both theoretical and computational, of models that would accurately predict the generation and propagation of detonation waves in high-energy solid explosives. The research is carried out in collaboration with colleagues at Rensselaer and at Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Cornell University, 1975",
    "name": "Ashwani Kapila",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Kapila_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/asish-ghosh": {
    "area": "Technology/Product Innovation Product/Process Design and Analysis Mechanical Properties of Materials",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D. University of Washington",
    "name": "Asish Ghosh",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Asish_Ghosh.jpg",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/azita-hirsa": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Azita Hirsa",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer, Industrial and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/b-wayne-bequette": {
    "area": "Deep learning and AI applications in healthcare Deep learning and AI applications in smart manufacturing Diabetes technology Process systems automation and control Human-in-the-Loop Safety",
    "biography": "B. Wayne Bequette is a Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Technology Manager for the Northern Regional Center of the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His research efforts are focused on the modeling and control of biomedical and chemical process systems. Professor Bequette is the author of over 100 refereed journal publications and two textbooks published by Prentice Hall \u2013 (i) Process Control: Modeling, Design and Simulation (2003), and (ii) Process Dynamics: Modeling, Analysis and Simulation (1998). He serves as Board Secretary for the American Automatic Control Council and is a Trustee of the Computer Aids for Chemical Engineering (CACHE) Corporation. Dr. Bequette is a founding member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, and serves on the Editorial Board of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. He is a Fellow of IEEE, AIChE and the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers, and was inducted into the Arkansas Academy of Chemical Engineers. He is an avid bicyclist (commuting to campus in upstate NY throughout the entire year) and pole-vaulter (Master\u2019s level competition refers more to age than skill level).",
    "education": "1980 B.S. Ch.E. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 1985 M.S.E. University of Texas, Austin 1986 Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin",
    "name": "B. Wayne Bequette",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bequette.jpg",
    "title": "Professor and Technology Manager, CESMII Northern Regional Manufacturing Center, Chemical and Biological Engineering"
  },
  "/barbara-cutler": {
    "area": "computer graphics visualization architectural design tools",
    "biography": "I'm an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department and an EMPAC Affiliated Faculty member at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. My research interests include computer graphics, geometry processing, visualization, and design tools for architecture. Previously I was a student and then Post-Doctoral Lecturer at MIT in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science doing research in the Computer Graphics Group which is part of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL).",
    "education": "PhD Computer Science 2003 Massachusetts Institute of Technology MEng Computer Science 1999 Massachusetts Institute of Technology BS Computer Science & Engineering 1997 Massachusetts Institute of Technology",
    "name": "Barbara Cutler",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Cutler_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Computer Science"
  },
  "/barbara-mary-cutler": {
    "area": "computer graphics visualization architectural design tools",
    "biography": "I'm an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department and an EMPAC Affiliated Faculty member at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. My research interests include computer graphics, geometry processing, visualization, and design tools for architecture. Previously I was a student and then Post-Doctoral Lecturer at MIT in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science doing research in the Computer Graphics Group which is part of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL).",
    "education": "PhD Computer Science 2003 Massachusetts Institute of Technology MEng Computer Science 1999 Massachusetts Institute of Technology BS Computer Science & Engineering 1997 Massachusetts Institute of Technology",
    "name": "Barbara Mary Cutler",
    "portrait": "http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~cutler/images/barb_web.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Computer Science"
  },
  "/benj-gleeksman": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Benj Gleeksman",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Adjunct, Communication and Media"
  },
  "/benjamin-chia-ming-chang": {
    "area": "virtual reality experimental games interactive installation open source software",
    "biography": "Ben Chang is an electronic artist and director of the Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences program at Rensselaer. His work explores the intersections of virtual environments and experimental gaming with contemporary media art. Using materials ranging from immersive visualization systems to modified surveillance cameras, hacked video games, and antique telegraphs, his work brings out the chaotic, human qualities in technological systems. As an electronic artist, Chang\u2019s own work is at the intersection of virtual environments, experimental gaming, and contemporary media art. \u201cI\u2019m interested in what you could call evocative and poetic experiences within technological systems \u2014 creating that powerful experience that you can get from great music, theater, books, and paintings through immersive and interactive simulations as well,\u201d Chang said. \u201cBut I\u2019m also interested in the experiences of being human \u2013 the human qualities that are still there - within technological systems.\u201d Chang\u2019s recent projects include a suite of classic games rewritten for the Microsoft Kinnect system, a virtual reality environment about remembrance in memorial of the Holocaust, and \u201cBecoming\u201d a computer-driven video installation that interchanges the attributes of two animated figures. His installations, performances, and immersive virtual reality environments have been exhibited in numerous venues and festivals worldwide, including Art Basal Miami, Boston CyberArts, SIGGRAPH, the FILE International Electronic Language Festival in Sao Paulo, the Athens MediaTerra Festival, the Wired NextFest, and the Vancouver New Forms Festival, among others. He has designed interactive exhibits for museums such as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and the Field Museum of Natural History.",
    "education": "B.A. in Computer Science, Amherst College M.F.A in Art and Technology Studies, Art Institute of Chicago",
    "name": "Benjamin Chia-Ming Chang",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Ben-Chang.jpg",
    "title": "Director of GSAS and Professor, GSAS"
  },
  "/benjamin-weissman": {
    "biography": "Dr. Weissman's research focuses on meaning in conversation from a cognitive and linguistic perspective. With a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dr. Weissman has conducted research at the intersections of pragmatics, psycholinguistics, and experimental linguistics. His dissertation investigated the effects of context and different types of linguistic meaning on lie judgments; current research expands on this topic. In addition, Dr. Weissman has become one of the leading researchers in the growing topic of emoji studies, with research on how emojis get processed in the brain and combine with words to convey meaning in text-based conversations. At RPI, Dr. Weissman works with students in introductory Cognitive Science and Linguistics classes as well as advanced Psycholinguistics.",
    "education": "PhD, Linguistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign MA, Linguistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign BA, Linguistics, College of William and Mary",
    "name": "Benjamin Weissman",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Benjamin-Weissman.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Cognitive Science"
  },
  "/bharat-bagepalli": {
    "area": "Product/Engineering Design and Analysis Wind Turbines Power Generation and Energy Technologies",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "ScD Massachusetts Institute of Technology",
    "name": "Bharat Bagepalli",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Bharat_Bagepalli.jpg",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/bill-b-francis": {
    "area": "Corporate Finance International Finance Quantitative Methods in Finance",
    "biography": "Professor Francis conducts his research on issues in initial public offerings, corporate restructurings, and international asset-pricing. He has published numerous articles in reputed finance and economic journals such as the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of International Money and Finance, and the Journal of Macroeconomics. He is currently on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Financial Stability.",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of Toronto; M.A., York University; B.A., University of Toronto",
    "name": "Bill B. Francis",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/BIll-Francis.jpg",
    "title": "Warren H. and Pauline U. Bruggeman Distinguished Professor of Finance, Lally School of Management"
  },
  "/billur-aksoy": {
    "area": "Experimental Economics Identity Economics Social Preferences Behavioral Economics",
    "biography": "I joined RPI in 2019. I received my PhD in Economics from Texas A&M University in 2019, my MS in Economics in 2011 from the University of Southampton in the U.K., and my BA in Economics in 2010 from Ankara University in Turkey. I am a behavioral and experimental economist. I study how identity and social preferences interact with economic decisions. I am also interested in understanding human interaction with technology and technology\u2019s impacts on educational and economic outcomes. At RPI, I teach Behavioral Financial Economics and Experimental Economics. In my Behavioral Financial Economics course, we discuss emotional and cognitive biases and how they impact our financial and economic decisions. In my Experimental Economics course, students learn about experimental methods that we use in economics (and other related social sciences). Students also get the opportunity to put their knowledge in practice by running their own experiment in class.",
    "education": "PhD in Economics, Texas A&M University",
    "name": "Billur Aksoy",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/B%20Aksoy%20Photo.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Graduate Program Director, Economics"
  },
  "/bimal-k-malaviya": {
    "area": "Fission and Fusion Reactor Physics and Technology Biomedical Applications Radioactive Waste Management Pedagogic Technology",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D. Harvard University",
    "name": "Bimal K. Malaviya",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/malaviya_bimal_web.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/birsen-yazici": {
    "area": "inverse problems in biomedical imaging tomography diffuse optical tomography biomedical optics free space optical communications ultrasonics statistical pattern recognition theory and application",
    "biography": "After completing her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at Purdue University, Dr. Yazici was employed as a senior research scientist at the General Electric Company Global Research Center, Schenectady, NY. During her tenure in industry, she worked on radar, transportation, industrial and medical imaging systems. Her work on industrial systems received best paper award in 1997 given by IEEE Transactions in Industrial Application. She was an Assistant Professor at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA before joining Rensselaer in 2003. She currently serves as an associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing and SIAM Journal of Imaging Science. Prof. Yaz\u0131c\u0131 is the recipient of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2007 School of Engineering Research Excellence Award. She holds 11 US patents. Prof. Yaz\u0131c\u0131\u2019s research interests span the areas of statistical signal processing, inverse problems in imaging, applied mathematics, remote sensing, biomedical optics, and radar. Specifically, her current projects involve synthetic aperture imaging, passive imaging, imaging in multi-pathing and dynamically changing environments, waveform design, interferometric and polarimetric techniques for remote sensing applications, image formation for X-ray Computed Tomography, diffuse optical image reconstruction, fluorescence diffuse optical tomography, adaptive meshing algorithms for PDE-based inverse coefficient problems, pharmacokinetic-rate imaging, and breast cancer diagnosis. Dr. Yazici's research interests are statistical signal and image processing, pattern recognition, noncommutative harmonic analysis, inverse problems in radar and medical imaging, in particular optical and X-ray imaging and breast cancer. She holds 11 US patents.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (Purdue University, W. Layfayette, IN, 1994), M.S. Mathematics (Purdue University, W. Layfayette, IN, 1990), B.S. Electrical Engineering and Mathematics (Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1988)",
    "name": "Birsen Yazici",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/yazicb_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/blanca-l-barquera": {
    "area": "bacterial metabolism bioenergetics and membrane proteins mechanistic enzymology gut microbiota microbial physiology",
    "biography": "Bacteria are the most abundant organisms on earth. They are found almost every possible biological niche, from ordinary soil to deep oceans and geological formations. They also interact with the human body; some bacteria are essential for life while others can be deadly. The ability of bacteria to flourish in such a wide range of environments is due in large part to the enzymes that populate their cell membranes. These enzymes make up the active interface between the cell and the environment. One of their roles is to ensure the interior of the cell is a hospitable place for the biochemistry of life in spite of changing and often hostile conditions outside. Among the most important of these membrane enzymes are the ones that transport ions into and out of the cell. These ion transporters are essential for maintaining favorable concentrations of ions inside the cell, but ion transport is also at the heart of energy production in the cell. Transport of H+ and Na+ create gradients that provide energy for processes as diverse as motility of the cell, import of nutrients and extrusion of chemicals that are toxic to the cell--the latter is responsible for a significant class of antibiotic resistance. The focus of my research is the physiology and biochemistry that allow bacteria to adapt and proliferate in diverse environments. In particular, we are interested in understanding the role of ion gradients involved in producing energy and maintaining stable, favorable internal conditions in spite of changing environments. We work on 3 interrelated projects: 1) Energy metabolism of the gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis , where we are investigating a new paradigm in which this organism, previously classified as a strict anaerobe, actually depends on aerobic respiration for its survival and role in the community of intestinal microflora. 2) Adaptation to changing environments by the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa , focusing on enzymes that generate and consume the Na + and H + gradients and how these systems function and interoperate. 3) Functional and mechanistic studies of two redox-driven Na + pumping enzymes: NQR and RNF from Vibrio cholerae and other bacteria. The projects in my laboratory range from basic microbiology, characterizing the physiology of bacteria and their interactions with other cells, to biophysical chemistry, spectroscopy (visible, fluorescence, FTIR, and EPR) and rapid kinetics in order to understand the molecular mechanisms of ion transport and energy production enzymes. We study Vibrio cholerae , the cause of the disease cholera, Pseudomonas aeruginos a which are implicated in cystic fibrosis, as well as Bacteroides fra gilis, which are beneficial gut bacteria, and use infection models including mice, macrophages, and fruit flies. We are particularly interested in two enzymes: Na + -pumping NADH:quinone oxidoreductase (NQR), a respiratory enzyme found only in bacteria that uniquely pumps Na+ instead of H+, and Na + pumping Ferredoxin:NAD oxidoreductase (RNF). These enzymes, are found in many pathogens, marine bacteria, and colon bacteria and are important for adaptation and proliferation of these organisms in diverse environments. In the case of NQR, my group defined the redox cofactors of the enzyme, their redox reactions, the pathway of electron transfer through these cofactors, and which of these electron transfer steps are linked to energy conservation. We are currently trying to understand the pathway that carries Na+ across the membrane and the mechanism that couples the redox reactions to this uphill transport of Na+.",
    "education": "B.S. Chemistry Ph.D. Biochemistry National University of Mexico University of Illinois/University of Helsinki",
    "name": "Blanca L. Barquera",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/barquera_crop2.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/bob-albright": {
    "area": "Enterprise Management and Organization Strategy Organization Marketing",
    "biography": "Dr. Albright teaches Designing and Staffing Organizations, Leadership and Organizational Development and Strategy, Technology and Competitive Advantage to MBA and Executive Masters Program participants. Bob received his Ph.D. in Human Resource Management and Labor Relations from the University of Pittsburgh\u2019s Graduate School of Business in 1994. He has been the recipient of Sloan Foundation Grants, and received fellowships at Yale University and the Defense Equal Opportunity and Management Institute. The American Council of Education (ACE) named Bob a \u201cFellow\u201d for the 1999 \u2013 2000 school year. Prior to joining Rensselaer, Dr. Albright served as the Associate Dean of Academics at the U. S. Coast Guard Academy, as well as Chair of the Academy\u2019s Leadership and Management Department. In addition to teaching at the Coast Guard Academy and Rensselaer, he has taught in Weekend MBA programs in Poland and Slovakia. His areas of expertise include Strategy, Strategic Business Planning, Leadership Development, Survey Research and Conflict Resolution. Dr. Albright has published in a wide array of scholarly journals on such topics as conflict resolution, strategic labor relations and organizational change. His recent book \u201cA Complete Guide to Conflict Resolution in the Workplace\u201d was published by the American Management Association Press (AMACOM). Among other high profile engagements, Connecticut Governor M. Jody Rell appointed Dr. Albright as a special mediator for a conflict involving the New London, Conn. area. Dr. Albright actively consults with a diverse array of public and private sector corporations in the Leadership Development and Strategic Planning arenas. He also serves as a qualified Arbitrator for the State of Pennsylvania Panel of Arbitrators and as an arbitrator for the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board.",
    "education": "B.S., Management, U. S. Coast Guard Academy; M.B.A., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Business",
    "name": "Bob Albright",
    "portrait": "http://www.rpi.edu/academics/lally/faculty/photo/albrib.jpg",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, Hartford"
  },
  "/bolek-szymanski": {
    "area": "network science computer networks Energy and the Environment Computation & Information Technology",
    "biography": "Dr. Boleslaw K. Szymanski is the Claire and Roland Schmitt Distinguished Professor at the Department of Computer Science and the Director of the ARL Social and Cognitive Networks Academic Research Center at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from National Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland, in 1976. Dr. Szymanski published over four hundred scientific articles. He is a foreign member of the National Academy of Science in Poland, an IEEE Fellow and a member of the IEEE Computer Society, and Association for Computing Machinery for which he was National Lecturer. He received the Wiley Distinguished Faculty Award in 2003 and the Wilkes Medal of British Computer Society in 2009. His research interests cover the broad area of network science with current focus on social and computer networks.",
    "education": "M.Sc. (Electronics) \u2013 Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland, 1973; Ph.D. (Computer Science) \u2013 The Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, 1976 Postdoc (Computer Science) - University of Aberdeen, U.K., 1979. network science",
    "name": "Bolek Szymanski",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bks.jpg",
    "title": "Claire & Roland Schmitt Distinguished Prof. of Computer Science and Director, Network Science and Technology Center (NeST), Computer Science"
  },
  "/bram-van-heuveln": {
    "area": "Cognitive Science Artificial Intelligence Philosophy of Mind Logic and Reasoning Critical Thinking Cognitive Robotics Situated Cognition Educational Technology",
    "biography": "Dr. van Heuveln is a passionate educator who continually tries to improve the effectiveness of the many different undergraduate courses he teaches in the areas of cognitive science, logic, artificial intelligence, critical thinking, and the philosophy of mind. Dr. van Heuveln\u2019s research is in the area of visual logic: using visual representations to perform and enhance logical reasoning. Dr. van Heuveln is the Director of the Minds and Machines Program in Cognitive Technology, which invites undergraduate students to get involved with undergraduate research on Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Robotics, and Synthetic Characters. Dr. van Heuveln was instrumental in the creation of the recently approved undergraduate major in Cognitive Science, which he now directs. Dr. van Heuveln oversaw the creation of the new Cognitive Robotics Laboratory, which he now directs.",
    "education": "B.S. Computer Science, University of Twente, the Netherlands PhD, Philosophy, SUNY Binghamton",
    "name": "Bram Van Heuveln",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/vanHeuveln_square.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer & Program Coordinator, Cognitive Science"
  },
  "/branda-miller": {
    "area": "cutting edge videographer",
    "biography": "Branda Miller is an internationally recognized media artist, and Professor of Media Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Her media art works have been screened at festivals, museums and exhibitions, broadcast nationally and internationally, and used in community organizing and education. She is an Emmy award-winning editor who has worked in the media industry of L.A. and N.Y.C. Miller is the recipient of many grants and awards, including National Endowment of the Arts, New York State Council for the Arts, Paul Robeson Fund, Andy Warhol Foundation, and Nathan Cummings Foundation. She has presented her work at institutions and festivals including the Museum of Modern Art, The New Museum, the Gulbenkian Foundation, BANFF, the Getty Museum. Professor Miller has developed numerous media literacy/community education projects using electronic arts production. She is the Arts and Education Coordinator at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in North Central Troy, NY. She is the Project Coordinating Artist for the \u201cFound Art in North Troy\u201d project, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts \u201cOur Town\u201d program, the New York State Council on the Arts, the City of Troy and the Alfred Z. Solomon Charitable Trust. This year-long community wide public art project uses found objects and participatory action research to address themes of re-purposing, re-use and sustainability. She has developed multiple media arts and education workshops, is an artist/educator in Youth Media Sanctuary and \u201cBe the Media\u201d workshops, and has curated diverse exhibits in \u201cThe Underground Gallery.\u201d National media production and literacy projects include Capital Region Youth Voices: A Youth Media Project, a project ofProject VoiceScape, launched by WMHT, PBS and Adobe Foundations (2011), I.R.A. (Managing Information in Rural America, Kellogg Foundation with the University of Michigan) in collaboration with the Athens Film and Video Festival (May 2000), Taos Talking Pictures Festival Teen Media Conference (April 2000), Banff Centre for the Arts (1999), N.Y. State Alliance for Arts Education with BOCES Distance Learning (1997), North American Association of Environmental Educators (1997), Cape Cod Community Television (1998, 1994), 911 Media Arts Center in Seattle (1993), and the Gulbenkian Foundation in Portugal (1989). For four summers, she led Media Production workshops at Five College Institute for Media Literacy in Amherst (1995-1998), educating primary teachers and community organizers on theory and media production. Since the mid-eighties, Branda Miller has collaborated with several community and youth groups around the country in Empowerment Video Workshops to produce award-winning tapes, including: We Have the Force (Citizens\u2019 Committee, 1989), talkin\u2019 \u2018bout droppin\u2019 out!!! (the ICA/Boston Public Schools, 1989), The Birth of a Candy Bar (Henry Street Settlement, 1988), and What\u2019s Up? (L.A. County Juvenile Detention/ Mark Taper Forum, 1987).",
    "education": "MFA, New York University, 1992",
    "name": "Branda Miller",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/miller.jpeg",
    "title": "Professor, Arts"
  },
  "/brandon-costelloe-kuehn": {
    "biography": "Brandon Costelloe-Kuehn is an anthropologist of media, science and the environment. Using multi-sited ethnographic methods, his research examines, and participates in, the design of innovative media systems to address the communication and collaboration challenges of politically and scientifically complex environmental issues. Building on insights gleaned from his research on science communication at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (with a focus on the design of the EnviroAtlas and the Community Multiscale Air Quality model), he is currently contributing to a number of collaborative endeavors, including The Asthma Files, the Platform for Experimental, Collaborative Ethnography (PECE), the Digital Practices in History and Ethnography Interest Group within the Research Data Alliance, and the Multispecies Salon. Since the Fall of 2012, Dr. Costelloe-Kuehn has been teaching courses in the STS, Sustainability Studies, and Design, Innovation and Society programs at RPI. Courses include Century of Environmental Thought, Sustainability Problems and Solutions, Nature/Society, Product Design and Innovation Studio One, Sustainability Debates, Sustainability Education, Public Service Internship, Environment and Politics, Environment and Society, Sustainability Careers, Sustainability Research Design and Senior Projects. In The Asthma Files, an interdisciplinary ethnographic project, Brandon has focused on developing thePlatform for Collaborative and Experimental Ethnography (PECE) on which TAF operates, developing multi-media content for the website and curating research on the communication challenges around asthma and the sciences of air quality. Within the Research Data Alliance, and thanks to a fellowship funded by the National Science Foundation, he is working with the Interest Group in Digital Practices in History and Ethnography, conducting ethnographic research and mapping a wide variety of digital humanities projects. Dr. Costelloe-Kuehn has worked with Eben Kirksey and other colleagues in a \"para-ethnographic swarm\" that documented and analyzed a Multispecies Salon, bringing together artists, scientists and anthropologists during the 2010 American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Brandon contributed to a chapter, \"Life in the Age of Biotechnology\" (digital supplement here) in theMultispecies Salon (2014) and designed and built the accompanying website. With support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Vectors and a Fellowship in Digital Humanities at USC, Dr. Costelloe-Kuehn worked with Nick Shapiro to developing a platform using Geographic Information Systems to map the dispersal of formaldehyde-laden trailers originally deployed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The project has evolved into a Public Lab initiative replete with an online platform, a lending library a DIY formaldehyde test kit and a DIY remediation kit. With skills gained through graduate coursework in the RPI Arts Department, Dr. Costelloe-Kuehn has worked and volunteered at the Sanctuary for Independent Media, in Troy NY, as a critical media literacy educator, video editor and teacher with the DIY Animation Workshop. He has also taught video editing and produced content for the Journal of Cultural Anthropology, the Multispecies Salon and Capital District Community Gardens. Dr. Costelloe-Kuehn's zeal for STS was first sparked in 2002 at Vassar College, where he received departmental honors for his undergraduate thesis analyzing the work of Natalie Jeremijenko, drawing out possibilities for art and technology to animate social and environmental justice.",
    "education": "PhD, Science and Technology Studies, RPI MS, Science and Technology Studies, RPI BS, Science, Technology and Society, Vassar College",
    "name": "Brandon Costelloe-Kuehn",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/brandon.jpeg",
    "title": "Lecturer & Director of the Vasudha Living-Learning Community, Science and Technology Studies"
  },
  "/brett-fajen": {
    "area": "perception and action",
    "biography": "Brett Fajen conducts research on perception and action. His main interests are the visual control of locomotion and perceptual-motor learning and adaptation. His research on these topics contributes to the development of the ecological and dynamical systems approaches to perception and action. \u201cIf you have ever been awed by the performance of a professional athlete, then you can appreciate some of the challenges that are faced when executing a skilled action,\u201d said Fajen. \u201cSuch tasks require rapid decision-making, anticipation, and coordination. In the Perception and Action Lab at RPI, my students and I use immersive virtual environments and motion capture technology to study how people navigate through complex, dynamic environments, and perform perceptual-motor skills such as running to catch a fly ball and blocking a penalty shot in soccer. We hope to inspire ideas for designing more sophisticated robots, develop new training programs for teaching complex motor skills, and improve the diagnosis and treatment of problems that affect the perceptual and motor systems.\u201d One current area of research is the \u201cRough Terrain Project,\u201d which investigates how humans and other animals are able navigate uneven terrain. In this project, Fajen and his students are exploring how visual information is used to walk over rough terrain with irregularly-spaced safe footholds. They have developed a novel experimental paradigm in which subjects walk over an array of randomly distributed virtual obstacles that are projected onto the floor by a LCD projector while their movements are recorded using a full-body motion capture system. This setup allows them to synchronize the appearance of obstacles with the movement of the subject. For example, in one experiment, obstacles appear only when they lie within a moving window of visibility centered on the subject. By manipulating the size of the window of visibility, they are measuring how far along the future path visual information is needed to control foot placement. As director of the Perception and Action (PandA) Laboratory, Fajen publishes regularly, with recent articles appearing in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, PLOS ONE, Perception, and the Handbook of Spatial Cognition. Fajen is the recipient of a four-year grant from the National Institutes of Health for a project titled \"The visual guidance of locomotion,\u201d and, in addition to his teaching and research, he is associate editor of Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.",
    "education": "PhD, Experimental Psychology, University of Connecticut B.S., Mathematics, Bucknell University",
    "name": "Brett Fajen",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/fajen.jpeg",
    "title": "HASS Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor, Cognitive Science"
  },
  "/brett-orzechowski": {
    "area": "Entrepreneurship",
    "biography": "Brett Orzechowski began the undergraduate and MBA entrepreneurship programs at Utica College and co-founded the Media Innovation Collaborative at Quinnipiac University, which fostered the creation of interdisciplinary early-stage companies. He is also the founder of Seven Point Labs, a data-focused company that explores the commercialization of intellectual property that emphasizes human-centered product or service design. His experience with the ideation process and the cultivation of strategic partnerships has paved the way for new founders and entrepreneurs over the last decade. Prof. Orzechowski focuses his professional and scholarly efforts on the entrepreneurial business climate in upstate New York.",
    "education": "Brett earned his Master\u2019s Degree in Organizational Leadership from Quinnipiac University in 2012, and a second Master\u2019s Degree in Data Science from Utica College in 2021.",
    "name": "Brett Orzechowski",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Orzechowski_Two_0.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Program Coordinator for the MBA in Life Sciences Entrepreneurship, Lally School of Management"
  },
  "/brian-callahan": {
    "biography": "Brian Callahan is a Lecturer in ITWS. His research covers fields such as marginalized experiences in the technology sector, cybersecurity of robotics and operating systems software, and the design, implementation, and long-term maintenance of digital humanities software suites. Callahan oversees the Information Security and Science & Technology Studies concentrations for undergraduates and the Information Security concentration for graduates. He is a developer for the OpenBSD operating system, which ties his professional experiences together with his teaching.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Science & Technology Studies M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Science & Technology Studies M.A., Monmouth University, Anthropology B.H.A., Music & Anthropology, Carnegie Mellon University",
    "name": "Brian Callahan",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/8l13Z1CX_400x400.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Information Technology and Web Science"
  },
  "/brian-clark": {
    "area": "Machine Learning Banking Operational Risk Risk Management Capital Structure",
    "biography": "Professor Clark's research focuses on financial intermediation and risk management with an emphasis on machine learning. He currently teaches several quantitative finance courses including Financial Computation and Simulation and Advanced AI/ML for Finance. Dr. Clark's work has been published in the Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Stability, Quantitative Finance, and Operations Research Letters. He has been quoted in the U.S. News & World Report, the Times Union, and WalletHub.",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Finance, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute MBA, Clarkson University M.E. in Mechanical Engineering, Clarkson University B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute",
    "name": "Brian Clark",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/headshot_1.jpeg",
    "title": "Associate Professor and Director of the M.S. and MBA Programs, Lally School of Management"
  },
  "/brian-clyne": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Brian Clyne",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Adjunct, Science and Technology Studies"
  },
  "/brian-pertl": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Brian Pertl",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Adjunct, Arts"
  },
  "/brian-tolle": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Brian Tolle",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Sr. Lecturer, Science and Technology Studies"
  },
  "/bruce-piper": {
    "area": "Mathematics Education Computer Aided Geometric Design Approximation Theory",
    "biography": "Developing courses that teach applications of basic data analysis techniques such as data visualization, classification, clustering, and ridge regression to undergraduate math majors is one of the primary efforts. By using a case study approach, students are immediately immersed into understanding high-dimensional data and provided with a fundamental toolkit with which they can analyze data throughout their careers. Another effort is to contribute to the retention of STEM majors by enabling upper class students to act as mentors for first year students in Calculus courses. This provides leadership experience for the mentors and guidance for the Freshman on how to succeed in STEM. Shape preserving interpolation is an area of interest in Computer Aided Geometric Design and Approximation Theory. Specific problems of interest include the preservation of monotonic curvature and the reated problems of preserving 3-convexity and finding novel representations of surfaces for the task of convexity preserving surface interpolation.",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of Utah",
    "name": "Bruce Piper",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Piper_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Department Head, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/bruce-watson": {
    "area": "Inorganic chemistry of the Earth and terrestrial planets Experimentation at high pressures and temperatures Kinetics of reactions and diffusion Early Earth history Astrobiology Earth materials Numerical modeling of diffusion phenomena Geochemical proxies Isotope geochemistry",
    "biography": "Education Williams College, 1968-1969 University of New Hampshire (B.A. in Geology, 1972) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD in Geochemistry, 1976) Professional Career September 1976-August 1977: Post-doctoral Fellow, Carnegie Institution of Washington 1977-present: Assistant- through Full Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1990-1995: Chairman, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, RPI 1991-1994: Associate Dean of Science for Environmental Programs, RPI 1995 -- : Institute Professor of Science, RPI 2011-- : Professor of Materials Science & Engineering (secondary appointment), RPI Memberships, Awards and Honors Early Career Award, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1982 F.W. Clarke Medal of the Geochemical Society, 1983 NSF Presidential Young Investigator, 1984-1989 Geochemical Society (fellow) American Geophysical Union (fellow) Mineralogical Society of America (fellow) Geological Society of America (fellow) European Association for Geochemistry (fellow) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (fellow, 1996) National Academy of Sciences (member, 1997) President, Mineralogical Society of America, 1998 Arthur L. Day Medal, Geological Society of America (1998) Participating Guest, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (1999) Distinguished Alumnus, Engineering & Phys. Sciences, University of New Hampshire (1999) R.A. Daly Lecturer, American Geophysical Union, 1999 Listed in A to Z of Earth Scientists (150 notable Earth scientists, 18th century to present), 2002 Original Member, Highly Cited Researchers, ISI/Thomsen Scientific, 2002 Oualline Lecturer, University of Texas at Austin, 2004 V.M. Goldschmidt Medal of the Geochemical Society, 2005 W.H. Bucher Medal, American Geophysical Union, 2006 Kliegel Lecturer, Caltech, 2008 Murchison Medal, Geological Society of London, 2011 Woodford-Eckis lecturer, Pomona College, 2013 Doctor of Science (honorary), University of Chicago, 2013 Professional Service Highlights Founding Executive Editor, Geochemical Perspectives Letters , 2014 -- Principal Editor, Elements Magazine , 2006-2009 Associate Editor, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 1985-1988 Editor, Chemical Geology , 1991-1995 Editorial Boards: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 1997-1999; Geofluids , 2003 -- Member, NRC Advisory Panel on \"Physics and Chemistry of Earth Materials\", 1986 Panel Member, NSF Division of Earth Sciences, 1987-1990 Mineralogical Society of America Awards Committee, 1989-1990; fellows committee (2008-2009) Geochemical Society: Clarke Medal Committee, 1986-1989; Councilor (1991-1994); Budget Committee, 1990; Nom. Committee;(1998-2000); Goldschmidt Conference Publicity Chairman, 1990 NSF Site Committee for the Stony Brook Center for High-Pressure Research, 1992 Am. Geophys. Union: VGP Fellows Committee (1992-1995; 2001-2003); VGP Nom. Committee (1997) Roebling Medal Committee, Mineralogical Society of America, 1993-1994 Chairman, Department of Energy O.P.A. Review Panel (Geochemistry), 1993 NSF Continental Margins Steering Committee and Workshop, 1993 Committee of Visitors, Petrology & Geochemistry Program, NSF/EAR, 1993 Committee of Visitors, Instrumentation & Facilities Program, NSF/EAR, 1997, 2010 (co-chair) Member, Advisory Committee to the Geosciences Directorate, NSF, 2008-2010 Miller Medal Committee, National Academy of Sciences, 2010 Visiting Committees, Geoscience departments: McGill University (1991); Carnegie Institution of Washington, Geophysical Lab . (1992, 2000); Brown University (1993) Harvard University (1994, 1999); University of Houston (2002); University of Maryland (2003); Arizona State University (2004; chair); University of New Hampshire (2004; chair); Rice University (2000, 2005); California Institute of Technology (2010); Carnegie Institution for Science, Geophysical Lab (2015). Nominating Committee, National Academy of Sciences, 2011-2013 Long-range Planning Committee, Mineralogical Society of America, 2011 -- Research interests My research focuses on chemical phenomena that occur within the Earth and terrestrial planets, with emphasis on the outer 100 kilometers of the Earth. I use laboratory devices in the basement of the Jonsson-Rowland Science Center to achieve conditions of elevated pressure and temperature that exist within the Earth, and I conduct experiments designed to characterize fundamental materials properties and behavior at these conditions (my research could thus be described as \"materials science of the Earth\"). Measurements of interest include equilibrium partitioning (distribution) of the chemical elements and their isotopes among coexisting phases (crystals, silicate melts and supercritical fluids), as well as rates of reaction and especially diffusion. Broadly speaking, the goals of my work are to understand the internal workings of the Earth and terrestrial planets through experimentation and modeling, and to provide tools that will allow ourselves and other geoscientists to \"reverse engineer\" Earth materials to gain insight into our planet's history. My laboratory facilities and skill set are well suited to the study of all types of materials under pressure, which has led to fruitful collaborations with RPI researchers in the departments of Physics, Materials Science and Chemistry on topics ranging from RNA polymerization to high-pressure mechanical properties of glasses. As a member of RPI's Astrobiology Center, I developed a strong focus on characterizing the conditions of earliest Earth (4+ billion year ago)\u2015the stage upon which early life took hold. This interest will continue as a part-time theme in my research group; however, my interest in the fundamental basis of environmental proxies\u2014that is, chemical or isotopic signatures that inform us about past environments\u2015extends to the recent geological past and the use of knowledge gained from proxies to predict future trends.",
    "education": "Ph.D.: MIT (Geochemistry) B.S.: University of New Hampshire (Geology)",
    "name": "Bruce Watson",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/watsoe.jpg",
    "title": "Institute Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences"
  },
  "/bulent-yener": {
    "area": "Machine Learning Data Science medical informatics and bioinformatics cyber security complex networks combinatorial optimization",
    "biography": "I am a Professor in the Department of Computer Science with a courtesy appointment in ECSE Department. I have been serving as the founding Director of Data Science Research Center, and Associated Director of IDEA at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York. I received MS. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science, both from Columbia University , in 1987 and 1994, respectively. Before joining RPI, I was a Member of the Technical Staff at the Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey. My current research interests include applied machine learning in bioinformatics, medical informatics, and cyber security. I am a Fellow of the IEEE, a Senior Member of ACM, and a member of AAA.",
    "education": "PhD in Computer Science from Columbia University in 1994.",
    "name": "Bulent Yener",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Yener_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Director, IDEA. Director, Data Science Research Center, Computer Science"
  },
  "/c-weston-olencki": {
    "biography": "Weston Olencki is a musician, composer, and sound artist. Their current work is anchored around mediated, myriad practices of listening and improvisation, sonic ecology, relationships between psychoacoustic perception and organology, and the technological, material, and cultural histories of rural spaces. They have performed and presented work at the Borealis Festival, ISSUE Project Room, REDCAT, bludenzer tage zeitgem\u00e4\u00dfer musik, Ghent Jazz Festival, Blanton Museum of Art, philharmonie luxembourg, Squeaky Wheel, Festival Musica, the American Academy in Rome, Frequency Festival, Indexical, and the OPTION series, and was awarded the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis from the 2016 Darmstadt Ferienkurse. Weston has held residencies at the University of Huddersfield, Harvard, NYU, Columbia, Princeton, Stanford, Northwestern, and was a 2018 visiting artist at CalArts. Various recording projects have been released by HatHut, Not Two, Sound American, Parlour Tapes+, Carrier Records, New Amsterdam, Clean Feed, Anticausal Systems, Dinzu Artefacts, and their debut release SOLO WORKS on Creative Sources, which featured on Bandcamp Daily\u2019s \u201cBest Experimental Music of 2020\u201d. They are an active member of RAGE THORMBONES, Ensemble Pamplemousse, the Wet Ink Large Ensemble, and performs regularly as a soloist and ensemble member on low brass instruments and various electronic media. They hold degrees in Music Performance from Northwestern University and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.",
    "name": "C. Weston Olencki",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/WestonSmall.jpg",
    "title": "Music Fellow, Arts"
  },
  "/caren-canier": {
    "biography": "Caren Canier is a Professor of Painting, Drawing and 2D Design in the Arts Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. She has a BFA in Painting from Cornell University, where she studied with Gillian Pederson-Krag and an MFA in Painting from Boston University where she studied with Philip Guston and James Weeks. Canier has won numerous awards for her work including the Rome Prize Fellowship from the American Academy in Rome, the Pollock/Krasner Foundation Grant, the Ingram Merrill Foundation Grant,and two Artist's Fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts. Her work has been exhibited in many venues including solo exhibitions at the Robert Schoelkopf and Bowery Galleries in New York, Boston University's Sherman Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of New Hampshire, Durham and the Korn Gallery at the Dorothy Young Center for the Arts at Drew University.",
    "education": "MFA, Painting, Boston University BFA, Painting, Cornell University",
    "name": "Caren Canier",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/canier.jpeg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Arts"
  },
  "/carlos-varela": {
    "area": "Programming Languages and Software Engineering Distributed Computing and Middleware Computational Science and Engineering",
    "biography": "Dr. Carlos A. Varela received his B.S. with honors, M.S., and Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Varela is Associate Editor and Information Director of the ACM Computing Surveys journal, and has served as Guest Editor of the Scientific Programming journal. Dr. Varela is a recipient of several research grants including the NSF CAREER award, two IBM SUR awards, and two IBM Innovation awards. His current research interests include web-based and internet-based computing, middleware for adaptive distributed systems, concurrent programming models and languages, and software development environments and tools. For more information on Prof. Varela's group's research, please visit the Worldwide Computing Lab at http://wcl.cs.rpi.edu/",
    "education": "Dr. Carlos A. Varela received his B.S. with honors, M.S., and Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.",
    "name": "Carlos A Varela",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Varela2_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Computer Science"
  },
  "/caroline-hofmann": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Caroline Hofmann",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer, Communication and Media"
  },
  "/catalin-r-picu": {
    "area": "Mechanics of Solids Micro- and Nano-Mechanics of Crystalline Defects Atomistic Simulations",
    "biography": "Catalin Picu received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania, in 1989. He then joined the faculty of the same institution working in the area of Solid Mechanics. In 1992 he entered the PhD program in Applied Mechanics at Dartmouth College from where he obtained his degree in 1995. Shortly after, Dr. Picu joined the Solid Mechanics group at Brown University where he worked until coming to RPI as a faculty member in August 1998.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Dartmouth College",
    "name": "Catalin R. Picu",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/picu_catalin4_for_web_sites.jpg",
    "title": "Professor and Associate Head for Undergraduate Studies, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/catherine-littell": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Catherine Littell",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": ""
  },
  "/catherine-royer": {
    "area": "pressure effects on biomolecules protein folding protein interaction networks live cell quantitative fluorescence imaging transcription regulation",
    "biography": "Dr. Royer obtained her Bachelors (Licence) degree in 1979 at the University of Pierre and Marie Curie - Paris 6 in Biochemistry and Chemistry. She obtained her Ph.D. in 1985 in the Department of Biochemistry in the School of Chemical Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under the direction of Professor Gregorio Weber. She carried out postdoctoral studies at the University of Paris 7, the CNRS at Gif-sur-Yvette and at LURE under the direction of Bernard Alpert, Guy Herv\u00e9 and Jean-Claude Brochon. She then took a position as User Coordinator and Research Physicist at the Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics in the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign. In 1990 she moved to an Assistant Professorship in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 1995. In 1997 she took the position of INSERM Director of Research in the Center for Structural Biochemistry in Montpellier France where, in 2002, she became Associate Director of the institute and in 2007, Director. In 2013 She moved to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a Professor of Biological Sciences and chaired Constellation Professor in Bioinformatics and Biocomputation.",
    "education": "Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaigne (Biochemistry) Bachelors (Licence) degree University of Pierre and Marie Curie Paris 6 (Biochemistry and Chemistry)",
    "name": "Catherine Royer",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/royer_crop2.jpg",
    "title": "Constellation Chair, Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/chaitanya-k-ullal": {
    "area": "Polymers, Optics, and Nanolithography",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "PhD. Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. B.Tech. Dept. of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India.",
    "name": "Chaitanya K. Ullal",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/ullal.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/chan-i-chung": {
    "area": "Polymer processing, melt rheology and processing aids Multi-phase polymers and blends Polymer waste recycling Binder-assisted injection molding of metal and ceramic powders",
    "biography": "ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Seoul National University School of Chemical & Biological Engineering Invited Professor 2005 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) 1973 - 2004 Joint appointment to Materials Science & Engineering Department, and Chemical & Biological Engineering Department Professor Emeritus Jan. 1, 2005 - Present Professor Emeritus and Research Professor Jan. 1, 2000 - Dec. 2004 Professor July 1, 1979 - Dec. 31, 1999 Permanent Tenure July 1, 1977 Associate Professor July 1, 1975 Assistant Professor Jan. 22, 1973 Director of Advanced Manufacturing Laboratories I and II 1986-1992 Director of Polymer Science & Engineering Program 1984-1987 Chan I. Chung taught mainly polymer courses at RPI: Polymer Physics, and Polymer Engineering. He also taught a continuing education course on Polymer Extrusion and Melt Rheology from 1973 to 1989, attended by many industrial engineers from all over the world. His research has been focused on the development of an analytical melting model for single-screw extrusion through experimental and theoretical studies. He also contributed to the understanding of the structure-property relationship of block copolymers in their molten state as related to processing. His other contributions include the concept of using a solid solvent as a processing aid, HDPE/LDPE blend for solid state deformation processing, compatibilizers for recycling municipal plastics waste as commingled blends, and using a solid polymer solution as a binder for binder\u2011assisted injection molding of metallic and ceramic powders.",
    "education": "PhD Materials Science, Rutgers University, New Jersey 1969 Thesis: \u201cEffects of Orientation and Chemical Structure on the Mechanical Relaxation Behavior in Polymer Solids\u201d under Professor John Sauer MChE Chemical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey 1966 Thesis: \u201cGas Permeation Through Plastic Films\u201d under Professor Kenneth Staffin (Part-time student during 1964-1966) BChE Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea 1962",
    "name": "Chan I. Chung",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/chan%20i%20chung.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/chanaka-edirisinghe": {
    "area": "Quantitative Finance",
    "biography": "Professor Chanaka Edirisinghe has published extensively in management science and finance, focusing on portfolio optimization, risk management, derivative pricing, and firm fundamental strength analysis, as well as stochastic and quadratic programming theory and practice for large-scale applications. His research appears in journals such as Management Science , Operations Research , Mathematical Programming , Mathematics of Operations Research , Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Journal of Banking and Finance , and Quantitative Finance , among others. Emerald Management Reviews awarded the Citation of Excellence for his research in 2009, recognizing his work as one of the top 50 articles in management research in the world. Edirisinghe was an Erskine Fellow at the College of Business and Economics at University of Canterbury in New Zealand, and, a visiting scholar at several universities. He served as the general chair of the 2016 INFORMS annual conference, which was attended by over 5,000 researchers. In July 2018, he chaired a panel discussion titled, \u201cPotential for the Development of Fintech in Mauritius: Opportunities and Challenges,\u201d in Mauritius, and, in July 2019, he served on the program committee for a panel titled, \u201cFuture of Financial Services: Deeper Digitization, Data-driven Decision Intelligence, and New Business Models,\u201d held in Milan, Italy.",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Management Science, University of British Columbia Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering and Management, Asian Institute of Technology BSc in Mechanical Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka",
    "name": "Chanaka Edirisinghe",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/edirisinghe.jpg",
    "title": "Acting Dean, Kay and Jackson Tai '72 Chaired Professor in Quantitative Finance , Lally School of Management"
  },
  "/chang-y-ha": {
    "area": "Managerial Finance Investment Asset Pricing Theory Information Economics Market Microstructure International Finance",
    "biography": "Professor Ha\u2019s expertise lies in the valuation of financial assets and information economics. His current research involves modeling of international term structure/foreign exchange rate. He also explores how asymmetric information affects the dynamic trading behavior and welfare of investors at equilibrium. Professor Ha previously taught Statistics and Quantitative Methods at Columbia University. View Prof. Ha\u2019s CV",
    "education": "Ph.D., Columbia University; M.S., Columbia University; B.A. Korea University",
    "name": "Chang Y Ha",
    "portrait": "http://www.rpi.edu/academics/lally/faculty/photo/hac2.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor"
  },
  "/charles-malmborg": {
    "area": "materials handling and facility design warehousing and automated storage systems",
    "biography": "Professor Malmborg served on the faculties of Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech prior to joining Rensselaer. At Rensselaer he has served as DSES Doctoral Program Director (1987-1994), Associate Chair and Director of Master's Programs (1994-Present), Undergraduate Program Director (2005-Present) and Acting Chair (1996-97, 1998-2000, and 2001-2002). He is author of over 100 peer reviewed technical publications in leading international journals. He has served as Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator on major educational and research projects with the National Science Foundation and other sponsoring agencies. He has served as Editor for Decision Sciences for Applied Mathematical Modelling, and Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Vice President of the Alpha Pi Mu Industrial Engineering Honor Society and is a National Executive Council Member. He is recipient of the 1999 DSES Faculty Award of Excellence, the 2003 Karger Award for Outstanding Master's Thesis Advisor, the 2004 School of Engineering Award for Excellence in Education and the 2004 Del and Ruth Karger Award as Advisor to the Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation in DSES, the 2005 Trustee's Outstanding Teacher Award and the 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. faculty/Staff Award. He is a senior member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology Industrial and Systems Engineering",
    "name": "Charles Malmborg",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/malmborg.jpeg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Industrial and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/charles-martin": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Charles Martin",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Martin_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/chjan-lim": {
    "area": "Network Science Computations on networks Applied Stochastics Vortex Dynamics Statistical physics and turbulence Symmetric Dynamical Systems Combinatorial Matrix Theory",
    "biography": "See homepage http://www.rpi.edu/~limc",
    "education": "Ph.D., Brown University, 1987 B.S.E., Princeton, 1982",
    "name": "Chjan Lim",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Lim_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/chris-bjornsson": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Chris Bjornsson",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/noProfilePicture_6.png",
    "title": "Research Assistant Professor"
  },
  "/chris-bystroff": {
    "area": "bioinformatics computational biology biosensor design vaccine design protein structure motifs population contraception systems dynamics",
    "biography": "My lab studies the folding and design of proteins, enzymes, vaccine antigens, and biosensors. When I came here in 1999, I was a bioinformaticist and my lab worked exclusively in computational biology. Since then, we have evolved into a mostly experimental lab, with a little computation still mixed in. Our early work included algorithm development in protein structural bioinformatics, including structure prediction, contact map prediction, local structure prediction, hidden Markov models, sequence alignment, molecular surface area calculation, torsion space molecular dynamics, simplified representations for molecular dynamics, bioinformatics-driven force fields, structure-based alignment, and models for folding pathways. We proposed the \"phone cord effect\" to explain superhelicity in alpha helical crossovers. Starting about ten years ago, we began doing experimental work on green fluorescent protein (GFP) with the help of molecular biologist Prof. Donna E. Crone. We created a non-circularly permuted \"re-wired\" GFP, a permuted and truncated \"leave-one-out\" GFP, a variant that folds faster and more efficiently, and a GFP-base biosensor. We inserted strategically-placed disulfides to test specific hypotheses for the folding pathway of GFP and reasoned out the presence of two specific folding intermediates. More recently we are studying the formation of the fluorescent chromophore and the dependence of GFP fluorescence on specific residues and on thermodynamic stability. The principle thrust of the lab is to develop the leave-one-out (LOO) method for GFP-based biosensors. By combining computational design and high throughput screening, we find sets of mutations that complement a specific bound peptide and allow the truncated LOO-GFP to fold and glow only in the presence of a target protein which has been unfolded to expose that sequence. A biosensor for detection of H5N1 influenza virus hemagglutinin was published in 2015. We are collaborating on the development of a sensor for dengue virus and putting those sensors on protein fibers. We are also engaged in a collaborative effort to develop a contraceptive vaccine. The vaccine will produce temporary and reversible infertility. Instead of having to take an action to be protected, you will be protected by default, and would need to take an action to be temporarilly fertile again. The vaccine targets the sperm-specific calcium channel CatSper, which is required for sperm hyperactive motility and therefore for fertility. Sperm antigens are placed on the surface of non-infectious virus-like particles (VLP) for vaccination. A contraceptive vaccine is a humane way to deal with global overpopulation. Overpopulation is widely believed to be the root cause of anthropogenic climate change, overfishing, fresh water depletion, war, famine etc. -- in short, overpopulation is an existential threat. I recently published a computational model, called World4, for global population, predicting that a peak is coming soon. The good news is that by making every child a wanted child, population growth can be stopped humanely. My lab is using chimeric constructs of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) L1 protein as a self-assmbling virus-like nanoparticle. Theses particle raise strong immunity to epitopes on their surface. We are placing CatSper loops on the surface for a contracpetive vaccine, SARS-CoV2 spike protein loops on the surface as a glycan-free COVID vaccine, and metastatic cancer biomarkers for a late-stage cancer immunotherapeutic. This versatile chimeric-HPV technology has many applications in epitope-directed vaccine design. This work was made possible by our collaborators, the Center for Computational Innovation (CCI), and Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Sciences (CBIS), and by grants from the NSF, NIH, Rosetta Commons, and a private foundation.",
    "education": "BA. Carleton College, Northfield MN. Ph.D. University of California, San Diego",
    "name": "Chris Bystroff",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bystroff_crop2.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/chris-fisher-lochhead": {
    "area": "Music Composition Music Theory Music Improvisation",
    "biography": "Chris Fisher-Lochhead (he\u2013him) is a composer, improviser, and educator. His work attempts to cultivate adventurous and inclusive environments for musical collaboration through critical engagement with instrumental and compositional technique, notational systems, and ensemble dynamics. He holds degrees from the University of Michigan and Northwestern University; he joined the Rensselaer faculty in 2018. As a composer, he has collaborated with performers around the world. In 2012, his string quartet Dig Absolutely was selected by the Arditti Quartet for performance at the Darmstadt Summer Courses and was awarded the Mivos-Kanter Prize. Between 2013 and 2015, he collaborated closely with Dropshift Dance to develop two full-length electroacoustic dance scores culminating in performances at the Chicago Cultural Center and Links Hall. His string quartet Hack\u2014based on the transcribed vocal deliveries of standup comics\u2014was featured on the Spektral Quartet's record Serious Business, which was nominated for a Grammy Award and hailed by the New Yorker's Alex Ross as a \"knockout.\" A portrait disc, which will include performances by the JACK Quartet, Ensemble Dal Niente, Quince Vocal Ensemble, and Ben Roidl-Ward, is forthcoming on New Focus Records. Other noted collaborators include Third Coast Percussion, Ensemble Recherche, ekmeles, loadbang, Ogni Suono, Fonema Consort, Noise-Bridge, USC Percussion Ensemble, DePaul 20+ Ensemble, Northwestern Contemporary Music Ensemble, Graeme Jennings, Marcus Weiss, Timothy McAllister, and members of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). He is a founding member of Grant Wallace Band (GWB), a trio of composer/improvisers that integrates diverse styles and creative practices to craft a uniquely eclectic body of work. Since its founding in 2011, GWB has released seven albums and been featured by presenters across the country, including the Resonant Bodies Festival, New Amsterdam Records, Fast Forward Austin, Chatter (Albuquerque), Loops and Variations (Chicago), Opera Cabal, (Un)familiar Music Series, Oscillations (Chicago), Legion Arts (Cedar Rapids), and Fishkill Records. In 2016, GWB premiered the dramatic song cycle The Magnificent Pretty Boy\u2014commissioned by the Houston Grand Opera\u2019s community programs and based on the life of outsider artist Henry Ray Clark\u2014at the Menil Collection in Houston. As an educator, he is committed to reconceiving university music education for the 21st century by broadening the traditional theoretical focus to include vernacular, popular, and experimental practices; and robustly engaging with the perspectives of critical pedagogy, anti-colonialism, and structural justice. His research projects center around speech melody transcription, just intonation, sample-based beatmaking, the political economy of musical production, and critical approaches to musical notation and instrumental technique. Current projects include a composition for tenor saxophone, percussion, and fixed media commissioned by saxophonist Timothy McAllister (and based on an in-depth musical analysis of spoken fragments of Fred Hampton), an album-length wind quintet for the Chicago Wind Project, and a new trio album with Grant Wallace Band.",
    "education": "D.M.A., Music Composition and Technology, Northwestern University, Bienen School of Music B.M., Music Composition, University of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre & Dance",
    "name": "Chris Fisher-Lochhead",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Lochhead_square.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Arts"
  },
  "/chris-letchford": {
    "area": "Wind Engineering Bluff Body Aerodynamics",
    "biography": "Chris Letchford obtained his Bachelor\u2019s degree in Civil Engineering with First Class Honours and University Medal from the University of Queensland in 1980. He was the inaugural winner of the Ove Arup Scholarship and worked for two years in the London Office of Ove Arup and Partners, Consulting Engineers. There he worked on the designs for the Britannia Leisure Centre, the Old Vic Theatre refurbishment, and the Menil Collection Museum in Houston under Peter Rice and Renzo Piano. He also spent 9 months as Resident Engineer. After completing a doctorate in Wind Engineering at Oxford University as a Commonwealth Scholar he began his academic career at the University of Queensland in 1987. After developing a research program in Wind Engineering and Bluff Body Aerodynamics and reaching the level of Reader, Chris left Queensland to take up a Professorship at Texas Tech University in the US. During 8 years in the Wind Science and Engineering Research Center, he helped manage an annual research budget in excess of US$1million and developed several innovative simulators for thunderstorm downburst and tornado winds. In 1997 Chris chaired the 4th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Wind Engineering on the Gold Coast and in 2003 he chaired the Technical and Scientific Committees of the 11th International Conference on Wind Engineering in Lubbock Texas. From 1995-1999 and 2007-2009 Chris was the Chair of the Australasian Wind Engineering Society (AWES). From 2003-2006 Chris was a member of the Executive of the American Association of Wind Engineering. In 2007 Chris was elected as the Asia-Pacific Representative of the International Association of Wind Engineering. Chris is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and sits on the Wind Effects, Aerodynamics and Tall buildings Committees. Chris is a Registered Professional Engineer in Queensland and a Chartered Professional Engineer in Australia. Chris left Texas Tech University as Senior Associate Dean to take up the Head of School of Engineering at the University of Tasmania in 2007. In 2011, Chris accepted the Head of Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.",
    "education": "BE(Hons) Civil - University of Queensland, Australia, 1980 DPhil(Oxf) - University of Oxford, England, 1987",
    "name": "Chris Letchford",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/letchc2.jpg",
    "title": "Professor and Department Head, Civil and Environmental Engineering"
  },
  "/chris-mcdermott": {
    "area": "Operations Management Healthcare Management New Product Development Project Management Operations Strategy",
    "biography": "Professor McDermott has taught courses at the undergraduate, graduate, and executive levels while at Rensselaer, and as a visiting faculty member at other schools. He has won multiple awards for his teaching. Professor McDermott\u2019s primary research interests focus on the link between the operations function and the overall goals of the organization, showing the strategic importance of operational decisions to overall competitiveness. His research falls into three main areas. 1) The alignment between operational decisions and the organization\u2019s stated competitive priorities, 2) the role of operational decisions on innovation performance, and 3) the effective use of operations management concepts in the health care sector. He has published more than one hundred research papers in academic journals and conference proceedings, and his research has more than 5,000 citations. His work has been published in such outlets as the Journal of Operations Management , Decision Sciences , Journal of Product Innovation Management , IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management , International Journal of Operations and Production Management , International Journal of Production Research , International Journal of Production Economics , and the Journal of High Technology Management Research . Professor McDermott has served as an associate editor for the Journal of Operations Management and recently completed his three-year term on the editorial review board of Decision Sciences . He currently sits on the editorial review board of the International Journal of Services and Operations Management . Prior to joining Rensselaer, Professor McDermott worked as an engineer at the Westinghouse Electric Company, and also at the Fairchild Space Company, where he was an on-site contractor at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center.",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of North Carolina; B.S., Duke University",
    "name": "Chris McDermott",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/mcdermott.jpeg",
    "title": "Professor, Lally School of Management"
  },
  "/chris-mcevoy": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Chris McEvoy",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Adjunct, GSAS"
  },
  "/chris-tong": {
    "area": "Risk Factor Modeling Domestic Stability and Foreign Exchange Policy Economic Ramifications of Multinational Corporations Total Factor Productivity Growth Industrial Production Efficiency",
    "biography": "Programs Taught Business Intelligence, Production Analytics Bio Chris is an economist with expertise in the areas of Econometrics and Industrial Economics. He has 30+ years of experience teaching Business Forecasting, Data Analysis for Decision Making, and Managerial Economics in the United States and abroad. He spent a great deal of time traveling and completing research throughout China, publishing findings in international journals related to the Chinese and Asian economies. Chris has also worked in the multinational non-profit sector as a Senior Data Analyst, minimizing the risk exposure of entire organizations, and currently serves as Director of Finance for a leisure travel group. Other Professional Experience Enterprise International Business Analyst the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints \u2013 Senior Risk Consultant Brigham Young University \u2013 Adjunct Professor Westminster College \u2013 Associate Dean of the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business Westminster College \u2013 Director of International Program Development, Division of New Learning Westminster College \u2013 Director of Center for China-America Business Studies Westminster College \u2013 Professor of Economics",
    "education": "Ph.D., Economics, University of Utah B.Sc., Economics, Westminster College",
    "name": "Chris Tong",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Chris%20Tong_0.jpg",
    "title": "Instructor Mentor, Rensselaer at Work"
  },
  "/christian-m-wetzel": {
    "area": "Electronic Band Structure Group III Nitrides Solar Cell Junctions Power Electronics Solid State Lighting Solar Fuels",
    "biography": "Is a recognized leader in the research and development of LED-based solid-state lighting. His research spans the materials physics and epitaxial growth of wide bandgap group-III nitrides, their device design and metrology. His work contributes to substantial worldwide energy savings by means of higher efficiency lighting and emerging power electronics. With a PhD from Technical University Munich, Wetzel held research appointments at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Meijo University, Japan, the labs of the 2014 Nobel Prize winners in Physics. Pursuing the goal of high efficiency green LEDs Wetzel worked in industry as a project manager before joining RPI's Future Chips Constellation in 2004. Since then, Wetzel has chaired numerous conferences on the topics of his work, received recognizing awards by the U.S. Department of Energy and serves as active officer in academic societies. At RPI Wetzel is an active member of the Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications ERC and pursues new research initiatives in energy efficiency topics with faculty across the Troy campus. To further our research we collaborate across the science and engineering disciplines, with industry and government laboratories. Lists of Scholarly Works http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6055-0990 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/O-4017-2014 http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DyBaCscAAAAJ",
    "education": "1993 Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.), summa cum laude, Physics, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany. 1988 Diplom (M.S.) Technical Physics, Technical University Munich, Germany. Specialization in Electronic Devices and Control Theory. 1984 Vordiplom (B.S.) Technical Physics, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany.",
    "name": "Christian M. Wetzel",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/wetzel.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/christoph-o-steinbruchel": {
    "area": "Microelectronics Technology Thin Films",
    "biography": "Professor Steinbruchel received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1974. Before joining Rensselaer, he worked at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Chicago, the Argonne National Laboratory, RCA Laboratories, and Mettler Instruments. Professor Steinbruchel has published extensively in the areas of plasma etching, sputtering, plasma diagnostics, and surface science. Steinbruchel's research program is in the area of thin film materials science, with application especially to microelectronics and sensor technology. This research includes all types of materials, the common theme being that they are used in the form of thin films.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Chemical Physics (University of Minnesota, 1974)",
    "name": "Christoph O. Steinbruchel",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/steinbruchel_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/christopher-cioffi": {
    "area": "Medicinal Chemistry Drug Discovery Organic Chemistry",
    "biography": "Dr. Christopher L. Cioffi received his Ph.D. degree in Organic Chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2000) under the supervision of Professor Mark P. Wentland. Dr. Cioffi then joined Curia (formally Albany Molecular Research, Inc. (AMRI), 2000-2016) where he served as a medicinal chemist and project leader engaged in drug discovery and development collaborations focused on diverse indications that include dyslipidemia, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), neuropsychiatric indications, and ophthalmic diseases. He subsequently served on the faculty of Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences from 2016-2021. Dr. Cioffi is currently the Thomas and Constance D\u2019Ambra Endowed Chair of Organic Chemistry at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute within the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. The focus of the Cioffi laboratory is medicinal chemistry and drug discovery research. Specifically, Dr. Cioffi's research is largely centered on small molecule drug discovery, which involves high throughput screening, structure-based and ligand-based drug design, and lead optimization studies to develop structure-activity-relationships (SAR). The goals are to deliver small molecules with an acceptable balance of potency and physicochemical properties to validate novel targets/mechanisms in in vivo animal models of target diseases and to ultimately provide candidate compounds for human clinical trials. This work is conducted with various pharmacology and clinical pharmacology collaborators. Therapeutic areas of interest span neuroscience indications (neuropathic pain, ophthalmic diseases, Parkinson's disease, Rett syndrome), infectious diseases (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), indications associated with elevated retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4) expression, and transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR). Dr. Cioffi is a co-inventor on 38 issued patents and co-author on 31 peer reviewed publications and book chapters. Notably, he is a co-inventor of three compounds that have entered clinical trials: evacetrapib (CETP inhibitor, was in Phase 3 for dyslipidemia in 2016), tinlarebant (selective RBP4 antagonist, currently in Phase 3 for the treatment of Stargardt disease), and SMP-100 (5-HT3 receptor partial agonist, currently in Phase 1 for the treatment of IBS-D). Current Research Support: NIH / National Eye Institute; NIH / National Institute on Drug Abuse; NIH / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute",
    "education": "B.S. Chemistry, 1994, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180 Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2000, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180. Thesis Advisor: Professor Mark P. Wentland. The Synthesis of Novel 2,6-Methano-3-Benzazocin-8-Amines and Synthetic Studies Directed Toward FR-900482.",
    "name": "Christopher Cioffi",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Cioffi%20Photo.jpg",
    "title": "Thomas and Constance D'Ambra Professor in Organic Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Biology"
  },
  "/christopher-d-carothers": {
    "biography": "Chris Carothers is a Professor in the Computer Science Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His research interest are in massively parallel systems focusing on modeling and simulation systems of all sorts. Prof. Carothers is an NSF CAREER award winner and is currently active in the DOE Exascale Co-Design Program associated with designs for next generation exascale storage systems as well as the NSF PetaApps Program, and the Army Research Center's Mobile Network Modeling Institute",
    "education": "Ph.D., Computer Science Georgia Institute of Technology, September 1997",
    "name": "Christopher D. Carothers",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Carothers_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Professor and Director, Center for Computational Innovations (CCI), Computer Science"
  },
  "/christopher-jeansonne": {
    "area": "Critical Media Pedagogy Popular Culture Transnational Media Transmedial Genres Media Creation",
    "biography": "Christopher Jeansonne is a media educator, a media maker, and a scholar focusing on critical media pedagogy. His research involves practical and theoretical investigations of pedagogical methods that help students explore how identities are established within and articulated through media. His teaching and research often center on popular culture media, including film, television, comics, games, and transmedial genres such as superheroes, science fiction, and horror. Drawing on his background in media production, Chris highlights intersections between critical and creative practice through arts-based and project-based teaching strategies. His dissertation, \u201cSuperheroes in the Classroom, Or: An Autoethnography of Great Power, Responsibility, and Community in a Critical Media Pedagogy,\u201d was the winner of the 2019 Manuel Barkan Dissertation Award and Fellowship. Using autoethnographic research methodologies and the superhero genre as a topical focus, it shows how media education can be enhanced through collaborative, student-centered strategies that disrupt traditional authority dynamics in the classroom. Currently Chris is exploring publication avenues for his dissertation research, as well as extending that work through an articulation of \u2018reflexive media awareness\u2019\u2014a notion proposed as a complement to the \u2018critical media literacy\u2019 emphasized by most media educators. Chris also does archival research and interpretive analysis of transnational and transmedial popular culture texts. His article \u201cGlobalizing a \u2018rage that never dies\u2019 (but can\u2019t stay the same): shifting dynamics of identification in the transnational remaking of Ju-On into The Grudge ,\u201d was recently published in Transnational Screens. He has a chapter on the television show Marvel\u2019s Agent Carter in the forthcoming edited collection The Human in Superhuman , and articles in development on the Krazy Kat comics of George Herriman and Amazon\u2019s Man in the High Castle . Prior to his doctoral work, Chris was the founder of an award-winning media arts program at Lusher Charter School in New Orleans, and he has worked on numerous commercial and documentary film and media projects. From 1999-2006, he lived and taught in Japan, first as an ESL iteacher for the Ibukiyama Board of Education, and later as the co-director of the ESL program at Seisen University in Minami-Hikone, where he also taught American culture and film and was the lead instructor of the Aikido Club.",
    "education": "PhD, Arts Administration, Education, and Policy, The Ohio State University MFA, Film, Ohio University BA, French, Loyola University New Orleans",
    "name": "Christopher Jeansonne",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Jeansonne_square.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Communication and Media"
  },
  "/christopher-perry": {
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Master of Architecture, Columbia University",
    "name": "Christopher Perry",
    "portrait": "http://",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, School of Architecture"
  },
  "/christopher-sims": {
    "biography": "Chris Sims received both his MS and PhD degrees in Cognitive Science from Rensselaer. He served as Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Drexel University from 2015\u201317 before joining the faculty of Cognitive Science. His research is centered on visual memory and perceptual expertise, sensori-motor control and motor learning, and learning and decision-making under uncertainty.",
    "education": "PhD, Cognitive Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute MS, Cognitive Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute",
    "name": "Christopher Sims",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Crop.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Program Director, Cognitive Science"
  },
  "/christopher-tozzi": {
    "biography": "Christopher Tozzi studies the history and culture of technology. His most recent book, For Fun and Profit: A History of the Free and Open Source Software Revolution (MIT Press, 2017), explores the history of software whose source code is freely shared, and the cultural and economic impact of such software. Dr. Tozzi also writes frequently about the cultural and political dimensions of software development, the IT industry and technologies such as blockchain and machine learning. Dr. Tozzi is also interested in military history. He is the author of Nationalizing France's Army: Foreign, Black and Jewish Troops in the French Military, 1715-1831 (University of Virginia Press, 2016). Dr. Tozzi's current research focuses on the history of decentralization from political, social and technological perspectives.",
    "education": "Ph.D. in History (Johns Hopkins, 2013) B.A. in History and French (Cornell, 2008)",
    "name": "Christopher Tozzi",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/tozzic_square.jpg",
    "title": "Sr. Lecturer, Science and Technology Studies"
  },
  "/christos-varsamis": {
    "area": "Structural Engineering Earthquake Engineering",
    "biography": "Dr. Varsamis is a Civil Engineer who specializes in Structural and Earthquake Engineering. He earned his Diploma in Civil Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) in Greece and also holds an M.S. degree in Earthquake Engineering and Seismic Design of Structures from AUTh. He decided to continue his studies in the United States, at which time he was awarded a scholarship from the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation which supported him during his doctoral studies in Civil Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). In 2021, he earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from RPI and joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rensselaer as a Lecturer. His research primarily focuses on the performance of structures with seismic protection devices that exhibit both positive and negative stiffness, as well as on the optimal design of reinforced concrete shear walls and cores with boundary elements. In addition, he has a strong interest in the analysis and assessment of new and existing structures using performance-based procedures. He has taught several structural analysis and design courses at the undergraduate and graduate level at RPI, for both steel and concrete structures.",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute M.S. in Earthquake Engineering and Seismic Design of Structures, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Diploma in Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece",
    "name": "Christos Varsamis",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/CEE_Christos_Varsamis.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering"
  },
  "/christos-varsamis-0": {
    "area": "Structural Engineering Earthquake Engineering",
    "biography": "Dr. Varsamis is a Civil Engineer who specializes in Structural and Earthquake Engineering. He earned his Diploma in Civil Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) in Greece. He also holds an M.S. degree in Earthquake Engineering and Seismic Design of Structures from AUTh. He decided to continue his studies in the United States, at which time he was awarded a scholarship from the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation which supported him during his doctoral studies in Civil Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). In 2021, he earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from RPI and joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rensselaer as a Lecturer. His research primarily focuses on the performance of structures with seismic protection devices that exhibit both positive and negative stiffness, as well as on the optimal design of reinforced concrete shear walls and cores with boundary elements. In addition, he has a strong interest in the analysis and assessment of new and existing structures using performance-based procedures. He has taught several structural analysis and design courses at the undergraduate and graduate level at RPI, for both steel and concrete structures.",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute M.S. in Earthquake Engineering and Seismic Design of Structures, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Diploma in Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece",
    "name": "Christos Varsamis",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/CEE_Christos_Varsamis_0.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering"
  },
  "/chrysi-nanou": {
    "biography": "Pianist Chrysi Nanou combines a career as a performer, curator, lecturer and a devoted teacher of all ages. Born in Greece, Chrysi\u2019s personal and professional aesthetics were formed in Paris and further shaped in the United States with her studies at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris / Alfred Cortot, The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, and at Stanford University\u2019s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). Her repertoire is particularly diverse, ranging from core classical music to twenty-first century and in a wide variety of genres with an emphasis on electro-acoustic contemporary music. Appearing as a concert pianist in over 30 countries, she has premiered many compositions by young and eminent composers. Chrysi has served as the Artistic Coordinator of CCRMA (Stanford University), is part of GoogleArts and sits on the board of the International Computer Music Association (ICMA). She is currently a PhD Candidate at Cambridge University at the Center for Music and Science.",
    "name": "Chrysi Nanou",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/ChrysiSmall.jpg",
    "title": "Music Fellow, Arts"
  },
  "/chuck-boylen": {
    "area": "biodefense biology fementation freshwater microbiology",
    "biography": "As Professor of Biology and Associate Director of the Darrin Fresh Water Institute (DFWI) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Dr. Boylen worked in conjunction with the Director all aspects of running the research field station, including funding, research, teaching and administration. Dr. Boylen is internationally known for his New York State limnology research, particularly in the Adirondacks and Lake George. Dr. Boylen\u2019s research has been federally funded by National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Institute of Health, as well as state and local agencies. He is the author and co-author of more than 100 articles published in highly ranked academic journals and has supervised more than 40 graduate student theses. Dr. Boylen is actively involved with a number of environmentally focused organizations which include the Hudson River Environmental Society, Fund for Lake George, and the Lake George Watershed Coalition. Since the 1970\u2019s he has maintained an active limnological research program on Lake George and numerous freshwater systems in NY and the Adirondacks. His research results have been applied to community and policy issues relating the impact of human activities on water quality, particularly how watershed practices negatively impact stormwater runoff. Dr. Boylen served as a Co-PI for the Adirondack Effects Assessment Program (EPA funded 1994-2006), and the New York State Invasive Species Advisory Committee, a NYSERDA funded program of which he also serves as a Co-PI.",
    "education": "Ph.D. University of Wisconsin in Bacteriology (1969)",
    "name": "Chuck Boylen",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/boylen_crop2.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/chuck-stewart": {
    "area": "Computer vision Applications in ecology and environmental conservations",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "PhD., University of Wisconsin, Computer Science B.A., Williams College, Mathematics",
    "name": "Chuck Stewart",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Stewart_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Computer Science"
  },
  "/chulsung-bae": {
    "area": "Clean energy technology Ion-conducting polymers for energy conversion Green chemistry",
    "biography": "Chulsung Bae is Ford Foundation Professor at Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology (with a joint appointment at Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Broadly speaking, Bae's research group focuses on development of functional polymeric materials that might find applications in the areas of clean energy and environment technologies, using synthetic organic chemistry as a tool. Specific examples of projects include innovative ion conducting polymer electrolytes that can be used as a key component in next generation energy conversion and storage technologies, such as fuel cells, hydrogen production via water splitting, and redox flow battery, and functional polymers that can play a crucial role in energy efficient separation process. Bae received BS in Polymer Science & Engineering at Inha University, MS in Materials Science at POSTECH, MS in Chemistry at University of Massachusetts at Lowell, and PhD in Chemistry at University of Southern California under the guidance of Surya Prakash and Nobel Laureate George Olah. After postdoctoral research with John Hartwig at Yale University, he started independent academic career at University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) as an Assistant Professor in 2004. In 2012 Bae relocated his research group to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Bae received a number of awards including New Investigator Award of UNLV (2005), National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2008), and RPI School of Science Outstanding Research Award (2016). In 2017 Dr. Bae received a $2.5 million contract from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Products Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop innovative solid ion conducting materials for next generation renewable energy conversion and storage technology.",
    "education": "Postdoc, Yale University Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Southern California MS Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Lowell MS Materials Science & Engineering, POSTECH BS Polymer Science & Engineering, Inha University",
    "name": "Chulsung Bae",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Bae_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Ford Foundation Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Biology"
  },
  "/chunyu-wang": {
    "area": "Alzheimer's disease: amyloid production, aggregation and interaction Hedgehog autopocessing: mechanism and relevance to cancer drug discovery in Alzheimer's and cancer NMR spectroscopy inteins: structure and mechanism",
    "biography": "Professor Wang applies nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to study Alzheimer's disease and Hedgehog signaling pathway.",
    "education": "MD, Peking Union Medical College, 1996 PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Cornell University, 2000",
    "name": "Chunyu Wang",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/IMG_0151.jpeg",
    "title": "Professor , Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/clint-ballinger": {
    "area": "Micro-LEDs Display technologies Energy Lean product development Nanomaterials/Semiconductor materials Entrepreneurship",
    "biography": "Dr. Ballinger is a business leader with a reputation for exceptional technical/analytic skills and history of launching \u201cworld\u2019s first\u201d products across multiple markets, on time and under budget. Diverse background with demonstrated lean business acumen that includes founding and operating companies, creating, developing and launching new products, technology due diligence, extensive capital raising experience, recipient of multiple grants from NSF,DOE, DARPA, &NYSERDA and global team development. Specializing in taking ideas to market and/or quickly evaluating to determine market viability. Proven track record in life science, LEDs, semiconductor materials, displays including LCD, QLED and \uf06dLED, military, and energy including nuclear, thermoelectrics, thermophotovoltaics, EV charging and photovoltaics. Work experience: Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Lockheeed Martin, Evident Technologies, Evident Thermoelectrics, SelfArray Consulting experience: Applied Materials, MDB Capital, Liquid Venture Partners, Livingston Energy",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering, University of Michigan B.S. in Nuclear Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology",
    "name": "Clint Ballinger",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/clint.ballinger02.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Interim Director of Undergraduate Programs, Lally School of Management"
  },
  "/conor-lennon": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Conor Lennon",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Economics"
  },
  "/corey-woodcock": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Corey Woodcock",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer, Chemical and Biological Engineering"
  },
  "/cory-kasprzyk": {
    "biography": "Dr. cory ryan kasprzyk (he/him) is a musician who writes, performs, and promotes work engaged in sustainability, nonintention, veganism, and interconnectivity. His compositions\u2014praised as \u201ctimbrally striking\u201d (HurdAudio) and \u201cfull of wind, height, and velocity\u201d (Baltimore City Paper)\u2014extensively explore phonography and are grounded in found composition: relinquishing most musical decisions to observed environments. Using saxophone, dry ice, and electronics, he has performed in diverse settings\u2014from the New World Symphony Orchestra to experimental improvisers with the High Zero Foundation. Additionally, he has managed music programs for underserved populations providing outreach, educational, and charitable support. His work has garnered performance credits including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Steinway Hall, the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, and others throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. He has also presented at festivals including BEAST FEaST, CEMIcircles, Electroacoustic Barn Dance, Electronic Music Midwest, ICMC, PASIC, SEAMUS, SCI Region/National Conferences, Symposium on Acoustic Ecology, Third Practice, and others. Alongside a TEDx talk and other speaking engagements, his publications and recordings can be found on Computer Music Journal (MIT Press), Green Field Recordings, New Focus Recordings, and SEAMUS. Commissions and performances have led to collaboration with Alarm Will Sound, Kevin Toks\u00f6z Fairbairn, Dana Jessen, Kylwyria, Conor Nelson, Andrew Pelletier, among others. He has participated in informal study and masterclasses with Alvin Lucier, Tristan Murail, Kaija Saariaho, Barry Truax, Hans Tutschku, and Trevor Wishart. A graduate of Grand Valley State University, he holds two master\u2019s degrees from the Peabody Conservatory, as well as a doctorate from Bowling Green State University, where his research focused on sound, equality, and environment. In addition to teaching a diverse array of students ages 7 to 70 for over two decades, he has also served on the faculties of Morgan State University, Bluefield College, Mansfield University, and CUNY Queensborough Community College. He currently teaches at CalState\u2013Monterey Bay, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and LIU\u2013Brooklyn.",
    "name": "cory kasprzyk",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/KasprzykC.jpg",
    "title": "Adjunct, Arts"
  },
  "/cristina-c-james": {
    "area": "American Literature Literary Theory Popular Culture and Media Studies Facilitating Student Led TEDx events Woman's Studies",
    "biography": "Cristina C. James earned her Bachelor's and Masters' degrees in English Literature at Columbia University and her PhD in English Literature at SUNY Albany. She also earned her Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University School of Law. After teaching, administrating, and designing English curriculum at the secondary school level for a number of years, she returned in 2019 to the undergraduate classroom, teaching for several years as a lecturer in the English department at the State University of New York at Albany. She is a trained TEDx organizer and has curated many student TEDx Talk events. Her academic interests center around the intertextual connections between canonical feminist literature, critical theory, and popular culture- especially music.",
    "education": "PhD in American Literature ,State University of New York at Albany M.A. in American Literature, Columbia University B.A. in American Literature Columbia College Juris Doctor Pepperdine University School of Law",
    "name": "Cristina C James",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences"
  },
  "/curt-breneman": {
    "area": "Cheminformatics Materials Informatics Drug Discovery Software Computational ADME/Tox Data Analytics",
    "biography": "Curt Breneman was born in Santa Monica, California in 1956, and went on to earn a B.S. in Chemistry at UCLA in 1980 followed by a Ph.D. in Chemistry at UC Santa Barbara (with an emphasis on Physical Organic and Computational Chemistry) in 1987. Following two years of post-doctoral research at Yale University, Dr. Breneman joined the faculty of the Department of Chemistry at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and began a program in molecular recognition and computational chemistry based on his concept of \"Transferable Atom Equivalents\", or TAEs, as building blocks for describing the electronic and reactive character of molecules. Dr. Breneman currently holds the rank of Full Professor in the RPI Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and is the Director of the NIH RECCR Center. He later served as Head of the Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology and now as Dean of the School of Science. The Breneman research group primarily specializes in the development of new molecular property descriptors and machine learning methods that can be applied to a diverse set of physical and biochemical problems. Of paramount interest are methods that can increase the information content of molecular descriptors, and machine learning techniques that can exploit this data for the creation of fully validated, predictive property models. Current application areas include pharmaceutical ADME prediction, virtual high-throughput screening of drug candidates, protein chromatography modeling (HIC and ion-exchange), as well as polymer property prediction.",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Chemistry at UC Santa Barbara (with an emphasis on Physical Organic and Computational Chemistry) 1987",
    "name": "Curt Breneman",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/dean_breneman2.jpg",
    "title": "Dean of the School of Science, Professor and Director, Rensselaer Exploratory Center for Cheminformatics Research (RECCR), Chemistry and Chemical Biology"
  },
  "/daniel-chapman-lander": {
    "area": "Fluid Mechanics Bluff body aerodynamics Transition to turbulence Shear layers Vortex shedding",
    "biography": "Daniel completed his B.S. in Civil Engineering at the University of Sydney, Australia in 2009. He pursued a research internship at the Centre Scientifique et Technique du B\u00e2timent in Nantes, France, where he worked with the Wind and Structures group. After graduating with honors, he worked professionally for 2.5 years as a project engineer at VIPAC Engineers and Scientists. Daniel came to RPI to pursue his Ph.D. in the Fall 2012, studying under Professor Letchford (CEE) & Professor Amitay (MANE). Daniel subsequently took a Lecturing position in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at RPI where he teaches Water Resources Engineering, Thermal-Fluid Engineering I, Wind Engineering, Fluid Mechanics for Civil Engineers, and Introductory to Engineering Design. Daniel's research interests are concerned with fundamental fluid mechanics problems in wind engineering. He is interested in Reynolds number effects on laminar-to-turbulent transition in shear layers and vortex shedding from square prisms. He is also interested in the scale effects of free-stream turbulence on peak pressure generation in separating/recirculating flows from bluff bodies. Daniel has published in the preeminent fluid mechanics journals and was recently the co-author of the NSF funded proposal: Model to Full-Scale Validation of Peak Pressure Mechanisms in Buildings that Cause Cladding Failures and Windstorm Damage, where he remains in an advisory role. Daniel recently co-organized the year-long Engineering the Anthropocene seminar series at RPI in collaboration with colleagues in Science and Technology Studies in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. The series aimed to inspire conversations at RPI and beyond to understand how engineers are situated relative to a changing climate and what they can do about it. Daniel is a co-founder of the Constellation Prize which seeks to promote engineers working for social justice, human rights, environmental protection, and peace. Outside of academic life, Daniel is a board member, organizer, volunteer, and mechanic at Troy Bike Rescue. Dan enjoys gardening and raising chickens. He rides bikes for transport, exercise, and fun!",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, May 2017 B.S. in Civil Engineering & Commerce, The University of Sydney, December 2009",
    "name": "Daniel Chapman Lander",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/headshot_0.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering"
  },
  "/daniel-gall": {
    "area": "Nanotechnology Electronic Materials Thin Film Deposition First-principles calculations Materials characterization",
    "biography": "Professor Gall is member of the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He received his Diploma from the University of Basel, Switzerland, in 1994, and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2000. Prof. Gall is a Fellow of the American Vacuum Society, has been a Visiting Scientist at the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, Illinois, a Visiting Professor at the Ecole Polytechnic Federal Lausanne, and a Global Initiative of Academic Networks Lecturer. He has served as Assistant Editor and Editorial Board Member for Thin Solid Films , as Associate Editor for the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A , as chair for the AVS Advanced Surface Engineering Division, as proceedings editor, session chair, symposium chair, and program chair for the AVS International Symposium and the International Conference for Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films. Prof. Gall\u2019s research focuses on the development of an atomistic understanding of thin film growth and on the electronic and optical properties of materials. He is studying electron transport in nanowires and epitaxial metal layers and explores synthesis and properties of new transition-metal nitrides, including atomistic processes of layer growth and mechanical, tribological, and opto-electronic properties. His research on transition-metal nitrides was identified as one of \u201cthe 100 most important scientific discoveries during the past two and a half decades, supported by the US Department of Energy\u2019s Office of Science\u201d. He also won the 2006 Alfred H. Geisler Memorial Award for \u201cOutstanding Contributions in Education and Thin Film Growth Research,\u201d the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation, the 2007 Outstanding Research Award from the Rensselaer School of Engineering, the 2008 Early Career Award for \u201cExcellence in Education and Outstanding Research in the Field of Thin Film and Nanostructure Growth,\u201d the 2008 IBM Faculty Award for research on \u201cPost-CMOS Nanoelectronics,\u201d the 2011 NSF Ceramics Best Highlight Award, the 2011 SPIE Thin Films IV Best Presentation Award, the 2018 Senior Faculty School of Engineering Research Excellence Award, the 2018 and 2019 LAM Research Unlock Ideas Faculty Awards for research on \u201chigh-conductivity interconnects,\u201d and the 2019 IBM Faculty award for \u201cpost-Cu metallization\u201d research, and the 2021 Bill Sproul Award and Honorary ICMCTF Lecture for \u201cseminal contributions to furthering the understanding of thin film growth of transition metal nitrides and their electronic, optical, mechanical, and tribological properties.\u201c Professor Gall holds two US patents, has authored 3 book chapters and over 180 peer-reviewed journal articles, and has presented his research results in over 100 invited lectures in North America, Europe, and Asia. His students won over 60 poster competitions, best paper awards, and best microscopy awards. Prof. Gall\u2019s research is funded by the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Defense, the Semiconductor Research Corporation, the ACS Petroleum Research Fund, IBM, LAM, TEL, and the State of New York. http://www.rpi.edu/~galld Link to complete list of Prof. Gall\u2019s publications",
    "education": "Ph.D. Physics (University of Illinois, 2000), M.S. Physics (University of Basel, Switzerland, 1994), B.S. Physics (University of Basel, Switzerland)",
    "name": "Daniel Gall",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/res_gall.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/daniel-lewis": {
    "area": "Mesoscopic Modeling Microstructure Science and Microscopy Image Driven Machine Learning Solidification and Phase Transformations",
    "biography": "Prior to joining Rensselaer, Dr. Lewis was a researcher at GE Global Research. His work focused on oxidation performance and deformation processing of advanced ferritic materials for SOFC interconnects. In addition, he studied the metallurgy and electrical properties of amorphous and nano-crystalline soft magnetic materials, oxidation resistant coatings for superalloys, and infrared heating technology development. Prior to joining GE Global Research, he was awarded a two-year National Research Council post-doctoral fellowship. Under this award, he worked at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to study eutectic solidification microstructures using experimental and computational techniques. While at NIST he co-developed a technique for quantifying solidification microstructures in ternary eutectics. He also studied the effect of solidification velocity on the phase distribution in low-volume fraction ternary eutectics containing intermetallic phases. His computational work involves study of morphological evolution during processing and image driven machine learning.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering (Lehigh University, 2001), M.S. Materials Science and Engineering (Lehigh University, 1997), B.S. Materials Science and Engineering (Lehigh University, 1995)",
    "name": "Daniel Lewis",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/lewis_dan_web_0.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/daniel-lyles": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Daniel Lyles",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/daniel-stevenson": {
    "area": "Math Education Complex Analysis and Analytic Function Spaces",
    "biography": "Before joining RPI, Dr. Stevenson earned his PhD from the University at Albany and held the position of Lecturer in Mathematics at SUNY Polytechnic Institute. His primary interests are in Math Education and Complex Analysis. In particular, Dr. Stevenson is interested in innovative pedagogies and best practices as well as improving outcomes within the calculus sequence.",
    "education": "B.S., Mathematics, Union College, 2007 Ph.D., Mathematics, University at Albany, 2015",
    "name": "Daniel Stevenson",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/DanStevenson_Square.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/daniel-thero": {
    "biography": "Dan Thero's degrees are in Philosophy, with an undergraduate background in Science. His dissertation, which he later expanded into a book, was on the topic of weakness of will, a perennial philosophical problem as well as a perennial problem of human life. Currently he is returning to this topic and plans to expand upon his previous work in this area, with the intention of collaborating with one or more faculty colleagues. One avenue of interest is an investigation of whether recent work in several areas of Psychology sheds light on the correctness or incorrectness of classical philosophical models of what goes wrong in instances when we exhibit weakness of will. Professor Thero has been teaching undergraduate Philosophy courses for more than twenty years, starting while he was a Masters student at Rensselaer in the early 1990s. From 2002 until 2007, he taught Philosophy in the Cognitive Science Department on a part-time basis, rejoining as a full-time Lecturer in January 2012. His courses include Introduction to Philosophy, Philosophy of Biology, Introduction to Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics & Consciousness, Environmental Philosophy, and courses for first year students entitled Philosophy, Technology, and the Human Future and Great Ideas in Philosophy. He serves on the Executive Board of the Southern Humanities Council, and as English language linguistic editor of Studia Elckie, an interdisciplinary humanities journal published in Poland.",
    "education": "Ph.D., University at Albany, SUNY, 2002 M.A., State University of New York at Albany, 1997 M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1993",
    "name": "Daniel Thero",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/thero.jpeg",
    "title": "Lecturer & Program Coordinator Philosophy, Cognitive Science"
  },
  "/daniel-walczyk": {
    "area": "Rapid Tooling Environmentally Conscious Design Machine Design",
    "biography": "Daniel F. Walczyk, Ph.D., PE is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical , Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering and also Associate Director of Manufacturing for the Center of Automation Technologies and Systems. He received a B.S. from Syracuse University in 1986, a M.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1991, a P.E. License from New York State in 1994 and a Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996, all in mechanical engineering. Prior to his graduate work, Dr. Walczyk worked for seven years industry, primarily with the GE, as a mechanical design engineer. Since becoming an academic in January 1996, he has received several awards and honors including a DAAD Fellowship (1995), NSF Faculty Early CAREER Development Award (1998), Loctite Corporation Summer Engineering Faculty Fellowship (1998), and a Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (1999), SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award in the Aerospace Category (2000), and ASME Fellow (2011). He is also a holder of five U.S. patents and two pending.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology",
    "name": "Daniel Walczyk",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/DanWalczyk_1.jpg",
    "title": "Professor and Director, Center for Automation Technologies and Systems (CATS), Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/david-bebe": {
    "biography": "Before joining RPI, Dr. Bebe was an Associate Professor of Music at the College of Saint Rose where he served as the Instructor of Violoncello, Director of Orchestras, and String Program Coordinator for over a decade. An active cellist, he performs regularly as a chamber musician in the Capital Region and he has soloed in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, with the Miami Bach Society Orchestra, Project Copernicus, and the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts. Dedicated to contemporary works, Dr. Bebe gave the Florida premiere of Steve Reich\u2019s Cello Counterpoint , with the composer present and released a recording of Michael White\u2019s Sonata in One Movement for Violoncello and Piano ; a work he premiered with pianist Dr. Young Kim at the Julliard School. In early 2020, the duo participated in performances of all the Beethoven cello sonatas as a part of the SUNY Albany 250 year Beethoven celebration. As a string teacher, Dr. Bebe has been on the faculties of the Indiana University String Academy, the String Academy of Wisconsin at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the Young Musicians and Artists Festival in Oregon, the Gem State String Boot Camp at Idaho State University and is co-founder of the Academy for Strings in Albany, NY. He has been published in the American String Teachers Association journals and regularly leads workshop and clinics in string pedagogy. In the summer of 2021, Dr. Bebe joined the Empire State Youth Orchestra as their Director of Education where he creates enrichment opportunities, coordinates curriculum, supports the artistic staff and directs the summer session. He received his D.M.A from the University of Miami and his B.M. and M.M. from Indiana University where he studied with Ross Harbaugh, Tsyoshi Tsutsumi, and Helga Winold. During his studies, he participated in masterclasses with such great cellists as Orlando Cole, Janos Starker, Gary Hoffman and Philippe Muller.",
    "name": "David Bebe",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/BebeD.jpeg",
    "title": "Music Fellow, Arts"
  },
  "/david-bell": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "David Bell",
    "portrait": "http://",
    "title": "Associate Professor, School of Architecture"
  },
  "/david-goldschmidt": {
    "biography": "David Goldschmidt has served as the Executive Officer for the Computer Science Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute since January 2012. In this role, he teaches primarily systems-based courses at all levels for the department, in particular Operating Systems, which is a C/Linux-focused course required of all computer science majors. He is also involved with the Rensselaer Center for Open Source (RCOS) [ https://rcos.io ], a large group of students working on open source projects as part of the Undergraduate Research Program (URP). Administratively in the department, David is responsible for overseeing undergraduate advising, handling course scheduling, managing curriculum changes, and serving as the department's degree clearance officer. He is also very good at Scrabble and crossword puzzles. And his favorite cereal is Cocoa Puffs (with Trix as a close second).",
    "education": "B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute",
    "name": "David Goldschmidt",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Goldschmidt_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Executive Officer, Computer Science"
  },
  "/david-h-goldenberg": {
    "area": "Derivatives Markets Investments and Corporate Finance",
    "biography": "Professor Goldenberg\u2019s research explores derivatives markets and mathematical finance. Many of his articles have been featured in the top-tier finance journals including the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Management Science, the Journal of Financial Research, Financial Review, and the Journal of Futures Markets.",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Financial Economics, University of Florida; M.Sc. in Pure Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Brown University; B.A. in Mathematics and Philosophy, University of Toronto",
    "name": "David H. Goldenberg",
    "portrait": "http://www.rpi.edu/academics/lally/faculty/photo/goldenb.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor"
  },
  "/david-isaacson": {
    "area": "Mathematics applied to medical problems. Medical imaging, Electrical Impedance Tomography. Monitoring heart and lung functions. Mathematics applied to the molecular diagnosis and chemotheraputic treatmentment of breast cancer and other diseases.",
    "biography": "Professor Isaacson works in two areas: mathematical physics and medical imaging. His work in mathematical physics has centered on the development of methods for approximating energy levels, particle masses, and critical exponents in quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, and statistical mechanics. His work in medical imaging has centered on the development of algorithms and devices for measuring and displaying the electrical state of the interior of a body from measurements made on the body's exterior. The long term goal of this research is to improve the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease and cancer.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, 1976",
    "name": "David Isaacson",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Isaacson_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/david-j-duquette": {
    "biography": "Professor Duquette received his Ph.D. in metallurgy and materials science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1968. Following his graduate work, he performed research on elevated temperature materials at the Advanced Materials Research and Development Laboratory of Pratt and Whitney Aircraft, joining the Rensselaer faculty in 1970. He is the author or co-author of more than 160 scientific publications, primarily in the areas of environmental degradation of materials and electrochemical processing of semiconductor interconnects.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Metallurgy and Materials Science (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968), B.S. Engineering (United States Coast Guard Academy, 1961)",
    "name": "David J. Duquette",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/duquette.jpg.jpg",
    "title": "John Tod Horton Professor of Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/david-kotfila": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "David Kotfila",
    "portrait": "http://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer"
  },
  "/david-mendonca": {
    "biography": "David Mendon\u00e7a is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has a Ph.D. in Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an M.S. from Carnegie Mellon University and a B.A. from University of Massachusetts/Amherst. Professor Mendon\u00e7a's research centers on the study of the cognitive processes that underlie human decision making in the management of critical infrastructure systems with a focus on understanding and supporting decision making in high consequence, non-routine, time-pressured situations. He utilizes laboratory and field-based methods to collect data on the physical state of systems in the built environment, and the psychological state of humans operating in relation to those systems. His work has led to the development of statistical and computational models to explain decision maker behavior in the field and has translated these results into implications for practice and policy. He has pioneered new technologies providing cognitive support in solving sequential multi-criteria decisions for these constituents and developed novel statistical models that have explained variability in cognition, behavior and communication among individuals and collectives in the hours following disruptive events.",
    "name": "David Mendonca",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/DavidMendonca.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/david-rainey": {
    "area": "Sustainable Development Strategic Leadership Product Innovation Technology, Innovation, and Business Policy",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; M.S., Engineering Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; M.S., Business Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; M.B.A., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute",
    "name": "David Rainey",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/rained.jpg",
    "title": "Clinical Professor, Hartford"
  },
  "/david-schmidt": {
    "area": "Graph Theory Mathematics Education",
    "biography": "Dr. Schmidt earned a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering before pursuing his doctorate in Mathematics at Rensselaer. His doctoral thesis concerned non-even digraphs and symplectic pairs. His current interests include Calculus curriculum development and Mathematics Education.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1995",
    "name": "David A Schmidt",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Schmidt_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/david-stec": {
    "area": "Operations Supply Chain Management Healthcare Lean Six Sigma Continual Improvement",
    "biography": "Programs Taught Systems Engineering and Technology Management, Systems Engineering Certificate, Supply Chain and Logistics Certificate Bio David Stec is an Operations, Supply Chain, and Project Management professional with over 30 years of experience in Aerospace, Healthcare, and Management Consulting. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He has been teaching in graduate and undergraduate engineering and business programs for the last 20 years. David is a versatile professional and educator and strives to bring industry relevance into the classroom and into the design of course projects. Other Professional Experiences Visibility LLC The Center for Lean Business Management The Hartford Healthcare Medical Group Clinical Laboratory Partners LLC Central Connecticut State University Aerogear Pratt & Whitney",
    "education": "MBA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MS, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MS, Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute BS, Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute",
    "name": "David Stec",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/stecd.jpg",
    "title": "Instructor Mentor, Rensselaer at Work"
  },
  "/david-t-corr": {
    "biography": "David T. Corr received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Department of Engineering Mechanics & Astronautics, University of Wisconsin. After working as a consultant at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, under the funding of the Universities Space Research Association, Dr. Corr returned to the University of Wisconsin to earn his M.S. degree from the Department of Biomedical Engineering and his Ph.D. from the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Following a one-year Postdoctoral Research Associateship in the Medical School at the University of Wisconsin, Dr. Corr spent two years as a Postdoctoral Fellow in muscle physiology and modeling at the Human Performance Laboratory of the University of Calgary, and two years as the Ernst & Young Fellow in Joint Injury and Arthritis Research, at the McCaig Centre, University of Calgary. Dr. Corr's research addresses the experimental evaluation and theoretical modeling of biological soft tissues, such as skeletal muscle, skin, and ligament, and their healing response following injury. He is a member of numerous professional societies including the Orthopaedic Research Society and the Wound Healing Society, and has held memberships in the American College of Sports Medicine, American Society of Biomechanics, and the Canadian Society for Biomechanics. Dr. Corr serves as a reviewer for several journals in the areas of biomedical engineering, biomechanics, and soft tissue mechanics. Dr. Corr was most recently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Calgary's McCaig Centre for Joint Injury & Arthritis Research, where he specialized in orthopedic soft tissue biomechanics; investigating the development of osteoarthritis, as well as wound healing in skin, ligament and skeletal muscle. An outstanding young researcher with broad-based knowledge and interests, Dr. Corr brings to the department a strong background in theoretical and applied mechanics, coupled with research at the whole tissue level.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (University of Wisconsin, 2001) M.S. Biomedical Engineering, M.S. Engineering Mechanics & Astronautics (University of Wisconsin, 1994) B.S. Engineering Mechanics & Astronautics (University of Wisconsin, 1992)",
    "name": "David T. Corr",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/coord_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Biomedical Engineering"
  },
  "/deanna-m-thompson": {
    "biography": "Deanna M. Thompson received her B.S.E in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan (1993). She received her M.S (1999) and Ph.D (2001) in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering from Rutgers University as a NIH Pre-doctoral trainee in an interdisciplinary training program in Biotechnology. Dr. Thompson did her post-doctoral training at the Center for Engineering in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Shriners Burns Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital (2001-04). She joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering as an Assistant Professor at Rensselaer in 2004 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2011. Dr. Thompson is a member and her lab is located in the Center of Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Research Center. Dr. Thompson\u2019s research interests are neural tissue engineering specifically related to peripheral nerve and spinal cord repair, neural stem cells, and biomaterials for nerve repair. Dr. Thompson is the recipient of the JD Watson Young Investigator Award and School of Engineering Research Award from Rensselaer. She is a member of several professional societies including Biomedical Engineering Society, Society for Biomaterials and Society for Neuroscience as well as the reviewer for several international and national journals and grant agencies. She is on the Executive Committee for the NIH Biomolecular Pre-doctoral training program and is the faculty co-advisor for the Society of Women Engineers",
    "education": "BSE, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) MS, Chemical Engineering, Rutgers University (Piscataway) PhD, Chemical Engineering, Rutgers University (Piscataway)",
    "name": "Deanna  M. Thompson",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/thompd4.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering"
  },
  "/deborah-kaminski": {
    "area": "Heat Transfer Computational Fluidmechanics Thermal Radiation",
    "biography": "After receiving her B.S. degree in Physics, Deborah Kaminski spent 5 years at the General Electric Research and Development Center in Schenectady, New York. Her work focused on heat transfer in electrical machinery, including motors, transformers, batteries, and generators. She then returned to Rensselaer for doctoral research on computational fluid dynamics in free convection. After receiving her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, she joined the Rensselaer faculty in 1985, and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 1991.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute",
    "name": "Deborah A. Kaminski",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Kaminski_Deborah.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emerita, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/deborah-mcguinness": {
    "area": "Ontologies Semantic Web Linked Open Data Semantic eScience Health and Life Science Informatics Environmental Informatics Data Science Artificial Intelligence Knowledge Graphs",
    "biography": "Deborah McGuinness is a leading expert in knowledge representation and reasoning languages and systems and has worked in ontology creation and evolution environments for over 30 years. McGuinness is well known for her leadership role in semantic web research, and for her work on explanation, trust, and applications of semantic web technology, particularly for scientific applications. \u201cI am interested in making smart systems that help people and machines function better,\u201d said McGuinness. \u201cMy slant on this work is to research, develop, and use semantic technologies that allow people and machines to represent, reason with, visualize, and explain information in ways that support understanding and (re)use. My application areas cover a wide range of domain areas, but often in earth and space science informatics and health informatics.\u201d Her main research thrusts are in languages, tools, and environments for the semantic web. More recently Deborah has led a range of efforts centering around semantically-enabled knowledge portals. Some examples include the Human Health Exposure Analysis Repository, that is a joint project between RPI and Mount Sinai and is funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Another example is the MaterialsMine project that is funded by the National Science Foundation's Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR) program and is a next generation data portal for material Science. Previously, Deborah co-led and later led the Stanford Knowledge Systems Laboratory. While there, she initiated the Inference Web (IW) effort. Inference Web provides a framework for increasing trust in answers from heterogeneous systems by explaining how the answers were derived and what they depended on. Inference Web supports this goal by providing infrastructure and an implemented web-based environment for storing, exchanging, combining, annotating, comparing, search for, validating, and rendering proofs and proof fragments provided by reasoners and query answering systems. McGuinness is co-editor of the Ontology Web Language which has emerged from web ontology working group of the World Wide Web (W3C) semantic web activity and has now achieved W3C Recommendation status. She helped start the web ontology working group out of work as a co-author of the DARPA Agent Markup Language program's DAML language. She helped form the Joint EU/US Agent Markup Language Committee which evolved the DAML language into the oil-reference DAML OIL description logic-based ontology language. She is a co-author of one of the more widely used long-lived description logic systems (CLASSIC) from Bell Laboratories. Her work on languages (including OWL, oil-reference.html DAML OIL, OIL, CLASSIC, etc.) is aimed at providing languages that enable the next generation of web applications moving from a web aimed at human consumption to the semantic web aimed at machine consumption in support of intelligent assistants and web agents. Deborah is a leader in ontology-based tools and applications. She is a co-author and technical leader of the Stanford KSL ontology evolution environment. She also consulted to help VerticalNet design and build its Ontobuilder/Ontoserver ontology evolution environment. She also provided technical leadership for the Stanford project to help Cisco systems form its ontology evolution plan for its meta data formation work.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Knowledge Representation, Rutgers University M.S., Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley B.S., Computer Science, Duke University B. A., Mathematics, Duke University",
    "name": "Deborah McGuinness",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2lores.jpg",
    "title": "Tetherless World Senior Constellation Chair, Professor of Computer, Cognitive, and Information Technology and Web Sciences, Computer Science"
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  "/deepak-vashishth": {
    "area": "Bone osteoporosis Tissue Engineering Regenerative Medicine Glycation Diabetes Glycation Osteocalcin Osteopontin Collagen Fracture entrepreneurship biotechnology",
    "biography": "Director of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Center for Biotechnology & Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS), conducting breakthrough research on bones, Deepak Vashishth, PhD, is working to redefine the role of a top tier research university: one that is engaged in public and private partnerships, involved in interdisciplinary research, and providing quality education, all to drive entrepreneurial, sustainable, socially responsible scientific discovery and technological innovation. Administrative leadership: Through his work as a University Center Director, previously as a School of Engineering Department head, and in professional societies he has successfully developed partnerships, Programs, and platforms, to drive translational scientific research across disciplines, sectors,and geographic boundaries. As Director of CBIS he oversees 70 resident and non-resident faculty (from each of the five Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute schools); engages with global partners in the public, private, and academic sectors; and fosters innovative graduate and undergraduate research and education initiatives. In his first two years as CBIS Director he has: envisioned and facilitated the creation of two transformative research centers (Bioimaging Center and Center for Translational Research in Medicine); led the development of an industry partners program to enhance technology transfer and commercialization; and broadened the scope of interdisciplinary research by combining biotechnology with architecture, humanities, and management. As Department Head of Biomedical Engineering (BME) in the School of Engineering at Rensselaer, in just 3 years he dramatically grew and strengthened the department: increased tenured faculty tenfold (1 to 10); added a senior endowed chair to its rank; and it became home to 7 NSF career awardees and recipient of more than 10 NIH RO1 awards (from 2 in 2009). As a committee member of the Orthopaedic Research Society, he developed and facilitated a \u201cSymposium in Translational Medicine\u201d designed to accelerate the transition of discoveries from lab bench to bedside by bridging the gap between clinical, basic science & engineering, government agencies (FDA) and industry. Research leadership: Dr. Vashishth\u2019s research interests are in the area of biomolecular science and engineering of extracellular matrix with particular emphasis on diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and bone tissue engineering. His collaborative, interdisciplinary bone research is redefining how osteoporosis will be diagnosed and treated. In 2012 he was elected Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) for contributions to the understanding of how both age and collagen\u2010modification affect bone fragility (cited over 1000 times). AIMBE fellows represent the top 2% of the medical and biological engineering community in the world and are elected based on nomination and vote by AIMBE fellows ( http://aimbe.org/college-of-fellows/cof-1479/ ). He has opened new avenues for diagnosing and treating osteoporosis by developing a new technique to identify bone proteome from nanoscale samples. The process also has been applied for analyzing precious fossils. He is bringing his breakthrough research to market, co-founding a company (Orthograft plc), to produce the acellular biomimetic grafts for bone repair. Professor Vashishth and his research group have published over 200 peer-reviewed journal publications and conference proceedings in top journals including PNAS, Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, Plos One and others. His work presented in the form of over 100 invited and contributed lectures has been cited as a \u201cNew Hope for Osteoporosis Patients\u201d and \u201cSecret Formula for Bone Strength\u201d in mainstream media. Working in collaboration with others, his research group has identified new structural roles for bone proteins and developed new biomimickry-based strategies for tissue engineering scaffolds. In addition to being a Fellow of and active in the AIMBE, he serves as a member of the National Institutes of Health study section on Skeletal Biology and Skeletal Regeneration. He is a board member of the Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials and a regular reviewer for other federal and international funding agencies, private foundations and university grants, and journals. He also is a member of the Biomedical Engineering Society, American Society of Bone and Mineral Research and the Orthopaedic Research Society. Educational leadership: Fundamentally focused on education, he is preparing the next generation of researchers and the \u201cfaculty of the future\u201d by infusing undergraduate and graduate programs with a more interdisciplinary, collaborative, global perspective on sustainable, translational scientific research. In recognition of his dedication to education, he has won Rensselaer awards for outstanding and innovative classroom teaching including the Class of 1951 Outstanding Teaching award. As CBIS Director, he established new global partnerships, redesigned graduate training programs, and developed a new course, all designed to prepare the \u201cfaculty of the future,\u201d focused on sustainable collaborative interdisciplinary research and technology transfer and commercialization. As BME department head (2009-2013): expanded the graduate program three-fold (from 20 to 60 students), attracted more highly qualified graduate students, and promoted early success (National fellowships). He overhauled curriculum, to enhance learning and to improve the undergraduate experience, by reducing class size and providing hands-on education in a technologically connected classroom. Background: He earned his B. Eng with honors from Malaviya National Institute of Technology (India), MS from West Virginia University (USA) and PhD from the University of London (UK). He then conducted post-doctoral research at the Bone and Joint Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital before joining Rensselaer as an Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering in 1999.",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of London Biomedical Materials M.S., West Virginia University Mechanical Engineering B.S., Malviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Mechanical Engineering",
    "name": "Deepak Vashishth",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/deepak-sq.jpg",
    "title": "Director of the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies and Professor, Biomedical Engineering"
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  "/demetrios-comodromos": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Demetrios Comodromos",
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    "title": "Professor of Practice, School of Architecture"
  },
  "/dennis-shelden": {
    "biography": "Dennis Shelden the Director of CASE and an Associate Professor in the School of Architecture at Rensselaer. He is a licensed architect, academic, author, and entrepreneur, whose experience spans architecture, engineering, and computer science applications to professional practice and the built environment. He writes and lectures widely on these topics from theoretical and technical as well as professional practice, economic, and industry transformation perspectives. He holds three degrees from MIT: a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Design, a Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Design and Computation conducted under the advisement of the late William J. Mitchell. Partners in 1997 while still in MIT\u2019s PhD program, first as Director of Research and Development, then as Director of Computing, and was responsible for the management and strategic direction of the firm\u2019s computing program including software and process development, research, IT infrastructure, and partnerships. His PhD Thesis Digital Surface Representation and the Constructability of Gehry\u2019s Architecture remains a widely referenced treatise on the motivations and technical underpinnings of the firm\u2019s revolutionary applications of digital modeling to the design and delivery of complex buildings. In 2002 he co-founded the spinoff company Gehry Technologies, serving as Chief Technology Officer on the development of several software products and Project Executive on numerous ground breaking building projects until the firm\u2019s acquisition by Trimble in 2014. Prior to joining Gehry Partners he held diverse positions including performing structural and environmental engineering work for Arup, real time optimization of building energy systems for Consultants\u2019 Computation Bureau, and development of the first laser based cloud of point scanner at Cyra Systems, since acquired by Leica. His work focuses on professional applications of generative and building information modelling to the design, construction and operation of integrated physical / digital building systems. Prior to leading CASE he was Associate Professor of Architecture, Director of the Digital Building Laboratory, and Director of the School of Architecture\u2019s Doctoral program at Georgia Tech, Associate Professor of Practice in MIT\u2019s Design and Computation Program, and held teaching positions at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). He co-directs the technical program for BuildingSmart International, the building industries\u2019 open information standards body, where he leads efforts to develop technology platforms for open data Web and cloud based building design, construction and operations systems. His publications have appeared in journals including AD: Architectural Design, TAD: Technology and Architectural Design, and the Journal of Construction Automation, and he has been interviewed in publications including the Economist, New York Times, Design Intelligence, and Engineering News Record. He is editor for the forthcoming book series Practical Revolutions: Professional Applications of Disruptive Technologies to Building, published by Wiley.",
    "name": "Dennis Shelden",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/DShelden_headshot1.jpg",
    "title": "Director of the Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE), Co-Director Institute for Energy, the Built Environment, and Smart Systems (EBESS) and an Associate Professor, School of Architecture"
  },
  "/derya-malak": {
    "area": "Communications Information Theory Networks Stochastic Processes",
    "biography": "Derya Malak is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from September 2017 to August 2019, working with Prof. Muriel M\u00e9dard. During that period, she has held a visiting scholar position at Northeastern University, hosted by Prof. Edmund Yeh. She received a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin under the supervision of Professor Jeffrey G. Andrews, in August 2017, where she was affiliated with the Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG). She received an M.S. degree at Ko\u00e7 University, Istanbul, Turkey, in February 2013, and a B.S. degree at Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey, in June 2010, both in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. She has a minor in Physics from METU. Dr. Malak has held a visiting position in INRIA and LINCS, Paris, France where she was honored to be hosted by Professor Fran\u00e7ois Baccelli, and she had held summer internships at Huawei Technologies, Plano, TX, and Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ. She was awarded the Graduate School fellowship by the University of Texas at Austin between 2013-2017. She was selected to participate in the Rising Stars Workshop for women in EECS, MIT, in October 2018, and the 7th Heidelberg Laureate Forum, in September 2019, in Heidelberg, Germany.",
    "education": "PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 2017 MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ko\u00e7 University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013 BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2010 Minor, Physics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2010",
    "name": "Derya Malak",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/DeryaMalak_0.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/diana-andra-borca-tasciuc": {
    "area": "Power Harvesting MEMS Heat Transfer in Nanosystems Luminescent Solar Concentrators (LSC) New PV Materials",
    "biography": "D.-A. Borca-Tasciuc received her B.S. in Physics from Bucharest University in 1996, and M.S. and PhD. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California at Los Angeles in 2001 and respectively 2005. She was a visiting student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2001 and 2002 and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute between 2003 and 2005. She joined RPI's Mechanical Engineering Department as an assistant professor in 2006.",
    "education": "Ph.D. University of California at Los Angeles",
    "name": "Diana-Andra Borca-Tasciuc",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/borca_tasciuc_diana.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/donald-drew": {
    "biography": "Donald Drew earned his bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s, and doctoral degrees in mathematics from Rensselaer. In between his long tenure at the Institute, Drew conducted postdoctoral research at MIT, and taught for two years at New York University. Drew works in the area of multiphase flows, which are flows in which more than one material moves. Applications include sedimentation, boiling filtration and separation. A common example of the latter is the separation of a carbonated beverage and its \u201chead\u201d. It is an exciting area because of the complexity which can occur in such flows, and also because the simplest set of equations you can write are \u201cill-posed\u201d \u2014 flawed in a very fundamental way. Even though the simplest equations are incorrect in this way, many predictions obtained from them appear believable. Should the right equations be very different from the wrong ones? To try to answer this question, Drew is examining solutions of the equations which represent special physical phenomena in the flows and how sensitive the predictions are to the equations. The physical phenomena include the formation and propagation of \u201cstructures\u201d in the flow, such as shocks and transitions, including the interface between the beverage and its foamy \u201chead\u201d. There are some deep physical questions encountered along the way. Specifically, one wants to know how the equations appear in different coordinate systems. Since coordinate systems are human inventions, the materials cannot know one from another. This gives information about the form the equations can take. Another question involves the concepts of entropy and disorder. The motion of liquid flowing around a bubble has a \u201cdisorder\u201d in it on the scale of the bubble size, but this is vastly different than the thermal motions usually treated with thermodynamic ideas. On the other hand, this \u201cdisorder\u201d associated with the motion cannot all be reordered, or recovered, without some expenditure of energy. Drew feels that results in this important technological area can give insights in other areas of mechanics, for example, in the relation between gas dynamics and the dynamics of a large collection of gas molecules.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1970",
    "name": "Donald Drew",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Drew_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/donald-schwendeman": {
    "area": "Numerical methods for PDEs Fluid-structure interaction problems Gas dynamics and wave propagation Multi-scale and multiphase reactive flow Adaptive and parallel algorithms Mathematics for industrial applications",
    "biography": "Dr. Schwendeman received his B.S.E. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan, and earned his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) under the supervision of Professor G.B. Whitham, FRS. Dr. Schwendeman took a one-year postdoctoral research position at Caltech working with Professor H.B. Keller, before joining the faculty in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Rensselaer as an assistant professor in August, 1987. Dr. Schwendeman received promotions to associate professor with tenure and then professor, and was named the Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences in 2012. Dr. Schwendeman's research focuses on the development and analysis of numerical methods for systems of partial differential equations (PDEs) that arise in applications of science and engineering. A significant portion of his work has centered around the development of numerical methods for systems of PDEs modeling wave phenomena in reactive and nonreactive flows. This work has included numerical studies of shock wave focusing and convergence, transonic and hypersonic aerodynamics, and multi-phase and multi-material high-speed reactive flow. In recent work, Dr. Schwendeman has developed a class of new numerical methods for fluid-structure interaction problems. All of this work has been in collaboration with researchers at national labs (Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore) and at Rensselaer. Dr. Schwendeman is also actively involved in undergraduate and graduate education and career development. He is a leader among the consortium of universities organizing the Mathematical Problems in Industry Workshop (1993-present), and the originator and lead organizer of the Graduate Student Mathematical Modeling Camp (2004-present). Dr. Schwendeman is also an active member of the NSF-funded Research Training Grant (RTG) program in the department, which supports the research and education of several graduate students and postdoctoral research fellows.",
    "education": "B.S.E., Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 1981 Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, 1986",
    "name": "Donald Schwendeman",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/don_department_head.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Department Head and Director, Center for Modeling, Optimization and Computational Analysis (MOCA), Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/donna-l-bedard": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Donna L Bedard",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Research Professor"
  },
  "/dorit-nevo": {
    "area": "Information Systems Business Analytics",
    "biography": "Professor Nevo's research focuses on the various interactions between computers and their users within the business environment. Primarily she explores the use of technology to collaborate and coordinate expertise. This includes the recent area of crowd sourcing and its impact on organizations. Professor Nevo is also studying how users of technology reinvent it under different contexts and how new technologies emerge from such reinvention. Her research has been published in leading academic and business journals including the Journal of Management Information Systems, Sloan Management Review, and the Wall Street Journal.",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Management Information Systems, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; M.Sc. in Economics, Technion, Haifa, Israel; B.A. in Economics and Business Administration, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.",
    "name": "Dorit Nevo",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/nevo.jpeg",
    "title": "Professor, Lally School of Management"
  },
  "/douglas-swank": {
    "area": "Heart Disease Muscle Disease Cardiac Physiology Muscle Physiology Motor Proteins Locomotion Drosophila Genetics",
    "biography": "Dr. Swank has been a member of the RPI faculty since 2005. He heads a dynamic, multidisciplinary laboratory of students, staff, and post-docs. His laboratory investigates how muscle is able to power an amazingly wide variety of locomotory tasks and modulate heart function. Research focuses in the lab include determining how variation between muscle fiber types (e.g. slow versus fast-contracting fibers) is generated, the mechanisms behind muscle mechanical properties such as stretch activation, and muscle diseases such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. An integrative approach is taken, starting with muscle genes and moving up in scale to protein expression and function, muscle mechanics, and whole organism studies. His research team primarily uses Drosophila for their studies, due to Drosophila's ease of genetic manipulation and mechanically testable muscles. However, we have recently started using mammalian muscle types to gain further insights. Dr Swank's lab has primarily focused on the role of myosin, the molecular motor that powers muscle contraction, in modulating muscle mechanical properties. Drosophila is currently the only system that can be transgenically manipulated to express a specific myosin isoform or mutant myosin in a specific muscle type. The expressed myosin can be isolated from Drosophila to measure single and ensemble biochemical and biophysical molecular properties such as ATPase rate and actin sliding velocity. Laboratory members also measure mechanical properties (e.g. power, velocity and force) of isolated muscle fibers expressing transgenic myosin and relate altered fiber properties to changes in locomotion, such as flight ability. Besides myosin, the laboratory also investigates the function of other muscle proteins such as muscle LIM protein (MLP), actin and troponin C. The lab investigates mechanisms behind several muscle and heart diseases such as familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and distal arthrogryposis. HCM is an inherited genetic disease that is the leading cause of sudden cardiac arrest among young adults. The lab creates transgenic Drosophila models of these diseases and perform experiments to determine how these disease states alter the mechanical function of muscle and tp provide insights into possible treatments. For more information about Dr. Swank's research and team members, visit the Swank laboratory web site: http://homepages.rpi.edu/~swankd/",
    "education": "B.S. University of Rochester, 1990, Biology Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1995, Physiology Postdoctoral Fellow, San Diego State University, 2000, Drosophila Genetics Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Vermont, 2005, Muscle Mechanics",
    "name": "Douglas Swank",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/swank_crop2.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/douglas-whittet": {
    "area": "Astrophysics Astrobiology Interstellar dust",
    "biography": "Links: Click for full bio . Click for newsfeed . Click for publications .",
    "education": "Ph.D. Astronomy (University of St. Andrews) B.Sc. Physics (University of St. Andrews)",
    "name": "Douglas Whittet",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/whittet.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/dr-kathleen-fontaine": {
    "biography": "Dr. Kathleen (Kathy) Fontaine joined RPI in 2014, after 25 years at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, first as a contractor, and then as a civil servant. She is currently a Research Scientist in the Tetherless Web Constellation, where she developed and teaches a graduate course in Big Data Policy. Dr. Fontaine has also developed an Ethics module for the Capstone class, and has designed a Research Methods seminar that she hopes to develop into a full course. Dr. Fontaine\u2019s government career included both supporting the development of, and then creating policies to enable data access nationally and internationally through the Committee on Earth Observations Satellites (CEOS) Working Group on Information Systems and Services (WGISS); in the Group on Earth Observations (GEO); and in the US interagency US Group on Earth Observations (USGEO). These relationships drove her professional and research interests in international organizations and their cultures, developing and implementing policies, and the intricacies of volunteer organizations. Dr. Fontaine is still actively involved with GEO, serving on their Programme Board on behalf of the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP). Just prior to becoming joining ITWS, Dr. Fontaine served as the Managing Director for the Research Data Alliance/US, in support of research data sharing activities nationally and internationally. Her professional affiliations include the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and its web science group, the ACM policy group (US Technology Policy Committee), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (IEEE GRSS), and the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT). Her hobbies include singing, cooking, sewing, and looking after her rescue dogs with her husband Mark.",
    "name": "Dr. Kathleen Fontaine",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/download.jpg",
    "title": "Adjunct Professor, Information Technology and Web Science"
  },
  "/e-fred-schubert": {
    "area": "compound semiconductor materials and devices",
    "biography": "After completing his master\u2019s degree, Schubert spent four years studying compound semiconductor crystal growth as a scientific staff member at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research. He later joined AT&T Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, N.J., where he spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow. From 1988 to 1995, Schubert served as principal investigator in the Research Division of AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J. In 1995, he joined Boston University and was appointed to a full professorship in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He also was named an affiliated member of the Photonics Center. At BU, he was responsible for GaN materials characterization and the fabrication of compound semiconductor devices \u2013 particularly GaN-based devices. He continued to serve as an adjunct professor for Boston University from 2002 to 2003. In 2002, Schubert was appointed Senior Constellation Chair of the Future Chip Constellation and Professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer. Schubert authored the books, Light-Emitting Diodes, 2nd Edition (2006); Light-Emitting Diodes, (2003); and Doping in III-V Semiconductors, (1993); and edited the book, Delta Doping of Semiconductors, (1996), all from Cambridge University Press. Schubert also has published more than 200 research papers, has contributed several book chapters, and is inventor or co-inventor of about 28 issued U.S. patents. He was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Physical Society (APS), Optical Society of America (OSA), and the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE). He also has received the Senior Research Award of the Humboldt Foundation, Discover magazine\u2019s Discover Award for Technological Innovation, Research & Development Magazine\u2019s R&D 100 Award, and Boston University\u2019s Provost Innovation Fund Award. Schubert\u2019s primary research interest is in the field of compound semiconductor materials and devices. His studies include epitaxial growth, materials characterization, device processing and fabrication, device design, and device characterization. Devices include heterobipolar transistors, lasers and light-emitting diodes for communication, lighting, and sensing applications. Schubert has made pioneering contributions in compound semiconductor materials and devices. His accomplishments include the discovery and first analysis of alloy broadening, the development of delta doped structures, superlattice doping in p-type GaN and AlGaN for increased acceptor activation, compositional parabolic grading for elimination of band discontinuities in unipolar heterojunctions, and crystallographic etching of GaN. He demonstrated the first resonant-cavity light-emitting diode (RCLED), which is the first practical device taking advantage of spontaneous emission enhancement; he also showed the first spontaneous emission and absorption enhancement in Er-doped Si/SiO2 microcavities. In 2008, his leadership of a team of faculty investigators coming from multiple universities resulted in the awarding of the Engineering Research Center for Smart Lighting by the National Science Foundation. In 2008 and 2009, he served as Founding Director, Director, and Principal Investigator of the Rensselaer-Polytechnic-Institute-led center. The center has brought more than $ 40 million to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His students have been extraordinarily successful with several being faculty members in academia and several holding leadership positions in industry. Three of his graduate-student advisees were finalists in the $ 30,000 Lemelson Student Prize competition and two of his advisees won the Prize.",
    "education": "Ph. D., Electrical Engineering, with honors, University of Stuttgart, Germany, 1986. M.S., Electrical Engineering, with honors, University of Stuttgart, 1981. B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Stuttgart, 1978.",
    "name": "E. Fred Schubert",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/schubert.jpg",
    "title": "Professor and Constellation Chair, Future Chips, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/edmund-palermo": {
    "area": "Polymer Synthesis Materials-Biology Interface Antibacterial Materials",
    "biography": "Ed is from Bay Shore, NY. He began his adventures in polymer science as a high school student under Prof. Miriam Rafailovich at SUNY Stony Brook. After completing a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering at Cornell in 2006, he moved to The University of Michigan and earned a Ph.D. in Macromolecular Science & Engineering, under the mentorship of Kenichi Kuroda, in 2011. Ed was also an NSF/JSPS visiting scholar at Nagoya University under Prof. Masami Kamigaito in 2010. Following a postdoc with Anne McNeil in Chemistry at Michigan, Ed joined the faculty at RPI in 2014. Awards and Honors:: ACS PMSE Young Investigator, 2018 NSF CAREER Award, DMR-Biomaterials, 2017 ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award, 2017 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, 2016-2018",
    "education": "Ph.D. Macromolecular Science & Engineering (2011), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI B.S. Mechanical Engineering (2006), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY",
    "name": "Edmund Palermo",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Ed%20pic.png",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/edwin-fohtung": {
    "area": "X-ray physics at synchrotrons and X-ray free electron lasers Electronic/structural dynamics Topology in ferroics",
    "biography": "Professor Fohtung received his Ph.D. ( Dr. rer. nat., summa cum laude) from the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany in 2010. Before he joined Rensselaer in 2019 he was the LANSCE (Los Alamos Neutron Science Center) Professor of physics at Los Alamos National Laboratory and New Mexico State University. Prior to this, he was a postdoctoral fellow with the Department of physics at the University of California San Diego in the Shpyrko and worked at the Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation in Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe in Germany as a Research scientific assistant. He received his B.Sc. (2005) and M.Sc. (2007) in Technical and Applied Physics from the St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University Russia. Professor Fohtung is particularly interested in nanoscale structure, fluctuations and dynamics arising due to coupled and competing spin, orbital, charge and lattice degree of freedom. To interrogate such order parameters in a variety of condensed matter systems, ranging from electronic and magnetic phases to soft matter, Professor Fohtung develops novel synchrotron based coherent x-ray and neutron scattering techniques. Professor Fohtung is the recipient of numerous awards including the LANSCE Professorship and Rosen Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Professor. Fohtung is also the recipient of multiple grants including the US Department of Defense, Airforce of Office of Scientific Research (DoD-AFOSR), the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and other LANL directed research and development program awards. Professor Fohtung is currently a visiting professor at Lund University, and a LINXS (Lund Institute of Advanced Neutron and X-ray Science) fellow in Lund Sweden. As of 2022 Prof. Fohtung is the Recipient of a Humboldt Excellence Fellowship with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany",
    "education": "2010: Dr. rer. nat. Electronic & Materials Physics (Summa cum-laude), Albert-Ludwigs-Universit\u00e4t Freiburg, Germany. 2007: M.Sc., Applied Physics - Physical Electronics, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia. 2005: B.Sc., Applied Physics - Physical Electronics, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia.",
    "name": "Edwin Fohtung",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Edwin_Fohtung.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/elaine-renz": {
    "area": "Global, Multi-Site Transitions and Execution Customer Relationship Management and Team Building Leadership and Negotiations Lean and Continuous Improvement Contract Development and Management NPI Program Management",
    "biography": "Programs Taught Managing Technical Organizations Bio Elaine is a Senior Program Manager for Valmont Solar, establishing processes for new product development to improve time-to-market outcomes. In her work, she employs a cross between Agile and Waterfall management techniques. Elaine\u2019s strength is in building high-performing teams. She began her career as a Chemist and quickly pivoted from this purely technical role. Since that time, Elaine has worked as a Project Manager, Account Manager, Business Development Manager, and Program Manager for various industries including automotive (TRW), military ordinance, aerospace interiors (Goodrich), high-precision machining (Barnes Aerospace), aerospace power generation (GE), and now solar infrastructure (Valmont). Elaine enjoys the opportunity to further her insights by teaching at Rensselaer at Work, as graduate students continually provide new perspectives and challenges in application. Other Professional Experiences General Electric \u2013 Senior Program Manager Barnes Aerospace \u2013 New Product Introduction Manager Goodrich-Interiors, Evacuation Systems \u2013 Principal Program Manager Goodrich-Specialty Seating Systems \u2013 Program Manager Goodrich-Universal Propulsion Company \u2013 Production Program Manager Goodrich \u2013 Passenger Restraint Systems \u2013 Business Development Manager Simula-Automotive Safety Devices, Inc. \u2013 Customer Business Manager",
    "education": "B.S., Chemistry, Arizona State University M.P.M., Project Management, Keller Graduate School, DeVry University X.M.A., Organizational Development/Change Management, Columbia University",
    "name": "Elaine Renz",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Elaine%20Renz.jpg",
    "title": "Instrc, Rensselaer at Work"
  },
  "/eleanor-goldsmith": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Eleanor Goldsmith",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Adjunct, Arts"
  },
  "/eliane-zerbetto-traldi": {
    "area": "Mathematics Education, Biomathematics",
    "biography": "Dr. Traldi earned her PhD from Rutgers University. Before joining the Department of Mathematical Sciences at RPI, Dr. Traldi held teaching positions at Rutgers University and in Brazil. Her current primary interest is in Mathematics Education.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics, Rutgers University M.S., Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology M.S., Mathematics, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil B.S., Mathematics, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil",
    "name": "Eliane Zerbetto Traldi",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Traldi_Square.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/elisabeth-maria-brown": {
    "area": "Mathematics Education Underwater Acoustics",
    "biography": "Dr. Brown earned her PhD from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute prior to becoming a Lecturer in Mathematics at RPI. Her primary interests are in Math Education and Underwater Acoustics. In particular, Dr. Brown is interested in improving educational outcomes and experiences for first-year students within the calculus sequence, through her involvement in the I-PERSIST Mentor Program.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute M.S., Applied Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute B.A., Mathematics, University of Vermont B.S., Secondary Education: Mathematics, University of Vermont",
    "name": "Elisabeth Maria Brown",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/browne10%40rpi.edu_ElizabethBrown_SocialMedia%20%282%29.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/elissa-marie-harrigan": {
    "biography": "Dramatic soprano, Elissa Premerlani Harrigan is a native of Albany, NY. A 2003 graduate of the Purchase College Conservatory of Music, she continued on to receive her Master of Music Degree in vocal performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music in 2005. Since that time, Mrs. Premerlani has performed Handel\u2019s Messiah with the Hudson Chamber Opera as a soprano soloist and was later featured in a benefit gala commemorating the 250thbirthday of Mozart. During the summer of 2006, she traveled to Italy, participating in the Daniel Ferro vocal program as a singer at the advanced level. Mrs. Premerlani has been featured as a soprano soloist in several classical works, most notably in the winter of 2006 as part of Albany Pro Musica\u2019s emotional production of \"Out of the Darkness: Songs of the Holocaust\" and in May of 2008, with Niskayuna High School\u2019s full scale performance of \"Carmina Burana.\" Mrs. Premerlani performed with Lake George Opera in their acclaimed 2009 production of \"Madama Butterfly\" and the previous year performed in \"La Traviata.\" In the fall of 2010 she performed in \"The Mikado\" with C-R Productions. In 2011 she was invited to sing the role of \"Mrs. Gobineau\" in Hubbard Hall Opera Theater's production of \"The Medium.\" Most recently she had the pleasure of performing the Role of \"Serafina\" in Capital Opera's production of \"Il Campanello.\" In 2011 Mrs. Harrigan established and directed the Diocesan School Choir. Each year the choir performs at Catholic School events, performs at the Albany Cathedral, the State Capital, as well local community venues. Mrs. Harrigan teaches music full time and is also music ministry director at Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons School in Schenectady, NY. In her free time she greatly enjoys singing at St. Kateri Church in Schenectady NY, and sitting in for a tune or two with her husband\u2019s Band Gordon St. who recently had their song \u201cMotion of the Ocean\u201d chosen as a top song on local radio station EXIT 97.7. Elissa maintains a growing private voice studio in Schenectady, NY Elissa has the privilege of being an Adjunct voice professor at RPI in Troy, NY. Mrs. Premerlani is a student of noted soprano Mimi O\u2019Neill and has studied with the accomplished mezzo-soprano Lucille Beer.",
    "name": "Elissa Marie Harrigan",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/ElissaSmall.jpg",
    "title": "Music Fellow, Arts"
  },
  "/elizabeth-blaber": {
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of New South Wales, (2013) B.S., University of New South Wales, (2009)",
    "name": "Elizabeth Blaber",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/blabee.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering"
  },
  "/elizabeth-kam": {
    "area": "Computational Aeroacoustics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Thermoacoustics, Finite-Difference Lattice Boltzamann Method, Navier-Stokes Equations, Numerical Methods",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong M.Sc. Aeronautics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong",
    "name": "Elizabeth Kam",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/KamE3.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/elizabeth-press": {
    "area": "video and television production, journalism, community media",
    "biography": "Elizabeth Press (EP/They/Them) is a media-maker and educator based in Troy, NY, interested in socially engaged practices, experimental documentary, and politics. Press cut their teeth in journalism as a producer for the independent TV/Radio program, Democracy Now!. As a videographer, producer, and editor, Press worked with BRIC Arts Media, StreetFilms, PBS, and covered years of the UN climate negotiations. Press is a lecturer in the Arts Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute teaching classes in filmmaking and television production. Press has also taught classes at New York University, The New School, Fulton Montgomery Community College, and several after-school and community media centers. Press is dedicated to the production of independent media and is on the board of the Sanctuary for Independent Media. In 2017, Press helped launch the daily magazine show called The Hudson Mohawk Magazine. Press is a Fulbright Scholar, has an MFA in Electronic Arts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a BA in Anthropology from Ithaca College.",
    "education": "1999 BA, Anthropology, Ithaca College 2003 MFA, Electronic Arts, RPI",
    "name": "Elizabeth Press",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Press_square.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Arts"
  },
  "/elizabeth-sprague": {
    "area": "Chemical Education Green Chemistry with an emphasis on experiment development",
    "biography": "Chair of the Undergraduate Instrumentation Facility and Coordinator of Experimental Chemistry Laboratories.",
    "education": "A.S., Sage Junior College of Albany, 1989 B.S., Russel Sage College, 1991 Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2001",
    "name": "Elizabeth Sprague",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/L%20Sprague%20Chem%20Dept%20Head%20Shot_0.jpg",
    "title": "Sr. Lecturer, Chemistry and Chemical Biology"
  },
  "/elliot-anshelevich": {
    "area": "algorithmic game theory algorithms and theoretical computer science agents in networks social choice and voting",
    "biography": "Elliot works in the area of algorithms and theoretical computer science, especially on issues at the intersection of Economics and Computation. His research interests include algorithms for large decentralized networks, including networks with strategic agents. Particular interests include: social choice and voting algorithms, network formation, networked markets and matching markets, algorithmic game theory, approximation algorithms, graph algorithms, and information propagation in both social and computer networks. Elliot has been a faculty member of the RPI CS department since 2006.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Computer Science, Cornell University, 2005. B.S. Computer Science, Rice University, 2000.",
    "name": "Elliot Anshelevich",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Anshelevish_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Computer Science"
  },
  "/elsa-v-richter": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Elsa V. Richter",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Adjunct, Communication and Media"
  },
  "/eric-ameres": {
    "area": "Video Game Engines, Graphics and Audio Programming, Data Visualization",
    "biography": "Dr. Ameres returned to RPI after a successful career in industry developing multimedia tools and technology in a number of fields. He has developed groundbreaking MIDI and music software, tools for game developers as well as video and audio compression and streaming technology (including over a dozen patents now held by Google) that has become the format of choice on many of the most popular video platforms on the internet. Ameres completed his M.S. and Ph.D. at RPI while working as Sr Research Engineer at Rensselaer's Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) where he and collaborators developed \"The Campfire\", a novel, immersive and interactive visualization system allowing for a unique form of \"spatialization\" of complex data. He continues to develop applications for The Campfire as an affiliate of Rensselaer's Institute for Data Exploration and Analytics (IDEA). Fun facts: Ameres' family connection to RPI goes back to the class of 1918 and includes 6 alumni of the Institute (so far)! Coincidentally, Ameres' high school best friend is a direct descendent of none other than Stephen Van Rensselaer himself!",
    "education": "BS Computer and Systems Eng., RPI 1988 MS Computer and Systems Eng., RPI 2011 PhD Cognitive Science, RPI 2018",
    "name": "Eric Ameres",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/ameree%40rpi.edu_EricAmeres_Square.jpg",
    "title": "Sr. Lecturer, GSAS"
  },
  "/eric-d-guy-schaffer": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Eric D. (Guy) Schaffer",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Faculty_headshot_400x400_0002_Schaffer_square.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Science and Technology Studies"
  },
  "/eric-ledet": {
    "area": "Orthopedics Biomechanics Spine",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Biomedical Engineering M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Biomedical Engineering B.S., University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Mechanical Engineering",
    "name": "Eric Ledet",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/ledete.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Biomedical Engineering"
  },
  "/eric-rutledge": {
    "area": "STEM education Molecular Biology Biochemistry (protein purification) Cell Biology",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "B.S. SUNY Buffalo (Biology) Ph.D. Albany Medical College (Neuroscience and Pharmacology) Postdoctoral training, Vanderbilt University (Cell Physiology) Skidmore College (Neuroendcrinology, Immunohistochemistry)",
    "name": "Eric Rutledge",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/rutledge_crop2.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/ernesto-gutierrez-miravete": {
    "area": "Mathematical modeling and computer simulation of metal processing systems",
    "biography": "Programs Taught Mechanical Engineering Bio Ernesto is an expert in mathematical modeling and computer simulation of metallurgical systems and processes with emphasis in free and moving boundary problems. Following two years as Postdoctoral Associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology he came to Rensselaer in 1987 and has been a full-time member of the Faculty ever since. Concurrent with his academic duties, Ernesto has served as a technical research consultant to several industrial corporations over the past four decades. Teaching and collaborating with working professionals at Rensselaer continue to be the highlight of his career. Other Professional Experiences Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Hartford \u2013 Curriculum Chair, Metallurgy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute \u2013 Affiliate Faculty, Department of Decision Sciences & Engineering Systems Massachusetts Institute of Technology \u2013 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Materials Science & Engineering Swedish Institute for Metals Research \u2013 Visiting Researcher CINVESTAV-Saltillo-Mexico \u2013 Visiting Researcher Universidad Iberoamericana \u2013 Visiting Professor CINVESTAV-Saltillo & CINVESTAV-Queretaro \u2013 Visiting Professor Trinity College \u2013 Visiting Professor United Technologies Corporation \u2013 Industry Consultant Olin Corporation \u2013 Industry Consultant Connecticut Center for Advanced Technologies \u2013 Industry Consultant Hylsa-Mexico \u2013 Industry Consultant Member ASME & SIAM Technical journal & book reviewer",
    "education": "Ph.D., Metallurgy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985 Chemical Metallurgical Engineer, Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico, Mexico, 1978",
    "name": "Ernesto Gutierrez-Miravete",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Ernesto%20Gutierrez-Miravete.jpg",
    "title": "Faculty Practitioner, Rensselaer at Work"
  },
  "/esther-wertz-0": {
    "area": "Experimental study of light-matter interactions at the single-molecule level Design and characterization of plasmonic nanostructures Super-resolution microscopy",
    "biography": "Dr. Esther Wertz obtained her B.S. in Physics from the University of Paris 7 in 2005. She received her PhD in Physics in 2010 for the work she did with Dr. Jacqueline Bloch at the Laboratory for Photonics and Nanostructures in Marcoussis, France. There she pioneered the lab\u2019s work on the formation and manipulation of polariton condensates in GaAs microcavities. Esther did her postdoctoral work with Dr. Julie Biteen at the University of Michigan, investigating the use of single-molecule techniques to probe the interactions between plasmonic antennas and single fluorescent dyes and proteins. She is the recipient of a PicoQuant Young Investigator Award. In 2015, Esther joined the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, & Astronomy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as an Assistant Professor. Esther's research at Rensselaer centers on the study of light-matter interactions at the nanoscale. Her work focuses on investigating the changes in these interactions in the vicinity of small metal nanoparticles using super-resolution microscopy techniques, and on designing materials or structures that interface with light in predetermined ways. Her research laboratory will also explore the new quantum properties that emerge when excitons and localized surface plasmon resonances become strongly coupled.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Physics, Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures (LPN-CNRS), France, 2010. M.S., Physics, University Paris Sud - 11, France, 2007. B.S., Physics, University Paris 7 - Denis Diderot, France, 2005.",
    "name": "Esther A. Wertz",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Wertz.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/etana-ferede": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Etana Ferede",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/EtanaFerede.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/ethan-brown": {
    "area": "Direct detection of dark matter Neutrinoless double beta decay Experimental astroparticle physics Radiation detector development",
    "biography": "Ethan Brown's research is in particle astrophysics, using techniques from particle physics to answer questions related to astronomy. The research uses liquid xenon detectors to probe rare physics properties in an attempt to identify the content and properties of the fundamental constituents of matter. As a member of the XENON1T and XENONnT dark matter experiments, and the nEXO neutrinoless double beta decay experiment, this research probes theories beyond the standard model of particle physics, and attempts to detect and characterize dark matter and the nature of the neutrino.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 2010 B.S. Physics, University of California, San Diego, 2006",
    "name": "Ethan Brown",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Brown.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/evan-douglis": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Evan Douglis",
    "portrait": "http://www.rpi.edu/news/image/pr/2009-0519-douglis.jpg",
    "title": "Professor and Dean of Architecture, School of Architecture"
  },
  "/fareh-e-garba": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Fareh E. Garba",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, School of Architecture"
  },
  "/farhan-gandhi": {
    "area": "Smart and Adaptive Structures for Rotocraft Material Systems Cellular Structures",
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Farhan Gandhi",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/FarhanGandhi-2018.jpg",
    "title": "Rosalind and John J. Redfern Jr Chair in Engineering and Director, Center for Mobility with Vertical Lift (MOVE), Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/farooque-mesiya": {
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D., Queen's University (Canada)",
    "name": "Farooque  Mesiya",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/fm.jpg",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, Engineering and Science-Hartford"
  },
  "/faye-duchin": {
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley",
    "name": "Faye Duchin",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Faculty_headshot_400x400_0006_Duchin_square.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Economics"
  },
  "/fengyan-li": {
    "area": "Discontinuous Galerkin methods; Finite element methods High order methods for MHD, Hamilton-Jacobi, Maxwell's equations in linear and nonlinear media, Vlasov-Maxwell equations, multi-scale kinetic transport models, fluid models High order structure-preserving methods: divergence-free, well-balanced, energy stable/conservative, positivity preserving, asymptotic preserving Model order reduction: numerical algorithms and analysis",
    "biography": "Dr. Fengyan Li received her BS and MS degrees in Computational Mathematics from Peking University in 1997 and 2000, respectively, and her PhD degree in Applied Mathematics from Brown University in 2004. Before she joined RPI in 2006, she held a postdoc position at University of South Carolina. Dr. Li's research interests and activities are mainly in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing. Her research focuses on the design and analysis of robust and highly accurate computational methods, especially discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods, with applications such as in wave propagation, fluid dynamics, rarefied gas dynamics, plasma physics, astrophysics, and nonlinear optics. Dr. Li received a Stella Dafermos Award at Brown University in 2004, and was a recipient of Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in 2008. In 2009, she was granted an NSF-CAREER award for her research in high order methods and their applications. Dr. Li. was a plenary speaker a the 2015 Annual Meeting of Computational Mathematics in China (Guangzhou, China) , and at the International Conference on Spectral and High Order Methods (ICOSAHOM, London, UK) in 2018. Currently, Dr. Li is serving on the editorial board of SIAM Journal of Numerical Analysis, CSIAM Transaction on Applied Mathematics, and Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition). She was an associate editor for SIAM Journal of Numerical Computing during 2014-2019. Dr. Li has been actively involved in Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) and Women in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing (WINASC) Research Network. In 2015, she co-organized a mini-symposium and served as a career panelist at the 8th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM) in Beijing (China), she was also an invited speaker at the workshop, Women in Applied Maths & Soft Matter Physics, in Mainz (Germany); She has been serving as a mentor through AWM Mentor Network since 2011, and as a faculty advisor of the AWM Student Chapter at RPI since 2016. Dr. Li is currently a member of the Steering Committee of WINASc.",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, Brown University, 2004 M.S. in Computational Mathematics, Peking University, 2000 B.S. in Computational Mathematics, Peking University, 1997",
    "name": "Fengyan Li",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Li_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/filbert-totsingan": {
    "area": "Organic and Materials Chemistry Biopolymers with focus on nucleic acids and peptides Unimolecular polymer nanoparticles Biocatalysis",
    "biography": "Dr. Totsingan received his M.S. in Industrial Chemistry and his Ph.D. in Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry with honors from the University of Parma (Italy) working with Prof. Rosangela Marchelli and Prof. Roberto Corradini in designing new biosensors (fluorescent peptide nucleic acids, PNAs) for nucleic acids detection. After a year postdoctoral research working on the amplification of chirality in peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) with Prof. Mark Green (Professor Emeritus, NYU School of Engineering), he then moved to NYU Chemistry Department where he spent five years with Prof. Neville Kallenbach (Professor Emeritus) on the design, synthesis and antimicrobial activity testing of short linear and dendrimeric antimicrobial peptides, as well as amphiphilic unimolecular peptide nanoparticles that mimic the structure of host defense peptides (HDPs), but have higher/similar antimicrobial activity and lower cytotoxicity. Dr. Totsingan joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in 2014 working with Prof. Richard Gross on the use of enzymes such as proteases, lipases and cutinases as catalysts for the preparation/selective modification of biologically active polymers (e.g. peptides) and small molecules (e.g. glycolipids) and their use as potential candidates for materials, biomedical and health-related applications. His research interest also involves the preparation of new generation of unimolecular polymer nanoparticles for medical imaging, drug/gene delivery, tissue engineering, antimicrobials and adhesives.",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (2008), University of Parma (Italy) M.S. in Industrial Chemistry with honors (2004), University of Parma (Italy)",
    "name": "Filbert Totsingan",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/totsif%40rpi.edu_FilbertTotsingan_resized_0.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Chemistry and Chemical Biology"
  },
  "/fotis-kopsaftopoulos": {
    "area": "intelligent structural systems structural health monitoring diagnostics and prognostics stochastic system identification and machine learning fly-by-feel aerial vehicles bio-inspired systems smart materials and structures",
    "biography": "Professor Fotis Kopsaftopoulos joined the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in October 2017. He received his Diploma and Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from University of Patras, Greece, where he worked on stochastic system identification, statistical signal processing, and vibration-based probabilistic methods for structural health monitoring (SHM). After completing his Ph.D. in 2012, he served as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Stochastic Mechanical Systems and Automation Laboratory of the same Department working on research related to novel personal plane concepts, aircraft 4D trajectory monitoring via adaptive time-varying models, and 4D model predictive control for \u201cgreen\u201d aircraft guidance. Before joining Rensselaer, he served as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University (April 2013 to September 2017) where we worked on the design, analysis, and integration of intelligent structures and autonomous systems with bio-inspired state sensing and awareness capabilities. Professor Kopsaftopoulos has published more than 60 journal and conference papers and 2 book chapters. He has participated in various research projects both in the U.S.A. (AFOSR, NSF, NASA, ARPA-e, Boeing) and Europe (FP6 and FP7). He serves as a referee of several international journals and conferences, while he is a member of the Organizing Committee of the International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring (IWSHM). Finally, he is the co-Editor of the IWSHM 2015 and 2017 Proceedings and he serves as a Guest Associate Editor of the Structural Health Monitoring and Aerospace journals.",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of Patras, Greece",
    "name": "Fotis Kopsaftopoulos",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/FotisKopsaflapoulos.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/frank-j-cunha": {
    "area": "Turbomachinery Development and Turbine Blade Analysis Advanced Thermodynamics and Energy Systems Solid and Fluid Mechanics Computer Modeling and Simulation Heat Transfer Testing Slot Cooling Thermal-Mechanical Fatigue",
    "biography": "Programs Taught Mechanical Engineering and MANE Department Bio Professor Cunha began his career at General Electric as Edison Engineer and later became a Technical Leader at Pratt and Whitney. During this professional period, Frank developed some of the most advanced aircraft engines in the world for both commercial and military aircraft, culminating in over 100 US patents. Professor Cunha developed engineering power plant systems and was responsible for power generation and distribution throughout the State of New Jersey, overseeing the operation of fossil fuel, nuclear pressurized-water and a nuclear boiler-water reactor power plant. He then contributed to the design of the most efficient combined-cycle power plant for Siemens Power Generation. Professor Cunha enjoys teaching mechanical engineering courses at RPI ranging from solid-mechanics to fracture-mechanics, fluid-dynamics, turbomachinery, thermodynamics, advanced heat transfer, computational fluid dynamics, and advanced engineering mathematics. He is a RPI senate committee member and an academic advisor to Rensselaer at Work engineering students in the Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering program. Other Professional Experiences University of Connecticut \u2013 Mechanical Engineering Faculty United Technologies Pratt & Whitney \u2013 Technology Leader Siemens-Westinghouse Corp \u2013 Principal Engineer General Electric \u2013 Edison Engineer to Staff Engineer PSEG \u2013 Electric Power Staff Engineer",
    "education": "Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, New York University, 1995 M.S., Mechanical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1983 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1979 Other Certificates and Licenses Member of ICHMT, International Center of Heat and Mass Transfer (since 2013 ASME K14 Heat Transfer Committee member (since 2005) Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (since 2005) Associate Editor of ASME International Journal of Heat Transfer (2008 \u2013 2013) Awarded U.S. Patents in the fields of Gas Turbine Technology for Combustors, Turbines, and Afterburners Author of ASME and AIAA papers in the Journal of Propulsion and Power and Journal of Turbomachinery and in ASME IGTI publications Licensed as a Professional Engineer in the State of New Jersey Member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society",
    "name": "Frank J. Cunha",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Frank_Cunha.jpg",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, Rensselaer at Work"
  },
  "/frank-spear": {
    "biography": "My research group is focused in two major directions in metamorphic geochemistry. Studies of crustal evolution:A major focus of my research group over the past three decades has been on the development of new techniques for the interpretation of metamorphic petrogenesis. These studies involve modeling mineral reactions, textures, and chemical zonation in both major and accessory phases. The goal of this work is to construct pressure-temperature-deformation-time histories that can be used to interpret the tectonic evolution of a terrane. We have applied these techniques to areas in the Alps, New England, southern Chile, the Mojave desert, British Columbia, the Adirondacks of New York, and the Cyclades Blueschist Belt of Greece. Current field projects are underway in Central New England The Ruby-Humboldt range of eastern Nevada Adirondack Mountains of New York Cyclades Blueschist Belt, Greece MetPetDB: A database for metamorphic geochemistry. The field of metamorphic petrology involves the collection of large amounts of data including sample characterization, field and thin section descriptions, photomicrographs of phase assemblages and reaction textures, SEM (backscatter secondary electron images of thin sections, X-ray maps depicting the distribution and zoning of elements in phases, cathodoluminescence images of phases such as zircon or quartz to reveal trace element zoning, as well as analyses of whole-rock and mineral chemistry and isotope abundances. Managing such large quantities of data is a large effort and preserving these data for the future is not yet routine except for the small amounts that see their way into publication. MetPetDB (Metamorphic Petrology Database) is an NSF-funded project involving collaboration between metamorphic petrologists and computer scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with an international working group. The goal is the development of an informatics system that will prove to be a valuable resource for both the preservation of valuable data as well as serving as a platform for new, innovative research directions. The database can be accessed here: http://MetPetDB.rpi.edu and a summary of published articles currently uploaded into the database may be examined here: http://metpetdb.rpi.edu/MetPetRest/parse_publications.html",
    "education": "Ph.D., 1976 University of California, Los Angeles B.A., 1971 Amherst College, Amherst MA.",
    "name": "Frank Spear",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Spear.jpg",
    "title": "Department Head and Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences"
  },
  "/fudong-han": {
    "area": "Advanced Materials Energy Storage",
    "biography": "Fudong Han is an assistant professor and Priti and Mukesh Chatter '82 Career Development Chair in Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering. He received his BS degree in 2009 and his MS degree in 2012 in Materials Science and Engineering from Shandong University in China, and his PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Maryland College Park where he also did one-year postdoctoral research. He was a guest scientist in the Materials for Energy and Sustainable Development Group at National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST). His research interests include (i) understanding the fundamental science of the interfaces, charge transport, and reactions in and of materials with the aid of advanced characterization techniques, (ii) designing and fabricating new materials with desired properties, and (iii) exploring the applications of these materials in electrochemical energy storage devices such as batteries for clean and safe energy storage. He has published more than 60 papers in scientific journals including Nature Energy, Nature Materials, Nature Chemistry, Nature Review Materials, Nature Communications, Science Advances, Joule, Advanced Materials, Energy and Environmental Science etc. He is a recipient of the 2022 Electrochemical Society Electrodeposition Division Early Career Investigator Award, the 2018 Electrochemical Society Battery Division Student Research Award, and the 2017 Materials Research Society Graduate Student Gold Award. Han research group is always looking for highly motivated undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers in mechanical engineering, materials science, chemical engineering, and electrochemistry to join our group. Please contact Dr. Han ( hanf2@rpi.edu ) for possible opportunities. Research projects include but are not limited to: 1, High-energy-density all-solid-state batteries 2, Lithium dendrite suppression in solid electrolytes 3, In-situ neutron techniques for studying batteries",
    "education": "PhD, University of Maryland College Park",
    "name": "Fudong Han",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/IMG_0047.JPG",
    "title": "Assistant Professor and Priti and Mukesh Chatter '82 Career Development Chair, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/fuming-zhang": {
    "area": "Glycobiology Glycoenginnering SPR",
    "biography": "After eight years of teaching and research in Biochemical Engineering and Fermentation Technology at the Zhejiang University of Technology, Zhang went to the University of Leeds as a Ph.D. student to study in Microbiology. He joined the Linhardt Group at the University of Iowa in 1999, after he worked in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) for one year as a research associate. Zhang moved to RPI with the Linhardt Group in 2003. Fuming Zhang has published more than 130 research papers and received several scientific achievement awards (such as Research Excellent Award, RPI, 2012; the Zhejiang Provincial Government Scientific Achievement Awards, 1993). He serves editorial board members for Journal of Biomedical Technology and Research (since 2013) and Journal of Biotechnology and Bioengineering (since 2014)",
    "education": "Ph.D. Microbiology (University of Leeds, Leeds City, UK, 1997) B.E. Biochemical Engineering (HuaQiao University, China, 1986)",
    "name": "Fuming Zhang",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Zhang_Fuming_web_0.jpg",
    "title": "Research Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering"
  },
  "/gaetano-t-montelione": {
    "area": "structural bioinformatics host - pathogen interactions protein structure, dynamics, and function biomolecular NMR spectroscopy molecular biophysics integral membrane proteins",
    "biography": "The unique strengths of our laboratory involve development of NMR methods and software for analysis of protein structures and dynamics, and in applying these methods in structure-function studies. As Director of the NIGMS-funded Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium (NESG) for 16 years (2000 - 2016), we lead a team that determined more than 1,200 3D structures by X-ray crystallography and NMR methods. Over the course of this project we developed expertise in protein expression and crystallization, and in reconstitution and structure determination of soluble proteins and membrane-associated lipoproteins. We also developed extensive experience in software development, creating a cost-efficient pipeline for protein sample and structure production, achieving the NIGMS project goal of total cost per structure deposited in the PDB of ~$50,000. Our laboratory research program revolves around the themes of new technology development for protein sample production and computational analysis. Based on our experience as a central node for protein sample production and structure determination by NMR in the NIGMS PSI program, rigorous structure and dynamic analysis of small (<15 kDa) proteins in our laboratory is largely automated and routine. However, most of our current research program focus on larger (>20 kDa), more challenging systems, including integral membrane proteins and protein complexes. The group's biomedical focus areas include structure-function studies of proteins and complexes involved in cancer biology, and both influenza and SARS CoV2 virus infection. These projects require hybrid approaches, combining NMR data with X-ray crystallography, SAXS, paramagnetic NMR and EPR, and other biophysical methods, along with advanced computational modeling and structural bioinformatics. In order to ensure rigor in applying this broad range of methods, we collaborate intensively with internationally-recognized experts in these domains. For example, we work with experts to explore the impact of Evolutionary Coupling (C. Sander, D. Marks), Rosetta (D. Baker), and CHARMM (W. Im) modeling methods for determining 3D structures of larger proteins for which only sparse, incomplete experimental data is available, including integral membrane proteins. We rely on our collaborators for SAXS (J. Tainer), fluorescence spectroscopy (C. Royer), and cryoEM (J. Hunt, K. Das) data, and to provide expertise in these critical experimental methods. We also lead the structural biology components of several biomedical collaborations, including projects on viral-host protein/RNA interactions of murine leukemia (with M. Roth, Rutgers) and influenza (with S. Patel, Rutgers) viruses, SARS-CoV2 antiviral drug development (with A. Garcia-Sastre, Mt. Sinai), DNA damage repair (with S. Bunting, Rutgers), and de novo protein design (with D. Baker, U Wash.). We also collaborate with the Critical Assessment of Protein Structure Prediction (CASP) program to organize efforts in sparse-NMR-guided structure prediction across the CASP community, and with the wwPDB to develop robust and rigorous methods of protein and nucleic acid structure quality assessment. All of these collaborations are aimed at ensuring the highest rigor and quality control, and in addressing important biomedical questions. Our laboratory has trained more than 45 graduate students and postdocs, and more than 100 undergraduate students. Many of these have gone on to leading positions in industry and academics. Several are professors at research universities. Others have scientist or management positions at pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. A list of laboratory alumni, and their current positions, is available on our lab home page. https://montelionelab.chem.rpi.edu/about/alumni.htm Montelione is recipient of numerous awards and honors including the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Research Fellow; Searle Scholar Award; Johnson & Johnson Research Discovery Award; American Cyanamid Award in Physical and Analytical Chemistry; National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award; Proctor and Gamble Young Investigator Award; Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award; Rutgers University Board of Trustees Award for Scholarly Excellence; Biophysical Society Michael and Kate B\u00e1r\u00e1ny Award for Young Investigators; Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) ; Inaugural Jerome and Lorraine Aresty Endowed Chair, Rutgers University; and Endowed Constellation Chair in Structural Bioinformatics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has published > 350 peer-reviewed papers, with > 20,000 citations and an impact H-index of 77. With Prof. G. Wagner (Michigan), Montelione carried out pioneering work on NMR pulse sequence development, including the design and implementation of the first triple-resonance protein NMR experiments, as well as the high-impact ZZ-exchange and J1-resolved E_COSY experiments. At Rutgers, he followed up this work by development of the HCCNH-TOCSY, HCCcoNH-TOCSY, and related widely-adopted triple-resonance NMR experiments. Montelione has made key contributions in computational NMR methods development, including the development of software for automated analysis of protein resonance assignments, automated analysis of 3D structures, and for protein NMR model quality assessment. Work with R. Krug on the influenza A non-structural protein 1 (NS1) has provided the basis for creation of attenuated virus vaccines, that are now in clinical trials.",
    "education": "Southampton College, Long Island University, Southampton NY. Marine Biology Cornell University, Ithaca NY. B.S., Biochemistry, with Highest Honors University of Oregon, Eugene OR. Physical Chemistry Cornell University, Ithaca NY. M.A., Ph.D., Physical Chemistry Advisor: Prof. Harold A. Scheraga Co-Advisor: Prof. Kurt W\u00fcthrich University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI Postdoc / Research Assistant Professor, Molecular Biophysics Advisor: Prof. Gerhard Wagner",
    "name": "Gaetano T. Montelione",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Gaetano%20Montelione%20Photo.2017_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor and Constellation Chair, Chemistry and Chemical Biology"
  },
  "/ganpati-ramanath": {
    "area": "Nanomaterials, thin films and interfaces for energy and electronics Discovery of novel materials phenomena and properties Atomistic/molecular-level interface science and engineering Materials processing and manufacturing Nanoscience and nanotechnology, composites",
    "biography": "Professor Ramanath received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Illinois-Urbana in 1997. His doctoral work won him a Materials Research Society Graduate Student Award (now known as the Gold Award). He obtained his B.Tech. in Metallurgical Engineering from the IIT, Madras, India, and his M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. He was a staff member at Novellus Systems, CA, and a Visiting Scientist at the Physics Department of Link\u00f6ping University, Sweden, before he joined the Rensselaer faculty in Fall 1998 as an Assistant Professor. He became a tenured Associate Professor in 2003, and was promoted to full Professor in 2006. He was named John Tod Horton Professor in 2013. His research focuses on developing a fundamental understanding of structure-processing-property relationships in molecularly-tailored inorganic thin film and bulk nanomaterials and interfaces, and harnessing them for energy and electronics applications. Professor Ramanath has co-authored 175 journal articles (Google Scholar h-index 50, ~9900 citations), one book chapter, and holds 9 US patents. He has delivered more than 225 invited/plenary/keynote talks worldwide, and has organized several international symposia and workshops for MRS, AVS and TMS. He co-founded ThermoAura Inc, served as the Director of the NY State Center for Future Energy Systems and an Editor of IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology (2003-15), and is an Editorial Advisory Board member for Journal of Experimental Nanoscience. Honors and awards (select): \u2022 Fellow of the Materials Research Society (2018) \u2022 Fellow of the American Physical Society (2017), Senior member IEEE (2017). \u2022 Fellow of the American Vacuum Society (2013) \u2022 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany (2013). \u2022 Brahm Prakash Visiting Professorship, IISc Bangalore, India (2013). \u2022 Rensselaer Team Excellence Award (2013) \u2022 Rensselaer Research Excellence Award (Senior professor 2012, Early-career professor 2002). \u2022 Best paper award IEEE Nano (Hong Kong, 2007). \u2022 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (2004) \u2022 Professor Bergman Young Scientist Award US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (2003) \u2022 National Science Foundation CAREER award (2000) \u2022 IBM Research Partnership Award (2000-2013) \u2022 Materials Research Society Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Research (1996). Visiting appointments (select): \u2022 Visiting Professor, Link\u00f6ping University, Sweden; Dept. of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (2019-). \u2022 Distinguished visiting professor, PSG Institute of Advanced Studies, Coimbatore, India (2017-) \u2022 Visiting professor, RWTH, Materials Chemistry Department, Aachen University, Germany (2013-14) \u2022 Brahm Prakash Chair Professor, IISc, Bangalore, India (2013), Visiting Professor (2006) \u2022 Visiting professor, The Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany (2004-5) \u2022 Visiting professor, NIMS-ICYS/WPI, Tsukuba, Japan (2004, 2010) \u2022 Visiting professor, University of Wollongong, Australia (2007)",
    "education": "Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Cincinnati B.Tech. Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras",
    "name": "Ganpati Ramanath",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/RamanathPic2018.jpg",
    "title": "John Tod Horton Professor of Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/gaurav-jain": {
    "area": "Marketing",
    "biography": "Gaurav Jain, assistant professor of marketing at the Rensselaer Lally School of Management, examines how individuals make judgments, estimates, and decisions in the absence of complete information. Prior to earning his Ph.D. from the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa, Gaurav earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in engineering and an MBA in marketing. More specifically, his research spans the fields of numerical cognition and judgment, working memory capacity, and, attention limitations. Using psycho-physical methods, such as eye tracking and facial expression analysis, Gaurav makes novel predictions about how various cognitive biases influence consumer choices.",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Marketing, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa MBA, Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon, India Bachelor of Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, Karnataka, India",
    "name": "Gaurav Jain",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/jain.jpeg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Lally School of Management"
  },
  "/ge-wang": {
    "area": "X-ray computed tomography Optical molecular tomography Magnetic resonance imaging Multimodality imaging Artificial intelligence (Deep learning) Radiomics",
    "biography": "Ge Wang is Clark & Crossan Endowed Chair Professor and Director of the Biomedical Imaging Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His interests include medical imaging and artificial intelligence especially deep learning. Wang published the first spiral cone-beam/multi-slice CT method in 1991 and has systematically contributed many papers and patents in this area. Also, his group and collaborators developed interior tomography theory to solve the long-standing interior problem, and initiated research of omni-tomography with simultaneous CT-MRI as an example. In 2016, he published the first perspective on deep learning-based tomographic imaging, lead-edited the first and second IEEE TMI special issues on deep reconstruction, and with his coauthors wrote the first book on deep learning-based tomography and a series of papers on various deep imaging topics. His results were featured in Nature, Science, PNAS, and news media. He received various major societal awards, and is Fellow of IEEE, SPIE, AAPM, OSA, AIMBE, AAAS, and NAI. Biomedical Imaging Center WANG-AXIS Lab Google Scholar ORCID Publons Highlights First paper on spiral/helical cone-beam/multi-slice CT (1991) solving \"the long object problem\" (longitudinal data truncation). There are ~200-million CT scans annually worldwide, with a majority in the spiral cone-beam/multi-slice mode. Many follow-up papers of ours along this direction, including superiority of spiral fan-beam CT over step-and-shoot CT (1994) and triple-source helical cone-beam reconstruction (2010) Bioluminescence tomography (2004) for optical preclinical & biological imaging Interior tomography (2007) solving the interior problem (transverse data truncation) for targeted imaging at low dose, and fast speed State-of-the-art multi-scale CT facility (2009) covering six orders of magnitude in terms of image resolution & object size Omni-tomography (2011) for spatiotemporal fusion of tomographic modalities, with simultaneous CT-MRI as an example Spectrography (2011) for ultrafast & ultrafine tomography from polychromatic radiation scattering ( In Focus News in Nature) Axiomatic bibliometrics (2013) to credit coauthors (PNAS) Deep imaging perspective (2016) as a basis for the first (2018) and second TMI Special Issues (2021) in this emerging field IOP textbook on machine learning for tomographic reconstruction (410 pages, 2019) National Academy of Inventors (2019, inducted for contributions to spiral cone-beam/multi-slice CT) Deep denoising network (2019) competitive over commercial low-dose CT (Nature Machine Intelligence) Deep tomographic reconstruction (2020) (Nature Machine Intelligence) Deep radiomics (2021) predicting heart diseases with low-dose lung CT (Nature Communications) IOP Book Series Editor \"AI in Biomedicine\" (2021-) Best image clustering result in the world with our SPICE network ( https://paperswithcode.com ; 2021) Various academic awards, including IEEE EMBS Academic Career Achievement Award (2021) , IEEE Region 1 Outstanding Teaching Award (2021) , and SPIE Aden & Marjorie Meinel Technology Achievement Award (2022) Data: In addition to many conference/arXiv papers, Wang has >500 journal papers (1 in Nature (also reported in Nature as \u201cIn Focus News\u201d), 2 in Nature Machine Intelligence, 1 in Nature Communications, 3 in PNAS, 1 in J of Informetrics (reported in Science and Nature respectively), 1 in Phys. Rev. Letters, and >80 in IEEE journals), Google h-index=79, >100 issued and pending patents, >$40M as PI/Contact PI/MPI, and >$30M as Co-PI/Co-I/Mentor Stories: AI@NIH ('18), MRI , AI-Plenary , AI-Keynote , CT4Layman , AI@Stanford , AI-Stability , SPIE Plenary , SPIE Plenary Interview , Shanghai Tech BME . To watch more talks, please visit his YouTube channel",
    "education": "University of Buffalo Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Chinese Academy of Sciences M.S. Remote Sensing Xidian University B.E. Signal Processing",
    "name": "Ge Wang",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/GeWangPhoto.jpg",
    "title": "Clark & Crossan Endowed Chair Professor and Director of Biomedical Imaging Center, School of Engineering"
  },
  "/george-dalakos": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "George Dalakos",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "General Electric, Chemical and Biological Engineering"
  },
  "/george-i-makhatadze": {
    "area": "bioinformatics protein dynamics protein folding protein aggregation",
    "biography": "Dr. Makhatadze completed his postdoctoral work at the Department of Biology at the Johns Hopkins University before moving to his first faculty position in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Texas Tech University. After three years at Texas Tech he moved to the Penn State University College of Medicine, where he was Professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and directed a graduate program in Chemical Biology. Dr. Makhatadze joined Rensselaer in 2007 as a Constellation Professor in Biocomputation and Bioinformatics. Dr. Makhatadze is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biochemica et Biophysica Acta, and Protein Engineering, Design and Selection. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Biophysical Society, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, and the Protein Society. He is also a past and present member of the scientific review committees for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF).",
    "education": "B.S., Georgia State University Biophysics Ph.D., Moscow Physico-Technical Institute Biophysical Chemistry and Structural Biology",
    "name": "George I. Makhatadze",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/makhatadze_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Constellation Chair, Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/george-lee": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "George Lee",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer, Biomedical Engineering"
  },
  "/george-m-slota": {
    "biography": "George is an Assistant Professor position in the Computer Science Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Previously, George has held positions as a Computer Scientist at Sandia National Labs New Mexico and as a Computer Engineer at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center. George's interests are in graph and network mining, big data analytics, machine learning, bioinformatics, and their relation to parallel, scientific, and high performance computing.",
    "education": "Ph.D. - Computer Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2016 B.S. with Honors - Computer Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2009",
    "name": "George M. Slota",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Slota_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Computer Science"
  },
  "/george-nagy": {
    "biography": "George Nagy graduated from McGill University in Engineering Physics (fencing and chess). He earned his MS at McGill by solving Euler's Second Equation for the hysteresis motor. He was awarded the PhD at Cornell University in 1962 for helping Frank Rosenblatt build Tobermory, a sixteen-foot, four-layer neural network for speech recognition. After a short postdoc he worked on character recognition and remote sensing at IBM Yorktown (and claims credit for IBM's growth during this period). During a reverse sabbatical at the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al he recorded pulse trains from cats' medial geniculate nuclei. In 1972 he was appointed chairman of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Nebraska where he dabbled in computational geometry, GIS and HCI, and was eventually inducted in the NHC. Since 1985 he has been Professor of Computer Engineering at RPI in Troy, NY. Nagy's credits in document analysis include Chinese character recognition with Dick Casey, \"self-corrective\" character recognition with Glen Shelton (with a reprise twenty-eight years later with Henry Baird), character recognition via cipher substitution with Casey, Sharad Seth, and Tin Ho, growing X-Y trees with Seth, table interpretation with Dave Embley, Mukkai Krishnamoorthy, Dan Lopresti and Seth, modeling random-phase noise with Prateek Sarkar and Lopresti, style-constrained classification with Sarkar, Harsha Veeramachaneni, Hiromichi Fujisawa and Cheng-Lin Liu, and paper-based election systems research with Lopresti and Elisa Barney Smith. He tries to keep up with the state of the art by learning new ideas from former students. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and the IAPR, and received prematurely (in 2001) the ICDAR Lifetime Contributions Award. In his spare time Nagy enjoys skiing, sailing, and writing prolix surveys. He looks forward to having more time for family, friends, research, reading and septuagenarian outdoor activities after he retires in June 2011.",
    "education": "Ph.D. (Cornell University)",
    "name": "George Nagy",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/georgenagy_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/georges-belfort": {
    "area": "Membrane separation processes Transport phenomena Interfacial phenomena and rheology Bioseparations and sensors Protein misfolding and aggregation Intein technology",
    "biography": "Dr. Georges Belfort: Endowed chair Russell Sage Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at RPI. He received his BS degree in CHME at the University of Cape Town and PhD in Engineering from UC Irvine. He has broad research interests include mass transfer and membrane filtration, protein misfolding and kinetics, single molecule force spectroscopy, and bioseparations. He has received the two major awards in the US on Separations (ACS (1995) and AIChE (2000)), the ACS Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (2008), and is one of the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153100 Chemical Engineers of the Modern Erae as part of the AIChE Centennial Celebration in 2008. He was elected a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, February 2003.",
    "education": "B.S. Chemical Engineering (the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa), 1963 M.S. Chemical Engineering (The University of California at Irvine) Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (The University of California at Irvine), 1972",
    "name": "Georges Belfort",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/george_belfort_0.jpg",
    "title": "Institute Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Member, National Academy of Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering"
  },
  "/gerald-korenowski": {
    "biography": "Prior to joining the RPI faculty in 1982, Korenowski was a postdoctoral research associate at Columbia University and a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow at SUNY/Stony Brook.",
    "education": "M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University B.S., Pennsylvania State University",
    "name": "Gerald Korenowski",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Korenowski_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Director of Undergraduate Studies and Research, Chemistry and Chemical Biology"
  },
  "/gina-kucinski": {
    "area": "Mathematics Education",
    "biography": "Dr. Gina Kucinski earned her Ph.D. in Mathematical Sciences from Binghamton University (SUNY). Prior to joining the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Rensselaer as a Lecturer in 2014, Dr. Kucinski held teaching appointments at Binghamton University, University of Scranton, and University at Albany (SUNY). She has an interest in teaching first-year students and, through her involvement in the Bridge Scholars Program and I-PERSIST Mentor Program, has worked toward improving outcomes and experiences for Calculus I students.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Mathematical Sciences, Binghamton University (SUNY) M.A., Mathematical Sciences, Binghamton University (SUNY) B.S., Mathematics, University of Scranton",
    "name": "Gina Kucinski",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Kucinski_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/glenn-ciolek": {
    "area": "Theoretical and computational astrophysics Physics of the interstellar medium Star formation Astrophysical plasmas and magnetohydrodynamics Multifluid shock wave in interstellar clouds Dynamics of charged and neutral interstellar dust grains Chemical processes in molecular clouds and star-forming regions",
    "biography": "Glenn Ciolek is a theoretical and computational astrophysicist. His research focus has been in the theory of the interstellar medium, particularly astrophysical plasmas and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and their applications to star-forming molecular clouds and cores. This has included multifluid non-ideal MHD simulations (including dust grains) of shock waves in interstellar clouds, and numerical studies of gravitational collapse and fragmentation of protostellar cores. Working with his Rensselaer colleague, Prof. Wayne Roberge, he has developed a Riemann-Godunov numerical code using adaptive mesh refinement to investigate the time-dependent formation and nonlinear evolution of MHD shocks in weakly-ionized interstellar clouds. Some calculations have also employed parallel processing and the use of the supercomputers at the Center for Computational Innovations (CCI) at Rensselaer. Glenn is also interested in the astrobiological applications of his research, and has been associated with the New York Center for Astrobiology (NYCA) at Rensselaer.",
    "education": "Ph.D. (Physics) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, M.S. (Physics) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Bachelor of Science in Physics Wayne State University",
    "name": "Glenn Ciolek",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Ciolek_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/grace-m-shryock": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Grace M. Shryock",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Music Fellow, Arts"
  },
  "/gregor-kova%C4%8Di%C4%8D": {
    "area": "Matematical neuroscience wave dynamics integrable systems nonlinear resonant optics optics of metamaterials",
    "biography": "Gregor Kova\u010di\u010d received batchelor's degrees in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from California Institute of Technology. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory before joining the Mathematical Sciences Faculty at Rensselaer. Gregor is a recipient of Pre\u0161eren's Student Prize in Slovenia, Director's Funded Postdoctoral Fellowship at Los Alamos, NSF Career Award, and Sloan Research Fellowship. Gregor's research began in low-dimensional dynamical systems, in particular, in singular perturbation theory of systems with internal resonances. His current research interests include studies of nonlinear evolution equations and their scientific applications, particularly in dispersive waves, optics, and neuroscience. Recently, he has been exploring dynamics and statistics of dispersive wave-like and completely integrable partial differential equations and their applications to nonlinear resonant optics, light propagation through \u201cmetamaterials\u201d with exotic properties of the refractive index, and the modeling of and dynamics in neuronal networks.",
    "education": "Ph.D. California Institute of Technology , Applied Mathematics , 1990",
    "name": "Gregor Kova\u010di\u010d",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Kovacic.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/gunnar-babcock": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Gunnar Babcock",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer, Cognitive Science"
  },
  "/gustavo-enrique-alberto-crembil": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Gustavo Enrique Alberto Crembil",
    "portrait": "http://",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, School of Architecture"
  },
  "/gwo-ching-wang": {
    "area": "Growth, characterization, and physics of 2D materials, thin films and nanostructures using state-of-art techniques RHEED surface pole figure analysis of textures evolution in thin films and nanostructures Azimuthal RHEED for mapping of structures and perfection of graphene and 2D materials",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, Physics, B.S., Northern Illinois University, Physics, M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Materials Physics, Ph.D.",
    "name": "Gwo Ching Wang",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Wang.jpg",
    "title": "Travelstead Institute Chair, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/gyorgy-korniss": {
    "area": "Complex systems: structure and dynamics of social, information, and infrastructure networks Social dynamics, opinion spreading, and influencing in social networks Robustness, vulnerability, and cascading failures in large-scale information and infrastructure networks Synchronization and flow in complex networks Extreme events in network dynamics",
    "biography": "Prof. Gyorgy Korniss received his Diploma (M.S.) in Physics at Eotvos University, Budapest in 1993 and his Ph.D. in Physics at Virginia Tech in 1997. His research background is statistical physics and interacting and agent-based systems. He was a postdoctoral research associate at the Supercomputer Computations Research Institute, Florida State University between 1997-2000. He has been in the Department Physics at RPI since 2000, where he has been a Professor since 2012. He authored and co-authored over 100 mostly interdisciplinary publications, including papers in Science , Physical Review Letters , Journal of Theoretical Biology , Scientific Reports , and Chaos . He is an Editorial Board member of Fluctuation and Noise Letters and Scientific Reports . His current research focuses on transport, flow, and cascading failures in complex networks; synchronization, coordination, and extreme events in coupled stochastic systems; and opinion dynamics and influencing in social networks.",
    "education": "1993-1997 Ph.D. in Physics, Virginia Tech 1989-1993 M.S. (Diploma) in Physics, E\u00f6tv\u00f6s Lor\u00e1nd University, Budapest, Hungary 1988-89 Physics Major at Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen, Hungary",
    "name": "Gyorgy Korniss",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Korniss.jpg",
    "title": "Department Head, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/harry-mclaughlin": {
    "area": "McLaughlin has research interest in the general areas of Applied Geometry as it applies to design and manufacturing problems.",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1966",
    "name": "Harry McLaughlin",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/McLaughlin_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/heidi-jo-newberg": {
    "area": "Astrophysics Astronomical Surveys Big Data Space Telescopes Milky Way Galaxy",
    "biography": "My current research is primarily related to understanding the structure of our own galaxy through using stars as tracers of the Galactic halo and the disk. In both cases I have been instrumental in elucidating their substructure. I hope that these studies will contribute to our understanding of how the Galaxy formed. In addition, the stellar substructure in both the halo and in the disk can be used to determine where dark matter is located in the Milky Way galaxy. I currently run MilkyWay@home . I am also working on a telescope design that uses a giant diffraction grating to collect light instead of a large mirror; this design might allow a giant, light-weight telescope to be unfurled in space. You can follow my research on facebook , twitter , instagram and YouTube . More information on past accomplishments can be found on Wikipedia . A full list of my publications, provided by the NASA/ADS Abstract Server, can be found here: BIBLIOGRAPHY . I was a participant in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey , from 1992 to 2008. This survey imaged 10,000 square degrees of the north Galactic cap in five optical filters. Additionally, it obtained a million spectra of the galaxies (and hundreds of thousands of QSOs and stars) that were detected in the imaging survey. I am also a participant in the Chinese LAMOST spectral survey of millions of Galactic stars, and led the US participation (Participants in LAMOST, US -- PLUS) in the design of that survey. I have worked in many areas of astronomy over the course of my career. I did my PhD with the Berkeley Automated Supernova Search, which measured the supernova rates as a function of supernova type in Virgo-distance galaxies; and the Supernova Cosmology Project, which is measuring the cosmological parameters Omega and Lambda using the light curves of distant supernovae. I have published papers in diverse areas of galactic and extragalactic astronomy, including: supernova phenomenology, measuring cosmological parameters from supernovae, galaxy photometry, color selection of QSOs, properties of stars, and the structure of our galaxy.",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of California, Berkley.",
    "name": "Heidi Jo Newberg",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/heidi_jo_newberg.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/henry-r-bungay-iii": {
    "biography": "Educational Materials Books Interactive Javascript exercises for Biochemical Engineering Javascript exercises for Environmental Unit Operations Challenges for learning fermentation technology A faculty member since 1976, Professor Bungay previously worked for Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis and Worthington Biochemical Corporation in Freehold, NJ, was a Program Manager at the National Science Foundation and at ERDA (now the U.S. Department of Energy), was the Resident Energy Fellow at the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, and held academic positions at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Clemson University. He is the author of five books on environmental and biochemical engineering.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Biochemistry (Syracuse University, 1955) B.Ch.E. Chemical Engineering (Cornell University, 1949)",
    "name": "Henry R Bungay  III",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Henry-Bungay-III.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Chemical and Biological Engineering"
  },
  "/himali-stoccatore": {
    "area": "Portfolio Management Supply Chain and Operations Strategy and Change Business Process Improvement and Tactical Planning",
    "biography": "Programs Taught Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Leading Change and Innovation Bio Himali Stoccatore is the Chief of Staff to the President of Commercial Engines at Pratt and Whitney. Previously, she led a demand planning and forecasting team for the commercial aftermarket. She headed the Forecasting Center of Excellence, establishing policies, procedures, and tools for demand planning, and is a certified Project Management Professional. Himali started her career as an engineer at Custom Electronics and later joined Raytheon Technologies as a Project Engineer. She is a graduate of the UTC Operations Leadership Program and has held roles of increasing responsibility since that time. Himali has also worked in the life sciences industry at Taconic Biosciences as a Product Director. Himali is an Instructor Mentor at Rensselaer at Work and enjoys providing hands-on tools to her graduate students through a project-based approach they apply in real-time. She also volunteers on the board of the Women Composer\u2019s Festival of Hartford to promote music composed by women both past and present. Other Professional Experiences Pratt & Whitney \u2013 Chief of Staff to the President of Commercial Engines Pratt & Whitney \u2013 Director of Commercial Aftermarket, Demand Planning & Forecasting Taconic Biosciences \u2013 Director of Product Management and Scientific Services Collins Aerospace \u2013 Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning Manager Collins Aerospace \u2013 Strategic Sourcing Manager Pratt & Whitney \u2013 Deputy Quality Manager United Technologies \u2013 Operations Leadership Program Hamilton Sundstrand \u2013 Project Engineer Other Certificates and Licenses Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)",
    "education": "MBA, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University M. Eng., Electrical Engineering, SUNY Binghamton B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Mumbai",
    "name": "Himali Stoccatore",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/himali.jpg",
    "title": "Instructor Mentor, Rensselaer at Work"
  },
  "/hisham-mohamed": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Hisham Mohamed",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/mohamh_0.jpg",
    "title": "Sr. Lecturer, Biomedical Engineering"
  },
  "/holly-traver": {
    "biography": "Dr. Holly A. Traver received her B.A. and Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University at Albany, State University of New York. While she has published and presented in various journals and at conferences, her passion lies in interacting with and educating the bright and talented students at Rensselaer. Dr. Traver\u2019s broad academic experience includes teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels at the University at Albany and Rensselaer. In addition, she has served as a consultant for the New York State Police, Academy of Certified Archivists, and Snowslip Equine Center. In 2010, Dr. Traver was a guest lecturer for a Leadership Course at the National Academy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Quantico, VA. She has also been recognized as an Honorary Member of the Patroon Chapter of the National Residence Hall Honorary. She currently teaches Positive Psychology, Psychology of Mindfulness, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology. She considers herself quite fortunate to share her knowledge about how to live life full of meaning, gratitude, and positivity, simply by considering how to think about what happens in life, how to be more mindful of life around us, and the importance of having others in our lives, helping those around us, and of course laughing more.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Industrial and Organizational Psychology",
    "name": "Holly A. Traver",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/traver.jpeg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Cognitive Science"
  },
  "/houman-younessi": {
    "biography": "Houman Younessi is an Australian-American educator, practitioner, consultant and investigator in information systems, systems and software development processes, computer science, financial economics, decision science and business strategy. He currently is in charge of Academic Affairs[2] at the Hartford Graduate Campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.. He has previously been associated with Swinburne University of Technology in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia. Born in Tehran, Iran, Younessi is recognized for his expansive work in the fields of defect management, software and system development processes and is an authority in object-oriented computing. Examples of his work include the OPEN [3] and the SBM methodologies and more recently Recombinant Programming.[4] A multi-disciplinarian, apart from computer science, and systems and software development, Younessi has formal education and training in finance and has interests in applying concepts of decision science and econometrics to the worlds of financial investment and business economics. Younessi also works in the domain of strategies, models, measures and information systems for sustainable development and management of enterprises. He also did some work in molecular biology, medical genetics and bioinformatics, areas which he no longer pursues. He is known for his activist politics, his support of environmentalist causes, anti-racism initiatives, and civil rights. He has written several books, chapters in books, and dozens of research articles in his various areas of professional interest. He is also a Persian language poet and essayist.",
    "name": "Houman Younessi",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Assistant Dean for Academic Programs, Engineering and Science-Hartford"
  },
  "/huaming-peng": {
    "area": "Forecasting, Large Sample Asymptotics, Model Slection and High Dimensional Statistics",
    "biography": "Dr. Peng Joined RPI in 2018. Prior to that, he taught at SUNY Albany from 2008 to 2017. He received his PhD in Economics from Yale Univeristy in 2008, his Master in Statistics in 2001 and Bachelor in Economics and Mathematics in 1999 from Macquarie University in Australia. Dr. Peng is an econometrician, He currently works on measuring forecasting accuracy and high dimensional statistics.",
    "education": "Yale University, Ph.D.",
    "name": "Huaming Peng",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Peng_square.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Economics"
  },
  "/humberto-terrones": {
    "area": "2-Dimensional Materials Complex 3-D Atomic Structures Solid State and Condensed Matter Physics Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Nonlinear Optics",
    "biography": "Humberto Terrones carried out his PhD at the University of London (Birkbeck College) under thesupervision of Prof. Alan L. Mackay (FRS). In 1991 Humberto Terrones and Alan Mackay were the first in introducing the concept of curvature in graphite and graphene proposing graphitic structures with negative Gaussian curvature called Schwarzites. Later, these ideas were implemented to understand defects in 2-D graphitic systems and were extended to transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). He is interested in the electronic, optical, mechanical and chemical properties of few layered 2-D materials as well as using them as building blocks to form new 3-D nanostructures. He is a member of the World Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries (TWAS) and the Mexican Academy of Sciences. He has been invited professor in Belgium (UCL), Brazil (UFC), Japan (Shinshu), ORNL (USA), Penn State University (USA) and Sussex University (UK).",
    "education": "PhD, University of London (Birkbeck), UK. BSc, Iberoamericana University, Mexico.",
    "name": "Humberto Terrones",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/terroh_HumbertoTerrones_SocialMedia.jpg",
    "title": "Rayleigh Endowed Chair Professor, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/hyun-gook-kang": {
    "area": "Nuclear Plant Safety Risk Assessment Emergency Operation",
    "biography": "Dr. Kang is an Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Before joining to RPI, he was an Associate Professor at the Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Dr. Kang\u2019s research focus lies in innovations of risk assessment of safety-critical systems, intrinsically safe nuclear power, intelligence of control and protection, and design and evaluation of emergency procedure. Dr. Kang\u2019 research group in Nuclear Plant Reliability and Safety Laboratory develops advanced methods for risk analysis. Dynamic risk assessment and digital system reliability are current funded research topics. He received the Ph.D. in 1999 in nuclear engineering from KAIST. After his Ph.D., he had worked for the probabilistic risk assessment team of the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) as a senior researcher. In 2011 and 2012, he also taught in Khalifa University in UAE. Dr. Kang has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles and 120 conference presentations. He advised 17 graduate students for Ph.D. or M.S. in KAIST (Korea) and Khalifa University (UAE). Currently he advises 4 Ph.D. students at RPI and teaches reactor reliability and modeling and analysis of uncertainty.",
    "education": "Ph.D. KAIST",
    "name": "Hyun Gook Kang",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Kang2%20%282%29.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/ian-chadd": {
    "biography": "I am an experimental and behavioral economist working primarily on issues surrounding limited attention, reciprocity, and risk preferences. I received his PhD in Economics in 2019 from the University of Maryland, College Park under the advisement of Erkut Ozbay and Emel Filiz-Ozbay. My work has been funded in part by a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant and by the US Department of Energy. I am currently working on several projects concerning limited attention, including joint work with Emel Filiz-Ozbay (UMD) and Erkut Ozbay (UMD) on how irrelevant information can affect \u201cchoice paralysis\u201d or choice delay. I am also in the early stages of several projects on gender and economic preferences. These include a project on gender and artificial intelligence with Kirby Nielsen (Stanford) and Siri Isaksson (Norwegian School of Economics) and another on competitiveness preferences in transgender individuals with Elif Osun (UMD). Recent projects include work on the effects of irrelevant information on choice (R&R at the Journal of Economic Theory), the interaction between reciprocal preferences and risk (under review), and limited consideration within a product network.",
    "education": "PhD, Economics University of Maryland, College Park, 2019 BA, Economics Wittenberg University, 2013",
    "name": "Ian Chadd",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Chadd_square.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Economics"
  },
  "/igor-vamos": {
    "biography": "Igor Vamos is a media artist and culture jammer. Vamos is also known as \u201cMike Bonanno,\u201d in his work with The Yes Men, the performance-activist duo that impersonates captains of industry and surprise unsuspecting business audiences with satirical, poignant actions that comment upon pressing social and environmental issues. \"After 10,000 years of a stable climate, the earth has entered a period of great instability,\u201d says Vamos. \u201cBecause of this, students today will likely face environmental and social problems at a scale and complexity that civilization has yet to witness. It is for this reason that my focus as an educator and a communicator has been to help prepare them to proactively work towards solving these emergent problems, both through applied multi-disciplinary projects that treat the symptoms, and by civic engagement intended to address the root causes.\" The Yes Men Fix The World was an official selection of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and won the Panorama Audience Award at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival. The movie, which chronicled the hijinks of the Yes Men, earned praise from national and international press and was hailed as \u201cfiendishly amusing\u201d by the Washington Post, while the New York Times said, \"It takes some nerve, not to mention diabolical intelligence... to pull off the elaborate pranks devised by the Yes Men.\" Vamos is also well-known for his collaborative public art projects such as the Barbie Liberation Organization and the Center For Land Use Interpretation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the increase and dissemination of knowledge about the nature of human interaction with the Earth.",
    "education": "B.A., Studio Art, Reed College M.F.A., Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego",
    "name": "Igor Vamos",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/vamos.jpeg",
    "title": "Professor & Department Head, Arts"
  },
  "/ingrid-wilke": {
    "area": "Terahertz Science and Terahertz Technology Ultrafast Laser Applications",
    "biography": "Ingrid Wilke joined RPI's Department of Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy as a faculty member in 2002. Prior to her appointment at RPI, she spent seven years as a senior research associate (C1) at the University of Hamburg's (Germany) Institute of Applied Physics. She has done post-doctoral work at both the University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science and at the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory, Materials and Chemical Science division. Her research areas are: Time-domain Terahertz (THz) spectroscopy, Ultrafast spectroscopy and applications of femtosecond laser pulses. Ingrid Wilke's primary research focus is experimental terahertz (THz) wave science and technology as well as ultrafast laser applications. Terahertz wave technologies are materials, devices, systems and processes involving THz frequency electromagnetic waves. Terahertz waves are invisible to the human eye. In our solar system, the Sun is a natural source of THz waves. Broadly, THz waves are employed for spectroscopy, imaging and sensing. Her research specifically addresses the development of photonic THz radiation sources detectors and systems. Another specific area of research interest is the response of natural and artificial materials when exposed to THz waves. Experimental Methods: Time-domain THz-emission measurements, time-domain THz transmission and reflection spectroscopy, phase-sensitive backward wave oscillator based THz-spectroscopy, femtosecond optical transient reflectivity and transmittivity measurements, femtosecond optical four-wave mixing, femtosecond laser nanoprocessing of living cells and fluorescence microscopy. Materials of interest: Natural inorganic and biological materials, e.g. clay minerals, biological tissue, semiconductors, superconductors, dielectrics, glasses, ceramics, gases.",
    "education": "Habilitation, Physics, University of Hamburg, 2002. Certificate Higher Education, University of Hamburg (Germany), 2001. Ph.D., Physics, ETH Zuerich (Switzerland), 1993. Diploma in Physics, University of Wuerzburg (Germany), 1988. M. Sc., Physics, State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, USA, 1986. Abitur, Rudolf-Koch-Schule, Offenbach am Main (Germany), 1982.",
    "name": "Ingrid Wilke",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Wilke.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/ishwara-b-bhat": {
    "area": "Type II-VI Semiconductors CdTe, ZnTe, hBN and other Epitaxial Films",
    "biography": "Ishwara B. Bhat is a Professor of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering Department at RPI. He received his B.S.E.E. degree from Indian Institute of Technology, India and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Bhat joined Rensselaer in 1985 as a research associate and was promoted to full professor in 2000. He has published over 75 articles in refereed journals and edited several special issues of the Journal of Electronic Materials. Bhat has served as a member of the program committee of several national and international conferences, including serving as co-chair of the 1996 and 2000 U.S. Workshop on the Physics and Chemistry of II-VI Materials held in Las Vegas, Nevada and Albuquerque, N.M., respectively. Bhat has over 20 years of experience in epitaxial growth and characterization of several II-VI, III-V, and IV-IV semiconductors. His work includes growth of wide band gap semiconductors (such as GaN, SiC, and ZnSe) and narrow band semiconductors (such as HgCdTe and InGaSb). His current research is focused on the growth of silicon carbide epitaxial films for use in high-power, high-temperature, and high-voltage devices, including Texas Instruments and others.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1985), M.S. Electrical Engineering (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1981), B.S. Electrical Engineering (Indian Institute of Technology, 1980)",
    "name": "Ishwara B. Bhat",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/ishwarabhat.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/isom-herron": {
    "area": "The theory of the stability of fluid flows. Common applications are to phenomena in the atmosphere, the oceans, to problems of the motion of ships and aircraft and to internal machinery. Modern approaches involve new techniques in operator theory, energy methods and dynamical systems. Current research interests are in (i) stability of rotating magneto-hydrodynamic flows, (ii) more complicated geophysical flows such as groundwater, for which mathematical models are still being developed.",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1973 S.B., MIT, 1967",
    "name": "Isom Herron",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Herron_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/ivan-markov": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Ivan Markov",
    "portrait": "http://",
    "title": "Associate Professor, School of Architecture"
  },
  "/jacob-t-shelley": {
    "area": "Mass Spectrometry Chemical Instrumentation Glow Discharges and Analytical Plasmas Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Astrobiology Physical and Inorganic Chemistry",
    "biography": "Jacob Shelley was born in Albuquerque, NM in 1984. He earned his B.S. in Chemistry from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ in 2005. During his undergraduate career, he was a summer intern at Los Alamos National Laboratory and worked on a number of projects including metallomics with X-ray fluorescence detection, developing nanoporous silica substrates for matrix-free MALDI, and method development for detecting a wide range of radioactive materials. He completed his Ph. D. at Indiana University under Prof. Gary Hieftje in 2011 where his research focus was on the development, characterization, and application of novel plasma ionization sources for molecular mass spectrometry. Jake started his postdoctoral research with Prof. R. Graham Cooks at Purdue University 2011 where he developed portable mass spectrometers capable of in situ analyses. In 2012, Jake was awarded a prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Post-Doctoral Fellowship to work with Prof. Carsten Engelhard and Prof. Uwe Karst at the University of M\u00fcnster in Germany. In 2014, Jake started his independent academic career as an Assistant Professor at Kent State University. In August, 2016, Jake became the Alan Paul Schulz Career Development Professor of Chemistry at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. Prof. Shelley has authored 35 published journal articles, 3 United States patents/patent applications, a book chapter, and has given more than 30 invited presentations at national and international venues. Prof. Shelley\u2019s current research interests lie in the development of new hardware and software tools for mass spectrometry, which enable rapid and sensitive detection and identification of analytes in complex matrices. Specifically, his group approaches these tasks through development , fundamental characterization , and application of instrumentation. Currently, Prof. Shelley\u2019s group is aiming to expand the capabilities of ambient mass spectrometry through added dimensionality of analysis without compromising the speed of the analysis. The goal is to develop an ionization source, which operates at atmospheric pressure that can provide molecular, structural, and atomic information of species present on a sample surface. Overall, this research addresses a major focus of modern analytical chemistry \u2013 rapid, in situ detection of relevant compounds without the need for sample modification or a priori information of sample constituents. Such methods of analysis are needed in a wide range of areas including homeland security, drug development and production, chemical synthesis, and environmental analyses.",
    "education": "B.S., Northern Arizona University, 2005 Ph.D., Indiana University, 2011 Postdoctoral Researcher, Purdue University, 2011-2012 Alexander von Humboldt Post-doctoral Fellow, University of M\u00fcnster, 2012-2014",
    "name": "Jacob T. Shelley",
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    "title": "Alan Paul Schulz Career Development Professor Of Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Biology"
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  "/jamecyn-f-morey": {
    "biography": "Jamecyn Morey is an active solo, chamber and orchestral violinist. Ms. Morey has appeared as a soloist with orchestra at Lincoln Center as part of their Distinguished Concerts International New York series. She has also appeared as a soloist with the Young Musicians and Artists Festival Orchestra in Oregon, the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra, and recently completed the premiere recording of Michael Daugherty\u2019s \u201cThis Land Sings\" as solo violin for Naxos Records. Ms. Morey serves as violin faculty at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and is the second violinist of the Hyperion String Quartet. She is also a member of the first violin section of the Albany Symphony, and is the Director for the Academy for Strings, a pre-college music program in the Capital Region. Ms. Morey is a former member of the New World Symphony in Florida, where she led the orchestra as Concertmaster under the direction of Michael Tilson-Thomas. She has held chamber music residencies with the Miami Music Project and the Chicago City Colleges through the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Ms. Morey began her studies in Violin Performance at the Interlochen Arts Academy High School, and received degrees from Indiana University, studying with Yuval Yaron and Ilya Kaler, and Roosevelt University in Chicago as a student of Robert Chen.",
    "name": "Jamecyn F. Morey",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/JamecynSmall.jpg",
    "title": "Music Fellow, Arts"
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  "/james-chip-kilduff": {
    "area": "Water Quality Membrane Processes",
    "biography": "Dr. Kilduff's research interests include application of membrane and adsorption separation processes to potable water production, industrial wastewater treatment, and pollutant transport in the environment. His research projects involve: * Using ultrafiltration and nanofiltration membrane separation processes to control natural organic matter, including disinfection by-product precursors, and ionic pollutants * The effects of macromolecule size and sorbent chemical characteristics on the uptake of natural organic matter by activated carbon * The effects of background natural organic matter on the removal of trichloroethylene by activated carbon * The effects of activated carbon surface properties on the uptake of priority pollutants and the solvent regeneration of phenol. In one line of investigation, Kilduff and his group are developing membrane processes for potable water production. Although such processes are becoming more widely accepted and economical, membrane fouling still remains a significant problem. With Yanxiao Yuan, Kilduff is investigating the role of mixtures of polysaccarides, humic and fulvic acids, and inorganic colloids (including nanoparticles) on membrane flux and flux decline. Their objectives include the development of predictive models and operational strategies to minimize flux decline. With Mingyan Zhou, they are looking at how membrane properties such as surface morphology, RMS roughness, and feature size contribute to flux decline. They are collaborating with the Belfort group at RPI to developing ways to minimize flux decline via modification of membrane surface chemistry using UV-assisted graft polymerization of hydrophilic and charged monomers. Mingyan is leading an innovative approach employing high throughput technology borrowed from the biotechnology industry. The membrane group is also interested in developing ways to predict membrane rejection of natural organic matter and EPA candidate compounds using hindered transport models combined with the Nernst-Planck equation to account for solute and membrane charge. In a second line of investigation, with Hyung Nam Lim Kilduff and his group are studying the role of adsorption in natural and engineered systems. With application to natural systems, soil and sediment organic matter plays a major role in the sorption and desorption of polyaromatic hydrocarbons. Such organic matter may coat mineral surfaces and may be adsorbed in nanometer-sized pore spaces. They are investigating the role of such confinement on sorption and desorption equilibrium; this research has application to risk assessment and remediation strategies. With application to water and wastewater treatment, they are investigating the efficacy of carbon nanotubes as adsorbents for organic compounds. This research involves developing ways to pretreat nanotubes to remove metal catalysts, ways to etch nanotubes using advanced oxidation processes to open internal surface area, ways to assess and control aggregation. Their objectives include the thermodynamic modeling of sorption equilibrium and identification of mechanisms including the role of pi-pi interactions.",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of Michigan Environmental Engineering",
    "name": "James (Chip) Kilduff",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/James-Kilduff.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering"
  },
  "/james-crivello": {
    "area": "Photointiators UV and EB Processes Specialty Polymers",
    "biography": "Crivello worked for several years as a research project manager at the General Electric Corporate Research and Development Center. In 1980, he was elected a Coolidge Fellow and spent 1986-1987 as a visiting professor at the University of Mainz in the Federal Republic of Germany. He joined the faculty of Rensselaer in 1988.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, University of Notre Dame, 1966 B.S., Chemistry, Aquinas College, 1962",
    "name": "James Crivello",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/crivello.jpg",
    "title": "Professor"
  },
  "/james-dylan-rees": {
    "area": "Electromicrobiology Electronic materials Electrochemistry Bio-assembled nanomaterials",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, May 2019 B.A. in Physics, Oberlin College, May 2011",
    "name": "James Dylan Rees",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/DSC09543.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/james-hendler": {
    "biography": "homepage http://cs.rpi.edu/~hendler publications (Google Scholar) https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JNPbTdIAAAAJ&hl=en James Hendler is the Director of the Institute for Data Exploration and Applications and the Tetherless World Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences at RPI. He also heads the RPI-IBM Center for Health Empowerment by Analytics, Learning and Semantics (HEALS) and serves as a Chair of the Board of the UK\u2019s charitable Web Science Trust. One of the originators of the \u201cSemantic Web,\u201d Hendler was the recipient of a 1995 Fulbright Foundation Fellowship, is a former member of the US Air Force Science Advisory Board, and is a Fellow of the AAAI, BCS, the IEEE, the AAAS and the ACM. He is also the former Chief Scientist of the Information Systems Office at the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and was awarded a US Air Force Exceptional Civilian Service Medal in 2002. He is also the first computer scientist to serve on the Board of Reviewing editors for Science. In 2010, Hendler was named one of the 20 most innovative professors in America by Playboy magazine and was selected as an \u201cInternet Web Expert\u201d by the US government. In 2013, he was appointed as the Open Data Advisor to New York State and in 2015 appointed a member of the US Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee. In 2016, became a member of the National Academies Board on Research Data and Information and in 2018 became chair of the ACM\u2019s US technology policy committee and was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Brown University Sc.M., Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Brown University M.S., Cognitive Psychology, Human Factors Engineering, Southern Methodist University B.S., Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Yale University",
    "name": "James Hendler",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Hendler_square.jpg",
    "title": "Director of the Institute for Data Exploration and Applications and the Tetherless World Senior Constellation Professor of Computer and Cognitive Science, Computer Science"
  },
  "/james-j-q-l%C3%BC": {
    "area": "Semiconductor Technologies: 3D-ICs, Heterogeneous Integration (HI), Smart System Hyper-Integration; Hybrid Bonding, TSV, Chiplet Assembly, Glass Interposer, Advanced Packaging, Reliability; Modeling/Simulation, Power & Signal Integrity; Nano-Micro-electronics, Materials, Devices, Fabrication & Integration; THz Devices, Power Devices, Neutron Detectors; Self-Assembly, LED Display.",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Dr.rer.nat. (Ph.D.), Technical University of Munich, Germany",
    "name": "James J.-Q. L\u00fc",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/JamesLu.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Curriculum Chair, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
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  "/james-malazita": {
    "biography": "Jim Malazita is an interdisciplinary researcher whose work draws from Science and Technology Studies, Media Studies, Game Studies, and the Digital Humanities. Originally trained as a game designer, animator, and web developer, Malazita applies design thinking to the humanities, using both cultural studies and design methods to blur the boundaries between technical production and social and political critique. Malazita founded and directs RPI\u2019s Tactical Humanities Lab a critical digital humanities research and pedagogical space. As a hybrid space for technical production and humanistic inquiry, work in the THL centers around two intersecting initiatives: Critical Platform Studies, or the analysis of political, epistemic, and structural power built into technical systems, and Critical Platform Design, or the construction of digital and material technosystems that promote alternative and subversive ways of thinking about technology and society. Malazita is appointed in the Games & Simulation Arts & Sciences (GSAS) Program and in the Department of Science & Technology Studies (STS), where teaches courses on game design, digital studies, and critical design. He is the PI on a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)-funded educational initiative, alt.code, that uses arts and the digital humanities to bridge critical social theory with computer science education. Malazita\u2019s research interests include the politics of digital design practices and platforms; the epistemic infrastructures of computer science, design, and the humanities; digital fabrication and media archeology; the politics of the digital humanities; game studies; cultural narratives of body modification and transhumanism; mythmaking practices of science and technology; and the synthesizing of humanities and technical education. Malazita\u2019s articles and book chapters are published or forthcoming in a wide variety of academic venues, including in The Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds, Design Issues, Biological Theory, Review of Communication, Debates in the Digital Humanities, and Women in Games, Feminism in Play. His research and teaching have been supported by the NEH Office of Digital Humanities, the NEH Division of Educational Programs, the Popular Culture Association, The New Jersey Historical Commission, Red Hat Inc., and Rensselaer\u2019s Teaching and Learning Collaboratory.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Communication, Culture and Media, Drexel University, 2014 B.S./M.S., Digital Media, Drexel University, 2009",
    "name": "James Malazita",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/malazita.jpeg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Associate Director, GSAS, Science and Technology Studies"
  },
  "/james-p-zappen": {
    "biography": "Jim Zappen has research interests in contemporary rhetoric, digital rhetoric, and intercultural education. He recently published The Rebirth of Dialogue and is currently at work on a book on rhetoric and intercultural education. Jim teaches courses in Rhetoric, Culture, and Technology, Digital Rhetoric and Digital Media, and Introduction to Literature.",
    "education": "Ph.D. University of Missouri",
    "name": "James P. Zappen",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/jpzphoto4c.jpg",
    "title": "Professor"
  },
  "/jamshed-jal-mistry": {
    "area": "Management Accounting Information and Communications Technology Electronic Commerce Accounting Control Systems Digital Divide",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "D.B.A. Boston University, Boston, MA, May 1999; M.B.A. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, December 1984; B.S. Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN, May 1983.",
    "name": "Jamshed Jal Mistry",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/mistry_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, Lally School of Management"
  },
  "/jane-koretz": {
    "biography": "Jane Koretz graduated from Swarthmore College with High Honors in 1969, and received her Ph.D. in Biophysics from The University of Chicago in 1974. After a post-doc at King\u2019s College, London, she joined the faculty of the Biology Department at RPI, where she rose to the rank of Professor. She helped to found the Biochemistry and Biophysics Program at RPI in the early 1990s, and was successful in obtaining accreditation for awarding the Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Biophysics ten years later. She retired from RPI in the summer of 2013, and was awarded Professor Emerita status. Her research studies on aspects of the human visual process resulted in long-term support from the National Eye Institute of NIH; well over 100 papers and book chapters, including a Scientific American article; a research Fulbright Scholarship to the University of Oxford, where she was named an honorary research associate (1992-2004); and a Ruth L. Kirschstein Senior Fellowship (2008-2010). She also served on NIH study sections continuously from the mid-1980s until her retirement. She holds two patents, one in collaboration with four colleagues, and one in her own name. She is currently participating in research on the proteomics of the retina, particularly age-related macular degeneration. In addition to publications directly related to her research, she is the author of a number of essays on science, ethics, and humanism, and the co-author of several articles for the American Association of University Professors. These ancillary interests led her to the joint Union Graduate College-Mt. Sinai School of Medicine program in Bioethics from which she received her M.S. (Bioethics) in 2014, specializing in Research Ethics. She is currently a member of RPI\u2019s Institutional Review Board.",
    "education": "B.A. with High Honors, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, Biology, 1969 Ph.D., The University of Chicago, Biophysics, 1974 Post-Doctoral Fellow, MRC Cell Biophysics Unit, London, England, 1974-1976 Fulbright Fellow, Nuffield Laboratory of Oplthalmology, University of Oxford and Open University Oxford Research Unit, 1991 M.S. Union Graduate College and Mount Siani School of Medicine, Bioethics, 2014",
    "name": "Jane Koretz",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Koretz.JPG",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/jarah-moesch": {
    "biography": "Jarah Moesch is a multi-disciplinary designer artist-scholar whose work explores issues of justice through the design, production, and acquisition of embodied knowledges. Jarah\u2019s research incorporates queer, crip theories, media & cultural studies, art, and design practices to develop new models for justice and to imagine new worlds. As a scholar, artist, designer, and multi-modal educator, Jarah\u2019s research and pedagogy focuses on how knowledge is produced, distributed, acquired, and managed. Jarah\u2019s work is particularly concerned with how knowledge design practices perform as normative systems for all people, therefore excluding those on the margins. Jarah does so through Queer Justice Design, a hands-on, critical practice founded in queer feminist pedagogy, and integrated media art to produce new equitable practices and worlds. Jarah\u2019s artwork ranges from traditional forms of art to contemporary new media practices, and tactical social interventions. This multi-modal work explores the tangled relationship between technologies, systems, and embodied knowledges through the performance of everyday life. Jarah is currently a member of the Critical Design Lab at Vanderbilt University.",
    "education": "Ph.D. in American Studies, University of Maryland MFA in Integrated Media Arts, Hunter College",
    "name": "Jarah Moesch",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer, Science and Technology Studies"
  },
  "/jarrett-rose": {
    "area": "Mental Health and Medicine Psychedelic Science, Cultures, and Therapy Global Health Sociological Theory Social Psychology",
    "biography": "Jarrett Rose is a sociologist of mental health, medicine, and culture, who uses qualitative methods and sociological theory to analyze, understand, and explain human social behavior. Broadly, his research explores how social, cultural, and political relations impact health and wellbeing. Most recently, Rose has studied the sociocultural and psychological dynamics of group-based psychedelic-assisted therapy retreats. Specifically, he examines how the therapeutic philosophy and cultural structure of psychedelic therapy retreats, and the social and emotional connection amongst patients, influence psychedelic consciousness and the efficacy of treatment in people suffering chronic, treatment-resistant forms of mental distress and post-traumatic stress disorder. The findings from this ongoing research carry philosophical, ethical, and ultimately political implications for mental health care and the biomedical model of mental illness, Western medical science, and Indigenous plant medicine traditions. Dr. Rose is also a member of the Ebola Project at York University in Toronto, Canada, an interdisciplinary, international team of public health scholars studying the social and post-colonial factors impacting the Ebola epidemic outbreak and response in West Africa. This research has recently been published in the journal Social Science & Medicine.",
    "education": "Ph.D. (Sociology), York University, Toronto, Canada M.A. (Sociology), San Diego State University B.A. (Sociology), California State University, Long Beach",
    "name": "Jarrett Rose",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Jarrett%20New%20Photo.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Science and Technology Studies"
  },
  "/jasmine-plum": {
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D. Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2016 M.S. Computer and Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2010 B.S. Computer and Systems Engineering / Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2010",
    "name": "Jasmine Plum",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Plum_0.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Computer Science"
  },
  "/jason-e-hicken": {
    "area": "Simulation-based Design Optimization Aerodynamics Computational Fluid Dynamics Shape Optimization",
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Jason E. Hicken",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/hickenj.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/jason-huh": {
    "biography": "Dr. Huh joined the faculty of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as an Assistant Professor of Economics in Fall 2017. His research interests include health economics and public policy. His current work examines how government insurance programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, may help improve people's access to health care services and health outcomes. His work focuses on the supply side of the market and how providers respond to health policy interventions. This line of research provides policy-makers with important evaluations of the costs and benefits of different types of policies and regulations in the United States. Dr. Huh teaches Health Economics and Policy (ECON 4170/6170) and Econometric Methods for Big Data (ECON 4280/6280).",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of Illinois",
    "name": "Jason Huh",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Huh_square.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Economics"
  },
  "/jason-nicholas-kuruzovich": {
    "area": "Information Systems Electronic Commerce Database Management Management Information Systems Organizational Research Methodologies",
    "biography": "Professor Kuruzovich\u2019s course on database management integrates the technical challenges of managing data with the business challenges of deriving value through statistical analysis, visualization, and data mining. Professor Kuruzovich\u2019s research broadly examines the means through which both individuals and organizations derive value from information systems and focuses on the intersection between information systems and marketing. His research has been published in leading academic journals including the Journal of Marketing, Information Systems Research, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. Professor Kuruzovich\u2019s previous work experience includes consulting experience with numerous Fortune 500 companies and several high-technology startups.",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Information Systems, University of Maryland; B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Lafayette College",
    "name": "Jason Nicholas Kuruzovich",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/kuruzovich.jpeg",
    "title": "Associate Professor and Director of the Ph.D. Program, Academic Director, Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship, Lally School of Management"
  },
  "/jason-o-vollen": {
    "biography": "Jason Oliver Vollen is a Registered Architect and researcher focused on emerging material technologies, specifically, the integration of energy per-formative structural ceramics, dynamic and environmental simulation, and digital fabrication. Prior to joining RPI, Vollen was an Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona working in the Emerging Material Technologies Research Group focusing on next generation design strategies based on the integration of emerging technical systems. Vollen is a principal with Binary design, a collaborative practice focusing on energy effective architecture and emerging material processes. He has worked with Matter Architecture Practice in New York and as a project manager, designer, and fabricator with the Cranbrook Architecture Office. Vollen received his Bachelors (B.Arch) from The Cooper Union Institute for the Advancement of Science and Art and his Masters (M.Arch II) from Cranbrook Academy of Art.",
    "name": "Jason O. Vollen",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/vollen-sm-grey.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor & Associate Director, CASE, School of Architecture"
  },
  "/jason-s-jacobskind": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Jason S. Jacobskind",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer, Cognitive Science"
  },
  "/jason-vollen": {
    "area": "Focus on energy effective systems design and integration in the built environment with an emphasis on how buildings metabolize energy.",
    "biography": "Jason Oliver Vollen is a Registered Architect and researcher focused on emerging material technologies, specifically, the integration of energy per-formative structural ceramics and envelope systems, dynamic and environmental simulation, and digital fabrication. Prior to joining RPI, Vollen was an Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona working in the Emerging Material Technologies Research Group focusing on next generation design strategies based on the integration of emerging technical systems. Vollen is a principal with Binary design, a collaborative practice focusing on energy effective architecture and emerging material processes. He has worked with Matter Architecture Practice in New York and as a project manager, designer, and fabricator with the Cranbrook Architecture Office. Vollen received his Bachelors (B.Arch) from The Cooper Union Institute for the Advancement of Science and Art and his Masters (M.Arch II) from Cranbrook Academy of Art.",
    "name": "Jason Vollen",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Associate Professor, School of Architecture"
  },
  "/jean-paul-freyssinier-nova": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Jean Paul Freyssinier Nova",
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    "title": "Research Scientist, School of Architecture"
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  "/jeff-morris": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Jeff Morris",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/jefferson-ellinger": {
    "biography": "Jason Oliver Vollen is a Registered Architect and researcher focused on emerging material technologies, specifically, the integration of energy per-formative structural ceramics, dynamic and environmental simulation, and digital fabrication. Prior to joining RPI, Vollen was an Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona working in the Emerging Material Technologies Research Group focusing on next generation design strategies based on the integration of emerging technical systems. Vollen is a principal with Binary design, a collaborative practice focusing on energy effective architecture and emerging material processes. He has worked with Matter Architecture Practice in New York and as a project manager, designer, and fabricator with the Cranbrook Architecture Office. Vollen received his Bachelors (B.Arch) from The Cooper Union Institute for the Advancement of Science and Art and his Masters (M.Arch II) from Cranbrook Academy of Art.",
    "education": "B.Arch., The Cooper Union Institute for the Advancement of Science and Arts M. ARch. II, Cranbrook Academy of Art",
    "name": "Jefferson A Ellinger",
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    "title": "Assistant Professor & Associate Director, CASE, School of Architecture"
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  "/jefferson-kielwagen": {
    "biography": "Jefferson W. Kielwagen is an artist, art historian and lecturer at Rensselaer\u2019s Department of the Arts. His artistic practice is best described as performance or intervention and investigates matters of politics, violence and religion. Some of the major venues in which he exhibited are the Ghetto Biennale in Port-au-Prince/Haiti, the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, in NYC, and the Coletiva de Artistas at the Joinville Art Museum in Brazil. Kielwagen's theoretical research covers a variety of topics ranging from politics to poetics. In his ongoing, independent curatorial work, he investigates contemporary art practices such as performance, intervention and social art, and their political impact on art institutions. His current research looks at potential strategies and challenges in the creation of a global narrative for the history of art.",
    "name": "Jefferson Kielwagen",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Faculty_headshot_400x400_0010_Kielwagen_square.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Arts"
  },
  "/jeffrey-banks": {
    "area": "Numerical methods for partial differential equations Fluid-structure interaction Computational fluid dynamics and solid mechanics Scientific computing Wave phenomenon Laser plasma interaction",
    "biography": "Dr. Banks received his Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2006. Subsequently he completed postdoctoral appointments at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. In 2010 he was appointed as a staff scientist at LLNL where he remained until moving back to RPI. In January 2015 he was appointed associate professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences where he holds the Eliza Ricketts Foundation Career Development Chair. Dr. Banks is interested in computer simulation of time evolving partial differential equations where linear or nonlinear wave phenomena play a central role. His research involves the development and analysis of highly accurate and efficient algorithms for the numerical simulation of physical systems such as high-speed fluid dynamics, solid mechanics, electromagnetics, plasma physics and fluid-structure interaction. In addition, he is the primary developer of the LOKI code for plasma physics, which is a high-order accurate solver for the kinetic Vlasov equation in 2-space and 2-velocity dimensions plus time. LOKI is highly scalable using MPI and is routinely run on some of the largest supercomputers in the world.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2006 M.S., Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2002 B.S., Mathematics of Computation, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2002",
    "name": "Jeffrey Banks",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Banks_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Eliza Ricketts Foundation Career Development Chair, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/jennifer-cardinal": {
    "biography": "Jennifer Cardinal is an applied anthropologist who studies grassroots sustainable development. Her ethnographic research extends a political ecology approach to questions about the precarious relationships, practices, and discourse at the intersection of community and environmental, economic and sociocultural sustainability. She teaches methodological and conceptual tools to understand local meanings and practices in the context of global systems. This attention to the local within the global frame includes a commitment to support inclusive sustainability initiatives. Jennifer\u2019s upcoming publications and current book project examine the relationship between consumption-driven migration, environmental conservation, agriculture, nonprofit organizations, and community development in small town on the southern Jalisco, Mexico coast. This stretch of coast is experiencing a transition as much of the beach-front land is being privatized for luxury resort development with claims of environmental sustainability. In the community Jennifer worked with, on the other hand, the concept of sustainability is materializing in an alternative locally-directed community development. This research explores how different environmental ideologies converge and produce frictions in divergent sustainable development practices. The local and international collaborative research projects Jennifer has designed in the US, Iceland, and the UK bring a commitment to inclusive community engagement that integrates teaching with research on human/environment relationships. At Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, Jennifer\u2019s multidisciplinary student/faculty collaborative research team assessed local needs and assets, and designed an interactive resource guide in a project funded through the Earlham Center for Social Justice. Student researchers took the leading role in directing the project to ensure that it would be inclusive, accessible, and useful to community residents. This project built on research into local sustainability initiatives in the UK and using a model team members explored in London, resulted in a proposal to open a free Library of Things in collaboration with the municipal library in Richmond. Jennifer\u2019s current research explores the ways Troy, NY residents are navigating, initiating, and challenging change- including intersections of local development initiatives and global climate change. She is studying viable, equitable alternatives and possibilities for maneuvering precarity with a focus on water and food. This local ethnographic research will build on a larger comparative project integrating research on grassroots sustainable development in sites in Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States (including drinking water access and resources such as geothermal hot springs, urban and rural farming, and sustainable tourism initiatives).",
    "education": "PhD Anthropology, University of New Mexico MA Anthropology, University of New Mexico BA Anthropology, University of Kansas",
    "name": "Jennifer Cardinal",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/cardij3_square.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Science and Technology Studies"
  },
  "/jennifer-kemp": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Jennifer Kemp",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer, Arts"
  },
  "/jennifer-m-hurley": {
    "area": "Circadian Rhythms Neurospora Macrophages Immunology Protein Structure/Function Relationships Systems Biology Ecology",
    "biography": "Dr. Jennifer Hurley received her B.S. from Juniata College in 2004 in molecular biology. She did her Ph.D. at Rutgers/UMDNJ with Drs. Nancy Woychik and Masayori Inouye, studying the function of Toxin-Antitoxin modules in bacteria. She was recognized by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for excellence in research for her study of the HigBA toxin-antitoxin module. Jennifer did her Postdoctoral fellowship at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth with Drs. Jay Dunlap and Jennifer Loros, investigating the relationship between the core proteins and the output of the circadian clock in Neurospora. Her Fellowship was funded by the Ruth Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and she received a Perkins award for her contributions to Neurospora research. Dr. Hurley joined the Department of Biological Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2015. Dr. Hurley's research focus is on the fundamental mechanisms underlying circadian rhythms. Circadian rhythms are an important component in understanding how organisms function within the photoperiodic world that we live in; defects in the circadian clock or disruptions in circadian rhythms are linked to a wide range of sleep, metabolic and psychological disorders in humans. Her lab investigates the relationship between the core clock mechanism and the output that the clock controls using a combination of molecular genetics and biochemical techniques as well as a biostatistical/computational approach using whole genome scale data. Her lab has been awarded the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms Junior Faculty Research Award as well as the Rensselaer School of Science Junior Faculty Research Award.",
    "education": "B.S. Molecular Biology and Politics, Juniata College (2004); Ph.D. Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology, Rutgers/UMDNJ (2009); P.Ph.D. Genetics and Biochemistry, Dartmouth (2015)",
    "name": "Jennifer M. Hurley",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/hurley_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Richard Baruch M.D. Career Development Chair, Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/jennifer-pazour": {
    "area": "supply chains logistics operations research service systems distribution sharing economy peer-to-peer resource sharing systems transportation material handling on-demand systems facility logistics warehousing collaborative logistics",
    "biography": "Dr. Jennifer Pazour\u2019s research and teaching interests focus on the development and use of mathematical models to guide decision making for supply chain and logistics challenges. Her research has made contributions to military logistics, distribution and transportation systems, healthcare logistics, on-demand supply chains, and peer-to-peer resource sharing systems. To close the gap between current distribution operations and customer expectations, a recent focus of her team is rethinking supply chain design to meet the demands of modern distribution. For more information, please see Dr. Pazour's publications and website: https://jenpazour.wordpress.com/ Jen fundamentally considers herself a modeler, whose core intellectual strength is in the development of mathematical representations of complex systems and processes to better understand the implications of their design and operation. Thus, her research approach is (1) to develop models encompassing the primary trade-offs in the system, (2) to understand structural properties and to discover solution approaches to solve the models, and then (3) to conduct experiments that use the developed models and approaches to provide policy recommendations and managerial insights. Military Logistics: Sea-basing is a strategy implemented by the United States Military that allows the Joint Forces to be supported from the sea. From a logistics perspective, sea-basing will transform a set of vessels into floating distribution centers that are responsible for fulfilling supply orders from troops on shore. Sea-based logistics operate in a challenging and uncertain environment and have unique mission characteristics; consequently, sea-based logistics require the development of specific logistics models. Through a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research, Dr. Pazour's team of graduate and undergraduate researchers conducted research on the design of responsive sea-based logistics delivery systems with imperfect visibility. In doing so, they developed descriptive models to characterize and to understand how and why cargo holds evolve from a highly organized state to a disorganized state. Given imperfect information about the location, quantity, and expected delivery requests, the research team developed prescriptive models to determine which items, and in what quantity, should be pre-staged on the flight deck. They then use their developed models, solution algorithms, and structural results to quantify and evaluate logistics system design, to analyze the trade-offs associated with operating in a complex and uncertain environment, and to inform direction for future technology and process innovations. Peer-to-Peer Resource Sharing Systems: A novel way to increase resource efficiency is through the use of existing, idle capacity. A Peer-to-Peer Resource Sharing System is one where a resource owned by an individual is collectively shared with a group of users. The shared resource can be a physical resource (like a power drill) or a human resource (like the ability to perform a task). Peer-to-Peer Resource Sharing Systems are one aspect of the sharing economy and collaborative consumption. A long-term research goal is to improve understanding of Peer-to-Peer Resource Sharing Systems through the development and use of novel mathematical models. Intial funding of this work is through a National Science Foundation EAGER grant. A Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant from NSF supports her research focusing on novel methods to coordinate decentralized distribution resources on-demand through customized recommendations made to multiple suppliers simultaneously and to quantify the impact of supplier choice on platform efficiency, effectiveness, and equity. Distribution and Transportation Systems: Dr. Pazour's research in distribution systems includes analyzing automated storage and retrievals systems with multiple pick points in the aisle, batch processes in stock-to-picker order-fulfillment systems, reshuffling policies for warehouses, and pallet management strategies. This research has been funded by a Material Handling Institute Start-Up Grant. Research on transportation has focused on the design of a high-speed rail network for freight distribution in the United States, the development of an improved routing and scheduling methodology that has been successfully implemented at J.B. Hunt Transport, and development of models to analyze and recommend policies in rental vehicle networks (awarded an honorable mention for best applications paper in the 2016 IIE Transactions Focused Issue on Design and Manufacturing). Healthcare Logistics: Dr. Pazour's dissertation research focused on analytical modeling and understanding the impact of piece-level, order-ful llment technology in the pharmaceutical supply chain and was supported through a Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Project from the National Science Foundation. Her research was strongly guided by involvement with the University of Arkansas's Center for Innovation in Healthcare Logistics, which provided access to numerous healthcare facilities, data, and experts. Her research has been funded through a National Science Foundation Early Career Development (CAREER) grant (2018), a Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D fellowship (2018), a National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine Gulf Research Program Early-Career Research Fellowship (2016), a Startup Grant from the Material Handling Institute (2014), a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research (2013), a Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Project from the National Science Foundation (2010), and national fellowships from Tau Beta Pi (2006), the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) (2005, 2007, 2009), and the Material Handling Education Foundation (2007 \u2013 2010). She is the 2017 recipient of the Dr. Hamed K. Eldin Outstanding Early Career IE in Academia Award, and the 2018 recipient of the Logistics and Supply Chain Division Teaching Award, both national awards from IISE. She teaches courses on Supply Chain Design, Operations Research, and Facility Logistics, and is involved in a number of programs to encourage youth to pursue engineering and supply chain professions.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, University of Arkansas, 2011 M.S. Industrial Engineering, University of Arkansas, 2008 B.S. Industrial Engineering, Mathematics Minor, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 2006",
    "name": "Jennifer Pazour",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Pazour.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/jeremy-farrell": {
    "area": "Limnology Environmental Science",
    "biography": "Dr. Jeremy Farrell has a research focus that utilizes data analytics approaches to address questions in Limnology and Freshwater Biology. He has worked on large collaborative projects with government (NYSDEC, EPA, NYSM, VTDEC), business (IBM), nonprofit (LGA, Fund for Lake George) and academic scientists (UGA, Skidmore, Cornell). One limnology topic that his research addresses is the global issue of invasive species and their impact on aquatic ecosystems. Additionally, he is involved with projects that examine cultural eutrophication, acid deposition and salinization and the impacts these perturbations have on freshwater ecosystems. As a faculty member, one of his goals is to involve students in research and provide them with the basics of interdisciplinary science to explore environmental issues.",
    "education": "B.Sc. Geology, Union College, Schenectady, NY 2003 Ph.D. Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 2013",
    "name": "Jeremy Farrell",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/20190111_104534_resized_0.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/jian-shi": {
    "area": "Epitaxy Optoelectronic materials Spintronics Symmetry engineering Correlated materials and devices Neuromorphic devices Polar materials",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Postdoc in Applied Physics at Harvard University, 2014. Ph.D. in Materials Science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 2012. M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Missouri at Columbia in 2008. B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering at Xi'an Jiaotong University in China in 2006.",
    "name": "Jian Shi",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/jianshi_0.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/jian-sun": {
    "area": "Renewable Energy \u2013 Wind and PV Power Conversion, Control and Grid Integration; High Voltage DC Transmission \u2013 Converter Technology, Control and System Stability; Microgrids, Mobile and Autonomous Power Systems; Wide Bandgap Power Electronics for Aerospace and Renewable Energy Applications; Electromagnetic Interference and Power Quality Related to Power Electronics; Modeling and Control of Power Electronic Converters and Systems",
    "biography": "Sun received his Dr.-Ing. degree from the University of Paderborn, Germany. Before joining the faculty at Rensselaer in 2002, he was a Principal Engineer at the Advanced Technology Center of Rockwell Collins where he worked for five years. Prior to that, he was a Post-Doc Fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology from 1996 to 1997. He is currently a Professor of the ECSE Department and Director of the Center for Future Energy Systems (CFES) funded by New York State government. Sun\u2019s research is in the general area of power electronics, with an emphasis on modeling and control as well as applications in aerospace, IT, and power systems. His recent research focus has been on power electronics for renewable energy, high-voltage dc (HVDC) transmission and other power system applications. He is credited with developing the small-signal sequence impedance theory and solving real-world stability problems in renewable energy, HVDC transmission, and data center power systems based on his theory. His theory has also served as the basis for new grid codes and industry standards for power electronics in power systems. He collaborates with industry internationally in these areas. As Director of CFES, Sun is responsible for all major missions of the Center, comprising of research, education, technology development, outreach, as well as collaborations with industry and other institutions. The Center supports half a dozen research and administrative staff members and works with faculty across Rensselaer on a broad scope of basic and applied research related to energy, ranging from advanced materials and devices for energy storage and energy efficiency, to renewable energy, and to power systems. Sun is a Fellow of IEEE and is active in the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS). He was the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Power Electronics Letters from 2008 to 2014 and served in numerous other editorial boards and conference committees. He is currently the Treasurer and a Distinguished Lecture of PELS. He also received several awards from the IEEE Power Electronics Society, including the Modeling and Control Technical Achievements Award (2013) and the R. David Middlebrook Achievement Award (2017). He has more than 200 publications and holds 11 US patents and 1 European patent.",
    "education": "Dr.-Ing. (University of Paderborn, Germany, 1995) M.S. Electrical Engineering (Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1989) B.S. Electrical Engineering (Nanjing Institute of Aeronautics, 1984)",
    "name": "Jian Sun",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Jian%20Sun%20Photo.jpg",
    "title": "Professor and Director, Center for Future Energy Systems (CFES), Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/jianjing-lin": {
    "area": "Health Economics, Industrial Organization, and Applied Econometrics",
    "biography": "Dr. Lin joined the Rensselaer faculty as an Assistant Professor of Economics in Fall 2017. Her research interests include topics in Health Economics, Industrial Organization, and Applied Econometrics. She is currently focused on issues related to health information technology (IT) adoption, as well as how health IT impacts hospital financial and quality performance. Selected Publications \"Strategic Complements or Substitutes? The Case of Adopting Health Information Technology by U.S. Hospitals \u200b ,\" Review of Economics and Statistics , forthcoming .",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of Arizona",
    "name": "Jianjing Lin",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Jianjing%20Lin.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Economics"
  },
  "/jianling-yue": {
    "biography": "Jianling Yue is a lecturer and Chinese Minor Advisor in the Department of Communication and Media. Yue\u2019s teaching and academic pursuits have earned her numerous awards and commendations from both colleagues and students. Yue\u2019s most notable awards include two awards of \u201cExcellence for International Chinese Language Education\u201d from the 9th International Conference on Chinese Language Teaching (2008), a First Place Prize and a Third Place Prize in an International Chinese Teaching Case Competition (2014), the Faculty Achievement Award at RPI (2014,2019), and HASS Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (2019). Yue\u2019s academic interests and publications span Chinese linguistics, pedagogy, second language acquisition, Chinese character evolution, and grammar instruction. She has authored or co-authored fourteen textbooks, two Chinese cultural books, one teacher\u2019s book, and one dictionary. She has also translated and co-translated two Chinese cultural books and one animal encyclopedia. Her published papers include \u201cAn Initial Study on Diplomatic Language\u201d, \u201cUse of Communicative Approach in Individual Chinese Teaching for Diplomatic Missions\u201d, and \u201cAutomatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Assessment Used in Chinese Language Classroom\u201d. Yue was selected for the 2020 Last Lecture Series . Yue\u2019s lifelong passion for education has been demonstrated by her ongoing contributions to curriculum development, pedagogical innovation, learner autonomy, teacher training, study abroad and immersion summer camp programs, the establishment of international connections, and a wide variety of cultural activities for students such as the Chinese New Year gala performance and the Conversation Corner and Mandarin Club (CCMC). She has been the lead faculty for the Chinese Mentor Program . Since 2013, Yue has been a core faculty member in the Mandarin Project, which is now a research project in the Cognitive and Immersive Systems Lab (CISL), a collaboration between RPI and IBM. \u201cMy current interests associated with this program include the combination of language materials and instructional designs with virtual reality, speech recognition, and human computer interaction to provide students with an immersive learning environment.\u201d",
    "education": "M.A., Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Kansas State University M.A., Chinese Linguistics and Pedagogy, Beijing Language and Culture University, China",
    "name": "Jianling Yue",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/yue.jpeg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Communication and Media"
  },
  "/jianxi-gao": {
    "area": "Network science, control theory, collective motion, and their applications to critical infrastructural, ecological, biological, and social-economical systems",
    "biography": "Jianxi Gao is working in the area of network science, especially on network resilience, robustness, and control. His research is focused on using network theory, control theory, statistic physics, and operation research to understand, predict, and ultimately control the resilience, cascading failures of complex systems. He is also interested in the collective motion of multi agent systems, such as schooling of fish and flocking of birds, which can be applied to distributed sensor networks, unmanned aerial vehicles, and opinion/crowd dynamics on social networks.",
    "education": "Ph.D. and M.A. Control Theory and Control Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University B.A. Chemical and Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology",
    "name": "Jianxi Gao",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/gaoj8_JianxiGao_SocialMedia.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Computer Science"
  },
  "/jie-lian": {
    "area": "Nanotechnology Advanced Nuclear Materials Nano-scale Characterization Graphene Composites",
    "biography": "Dr. Jie Lian received his Ph.D. degree in Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences from University of Michigan in 2003, and his M.S. degree in Materials Science & Engineering from Tsinghus University at 1998 and Electrical Engineering from University of Michigan in 2001. He obtained his B.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Yanshan University in China in 1995. Dr. Lian joined the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as an Assistant Professor in June 2008 and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure at July 2013. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Lian was a postdoc research fellow (May 2003-December 2004) and research faculty (Jan 2005 till May 2008) at University of Michigan. He was promoted to full professor in July 2017.",
    "education": "Ph.D. University of Michigan, Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences M.S. Tsinghus University, Materials Science & Engineering M.S. University of Michigan, Electrical Engineering B.S. Yanshan University, Materials Science & Engineering",
    "name": "Jie Lian",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/lianj.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/jillian-willis": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Jillian Willis",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer, Arts"
  },
  "/jingwen-tu": {
    "biography": "Hailed by The Mercury News (San Jose, CA) as \"a pianist with insight and passion, practically vanishing into the notes\u2026\" Jingwen Tu has forged a chamber and solo career throughout North America and Europe. Recent performances have taken her to such venues as Alice Tully Hall, the Rose Studio at Lincoln Center, The DiMenna Center, The Morgan Library and Museum, the Banff Center, and Matav Music Hall in Budapest, among many others. Ms. Tu has been featured at the Sarasota Chamber Music Festival, the Perlman Chamber Music Festival, the Banff Center Chamber Music Residency, the Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival, and the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival. She has also collaborated with renowned musicians Peter Serkin, Donald Weilerstein, Colin Carr, and Katherine Murdock. Ms. Tu has garnered awards and recognition at several international piano competitions. She was a Laureate of the Ackerman Chamber Music Prize and a recipient of the Dorothy MacKenzie Artist Award, as well as a prize winner at the Plowman Chamber Music Competition, the San Jose International Piano Competition, and the Lima Symphony Young Artist Competition. \ufeff In addition to being lauded for her performing career, Ms. Tu is recognized for her passionate commitment to education. She has enjoyed visiting artist and lecturer positions at major institutions including Vanderbilt University, the University of Michigan, Ohio University, Hunter College, the Casita Maria Center of Arts and Education, and the Douglas Anderson School of the Arts. Ms. Tu currently serves as faculty at Bard College Conservatory Preparatory Division, and adjunct faculty of piano at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institution. \u200b Ms. Tu holds a B.M. from Oberlin College, an M.M. from The Juilliard School, where she was a recipient of the Susan W. Rose Piano Fellowship and the Irene Diamond Fellowship, and a D.M.A. from SUNY-Stony Brook University. She counts among her principal teachers Sedmara Rutstein, Thomas Sauer, Julian Martin, Gilbert Kalish and Christina Dahl.",
    "name": "Jingwen Tu",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/JingwenSmall.jpg",
    "title": "Music Fellow, Arts"
  },
  "/joanne-luciano": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Joanne Luciano",
    "portrait": "http://",
    "title": "Research Associate Professor"
  },
  "/joe-h-chow": {
    "area": "Web simulator Voltage-sourced Voltage stability analysis Voltage and power dispatch UPFC Sensitivity analysis Rated-capacity operation Loadflow models IPFC GUPFC FACTS controllers EPRI Dynamic models Dispatch strategies Damping control CSC Converter based Computational tools",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (University of Illinois, 1977), M.S. Electrical Engineering (University of Illinois, 1975), B.S. Electrical Engineering and Mathematics (University of Minnesota, 1974)",
    "name": "Joe H. Chow",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/chowjsmall.jpg",
    "title": "NAE, Institute Professor and Director, Center for Ultra-Wide-Area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Networks (CURENT), Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/joel-l-plawsky": {
    "area": "Interfacial phenomena Transport Processes Thin Films Microelectronics Photonics",
    "biography": "Joel L. Plawsky received his BS in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan and his MSCEP and ScD in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After graduation, Joel worked for Corning Inc. in their applied physics research division before returning to academia at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is currently a professor of chemical engineering at RPI. Joel was a NASA Faculty Fellow in 1999 and 2000 and a visiting professor of chemical engineering at Delft University of Technology in 2002. In 2003 Joel spent 6 months at Marshall Space Flight Center where he helped in the investigation of what caused the disintegration of the space shuttle, Challenger, and developed repair materials to help prevent another catastrophic loss. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), has served as the chairman of the Transport and Energy Processes Division of AIChE, is a recipient of AIChE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Herb Epstein Award, and serves on the editorial board of Chemical Engineering Communications.",
    "education": "B.S. U. Michigan 1980 MSCEP MIT 1982 Ph.D. MIT 1986",
    "name": "Joel L. Plawsky",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/plawsky.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering"
  },
  "/joel-morgan": {
    "area": "Analytical biochemistry Signature thrust: Biotechnology",
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Joel Morgan",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Research Assistant Professor, School of Science"
  },
  "/joel-t-giedt": {
    "area": "lattice field theory beyond the standard model",
    "biography": "Giedt has worked on many topics in high energy physics: The confinement mechanism in quantum chromodynamics, using lattice gauge theory as a tool. In particular he was involved in the early studies of \"center dominance\" and Z(N) vortices. String compactifications in weakly coupled heterotic string theory. He worked on Z(3) orbifolds and computed the particle spectra and low energy phenomenology of these modes, after conducting systematic scans. This included work on CP violation, gauge coupling unification, moduli stabilization and neutrino masses. Supersymmetric lattice field theory. Here methods of reducing or eliminating fine-tuning were explored. He continues to work actively in this field and is conducting detailed studies of N=1 and N=4 super-Yang-Mills. For N=1 he is using domain wall fermions, and is currently working on obtaining the ground state spectrum. In the case of N=4, some fine-tuning must be performed even in the so-called \"twisted\" formulation, and he is studying this using Monte Carlo renormalization group techniques. Lattice technicolor theories were a focus of his research until the recent discovery of the Higgs boson, and subsequent results for its signal strengths to various final states disfavored composite Higgs models, as compared to models where the Higgs boson is an elementary scalar and decays according to the standard model in a natural way. However, he continues to work on studies of theories with an infrared fixed point, and is currently focused on corrections to scaling. The impact of lattice quantum chromodynamic studies on the search for dark matter. In particular, he showed how estimates of the direct detection cross section should be revised in light of lattice estimates of the strange quark sigma term. Scalar mesons in quantum chrmodynamics, especially the sigma particle. He has been developing efficient techniques for extracting its properties. Giedt also has a strong interest in high performance computing. He is one of the heaviest users of RPI's CCI computing facility. In addition he has been developing code to exploit graphics processing units (GPUs) for scientific computing since 2009. He was a contributor to the QUDA lattice quantum chromodynamics package, and has exploited this for studies of the sigma particle in recent work.",
    "education": "2002 Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Berkeley 2000 M.A., Physics, University of California, Berkeley 1997 B.S., Physics, San Francisco State University",
    "name": "Joel T. Giedt",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Giedt.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Department Head and Professor, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/johan-maharjan": {
    "area": "Corporate Finance Corporate Governance Executive Compensation Mergers and Acquisitions Investor-Management Disagreement",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Finance, Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis; B.A. in Economics and Mathematics, Hanover College, May 2009.",
    "name": "Johan Maharjan",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Maharjan.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Lally School of Management"
  },
  "/johannes-goebel": {
    "biography": "Johannes Goebel joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as Founding Director of the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) in July 2002. He holds a tenured position as Professor in the Arts Department and in the School of Architecture. Between 1990 and 2002, Goebel was the Founding Director of the Institute for Music and Acoustics at the Zentrum f\u00fcr Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM) in Karlsruhe, Germany. With its studios, artist-in-residence program, productions, commissions and festivals, he established the Institute as one of the leading production environments worldwide for \"music and technology\". For ZKM's new building, which opened in 1996 and comprises two museums, two research and production institutes, studios and performance venues, Goebel coordinated the overall demands for the ZKM building and specified the requirements and infrastructure of ZKM's performance spaces and the Institute for Music and Acoustics. Under his directorship, more than 90 international artists produced roughly two-hundred works at the Institute, ranging from compositions with live and interactive electronics to pure sound synthesis, interactive operas and radio plays, sound installations, ballet music and music films with live orchestras. A continuous performance program and co-productions with other festivals established the Institute as a center for new practices in music. During his tenure at ZKM, Goebel lectured and published internationally on aesthetics, technology and music, co-directed 1996 Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), taught a summer course at the Catholic University Porto, Portugal in 2000, and was a guest professor at the Music Academy Graz, Austria, in 1992. Two key research projects at ZKM during Goebel's leadership include the establishment of the International Digital Electro-Acoustic Music Archive (IDEAMA). This endeavor was also led by Max Mathews, the \"father of music compilers,\" and Patte Wood from Stanford University. After an extended collaboration between Stanford and ZKM, the first digital archive of electronic music up to the 1970s was complete and became a major resource of early electronic music. The archive holds nearly 550 works and is currently available in 23 libraries and music institutes around the world. The next key project Goebel conducted, as principal investigator with a team of experts, developed and applied hardware and software to record and transcribe the music for the Balinese shadow play, Gender Wayang . In 1975, he began his work as a curator by establishing the Hohe-Ufer-Konzerte in Hannover, Germany. At that time, it was a major initiative to establish a platform for a program that crossed and integrated composition, improvisation, literature, theater, dance and visual arts. He collaborated with Gunter Lege and Guenther Christmann. Goebel has since been active in programming and collaborating with festivals and institutions. In 1989, he was Founding Curator of ZKM's media-festival MultiMediale, initiating ZKM's artistic activities. As a composer, Goebel wrote pieces for traditional instruments, his own instruments, computer synthesis and the live and electronic environment of the experimental studio at the Strobel-Stiftung Freiburg. He collaborated in numerous intermedia projects and interdisciplinary performances with dancers, actors, architects, performance and visual artists. Between 1977 and 1990, Goebel's activities stretched between the United States and Europe. In 1977, he started in the field of computer music at Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) with a two year grant from the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD. As a visiting composer, he was a regular guest at CCRMA until 1990 and he initiated several major projects. In Europe, he worked as composer, teacher, instrument designer, curator and musician. In the 1970s, Germany was the only country of the western industrialized nations that did not have a center or studio for music with computers. This slowly changed in the 1980s. Johannes Goebel was at that time the only composer moving continuously between the Silicon Valley and Germany trying to create a bridge between technical advances and the German contemporary music attitudes. In 1983, he conducted the first workshop for German composers at CCRMA, Stanford University. His lectures on the topic of computer music were slowly accepted and he continuously strived to establish a German artistically based approach to computer and music application. ZKM provided the basis for establishing a studio with international relevance. While composing music with computers in the USA, Goebel designed and constructed wood and metal instruments in Europe including mallets with non-traditional tuning systems, a huge walk-in organ pipe etc. Between 1970 and 1990, he was very active in the field of free improvisation with non-traditional instruments. As member of a group including his mentor Gunter Lege, Goebel conducted more than 450 free improvisation workshops for students ranging from kindergarten to university age. Goebel began teaching music at public schools and colleges at the age of 21. Until his position at ZKM in 1990 required from him to stop continuous teaching, he taught in very diverse environments. He taught computer music to professionals, free improvisation to children starting at the age of 3, adults up to 60+ and conservatory students. He also taught music theory, conducting and interdisciplinary artistic production as Professor at the University Hildesheim and worked intensively with physically and mentally handicapped children. As consultant to Schott Musik International, one of the largest music publishing houses worldwide, Goebel conducted the overall changeover from traditional music engraving to electronic music printing in 1988 through 1990. In cooperation with the German avant-garde record label Wergo, Goebel initialized the first Audio-CD series utilizing this new digital medium for Digital Music Digital in 1986. As producer, coordinator, digital audio editor and editor-in-chief, he published in collaboration with Max Mathews and CCRMA Computer Music Currents, a 13-volume CD series focused mainly on computer music of the 1980s. The final volume, The Historical CD of Digital Sound Synthesis , is a collection of the very first computer-synthesized pieces from the late 1950s and early 1960s. Goebel also established the music devision of edition zkm during his time at ZKM. This series serves as a forum for works produced at the Institute for Music and Acoustics. The Audio-CD and DVD series is published by Wergo, the books by Schott Musik International.",
    "name": "Johannes Goebel",
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    "title": "Director of EMPAC and Professor, Arts"
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  "/john-b-hudson": {
    "biography": "Professor Hudson received the Ph.D. in Metallurgy from Rensselaer in 1960. After three years at a General Dynamics research laboratory, he returned to join the Rensselaer faculty in 1963. He is the author or co-author of over 80 publications, primarily in the area of surface structure and reactivity, and is the author of the texts \"Surface Science: An Introduction\" and \"Thermodynamics of Materials\". He is also actively engaged in applying interactive learning techniques to materials education.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Metallurgy (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1960)",
    "name": "John B. Hudson",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/hudson_john_web_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/john-e-mitchell": {
    "area": "optimization integer programming linear programming conic optimization semidefinite programming mathematical modeling of interdependendent infrastructures sparse optimization and rank minimization",
    "biography": "Professor Mitchell's interests are in various areas of optimization. From a theoretical point of view, he develops algorithms for integer optimization, conic optimization problems, and problems with complementarity constraints, areas that have multiple applications in allocation of resources as well as in other areas of science. One particular current area is in sparse and low-rank optimization, especially in the use of exact complementarity formulations. Sparse formulations occur in, for example, compressed sensing and genome-wide association studies. Low-rank optimization is also used in some problems in compressed sensing and also in statistics and in financial optimization. Current application areas of particular interest are in effective resource allocation in disaster management and humanitarian logistics, looking both at preparation and mitigation for a potential disaster, and in recovery from a disaster. He also looks at the related area of designing resilient supply chains.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Operations Research (Cornell University, 1988) M.S. Operations Research (Cornell University, 1986) B.A. Hons Mathematics (University of Cambridge, 1983)",
    "name": "John E. Mitchell",
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    "title": "Graduate Program Director, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/john-f-drazan": {
    "area": "diversity in STEM Education full body biomechanics Sports Science and Analytics",
    "biography": "John Drazan received his doctorate in biomedical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2017. His dissertation research focused on the development of implantable, wireless sensors to measure forces and pressures within the body. Prior to his time at Rensselaer, John studied physics and played varsity basketball at SUNY Geneseo. In addition to his biomedical research, John is also the STEM director for 4th Family Inc., where he engages urban students in STEM outreach using sports science and analytics. As STEM director, John has assembled a diverse team of academics, teachers, basketball coaches, and players united by a common goal of broadening educational opportunity for our youth through a shared love of basketball and other sports.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute B.A., Physics, State University of New York at Geneseo",
    "name": "John F. Drazan",
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    "title": "Lecturer"
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  "/john-gowdy": {
    "area": "climate change behavioral and evolutionary economics",
    "biography": "John M. Gowdy is Professor of Economics and Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He is the recipient of the Herman Daly Award for contributions to ecological economics. \u201cThroughout my career I have been interested in the relationship between economic systems, social institutions and the natural world. My current research, in collaboration with evolutionary biologists, focuses on the evolution of economic systems. I feel fortunate to be an economist in this period of rapid change in the field. After several decades of intellectual stagnation economics is opening up to new ideas from the behavioral sciences, biology, and systems theory. This awakening holds the promise to make economics once again relevant to the daunting challenges confronting our species.\u201d Gowdy is the author of over 170 published articles and 10 books. His most recent book is Microeconomic Theory Old and New: A Students Guide. Other recent published work includes the book Economic Theory Old and New: A Students Guide, Paradise for Sale: A Parable of Nature, with Carl McDaniel, \"Global Warming Economics in the Long Run\" in Land Economics, \"A Group Selection Perspective on Economic Behavior, Institutions and Organizations\" in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, and \"Behavioral Economics and Climate Change Policy\" in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Gowdy has served as president of the U.S. Society for Ecological Economics and President of the International Society for Ecological Economics. He is the recipient of the Herman Daly Award for contributions to ecological economics. He has been a Fulbright scholar at the Economic University of Vienna, Leverhulme Professor at Leeds University and a visiting scholar at the Autonomous University Barcelona, the University of Zurich, the Free University of Amsterdam, the University of Queensland and Tokushima University Japan. C.V.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Economics West Virginia University M.C.P. Community Planning University of Rhode Island B.A. Anthropology American University",
    "name": "John Gowdy",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/gowdy.jpeg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Economics"
  },
  "/john-lagraff": {
    "biography": "Professional Background: Dr. LaGraff has been at RPI since 2004 primarily as a lab coordinator for ENGR1600 (Materials Science for Engineers) and as an adjunct (ENGR1600 and ENGR2050\u2014Introduction to Engineering Design). Concurrently, he was a Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Siena College from 2005-2017, where he taught courses in General Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry. Previous experience includes a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemistry at the University of Illinois and 5 years with TRW Space and Defense (currently Northrup Grumman) in Redondo Beach, California and GE Global R&D in Niskayuna, New York. He currently holds eight US patents primarily in the areas of microelectronic processing, combinatorial chemistry, and advanced coatings for jet engines. Dr. LaGraff has presented over 60 invited and contributed talks; and is the author of about 30 papers, book chapters, and a book on Materials Chemistry.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Ceramic Science, University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, 1992 M.S. Ceramic Science, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, 1988 B.S. Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, 1985",
    "name": "John LaGraff",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Lagraff%20%28Resized%20Web%29.jpg",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/john-m-reilly": {
    "biography": "Dr. Reilly has had over 35 years experience inthe design, management and operations of transportation systems. He was Deputy Executive Director of the Capital District Transportation Authority, a regional transportation operating agency with a fixed route bus and paratransit fleet, regional Medial brokerage and two railroad passenger terminals. His primary areas of responsibility include: capital project planning and development, grant and contact administration, service and cooperate planning, information technology, service contracting and facility management. He managed development of a new passenger rail station at Rensselaer (NY), the 10th busiest Amtrak station in the country. His responsibility included supervision of design, arranging tenant leases, developing plans for property management and financial management. He is currently the project manager for a World Bank project on methods of measuring transit service capacity and quality in developing countries. He is also an advisor to the World Bank on Transit Intelligent Transportation System Project in several cities in China and India. He directed transportation related studies, particularly in the area of transit data management and operations analysis (rail and bus) for a number of transit systems including the Denver Regional Transit District, Ann Arbor Transportation Authority, Charlotte Area Transit System, Southeastern Michigan Council of Governments, Santa Cruz Transportation Authority, AC Transit, Metropolitan Transit System (San Diego), PACE, (suburban Chicago), Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority New York State Department of Transportation. He was a consultant to New York State Senate High Speed Rail Task Force. He is a c0-principal investigator for a park and ride facility study in New York City and a study of using automatic vehicle location system data to improve time management for the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.",
    "education": "B.S., M. Eng., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute",
    "name": "John M. Reilly",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/John-M-Reilly.jpg",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, Civil and Environmental Engineering"
  },
  "/john-maleyeff": {
    "area": "Decision Science Operations Management",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D., Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, University of Massachusetts",
    "name": "John Maleyeff",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/maleyj.jpg",
    "title": "Clinical Professor and Area Coordinator, Hartford"
  },
  "/john-milanese": {
    "area": "decision-making under uncertainty philosophy of science",
    "biography": "John Milanese explores philosophical questions about science and technology, especially those concerning the role that ethical and political values play in shaping scientific research and technological progress. In all of his classes, students have the opportunity to work closely with him and their peers on projects of their own creation that are most relevant to their interests. He currently works with students in the following classes: Minds and Machines, Critical Thinking, Ethics, Philosophy of Science, and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Philosophy, University at Albany, SUNY",
    "name": "John Milanese",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Milanese_square.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Cognitive Science"
  },
  "/john-schroeder": {
    "biography": "Prior to joining the faculty of Rensselaer in January, 1982, he was a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy from June, 1962, to January, 1970. From 1975 to 1978 Professor Schroeder was a Post-Doctoral Associate in the School of Chemical Sciences and a Senior staff member of the Materials Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana. In l978, he joined the General Electric Corporate Research and Development Center in Schenectady, NY. He did basic glass and ceramic material research and examined material behavior at ultra high pressure (diamonds). At Rensselaer he studied the optical and magnetic properties of glasses using Rayleigh, Brillouin and Raman spectroscopic techniques at extremes of pressure and temperatures. Recently Schroeder has worked on confirming the existence of intermediate range order in glasses leading to an explanation of the existence of non-exponential structural relaxation in glasses. He also leads a program of optical characterization of nanocrystalline (II-VI and IV) semiconductors with high pressure being a most important parameter. Now, he also works on the problem of cataract formation in the human lens employing photoluminescence spectroscopy and perturbative colorimetry techniques. Schroeder is the author or coauthor of over 110 published technical articles in refereed journals and proceedings. Under Schroeder\u2019s guidance ten Ph.D. thesis students and eight M.S. students have completed their degrees. He has also supervised undergraduate research participants for over twenty students.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Physics, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. B.S., M.S., University of Rochester.",
    "name": "John Schroeder",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Schroeder.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/john-t-wen": {
    "area": "Robotics Control systems Mechatronics",
    "biography": "John T. Wen is a Professor and the Head of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute . He has a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering and Industrial and Systems Engineering . He was the Head of Industrial and Systems Engineering from 2013-2018, Director of the Center for Automation Technologies and Systems (CATS) from 2005-2013, and the Interim Director of the NSF Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center (ERC) in 2009. As the Director of the CATS, a New York State designated Center for Advanced Technology, he successfully led the ten-year re-designation in 2009 . The CATS helped industry partners generate over $340M of economic impact in the state and over 900 new and retained jobs. As the Interim Director of the Smart Lighting ERC from Jun-Dec 2009, he successfully led the first ERC annual review and recruited a permanent director to the center. He was the Rensselaer representative on the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) 2.0 operating committee from 2013-2014. He led the Rensselaer participation in the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, a Manufacturing USA Institute awarded by the Department of Defense in 2017. He serves on the ARM Technical Advisory Council and co-leads with FuzeHub the ARM Mid-Atlantic Regional Robotics Innovation Collaborative (RRIC). He is the co-inventor of the Adaptive Scanning Optical Microscope (ASOM), which was licensed to Thorlabs in 2007. The commercialized version of ASOM won the 2007 Laser Focus World Innovation Award in the Conference in Lasers and Electro Optics (CLEO). He was awarded the 2013 IEEE Control Systems Society Transition to Practice Award. He served as an Oversea Assessor for the Chinese Academy of Sciences from 2004-2009, and a Senior Visiting Scientist of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) in 1997. He has been an IEEE Fellow since 2001. John Wen joined Rensselaer faculty in 1988. He was a member of technical staff at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory developing modeling and control algorithms for large space structures and space robots from 1985-1988. From 1981-1982, he was a system engineer at Fisher Controls developing plant-wide coordination control system for pulp and paper plants. He received B.Eng. from McGill University in 1979, M.S. from University of Illinois in 1981, and Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1985, all in Electrical Engineering. John Wen's research interest lies in the modeling and control of dynamical systems with applications to precision motion, robot manipulation, thermal management, lighting systems and materials processing.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Computer and Systems Engineering (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1985), M.S. Electrical Engineering (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1981), B.Eng. Electrical Engineering (McGill University, 1979)",
    "name": "John T. Wen",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/wenpicbest_smaller.gif",
    "title": "Head, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/john-tichy": {
    "area": "Tribology and Non-Newtonian Flow",
    "biography": "John A. Tichy, Professor and former Head of the Department, has been a member of the faculty since 1976. He is an ASME fellow, an STLE fellow (the national tribology society), a past chairman of the ASME Tribology Division, and the former Technical Editor of the ASME Journal of Tribology. Tichy has been awarded several honors including the ASME Mayo D Hersey Award (lifetime achievement in tribology), an Honorary Doctorate in France (Doctor Honoris Causa) from the Institut National des Sciences Appliqu\u00e9es, the STLE International Prize (highest honor of the Society), and twice the ASME Best Paper in Tribology. John Tichy is also listed in the Who's Who in Rock & Roll (1996) and the Rolling Stone Encyclopaedia of Rock & Roll (1998) for his work as singer, songwriter and guitarist in the 1960s and 70s with Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen.",
    "education": "Ph.D. University of Michigan",
    "name": "John A. Tichy",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Dept_photo.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/john-w-woods": {
    "area": "digital signal processing image processing digital image and video compression",
    "biography": "",
    "name": "John W. Woods",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/johnwwoods.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/johnson-samuel": {
    "area": "Micro-manufacturing Processes: Micro-milling/drilling, Micro-EDM and Micro-ECM Biomedical manufacturing: Patient-specific bone surgery, Carie removal, surgeon training Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing): Fiber-reinforced soft composites, Surgeon training phantoms Electrospinning: Multi-material fibers, yarns, coatings and textiles Engineering education",
    "biography": "Dr. Johnson Samuel has been serving as a faculty in the mechanical, aerospace and nuclear engineering department of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), since the Spring of 2011. As director of the Nano/Micro-scale Manufacturing and Material Design Lab (NanoM3 Design Lab) at Rensselaer, he leads research and education efforts in the areas of advanced manufacturing and material design. His research has attracted funding from multiple agencies including the National Science Foundation, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, and the Defense Health Program (Dept. of Defense) and DARPA. He is the recipient of the U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER award for his proposal titled \u201cMicrostructure-specific machining strategies for bone\u201d (2014), The Outstanding Young Alumni Award, MechSe Dept. Univ. of Illinois- Urbana Champaign (2016), Rensselaer School of Engineering Research Excellence Award (2016), and the World Economic Forum Young Scientist Cohort (2016) Besides research, Dr.Samuel is also passionate about training and developing the next generation of manufacturing engineers in the US. He was awarded the Rensselaer Class of 1951 Outstanding Teaching Award (2014) and the School Of Engineering Education Innovation Award (2015) in recognition of his manufacturing education efforts at Rensselaer. Dr. Samuel obtained his M.S (Industrial Engineering, 2003) and PhD (Mechanical Engineering, 2009) degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His PhD dissertation was supervised by Prof. Shiv G. Kapoor and the late Prof. Richard E. DeVor (NAE member).",
    "education": "Ph.D. (Mechanical Eng.) - University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign (2009)",
    "name": "Johnson Samuel",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/samuej2%20%281%29.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/jonas-braasch": {
    "area": "Spatial Hearing Intelligent Music Systems",
    "biography": "Jonas Braasch is an Associate Professor at the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and teaches in the Graduate Program in Architectural Acoustics. His research interests span collaborative virtual reality systems, binaural hearing, auditory modeling, multimodal integration, sensory substitution devices, aural architecture and creative processes in music improvisation. For his work, he has received funding from the National Science Foundation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, DFG (German Science Foundation), the European Research Council, New York State Council on the Arts, the Christopher and Dana Reeve and Craig H. Neilsen Foundations. He obtained a master\u2019s degree from Dortmund University (Germany, 1998) in Physics and two Ph.D. degrees from Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany (2001, 2004) in Electrical Engineering/Information Science and Musicology. As a soprano saxophonist, he has worked with Curtis Bahn, Chris Chafe, Stuart Dempster, Mark Dresser, Zach Layton, Francisco Lopez, Pauline Oliveros, and Doug van Nort \u2013 among others. Within his saxophone practice, Jonas Braasch developed his horn of sounds concept, which is the first method for wind instruments to use different sound generators to create a palette of sounds and styles using one main instrument to achieve an enhanced awareness of internal diversityJonas Braasch is an acoustician, musicologist, and sound artist who teaches courses in Acoustics, Music, and the Doctoral Seminar at the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He obtained a master's degree from Dortmund University (Germany, 1998) in Physics and two PhD degrees from Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany (2001, 2004) in Electrical Engineering/Information Science and Musicology. Mr. Braasch is the co-founder and director of the Communication Acoustics and Aural Architecture Research Laboratory (CA3RL) which is part of RPI's Architectural Acoustics Program. His research interests include Binaural Hearing, Multi-channel Audio Technology, Telematic Music Systems, Perceptual Audio/Visual Integration, Intelligent Systems, and Musical Acoustics. Jonas Braasch (co-)authored more than 60 journal and conference papers and 3 monographs. For his work, he has received funding from the NSF, NSERC, DFG (German Science Foundation), and NYSCA. As a soprano saxophonist and sound artist, he has on-going collaborations with Curtis Bahn, Chris Chafe, Michael Century, Mark Dresser, Pauline Oliveros, Doug van Nort, and Sarah Weaver - among others. In 2006, he has been awarded with the Lothar-Cremer Prize, the highest recognition of the German Acoustical Society for young investigators.",
    "name": "Jonas Braasch",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/JonasBraasch.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor and Associate Director, Cognitive and Immersive Systems Lab (CISL), School of Architecture"
  },
  "/jonathan-c-newell": {
    "biography": "Dr. Newell was an investigator for 20 years in the Trauma Research Center at the Albany Medical Center, conducting clinical research into the physiological consequences and complications of injury or trauma. He has investigated basic physiological regulation of the pulmonary circulation and gas exchange. He has been a reviewer of grants for research and training in Biomedical Engineering for the National Institute of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Whitaker Foundation, and other agencies. He has been an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, and a reviewer of manuscripts for that and many other journals. Since 1985, he has collaborated with several other faculty in developing Electrical Impedance Imaging systems. The focus of this work has been its application to breast cancer diagnosis. Present efforts are directed at continuous bedside monitoring of heart and lung function in the critically ill.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Physiology (Albany Medical College, 1974) M.Eng. Electrical Engineering (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1968) B.E. Electrical Engineering (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1965)",
    "name": "Jonathan C. Newell",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/newelj_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering"
  },
  "/jonathan-s-dordick": {
    "area": "Biocatalysis and Cell-Free Metabolic Engineering Biomanufacturing 3D Cell Culture Engineering and Organoid Development Immunoengineering Biomolecular Discovery",
    "biography": "Jonathan S. Dordick is Institute Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, with joint appointments in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Biological Sciences, and an adjunct appointment at Rockefeller University. Dr. Dordick is Special Advisor to the President for Strategic Initiatives. He received his B.A. degree in Biochemistry and Chemistry from Brandeis University and his Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At Rensselaer, he served as the Vice President for Research, the Director of the Center for Biotechnology & Interdisciplinary Studies, and Department Chair. He is the co-Director of the Heparin Applied Research Center and is the Director of the SARS-CoV-2 Testing Laboratory for Rensselaer. Prior to joining Rensselaer, he was Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the University of Iowa, where he also served as the founding Associate Director of the Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing. He has served the biochemical engineering community as a previous chairman of the Biotechnology Division of the American Chemical Society and as an Editor of Biotechnology & Bioengineering. Dr. Dordick has made foundational contributions to enzyme technology, microscale cell culture engineering, drug discovery and human toxicology, and biomanufacturing. He pioneered the development of enzymatic and chemoenzymatic methods for new materials synthesis, initiated the new field of molecular bioprocessing, which combines biocatalytic molecular diversity and in vitro metabolic pathway engineering with high-throughput and high-content microfluidic- and microarray-based tools to generate biologically active compounds, and greatly expanded the fundamental understanding of enzymatic catalysis in abiotic environments critical for chemical and pharmaceutical processing. Finally, he has used biomolecular discovery and engineering to address clinical translation in areas of infectious disease, neurological diseases and anticoagulant therapy. Prof. Dordick is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Inventors. He is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers. He has received numerous awards, including the Amgen Award in Biochemical and Molecular Engineering, Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Award of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Marvin J. Johnson Award and the Elmer Gaden Award both of the American Chemical Society, the International Enzyme Engineering Award, and an NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award. He has cofounded several companies, including EnzyMed (now part of Albany Molecular Research, Inc.), Solidus Biosciences, Inc., and Redpin Therapeutics. He has also served on multiple White House-sponsored panels and committees in biomanufacturing. Dr. Dordick has published over 400 papers and is an inventor/co-inventor on nearly 50 patents and patent applications.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Biochemical Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986), M.S. Biochemical Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983), B.A. Biochemistry and Chemistry (Brandeis University, 1980)",
    "name": "Jonathan S. Dordick",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/profile_dordickj_2.jpg",
    "title": "Institute Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering"
  },
  "/jonathan-stetler": {
    "area": "Ecology Limnology Fisheries STEM Education",
    "biography": "Dr. Jonathan Stetler earned his Ph.D. in Biology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he studied the long-term effects of environmental changes on aquatic ecosystems. Dr. Stetler is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences where he aims to incorporate real-world data sets into the classroom whenever possible. Dr. Stetler has extensive experience working with large data sets and recently published a comprehensive long-term limnological data set of over 400 lakes across the world. Dr. Stetler is excited to introduce students to these large data sets in the classroom. Dr. Stetler is also interested in collaborating with small not-for-profit organizations to conduct research and create scientific outreach materials geared towards the general public. Dr. Stetler is currently collaborating with science communicators at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies to develop a variety of outreach materials focused on water quality issues. Dr. Stetler also collaborates with the Ausable River Association to maintain a high-frequency environmental sensor network in Mirror Lake in Lake Placid, New York. A full list of publications can be found at: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XeqeG6YAAAAJ&hl=en OFFICE: MRC 307",
    "education": "Ph.D. Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute B.S. Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Paul Smith's College",
    "name": "Jonathan Stetler",
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    "title": "Lecturer, Biological Sciences"
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  "/jong-chool-park": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Jong Chool Park",
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    "title": "Assistant Professor"
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  "/jose-holguin-veras": {
    "area": "Decision Support Systems Operations Research Transportation",
    "biography": "Dr. Jos\u00e9 Holgu\u00edn-Veras is the William H. Hart Professor, and Director of the Center for Infrastructure, Transportation, and the Environment; and the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) Center of Excellence on Sustainable Urban Freight Systems at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He received his B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, from the Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in 1981; his M.Sc. from the Universidad Central de Venezuela in 1984; and his Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin in 1996. He has been a faculty at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, City College of New York (1997-2002), and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2002-present). His work has received numerous awards, including the 2013 White House Champion of Change Award for his contributions to freight transportation and disaster response. His research emphasizes the integration, synthesis, and projection of the knowledge that exist in multiple disciplines to produce solutions to the complex and multifaceted problems\u2014which have proven to be too complex to be solved by single-disciplinary approaches\u2014that impact freight transportation and humanitarian logistics. His research taps into the knowledge of social sciences to build more realistic mathematical models of humanitarian logistics, and integrate cutting edge economic principles into freight transportation modeling, so that a complete picture could be developed on the broader impacts of transportation activity on the economy and the environment; and on the most effective ways to conduct post-disaster humanitarian logistics. His research blends field research and measurements, applied and basic research to ensure that theory relates to reality; and, ultimately, to a set of actionable policy recommendations that contribute to the betterment of the economy and society. Current research activities focus on three major areas: freight transportation demand modeling, sustainable freight policy, and humanitarian logistics. His work on freight demand modeling focuses on enhancing the realism of spatial price equilibrium (SPE) models, and development of simplified modeling techniques. His work on sustainable freight policy studies the interactions between the agents (e.g., shippers, carriers, receivers) involved in freight activity, to define ways to exploit these interactions to foster sustainable development and operations. An important third area, of profound human impact, focuses on the development of novel forms of humanitarian logistics. His research group has pioneered the multidisciplinary study of post-disaster humanitarian logistic operations. His research has: identified the key lessons learned from the response to the largest disasters of recent times; translated these lessons into actionable policy recommendations; and shared these suggestions with disaster response agencies. As part of the field work, his research group has conducted detailed analyses of the most prominent disasters of recent times, including: Hurricane Katrina, the Port-au-Prince earthquake, the tornadoes in Joplin and Alabama, Hurricane Irene, and the Tohoku disasters in Japan. His contributions to the solution of regional and national problems are numerous as they span modeling, policy, and research. In particular, his ability to transition research into practice\u2014navigating complex implementation environments\u2014has been recognized with appointments to prestigious positions. As a member of the Board of the New York State Thruway Authority\u2014as the only researcher and Hispanic American in the board\u2019s history\u2014he helps oversee toll policy and the replacement of the $4 billion Tappan Zee Bridge, one of the largest construction projects in the US. He is overseeing all-electronic-toll-collection, toll setting, financing, asset management, and helps the agency reach a higher level of efficiency. His policy contributions also cover disaster response; as a member of the National Academy of Sciences\u2019 Disaster Research Roundtable, he advises the federal government in disaster response on the basis of his field research after large disasters and catastrophic events. He has been member of numerous panels for the National Academy of Sciences\u2019 Transportation Research Board, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and other agencies. His research, routinely implemented by practitioners, has been impactful. His work on freight generation and freight trip generation has led to the development of freight trip generation models\u2014to be incorporated in the next edition of the ITE Trip Generation Manual\u2014that are more accurate than any currently available. Equally transformative has been his research on freight tour models, freight origin-destination estimation, and others that are being incorporated into transportation modeling packages such as TRANSCAD, TRANUS, among others. One of his most visible contributions is the NYC off-hour-delivery project, which is having a transformative effect on urban freight policy. This project has blossomed into a potent freight demand management tool that has won the enthusiastic support of the private sector. It is estimated to lead to economic savings of 100-200/million dollars per year, and reductions of: 202.7 metric tons (t)/year of CO, 40t/year of HC, 11.8t/year of NOx, and 69.9 kg/year of PM10). Recognizing these significant impacts, the City of New York adopted OHD as part of its sustainability plan, and the Federal Highway Administration created a program to foster OHD, based on the one pioneered in NYC, and to replicate it in other US cities. Because of its impacts, TIME magazine identified off-hour deliveries as one of the \u201c10 Ideas that Make a Difference\u201d in traffic congestion. His leadership positions include: President of the Scientific Committee of the Pan-American Conferences of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, member of the Scientific Committee of the World Conference of Transport Research, Elected Member of the Council for the Association for European Transport, member of the International Organizing Committee of the City Logistics Conferences, member of technical committees at numerous professional organizations, and member of the editorial boards of the leading journals. He has led dozens of technical sessions, and has participated in numerous technical committees at the Transportation Research Board (e.g., Intermodal Freight, Urban Freight, Freight Economics, Freight Planning and Logistics, Road Pricing, Task Force of Freight Demand Modeling), European Transport Conference, World Conference of Transport Research, Pan-American Conference of Transport and Traffic Engineering, and others. He is a member of a number of high level public sector committees and boards. His current appointments include: United States Department of Transportation\u2019s National Freight Advisory Committee (2013-2015), Board of the New York State Thruway Authority (2010-present), National Academy of Sciences\u2019 Disaster Research Roundtable, National Academy of Sciences\u2019 Committee for Review of USDOT Truck Size and Weight Study (2013-2014), Federal Emergency Management Agency\u2019s Core Group on Community Engagement (June 2011-present), Advisory Panel for the NY-NJ-CT-PA Regional Catastrophic Planning Group (March 2010-2013), and Advisory Panel of the Mohawk Corridor Multimodal Transportation Study (2010-2012). The list of awards he has received includes: the 2013 White House Champion of Change Award, CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (2001-2006); the Milton Pikarsky Memorial Award in 1996, from the Council on University Transportation Centers, the Salute to the Scholars Award from the City University of New York (in 2000 and 2001); the 2006 Robert E. Kerker Research Award in recognition of Excellence in Research of Special Importance to Practitioners and Scholars of Public Administration and Policy in New York State; the 2007 School of Engineering Research Award; and a Proclamation from the Council of the City of New York (2001). He is a fellow of: State Academy of Public Administration (2006), International Road Federation (1991), Japanese International Cooperation Agency (1989), and the Organization of American States (1982-1984). According to Google Scholar, he is the most widely published and cited freight researcher in the world. He has more than 150 technical publications in the most prestigious venues, and, reflecting his influence, his work has been cited more than 1,300 times by his peers. He has given 15 plenaries, 40 invited lectures, and hundreds of presentations in professional conferences. As a Principal Investigator (PI), he has managed about $13.4 million in competitively awarded contracts from the most prestigious funding agencies: USDOT ($8.2 million), NSF ($3.9 million), New York and New Jersey State Departments of Transportation ($1.3 million), among others. These projects have focused on freight research ($8.4 million), disaster research ($2.8 million), road pricing ($1.2 million), and others ($1.0 million). As a Co-PI, he has worked on about $10 million in projects. He has extensive professional experience in both developing and developed countries. His professional experience includes the analysis of the intermodal alternatives for the trans-isthmian corridor that runs parallel to the Panama Canal, and the development of numerous national and regional transportation plans in Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and other countries. He has been consultant in transportation planning, modeling, and economics for international companies and financial institutions, such as The World Bank, United Nations, Inter-American Development Bank, among many others.",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin Transportation M.S., Universidad Central de Venezuala Transportation B.S., Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo Civil Engineering",
    "name": "Jose Holguin-Veras",
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    "title": "William H. Hart Chair Professor and Director, Center for Infrastructure, Transportation, and the Environment (CITE), Civil and Environmental Engineering"
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  "/joseph-darryl-michael": {
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute \u2014 Troy, NY MS in Electrical Engineering, 1982 PhD in Electrical Engineering, 1988 Univerity of Malaya \u2014 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA BSc(Hons) in Physics, 1979",
    "name": "Joseph Darryl Michael",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/michaj2_DarrylMichael_SocialMedia.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/joseph-ecker": {
    "area": "Math Education Operations Research Nonlinear Programming",
    "biography": "Ecker\u2019s research interests are in several areas of optimization including geometric programming, multiple objective linear programming, algorithm development and evaluation in nonlinear programming, and applications of mathematical programming. Mathematical programming deals with the problem of optimizing a function of several variables subject to inequality and equality constraints on other functions of several variables. Recent areas of application include the development of an optimization model of locating protein binding sites on DNA strands and the development of a linear programming model for managing consumer credit delinquency. He is also very interested in developing studio courses in which students are actively engaged in the learning process. Much of his current efforts have focused on developing materials for the Studio Calculus course at Rensselaer. In addition, Ecker has focused on optimization problems involving several objective functions that are to be optimized. These multiple objective problems have important applications in management science decision making contexts.",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1968",
    "name": "Joseph Ecker",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Ecker_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/joshua-l-hurst": {
    "area": "Control, Dynamics, Optimization, Mechatronics, Design.",
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Joshua L. Hurst",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/HeadShotC2.jpg",
    "title": "Sr. Lecturer, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/joyce-diwan": {
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA. A.B., Physiology, 1962 University of Illinois (Medical Ctr.), Chicago, IL, Ph.D., Physiology, 1967 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USPHS Postdoctoral fellow, 1966-69",
    "name": "Joyce Diwan",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/diwan.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/juergen-hahn": {
    "area": "Systems Biology Process Systems Engineering",
    "biography": "Juergen Hahn is the department head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in addition to holding an appointment in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering. He received his Diploma degree in engineering from RWTH Aachen, Germany, in 1997, and his MS and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Texas, Austin, in 1998 and 2002, respectively. He was a post-doctoral researcher at the Chair for Process Systems Engineering at RWTH Aachen, Germany, before joining the Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, College Station, in 2003 and moving to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2012. His research interests include systems biology and process modeling and analysis with over 140 peer-reviewed publications in print. Dr. Hahn is a recipient of a Fulbright scholarship (1995/96), received the Best Referee Award for 2004 from the Journal of Process Control, the CPC 7 Outstanding Contributed Paper Award in 2006, was named Outstanding Reviewer by the journal Automatica in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2010 CAST Outstanding Young Researcher, and has been elected as an AIMBE Fellow in 2013, an AIChE Fellow in 2020, and a Fellow of BMES in 2022. He served on the IEEE CSS Board of Governors in 2016 and has been a CACHE Trustee since 2014. He is currently serving as deputy editor-in-chief for the Journal of Process Control, as editor for the journal Optimal Control: Applications and Methods, and as associate editor for the journals Control Engineering Practice, the Journal of Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and the Journal of Personalized Medicine.",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, (2002) M.S., University of Texas at Austin, (1998) Diploma, RWTH Aachen, Germany, (1997)",
    "name": "Juergen Hahn",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/hahn.jpeg",
    "title": "Professor and Department Head, Biomedical Engineering"
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  "/julia-watson": {
    "biography": "Julia Nicole Watson is an Australian landscape architect with a design practice in New York City. REDE (Studio for Research and Design) explores design as an agent for ecological activation. Her interests focus on the symbiotic nature of sacredness and ecological sustainability within the indigenous landscapes of ecosystem dwellers. This Spring, she became an Interdisciplinary Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, having previously taught graduate design studios and eco-technology seminars at Harvard and Columbia Universities. As a thesis Instructor she explores emergent bio-cultural conservation principles in the design of productive landscape systems. She also teaches a seminar titled Indigenous Landscape Systems, exploring indigenous ecosystem adaptation and eco-innovation, a sub-branch of human ecology theorized as Traditional Ecological Knowledge. She received her Master in Landscape Architecture II, Post Professional Degree from Harvard, graduating with distinction and receiving the highest honors of the landscape department. Julia completed her undergraduate studies in architecture and planning, continuing onto graduate studies in landscape architecture in her native country of Australia. With over ten years professional experience, she has lived and practiced in several countries including the USA, Spain, United Kingdom and Australia.",
    "education": "Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA Master in Landscape Architecture with distinction Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Graduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture with distinction University of Queensland University, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Bachelor of Arts, Double Major in Architecture and Planning",
    "name": "Julia Watson",
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    "title": "Assistant Professor, School of Architecture"
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  "/julian-s-georg": {
    "area": "Theoretical Cosmology",
    "biography": "Julian Georg is doing research in the area of theoretical cosmology. His work addresses fundamental questions about our Universe: What is the Dark Matter that makes up roughly a quarter of the Universe, but is not like any of that matter that we know? How did all the contents of the Universe originate from the hot primordial plasma? And what were the conditions that allowed the Universe to undergo a phase of rapid and accelerated expansion at the very beginning?",
    "education": "2018, Ph.D., Physics, Syracuse University 2012, Physik Diplom, Justus-Liebig-Universit\u00e4t Giessen",
    "name": "Julian S. Georg",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/IMG_3084.jpeg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
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  "/june-deery": {
    "area": "Television and new media Politics and Class Reality TV Fictionality",
    "biography": "June Deery works in media studies and is particularly interested in contemporary television in traditional and online platforms. She writes on commercialization, politics, gender, and class. For some time, she has been investigating cultural perceptions of fact and fiction and is currently exploring their status within a political context. In Consuming Reality: The Commercialization of Factual Entertainment (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), Deery demonstrates how reality television monetizes and consumes reality through its branding of content and propagation of capitalist narratives. Among other things, she examines the professionalization of individual identities and social relationships, the development of television as a social and interactive medium, and the commodification of viewers and TV participants. Reality TV (Polity, 2014) provides an overview of the impact of reality television since its inception and its contribution to discussions of gender, class, race, celebrity, audience agency, and consumer identity. The book also continues to explore cultural understandings of factuality and realism. Deery also co-edited (with Andrea Press) Media and Class: TV, Film, and Digital Culture (Routledge, 2017). In this collection, a range of prominent British and American scholars address topics such as class as entertainment, labor relations and media production, and digital celebrity. Deery has received awards for best journal article, best conference paper, and for teaching. In 2010, she was the recipient of Rensselaer\u2019s Trustee\u2019s Outstanding Teacher Award and before that the School of the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Teaching Award (2009).",
    "education": "Ph.D., Literature, Oxford University B.A., Literature, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland",
    "name": "June Deery",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Deery%20June.jpeg",
    "title": "Professor & Department Head, Communication and Media"
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  "/junichi-kanai": {
    "area": "engineering education software engineering systems engineering",
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Junichi Kanai",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/junichikanai.jpg",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/k-v-lakshmi": {
    "area": "Physical Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry Biochemistry and Biophysical Chemistry Bioinorganic Chemistry Cheminformatics and Computational Chemistry Polymers, Materials and Energy Green Chemistry and Sustainability Solar Energy Conversion Natural and Artificial Photosynthesis Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry",
    "biography": "Dr. Lakshmi is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Director of the Baruch \u201960 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research at Rensselaer. She is trained in the development and application of advanced biophysical spectroscopy at Brandeis, the Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory at MIT, and Yale University. She is recognized worldwide as a leader in the current generation of young physical chemists and biophysicists for her research on the development of state-of-the-art multi-frequency multi-dimensional pulsed EPR spectroscopy, solids NMR spectroscopy and electron-nuclear spectroscopy methods. In fact, she is one of very few researchers around the world with expertise and training in developing both advanced solids NMR and pulsed multi-frequency EPR spectroscopy methods. She applies her advanced training and knowledge in magnetic resonance spectroscopy, molecular genetics, biochemistry, inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry, computational chemistry and in situ observation of light-driven intermediates to address the molecular mechanisms of solar energy conversion in natural and artificial photosynthetic systems. Dr. Lakshmi is the recipient of several awards for her research including the Bioenergetics Award by the American Biophysical Society for outstanding contributions in the field of membrane bioenergetics, the Therese Cotton Memorial Early Career Award by the Gordon Research Conferences for excellence in photosynthesis research, and a UNESCO fellowship. She has authored over 95 peer-reviewed journal publications and is an invited speaker at numerous national and international conferences. Her current research collaborations include both academic institutions and National laboratories, such as, Argonne National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Yale University, MIT, Harvard University, Penn State University, University of California at Berkeley and Riverside, Temple University and the Indian Institutes of Technology at Delhi and Bombay in India. She has served as a Chair and co-Chair of leading conferences on natural and artificial photosynthesis and solar energy utilization. She has also served as a scientific consultant to biotechnology, pharmaceutical and energy industries. She is a reviewer for leading scientific journals, U. S. Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, American Chemical Society, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research and the Biotechnology and Biological Scientific Research Council in the United Kingdom. She has held visiting appointments at Yale University, Argonne National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.",
    "education": "http://academictree.org/chemistry/tree.php?pid=522147",
    "name": "K. V. Lakshmi",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Untitled2.png",
    "title": "Professor and Director, Baruch '60 Center For Biochemical Solar Energy Research, Chemistry and Chemical Biology"
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  "/karlinda-d-caldicott": {
    "biography": "Karlinda Caldicott is full-time freelance harpist and harp teacher. She is Principal Harpist with the Schenectady and Catskill Symphonies, leader of the North Country Harp Band (a lever harp trio playing light concerts), and plays frequently with various orchestras in the surrounding region. In addition to RPI, Karlinda is currently also teaching at SUNY Schenectady, plus a busy schedule of private harp students of all ages and various types of harps. Karlinda is also an active freelancer, playing for many weddings and other special events throughout the year.",
    "name": "Karlinda D. Caldicott",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/CaldicottK.jpg",
    "title": "Music Fellow, Arts"
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  "/karthik-panneerselvam": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Karthik Panneerselvam",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/kartik-josyula": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Kartik Josyula",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/karyn-rogers": {
    "area": "Geomicrobiology Astrobiology Geochemistry",
    "biography": "Dr. Karyn Rogers joined the faculty at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2013 after serving as a Research Scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri, and a Deep Ocean Exploration Institute Postdoctoral Scholar at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Dr. Rogers completed her PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, with previous degrees awarded from Stanford University (M.S. 2001) and Harvard University (A.B. 1996). Dr. Rogers is a member of the New York Center for Astrobiology (NYCA) and the Institute for Data Exploration and Applications (IDEA). Dr. Rogers\u2019 research focuses on the relationships between microbial communities and environmental conditions in extreme ecosystems, and is broadly applied to understanding the nature of the origin of life on Earth, the potential for life throughout the solar system, and the extent of life in modern extreme environments. To advance our understanding of environmental microbiomes in these systems, Dr. Rogers research program includes field research in early Earth and Mars analog environments as well as laboratory experimental studies of microbial behavior under extreme conditions. Additionally, the group is exploring the viability of abiotic synthesis of biomolecules over a range of early Earth conditions. The driving question in this research is how realistic environmental conditions combine to form habitable niches that can both support the early emergence of life as well as the long-term survival of life in these environments. Dr. Rogers\u2019 fieldwork includes several terrestrial hydrothermal systems including Cerro Negro Volcano, Nicaragua, the Vulcano shallow marine hydrothermal system in Italy, and several modern deep-sea mid-ocean ridge environments. These field endeavors are combined with extensive laboratory analytical and experimental techniques to develop a holistic picture of functional microbial ecosystems. More specifically, laboratory techniques include cultivation of extremophiles under high pressure, high temperature, acidic, and anaerobic conditions; a next-generation genomics approach to determine the functional environmental microbiome in extreme systems; geochemical analyses and modeling of environmental and bioenergetics parameters; and the synthesis of these datasets using novel data analytics. Dr. Rogers\u2019 research program currently includes two postdoctoral associates, four graduate students (in both Earth & Environmental Sciences and the Department of Biological Sciences), and several undergraduate researchers. The laboratory is housed in Jonsson-Rowland Science Center and includes a state of the art high-pressure microbial cultivation facility. Additionally, Dr. Rogers is the US Lead for the Deep Carbon Observatory\u2019s (Sloan Foundation) High Pressure Sampling, Transport, and Cultivation User Facility and the co-chair of the UNOLS Deep Submergence Science Committee New User Program. Dr. Rogers teaches courses in Geobiology, Aqueous Geochemistry, the Origin of Life, Advanced Geomicrobiology, and Planetary Habitability.",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, 2006 A.M. in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, 2001 M.S. in Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 2001 A.B in Environmental Science & Public Policy and Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 1996",
    "name": "Karyn Rogers",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/IMG_6668_1_facprofile_0.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor and Director, Rensselaer Astrobiology Research and Education Center (RARE), Earth and Environmental Sciences"
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  "/kate-galloway": {
    "biography": "Kate Galloway is Lecturer in Music at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was previously on faculty at Wesleyan University and held the position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Memorial University of Newfoundland's Research Centre for the Study of Music, Media, and Place (MMaP) and School of Music, funded by a SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2014-2016) and Adjunct Assistant Professor. From 2012-2014 she held a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Fellow and received the prestigious 2012 SSHRC Postdoctoral Prize, the first time the prize has been awarded to a music scholar. In 2013 she received the Society for American Music\u2019s Cambridge University Press Award for her project on the cultural heritage, history, and performance practice of the St.John\u2019s Sound Symposium\u2019s Harbour Symphony. Her research and teaching interests include experimental musics and sound art of the 20th and 21st centuries; Indigenous modernities in the performing arts; posthumanism and animal studies; music and digital media and game studies; science and technology studies; social justice and sonic culture; sound and sensory studies; critical popular music studies; and digital humanities. Her monograph Remix, Reuse, Recycle: Music, Media Technologies, and Remediating the Environment under contract with Oxford University Press examines how and why contemporary artists remix and recycle sounds, musics, and texts encoded with environmental knowledge. Kate received her PhD in Musicology/Ethnomusicology from the University of Toronto. She completed her MA at the University of Toronto (2005) and her BMus at Queen\u2019s University (2003). She also completed a Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities at the University of Victoria (2016). Her doctoral dissertation PhD dissertation, \u201cSounding Nature, Sounding Place\u201d: Alternative Performance Spaces, Participatory Experience, and Ritual Performance in R. Murray Schafer\u2019s Patria Cycle, is an ethnographic exploration of the intersections and confluence of contemporary opera practices, soundscape studies, alternative and experimental performance spaces, levels of audience participation, and ritual observance and performance in contemporary performing arts. From 2003-2007, she conducted fieldwork with Patria Music Theatre Projects as a production assistant, a member of the creative team, and a performer (flute, voice, auxiliary percussion, and canoe) in Patria the Prologue: The Princess of the Stars, Patria 7: Asterion, Patria 9: The Enchanted Forest, and Patria the Epilogue: And Wolf Shall Inherit the Moon. While at the University of Toronto, she was an elected Massey College Junior Fellow. From 2010-2012 she taught in the areas of 20th and 21st century music, Canadian music practices, and popular music studies at the University of Guelph, Wilfrid Laurier University, and Western University. Her work is published in Ethnomusicology, MUSICultures, Tourist Studies, Sound Studies, The Oxford Handbook of Hip Hop Music, The Oxford Handbook of Music and Advertising, Playing for Keeps: Improvisation in the Aftermath of Crisis, and Music in the Role-Playing Game: Heroes and Harmonies.",
    "education": "PhD, Musicology/Ethnomusicology, University of Toronto MA, University of Toronto (2005) BMus, Queen\u2019s University (2003) Graduate Certificate, Digital Humanities, University of Victoria (2016)",
    "name": "Kate Galloway",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Kate-Galloway.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Arts"
  },
  "/kathleen-ruiz": {
    "area": "art and empathic simulation and visualization systems expressive simulation multiperspective simulation Eco Resilience Games https://sites.google.com/view/eco-resilience/home",
    "biography": "Kathleen Ruiz is a media artist who creates simulations, games, installations, sculpture and photography. Her work explores issues about perception, behavior, interaction and the confluence of the imaginary and the real, inviting inquiry into how conceptual constructs are built and how they serve to shape ethics and power. She provides us with simulated places where multiple viewpoints can be explored and expanded, while challenging us to simultaneously perceive the perspectives of the observer, the observed and the process of observation. http://homepages.rpi.edu/~ruiz/ ruiz@rpi.edu Ruiz is the founder, lead artist, designer, director and producer of Eco Resilience Games, where she leads a trans-disciplinary group of international student and faculty artists, computer scientists, game designers, writers, music composers, and engineers, working with biologists, geologists, and freshwater ecologists who are passionate about the environment and in making a lasting impact on emerging generations. Here art, games and ecological science come together for environmental knowledge preservation by creating virtual worlds that inspire us to preserve our actual one. Whether we are enabling people to experientially see, hear and touch plankton in new ways in order to understand their vital importance to freshwater ecology, or making it possible to become a water droplet traveling through an entire watershed, we are creatively using advanced game technology to introduce people to new worlds, new perspectives, and new systems to help understand and preserve emerging environmental knowledge and the vital need to work together globally for a sustainable, eco-resilient future. Please visit the Eco-Resilience Games: https://sites.google.com/view/eco-resilience/home Grants awarded include NSF, NYFA, the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation Award, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Commission, New York State Council on the Arts exhibition grant, Experimental Television Center Grant, and the New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artist award. Her work was sponsored by Sony Computer Entertainment in Europe and awarded a grant by the Department of Environmental Protection. Ruiz's art has been exhibited at numerous galleries and museums in the United States, Mexico, Europe, South America, and Asia and has been reviewed/published in the New York Times, Aperture, Art News, ARTI, Jornal do Brasil, The College Art Journal, The MIT Press, Reuters Video News International, Computer Graphics, Yale University Art Gallery, Wired, USA Today, arteTV, Kultur, TeknoKultura, and by Merrell, Thames and Hudson, IEEE, and others. She is committed to using simulation technology to expand awareness of the human condition and has created research groups and projects in the following areas: CapAbility Games: simulation for differently-abled individuals; ErGoGenic Games: for health; and Eco Resilience Games: art and science games that engage both digitally and physically with field science observations and art making.",
    "education": "Doctoral candidate (abd), European Graduate School for Interdisciplinary Studies EGS M.A., New York University",
    "name": "Kathleen Ruiz",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/ruiz%40rpi.edu_KathleenRuiz_square.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, GSAS"
  },
  "/kathryn-dannemann": {
    "area": "Mechanical Behavior of Materials Materials in Extreme Environments Dynamic Behavior of Materials Experimental Mechanics Engineering Design",
    "biography": "Dr. Dannemann serves the School of Engineering as Director of the O.T. Swanson Multidisciplinary Design Laboratory. In this role, she is responsible for setting the vision for the Design Lab and the senior capstone design experience, obtaining industry sponsorships for senior design projects, planning and teaching courses and furthering pedagogical innovations. She has over 30 years of industrial and research experience. Prof. Dannemann has directed applied research and development programs bridging her extensive knowledge of materials response to solve design challenges for engineering applications ranging from aircraft fuel lines, military and commercial vehicles, naval vessels to the space shuttle, gas turbines, and biomedical systems. Her materials expertise covers a broad range of materials: metals, ceramics, glasses, composites, porous metals and geologic materials. Dr. Dannemann is most recognized for her work on the interactive effects of microstructure and processing on materials performance in extreme environments. Prior to returning to Rensselaer in January 2017, Dr. Dannemann was a Principal Engineer in the Engineering Dynamics Department at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, TX for 20 years. Other industry experiences include: Staff Metallurgist at the General Electric Company R&D center, Lead Engineer at GE Power Systems and Research Engineer at Bethlehem Steel Homer Research Laboratories. She is the author of over 150 government/industrial reports, presentations and publications. Prof. Dannemann served as President of the Society for Experimental Mechanics in 2017-18. She is a Fellow of ASM International, and also served on the Board of Trustees for ASM International from 2014-17. Dr. Dannemann has taught graduate and undergraduate courses, served as a counseler for the Society of Women Engineers student chapter at Trinity University for 10 years, and helped to initiate the ASM Teachers Materials Camp in San Antonio in conjunction with the Alamo Chapter of ASM International, the ASM Foundation, the US Air Force, and St. Mary's University.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Materials Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.S. Materials Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute B.S. Materials Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute",
    "name": "Kathryn Dannemann",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/dannemann.jpg",
    "title": "Director, Multidisciplinary Design Laboratory and Professor of Practice, Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/kathy-high": {
    "area": "media artist curator",
    "biography": "Kathy High, Professor of Video and New Media, is an interdisciplinary artist working in the area of technology, science and art. She produces videos, photographs, writings, performances and installations about gender and technology, empathy, and animal sentience. In the last ten years she has become interested in working with living systems, animals and art, considering the social, political and ethical dilemmas of biotechnology and surrounding industries. Her most recent art works include a video documentary about green or natural burials, entitled Death Down Under; and a performance/visual arts project called Blood Wars that uses white blood cells to test an individual\u2019s strengths (see http://vampirestudygroup.com/bloodwars/ ). These projects have allowed High to investigate areas such as decomposition and the immune system. High is also a scholar of the history of video technologies, systems and video art, and has a background in both writing and publishing (see e-felix.org for reference to a video art journal, FELIX, founded and edited by High in 1990s-2003). Her co-edited book The Emergence of Video Processing Tools: Television Becoming Unglued, with Sherry Miller Hocking of the Experimental Television Center, and Mona Jimenez of the Moving Image Preservation Program at NYU, on the history of video imaging tools will be published by Intellect Books (UK) in 2013. This text is the culmination of seven years of research into the histories of video imaging tool production in the USA. The book presents stories of the development of early video tools and systems designed and built by artists and technologists during the late 1960s and 70s, and how that history of collaborations among inventors, designers and artists has affected contemporary tool-makers. \u201cI\u2019m interested in notions of neo-dead - not really living, not really dead: The idea about immortality and the quest for immortality that I think drives a lot of scientific research,\u201d High said. \u201cVampire Study Group projects specifically look at the body, the biological manipulation of life, and present a dystopic view of the future of the human species. In cultural history vampires play on erotic fantasies and fears. Currently there is a surge of interest in the vampire myth seen in popular media with such television series as True Blood, and movies such as Twilight and Let the Right One In. This popular culture trend may be commenting on more than it knows about the state of society and science.\u201d Her video works touch on topics including body politics and the paranormal, and have been shown in festivals, galleries and museums both nationally and abroad, including the Guggenheim Museum, and Museum of Modern Art, NYC, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Ireland, Time Based Arts, Hull, U.K., Videotage Art Space, Hong Kong, as well as aired on PBS. She has received numerous awards for her video works including grants from The Rockefeller Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She has been an independent curator for a number of years, having started the video exhibition program at Hallwalls Gallery in Buffalo, NY, and curated the Microwave Festival in Hong Kong, as well as television series (REEL NEW YORK on WNET) and video exhibitions internationally. Her work, \u201cEmbracing Animal\u201d, was exhibited in \u201cBecoming Animal\u201d at MASS MoCA, North Adams.",
    "education": "M.A., Humanities, SUNY Buffalo",
    "name": "Kathy High",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/high.jpeg",
    "title": "Professor and Graduate Program Director, Arts"
  },
  "/keith-fraser": {
    "area": "Biochemistry Biophysics Computational Biology",
    "biography": "Dr. Fraser's research interests are broadly in the area of computational biology and how in silico models can be developed to advance our understanding of a range of biochemical mechanisms. These include protein folding, protein ligand interactions and drug toxicity.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Biology, (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), M.S. Biology, (St. John's University), B.S. Biology (St. John's University)",
    "name": "Keith Fraser",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Sr. Lecturer, Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/keith-taylor": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Keith Taylor",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/KeithTaylor_0.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/ken-ragsdale": {
    "biography": "Pacific Northwest native Kenneth Ragsdale is an Albany, NY based artist. His work, derived from personal memories; is process driven, focused on narrative, and involves a mixture of many artistic disciplines: drawing, painting, sculpture, paper-craft, theatre lighting, and photography. His recent work deals specifically with his own childhood narrative and it's metaphorical relationship with that of the growth of America as a nation. \"I associate reality with transience, and to the building up of memories, rather than with the concreteness of my present existence. What I think I remember is in a constant state of flux, the organization and arrangement of particulars controlled and altered by every new experience, to the point where even the mundane can be reformed into the epic. All of my work is made with the intention to examine what remains of the actual, reveal the process of alteration, and explore the possibilities of the fantastic. Every remembrance is a reinvention, and reality is not fixed, but in process.\" Though normally concerned with finding new and innovative ways of manufacturing a 2-dimensional image, Kenneth has recently altered the scope of his work to encompass the aspects of installation, human scale interaction, and collaborative curatorial projects. He is currently working in collaboration with associate professor Michael Oatman from the RPI School of Architecture on a multi-discipline project, which will pay homage to 'The Armory Show' of 1913 and to the history of its effect on the artistic life of the Capital Region. He has exhibited in many galleries, museums and arts venues, including: Cypriana Majernika Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, The High Line, New York, NY, Siena College, Loudonville, NY, Albany International Airport, Albany, NY, Amrose Sable Gallery, Albany, NY, Johnson Memorial Art Gallery, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY, Sicyon Gallery, Walla Walla, WA, Rochester Contemporary Arts Center, Rochester, NY, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR, Rockingham Arts & Museum Project, Bellows Falls, VT, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR, and Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Courses: Advanced Drawing (Arts 4200) and Basic Drawing (Arts 1200)",
    "education": "M.F.A., State University of New York at Albany",
    "name": "Ken Ragsdale",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/ragsdale.jpeg",
    "title": "Sr. Lecturer, Arts"
  },
  "/kenneth-connor": {
    "area": "engineering education plasma science and engineering electromagnetic theory wave propagation broadening participation in the engineering workforce",
    "biography": "Dr. Connor's research involves plasma physics, electromagnetics, photonics, biomedical sensors, engineering education, diversity in the engineering workforce, and technology enhanced learning. He learned problem solving from his father (who ran a gray iron foundry), his mother (a nurse) and grandparents (dairy farmers). He has had the great good fortune to always work with amazing people, most recently the members and leadership of the Inclusive Engineering Consortium (IEC) from HBCU and HSI ECE programs and the faculty, staff and students of the Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications (LESA) ERC, where he was Education Director until his retirement in 2018. He was RPI ECSE Department Head from 2001 to 2008 and served on the board of the ECE Department Heads Association (ECEDHA) from 2003 to 2008. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Electrophysics (NYU Tandon School of Engineering (aka Brooklyn Poly), 1975), M.S. Electrical Engineering (University of Wisconsin, 1970), B.S. Electrical Engineering (University of Wisconsin, 1968)",
    "name": "Kenneth A. Connor",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/kennethaconnorC_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/kenneth-l-simons": {
    "biography": "Ken Simons is an expert in the dynamics of industrial organization and technological change. His work has probed the causes of industry shakeouts, testing between alternative theories and exploring issues including sources of advantage to surviving firms and the role of technological innovation. He also explores related empirical topics, including the frequency of disruptive technological change, the ability of new information technologies to provide advantage to upstart companies, estimation methods for the need for environmentally beneficial technologies, and the mechanisms by which corporate governance changes affect firm productivity. \u201cA succession of research papers has probed the causes of shakeouts and rejected many hypothetical (often popular) theories,\u201d Simons said. \u201cInstead, a few early entrants with the right skills and backgrounds benefit from a spiral of advantage that helps them become dominant market leaders while other firms are driven to extinction.\u201d His ongoing project on disruptive technological change, funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the National Science Foundation, is apparently the largest-scale data collection project on disruptive technological change ever attempted, spanning about 100 industries over more than 100 years. Some of his recently published work includes \"Entrepreneurs Seeking Gains: Profit Motives and Risk Aversion in Inventors' Commercialization Decisions,\" in the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, \"Assessing the Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions on Firm Performance, Plant Productivity, and Workers: New Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data,\" in the Strategic Management Journal, and \"The U.S. National Innovation System,\" in the Encyclopedia of Technology and Innovation. Simons has served as Associate Editor of the International Journal of Industrial Organization, editorial board member of the Journal of Technology Marketing, and Chairman of the Network of Industrial Economists. He has organized numerous conferences related to industrial organization and technological change. His work is primarily empirical but also includes theoretical industrial organization, as well as simulation and computational methods. Curriculum Vitae Selected Publications",
    "education": "Ph.D., Dept. of Social & Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University M.Sc., Industrial Organization Economics, Carnegie Mellon University B.S., Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology",
    "name": "Kenneth L. Simons",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/simons.jpeg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Economics and HASS Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Economics"
  },
  "/kent-hsu": {
    "biography": "Dr. Cheng Hsu is Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Professor of Information Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY12180-3590. He earned a Ph.D. degree from the Ohio State University in Management Sciences (with a minor in Computer Science), MS in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Ohio State University, and BS in Industrial Engineering from Tunghai University, Taiwan. He served on Rensselaer's Faculty Council, Faculty Senate, and various other academic committees at the school and institute levels (e.g., the Institute-wide BS-IT and MS-IT curricula committees). He has been a keynote speaker to a number of international meetings in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Italy, and Canada, as well as in the US. Dr. Hsu is currently engaging in research on service science, with a focus on service design and system design. He developed a thoery of Digital Connections Scaling to help explain the dynamics of new service in the connected world. The theory recognizes population-wide connected value cocreation among persons and organizations as a transforming mode of production for Knowledge Economy, and thereby analyzes new busness designs and service system design laws. A new model accompanies the theory: Hyper-Networks, which engages the emerging network science to provide insights into the analytic nature of connected value cocreation. New system design methods aim at helping scale IS up to the populations of customers, providers, and resources; down to individual users; and transformational to cross-sectional collaboration. The theory is also suported by such results as instrumentation of the environments (using, e.g., RFID systems, wireless sensor networks), Cyber-Infrastructure-Assisted Enterprises, and the market approach to open and scalable information exchange. He is a believer of person-centered models on the Internet. In addition to the above original work on serfvice science, Dr. Hsu is also devoted to studying sustainability design for products and production systems, and alternative energy system design for micro grids at the community level. The originator of the Metadatabase and Two-Stage Entity-Relationship Models, Dr. Hsu's work have contributed to much of the research on these topics as reported in this Web site, Enterprise Integration and Modeling. He has been a principal investigator of Rensselaer's Computer-Integrated Manufacturing and Adaptive Integrated Manufacturing programs, and a number of other government- and industry-sponsored projects. The sponsors include companies such as Alcoa, Digital, GE, GM, IBM, and Samsung Electronics, and government sources such as the U.S. National Science Foundation, Army Research, New York State, and NATO. Dr. Hsu teaches Multi-disciplinary Capstone Engineering Design, Discrete Systems Simulation, Databases, e-Business engineering, and Information Systems. His publications include a number of books and edited volumes, and over a hundred scholarly papers in a number of archivaljournals and proceedings. He is a member of AIS, IEEE and ASEE. He has served and continue to serve on the editorial board for several journals and organizations, including, e.g., IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Ohio State University Management Sciences M.S., Ohio State University Industrial and Systems Engineering B.S., Tunghai University Industrial Engineering",
    "name": "Kent Hsu",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Hsu2.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Industrial and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/kevin-housley": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Kevin Housley",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/kevin-rose": {
    "area": "Aquatic Ecology Biogeochemistry Advanced Environmental Sensors Computational Modeling",
    "biography": "Dr. Kevin Rose received his Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology from Miami University studying the causes and consequences of variation in ultraviolet radiation in aquatic ecosystems. Following his Ph.D., Dr. Rose went on to a postdoctoral fellowship at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship at the U.S. National Science Foundation, and a postdoctoral appointment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Rose joined at the Department of Biological Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2015 as the Frederic R. Kolleck \u201952 Career Development Chair in Freshwater Ecology. Dr. Rose\u2019s research spans aquatic ecology and biogeochemistry to understand how natural and anthropogenic processes affect the structure and function of freshwater ecosystems. A goal of his lab group is to forecast the future state of lake ecosystems in a regional to global context, with an emphasis on understanding how freshwater ecosystems are changing in response to local to global changes in land use and climate. This interdisciplinary research draws on skills in biology, ecology, biogeochemistry, advanced environmental sensors, and computational modeling. Publications can be found at: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jii1BdYAAAAJ&hl=en Dr. Rose's lab website can be found at: http://aquatics-lab.weebly.com/",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Miami University (OH); B.A. in International Relations, Lehigh University; B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Lehigh University",
    "name": "Kevin Rose",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Rose_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Frederic R. Kolleck \u201952 Career Development Chair in Freshwater Ecology, Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/kevin-stewart": {
    "biography": "Kevin R. Stewart, is an entrepreneur with more than 30 years experience in the development of new technologies, building teams and delivering new solutions to the marketplace. He is currently an Adjunct Professor in the schools of Science and Engineering at RPI, where he teaches a course titled \u201cBusiness Issues for Engineers and Scientists\u201d. After receiving a BA in Chemistry from WVU, Randy began his career as a chemist with the Eastman Kodak, synthesizing photo chemicals for new and existing Kodak products. Two years of industrial chemistry sent Randy off to graduate school where he earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry from NCSU, while publishing on topics related to structure and bonding in organometallic chemistry. Dr. Stewart then traveled to Harvard University as a National Institutes of Health Fellow and expanded his studies on solid materials to include the chemistry and physics of surfaces. He joined GE Corporate R&D, first as a member of a technology team, and then given greater responsibilities building new exploratory research efforts. When GE exited defense industries in 1993, Randy acquired a technology for optical data transfer that was being developed by GE for aerospace applications, and with continued support from the U.S. DOD, he formed MOEC (Molecular OptoElectronics Corp.). Under his guidance, MOEC became an international supplier of fiber optic components to the telecom industry, providing awarding winning products for optical power control in fiber optic network systems. In 2003, with the collapse of the telecom industrial sector, Randy lead the wind down of MOEC; selling the assets to other companies. In 2017, Dr. Stewart organized the restructuring of Prism Solar Technologies followed by a merger with Genie Energy Ltd., (NYSE:GNE), where he is currently CEO of Plus EnerG Inc., an energy systems designer, which owns Prism Solar Technologies, Inc. Dr. Stewart has been awarded 25 patents and has authored 26 peer review technical publications. He has served on numerous committees for the National Science Foundation and the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority. He was a member of the NSF Panel creating the Advanced Materials and Processing Program (AMPP), and served on the external advisory group for the Consortium for Lightforce Dynamics in the Department of Physics at Harvard University.",
    "name": "Kevin Stewart",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/KRS%20portrait.jpg",
    "title": "Adjunct Professor, School of Engineering"
  },
  "/kolel-pryor": {
    "area": "3D Digital Art Game Art Virtual Reality",
    "biography": "Kolel Pryor is a 3D artist and Lecturer of the Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences program at Rensselaer. He is Capital Region born and raised and values the social roots and local connections he has maintained thus far. As a 3D artist and game developer, Kolel has worked on various games and simulation projects, both academically and professionally. These works include mobile projects, virtual reality applications, and children's console games. While predominantly focused on 3D art, he has also ventured into programming and other skill sets on occasion given project and team needs. He strives to never lose sight of the student-of-life mentality. Always looking for ways to continue developing and trying new experiences to better himself as a 3D artist, educator, and most importantly a human being.",
    "education": "B.F.A. in 3D Digital Design with Game Design Minor, Rochester Institute of Technology",
    "name": "Kolel Pryor",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Profile_04.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, GSAS"
  },
  "/konstantin-kuzmin": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Konstantin Kuzmin",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/kuzmik2%40rpi.edu_KonstantinKuzmin_Square.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Computer Science"
  },
  "/koushik-kar": {
    "area": "routing and traffic management in computer networks congestion control and fair resource allocation ad-hoc and sensor networks",
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Koushik Kar",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/koushikkar_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/kristen-l-mills": {
    "area": "Cell and tissue biomechanics Experimental mechanics of materials",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D. University of Michigan",
    "name": "Kristen L. Mills",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/klmills_maneweb.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/kristin-bennett": {
    "area": "Machine Learning, Data Mining, Data Science Artificial Intelligence Combining operations research and artificial intelligence problem solving methods. Mathematical programming approaches to problems in artificial intelligence such as machine learning, neural networks, pattern recognition, and planning. Application of these techniques to medical, financial and scientific problems. Fairness and Equity in ML, AI and Health Innovative pedagogy in data analytics education. Bioinformatics and Cheminformatics",
    "biography": "Dr. Bennett brings over 30 years of research experience in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and their applications to problems in health, science, and industry. Her research specialty is working with people with problems and data and then developing novel machine learning and AI models and work flows to solve their problems. She serves as Associate Director of Institute of Data Exploration and Applications (IDEA). Her role is to both lead major data science research projects, develop and lead teams for new research projects, and create data science research education programs. Her work with industry includes projects with GE (PI) and Global Foundries (co-Pi). She have been PI or Co-Pi on many data science research projects funded by GE (PI), Global Foundries (co-PI), Albany Capital District Physicians Health Plan (HMO, PI), IBM (co-PI), United Health Foundation/OPTUM Labs (PI), HBI Solutions (Healthcare Data Science, PI), Albany Medical Center (Hospital, PI), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (co-PI), NIH (PI and co-PI) and NSF (PI and co-PI). She has worked with electronic medical records and public health data to develop solutions to problems such as Treatment Effect Estimation, Emergency Department Readmission, Critical Care Management, and High Cost Medicare Patients. She works in emerging research areas such as health equity, ML fairness, and synthetic health data. She has been program chair and area chair, PC member and/or organizer for conferences in machine learning, data mining, and operations research including KDD, AAAI, Intl. Conf. on Continuous Optimization, International Conference on Machine Learning, NIPS, IEEE Conf. on Data Mining, COLT, INFORMS, and SIAM ICDM. She has over 130 research publications. She has been a plenary speaker at major conferences including AAAI, IJCNN, and IEEE BIBM. She founded and directs the Data INCITE Lab which does novel applied data analytics research. Data INCITE fully integrates education and research. Over 250 undergrad students have done research in Lab on real problems for actual clients resulting in publications and applications. Recent awards from her group include \u201cMortalityMinder\u201d https://mortalityminder.idea.rpi.edu which was a winner in the AHRQ Visualization of Social Determinants of Health Contest, 2019 and Best Student paper at ACM BCB 2021.",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1993 M.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1989 B.S., University of Puget Sound, 1985",
    "name": "Kristin Bennett",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Bennett_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Director of the IDEA, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/kurt-s-anderson": {
    "area": "Multibody Dynamics Space Vehicle Design and Simulation Advanced Algorithm Development Molecular Dynamics",
    "biography": "After receiving his BS degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1982, Dr. Anderson went on to earn a MS in the area of dynamic systems and control from the same institution in 1984. He then spent the next two years working in the areas of dynamics, structural dynamics, and controls for TRW Space and Technology in Redondo Beach, California. After this period, he entered the Ph.D. program in Applied and Computational Mechanics at Stanford University, earning his degree in 1990. Dr. Anderson then accepted a position as researcher and principal dynamics engineering at TRW where he was associated with various spacecraft and research programs. In late 1991 Dr. Anderson was invited to Germany for a two-year period as a visiting scholar, lecturer, and research fellow at the Technische Hochscule - Darmstadt. In 1993 he joined the faculty of the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mechanics, and Aviation at The Ohio State University, in Columbus where he remained until coming to Rensselaer",
    "education": "Ph.D. Stanford University",
    "name": "Kurt S. Anderson",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Kurt_Anderson_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/kyle-r-wilt": {
    "area": "Wireless ultrasonic power transmission and digital communication Piezoelectric transducer theory and design Acoustic and ultrasonic wave theory Embedded systems",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (Rensselaer Polytechnic Instutute, 2012), B.S. Mechanical Engineering (Rensselaer Polytechnic Instutute, 2006)",
    "name": "Kyle R. Wilt",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/headshot.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/lael-b-peters": {
    "area": "Organizational Behavior Information Technology",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "B.S., Industrial Management, Clarkson University; M.B.A., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute",
    "name": "Lael B. Peters",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Clinical Associate Professor, Hartford"
  },
  "/larry-d-reid": {
    "biography": "Larry Reid has made significant contributions to the psychology and neuroscience of pleasure. Some of his most influential work is cited often, including several articles in Physiological Psychology, Pharmacology Biochemistry & Behavior, Alcohol, and the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. \u201cThroughout my career, beginning with my doctoral dissertation, I have been interested in the psychology and neuroscience of pleasure,\u201d said Reid. \u201cFor many years, I studied the \u201cpleasure-producing\u201d effects of direct electrical stimulation of the brain in laboratory subjects. I developed a novel way of measuring \u201cpleasure\u201d among rats, the conditioned place preference test (a widely used test used, for example, in assaying the emotional effects of drugs in laboratory animals). The interest in pleasure led to an interest in studying the behaviors associated with the activity of endogenous opioid system (for example, I verified that the endogenous opioid system\u2019s activity was involved with eating and with the intake of alcoholic beverages). Such studies provided the basic science for the development of medicines to curb alcoholism.\u201d Reid\u2019s current interest is in improving the treatment of alcoholism, by using knowledge of cognitive science, in helping to develop computer-assisted game-like programs to augment current therapies. He has a particular interest in the unique effects of alcohol in girls and women. Reid is a fellow in the American Psychological Association, the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society, and the Association for Psychological Science.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Psychology, University of Utah M.S., Psychology, University of Missouri B.S., Biology, Central Missouri State College",
    "name": "Larry D. Reid",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/reid.jpeg",
    "title": "Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Cognitive Science"
  },
  "/lee-ligon": {
    "area": "Cell Biology Neurosocience",
    "biography": "In the Ligon lab, we are interested in how cells function in the three-dimensional world. We study the internal structure of the cell, the cytoskeleton, and how it is organized to generate and maintain the complex 3D shape of differentiated cells. We also study how cells interact with their environment, in particular how cancer cells interact with the tissue surrounding the tumor, also known as the tumor microenvironment. We use a combination of live-cell imaging and other cell biological, biochemical and molecular techniques to examine cell structure, dynamics and function in the context of the living cell. Some cells, such as those of the nervous system, have elaborate three-dimensional shapes that are essential to their specialized activities. We study the microtubule cytoskeleton, a complex network of protein polymers that are essential to establish and maintain cell structure. Microtubules have several functions in the cell: they are mechanical and structural elements; they serve as tracks for long-distance movements of organelles and other cargoes; and they can play a direct role in biochemical signaling cascades. We are investigating how certain sub-populations of microtubules are biochemically specialized for specific cellular functions by a combination of sub-cellular location, post-translational modifications, and interactions with other proteins. We are also investigating the role of the tumor microenvironment in the metastatic progression of cancer cells. Both the cells and the non-cellular elements of the tissue surrounding a tumor can play a significant role in whether or not a tumor cell will become invasive. We are using the tools of cell biology and biochemistry, as well as novel biomimetic materials, to explore the role of abnormal cell-cell interactions and cell-matrix interactions in a breast cancer model system. Outside of the lab, I am very involved in efforts to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in science. I serve as the co-chair of the RPI LGBTQ+ Task Force, as well as the co-chair of the LGBTQ+ Task Force for the American Society for Cell Biology. I am also involved in efforts to promote effective scientific outreach, communication, and evidence-based policy, and serve as the co-chair of the Public Information Committee for the American Society for Cell Biology.",
    "education": "Ph.D. University of Virginia Neuroscience Postdoctoral training, University of Pennsylvania Cell Biology, Biochemistry",
    "name": "Lee Ligon",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/ligon_crop2.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Dean of Science for Academic Affairs, Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/lee-newberg": {
    "area": "Computational biology Statistical biology",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "S.B. Mathematics, MIT; S.B. Physics, MIT; M.S. Computer Science, UC Berkeley; Ph.D. Computer Science, UC Berkeley.",
    "name": "Lee Newberg",
    "portrait": "http://www.rpi.edu/~newbel/Newberg0311.jpg",
    "title": "Research Associate Professor"
  },
  "/lee-odell": {
    "area": "Composition Theory",
    "biography": "Professor Odell's published work includes Evaluating Writing, Research on Composing, Writing in Non-Academic Settings and Theory and Practice in the Teaching of Writing. He serves on a number of editorial boards of scholarly journals, including the Journal of Business and Technical Communication and the Journal of Advanced Composition. His articles have received the CCCC Richard Braddock Award and the NCTE Publication Award for research on technical communication. He has also served as Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) and of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Assembly for Research. \u201cMy main scholarly interest currently is in solving a problem increasingly faced by \u2018writing\u2019 teachers,\u201d Odell said. \u201cWriting courses now routinely involve not only written media but video and other forms of multimedia that, on the face of it, are substantially different from conventional prose essays. Currently I am developing a theoretical framework that will allow writing teachers to integrate the teaching and assessment of the full range of communicative media, from written essays to web sites, poster presentations, and videos.\u201d In addition to his teaching, Professor Odell's long service as Associate Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences has been essential in establishing the HASS core curriculum.",
    "education": "Ph.D, English and Education, University of Michigan M.A.T, English and Education, University of North Carolina B.A., English, Maryville College",
    "name": "Lee Odell",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Odell%20Lee.jpeg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Communication and Media"
  },
  "/leo-q-wan": {
    "area": "organ-on-a-chip BioMEMS tissue engineering cell chirality cell biomechanics tissue biomechanics",
    "biography": "Leo received both B.S. and M. Eng. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Columbia University, where he became a post-doc on stem cells and tissue engineering. He joined the Biomedical Engineering Department at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as an assistant professor in 2011, and became an associate professor in 2016. Leo's research is focused on developing novel strategies for tissue regeneration/repair, and establishing innovative organ-on-a-chip devices for disease diagnosis and drug screening. His lab unitizes interdisciplinary approaches including micro-/nanofabrication, stem cells, tissue engineering, biomaterial, cell/tissue biomechanics, and bioimaging. Leo is a Pew scholar (Class 2013), and recipient of NIH Director's New Innovator Award, National Science Foundation Early Career Award, American Heart Association Scientist Development Grant, and the March of Dimes Basil O\u2019Connor Starter Scholar Research Award. Leo is a fellow of AHA (FAHA).",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University 2007 M.Eng. in Fluid Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) 2001 B.S. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) 1998",
    "name": "Leo Q. Wan",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/wanq.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Biomedical Engineering"
  },
  "/leonard-kelly": {
    "area": "Data Analysis and Decision Making Statistical Analysis Quantitative Methods",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "B.S., U.S. Coast Guard Academy; M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; M.S., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., University of Connecticut",
    "name": "Leonard Kelly",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/kellyl2.jpg",
    "title": "Clinical Professor, Hartford"
  },
  "/leonard-v-interrante": {
    "area": "Inorganic and Materials chemistry Organosilicon polymers Ceramic precursors Low-k dielectric materials",
    "biography": "Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1964-68 Research Scientist, General Electric Corp. Res. & Devel., SCH, NY, 1968-85 Professor of Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1985-2013 Emeritus Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2013 - present (Founding) Editor-in-chief of Chemistry of Materials. 1988-2013 Research in inorganic and materials chemistry: supervised 22 graduate students (18 Ph.D., 3 M.S. degrees granted), 10 undergrads. and 18 postdoctoral associates Over 200 peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals, 9 patents, 6 books edited. >5000 citations; h-index 43",
    "education": "B.A., Chemistry, University of California at Riverside, 1960 Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1964 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, University College London 1963-4",
    "name": "Leonard V. Interrante",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/LVI%20photo%20final.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Chemistry and Chemical Biology"
  },
  "/lester-rubenfeld": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Lester Rubenfeld",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Director, CIPCE/Prof, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/li-emily-liu": {
    "area": "Neutron Scattering Dynamics of Water Structure and Dynamics of Nano-Materials and Macro-Molecules Radiation Damage",
    "biography": "Dr. Li (Emily) Liu is an Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). She is the recipient of various honors and awards including a Career Campaign Award from the RAMP-UP Program of RPI (2009), a Nuclear Regulatory Commission Faculty Development Award (2008), and the Cozzarelli Prize for the article: \u201cThe Violation of the Stokes-Einstein Relation in Supercooled Water\u201d, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (2006).",
    "education": "Ph.D. Massachusetts Instititute of Technology",
    "name": "Li (Emily) Liu",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/liue.jpg",
    "title": "Professor and Department Head, Industrial and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/linda-mcgown": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Linda McGown",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Chemistry and Chemical Biology"
  },
  "/liping-huang": {
    "area": "Thermal sensors Porous materials Nanomaterials Glass materials Energy Computational modeling Ceramic materials",
    "biography": "Dr. Huang received her B.E. and M.E. degrees from Zhejiang University, China in 1996 and 1999, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Materials Science and Engineering in 2004. She did her postdoctoral work at the University of Michigan and North Carolina State University before joining the faculty at RPI in 2008. She won the Norbert J. Kreidl Award, the highest honor bestowed upon a student by the Glass and Optical Materials Division of the American Ceramic Society in 2003. In 2009, she was a recipient of the Defense Treat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Young Investigator Award and the RAMP-UP Career Campaign Award from Rensselaer. In 2013, she won the National Science Foundation CAREER award and the Alfred H. Geisler Memorial Award from the Eastern NY ASM Chapter. In 2018 Dr. Huang was appointed Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs in the School of Engineering.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004), M.S. Materials Science and Engineering (Zhejiang University, China, 1999), B.S. Materials Science and Engineering (Zhejiang University, China, 1996)",
    "name": "Liping Huang",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Liping%20Huang_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, School of Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/lirong-xia": {
    "area": "computational social choice game theory mechanism design machine learning decision making under uncertainty prediction markets",
    "biography": "Lirong Xia is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Prior to joining RPI in 2013, he was a CRCS fellow and NSF CI Fellow at the Center for Research on Computation and Society at Harvard University. He received his PhD in Computer Science and MA in Economics from Duke University. His research focuses on the intersection of computer science and microeconomics, in particular computational social choice, game theory, mechanism design, and prediction markets. He is an associate editor of Mathematical Social Sciences and is on the editorial board of Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research. He is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award, a Simons-Berkeley Research Fellowship, and was named as one of \"AI's 10 to watch 2015\" by IEEE Intelligent Systems.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Computer Science, Duke University M.A. Economics, Duke University B.E. Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China",
    "name": "Lirong Xia",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Xia_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Computer Science"
  },
  "/liu-liu": {
    "area": "Computer Architecture Machine Learning Systems",
    "biography": "Liu Liu has been with the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) as an assistant professor since July 2022. He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science at University of California, Santa Barbara. His research interests reside in the intersection between computer architecture and machine learning, towards high-performance, energy-efficient, and robust machine intelligence. He leads the research on Elastic Processing & Hardware Architectures, with publications in top-tier conferences on machine learning and computer architecture (e.g., ICML, ICLR, MICRO, and ASPLOS). He earned an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UC Santa Barbara in 2015. He is a recipient of the Peter J Frenkel Fellowship from the Institute of Energy Efficiency at UCSB.",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2022 M.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2015 B.E. in Optoelectronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 2013",
    "name": "Liu Liu",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Liu-ECSE.jpeg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/lonn-combs": {
    "biography": "Lonn Combs studied architecture at the University of Kentucky in the United States, where he received his first professional degree in architecture in 1992. He later received a post-professional degree at Columbia University in New York City, in 2001. Lonn Combs co-founded EASTON+COMBS in 2004 with over ten years of professional experience in Germany, China, and the U.S. He received professional licensure in Germany in 1996 and in the U.S. in 2002. Throughout this period he participated in architectural projects of many scales and program types, from housing and public institutional buildings in re-unified Berlin to public transportation architecture in Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia. In tandem with the founding of EASTON+COMBS, he began teaching design studios and has taught at Pratt Institute, City College of New York, and Cornell University. He has served as the Assistant Chair and then the Acting Chair of Undergraduate Architecture at Pratt Institute from 2007-2010. Lonn Combs is currently Clinical Associate Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.",
    "name": "Lonn Combs",
    "portrait": "http://www.eastoncombs.com/images/Lonn%20Combs.jpg",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, School of Architecture"
  },
  "/lorelei-wagner": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Lorelei Wagner",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Adjunct, Communication and Media"
  },
  "/lucy-t-zhang": {
    "area": "Numerical Modeling Computational Fluid Dynamics Fluid-Structure Interactions Biomechanics",
    "biography": "Lucy T. Zhang, Ph.D. received her B.S from Binghamton University in 1998, and obtained her M.S and Ph.D from Northwestern University in 2000 and 2003, respectively. Upon the completion of her Ph.D. in 2003, she joined the Mechanical Engineering department at Tulane University in New Orleans as an assistant professor. In 2006, she became a faculty in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at RPI. Her research focuses on computational mechanics with special emphasis on fluid-structure interactions, computational biomechanics, and multiscale modeling of interfacial interactions.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Northwestern University",
    "name": "Lucy T Zhang",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/zhang_lucy_web_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/luigi-vanfretti": {
    "area": "electric power engineering power systems system identification electrified transportation modeling and simulation of cyber-physical systems real-time hardware-in-the-loop simulation synchrophasor measurements eVTOL electrified aircraft",
    "biography": "Luigi Vanfretti (SMIEEE\u201914) obtained the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electric power engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA, in 2007 and 2009, respectively. He was with KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, as Assistant 2010-2013), and Associate Professor (Tenured) and Docent (2013-2017/August); where he lead the SmarTS Lab and research group. He also worked at Statnett SF, the Norwegian electric power transmission system operator, as consultant (2011 - 2012), and Special Advisor in R&D (2013 - 2016). He joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in August 2017, to continue to develop his research and laboratory, ALSETLab. His research focuses on \"electrified systems\" (e.g. from power grids to electrified aircraft), developing cyber-physical models for stability analysis and control design, measurement data-based methods for analysis and control (including machine learning), and the implementation and testing of software tools and hardware prototypes. His research interests are in the area of cyber-physical system modeling, simulation, stability and control; with applications to power and energy systems, power electronics and more recently, transport electrification, including hybrid-electric propulsion for aircraft and electrical vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL).",
    "education": "Post Doc., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2010. Ph.D in Electric Power Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2009. MSc in Electric Power Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2007. Major: Electric Power. Minor: Control Systems. Visiting Researcher, The University of Glasgow, Fall 2005. Electrical Engineering Degree, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Spring 2005.",
    "name": "Luigi Vanfretti",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/vanfrl_LuigiVanfretti_SocialMedia.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/luiz-victor-repolho-cagliari": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Luiz Victor Repolho Cagliari",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/lydia-manikonda": {
    "area": "Information Systems Modeling Online User Interactions Privacy, Ethics and Intelligent Systems",
    "biography": "Lydia Manikonda is an Assistant Professor in the Lally School of Management who is also affiliated with the AIRC at RPI. Her passion is to build intelligent decision-making models that are capable of learning and reasoning. These models are built to address problems in the areas of business, public health and Technology. Her multidisciplinary research aims at using alternate sources of information such as social media platforms, online discussion forums, news articles, etc. to build models for analysis and decision-making. So far, her research work has received several media mentions, a best reviewer award at ICWSM 2016 and an outstanding demonstration award at ICAPS 2014. Lydia received her PhD in Computer Science from Arizona State University in 2019. More information about her research and publications can be found here: website or Google Scholar",
    "education": "Ph.D. Computer Science Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona M.S. Computer Science and Engineering International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India B.Tech (Hons) Computer Science and Engineering International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India",
    "name": "Lydia Manikonda",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/LManikonda_0.jpeg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Lally School of Management"
  },
  "/m-hakan-hekimoglu": {
    "area": "Supply Chain Management Business Analytics",
    "biography": "Dr. Hekimoglu's research addresses interdisciplinary problems at the interface of supply chain management, finance and analytics with an emphasis on managing uncertainty and risk in complex supply chain problems. As a versatile researcher, he employs both mathematical and empirical methodologies in formulating and analyzing problems that exhibit disruption risk as well as uncertainties in various forms (e.g., supply, demand, quality, price, information). Industry collaborations have a key role in his process of developing practically relevant research questions. Dr. Hekimoglu has published papers in prominent journals such as Manufacturing & Service Operations Management , Production and Operations Management , and Decision Sciences . He has been the recipient of several awards and honors: Recipient of the A. W. Lawrence Junior Development Fellowship (2020), runner-up in the MSOM iFORM Best Paper Award (2018), awardee at the Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2017), and recipient of the Best Published Paper Award from Lally School of Management (2016). Dr. Hekimoglu's research has also been featured in prestigious non-academic outlets including Forbes , RobertParker.com , and London International Vintners Exchange (Liv-ex) . Download Dr. Hekimoglu's CV",
    "education": "PhD in Supply Chain Management, Syracuse University MA in Economics, Syracuse University MS in Finance, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey BS in Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey",
    "name": "M. Hakan Hekimoglu",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/hekimoglu.jpeg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management and A. W. Lawrence Junior Development Fellow, Lally School of Management"
  },
  "/mahmood-hameed": {
    "area": "Fiber Optic Communications Digital Signal Processing Analog and Digital Circuit Design",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D. University of Kansas",
    "name": "Mahmood Hameed",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/profile_pic.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/malik-magdon-ismail": {
    "area": "Learning from Data; theory and applications. Computational Finance Social and Communication Networks; Hidden Groups. Inference and Search on Volunteer Computing Platforms Collective Wisdom in Multi-agent Systems; Prediction Markets.",
    "biography": "Dr. Magdon-Ismail has been a Professor of Computer Science since 2000. After degrees at Yale and Caltech, Dr. Magdon-Ismail was a research scholar at Caltech before joining Rensselaer as Assistant Professor of Computer Science. His interests are in decision making from data in complex systems, including machine learning, computational finance and social and communication networks. He enjoys poker, bridge, squash, tennis and badminton. For a full bio and more details, please visit his web page.",
    "education": "B.S. , Physics, Yale University, 1993. M.S. , Physics California Institute of Technology, 1995. PhD. , EE/Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1998.",
    "name": "Malik Magdon-Ismail",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Ismail_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Computer Science"
  },
  "/manoj-shah": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Manoj Shah",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/ManojShah.jpg",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/marcelo-r-m-crespo-da-silva": {
    "area": "Dynamics Nonlinear Vibrations Perturbation Methods Computerized Symbolic Manipulation",
    "biography": "Professor Crespo da Silva received his undergraduate engineering degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and his M. Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford. He was a National Research Council postdoctoral research associate at NASA Ames Research Center in California working on satellite dynamics, which was the subject of his doctoral thesis. He joined the Rensselaer faculty in 1986 after rising through the ranks from assistant professor to professor in the aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics department at the University of Cincinnati. On a sabbatical leave during the first half of 1983 he continued research work on helicopter rotor blade dynamics in the Aeromechanics Laboratory at Ames Research Center. His main interests are dynamics (including structural dynamics, satellite dynamics, and helicopter dynamics) and nonlinear oscillations. He has a number of publications in these areas, and received research grants from NASA, the U. S. Air Force, the U. S. Army Research Office, and the National Science Foundation. He is a member of the American Academy of Mechanics, Senior Member of AIAA, and Fellow of the ASME.",
    "education": "B. Engrg, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; M.Sc. and Ph.D., Stanford University",
    "name": "Marcelo R. M. Crespo da Silva",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/margaret-mcdermott": {
    "area": "Strategic Management",
    "biography": "Professor McDermott brings to the classroom significant industry experience in technical/business fields, having held positions in Marketing with Fairchild Space Company, as well as several years in product development at Alcatel Network Systems. Professor McDermott's research explores the measurement of organizational competencies, as well as the strategic implications of decision making in hospitals, examining firm competencies, hospital focus, and their relationship with organizational performance.",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Management, University at Albany; B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Duke University",
    "name": "Margaret A McDermott",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/mcdermp_0.jpg",
    "title": "Sr. Lecturer, Lally School of Management"
  },
  "/margarita-kirova-snover": {
    "area": "medicinal chemistry organic synthesis",
    "biography": "Dr. Margarita Kirova-Snover is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. Prior to joining Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2011, she was a Senior Research Scientist I in the Medicinal Chemistry Department at AMRI, Inc. (Albany Molecular Research). Dr. Kirova-Snover is active in the continued improvement of chemical education and mentoring program in organic chemistry lecture and laboratory.",
    "education": "Postdoctoral Scholar (Organic Chemistry), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ph.D. (Chemistry), Wayne State University M.S. (Chemistry), Western Kentucky University Dipl. Chem. Eng. (Chemical Engineering), Higher Institute of Chemical Technology, Sofia",
    "name": "Margarita Kirova-Snover",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/kirovm%40rpi.edu_MargaritaKirova-Snover_Square.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Chemistry and Chemical Biology"
  },
  "/mariah-hahn": {
    "biography": "Mariah Hahn received her Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering in 1998 from the University of Texas, from which she graduated with highest honors. She continued her education at Stanford, where she received a Masters degree in electrical engineering in 2001. She completed her PhD studies in vocal fold regeneration at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2004. During her PhD and post-doctoral studies, Dr. Hahn was trained by two leaders in tissue engineering and biomaterials - Dr. Robert Langer and Dr. Jennifer West. In 2005, Dr. Hahn joined the department of chemical engineering at Texas A&M University, College Station, as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor in 2011. She joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as an associate professor of biomedical engineering in 2012. Her research interests include elucidating cell-biomaterial interactions so as to rationally guide bone and vascular regeneration. Her research has culminated in over 50 research articles. Dr. Hahn is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award (2010), the American Heart Association Scientist Development Award (2008), and the American Society of Engineering Education GSW Young Faculty Award (2009). Prof. Hahn was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) for her contributions to the field of tissue engineering and biomaterials.",
    "education": "PhD., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT (2004) M.S., Electrical Engineering, Stanford (2001) B.S., Chemical Engineeering, UT Austin (1998)",
    "name": "Mariah Hahn",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/hahnm.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Biomedical Engineering"
  },
  "/marianne-nyman": {
    "area": "Water Quality Biomaterials Biochemical Engineering Aquatics",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D. Environmental Engineering (Purdue University, 1997), M.S. Organic Chemistry (University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 1991) B.S. Chemistry (University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 1990)",
    "name": "Marianne Nyman",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/nyman_mariannePIC.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering"
  },
  "/marjorie-mcshane": {
    "area": "linguistics cognitive modeling natural language processing",
    "biography": "Marge McShane develops cognitive models of intelligent agents that can collaborate with people in task-oriented, dialog applications. While at heart a linguist, she is particularly interested in the integration of functionalities that are often treated in isolation, such as physiological simulation, emotion modeling, and the many aspects of cognition. One aspect of cognition to which she has devoted particular attention is natural language processing, approached from a cross-linguistic perspective and with the goal of producing machine-tractable descriptions that can support sophisticated conversational agents. She has also worked extensively on cognitive modeling in the medical domain, to support the configuration of intelligent agents playing the roles of virtual patients and tutors in training applications such as the Maryland Virtual Patient system. Guided by the functional needs of such agents, McShane has been working on modeling \u201cmindreading\u201d (otherwise known as mental model ascription), defined as inferring features of another human or artificial agent that cannot be directly observed, such as that agent's beliefs, plans, goals, intentions, personality traits, mental and emotional states, and knowledge about the world. This capability is essential if intelligent agents are to engage in sophisticated collaborations with people. McShane has authored two books, A Theory of Ellipsis (Oxford University Press, 2005) and An Innovative, Practical Approach to Polish Inflection (Lincom Europa, 2003), and recently co-authored a third, Linguistics for the Age of AI (with Sergei Nirenburg; MIT Press, 2021). Beyond books, she has published extensively on linguistics, natural language processing, cognitive modeling, and knowledge representation.",
    "education": "PhD, Slavic Languages and Literatures, Princeton University",
    "name": "Marjorie McShane",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Marjorie-McShane.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Cognitive Science"
  },
  "/mark-foster": {
    "biography": "Mark Foster is a full time percussionist and educator. A member of the Grammy winning Albany Symphony Orchestra for over 40 years, he has performed with them at Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center and has recorded over two dozen albums with them on CRI, Naxos, Koch, Albany and Decca labels. Additionally he has performed several seasons with the Williamstown Theatre Festival, including Bridges of Madision County (winner of 2 Tonys), Far From Heaven, Legendary Romance and Unknown Soldier. His performances with the New York State Theatre institute took him to Moscow and Jordan. He was named Best Crossover Musician in Times-Union\u2019s Annual \u201cBest Of\u201d Awards. In addition to RPI, Mark continues to teach at the College of St. Rose where he conducts the Percussion Ensemble and teaches Music Performance and Industry Majors, a position he has held for over twenty years. As co-conductor of the Empire State Youth Percussion Ensemble, he has brought the group to perform at the Eastman School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Queens College, Purchase College, Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Orlando. Florida, and the New Jersey Day of Percussion. The group was recently invited to collaborate in a program at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center with the Philobolus Dance Company. Additionally, ESYPE was invited by the Albany Symphony to perform works commissioned for them by young leading composers as well as a celebration of the works of Joan Tower. As a freelance drum set performer he has appeared in clubs across the country backing artists such as Ellen Mcilwaine, Wanda Jackson, Bill Kirchen, Billy C. Farlow and Jay Traynor. He has opened for Ringo Starr, the Hollies with Graham Nash, Modern English, Levon Helm, David Nail, Men Without Hats, Average White Band, Ambrosia, Jefferson Starship and Third World. He has performed onstage and recorded with Stewart Copeland. He has also performed in larger backing ensembles with the Moody Blues, Aretha Franklin and Dennis DeYoung. He has appeared in the Smithsonian Channel\u2019s special on Wanda Jackson and on commercially released videos performing with the Moscow Musical Theatre for Children. As a member of the Empire Jazz Orchestra, he has performed with Rufus Reid, Lew Soloff, Randy Brecker, Benny Golson, Dave Holland and numerous others. He has also performed at the Newport Jazz Festival with the Albany Big Jazz Band. Mark has written articles and been a clinician on technology in percussion for Percussive Arts Society. He has also presented a drum set clinic for the annual NYSSMA Conference. Additionally, he has beta tested pgmusic\u2019s Band-In-A-Box program for the past decade. He is a member of the Sabian Education Network and the D\u2019Addario Education Collective. Mark has a private teaching and recording studio in Glenmont, NY.",
    "name": "Mark Foster",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/MarkFosterSmall.jpg",
    "title": "Adjunct, Arts"
  },
  "/mark-h-holmes": {
    "area": "Development and analysis of mathematical models for physiological systems, including modeling the biological tissues found in joints (such as the knee).",
    "biography": "My research interests are time dependent. The reason is that I like mathematics, and I like to use mathematics to understand the world we live in (i.e., I am an applied mathematician). Here are two specific research topics of current interest: 1) Mechanoreception. This is the study of how a living organism senses and then recognizes mechanical stimuli. The mechanoreceptors that I am presently working on are in the auditory system and in skin. For example, the mechanisms through which skin transduces tactile stimuli from a mechanical to neural signal are not understood. Therefore, the goal of my research is to construct a mathematical model that describes this process. This project involves the study of the nonlinear deformation of skin, the analysis of the dynamics of the tactile receptor, and the study of the nonlinear diffusion associated with the electro-chemical processes in the nerve. 2) Sleep-Wake Cycle. The goal of this research project is to derive, and then analyze, a physiologically based model of the human sleep-wake cycle. The approach is to use the known properties of the neurotransmitters associated with wake and sleep, and the regions of the brain in which they function, to derive the model. This approach also incorporates, or accounts for, the states of sleep (REM and NREM) and the mechanisms that regulate it (homeostatic drive and circadian synchronization). Books: 1) Introduction to the Foundations of Applied Mathematics, Springer, 2009. 2) Introduction to Numerical Methods for Differential Equations, Springer, 2006 3) Introduction to Perturbation Methods (2nd Ed), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2013. 4) Introduction to Scientific Computing and Data Analysis, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2016.",
    "education": "Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 1978",
    "name": "Mark H. Holmes",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Holmes_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/mark-j-embrechts": {
    "area": "Data Mining, Big Data, Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, Computational Intelligence Biocomputing, Drug Design, Big Data for Renewable Energy Statistics",
    "biography": "Mark J. Embrechts is Chief Scientist at CardioMag Imaging, Inc. CardioMag developed highly accurate technology for the early detection of ischemia by measuring the magnetic field of the hearth, a technology protected by 13 patents (2 pending). Mark Embrechts is also a professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering (MANE) at Rensselaer. Mark is also a Full Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY. Prof. Embrechts is a frequent guest professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering / Computer Science at the University of Kassel, Deutschland. Prof. Embrechts joined the Nuclear Engineering Department at Rensselaer in 1983 and was previously an AWU-DOE fellow, Staff Member and Laboratory Director's Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory (1981-1983). He is a pioneer in introducing neural networks, data mining, big data analytics, genetic algorithms, and computational intelligence to the Graduate Engineering Curriculum at Rensselaer and has been teaching courses related to these topics and data-driven engineering since 1988. He has worked as a consultant or staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (Munich, Germany), the Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland), TransScan (Israel), CardioMag Imaging (Schenectady), the World Bank (D.C. Headquarters), Nikkei Research (Japan), MetaLogic (Belgium), KODAK (USA), and General Electric (Schenectady, USA). He was Guest Professor of Materials Science at the University of Leuven in 1990 and 2008 (Belgium), Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering (University of Porto, Portugal) in 2007 and spent eight months on sabbatical leave in the Center for Economical Studies at the University of Leuven in 1991. Dr. Embrechts authored more than 250 journal articles and archival publications, holds 4 patents on ischemia detection from MagnetoCardiography, and is organizer or member of the organizing committee of numerous professional meetings and conferences. Dr. Embrechts co-authored Exchange Rate Theory: Chaotic Models of Foreign Exchange Markets. He edited 11 books, published 19 Book Chapters, and is currently writing 4 books related to Nuclear Energy and Quantum Physics. Dr. Embrechts is past president of the New York Northeastern Section of the American Nuclear Society. He is a member of IEEE, the Royal Flemish Engineering Society, INFORMS, American Society for Engineering Education, and Sigma XI. Dr. Embrechts supervised 25 Master's students and 16 Ph.D. Students during his tenure at Rensselaer. He was member of 80 doctoral committees. Past Students include a vice president at Goldman Sachs, A Vice President at Oracle, A Vice President at Citi, A Vice President at Suez, A Chief data Officer at Schlumberger, several CEOs and several professors worldwide. Publications",
    "education": "Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering (Virginia Tech) 1981, M.S. Nuclear Engineering (Virginia Tech) 1978, M.S. Electrical Power Engineering (University of Leuven, Belgium, Great Distinction) 1977.",
    "name": "Mark J. Embrechts",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/embrechtsphoto.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/mark-k-goldberg": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Mark K Goldberg",
    "portrait": "http://",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Computer Science"
  },
  "/mark-p-wentland": {
    "area": "Medicinal Chemistry Drug Discovery",
    "biography": "Mark Wentland began his career in drug discovery in 1970 when he joined the medicinal chemistry department at Sterling Winthrop Inc. During his 24 years at Sterling Winthrop, he held various scientific and administrative leadership positions and was also Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at Rensselaer. In 1994, he left Sterling-Winthrop and joined the chemistry faculty at Rensselaer as Professor of Chemistry. During the period 1997-2015, he held the concurrent position of Adjunct Professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics at Albany Medical College. Following his retirement from Rensselaer at the end of 2015, he was appointed to the position of Professor Emeritus. Samidorphan - Discovery of an FDA-approved medication: At Rensselaer, Professor Wentland led an NIH-funded research program in medicinal chemistry aimed at identifying novel, long-acting oral medications to treat opioid and cocaine use disorders. This research yielded 22 issued US Patents and in four drugs entering clinical trials, one of which is the highly potent mu opioid receptor antagonist samidorphan. Developed by licensing partner Alkermes plc, LYBALVI (aka, ALKS 3831) is an oral medication combining samidorphan with olanzapine and was approved by the US FDA on May 28, 2021 to treat schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder in adults. Olanzapine is an established antipsychotic agent that can cause significant weight gain. The role of samidorphan is to mitigate olanzapine-associated weight gain.",
    "education": "PhD: Rice University, 1970, Organic Chemistry BS: Central Connecticut State College, 1966, Chemistry",
    "name": "Mark P. Wentland",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/MPW-4-022521_0.JPG",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Chemistry and Chemical Biology"
  },
  "/mark-s-rea": {
    "biography": "Dr. Rea is the director of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Lighting Research Center and an expert in human vision, lighting engineering, human factors, photobiology, psychology, light and health, nighttime vision, and visual performance. He is the author of more than 100 scientific and technical articles related to vision, lighting engineering, and human factors and was the editor-in-chief of the 8th and 9th editions of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America Lighting Handbook. His current research projects include the study of the effects of light and circadian disruption on breast cancer, research on the effects of daylight on worker productivity in commercial offices, the development of new metrics to improve the acceptance of energy-efficient lighting technologies, and research on reducing the market barriers to widespread use of energy-efficient lighting controls.",
    "education": "M.S., biophysics, Ohio State University Ph.D., biophysics, Ohio State University",
    "name": "Mark S Rea",
    "portrait": "http://www.lrc.rpi.edu/education/graduateEducation/img/Rea100px.jpg",
    "title": "Professor & LRC Director"
  },
  "/mark-s-shephard": {
    "area": "Finite Element Analysis Computer Graphics Computer-Aided Design",
    "biography": "Mark S. Shephard\u2019s professional activities have focused on technologies to improve the reliability and level of automation of advanced numerical simulations to support their effective application by engineers and scientist. His research activities have lead to well recognized and applied contributions on the areas of automatic mesh generation of CAD geometry, automated and adaptive analysis methods, and parallel adaptive simulation technologies. This research has been supported by both government agencies (over 65 research grants from 13 agencies) and industry (funding from 44 companies). Dr. Shephard has published over 250 papers and graduated 24 Ph.D\u2019s. As part of his professional activities Mark S. Shephard founded Rensselaer's Scientific Computation Research Center that has brought together faculty form seven academic departments and three schools at Rensselaer to perform research on the development and application of advanced simulation technologies. These research activities have included collaborations with more that ten other universities over the past decade. Mark S. Shephard is a co-founder, board member and technical advisor to Simmetrix Inc., a computer-aided engineering company dedicated to producing the technologies and associated software components to enable simulation-based engineering. Simmetrix is currently researching, developing and providing advanced simulation automation and simulation-based design technologies to CAE and Fortune 500 companies, and universities.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Cornell University",
    "name": "Mark S. Shephard",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Shepard_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Samuel A. Johnson '37 and Elizabeth C. Johnson Professor of Engineering and Director, Scientific Computation Research Center (SCOREC), Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/marvin-bentley": {
    "area": "Neuroscience Cell Biology Membrane trafficking Molecular motors Live-cell imaging",
    "biography": "Nearly every aspect of neuronal function depends on the accurate transport of membrane proteins to axons or dendrites. Axons conduct electrochemical action potentials and primarily send signals, whereas dendrites primarily receive signals. Because these two domains have distinctly different functions, they each require a specific complement of membrane proteins. These proteins are delivered to their cargo by vesicle transport. Vesicle carriers that contain axonal proteins are transported to the axon; vesicle carriers that contain dendritic proteins are transported to dendrites and excluded from the axon. This phenomenon of directed vesicle movement to dendrites or the axon is referred to as selective transport. Understanding the molecular regulation of vesicle transport is a fundamental problem in neuroscience and cell biology and defects in vesicle transport are thought to underlie the axonal degeneration characteristic of many neurodegenerative diseases. Intracellular carriers are moved by motor proteins that generate locomotive force. One family of motor proteins are kinesins. Our long-term goal is to determine the molecular regulation of kinesin motors and understand how they confer specific transport behaviors to vesicles that move cargoes to axons and dendrites. Our lab uses a variety of cell biological approaches to understand the molecular mechanisms that underlie intracellular vesicle transport. Primarily, we utilize live-cell fluorescent microscopy to track and measure individual vesicle carriers as they move inside cells. Our experiments also rely heavily on molecular biology, biochemistry, and tissue culture techniques. Dr. Bentley received his Ph.D. in 2010 in the laboratory of Jesse Hay at the University of Montana and completed a postdoc with Gary Banker at Oregon Health & Science University. He joined the faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the summer of 2017.",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of Montana, Cell Biology. Postdoctoral training, Oregon Healthy & Science University, Neuroscience and Cell Biology.",
    "name": "Marvin Bentley",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/RPI%20website%20picture%20square2_RGB_Flat%20final%20500x500.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/mary-anne-staniszewski": {
    "biography": "Mary Anne Staniszewski investigates culture, art, and media in relation to political and social perspectives. \"I investigate the way we 'invent' things in our cultures, how concepts and institutions emerge, such as art, exhibitions, and race. Framing such entities historically can reveal how we create not only our cultures, but also our sense of ourselves. This perspective has political implications. By making visible the historical limitations of social conventions and disciplinary discourses, my intention is to demonstrate how cultures can be changed and transformed.\" Staniszewski's major research and writing projects form a \"trilogy\" of interdisciplinary investigations of modern art and culture as articulations of the modern self. Staniszewski is completing a book on the third area of analysis, which deals with issues of race and slavery. The first book, Believing Is Seeing: Creating the Culture of Art (Penguin USA, 1995; Korean version translated as \"This Is Not Art,\" introduction and Translator, Yiso Bahc, Seoul: Hyunsil Cultural Studies, Hyun Sil Moon Hwayonju, 2000 and 2007) frames art as we know it--that is art for art's sake--as an \"invention\" of the modern era and a manifestation of the age of the individual and the liberal, democratic, capitalist state. In the second book, The Power of Display: A History of Exhibition Installations at the Museum of Modern Art (MIT Press, 1998; Korean translation: \"Preface: The Power of Display 2006,\" Translator, Kim Sang-kyu et al., Seoul: designLocus, 2007), installations are analyzed as sites for collective rituals that enhance particular notions of subjecthood--in MoMA's case, a U.S. liberal, democratic, capitalist one. Staniszewski has overseen a number of publications and projects related to the New York City cultural center, Exit Art, which closed in June 2012. She has co-edited with Lauren Rosati the exhibition catalogue, Alternative Histories: New York Art Spaces, 1960-2010 (Exit Art and MIT Press, 2012) and conceived the symposium, Contemporary Slavery, which she organized in collaboration with Exit Art's staff, held on June, 11, 2011 and which was produced in conjunction with Exit Art's 2011 Contemporary Slavery exhibition. Staniszewski was the Director of Exit Art's Curatorial Incubator and was Executive Editor of the curatorial program's catalogue, Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures 1960s to Now, Editors/Curators, Dara Greenwald and Josh MacPhee (Exit Art and AK Press, 2010).",
    "education": "Ph.D., Art History - Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York NY",
    "name": "Mary Anne Staniszewski",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Staniszewski_square.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Arts"
  },
  "/mary-simoni": {
    "biography": "Mary Simoni is a composer, author, teacher, pianist, consultant, and arts administrator. Prior to joining Rensselaer in 2011 as Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Simoni served as associate dean of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance. As associate dean, Simoni developed research opportunities and strategic planning processes for the school, developed and directed electronic publications, and launched and directed the University of Michigan record label, Block M Records to promote the vitality, multiplicity, and excellence of the University of Michigan through web-based publication of media-rich scholarly and creative research. Her work as a pianist specializes in the use of interactive electronics. Her compositions include the design of performance systems that extend the sonic capabilities of traditional acoustic instruments. \u201cMy composition and writing strive to advance the expressive capabilities of the human voice and traditional acoustic instruments,\u201d Simoni said. \u201cMy research spans digital signal processing, sound synthesis, algorithmic composition, and the design and programming of new interfaces for musical performance.\u201d Her music and multimedia works have been performed in Asia, Europe, and throughout the United States and have been recorded by Centaur Records, the Leonardo Music Journal published by the MIT Press, and the International Computer Music Association. She is the recipient of the Prize in Composition by the ArtNET Virtual Museum. Simoni is the author of the books \u201cA Gentle Introduction to Algorithmic Composition,\u201d and \u201cAnalytical Methods of Electroacoustic Music,\u201d and is currently working on a book with Roger Dannenberg of Carnegie Mellon University on algorithmic composition. She has consulted for the Canadian Innovation Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the National Peace Foundation, and numerous universities and arts agencies throughout the world. She is a Medal Laureate of the Computer World Honors Award for her research in digital music information retrieval, and is a Professor Emerita of Performing Arts Technology at the University of Michigan. Her research has been funded by The Knight Foundation, the Kellogg Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Bob Moog Foundation, the Electronic Music Foundation Institute, and WMHT Public Media.",
    "education": "Post-Doctoral Studies, CCRMA, Stanford University Ph.D., Music Theory, Michigan State University M.Mus., Music Composition, Michigan State University B.Mus., Music Theory and Composition, and B. Mus., Music Education, Michigan State University",
    "name": "Mary Simoni",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Simoni-Mary-CROPPED.jpeg",
    "title": "Professor, Arts"
  },
  "/mattheos-koffas": {
    "area": "Metabolic Engineering Industrial Microbiology Synthetic Biology Natural Products",
    "biography": "Professor Mattheos Koffas, Ph.D., received his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University in Athens, Greece in 1994. He then joined the graduate program of the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT where he worked on improving amino acid biosynthesis from Corynebacterium glutamicum. After completing his Ph.D. in 2000, he joined DuPont\u2019s Central Research and Development as a research scientist where he worked on engineering the carotenoid biosynthesis of an obligate methanotroph. In August of 2002 he joined the faculty of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at SUNY Buffalo as a tenure-track Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in the summer of 2008. In January of 2011 Prof. Koffas moved to his current position at Rensselaer. He was appointed Dorothy and Fred Chau '71 Career Development Constellation Professor in Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering in 2015. In his research career, Dr. Koffas has worked with a variety of microorganisms and natural products including amino acids, polyphenols, fatty acids and terpenoids. He has published more than 65 peer-reviewed publications, more than 12 book chapters and holds 10 patents. He is a member of the editorials boards of various journals in the area of bioengineering. His research has been funded by federal agencies (NIH and NSF), the state of New York (NYStem), and industrial partners (Evonik, Firstwave Technologies and Chromadex).",
    "education": "B.S. National Technical University, Athens, Greece, 1994 Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000",
    "name": "Mattheos Koffas",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/koffas_crop2.jpg",
    "title": "Dorothy and Fred Chau \u02bc71 Career Development Constellation Professor in Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering"
  },
  "/matthew-charles-titus": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Matthew Charles Titus",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Adjunct Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering"
  },
  "/matthew-gindlesparger": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Matthew Gindlesparger",
    "portrait": "http://",
    "title": "Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Architecture"
  },
  "/matthew-goodheart": {
    "biography": "Matthew Goodheart is a composer, improviser, and sound artist. Following an early career as a free-jazz pianist in the fertile San Francisco Bay Area, he has developed a wide body of work that explores the relationships between performer, instrument, and listener. His diverse creations range from large-scale microtonal compositions to open improvisations to immersive sound installations \u2013 all unified by the analytic techniques and performative methodologies he has developed to bring forth the unique and subtle acoustic properties of individual musical instruments. Goodheart\u2019s approach results in a \u201cgenerative foundation\u201d for exploring issues of perception, technology, cultural ritual, and the psycho-physical impact of acoustic phenomena. His work has been featured throughout the US, Canada, and Europe in such festivals as Neue Musik K\u00f6ln, MaerzMusik, The International Spectral Music Festival, June in Buffalo, Klappsthulfest, Jazz Ao Centro, The Illuminations New Music & Arts Festival, and many others. He has performed and recorded with such luminaries as Wadada Leo Smith, Fred Frith, Pauline Oliveros, Glenn Spearman, Davvid Wessel, Gianni Gebbia, Vladimir Tarasov, Jack Wright, and Cecil Taylor, and the new music ensemble sfSoundGroup. He has won numerous awards and honors, including the a Civitella Ranieri Fellowship, 2014 Berlin Prize in Music Composition, and a 2013-14 Fulbright Grant to the Czech Republic where he worked with the historic quartertone pianos designed by Alois H\u00e1ba. In addition to earning a Ph.D. in Music from U. C. Berkeley in 2013, from 2015-2017 he was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University. His current work focuses on \u201creembodied sound,\u201d a technique in which small transducers are attached to resonant objects, such as gongs and cymbals, causing them to resonate autonomously. In addition to numerous compositions, structured improvisations, and sound installations, he has worked toward creating an aesthetic and practical discourse surrounding this emerging practice, including organizing \u201cReembodied Sound: a symposium on transducer based music and sonic art\u201d at Columbia University in April of 2017. He also administers the \u201cReembodied Sound Wiki\u201d at www.reembodiedsound.org",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley",
    "name": "Matthew Goodheart",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Faculty_headshot_400x400_0007_Goodheart_square.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Arts"
  },
  "/matthew-grill": {
    "biography": "Matthew Grill is currently the instructor for Managing IT Resources and ITWS Capstone and also guest lectures in Introduction to ITWS. Prior to joining Rensselaer as a full-time faculty member, Matt held several adjunct faculty positions while simultaneously working in industry in a decade plus career that saw him serve in senior level positions in product, program, and project management as well as business operations consulting. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, received a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology and Management (dual major) from Rensselaer (class of 2009), earned the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute, and is a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) through the Scrum Alliance. While a student at Rensselaer, he was a member of Gamma Nu Eta (also serving as Vice President and President), Epsilon Delta Sigma, and Beta Gamma Sigma, and was class representative for the IT Student Leadership Council. He also received the Rensselaer Founders Award of Excellence in 2008.",
    "name": "Matthew Grill",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Matt%20Grill.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Information Technology and Web Science"
  },
  "/matthew-oehlschlaeger": {
    "area": "Combustion Propulsion and Energy Systems Optical Diagnostics",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D. Stanford University",
    "name": "Matthew A. Oehlschlaeger",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/353A1161R.jpg",
    "title": "Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs School of Engineering, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/matthew-p-steckler": {
    "biography": "Matthew Steckler performs and composes in several musical settings internationally. Primarily a saxophonist/woodwind specialist, he also performs on vocals, keyboards, percussion and electronic media, bringing a dynamic, holistic approach to the live musical experience. As an artist, Matthew has appeared at prominent festivals and concert series, and has received commissions from Chamber Music America , Meet the Composer , American Music Center and American Composers Forum . His recordings on Ropeadope , Cuneiform and Innova labels have made Best CD lists in Downbeat and Jazz Times . Matthew has written for concert music, theatre, film and game audio settings, and continues his own foundational work in electroacoustics and multimedia that began with his 2013 research-based, extended work Eco Beat Heresy . He most recently taught at Brandon University School of Music. Matthew holds a Ph.D. in Composition (NYU) and M.M. in Jazz Performance (New England Conservatory), and a B.A. in Music (Wesleyan University).",
    "name": "Matthew P. Steckler",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/MattSmall.jpg",
    "title": "Music Fellow, Arts"
  },
  "/maurice-suckling": {
    "biography": "Maurice Suckling has worked in the video games industry for over twenty years, and on over fifty published video game titles. He has worked with publishers such as Atari, SONY, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Epic, Disney, 2K, Nintendo, Deep Silver, and the BBC. He\u2019s worked as a producer, a designer, a voice director, a motion capture director, an animation director, but most often as a writer. His most recent game writing credits include Fortnite, Civilization VI, and Lost Words: Beyond the Page. He is also a professional board game designer, specializing in historical simulations. His third game is currently in production. In addition to games, he has also worked in TV, theatre, film, and fiction. He holds a PhD in Creative Writing, and a Master\u2019s degree in Global History. His research interests are narrative innovation and representations of history in games.",
    "education": "PhD, Newcastle University, England",
    "name": "Maurice Suckling",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Suckling_square.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, GSAS"
  },
  "/maya-kiehl": {
    "area": "Math education",
    "biography": "Prior to joining the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Rensselaer as a Lecturer, Dr. Kiehl held a teaching appointment at West Point. Her interests in math education include math retention, transfer of knowledge from math to science/engineering courses and STEM persistence. Dr. Kiehl's research has primarily been focused on the science and engineering Calculus sequence at Rensselaer. Currently she is involved in improving educational outcomes for first-year students and providing leadership training to upperclass student through the I-PERIST Mentor Program.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1997 B.A., Mathematics, Washington University, 1991",
    "name": "Maya Kiehl",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/kiehl.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/mei-si": {
    "area": "Embodied Conversational Agent Interactive Narrative Emotion Modeling Emotion Detection Virtual/Augmented Reality Multi-agent System",
    "biography": "Mei Si is primarily interested in is artificial intelligence and its application in virtual and mixed realities. In particular, her research concentrates on computer-aided interactive narratives, embodied conversational agents and pervasive user interface, elements that make virtual environments more engaging and effective. Si has been using her research to develop virtual environments and intelligent conversational agents for serious games. In one example of her work, Si helped to develop the Tactical Language Training System, a large-scale (six to twelve scenes each for three languages) award-winning project funded by the U.S. military for rapid language and culture training. The system has been used by thousands of military personnel. \u201cComputer-aided interactive narrative is a new form of media that allows the user to play a role in a story and interact with other characters controlled by an automated system. The user\u2019s choices of actions affect the development of the story,\u201d said Si. Narrative itself is a central part of the human experience. Its power to shape people's minds and affect people's behavior has been recognized throughout recorded history. The support for user interactivity distinguishes interactive narrative from other narrative forms. By allowing the user to interact, the experience is richer and potentially more engaging. Moreover, interactivity can promote intrinsic motivation in learning, and support learning in context and replay. Therefore, interactive narrative can be potentially a more effective media than traditional narrative.\u201d Si regularly presents and publishes her work. She has recently presented on \u201cActivating Narcissus: Cognitive and Affective Systems Transformed Through \"Serious\" Game Play\u201d at the International Conference on the Philosophy of Computer Games; \u201cForeign language learning in immersive virtual environments\u201d at the IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging conference, and \u201cModeling Rich Characters in Interactive Narrative Games\u201d and GAMEON-ASIA. Her recently published work includes \u201cD.V. Modeling Appraisal in Theory of Mind Reasoning\u201d in the Journal of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, and book chapters \u201c Virtual Interactive Interventions for Reducing Risky Sex: Adaptations, Integrations, and Innovations\u201d in Interactive Health Communication Technologies: Promising Strategies for Health Behavior, and \u201cModeling Theory of Mind and Cognitive Appraisal with Decision-Theoretic Agents\u201d in Social emotions in nature and artifact: Emotions in human and human-computer interaction.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Southern California M.S., Computer Science, University of Arizona M.A., Psychology, University of Cincinnati B.S., Psychology, Peking University (P. R. China)",
    "name": "Mei Si",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Mei-Si.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Cognitive Science & Graduate Program Director for Critical Game Design, Cognitive Science"
  },
  "/meng-wang": {
    "area": "Machine learning High-dimensional data analytics Power Systems Signal Processing",
    "biography": "Meng Wang has been with the Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) as an assistant professor since Dec. 2012. Prior to joining RPI, she was a postdoc research scholar at Duke University. She obtained her Ph.D. in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University in August 2012. She received the B.E. degree (with honors) and the M.S. degree (with honors) in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University, China, in 2005 and 2007 respectively. Her research areas involve machine learning and data analytics, power system monitoring, signal processing, and optimization methods. She is a recipient of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award and the Army Research Office (ARO) YIP Award. At Rensselaer, she received School of Engineering Research Excellence Award.",
    "education": "Cornell University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D. in 2012. Tsinghua University, Electrical Engineering, M.S. in 2007. Tsinghua University, Electrical Engineering, B.S. in 2005.",
    "name": "Meng Wang",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/MengWang%20-%20small.JPG",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/michael-amitay": {
    "area": "Experimental Aerodynamics Experimental fluid mechanics Active and passive Flow Control",
    "biography": "Prof. Amitay's research interests are in developing active flow control techniques with applications in aeronautical/mechanical systems. He conducts state-of-the-art experiments to understand the flow phydics of 3-D flow fields and the interaction of flow control actuators with these flows.",
    "education": "D.Sc., Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, 1994",
    "name": "Michael Amitay",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/AmitayM.png",
    "title": "Professor and James L. Decker '45 Endowed Chair in Aerospace Engineering and Director, Center for Flow Physics and Control (CeFPaC)., Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/michael-bak": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Michael Bak",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Adjunct Professor"
  },
  "/michael-borbath": {
    "area": "Photonics Engineering Management DoD Acquisition",
    "biography": "Programs Taught Managing Technical Organizations Bio Mike Borbath is currently a Senior Scientist at L3Harris Corporation in Melbourne, FL where he develops next generation cyber and intelligence solutions for the US military and allied nations. As a Colonel in the Air Force Reserve, Mike supports the United States Space Force as a senior reservist to the Executive Officer for Space Sensing in Space Systems Command at Los Angeles Air Force Base. He easily relates to Rensselaer at Work graduate students given he earned his Ph.D. in a fully-remote cohort program with the George Washington University. Other Professional Experience United States Space Force BAE Systems L3Harris Corp. Optium Corp. (now II-VI Corp.) Terabeam Corp. National Security Agency",
    "education": "Ph.D., Engineering Management, George Washington University M. Strategic Studies, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Montgomery AL M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland College Park B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Florida",
    "name": "Michael Borbath",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/borbam.jpg",
    "title": "Instructor Mentor, Rensselaer at Work"
  },
  "/michael-century": {
    "area": "media arts history music performance and composition art-technology policy studies, music",
    "biography": "Michael Century, pianist and composer, is Professor of New Media and Music in the Arts Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, which he joined in 2002. Prior to joining Rensselear, he worked as an new media researcher, inter-arts producer, and arts and technology policy advisor (Banff Centre for the Arts (1979-93), McGill University (1998-2002), Government of Canada (1993-98)). Century\u2019s monograph Northern Sparks: Innovation, Technology Policy and the Arts in Canada from Expo 67 to the Internet Age is forthcoming with The MIT Press in Spring 2022. https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/northern-sparks Other scholarly articles are \"Telidon, Another Panacea That Failed.\" Acoustic Space, \"The Future of Interdisciplinary Music Studies.\" College Music Society-NAMM Generation Next Program, \u201cVirtuosity as Creative Freedom\u201d in The Emergence of Video Processing Tools, and \u201cEncoding Motion in the Early Computer: Knowledge Transfers Between Studio and Lab\u201d, in Place Studies in Art, Media, Science and Technology: Historical Investigations on the Sites and the Migration of Knowledge. \u201cThough my creative work is both musical and scholarly, I like to think of the two as intertwined through a common question: \u2018whither creativity in age of smart machines?\u2019\u201d Century said. \u201cI perform a wide repertoire of solo and chamber music from the classical and contemporary traditions, always keeping in mind the need to constantly re-establish the contemporary relevance of these traditions in an age of digital media.\u201d With Shawn Lawson, he founded the audio-visual performance duo \u201cLiveware, combining live-coded computer animation with instrumental and electronic music performance. Other recently completed musical creations include a \u201cThe Isle is Full of Noises\u201d, a generative soundscape based on Shakespeare\u2019s The Tempest, and series of new works for keyboards and accordion with and electronics: Small Infinities, Within and Without, and the Triple Duo for Accordion, Disklavier Piano. Century directed The Rensselaer Contemporary Music Ensemble from 2008 to 2013, which performed a wide repertoire of works from the 20th and 21st centuries.. EXTENDED BIOGRAPHY: http://www.nextcentury.ca/bio.html For videos of music performance, see https://vimeo.com/user1962311",
    "education": "A.R.C.T., Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto M.A. University of California Berkeley B.A. University of Toronto",
    "name": "Michael Century",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Michael%20Century%20headshot%20small_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Music and New Media, Arts"
  },
  "/michael-h-hanna": {
    "area": "academic advising eukaryotic organisms scientific teaching methodologies",
    "biography": "Prior research interests involved both bacterial and single-celled eukaryotic organisms for the study of DNA replication, development, pathogenesis, and protein engineering. Current interests are in scientific teaching methodologies, academic advising, and administration of departmental and Institute programs. Responsibilities in the biology department include Director of the Accelerated Physician/Scientist Program while responsibilities as Associate Dean in Undergraduate Education include Director of the Advising and Learning Assistance Center.",
    "education": "Ph.D. University of Illinois, Urbana",
    "name": "Michael H. Hanna",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/hanna_crop2.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education, Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/michael-hughes": {
    "area": "Mechanical Engineering Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer Modeling and Simulation Solar Energy Project Management",
    "biography": "Programs Taught Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering Bio Michael Hughes is a mechanical engineer with experience in heat transfer, solar energy, modeling, simulation, and project management (PM). His research is in the application, design, and optimization of luminescent solar concentrators and he enjoys combining his skills in data analytics, computer simulations, and Agile PM principles to address engineering and operations related challenges. Michael\u2019s passion for people and change fuel his work. He is energized by each opportunity to engage with motivated professionals furthering their education. Other Professional Experience Dissertation: Monte Carlo Simulations of Luminescent Solar Concentrators: A Study Towards Improved Performance National Science Foundation Innovation Corp, Team Academic Lead National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineer in Residence in a public high school NSF Graduate Fellow at the International Institute of Microelectronics (Madrid, Spain) Researcher: Energy Harvesting Building Envelope",
    "education": "Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute",
    "name": "Michael Hughes",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Michael%20Hughes.jpg",
    "title": "Director of Faculty Development, Faculty Practioner, Rensselaer at Work"
  },
  "/michael-james-oatman": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Michael James Oatman",
    "portrait": "http://",
    "title": "Associate Professor, School of Architecture"
  },
  "/michael-k-jensen": {
    "area": "Heat Transfer Fluid Mechanics Heat Exchangers Boiling and Two-Phase Flows Enhanced Heat Transfer Fuel Cells Solar Energy Sustainability",
    "biography": "Michael Jensen received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1972 and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Iowa State University in 1976 and 1980, respectively. He began his teaching and research career at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and moved to Rensselaer in 1987. Currently, he is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering and holds a Professional Engineers license. Among many other university activities, he has served as Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in the department, been on the executive committee of the Faculty Senate, and served as the student-elected member on the Institute-wide Promotion and Tenure Committee. As principal investigator on 41 sponsored programs, including 19 multi-year grants from NSF, DOE, NIST, NYSERDA, and industry, and consultant to 25 industry and government organizations, Michael\u2019s research interests have been directed toward convective single- and two-phase heat transfer and the associated fluid flows with an emphasis on these processes in heat exchangers and using enhanced heat transfer techniques. Recent research has focused on microchannel flows and thermal management of electronic systems, solar energy, and fuel cells. With his graduate students (32 MS, 18 PhD), he has performed both fundamental and applied research and has conducted both experimentally and numerically based research on a wide range of topics. Dr. Jensen has published over 180 technical papers, edited 10 volumes, 30 other assorted reports, and has published an undergraduate textbook on thermal and fluids engineering. He has two patents. Michael has been honored as a Fellow of ASME, twice received the student-chosen Lewis T. Assini Undergraduate Teaching and Counseling Award, received the Ralph R. Teetor Award of SAE, and was awarded the RPI School of Engineering Research Excellence Award. He is active in his profession, having served or is serving on editorial boards of four international journals (Journal of Heat Transfer, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science; Applied Thermal Engineering, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology), recently was named as Founding Editor-in-Chief of ASME\u2019s newest journal, Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, led the ASME Heat Transfer Division, and appointed as Alternate Delegate to Assembly for International Heat Transfer Conferences. He has been chair or co-chair of six international conferences (including the National Heat Transfer Conference) and has been invited to be on numerous scientific committees for other national and international conferences. He is an active reviewer for numerous international journals and conferences and NSF, DOE, NASA, and NYSERDA proposals.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Iowa State University",
    "name": "Michael K. Jensen",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/jensen_michael_web_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/michael-klein": {
    "area": "Economic growth Innovation Intellectual property rights International economics",
    "biography": "I joined the faculty of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as an Assistant Professor of Economics in Fall 2018. I study innovation and economic growth in the context of an interconnected global economy. My current work focuses on policy issues related to the international protection of intellectual property. Examples include analyses of the international market for counterfeit products, technology transfer to developing economies through multinational firms, and the implications of firm patenting behavior across markets. I teach two courses in RPI's Masters of Science in Economics program. In my course \"Economics of Growth and Innovation,\" we examine the endogenous determinants of technological innovation and evaluate the institutions and policies that affect growth. In my course \"Applied Microeconomics and Public Policy,\" we examine real world applications of microeconomic analysis in areas such as innovation policy, environmental policy and international trade negotiations.",
    "education": "PhD, Indiana University",
    "name": "Michael A. Klein",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Klein_square.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Program Director, Economics"
  },
  "/michael-o%E2%80%99rourke": {
    "area": "Engineering Snow Loads",
    "biography": "Lifeline Earthquake Engineering: * Wave propagation effects on buried pipe * Permanent ground deformation effects on buried pipe * Centrifuge testing of buried pipe * Fragility relations for above ground tanks Seismic Response of Buried Pipeline: Earthquake damage to buried lifelines such as water, sewer and natural gas lines can be caused by either wave propagation or Permanent Ground Deformation (PGD). Research on both these topics is on-going at Rensselaer. This includes an analytical evaluation of the relationship between seismic damage (repairs per kilometer of pipe) and ground strain, as well as numerical and centrifuge evaluation of buried pipe subject to abrupt PGD at a fault crossing or the margin of a lateral spread. The 1999 MCEER Monograph by O\u2019Rourke and Liu entitled \u201cResponse of Buried Pipeline Subject to Earthquake Effects\u201dprovide background information and a summary for the topic. An updated Buried Pipeline Monograph is expected early in 2011. Snow Loading on Roofs: * Ground Snow Loads * Drift loads on stepped roofs * Drift loads on gable roofs * Eave icing Snow and Ice Loads on Buildings: Snow loading is a structural design consideration for roofs in most states and the controlling load for at least some structural component in about half the states. Although not a significant load from a structural standpoint ice dams frequently lead to infiltration and costly water damage to interior walls and ceiling surfaces. Research on both issues is ongoing at Rensselaer. Of the many types of snow loads; uniform, sliding snow from a higher roof, etc drifted snow results in higher loads and more potential for structural damage. The Rensselaer water flume is being used to simulate snow drift loading and establish relationships for use in national codes. A guide explaining the ASCE 7-10 snow load provision through design examples and frequently asked questions has been published by ASCE Press.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Northwestern University Civil Engineering M.S., Northwestern University Civil Engineering B.S., Illinois Institute of Technology Civil Engineering",
    "name": "Michael O\u2019Rourke",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/orourke_michael_web2.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering"
  },
  "/michael-podowski": {
    "area": "Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer Reactor Dynamics and Safety System Stability Applied Mathematics",
    "biography": "Professor Podowski is a former Head of Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics at RPI. Currently he serves as: Director of Center for Multiphase Research, Head of Nuclear Safety Review Board, Academic Director of Program for Graduated of Navy Nuclear Power School, and Director of GNEP University Consortium.He has served as technical expert to the International Atomic Energy Commission (IAEA), DOE, NRC, NASA and DOH&HS. He performed consulting work to numerous industrial organizations and governmental agencies, both in the US and internationally.He authored or co-authored over 260 technical publications, including 7 books/book chapters and 50 journal articles. He also served as Chairman and Scientific Committee Member for numerous international conferences, and as keynote and invited seminar speaker. He is Follow of American Nuclear Society and Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers and American Institute of Chemical Engineers.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Warsaw University of Technology",
    "name": "Michael Podowski",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/podowski_michael_web.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/michael-shur": {
    "area": "Solid State Devices Semiconductor Devices Integrated Circuits",
    "biography": "Michael S. Shur received MSEE Degree (with honors) from St. Petersburg Electrotechnical Institute, and PhD. and Dr. Sc. Degrees from A. F. Ioffe Institute. He is Patricia and Sheldon Roberts Professor of Solid State Electronics and Professor of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and co-founder, President and CEO of Electronics of the Future, Inc. He was also a co-founder and Vice-President of Sensor Electronics Technology, Inc. (a leading producer of deep ultraviolet LEDs) and founder of co-founder of several other startups, including Electronics of the Future, Inc. Dr. Shur is Life Fellow of IEEE, APS, ECS, and SPIE, Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, OSA, IET, MRS, WIF, and AAAS. Dr. Shur is Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE EDS society. His awards include St. Petersburg Technical University and University of Vilnius Honorary Doctorates, Distinguished Faculty Naval Research Fellowships, William H. Wiley 1866 Distinguished Faculty Award, Rensselaer Outstanding Engineering Professor Award, Institute of Electronic Technology Achievement Medal, ECS Electronic and Photonics Award, Jefferson Science Fellowship, Recognition Award from iNEER, Tibbetts Award for Technology Commercialization, IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award, IEEE Donald Fink Best Paper Award, IEEE Kirchmayer Award, the Gold Medal of the Russian Education Ministry, van der Ziel Award, Senior Humboldt Award, Pioneer Award, RPI Engineering Research Award, Wiley Award, RPI Outstanding Faculty Award, and several Best Paper Awards. Dr. Shur was listed by the Institute of Scientific Information as Highly Cited Researcher. His h-index is 111. In 2009, the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences elected him its Foreign Member.",
    "education": "\u2014 MSEE (with honors), St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University- LETI (1965) Ph.D., Physics, A. F. Ioffe Institute of Physics and Technology (1967) Dr. Phys. Math. Sc. (Habilitation), A. F. Ioffe Institute of Physics and Technology (1993)",
    "name": "Michael Shur",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Shur.jpg",
    "title": "Patricia W. and C. Sheldon Roberts Professor of Solid State Electronics, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/michael-symans": {
    "area": "Structural Dynamics Earthquake Engineering Seismic Protection Systems",
    "biography": "Dr. Symans' research interests include Structural Dynamics, Earthquake Engineering, Seismic Isolation and Energy Dissipation Systems, Structural Vibration Control and System Identification. Professor Symans' general field of research is structural earthquake engineering with a primary emphasis on the development of advanced seismic protection systems for application to building and bridge structures. In addition, he has investigated methods of analysis for evaluating the seismic performance of structures, methods for identifying the dynamic properties of structural systems, and approaches for predicting the seismic performance of buried lifelines. The overarching goal in all of his research is to improve the performance of the built infrastructure such that losses are reduced in future earthquakes. The majority of Professor Symans' research is conducted within the Rensselaer School of Engineering Center for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (CEES).",
    "education": "Ph.D., Civil Engineering (University at Buffalo)",
    "name": "Michael Symans",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/symans_michael_web2.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor and Associate Head for Academic Affairs, Civil and Environmental Engineering"
  },
  "/michael-t-klein": {
    "area": "Cell biology Neuroscience Signal transduction Pharmacology Toxicology",
    "biography": "My primary area of research revolves around the serotonin 5-HT1E receptor. This receptor is highly expressed in the human brain, with the highest expression levels known to be in the hippocampus, frontal cortex, and the neurovasculature. Its physiological role is largely unknown, but it likely plays significant roles in serotonin's actions in the CNS and the actions of various serotonergic drugs. Given its high expression levels in the hippocampus, particularly in the dentate gyrus, and its neuroprotective effects when expressed in cultured human neurons, the 5-HT1E receptor is thought to be involved in memory and is a promising druggable candidate for therapies aimed at correcting memory deficits, like that of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease. I have contributed significantly to the literature investigating the pharmacology of this receptor and its distribution in the mammalian brain. In my current work, I aim to elucidate the molecular properties of this receptor: with a better understanding of the 5-HT1E receptor's signal transduction mechanisms, protein interactions, dimerization state(s), and trafficking to and from the plasma membrane, we can better address this receptor\u2019s role in the body and its potential as a therapeutic drug target. More broadly, I am interested in introducing undergraduates to interdisciplinary research approaches and modern scientific research environments. My experience in drug discovery and development provides insights into these areas and a distinct awareness that basic biology research and biomedical research are becoming more reliant on the fields of physics, engineering, and computer science.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Neuropharmacology & Neuroscience, Albany Medical College, 2012",
    "name": "Michael T. Klein",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/KleinMT%20Faculty%20Photo.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/michael-wozny": {
    "area": "computer graphics computer-aided design digital simulation rapid prototyping systems",
    "biography": "Academic Experience Purdue University, Assistant Professor, 1965-1970, full time Oakland University, Associate Professor, 1970 \u2013 1976, full time Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Associate Professor, 1977 \u2013 1981, full time Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Professor, Center Director, 1978-1994, full time Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Professor, Associate Head for Curricular Affairs, 2010 \u2013 present, full time Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Professor, 1981 \u2013 present, full time Non-Academic Experience NASA Control Systems Research Center, 1967, summer General Motors Research Lab, Engineer, 1972, summer National Science Foundation, Program Director, 1976-1977, full time National Science Foundation, Division Director, 1986-1988, full time National Institute of Standards and Technology, Lab Director, 1994-1996, full time Current Membership in Professional Organizations Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers International Federation of Information Processing Honors and Awards NSF Service Award (1977) NSF Service Award (1988) Service Activities Institute: ECSE Department Head Advisory Committee, member, 2012-present ECSE Undergraduate Studies Committee, member: 2000 \u2013 present ECSE Tenure and Promotion Committee, member: 2000 - present Institute Curriculum Committee, member: 2006 \u20132008, chair: 2008- 2010 ECSE Faculty Department Chair Search Committee, member: 2007 ECSE Faculty Department Search Committee, chair: 2003 Institute Core Curriculum Committee, 2001 - 2003 External: ASME Manufacturing Review, Editor, 1988-1992 IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Founding Editor-in-Chief, 1980-1986 IFIP TC-5 Executive Committee, Member, 2000-present IFIP TC-5, WG-5.2, Chair, 1982-1988 Session Chair and Technical Program Committee: many conferences Technical Program Committee: Vehicular Technology Conference, 2003, MILCOM 2012, 2012",
    "education": "B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Arizona, 1960 M.E., Electrical Engineering, University of Arizona, 1962 PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Arizona , 1965",
    "name": "Michael Wozny",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/michaeljwozny.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/miles-kimball": {
    "area": "Usability Design Accessibility Data visualization History experiential pedagogy Technical communication",
    "biography": "Miles A Kimball, PhD is interested in the relationships between technology and humanity, particularly in terms of technical communication. His concept of \u201ctactical tech comm\u201d highlights the unrecognized ubiquity of technical communication in our society. He has published broadly on e-portfolio pedagogy, information design, digital humanities, and the history of data visualization. Professor Kimball is the coeditor (with Professor Charles Sides, Fitchburg State University) of the SUNY Technical Communication book series. He is also a longtime member of the Society for Technical Communication, which named him an Associate Fellow in 2020. In 2021 he was nominated for Vice President of the Society; if elected, that appointment will automatically become President of the Society.",
    "education": "PhD, University of Kentucky AWARDS and NOMINATIONS Associate Fellow, Society for Technical Communication (STC). Ken Rainey Award (Society for Technical Communication, 2019) for \u201ca lifetime of quality research in the field.\u201d Jay R. Gould Award For Excellence in Teaching (Society for Technical Communication, 2020). Best Article on the History or Theory of Technical and Scientific Communication (National Council of Teachers of English, 2006). Best Article on Qualitative or Quantitative Research in Technical and Scientific Communication (National Council of Teachers of English, 2013). Professional Achievement Award, College English Association, 2016. Joe D. Thomas Distinguished Service Award, College English Association, 2011 Distinguished Alumnus Award, Wayland Baptist University, 2009.",
    "name": "Miles A Kimball",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/kimball_0.jpeg",
    "title": "Professor, Communication and Media"
  },
  "/mina-mahmoudi": {
    "biography": "Dr. Mahmoudi joined the faculty of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Fall 2019. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from University of Nevada, Reno in 2017 with research focused on applied macroeconomics. Her early education includes an M.S. degree from University of Tehran, Iran and a B.S. degree from University of Shiraz, Iran in Agricultural Economics. Her primary research fields of interest include applied macroeconomics, financial economics, behavioral and experimental economics, and empirical studies of economic growth and development. One of her recent published research papers examines the macroeconomic effects of the stock market crash of 2008 on the U.S. and European financial links. She extended her research areas to economic growth and development, particularly after starting to work as a researcher with the Nevada State Controller\u2019s Office. In addition, she turned her focus to topics in behavioral and experimental economics by designing economic experiments to analyze the bounded rationality concept and decision-making under ambiguity. Currently, Dr. Mahmoudi teaches Intermediate Macroeconomics and International Economics courses at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In her future research, she intends to design and implement laboratory experiments as a means of testing individual decision-making behavior in financial markets.",
    "education": "Ph.D. University of Nevada, Reno (2017)",
    "name": "Mina Mahmoudi",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Mina%20Mahmoudi3.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Economics"
  },
  "/minoru-tomozawa": {
    "area": "Glass Materials Mass Transport Reliability",
    "biography": "Professor Tomozawa received a Ph.D. degree in metallurgy and materials science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968, after working for the Nippon Electric Company for four years. He joined the faculty at Rensselaer in 1969. He has published extensively in the area of glass science and edited several books on the subject. He served as the Chair of the Glass and Optical Materials Division of the American Ceramic Society and is a fellow of the American Ceramic Society.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Metallurgy and Materials Science (University of Pennsylvania, 1968), B.S. Electrochemistry (Yokohama National University, Japan, 1961)",
    "name": "Minoru Tomozawa",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/tomozawa_minoru.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/mohamed-boudjelkha": {
    "area": "Differential Equations from Applied point of view Asymptotics Special Functions and their Applications to various branches of Science and Engineering",
    "biography": "I was first interested in Partial Differential Equations which I found fascinating because they solve so many problems in 3 and n dimensions in Physics and Engineering. Then while discussing in an informal way a problem in Mechanical Engineering with a group of scientists I was lead to Special Functions and how they can descibe in a compact way the solutions of heat conduction problems. Later (2005) the 'Reimann Bessel Function' which combines the properties of Bessel and Riemann Fuctions was introduced and used to solve Partial Diffrential Equations with time dependent boundary conditions.",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1970 M.S. in Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1966 B.S with double major in Mathematics and Physics, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, 1965",
    "name": "Mohamed Boudjelkha",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Boudjelkha_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/mohammed-j-zaki": {
    "area": "Machine Learning Data Mining Bioinformatics Text Mining Graph Mining and Learning",
    "biography": "Mohammed J. Zaki is a Professor and Department Head of Computer Science at RPI. He received his Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Rochester in 1998. His research interests focus on developing novel data mining and machine learning techniques, especially for applications in text mining, social networks, bioinformatics and personal health. He has around 300 publications (and 6 patents), including the Data Mining and Machine Learning textbook (2nd Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2020). He is the founding co-chair for the BIOKDD series of workshops. He is currently an associate editor for Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, and he has also served as Area Editor for Statistical Analysis and Data Mining, and as Associate Editor for ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data, and Social Networks and Mining. He was the program co-chair for SDM'08, SIGKDD'09, PAKDD'10, BIBM'11, CIKM'12, ICDM'12, IEEE BigData'15, and CIKM'18, and he is co-chairing CIKM'22. He is currently serving on the Board of Directors for ACM SIGKDD. He was a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award and the Department of Energy Early Career Principal Investigator Award, as well as HP Innovation Research Award, and Google Faculty Research Award. His research is supported in part by NSF, DARPA, NIH, DOE, IBM, Google, HP, and Nvidia. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and a Fellow of the ACM.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Computer Science, July 1998, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York M.S., Computer Science, May 1995, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York B.S., Computer Science and Mathematics (dual), May 1993, Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas",
    "name": "Mohammed J. Zaki",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Zaki_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Professor and Department Head, Computer Science"
  },
  "/mona-m-hella": {
    "area": "High speed circuits for wireless/optical transceivers Millimeter wave and THz integrated circuits biomedical and energy harvesting interface ICs",
    "biography": "Mona Mostafa Hella received the Ph.D. degree, in 2001, from The Ohio-State University, Columbus, Ohio, in Electrical Engineering. She was a senior designer at Spirea AB, Stockholm, Sweden working on CMOS power amplifiers (2000-2001). From 2001 to 2003, she was a senior circuit designer at RF Micro Devices Inc, Billerica, MA working on Optical communication circuits and silicon-based wireless systems. She joined the Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2004 where she is now a full associate professor. She is a research thrust leader for the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center (ERC) on Light Enabled Systems and Applications (LESA). Dr. Hella has served as the associate editor of IEEE transactions on Very Large Scale Integration from 2011 - 2014. Since 2010, she has served on the technical program committee of the Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Design Symposium (RFIC). She served on the administrative committee of the Microwave Theory and Techniques society from 2007 to 2009. Her research interests include the areas of mm-wave and THz circuits and systems, energy harvesting and sensor design. She was a Fulbright scholar in 2015 and an IEEE senior member in 2016.",
    "education": "B.S., Electrical Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 1993 M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 1996 PhD, Electrical Engineering, The Ohio-State University, Columbus, OH 2001",
    "name": "Mona M. Hella",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/monamhella2_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/monica-agarwal": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Monica Agarwal",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/agrawm.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Biomedical Engineering"
  },
  "/monica-hughes": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Monica A. Hughes",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Adjunct, Arts"
  },
  "/morgan-schaller": {
    "area": "Stable Isotope Geochemistry Paleoclimates",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D. Geochemistry, Rutgers University",
    "name": "Morgan Schaller",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Morgan.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences"
  },
  "/morris-washington": {
    "biography": "Education: Master Certificate (Project Management), George Washington University, School of Business and Public Management, 1997. Ph.D. (Physics), New York University, 1976. M.S. (Physics), New York University, 1973. B.A. (Physics with honors), Fisk University, 1968. Career Highlights: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Clinical Professor, 2000 \u2013 present. Assistant Director, CIEEM, 2000 \u2013 present. Bell Laboratories/Lucent Technologies, Member of Technical Staff, 1978 \u2013 2000. Bell Laboratories/Lucent Technologies, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1976 \u20131978. Research Interests: Photonic and electronic devices. Selected Publications: \u201cHigh power semiconductor laser injection-locking at 1.3 um\u201d, Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 10, no. 7, pp 903-907, (1992) (with P.A. Andrekson, N.A. Olssen, T. Tanbun-Ek) \u201cWide-bandwidth and high power InGaAsP distributed feedback lasers\u201d, Journal of Applied Physics, 66, 4640, (1989) (with N.K. Dutta et al) Monolithically integrated InGaAs/InP direct coupled junction field effect transistor amplifier\u201d, IEEE Electron Device Letters, EDL-7, 225, (1986) (with J. Cheng et al) Monolithically integrated 1 x 12 array of planar InGaAsP/InP photodiodes\u201d IEEE Journal of Lilghtwave Technology, vol LT-4, No. 3, (1986) (with M.G. Brown et al)",
    "name": "Morris A Washington",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/washtington.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Director, Professor of Practice"
  },
  "/mourad-zeghal": {
    "area": "Soil Mechanics Geotechnical Earthquakes",
    "biography": "Dr. Zeghal research interests include: Computational Soil Micro-Mechanics, Geotechnical-System Identification, Seismic Response Monitoring, and Information Technology Applications in Geomechnics. He is active with the Center for Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (CEES), Scientific Computation Research Center (SCOREC) and the Inverse Problems Center (IPRPI). Failure of geosystems due to natural or man-made hazards such as hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, or terrorist attacks may have monumental repercussions, sometimes with dramatic and unanticipated consequences on human life and the country\u2019s economy. Dr. Zeghal\u2019s research focuses on three areas that are central to the national effort to reduce the impact of these hazards: (1) multiscale modeling of geosystems, (2) model validation and calibration, and (3) development of improved optimal design tools. The methodology of evaluating and predicting the performance of geosystems is undergoing a significant paradigm shift. Computational simulations are destined to become more prominent than empirical approaches and will ultimately become the main tool for analysis and design of civil systems. A hierarchy of adaptive and cost-effective computational models capable of accurately predicting the multiscale and multiphysics response of geosystems is being developed. This hierarchy enables a seamless handling of the initiation and evolution of the various response and failure mechanisms of soils under extreme loading conditions. The hierarchical models range from homogenized continuum to discontinuous coarse-particle formulations. A class of innovative system identification and inverse problem tools are being developed to calibrate these models using experimental data ranging from soil sample and centrifuge tests to full-scale and field tests. This new generation of computational procedures is being translated to practice through careful interactions with practitioners (from industry and government laboratories) and the introduction of changes in the educational curricula of our students.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Princeton University Civil Engineering M.A., Princeton University Civil Engineering",
    "name": "Mourad Zeghal",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/zeghal_mourad_web2.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering"
  },
  "/moussa-ngom": {
    "area": "Quantum Optics: Experimental and Theoretical understanding of light matter interaction Wavefront Shaping: To modulate coherent transport of light through scattering media Quantum Entanglement: Entangled photons with orbital angular momentum",
    "biography": "Following an early career in industry as a Sr. research scientist working in the fields of ultrafast lasers, optical communications, and materials processing, I joined the Center for Ultrafast Optical Sciences (CUOS) to explore light transmission through highly scattering media through light manipulation or wavefront shaping. This newly emerging field of optical wavefront shaping involves the ability to manipulate light fields both spatially and temporally. It has largely been enabled by the availability of spatial light modulators (SLM). SLMs are used to create arbitrarily complex light fields that are now powerful elements of the optics toolbox. An SLM also provides means to manipulate the fundamental constituents of classical light or single photons, which obey the laws of quantum physics. In my research, i will be using these new tools to explore novel ways to address topics where conventional optical techniques are hard to apply, such as the control of light propagation in biological tissues, complex photonic structures, plasmonic systems, and multimode fibers. My research ( https://ngomresearch.com/ ) will also directly address the core problem of entanglement degradation by developing methods to create and manipulate entangled light fields carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) and related structured light fields. The light fields are manipulated using wavefront shaping techniques in waveguide e.g. multimode fibers in order to overcome environment induced destruction of coherence.",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Applied Physics | Advisor: Theodore B. Norris Thesis: \u201cNovel Approach to the Study of Surface Plasmon Resonance and Field Enhancement Properties of Noble Metal NanostructuresUniversity of Michigan \u2013 Ann Arbor",
    "name": "Moussa N'Gom",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/IMG_0619.JPG%20-%20Version%202.JPG",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/murali-chari": {
    "area": "Strategy International Business",
    "biography": "Dr. Chari's research focuses on strategic and international management issues, including corporate diversification, cross-border acquisitions, consequences of ownership differences, strategy in emerging economies, and strategies of emerging economy firms. His research has been published in premier academic and practitioner journals including the Strategic Management Journal, Management Science, Journal of International Business Studies, MIT Sloan Management Review, and Long Range Planning. His work on strategic control systems has inspired the development of frameworks used in performance management consulting work in the United Kingdom.",
    "education": "MBA, Temple University; M.Com, University of Madras; Ph.D., Temple University",
    "name": "Murali Chari",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/charim2%40rpi-500x500.png",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Lally School of Management"
  },
  "/nadarajah-narendran": {
    "area": "Additive manufacturing Solid State Lighting Reliability testing of solid-state devices Photometry Optics for beam control in lighting systems",
    "biography": "Nadarajah Narendran, PhD, is a professor of Architecture and Physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, USA. Dr. Narendran is the director of research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Lighting Research Center. His current research focuses on solid-state lighting and additive manufacturing of lighting systems. Some of his key areas of research include semiconductor component and system reliability assessment, accelerated life test method development, and characterization of optical, electrical, and thermo-mechanical properties of 3D-printed components. Dr. Narendran has authored more than 130 articles in archival journals and proceedings and holds over 50 worldwide patents. He is a Fellow of SPIE (The International Society for Optics and Photonics) and of the Illuminating Engineering Society. He served on the committee assessing solid-state lighting for the National Research Council of the National Academies. He is the recipient of Rensselaer\u2019s William H. Wiley Distinguished Faculty Award, 2012. The award honors those who have won the respect of the faculty through excellence in teaching, productive research, and interest in the totality of the educational process.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Physics, University of Rhode Island",
    "name": "Nadarajah Narendran",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/NN%20Portrait%202.JPG",
    "title": "Professor, School of Architecture"
  },
  "/nancy-campbell": {
    "biography": "Professor Nancy Campbell is the Department Head in the Department of Science and Technology Studies. She is a historian of science, technology, and medicine who focuses on legal and illegal drugs, drug science, policy, and treatment, harm reduction, and gender and addiction. Her most recent book is OD: Naloxone and the Politics of Overdose (MIT Press, 2020). \u201cHow have ideas about drugs and drug addiction changed over time? What do we know about drug addiction, and how do we know it? Why do we have the drug policies that we do?\u201d said Campbell. \u201cWe consider some drugs to cause social problems, and others to solve them. Often we are talking about the same molecules\u2014the differences lie in who uses them and how they do so. My research centers on scientific communities who make knowledge about drugs, and interactions between scientists, treatment providers, policymakers, patient advocates\u2014and drug users themselves.\u201d Campbell also studies the ethics of human subjects research; social movements; and the fruitful convergence between neuroscience and addiction research. She has published two books on gender: Gendering Addiction: The Politics of Drug Treatment in a Neurochemical World with Elizabeth Ettorre (Palgrave, 2011) and her first book, Using Women: Gender, Drug Policy, and Social Justice (Routledge, 2000), which was about how drug-using women figured in drug policy discourse from the 1910s to the 1990s. Campbell and co-authors JP Olsen and Luke Walden published a visual history of the federal drug treatment hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, titled The Narcotic Farm: The Rise and Fall of America\u2019s First Prison for Drug Addicts (Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2008). Campbell also appeared in Olsen and Walden\u2019s 2007 documentary, The Narcotic Farm, and she often speaks on radio shows about the relevance of this project to current drug treatment. Campbell\u2019s scholarly book on the history of the formative science conducted by the laboratory at The Narcotic Farm, which was called the Addiction Research Center and is now the intramural research program of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, is titled Discovering Addiction: The Science and Politics of Substance Abuse Research (University of Michigan Press, 2007). With Joseph Spillane she created the Oral History of Substance Abuse Research Project, funded by the National Science Foundation, the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, and the University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center. In 2009 she received the Media Award from the College on Problems of Drug Dependence for her work on the history of the science of addiction research and treatment.",
    "education": "Ph.D., History of Consciousness Program, University of California Santa Cruz MA, English, University of Washington BA, English, Bucknell University",
    "name": "Nancy Campbell",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/nancy-campbell.png",
    "title": "Professor and Department Head, Graduate Program Director, Science and Technology Studies"
  },
  "/nathan-meltz": {
    "biography": "Nathan Meltz uses collage, printmaking, animation and other graphic arts to comment on the infiltration of technology into every facet of life, from politics and food to family and war. In his visual vocabulary, the contemporary world of nanotechnology and genetic modification are retrofitted with images of analog mechanical parts. Nightmarish industrial creations are set against pictures of grand mechanical constructions to create an off-kilter vision of technology. \u201cI create narratives and relationships between mechanical humanoids and automated animals,\u201d said Meltz. \u201cThrough these tales of love, violence, and circuit boards, I alert the viewer to the inevitable robot invasion, and prepare them to resist.\u201d Meltz's current research investigates the intersection of technology and fascism, exploring and interpreting seminal anti-fascist American art from the 1930-40s. Meltz\u2019s solo exhibitions include Southern Illinois University\u2019s Vergette Gallery, GRIDSPACE (NYC), the University of Jacksonville, Florida\u2019s Andrew Brest Gallery, and Noise Gallery in Ohio. His work has shown internationally, at venues including the International Print Center New York, the Miami Fountain Art Fair, the IN Graafika Festival, P\u00e4rnu, Estonia, the Trois-Rivi\u00e8res International Printmaking Biennial, Canada, the Museum of Modern Art in Rio De Janiero, Brazil, and others. His work has been featured in the publications Paper Politics, Sociological Images, Printeresting and the Mid America Print Council Journal. Meltz is the founder and curator of the East Coast Screenprint Biennial.",
    "education": "M.A., Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison M.F.A., Art, State University of New York at Albany",
    "name": "Nathan Meltz",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/meltz.jpeg",
    "title": "Sr. Lecturer, Arts"
  },
  "/nicholas-mizer": {
    "area": "Role-playing Games Analog Games Worldbuilding Emergent Narrative Critical Game Design",
    "biography": "Nicholas Mizer's research sits at the intersection of anthropology, interactive design, phenomenology, and gonzo ethnography. From this position, Mizer investigates questions of how collaborative imagination shapes the human experience of worlds, especially how imagining other worlds together can serve as a way to re-enchant and re-make our own world. One direction this works take him is through developing critically gameful pedagogy; that is courses-as-games that re-imagine the classroom community as a playfully democractic space. His work primarily focuses on tabletop role-playing games, but also includes other analog, digital, and mixed media forms of play. Mizer is appointed in the Communication & Media Department and the Games & Simulation Arts & Sciences (GSAS) program, where he teaches courses on the history and culture of games, game design, and storytelling through games.He is also the founder and curator of the Interactive Media Archaeology Lab, which provides students with immersive learning opportunities through first-hand experience with games in their original formats. An editor for The Geek Anthropologist, a website which offers critical analysis of popular culture, and as co-chair of Game Studies for the Popular Culture / American Culture Association, and a member of the AnthropologyCon collective, which seeks to develop the role of games in anthropological teaching and research, Mizer is committed to keeping research and its products engaged with the public, to mentoring young scholars, and to working across disciplinary boundaries His book, Tabletop Role-Playing Games and the Experience of Imagined World , was published through Palgrave-Macmillan in 2019, and his writings on play, imagination, and geek culture have appeared in The Journal of Popular Culture , Role-playing Game Studies , Analog Game Studies , and Evolution and Human Behavior .",
    "education": "PhD, Anthropology, Texas A&M University BA, Anthropology, BIola University",
    "name": "Nicholas Mizer",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Mizer_square.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, GSAS"
  },
  "/nihat-baysal": {
    "area": "Molecular theory and simulations, multiscale modeling, polymers, nanoparticles Transport processes, process systems engineering, complex systems and systems biology Diabetes technology Chemical Engineering education",
    "biography": "Nihat Baysal joined the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at RPI in January 2015 as a Professor of Practice. After he received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Chemical Engineering at Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, he continued his postdoctoral studies at Florida State University in both Supercomputer Computations Research Institute (SCRI) and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute (GFDI). In 2002, he started working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey, and he was also appointed as the Associate Dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture. He then moved back to the United States in 2010 and worked as a researcher and as an adjunct professor at RPI. He is currently collaborating with Professor B. Wayne Bequette on the detection of CGM signal attenuations and insulin infusion set failures in an artificial pancreas. He is also working on molecular dynamics simulations of macromolecular systems. He has an established record of research on the retrieval, processing and analysis of primary and secondary data. He has more than 20 years of experience in programming, including designing web-based dissemination protocols, building strategic frameworks on geospatial data systems, network building with large-scale data. He published on numerous subjects, spanning from biological networks to college success outcomes.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey), 1997 M.S. Chemical Engineering (Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey), 1993 B.S. Chemical Engineering (Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey), 1991",
    "name": "Nihat Baysal",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Nihat_Baysal_072715.jpg",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, Chemical and Biological Engineering"
  },
  "/nikhil-koratkar": {
    "area": "Smart Materials and Structures Graphene Electrodes Electricity Energy Storage Carbon Nanotubes",
    "biography": "Nikhil Koratkar received his B.Tech degree from IIT-Bombay in 1995, followed my MS and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1998 and 2000. His research interests lie in the development and characterization of advancednanostructured materials and devices. He has published his work in top journals such as Nature, Nature Materials, Advanced Materials, Nano Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Small to name a few. He is a recipient of the US National Science Foundation's faculty CAREER development award and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Early Career Award. He is also an Associate Editor of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters journal.",
    "education": "Ph.D. University of Maryland at College Park",
    "name": "Nikhil Koratkar",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/koratkar.jpg",
    "title": "John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Chair Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/ning-xiang": {
    "area": "Architectural Acoustics, Signal Processing in Acoustics, Bayesian Analysis",
    "biography": "Dr. Ning Xiang earned his BS in Electrical Engineering in 1982 from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Tianjin University, China, Ph.D. in 1990 from the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB) Germany (with advisor Prof. Dr. Jens P. Blauert). Dr. Xiang was then employed as a project manager and R&D Engineer for HEAD acoustics Inc. Germany from 1991-1996 and subsequently joined the Fraunhofer-Institute for Building Physics, Stuttgart, Germany, as a Research Scientist in 1997. Between 1998-2003, he had been with the National Center for Physical Acoustics and a Research Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at University of Mississippi. He joined the School of Architecture at Rensselaer in July 2003, and now is a full professor. For over 35 years, Dr. Xiang has produced over 400 publications in peer-reviewed journals (including J. of the Acoustical Society of America, IEEE, Applied Acoustics, and acta acustica), proceedings, books and book chapters in such diverse fields as Ultrasonic measurement technology, Bayesian Inference, acoustic approach to landmine detection, model-based data analysis, automatic target recognition, architectural acoustics, binaural auralization, binaural signal processing, and auditory virtual reality. Recently, he co-authored with Prof. J. Blauert a Springer book \"Acoustics for Engineers' (3rd Ed. 2021). He is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), a Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics (IoA, United Kingdom) and a Member of German Acoustical Society, a Member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) and the Institute of Noise Control Engineering, USA. He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. In 2014, he received Wallace Clement Sabine Medal from the Acoustical Society of America. In Feb. 2018 he is awarded the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Matquis Who's Who.",
    "education": "Bachelor degree, Electrical Engineering, Tianjin University, China Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum in Bochum, Germany",
    "name": "Ning Xiang",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/NX2small.jpg",
    "title": "Chair, Graduate Program in Architectural Acoustics, Professor, School of Architecture"
  },
  "/nishtha-langer": {
    "area": "IT Human Capital Women in IT IT Labor Markets Business Value of IT",
    "biography": "Nishtha Langer is an Associate Professor of Business Analytics and A. W. Lawrence Junior Development Fellow at the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She teaches graduate and undergraduate students on aligning firms\u2019 information technology (IT) strategy and business strategies for sustained competitive advantage, exploring new markets, and enabling grounded management and economic principles through the use of IT and business analytics. IT\u2019s organizational and societal impact is multidisciplinary and wide-ranging. Professor Langer is deeply influenced by the interdisciplinary research ethic of Herb Simon in \u201cfollowing the problem\u201d in analyzing the value of key IT investments and resources. Her research benefits from her rigorous academic training at Carnegie Mellon University, combined with over five years of IT experience in India and the U.S. Using theory and techniques from different disciplines such as economics, operations management, marketing, analytics, and organizational behavior, she is interested in empirically analyzing how firms can use their IT capital and IT human capital most effectively. More recently, her research examines the biases in IT labor markets and the societal and business value of social media platforms such as Twitter. Professor Langer's research has been published in top-tier journals, including Management Science , Information Systems Research (ISR), MIS Quarterly , and Journal of Management Information Systems , among others, and widely presented and acclaimed by both academic and industry audiences. Her recent publication examining gender and promotions in the IT industry has been featured on INFORMS\u2019 Resoundingly Human podcast and elsewhere. Before joining Rensselaer, Professor Langer was an assistant professor of information systems at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. She was also a visiting faculty member at the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to joining Gies, she worked as a systems analyst at Arbella Insurance in Boston, and as a systems engineer at Tata Infotech Ltd. in India (now part of Tata Consultancy Services). She earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in engineering from Delhi College of Engineering and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Management (with specialization in information systems) from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.",
    "education": "2003-2007 Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, USA, Ph.D. Information Systems 2003-2005 Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, USA, M.S. Information Systems 1993-1997 Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi, India, B.E., First Class with Distinction",
    "name": "Nishtha Langer",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/NishthaLanger.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor of Business Analytics, Lally School of Management"
  },
  "/noam-cohen": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Noam Cohen",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Adjunct Faculty"
  },
  "/norberto-lemcoff": {
    "biography": "Dr. Norberto Lemcoff is a professor in the Department of Engineering and Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Hartford, Connecticut. He has over 20 years of industrial experience at The BOC Group Technical Center and at United Technologies Research Center, where he worked in the areas of reaction engineering, separations, air purification, and energy recovery. Dr. Lemcoff was professor and Chair of the Department of Industries at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He also directed a Research and Development Program in the area of Alternatives Sources of Raw Materials and Energy, and was consultant to several industrial companies in Argentina. He taught graduate courses at the Argentine Steel Institute, University of Sao Paulo (Brazil), University of Houston and Carnegie Mellon University. Also gave seminars at Universities in USA, Canada, England, France, Spain, China, Brazil and Argentina. Dr. Lemcoff was Chair of the Separations Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Chair of Local Sections, and is a Fellow of the Institute. He received research grants from the University of Buenos Aires, Secretary of Science and Technology (Argentina), and TSWG-U.S. Department of Defense. He has co-authored 14 US patents and over 80 refereed papers. Dr. Lemcoff holds the degrees of Licenciado and Doctor in Industrial Chemistry from the University of Buenos Aires, and a Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College, London.",
    "name": "Norberto Lemcoff",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, Engineering and Science - Hartford"
  },
  "/omar-el-shafee": {
    "biography": "Dr. Elshafee is a Lecturer in Civil and Environmental Engineering since 2016. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from RPI in 2011 and 2016, respectively. Dr. Elshafee's primary research interests are centrifuge modeling, soil-structure interaction, soil dynamics, and numerical modelling. The centrifuge experiments, supplemented by high-quality reliable measurements, have been used to develop or calibrate new design or retrofit engineering methods. He is a reviewer for technical journals, including Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Journal, Soils and Foundations Journal, and others. He is currently serving as a faculty senator representing contingent faculty. He served as the course coordinator for Strength of Materials numerous times. Also, he is the RPI Geowall team faculty adviser which recently won the national competition held in Minneapolis (February 2020). He has a strong teaching background he believes that teaching is like tailoring a suit for a customer which is the student. He is currently teaching core classes like Intro to Engineering Analysis, Strength of materials where he served as the course coordinator (2017 \u2013 Present), and Intro to Engineering Design. Also, he taught in Egypt for 2.5 years where he was responsible for an elective course and mentoring undergrad thesis of geotechnical major students.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2016 Master of Science, Civil Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2011 Bachelor's Degree, Civil Engineering, Alexandria University (Egypt), 2007",
    "name": "Omar El-Shafee",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Omar%20Elshafee%20Photo.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering"
  },
  "/omar-williams": {
    "biography": "Omar Williams currently teaches at Shaker Junior High School in Latham, NY where he directs band, jazz ensemble, and teaches general music. He is also an adjunct trumpet professor at RPI since 2019. Williams holds a Master of Music Education and a Bachelor of Trumpet Performance and Music Education from Ithaca College. An active freelancer, he has performed with many local ensembles including the Silver Arrow Band, New York Players, Schenectady Symphony, Glens Falls Symphony, and Sage City Orchestras. He plays with the Keith Pray Big Soul Ensemble and former lead trumpet player of the Joey Thomas Big Band. Williams regularly plays for local churches, musicals and opera productions. He has performed in renowned venues such as Carnegie Hall, Troy Music Hall, Cohoes Music Hall, Proctor\u2019s Theatre, Palace Theatre and was a bugler at the Saratoga and Belmont Racetracks. Internationally, he has toured in Ireland, England, France, Austria, Belgium and Germany. Most recently he recorded on an album in Jerusalem, Israel and has been invited to play with bands in Ireland. Giving back to the organizations that supported him as a young musician is a great source of pride. He is a board member of Empire State Youth Orchestra (ESYO) and chairperson of the Middle School Honor Band for New York State Band Directors\u2019 Association (NYSBDA). Williams resides in historic Troy, NY, as proud homeowner of the house that was used in the famed Norman Rockwell painting\u2014 The Street Was Never the Same. Outside of music, Williams loves traveling internationally and training for half and full marathons.",
    "name": "Omar Williams",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/OmarSmall.jpg",
    "title": "Music Fellow, Arts"
  },
  "/onkar-sahni": {
    "area": "Fluid Mechanics Computational Fluid Dynamics Turbulence Simulations Computational Mechanics High-Performance and Parallel Computing",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute",
    "name": "Onkar Sahni",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/OnkarSahni_0.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/pankaj-karande": {
    "area": "Drug discovery Drug delivery Peptide engineering High throughput screening Vaccine design Biomaterials design",
    "biography": "Prof. Pankaj Karande joined the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at Rensselaer in January 2008. Before joining Rensselaer, Dr. Karande was a postdoctoral scholar in the Chemical Engineering Department and Center for Cancer Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Karande has received numerous awards for his work including The Edison Award for best Product in Science and Medicine (2009), The Anna Fuller Fellowship in Molecular Oncology (2006-2007), Outstanding Pharmaceutical Paper by the Controlled Release Society (2005) and the Fionna Goodchild Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring (2004). Dr. Karande is an inventor on several patents in the area of Transdermal Formulation Discovery and Novel High Throughput Screening Platforms.",
    "education": "B.S. 2000 University of Mumbai Ph.D. 2006 University of California, Santa Barbara Postdoctoral 2008 MIT/Center for Cancer research",
    "name": "Pankaj Karande",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/karande.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering"
  },
  "/partha-dutta": {
    "area": "Semiconductor Optoelectronics Nanotechnology Crystal Growth Solar Thermal Energy Full Spectrum Photovoltaics Full Spectrum Solid State Lighting",
    "biography": "Dr. Partha S. Dutta is a professor in the Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. He served as the Deputy Director of NSF funded Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center from 2010 to 2015. His research interests are in the areas of semiconductor, optoelectronics, nanotechnology and crystal growth. He has co-authored over 140 research papers and 4 book chapters, inventor of 18 issued US Patents and the author of two forthcoming textbooks (\u201c Optoelectronics and Photonics Engineering\u201d and \u201cApplied Solid State Physics\u201d) to be published by Springer. He has delivered over 120 technical talks world-wide. Dr. Dutta is also a technologist and entrepreneur with vast experience in laboratory-to-market ventures. With a focus on accelerated commercialization of new technologies, Dr. Dutta has been engaged in a wide gamut of TRL-1 through TRL-9 research activities encompassing fundamental research in materials and devices, as well as advanced systems design and engineering. These efforts have found applications in the energy, chemical, lighting, display, healthcare and defense industries. He is the co-founders of Auterra and Novoluxtech. He has served in numerous national and international scientific and business panels, editorial reviews for technical journals and books, led and managed large research programs, and mentored students at all levels: K-12, undergraduate and graduate as well as post-doctoral fellows. He is a senior member of IEEE.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Experimental Condensed Matter Physics (Indian Institute of Science, 1996), M.S. Physics (Indian Institute of Technology, 1990), B.S. Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics (Bombay University, 1988)",
    "name": "Partha Dutta",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Partha%20Photo%202016.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, School of Engineering"
  },
  "/patricia-search": {
    "biography": "In her current art work and multimedia research, Patricia Search designs multimedia installations that explore the aesthetics of space, time, and action in computer interface design. \u201cI work with digital media and create interactive installations that highlight ways to use diverse media, exploration, physical interaction, and social discourse to create immersive experiences for online communication,\u201d Search said. \u201cThese multisensory environments create perceptual dichotomies that juxtapose realism and fantasy, logic and emotion, continuity and transition. The installations incorporate non-Western perspectives of space, time, and action inspired by indigenous cultures, resulting in innovative ways to use interaction design to define a sense of place. As a result, my research is expanding the syntax of experience design and shaping new dimensions in relational aesthetics through the integration of physical and virtual environments. In these installations, multiple viewers use the interaction with physical and virtual elements, social discourse, and memory to define the aesthetics of the experience and a sense of place.\u201d Patricia Search has had 38 solo exhibitions and multimedia installations of her art throughout the United States, including 11 in New York City, as well as exhibitions in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, France, Germany and Taiwan. She has also participated in over 150 group exhibitions in the United States, Canada, Australia, France, Italy, Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Greece, China, and Japan. She was awarded a Fellowship in Computer Art from the New York Foundation for the Arts and received a Fulbright Senior Specialists Grant to work on multimedia projects with two universities in Australia. In 2005, she received the Creative Achievement Award from the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA), and in 2010, she was awarded the IVLA James G. Sucy Distinguished Service Award. She was President of IVLA from 2009-2010. She received the best paper award for her research from the World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, and she received the IVLA Editors\u2019 Choice Award for best papers in 2003 and 2007. Her art has been published in numerous journals and three television documentaries including a PBS documentary. Patricia Search is currently the Co-Editor of the international Journal of Visual Literacy. She was also a contributing editor for the International Journal of Learning for two years. She has co-edited five books on visual literacy research. She served on the Board of Directors of the International Visual Literacy Association and the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology (ISAST). In 2010, she was awarded Rensselaer\u2019s Jerome Fischbach Faculty Travel Award, and in 2008, the Humanities, Arts, and Social Science Inaugural Service Award.",
    "education": "M.A., Art, Goddard College B.S., Art, Skidmore College",
    "name": "Patricia Search",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4653_55.jpg",
    "title": "Director, Center for Global Communication+Design and Professor, Communication and Media"
  },
  "/patrick-royer": {
    "biography": "Patrick Royer holds a PhD in cultural anthropology from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. His area of interest focuses on West Africa where he has conducted ethnographic studies for many years. His research interests include past and recent religious prophetic movements in Africa, religious conversion, and local religious beliefs and practices in a global world. His research on religion have been published in journals including Africa (London) and Cahiers d\u2019\u00e9tudes africaines (Paris). A different area of research investigated the French colonial conquest and the largest revolt fought against a colonial power in West Africa. This type of conflicts addresses issues such as nation-building, pacification, and relations between technology, culture, and war. It is part of a field known as \u201cWar and Society\u201d that deals with the social and cultural dimensions of war rather than with military operations. Results of this research has been published in journal articles, encyclopedia, and in two books, West African Challenge to Empire (co-authored with Mahir Saul), Ohio University Press, which was awarded the Amaury Talbot Prize of the Royal Anthropological Society). The second book, La guerre en miroir, conqu\u00eate et pacification au Soudan Occidental [War, Conquest, and Pacification in Western Sudan] published in 2019, received the Robert Cornevin Prize from the Acad\u00e9mie des sciences d\u2019outre-mer in Paris.",
    "name": "Patrick Royer",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Adjunct, Science and Technology Studies"
  },
  "/patrick-t-underhill": {
    "area": "Complex fluids Coarse-grained simulations Microfluidics Biopolymers Swimming microorganisms",
    "biography": "Patrick Underhill joined RPI in August 2008 after completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Research Interests:Prof. Underhill's research focuses on using a combined theoretical, computational, and experimental approach to understand problems in engineering, physics, and biology. Examples include advanced material development, separation and manipulation of biological molecules, nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, and biochemical pathways for quorum sensing and chemotaxis.",
    "education": "B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2001, Washington University B.S. Physics, 2001, Washington University Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, 2006, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Postdoctoral: 2006-2008, University of Wisconsin - Madison",
    "name": "Patrick T. Underhill",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/underhill_patrick_web_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering"
  },
  "/paul-gerard-hine": {
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Professor Hine is the Academic Advisor for Rensselaer's Industrial Process Management (IPM) program and teaches courses in Lean Six Sigma I and II. He has provided consulting and training services, including motivational coaching, change management, organizational development, and performance improvement. He is co-author of the book The World of Negotiations: Never Being a Loser. He earned his B.S. in Business and MBA from the University of Connecticut.",
    "name": "Paul Gerard Hine",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, Lally School of Management and Technology - Hartford"
  },
  "/paul-m-schoch": {
    "area": "plasma diagnostics instrumentation engineering education",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1983), M.S. Electrical Engineering (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1981), B.S. Electrical Engineering (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1976)",
    "name": "Paul M. Schoch",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/paulmschoch_1.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor and Director, Center for Initiatives in Pre-College Education (CIPCE), Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/paul-quigley": {
    "biography": "Guitarist Paul Quigley has performed with the Glens Falls Symphony and as concerto soloist with The University Orchestra at SUNY Albany. Other solo and chamber music performances include Troy Music Hall, the Riverside Church Christ Chapel series, Hunter College, The Spanish Institute, and the Oberwald Concert Series in Basel, Switzerland. Additionally, Paul was a featured performer on the Queen Elizabeth II World Cruise and the Queen Mary II and Crystal Symphony ships. Paul is a member of the Finger Lakes Guitar Quartet which has performed at Cleveland Guitar Society\u2019s \u201cUp and Coming Artists\u201d series, Marietta College, Lake Luzerne Summer Music Festival, Zankel Music Center, Keuka College, and the Great Lakes Guitar Society. Recent performances include works written for the FLGQ including premieres of \u201cForever Wild\u201d, by Evan Mack (written for the FLGQ and the Albany Symphony Orchestra), and \u201cSonata for Four Guitars\u201d by Brett Wery. A versatile musician, Paul performs electric guitar in the Rock / Blues band \u201cNite Train with Thomasina Winslow\u201d and is featured on the 2020 recording, \u201cCat on a Mission\u201d. A graduate of SUNY Schenectady and the Manhattan School of Music, Paul earned the A.S., BM and MM degrees in guitar performance. He is currently on faculty at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the College of Saint Rose and SUNY Schenectady.",
    "name": "Paul Quigley",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/PaulSmall.jpg",
    "title": "Music Fellow, Arts"
  },
  "/paul-stoler": {
    "biography": "Stoler joined Rensselaer in 1966, where he has conducted experimental work on particles and nuclei. Among his professional affiliations are the American Physical Society (fellow), and the JLAB users group. Research Interests: Properties of Hadrons. The experimental study of the properties of strongly interacting particles (hadrons). These studies are being carried out using precision multi-GeV electron and photon beams at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. The current experimental program involves the measurement of exclusive reactions at high momentum transfer (high Qsq or high t) This includes deeply virtual reactions such as meson production or virtualCompton scattering, and reactions leading to the excitation of excited baryons. The purpose of these measurements is to map the distributions of quarks/partons in the nucleon, and to understand the interactions leading to the structure of strongly interacting matter. The PRI group, consisting of faculty, postdocs and students, carries out these experiments as part of the Jefferson Lab CLASS Collaboration. A major part of the current program also involves preparing the physics and experimental for the planned Jefferson Lab $300 million energy upgrade. The RPI work is fully supported by the National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy. Neutrino physics. The RPI group has an active collaboration in the Daya Bay neutrino oscillation experiment. This is a major Chinese-American undertaking to measure the third neutrino oscillation angle.",
    "education": "B.S., Brooklyn College. Ph.D., Experimental nuclear physics, Rutgers University.",
    "name": "Paul Stoler",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/stoler.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/pawel-keblinski": {
    "area": "Nanotechnology Computational Modeling Integrated Electronics",
    "biography": "Professor Keblinski received his Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University in 1995. Before he joined Rensselaer in 1999 he was a postdoctoral researcher at Argonne National Laboratory and worked at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe in Germany as a recipient of an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship. Professor Keblinski is an author or co-author of 129 papers on topics ranging from mesoscopic-level modeling of vapor deposition and phase separation to atomic-level structure and properties of interfaces in metals, covalent materials and ionic ceramics. Professor Keblinski\u2019s work is focused on the relationship between microstructure and various materials properties, such as mechanical response, diffusion, interfacial migration and phase diagram, in particular, of nano-structured materials. A major goal of Professor Keblinski\u2019s work is to design and analyze computational models in order to gain insights into the nature of the material behavior and properties. These insights are than used to formulate theoretical concepts, to understand experimental results and to guide future experiments. Other interests include connecting atomic-level modeling with electronic-level studies as well as with the macroscopic description of the material based on constitutive models.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Physics M.S., Warsaw University, Poland Physics",
    "name": "Pawel Keblinski",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Pawel%20Keblinski.jpg",
    "title": "Professor and Department Head, Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/peter-c-wayner-jr": {
    "biography": "June 1956 - Sept. 1958 Communications Officer, United States Navy 3912, Sasebo, Japan 1959 - 1960 (Summer) Research Engineer in Textile Fibers Dept. (exploratory research on synthetic fibers) E.I. du Pont de Nemours March 1963 - August 1965 Research Scientist engaged in heat transfer studies, United Aircraft Corporation Research Laboratories August 1965 Joined the Faculty of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1976 - (Summer) Chemist (Chemical Engineer) Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Sept. 1976 - July 1977 Sabbatical leave at Stanford Universit (Visiting Professor in Chemical Engineering); NASA Ames Research Center (Contract Researcher for Heat Pipe Research Program) 1985 Chairman, Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion Division, American Institute of Chemical Engineers 1987 Sabbatical visit to National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, and to Oxford University, Oxford, England 1988 - 1989 1988 Technical Program C",
    "education": "Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (Northwestern University, 1963), M.S. Chemical Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960), B.S. Chemical Engineering (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1956)",
    "name": "Peter C Wayner  Jr.",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/wayner_peter_web_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Chemical and Biological Engineering"
  },
  "/peter-henry-dinolfo": {
    "area": "Dye-sensitized Semiconductor Solar Cells Organic Photovoltaics Artificial Photosynthesis Physical and Inorganic Chemistry Polymers, Materials and Energy",
    "biography": "Research Interests Design and Synthesis of Supramolecular Coordination Compounds Fundamentals of Electron Transfer in Inorganic Materials Electrochemistry and Spectroscopy of Inorganic Compounds Development of Redox Catalysts for Solar Fuel Formation Surface Functionalization and Modification Techniques",
    "education": "B.S., State University of New York, College at Geneseo, 1998 Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2004 Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University, 2004-2007",
    "name": "Peter Henry Dinolfo",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Dinolfo_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Biology"
  },
  "/peter-j-bonitatibus-jr": {
    "area": "Nanoparticle-based diagnostic imaging agents for computed tomography Organometallic catalysis, specifically hydrosilation Metals in Medicine",
    "biography": "The most recent scientific contributions by Prof. Bonitatibus are in the field of contrast media for diagnostic imaging, specifically intravenous nanoparticle-based agents for computed tomography (CT). He is credited with invention of a portfolio of intravenously administered CT contrast agents that comprise a tantalum oxide nanoparticle core coated with a biocompatible siloxane polymer shell. Prof. Bonitatibus has been funded by the NIH for developing these agents dating back to 2013. He is currently funded by the NIH, NSF, and private industry. He has authored 45 technical publications, holds 15 United States issued patents, and appeared in more than 30 presentations at national and local venues. Prof. Bonitatibus also has more than 15 years of industrial experience as a Senior Scientist at GE Global Research where he was an Independent Contributor and Project Leader, as well as a Principal Investigator for an NIH grant in conjunction with Prof. B. Yeh at UCSF on R01-EB015476 entitled \"Nanoparticle CT Contrast Agents for Reduced Radiation Dose and New Imaging Applications\" (2013-2017). He has been a co-investigator on 5 awards from the Department of Energy in the last 10 years, the most significant of which was in the area of electrocatalysis for energy storage with Prof. W. Jones at the Univ. of Rochester (DOE DE-SC0001055, 2009-2014). As a postdoctoral researcher, Prof. Bonitatibus spent two years at MIT in the labs of Prof. R. Schrock (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2005) where he focused on the design, synthesis, and discovery of living organometallic olefin (cationic) polymerization catalysts. He published a total of 16 journal articles with Prof. Schrock. He earned a Ph.D. with Honors in Chemistry from Boston College under Prof. W. Armstrong where his graduate work focused on the synthesis and reactivity of low valent vanadium compounds. This research required mastery of both inert-atmosphere synthetic techniques and physical methods of characterization including single crystal chemical crystallography and electron paramagnetic resonance. Prof. Bonitatibus earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Fairfield University and under a Pfizer Fellowship Award conducted research in the area of high valent manganese-oxo cluster synthesis and oxidation chemistry with Prof. J. Sarneski in collaboration with Prof. R. Crabtree at Yale. He has a passionate interest in exploratory materials research for applications in diverse technologies enabled by liquid-phase synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles and the design, synthesis, and characterization of novel organometallics, inorganic compounds, organosilanes, and hydrosilation catalysts. Prof. Bonitatibus has served as a reviewer for the Department of Energy, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Orthopaedic Research, ACS Nano, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part B - Applied Biomaterials, Journal of Coordination Chemistry, and Congress of the World Molecular Imaging Society, as well as a referee for the Royal Society of Chemistry. He teaches Inorganic Chemistry II (CHEM 4010) at RPI twice per academic year.",
    "education": "Postdoctoral Research with Prof. R. Schrock (Nobel Laureate, 2005), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001 Ph.D. with Honors in Chemistry, Boston College, 1999 B.S. in Chemistry, Fairfield University, 1993",
    "name": "Peter J. Bonitatibus Jr.",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Boni_RPI_1_RRb.jpg",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, Chemistry and Chemical Biology"
  },
  "/peter-kramer": {
    "area": "Stochastic modeling in microbiology Stochastic dynamics on networks",
    "biography": "Dr. Kramer received his B.A. in Physics from Princeton University, and earned his Ph.D. in Applied and Computational Mathematics at Princeton University under the supervision of Professor A.J. Majda. Dr. Kramer took a three-year Courant Instructor and NSF postdoctoral research fellow position at the Courant Institute at New York University, before joining the faculty in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Rensselaer as an assistant professor in August, 2000. Dr. Kramer's research focuses on the application of ideas and techniques from probability theory and differential equations to model and analyze complex systems which evolve in time and involve too many variables to represent explicitly in a practical computational model. The effects of the unresolved variables on the quantities of interest are treated in a statistical fashion. Current areas of research include transport within biological cells, the swimming dynamics of irregular colonies of flagellated cells, statistical modeling in ecology, and the statistical inference of neuronal network topology from firing data. This work is in collaboration with scientists and engineers at Arizona State University, Pennsylvania State University, Tulane, as well as at Rensselaer. Dr. Kramer supervises the preparation of undergraduates at Rensselaer for the annual Mathematical and Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling, and supports the organization of the Graduate Student Mathematical Modeling Camp (2013-17) as well as the endeavors of the Mathematical Problems in Industry Workshop (2000-present). Dr. Kramer is also an active member of the NSF-funded Research Training Grant (RTG) program in the department, which supports the research and education of several graduate students and postdoctoral research fellows.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Princeton University, 1997",
    "name": "Peter Kramer",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Kramer_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/peter-olausson": {
    "area": "Artificial General Intelligence Machine Learning and Reinforcement Learning Complexity and Network Science Startup Advisor, Board of Directors at Advance Carts, Inc.",
    "biography": "Programs Taught Machine Learning and AI Bio Peter Olausson is a neuroscientist and entrepreneur who served as a faculty member at Yale University for over a decade researching the neurobiology of behavioral control. His goal was to better understand how learning and memory, motivation and cognitive functions synergize to affect decision-making. He has since played a major role as a founder and entrepreneur in a number of innovative companies, including a startup that provides robust AI solutions to customers in the aerospace, finance, manufacturing and medical industries. In his current work, he is using AI to improve human decision-making and athletic performance. Peter is motivated by positive change and is energized by the project work completed by professionals in his courses as they expand their skillset in the areas of AI and cognitive systems. Other Professional Experiences Intelligent Artifacts - Cognitive Neuroscientist - AI Research Cognituum - Co-Founder & Chief Cognitive Scientist IDIQIO - Chief Scientist & Development Partner NYU TrepCamp - Principal Instructor",
    "education": "Ph.D., Pharmacology, Gothenburg University, Sweden M.Sc., Biochemistry, Gothenburg University, Sweden",
    "name": "Peter Olausson",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Peter%20Olausson2.jpg",
    "title": "Instructor Mentor, Rensselaer at Work"
  },
  "/peter-persans": {
    "area": "novel optoelectronic materials Physics education research and educational development",
    "biography": "Professor Peter Persans is Associate Head of the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy. His research interests have been mostly in the physics of amorphous, nanocrystalline, and low-dimensional materials with applications in optoelectronics and energy conversion. Recently, he has focused on improving undergraduate education at all levels. Current projects include development of a first semester mentor program across the sciences and facilitating student creation of open-source materials to enable remote laboratory experiment access for introductory physics education.",
    "education": "B.S., Physics, Polytechnic Institute of New York, 1975. S.M., Physics, University of Chicago, 1977. Ph.D., Physics, University of Chicago, 1982 (Thesis advisor: H. Fritzsche).",
    "name": "Peter Persans",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/perans.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/peter-stark": {
    "biography": "Peter Stark is a physicist and mechanical engineer working on systems design at CASE with extensive experience in imaging and non-imaging optics, low and high concentration PV in both design and fabrication of system prototypes and design for high volume production. Peter Stark is a co-founder of HeliOptix, LLC where he focuses on mechanical and optical engineering. He has been involved in concentrating PV since 1990. He holds degrees in physics (PhD, MS) and engineering (BS). His past work focused primarily on the resonant interaction of surface plasmons and photons",
    "name": "Peter Stark",
    "portrait": "http://www.case.rpi.edu/images/people/stark.jpg",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, School of Architecture"
  },
  "/petros-drineas": {
    "biography": "http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~drinep/DrineasCV.pdf",
    "education": "Ph.D./M.Phil./M.Sc. in Computer Science (May 2003), Computer Science Department, Yale University BS/M.Sc. in Computer Engineering (July 1997), Computer Engineering and Informatics Department, University of Patras",
    "name": "Petros Drineas",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Drineas_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor"
  },
  "/pindaro-demertzoglou": {
    "area": "Transaction Processing Systems Decision Support Systems E-business Applications Commercial and Open Source Databases",
    "biography": "Pindaro Demertzoglou is currently a faculty member at the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer, where he has been teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels since 2000. In addition to Rensselaer, Demertzoglou has taught at the University at Albany (SUNY) and Union College. His professional experience also includes the development of multiple transactional and decision support systems through the use of client server and multi-tier architecture. For the past three years, he has worked with Johnson & Johnson, deFacto Global, United Aircraft Technologies Inc., and IPPSec (ippsecpro.com). Prior to 2017, he worked with Microsoft Corporation, Glenmont Partners, IP Logic, Zomega Terahertz Corporation, Groff Networks, M&T Bank, LabPrints, Best Western, Collaborations Advertising Agency, the Albany Chamber of Commerce, and ESCOT Executive Business Services. Demertzoglou has published nine books in the field of databases and analytics and is currently continuing his research. Download Professor Demertzoglou\u2019s CV.",
    "education": "Ph.D., State University of New York; MBA, M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; B.S., American College of Thessaloniki",
    "name": "Pindaro Demertzoglou",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/demertzoglou.jpg",
    "title": "Senior Lecturer"
  },
  "/pingkun-yan": {
    "area": "Medical Image Computing Image-guided Interventions Computer Vision Artificial Intelligence",
    "biography": "Before joining the Department of Biomedical Engineering at RPI, Dr. Pingkun Yan was a Senior Scientist at Philips Research North America since 2013. Dr. Yan has been serving as an associate editor of several international journals including Neurocomputing and Machine Vision and Applications. The research goals Dr. Yan are to quantify, augment and visualize the information residing in large-scale multi-modality medical imaging data using artificial intelligence and computer vision technologies. His research has been enabling new diagnosis and treatment approaches with higher accuracy and better efficiency. Pingkun has published over 80 peer reviewed articles in well recognized international journals and conferences with over 3000 citations.",
    "education": "B.S., University of Science and Technology of China, 2001 Ph.D., National University of Singapore, 2006",
    "name": "Pingkun Yan",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/yanp.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering"
  },
  "/platts-simon-nicholas": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Platts, Simon Nicholas",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer"
  },
  "/prabhakar-neti": {
    "area": "Electrical energy systems Electric machines Condition monitoring and online asset management of electrical equipment",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of Victoria, BC, Canada",
    "name": "Prabhakar Neti",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/RPI-ID-1_1.jpg",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/prabhat-hajela": {
    "area": "Optimum Design Structural Dynamics Aeroelasticity",
    "biography": "Prabhat Hajela, Ph.D., is the Provost at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. In this role, he is responsible for all academic portfolios at the Institute, and, in collaboration with the Vice President for Research, works to strengthen the research missions of the Institute. He also plays a significant role in fundraising and external relations. Hajela has previously served as the Vice Provost & Dean of Undergraduate Education, where his broad administrative mandate included oversight of all undergraduate programs at the Institute, including engaging the five academic schools in program development and implementation. He also served as the Administrative Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences in 2010-2011, providing oversight to academic and research programs in the school during a period of transition. In 2003, he served as a Congressional Fellow responsible for Science and Technology Policy in the Office of US Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT). He worked on several legislative issues related to aerospace and telecommunications policy, including the development of the anti-SPAM legislation (CAN-SPAM) that was signed into law in December 2003. Hajela has been active in several national and international organizations. He is a past Vice-President of the International Society of Structural & Multidisciplinary Optimization. He has also a past Chair of ASME\u2019s Aerospace Division. Hajela has served on different National Academies Panels related to Aerospace and Aviation research, including the first Decadal Survey of Aeronautics and a review of Aeronautics Research Programs at NASA, and is on the NRC Technical Assessment Board for the Army Research Laboratory. He Chairs the NRC Review Panel on Information Sciences research at the Army Research Laboratory. His research interests are in areas related to complex system analysis and design in the presence of uncertainties. He has conducted research at NASA\u2019s Langley and Glenn Research Centers, and the Eglin Air Force Armament Laboratory. He also worked at the Boeing Company as the Boeing-A.D. Welliver Fellow in 1995. He has published over 275 papers and articles in the areas of structural and multidisciplinary optimization, and is an author/editor of 4 books in these areas. He has held editorial assignments and serves on the editorial boards of several international journals. In 2004, he was the recipient of AIAA\u2019s Biennial Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Award. Hajela is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and a Fellow of the Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI). Hajela received his undergraduate degree in Aeronautical Engineering (1977) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He received Masters degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State University (1979), in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University (1981), a Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University (1982), and conducted postdoctoral research at UCLA (1982-83).",
    "education": "Ph.D. Stanford University",
    "name": "Prabhat Hajela",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/hajela_prabhat_web_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor and Provost, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/prakrati-thakur": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Prakrati Thakur",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Economics"
  },
  "/pravin-s-bhiwapurkar": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Pravin S. Bhiwapurkar",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Architecture"
  },
  "/qiang-ji": {
    "area": "Computer Vision Probabilistic Graphical Models Machine Learning Affective Computing Human Behavior and State Modeling, Monitoring, and Recognition Natural Human and Machine Interactions Active Information Fusion for Situation Awareness and Decision Making under Uncertainty",
    "biography": "Qiang Ji received his Ph.D degree in electrical engineering from the University of Washington. He is currently a Professor with the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems engineering at RPI. From January, 2009 to August, 2010, he served as a program director at the National Science Foundation, managing NSF's machine learning and computer vision programs. Prior to joining RPI in 2001, he was an assistant professor with Dept. of Computer Science, University of Nevada at Reno. He also held research and visiting positions with the Beckman Institute at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, and the US Air Force Research Laboratory. Dr. Ji currently serves as the director of the Intelligent Systems Laboratory (ISL) . Prof. Ji is a fellow of the IEEE and the IAPR.",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of Washington",
    "name": "Qiang Ji",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/qiangji.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/qiang-wu": {
    "area": "Financial Accounting Corporate Governance",
    "biography": "Qiang Wu is a former A.C. Lawrence Research Fellow. His current research interests include tax avoidance, accounting conservatism, debt contracting, earnings quality, auditing quality, corporate governance, financial analysts, corporate social responsibility, ethical and gender issues. His research works have appeared in premier journals including Journal of Accounting Research , The Accounting Review , Journal of Financial Economics , Contemporary Accounting Research, and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. His works have also been cited by business media including Bloomberg, CNBC, Reuters, Dow Jones Newswires, AICPA, Accounting Today, AAA, CFO Magazine, Catalyst, Bankrate . He is currently on the Editorial Boards of Advances in Accounting , Journal of Financial Stability , and China Accounting and Finance Review . More details about his research work could be found on http://ssrn.com/author=976747 or https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hQlsdB8AAAAJ&hl=en",
    "education": "Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; M.A., Johns Hopkins University; B.S., Wuhan University of Technology",
    "name": "Qiang Wu",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/qiang.jpeg",
    "title": "Associate Professor of Accounting and Finance"
  },
  "/r-helen-zha": {
    "area": "Biomimetic and Bio-inspired Materials Nanostructured Soft Matter Molecular Engineering and Self-assembly Nanomedicine Materials for Energy and Sustainability",
    "biography": "Dr. Helen Zha received her B.Sc. (2007) from MIT and her Ph.D. (2013) from Northwestern University in Materials Science & Engineering. After pursuing postdoctoral research at Eindhoven University of Technology and UC Berkeley, Helen started as a tenure-track assistant professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering in 2018. Helen has received an NSF CAREER Award, published 22 peer-reviewed journal articles to date ( Google Scholar Page ), and currently sits on the Advisory Board of Materials Innovation Initiative .",
    "education": "Ph.D. Northwestern University (2013) B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, MIT (2007)",
    "name": "R. Helen Zha",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/R-Helen-Zha.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering"
  },
  "/radoslav-ivanov": {
    "biography": "Prior to joining Rensellaer as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Radoslav was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, where he worked with Dr. George Pappas and Dr. Rajeev Alur. Radoslav defended his PhD dissertation in 2017 at the University of Pennsylvania under the supervision of Dr. Insup Lee and Dr. James Weimer. His research lies broadly in the field of safe and secure autonomy. The natural application domains of his work are safety-critical cyber-physical systems (CPS) such as automotive CPS and medical CPS. The fields relevant to his research are safe autonomy, neural network verification, CPS security, control theory and sensor fusion.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, 2017. B.A., Computer Science and Mathematical Economics, Colgate University, 2011.",
    "name": "Radoslav Ivanov",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Square%2C%20cropped_0.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Computer Science"
  },
  "/raffi-e-garc%C3%ADa": {
    "biography": "Raffi E. Garc\u00eda is an Assistant Professor of Finance and Accounting in the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His research interests are in the fields of financial economics, corporate finance and empirical industrial organization. Garc\u00eda\u2019s research focuses on measuring and understanding the effects of regulations and unexpected events or shocks on firm behavior, strategy and performance. He has presented his work at major academic conferences, including the American Economic Association (AEA), the Royal Economic Society (RES), the International Industrial Organization (IIOC), and the Econometric Society (ES)-Latin America and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) annual conferences. He is the recipient of multiple research and travel grants including the Rosenberg Institute of Global Finance Research Grant and the AEA Economics Mentoring Program Travel Grant (sponsored by the National Science Foundation). While completing his PhD, he was awarded dissertation fellowships by the American Economic Association and by the American Society of Hispanic Economists (ASHE). Garc\u00eda received his PhD in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis University in 2018. He also holds a master\u2019s degree in Economics from Vanderbilt University and a bachelor\u2019s degree in Economics from Boston College. Prior to joining the faculty at Lally, Garc\u00eda served as an adjunct faculty at both Brandeis University and Boston College. Garc\u00eda was born in Santo Domingo, DR and grew up in New York City. He enjoys jogging, hiking and traveling. He is a fan of college sports, particularly football, basketball and baseball.",
    "education": "PhD in International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University M.A., Economics, Vanderbilt University B.A., Economics, Boston College",
    "name": "Raffi E. Garc\u00eda",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/garcia_0.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Lally School of Management"
  },
  "/rahmi-ozisik": {
    "area": "Computational Modeling and Simulations Polymer nanocomposites Polymer processing and characterization Protein structure and dynamics Supercritical fluid assisted processing",
    "biography": "2008\u2013present: Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA. 2010: Sabbatical appointment with Prof. Angel Garcia Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA. 2010: Sabbatical appointment, School of Engineering and Architecture Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey. 2007: Visiting Scientist, Materials Science and Engineering Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. 2004: Visiting Scientist Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA. 2002\u20132007: Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA. 2001: Post Doctoral Research Associate, Institute of Polymer Science The University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA. 2000\u20132001: Post Doctoral Research Associate, Institute of Polymers Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland. 1996\u20131999: Research Assistant, Department of Polymer Science The University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA. 1992\u20131996: Research Assistant, Department of Polymer Engineering The University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA. 1990\u20131991: Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA; 1999. M.S. Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA; 1996. B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey; 1990.",
    "name": "Rahmi Ozisik",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/rahmi%20ozisik.png",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/ralph-g-noble": {
    "biography": "Ralph Noble is an associate professor in the Department of Cognitive Science. His research has explored Evolutionary Psychology and Behavioral Endocrinology with a focus on the neuroendocrine control of sensory motor systems. Currently, his interests include the psychology of games and modeling bureaucratic control systems.",
    "education": "PhD, Comparative and Physiological Psychology, University of California, Berkeley BA, Psychology, Rutgers University",
    "name": "Ralph G. Noble",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/noble.jpeg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Cognitive Science"
  },
  "/raphael-rodrigues": {
    "area": "Environmental Engineering, Site Assessments, Hazardous Waste Management",
    "biography": "Dr. Raphael Rodrigues is an Environmental Engineer graduated from the University of S\u00e3o Paulo (USP), in Brazil. After graduating, Raphael worked as an environmental consultant in projects of site assessments and remediation and also as an environmental auditor for S\u00e3o Paulo\u2019s Environmental Protection Agency. The promising results Raphael obtained during his Ph.D. research, focused in modification of membrane filters for water treatment applications, granted him a fellowship to continue his research at the Harvard School of Engineering Sciences. After finishing his research and obtained his Ph.D., Dr. Rodrigues worked as an environmental consultant for water reclamation projects, being part of a team that designed and operated the first pilot unit for direct potable reuse of domestic wastewater in Brazil. Meanwhile, Dr. Rodrigues and also worked as Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering at USP. Later in his career, Raphael moved to the United States and now is a Lecturer in Environmental Engineering at RPI. Dr. Rodrigues teaches Introduction to Environmental Engineering, Hydraulics and Hydrology, Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, Environmental Toxicology and Risk Analysis, Environmental Consulting and Site Assessments, Water Reuse Technologies, and Environmental Impact Assessments.",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering - Hydraulic Engineering and Sanitation, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences / University of S\u00e3o Paulo, 2015 Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering, University of S\u00e3o Paulo, 2010",
    "name": "Raphael Rodrigues",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bio.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering"
  },
  "/raquel-velho": {
    "biography": "Raquel Velho is a sociologist of science and technology. Her research intersects the field of Science and Technology Studies (particularly Infrastructure Studies) with research in Disability Studies. She focuses on the development of large technological systems, especially transport infrastructures, and the work undertaken by marginalized communities to mold these networks. Velho\u2019s current book project explores the question of accessibility in public transit. She discusses the process of stabilization of large systems in ways that have become exclusionary for specific demographics that are considered \u201cnon-standard\u201d. These barriers, she argues, have long-term consequences and often develop into a vicious cycle of social exclusion, but can be progressively overcome if marginalized communities are re-engaged in decision-making fora. Velho has also identified the active engagement of disabled people with infrastructures. She examines tactical maneuvers as ways of temporarily re-inscribing access requirements in ways that would often be considered subversive to maintainers of the network. Velho\u2019s research interests are varied and interdisciplinary, including (but not limited to), infrastructure studies; cyborg anthropology/sociology; inclusive design; social exclusion and inclusion processes; standards and classification in governance; Latin American science and technology studies/policy; and disability/ableism studies. She is engaged in teaching in RPI\u2019s interdisciplinary Programs in Design and Innovation (PDI) and is the faculty advisor to the Rensselaer chapter of Design for America. Her articles are published or forthcoming in a variety of journals and languages, including Social Inclusion, Frontiers in Public Health, Critical Reviews of Latin American Research (co-edited volume on Latin American science and technology Studies) and Liinc em Revista.",
    "education": "PhD, Science and Technology Studies, University College London MSc, Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society, Imperial College London BA, Sociology, Universit\u00e9 de Nantes, France",
    "name": "Raquel Velho",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Velho_square.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Program Director, Science and Technology Studies"
  },
  "/ravishankar-sundararaman": {
    "area": "Research Interests: computational material science electronic properties nanomaterials solid-liquid interfaces electrochemistry plasmonics photonics energy conversion and storage applications Emphasis on collaboratively developing new theoretical and computational methods in open-source software",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Postdoctoral fellow, Joint Center for Artifical Photosynthesis, California Institute of Technology and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 2013-2016 Ph.D. Physics, Cornell University, 2013 M.Sc. Physics, IIT Kanpur, 2007",
    "name": "Ravishankar Sundararaman",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Shankar%20%28latest%29.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/rebecca-l-benjamin": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Rebecca L. Benjamin",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Music Fellow, Arts"
  },
  "/rena-huang": {
    "area": "optoelectronic devices integration and packaging 3-D integrated microsystems lightwave circuits integrated slow wave structures photodetectors electro-optic modulators laser diodes",
    "biography": "Zhaoran (Rena) Huang joined the faculty of the department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering (ECSE) as an Assistant Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in October 2004. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in December 2003. During her Ph.D. study, she explored the integration of high-speed optical interconnects using III-V thin film semiconductor devices and polymer waveguides. She worked at Microsystem Packaging Research Center (PRC) from January 2004 to September 2004 as a postdoc fellow where she led the effort in design and integration of an end-to-end optical interconnect on SOP substrate.",
    "education": "B.S., Optoelectronic Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, 1995 M.E., Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999 PhD, Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003",
    "name": "Rena Huang",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/RenaHuang_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/ricardo-dobry": {
    "area": "Soil Mechanics Geotechnical Earthquakes Simulation",
    "biography": "Dr. Dobry's research interests include soil dynamics, geotechnical earthquake engineering and geotechnical dynamic centrifuge testing. He was a leading participant of the group that wrote the new seismic provisions on local site amplification in the 1990's now incorporated in U.S. building codes. He is one o, one of 15 interconnected experimental nodes funded by NSF to revolutionize earthquake engineering research in the U.S. He has written more than 200 technical papers and research reports and has directed 40 PhD and MS theses at Rensselaer.",
    "education": "Sc.D. Civil Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971) M.S. Soil Mechanics (National University of Mexico, 1964) B.S. Structural Engineering (University of Chile, 1963)",
    "name": "Ricardo Dobry",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/dobryfr-2.jpg",
    "title": "Institute Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering"
  },
  "/richard-bonocora": {
    "area": "Microbiology Genomics Gene Regulation Mobile Genetic Elements Space Biology",
    "biography": "Regulation of RNA synthesis is key to the control of gene expression. In bacteria, RNA is synthesized through the process of transcription by the multi-subunit enzyme RNA polymerase (RNAP). For proper initiation of transcription, RNAP must temporarily associate with a specificity subunit known as Sigma factor, to recognize a promoter, the site of transcription initiation. Bacteria can contain several Sigma factors, each differentially activated and responsible for regulating specific sets of genes or regulons. The development of Next Generation Sequencing techniques such as ChIP-seq and RNA-seq have allowed us to map the binding of multiple Sigma factors across the bacterial genome and determine, at unprecedented resolution, the regulons for each. Unexpectedly, Sigma factor binding and transcription initiation are pervasive; a large fraction of Sigma binding sites occur inside genes. This is contrary to the \u201ctextbook\u201d view where promoters are located in between genes and a short distance away from the genes that they control. The role(s) of these \u201cnon-canonical\u201d promoters is a mystery, and the next goal is unravel their function on gene expression and the cell lifecycle.",
    "education": "B.S. Biology 1992, State University of New York at Albany; Ph.D. Biology 2004, State University of New York at Albany; Postdoctoral: 2005 - 2010 National Institutes of Health, 2011 - 2015 Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health",
    "name": "Richard Bonocora",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Bonocora%20%281%29.jpg",
    "title": "Sr. Lecturer, Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/richard-gross": {
    "area": "Polymer Chemistry Bio-based building blocks Biocatalysis Sustainability Green Chemistry Biosurfactants Advance materials for electro-optical applications Energy Storage (battery seperator membranes, dielectric materials) Polymer therapeutics Biochemistry and Chemical Biology Biotechnology and Biomaterials Organic, Medicinal and Drug Discovery Polymers, Materials and Energy Green Chemistry and Sustainability",
    "biography": "Professor Gross received his Ph.D. from 'Brooklyn Poly' (Polytechnic University) working on Polymer Stereochemistry (synthetic chemistry) and then performed postdoctoral research with Robert Lenz at UMASS Amherst on the synthesis/properties of polyhydroxyalkanoates (i.e. bacterial polyesters). His research is motivated by the urgent need to develop sustainable chemicals and materials to meet the demands of a rapidly rising global population while mitigating risks of increased green-house gas emissions asociated with climate change. Gross is focusing the groups inventiveness on research that has the potential to revolutionize the way we synthesize next-generation chemicals and materials as well as improve human health. For this purpose, the group is combining the best chemical and biocatalysts to develop efficient green routes to low molar mass molecules, polymers and materials. He is also applying green chemistry principles to develop next-generation therapeutics. For this, we look to nature for tailorable bioactives and use a variety of tools to create matrices for tissue engineering and bioresorbable biomaterials. The result of our emphasis on implementing green chemical principles is the development of synthetic routes that operate under mild reaction conditions (e.g. low temperature, ambient pressure, avoid toxic reagents) that increase worker safety, improve reaction efficiencies (i.e. atom economy) while avoiding protection-deprotection steps. By working this way we increase the chance that we develop will be scalable and used. Examples of ongoing research are as follows. There is a need to develop efficient and scalable methods to synthesize peptides. These building blocks hold great promise for creating antimicrobial, metal binding, self-assembling, bioadhesives (to replace sutures) and environmentally responsive materials. However, peptide synthesis currently relies on solid and liquid phase methods (SPPS and LPPS) that are expensive and, consequently, prohibit the use of peptides in these and other exciting fields of application. Our laboratory is pioneering methods that use protease-catalyst to build peptides in aqueous media without the need for protection-deprotection steps. Protease-catalyzed peptide synthesis allows scale-up of peptide building blocks for a wide range of exciting material applications. In other work, we are using the selectivity of lipase catalysts to synthesize functional bioresorable polyesters that meet important needs for tissue engineering matrices, drug delivery systems and bioactive materials. Another focus area is the use of bacteria that directly extrude cellulose nanofibers from cell membranes that become intertwined creating interconnected nanofiberous 3-D matrices. One aim in this program is to control matrix parameters including fiber size and porosity to tailor bacterial cellulose for applications as membranes for separation/water purification, reservoirs for liquid crystals that form voltage regulated switchable windows and much more. Also, our laboratory is looking to nature for next-generation bioactive compounds (e.g. anticancer, antimicrobial, immunomodulators, insecticides and tick repellents). This work makes use of a family of surface active microbial synthesized glycolipids that can be molecularly engineered to enhance their physical and biological properties. In addition, we are using essential oils and their components as potent/renewable/safe pesticides, insecticides and tick repellents. Some of these antimicrobial components are finding their way into a new family of adherent films that protect fruits and vegetables from premature spoilage. Emulsion and encapsulation technologies are being used to effectively apply or deliver these natural bioactives. Another group project is motivated by the problem of plastic pollution. It is now evident that seperating plastic wastes and physical recycling of recovered plastics has largely failed to create effective pathways for plastic re-use. While our group is interested in the overall potential of biorecycling, work thus far has focused on a family of enzymes known as cutinases that actually degrade plastic water bottles made from PET to their constituent building blocks (terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol). Our ability to engage in this large array of project areas is possible due to our belief that thet best work is done through productive collaborations with scientists and engineers that bring new perspectives and expertise. Consequently, we have developed productive long-term collaborations with physicists, biologists, biomedical engineers, entomologists, mechanical engineers and process engineers. Gross has about 500 publications in peer-reviewed journals that have been cited over 26,000 times (h-index 82, i10-index 362). He has graduated over 40 Ph.D. students who are enjoying successful carreers in industry and acedmics. In addition, he believes in the formula of having Ph.D. students active in mentoring as well as working in teams with undergraduate and high school students.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Polytechnic University (Major: Chemistry). Multistep synthesis and studies of chiral helical rigid-rod polymers. Postdoctoral Research (University of Massachusetts Amherst). Flexibility in the synthetic pathway to microbial polyesters.",
    "name": "Richard Gross",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Richard%20Gross%20head%20shot%202.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Constellation Chair, Chemistry and Chemical Biology"
  },
  "/richard-j-radke": {
    "area": "computer vision video processing human-scale, occupant-aware environments social signal processing video analytics smart lighting visual effects radiotherapy",
    "biography": "Richard J. Radke joined the Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2001, where he is now a Full Professor. He has B.A. and M.A. degrees in computational and applied mathematics from Rice University, and M.A. and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University. His current research interests involve computer vision problems related to human-scale, occupant-aware environments, such as person tracking and re-identification with cameras and range sensors. Dr. Radke is affiliated with the NSF Engineering Research Center for Lighting Enabled Services and Applications (LESA), the DHS Center of Excellence on Explosives Detection, Mitigation and Response (ALERT), and Rensselaer\u2019s Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) and Cognitive and Immersive Systems Laboratory (CISL). He received an NSF CAREER award in March 2003 and was a member of the 2007 DARPA Computer Science Study Group. Dr. Radke is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Senior Area Editor of IEEE Transactions on Image Processing . His textbook Computer Vision for Visual Effects was published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. His Youtube Channel contains many annotatated lectures on signal processing, image processing, and computer vision.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (Princeton University), M.A. Computational and Applied Mathematics (Rice University), B.A. Computational and Applied Mathematics, Mathematics (dual) (Rice University)",
    "name": "Richard J. Radke",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/richardjradke.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/richard-m-plotka": {
    "biography": "Areas of Instruction: Professor Plotka teaches Introduction to ITWS, ITWS Capstone, Web Systems Development and Web Science Systems Development in the Information Technology and Web Science program. In addition to his commitment to Information Technology and Web Science students, Professor Plotka has played an active role in the ITWS community by serving as a member of the IT Advisory Board from 1999-2012. Research Interests: Professor Plotka is pursuing the latest trends in information technology, executive management, systems architecture, applications architecture, operations research management, and project management. As he contributes to the field of business and technology management, Professor Plotka calls upon his 20 years of experience in industry. He is currently the Chief Executive Office at Appatura, a SaaS Component Content Management and Automated Publishing solutions provider. He is actively involved in the application of Blockchain to challenges in Legal, Marketing, Music and Real Estate. LinkedIn",
    "education": "Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic University",
    "name": "Richard M. Plotka",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/rick_plotka2.jpg",
    "title": "Administrative Program Director, Information Technology and Web Science"
  },
  "/richard-n-smith": {
    "area": "Thermal-Fluid and Energy Systems",
    "biography": "Richard N. Smith (BA, Rice, 1970; MS, PhD, California\u2014Berkeley, 1974) is retired from Rensselaer. He spent 44 years as a Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering. His research and teaching expertise was in thermal and fluid sciences, with research applications in manufacturing and materials processing, especially solidification processing, as well as energy utilization and conversion. He served as a Program Officer at the National Science Foundation between 2001-2004 and from 2010 -2013. From 2004 to 2009, he was Associate Dean of Engineering for Academic and Student Affairs. He represents the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) as a Commissioner (Team Chair) for the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a Life-Member of the American Society for Engineering Education.",
    "education": "Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley",
    "name": "Richard N. Smith",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/RNS%20Web%20Photo.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/richard-t-lahey-jr": {
    "area": "Multiphase Flow and Boiling Heat Transfer Reactor Safety Analysis Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics Applications of Chaos Theory Sonofusion Technology",
    "biography": "Professor Lahey is an international authority in multiphase flow and heat transfer technology and was formerly Director of the Center for Multiphase Research (CMR) at Rensselaer. He was previously Dean of Engineering at RPI and has served as Chairman of the Faculty & Science Senate. Prior to joining Rensselaer in 1975 as Chairman of the Department of Nuclear Engineering, he held several technical and managerial positions with the General Electric Company, including overall responsibility for all domestic and foreign R&D programs associated with nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulic and safety technology.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (Stanford University, 1971",
    "name": "Richard T. Lahey  Jr.",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/lahey_richard_web_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/richard-w-siegel": {
    "biography": "Richard W. Siegel PhD was the Robert W. Hunt Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from June 1995 through his retirement from RPI at the end of December 2021, He was Department Head from 1995 to 2000, and the founding Director of both the Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center (2001-15) and the US National Science Foundation funded Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for Directed Assembly of Nanostructures (2001-13). He was graduated from Williams College in 1958 with an AB degree in physics and received an MS degree in physics in 1960 and a PhD degree in metallurgy in 1965 from the University of Illinois in Urbana. After two years of postdoctoral materials research at Cornell University, Siegel served on the faculty of the State University of New York at Stony Brook (1966-76) in the Department of Materials Science. He was a research scientist in the Materials Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory from 1974 to 1995, serving most of that time as group leader and research program manager in the areas of metal physics or defects in metals. Dr. Siegel has been a visiting professor in Germany, Israel, India, Switzerland, Japan and China, and has been active in local, national, and international professional organizations. He was a member (2003-09) of the Nanotechnology Technical Advisory Group of the US President\u2019s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He chaired the World Technology Evaluation Center worldwide study of nanostructure science and technology (1996-98) for the US government that led in 2001 to the US National Nanotechnology Initiative, was chairman of the Long-Range Planning Committee and a Councillor of the Materials Research Society, and is a past chairman (1992-96) of the International Committee on Nanostructured Materials. Siegel earlier served on the US National Materials Advisory Board Committee on Materials with Sub-Micron Sized Microstructures and was co-chairman of the Study Panel on Clusters and Cluster-Assembled Materials for the US Department of Energy. He has been active in community service as well. From 1983 to 1991 he served on the Governing and Executive Boards of the two-county wide DuPage/West Cook Regional Special Education Association in Illinois and also as an elected member of the Hinsdale Township High School District 86 Board of Education, serving from 1987 to 1991 as President of the Board. Active in materials research for over 50 years, Siegel studied the properties of defects in metals, atomic diffusion, and the synthesis, processing, characterization, properties, and applications of nanostructured ceramics, metals, composites, and biomaterials. Dr. Siegel\u2019s research activities have garnered over $60 million in funding from federal, state, industry, and private sponsors. He has authored or co-authored more than 300 articles and patents (21 issued in the US), edited ten books, presented more than 500 invited lectures worldwide on these subjects, and founded and led (2001-21) Rensselaer\u2019s Molecularium\u00ae Project, serving as Executive Producer of its award-winning educational media. Dr. Siegel\u2019s work is highly cited with almost 20,000 citations and an h-index of 71 as of January 2022; he was listed in ScienceWatch as the fourth-most highly cited author worldwide in materials science during 1990-94 and among the top 100 (0.02%) during 2000-10. He was a founding Editor of Nanostructured Materials, an associate editor of Materials Letters for 25 years, and a member of the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and the Journal of Metastable and Nanocrystalline Materials. Siegel is a founder and Director of Nanophase Technologies Corporation, a publicly held manufacturing company started in 1989; his early work with them was recognized by a 1991 US Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer. In 1992 he was made an Honorary Member of the Materials Research Society of India \"in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of Materials Science and Engineering\" and in 1993 he was made an Honorary Member of the Materials Research Society of Japan. In 1994, Dr. Siegel was named a recipient of an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Senior Research Award in Germany in recognition of his research and teaching accomplishments. He presented the 1996 D.K.C. MacDonald Lecture in Canada. In 2001, Dr. Siegel was named a RIKEN Eminent Scientist in Japan, and in 2003 in Germany he received a Deutsche Bank Prize \u201cPioneer of Nanotechnology \u2013 Nanomaterials\u201d. Dr. Siegel was named a Fellow of the Materials Research Society in 2010, the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering in 2015, and the National Academy of Inventors in 2017.",
    "name": "Richard W. Siegel",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/siegel_richard_web.jpg.jpg",
    "title": "Robert W Hunt Professor (retired) , Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/rick-relyea": {
    "area": "Ecology Disease ecology Ecotoxicology Evolution Animal behavior",
    "biography": "Dr. Relyea completed his PhD at the University of Michigan in 1999 and spent the next 15 years as a professor at the University of Pittsburgh. In 2014, he moved to Rensselaer to become the Director of the Darrin Fresh Water Institute and the Director of The Jefferson Project at Lake George . In July 2022, he stepped down from being a director to go on a sabbatical. Complete list of published journal articles Complete list of published textbooks",
    "education": "Ph.D., Univ. of Michigan M.S. Texas Tech Univ. B.S. SUNY-ESF",
    "name": "Rick Relyea",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Rick%202022.jpg",
    "title": "David M. Darrin \u201940 Senior Endowed Chair; Director of the Darrin Fresh Water Institute and The Jefferson Project (2014-2022), Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/rob-hamilton": {
    "area": "Music and Technology Music Composition Gaming Virtual Reality",
    "biography": "Rob Hamilton joined the Department of Arts at Rensselaer with an appointment in the Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences program in 2015. As a composer, performer, researcher and software designer his creative and analytical practice explores the cognitive implications of the spaces between interactive game environments, network topographies and procedurally-generated sound and music. His music, writings and research have been presented at international academic conferences, in concert at festivals and galleries, as well as at commercial venues and trade shows. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer-based Music Theory and Acoustics as well as an M.A. in Music, Science and Technology from Stanford University\u2019s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) in the Department of Music, a M.M. in Computer Music Composition from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, and a B.A. in Music and Cognitive Science from Dartmouth College.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Computer-based Music Theory and Acoustics, Stanford University, Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) M.A., Music, Science and Technology, Stanford University, Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) M.M., Computer Music Composition, The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University B.A., Music and Cognitive Science, Dartmouth College",
    "name": "Rob Hamilton",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/HamiltonR.JPG",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Arts"
  },
  "/robert-ashcraft": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Robert Ashcraft",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Adjunct, GSAS"
  },
  "/robert-c-degeneff": {
    "biography": "Robert C. Degeneff (F'93) received his B.M.E. from GMI in 1966 and his M.Eng and D. Eng in 1967 and 1974 respectivly from RPI in Electric Power Engineering. He joined General Electric's Large Power Transformer Department as a Senior Development Engineer and was promoted in 1978 to Manager of the Advanced Electrical Development Unit. In 1981 he joined the Electric Utility Systems Engineering Deparment as Manager of the HVDC Engineering Subsection and in 1985 assumed the position as Manager of the Software services section. In 1989 he joined the faculty of RPI as a professor of Electric Power Engineering. He has published over four dozen papers, several chapters in books, and holds three patents.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Electric Power Engineering (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1974), M.S. Electric Power Engineering (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1967)",
    "name": "Robert C. Degeneff",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": ""
  },
  "/robert-hull": {
    "area": "Nanotechnology Electronic Materials Semiconductors",
    "biography": "Hull joined RPI in January 2008 to assume the positions of the Head of the Materials Science and Engineering Department and the Henry Burlage Professor of Engineering. Prior to that he spent about a decade at Bell Laboratories in the Physics Research Division, and twelve years at the University of Virginia, where he was the Director of an NSF MRSEC Center and Director of the UVA Institute for Nanoscale and Quantum Science. He received his PhD in Materials Science from Oxford University in 1983. Hull is highly active in engineering and materials science societies and professional groups. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and of the Materials Research Society, and in 1997 served as president of the Materials Research Society. He has also chaired a Gordon Research Conference on Thin Films, and chaired the Committee of Visitors for the National Science Foundation\u2019s Division of Materials Research. Within the realms of materials and nanoscience, Hull\u2019s research focuses on the relationships between structure and property in electronic materials, fundamental mechanisms of thin film growth, and the self-assembly of nanoscale structures. Other areas of interest include degradation modes in electronic and optoelectronic devices, the properties of dislocations in semiconductors, nanoscale fabrication techniques, nanoscale tomographic reconstruction techniques, development of new nanoelectronic architectures, and the theory and application of electron and ion beams.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Oxford University Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science; B.A., Oxford University Physics",
    "name": "Robert Hull",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/RobertHull.jpg",
    "title": "Acting Vice President for Research, Henry Burlage Jr. Professor of Engineering, and Director of Center for Materials, Devices, and Integrated Systems , Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/robert-j-linhardt": {
    "area": "Glycoscience Biocatalysis Metabolic Engineering Nanobiotechnology Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Chemoenzymatic Synthesis Biochemistry and Chemical Biology Biotechnology and Biomaterials Organic, Medicinal and Drug Discovery Polymers, Materials and Energy",
    "biography": "Robert J. Linhardt received his Ph.D. degree from the Johns Hopkins University (1979) and was a postdoctoral student with Professor Robert Langer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1979-1982) and served on the faculty of University of Iowa from 1982-2003. He is currently the Ann and John H. Broadbent, Jr.'59 Senior Constellation Professor of Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, holding joint appointments in the Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Biology, Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering. He is an Adjunct Professor of Orthopedics at the Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, NY. His honors include the American Chemical Society Horace S. Isbell, Claude S. Hudson and Melville L. Wolfrom Awards, the AACP Volwiler Research Achievement Award, the USP Award for an Innovative Response to a Public Health Challenge, is a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), a Fellow of the AAAS, and one of the Scientific American Top 10. His research focuses on glycobiology, glycochemistry and glycoengineering. He has recently been actively involved in the emerging field of nanobiotechnology and is focused on developing an artificial Golgi and cellulose-based energy storage devices. Professor Linhardt has published over 900 peer-reviewed manuscripts and holds over 50 patents.",
    "education": "Marquette University, B.S. 1975 Chemistry The Johns Hopkins University M.A., Ph.D. 1977, 1979 Organic Chemistry Massachusetts Institute of Technology Postdoctoral 1979-1982 Biochemical Engineering",
    "name": "Robert J. Linhardt",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Lindhardt_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Ann and John H. Broadbent, Jr. \u201959 Senior Constellation Professor of Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering, Chemistry and Chemical Biology"
  },
  "/robert-karlicek": {
    "area": "Advanced lighting systems Advanced display technologies Lighting and biological applications Advanced sensor technology Internet of Things Optoelectronics",
    "biography": "Dr. Robert F. Karlicek, Jr. is the Director of the Center for Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications (LESA) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an NSF and industry funded program exploring advanced applications for next generation solid state lighting systems. Prior to joining RPI, he spent over 30 years in industrial research and R&D management positions with corporations including AT&T Bell Labs, EMCORE, General Electric, Gore Photonics, Microsemi, Luminus Devices and SolidUV. His technical experience includes epitaxial growth of high performance LEDs and lasers, advanced device fabrication and high power LED packaging, thermal management, control systems design and applications research in solid state lighting as well as other novel LED uses such as IR and UV LED applications, wireless communications using lighting (LiFi) and advanced LED display applications. Dr. Karlicek is well known globally as an LED industry expert, and is a frequent presenter at conferences and workshops. He obtained his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh and has over 56 peer reviewed technical papers and 44 U.S. patents. He is the founder and president of SolidUV, Inc., and sits on the technical advisory boards of several high tech startup companies.",
    "education": "B.S. in Chemistry, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst IL (1973) Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh (1979)",
    "name": "Robert Karlicek",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/RobertKarlicek.jpg",
    "title": "Director, Center for Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications (LESA), Co-Director, Institute for Energy, the Built Environment, and Smart Systems (EBESS), and Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/robert-nideffer": {
    "biography": "Robert Nideffer joined the Arts department in 2013 as department head. He has exhibited at a variety of national and international art venues including the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte in Spain; the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach, California; the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the 2002 Whitney Biennial. He has spoken about his work in a wide range of venues both inside and outside the academy. His projects have been discussed in major media outlets including books, journal articles, television, the internet, film and radio. His research involves the integration of real-time data into gaming environments, making a series of high-resolution digital paintings that combine photographic elements with CG environments designed to make their way back out into the physical realm, and laying the groundwork for building a \"dirty\" shop/studio where he can tinker with wood, metal, and microelectronics out by a lake. Prior to coming to Rensselaer, he held an appointment in the Department of Informatics in the School of Information and Computer Science at UC, Irvine. In 1999 he founded the Game Culture and Technology Lab, which raised over $5,000,000 in sponsored research grants with a variety of academic, federal, and international partners. He was made a tenured Associate Professor in 2002 and a Full Professor in 2008. In 2005 he founded an undergraduate program in Game Culture and Technology. From 2005-2007 he was Co-Director, and from 2007-2009 Director, of the Art Computation Engineering (ACE) Graduate program, housed between the School of the Arts, the School of Information and Computer Science, and the School of Engineering. Currently, Dr. Nideffer's focus is on helping the department build upon its legacy as one of the best places in the country to push the boundaries of a critically engaged, socially conscious, \"un\"-disciplined arts, technology, and sciences practice. He's also determined to get better at digital audio mixing and mashing, and reducing the amount of email he receives on a daily basis.",
    "education": "PhD, Sociology, University of California Santa Barbara MFA Computer Arts, University of California Santa Barbara",
    "name": "Robert Nideffer",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/nideffer.jpeg",
    "title": "Professor, GSAS"
  },
  "/robert-niemiec": {
    "area": "VTOL Flight Mechanics Electric VTOL VTOL Aircraft Design",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2014. Ph. D. Aerospace Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2018.",
    "name": "Robert Niemiec",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Headshot.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/robert-w-jones": {
    "biography": "Dr. Jones earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an MBA from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration (Rochester), and a JD from University of Albany Law School. His research and public speaking efforts focus on the intersection of finance, law, and economics, including areas related to valuation of financial assets, forensic economics, and copyright law. Dr. Jones writes and speaks frequently on matters relating to the valuation of closely held businesses. He is a member of the National Association of Forensic Economics, and Beta Gamma Sigma, National Business Honor Society. He teaches courses in microeconomic theory, financial markets and institutions, and law & economics. Curriculum Vitae",
    "education": "Ph.D., Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute MBA, University of Rochester JD, University of Albany Law School",
    "name": "Robert W. Jones",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Jones%20bob.jpeg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Economics"
  },
  "/robert-w-messler-jr": {
    "area": "Welding Metallurgy Microstructures",
    "biography": "Professor Messler received his Ph.D. in physical metallurgy in 1971 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After 16 years in industry, 11 at Grumman Aerospace and 5 at Eutectic-Castolin, he returned to Rensselaer in 1984 to serve for 7 years a Technical Director and Associate Director of the Center for Manufacturing Productivity. He joined the faculty in 1991 as Associate Professor and Director of the Materials Joining Laboratory, was tenured in 1997, promoted to Professor in 1999, and appointed as Associate Dean for Academic & Student Affairs for the School from 1999-2004. Professor Messler has authored 4 technical books in welding and joining, and over 140 papers in diverse areas of materials processing, joining, design, manufacturing, and engineering education. Dr. Messler teaches materials and processes selection and application of materials within design, multidisciplinary courses in welding and joining, principles of failure analysis, and materials science for engineers; for which he has receiv",
    "education": "Ph.D. Physical Metallurgy (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1971), B.S. Metallurgical Engineering (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1965)",
    "name": "Robert W. Messler  Jr.",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/messler_robert_web_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/robert-whalen": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Robert Whalen",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer, Arts"
  },
  "/roger-h-brown": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Roger H. Brown",
    "portrait": "http://",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, Engineering and Science - Hartford"
  },
  "/roger-n-wright": {
    "area": "Metallurgy Mechanical Properties Materials Processing",
    "biography": "Professor Wright received the Sc.D. in metallurgy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1969. He joined Rensselaer in 1974, after having been at Allegheny Ludlum Research from 1968-1971, and at Westinghouse Research from 1971 -1974. Professor Wright is author or co-author of 140 scientific papers.",
    "education": "Sc.D. Metallurgy (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969)",
    "name": "Roger N. Wright",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/wright.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/ron-sun": {
    "biography": "Ron Sun is a cognitive scientist investigating the fundamental nature of the human mind using various methodologies of cognitive science, and in particular computational modeling as a means of forging process-based comprehensive theories of the mind. He has played a leading role in developing hybrid systems for cognitive modeling. He has published more than 150 technical papers in journals such as Psychological Review, Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Neural Networks, as well as 9 books by MIT Press, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press. \u201cMy research interest lies in the study and modeling of cognitive agents, especially in their abilities to learn, reason, and act in the real world,\u201d Sun said. \u201cMore specifically, my research can be categorized into the following areas: human and machine learning, connectionist reasoning and knowledge representation, hybrid models, as well as multi-agent interaction and cognitive social simulation.\u201d Sun has been instrumental in organizing key events in the development of hybrid systems through his involvement with research, conferences, and academic organizations. He has held numerous leadership positions within the field, including program chair of IJCNN 2007, general chair and program chair of the 2006 Cognitive Science Society Conference, and chair of the 2010 Workshop on Cognitive Social Sciences in Portland, Oregon. He has been an invited, plenary, or keynote speaker at many conferences including recent events such as the 16th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2009), the 19th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2012), and the International Conference on Adaptive Knowledge Representation and Reasoning in 2008. His most recent books include Grounding Social Sciences in Cognitive Sciences (MIT Press) and Cambridge Handbook of Computational Psychology (Cambridge University Press). His recently published research includes \u201cMoral judgment, human motivation, and neural networks\u201d in Cognitive Computation, \u201cAutonomous generation of symbolic representations through subsymbolic activities\u201d in Philosophical Psychology, and \u201cPsychologically realistic cognitive agents: Taking human cognition seriously\u201d in the Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence. Sun is the founding co-editor-in-chief of the journal Cognitive Systems Research and also serves on the editorial boards of Neural Networks, Connection Science, IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development, Cognitive Computation, and more. He is on the Governing Board of the Cognitive Science Society, and the Board of Governors of the International Neural Network Society. He received the 1991 David Marr Award from Cognitive Science Society (at the Thirteenth Annual Conference of Cognitive Science Society), and received the 2008 Hebb Award from the International Neural Networks Society. He is a Fellow of IEEE and in May 2015 was appointed a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science for \"sustained and outstanding contributions to psychological science.\"",
    "education": "Ph.D, Brandeis University, 1992",
    "name": "Ron Sun",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/sun.jpeg",
    "title": "Professor, Cognitive Science"
  },
  "/ronald-bailey": {
    "biography": "Prior to joining Rensselaer in 1961, Bailey was a NATO Science Fellow at University College, London (1960-61) with Sir R. S. Nyholm. Research Areas: Coordination Chemistry Synthesis and structural characterization of metal coordination compounds provide information on metal-ligand bonding. Two aspects of interest are, first, the modes of bonding of potentially ambidentate ligands with various metal ions, and second, mixed-metal complexes formed by organic ligands that bridge two different metal ions. Infrared and visible-UV spectroscopy, magnetic properties, X-ray diffraction, and electrochemical techniques are used in the characterization.",
    "education": "Ph.D., McGill University, 1960 B.S., University of Manitoba, 1956",
    "name": "Ronald Bailey",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Bailey_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Chemistry and Chemical Biology"
  },
  "/ronald-f-larity": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Ronald F. Larity",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Adjunct Faculty"
  },
  "/ronald-hedden": {
    "area": "polymer networks, gels, and elastomers; pervaporation membranes asphalt-polymer mixtures virtual reality in chemical engineering education",
    "biography": "Prof. Hedden joined the faculty at RPI in January of 2017 after serving as an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX from 2009-2017. Dr. Hedden's past research and teaching interests covered both Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science, with emphasis on soft materials and nanomaterials in engineering applications. In his role as Professor of Practice at RPI, Prof. Hedden teaches both Chemical Engineering courses and Core Engineering courses. His research interests recently turned to innovations in undergraduate education, especially the use of Virtual Reality in the classroom. Current Research Dr. Hedden and his students recently began developing a Virtual Chemical Plant (VCP) simulation environment to provide students virtual access to chemical process equipment that is otherwise too dangerous, too expensive, or too large to bring into the classroom. The VCP environment is expected enable innovations in teaching process safety, process dynamics and control, chemical reaction engineering, and plant design.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, 2000 B.S. Chemical Engineering, Penn State University, 1995",
    "name": "Ronald Hedden",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, Chemical and Biological Engineering"
  },
  "/rongjie-lai": {
    "area": "Geometric and learning for manifold-structured data Image processing and applications Optimization",
    "biography": "Dr. Rongjie Lai received his B.S. degree in mathematics from the University of Science and Technology of China, in 2003, his M.S. degree in mathematics from the Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2006 and his Ph.D. degree in applied mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2010. Before he joined RPI in 2014, Dr. Lai held visiting assistant professor positions at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Irvine, respectively. Dr. Lai\u2019s research interests are mainly in developing mathematical and computational tools for analyzing and processing signals, images as well as unorganized data using methods of variational partial differential equations, computational differential geometry and learning. His research further extends to the design of efficient numerical methods to solve variational PDEs and optimization problems. Dr. Lai\u2019s research has wide applications in medical imaging, brain mapping, computer graphics, as well as their extensions to data science. In 2018, Dr. Lai was granted an NSF CAREER award for his research in geometry and learning for manifold-structured data in 3D and higher dimension.",
    "education": "B.S. in Mathematics, University of Science and Technology of China, 2003 M.S. in Mathematics, Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2006 Ph.D in Applied Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, 2010",
    "name": "Rongjie Lai",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Lai%20copy.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/rosemary-armao": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Rosemary Armao",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Adjunct, Communication and Media"
  },
  "/ross-rice": {
    "area": "Audio Recording",
    "biography": "Recording producer, engineer, touring multi-instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter originally based out of Memphis, Nashville, and Woodstock NY. His alt-rock quintet Human Radio ( Human Radio , Columbia, 1990) reached #23 on the Billboard Rock Chart with a video in \u201cheavy rotation\u201d on MTV and national tour. Rice has performed, recorded, toured, and written with numerous artists and groups including Isaac Hayes, George Clinton, Luther Ingram, Peter Frampton, Rob Wasserman, Stephen Perkins (Jane\u2019s Addiction), Jill Sobule, Steve Earle, Darryl Jenifer and Dr. Know (Bad Brains), Adrian Belew, Steve Forbert, Miyako Shinohara, Eek-A-Mouse, Amy Rigby, Susannah Hoffs (The Bangles), Duck Dunn, and Steve Cropper. Editor and publisher of Roll , a printed lifestyle magazine covering the Hudson Valley of New York, from 2017 to 2012. Rollmagazine.com continues the magazine online to the present date. Published songwriter and artist--Sony/ATV Publishing, ASCAP--with two solo albums: Umpteen (E-Squared, 1996) and Dwight (Memphis Records, 2007) and most recently the crowd-funded Human Radio Samsara (Human Radio Records, 2017). Composer for piano, string quartet, and electronic music. Educator as private and class instructor (piano, keyboards) with Keyboard Wizard Academy and The Rock Academy, Woodstock NY. At Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), Rice has taught undergraduate courses in MIDI/Electronic Music and a Songwriting Practicum in the MTSU College of Media and Entertainment, 2017-2019. RECENT PROJECTS (2018 to present) Producing and engineering recordings by David Mead, Reeves Gabrels, Victoria Bigelow. Touring nationally and internationally with Felix Caviliere's Rascals. Composing for The Mellotron Variations , featuring John Medeski and Pat Sansone (Wilco) for performance with New Ballet School at Crosstown Arts, Memphis TN. Editing and completion of short documentary film Memphis and Nashville: The Music Highway, examining the recording history and ethos of two Tennessee cities that are vital to the history of American popular music",
    "education": "Bachelor of Music, Composition- University of Memphis Master of Fine Arts, Recording Arts and Technologies- Middle Tennessee Dtate University Teaching Certificate- Middle Tennessee State University",
    "name": "Ross Rice",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/ricer3%40rpi.edu_RossRice_Square.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Arts"
  },
  "/rui-fan": {
    "area": "Econometric Theory Financial Econometrics Forecasting and Modeling High Dimensional Data Analysis Causal Inference",
    "biography": "Main areas of teaching: Econometrics (ECON 4570), Data Analysis in Economics and Finance (ECON 4580/6030), Advanced Data Analytics and Policy Evaluation (ECON 4590/6040) My research interest lies in the analysis of nonstationary time series data that can be applied in many areas in finance, including financial markets prediction, portfolio investment, and risk management. Specifically, my research has been focused on developing statistical methods that can be used to deal with nonstationary issues when conducting statistical inference or making predictions. My work in this context is directed towards: 1. Identification of informative economic and financial predictors of market returns. A new inference approach, MBB-IVXQR, is proposed in one of my recent papers to test for the significance of both nonstationary and stationary predictors. Different from the widely used filtration methods such as first-differencing, the IVX-filtration can maintain the maximum amount of information in a nonstationary data stream during the process of filtration. In the simulated experiments, it has been shown that the proposed method can effectively reduce more than 50% of the inference errors of the conventional methods. 2. Prediction of rare events in the financial markets. My research also focuses on time series quantile regression and its application in finance. Quantile regression (QR) is a powerful statistical method that can be used to identify heterogeneous relationships between economic variables. In finance, it can be applied to identify useful information to predict the bad/good time in the market. With an understanding of the properties of the financial time series data, I have proposed several statistical methods to apply the quantile regression method to analyze the rare events in the financial markets. 3. Applying machine learning techniques to the analysis of high-dimensional, nonstationary time series data. Some of my recent work focuses on dealing with high-dimensional time series data when some time series are stationary, some are nonstationary, and some are cointegrated. I propose to use the adaptive lasso method for selecting mixed-root predictors in an increasing-dimension framework, and prove its validity and efficiency. I also provide sufficient evidence from the analysis of financial markets to show that this method can greatly reduce the forecasting errors relative to conventional statistical methods.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018. M.S. Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. M.A. Economics, Xiamen University, 2011. B.A. Economics, Sichuan University, 2008.",
    "name": "Rui Fan",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Fanr5_square.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Economics"
  },
  "/rushabh-padalia": {
    "area": "Data Science Advanced Analytics Big Data Data Management Business Intelligence Data Integration, Data Governance, and Data Architecture.",
    "biography": "Programs Taught Business Intelligence, Production Analytics, Machine Learning and AI Bio With 22 years of experience in various management and technology consulting positions, Rushabh has an extensive background in data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, data governance and data architecture. He has worked across multiple industries including healthcare, life sciences, insurance, auto manufacturing and food retail. His reputation is renowned for leading and strategizing enterprise-level transformation initiatives to monetize available data using the power of analytics and thereby reducing operational cost, improving customer satisfaction, and increasing revenue. In his quest to expand his knowledge base in data science best practice, Rushabh completed a Master of Science in Predictive Analytics from Northwestern University. He has worked with top consulting firms like Infosys and Capgemini and has recently joined TheMathCompany, a fast-growing analytics start-up, as a Partner. Other Professional Experience Infosys Capgemini",
    "education": "M.S., Northwestern University, Predictive Analytics B. Eng., Maharaja Sayajirao University Baroda, Metallurgical Engineering Other Certificates and Licenses Certified Scrum Master Capgemini certified Level 1 Engagement Manager Riversand certified Level 1 Product Information Management (PIM) Professional Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA) Infosys certified Project Management Professional American Health Insurance Plans Certified Professional",
    "name": "Rushabh Padalia",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/padalr.jpg",
    "title": "Faculty Practitioner, Rensselaer at Work"
  },
  "/russ-leslie": {
    "area": "Lighting Building Systems Integration Architecture",
    "biography": "Currently a practicing architect. Responsible for program development and operation of the LRC\u2019s research and education. Teaches and conducts research in architecture, lighting, daylighting, and energy efficiency. Project architect for over 100 architectural projects. Has authored numerous research reports, books, and articles on lighting, daylighting, architecture, and energy, including the award-winning Lighting Pattern Book for Homes and The Outdoor Lighting Pattern Book. Developed and directed the National Lighting Product Information Program (NLPIP). Served as Director of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America and as Chair of the Society for Building Science Educators.",
    "education": "B.A., psychology, Brown University; M.A.T., education, Rhode Island College; M.Arch., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute",
    "name": "Russ Leslie",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/RussLeslie.jpg",
    "title": "Professor & LRC Associate Director, School of Architecture"
  },
  "/russell-p-kraft": {
    "area": "embedded systems and control education electronic manufacturing inspection high-speed digital circuits",
    "biography": "Senior Lecturer, ECSE, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. Dr. Kraft is responsible for several courses in ECSE and Core Engineering. With many of the studio and lab courses, there is a continuous demand for updating equipment, software, procedures, objectives, and training of support. Since Feb. 2016 duties have included maintenance and support of the ECSE teaching, research, & private servers and workstation system and its network.",
    "education": "1983 Ph.D., E.E., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1978 M.Eng., E.E., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1976 B.S., E.E., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute",
    "name": "Russell P. Kraft",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/russellpkraft.jpg",
    "title": "Sr. Lecturer, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/ryan-gilbert": {
    "biography": "Ryan Gilbert received an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan \u2013 Ann Arbor in Chemical Engineering (High Honors) in 1997. He then received a Ph.D. degree in 2006 in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University for his contributions in discovering specific chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycans responsible for inhibiting axonal regeneration. Currently, Dr. Gilbert\u2019s laboratory is focused on developing biomaterials for cancer and central nervous system applications.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University Biomedical Engineering B.S.E., University of Michigan \u2013 Ann Arbor Chemical Engineering",
    "name": "Ryan Gilbert",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/gilber2.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Biomedical Engineering"
  },
  "/sam-estabrooks": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Sam Estabrooks",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer, Communication and Media"
  },
  "/samaneh-sama-rakhshan-pouri": {
    "biography": "Jonsson Engineering Center (JEC), Room# 5028",
    "education": "- Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2017. - M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2015. - M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2010.",
    "name": "Samaneh (Sama) Rakhshan Pouri",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/162083827472.jpeg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/sandeep-singh": {
    "area": "Spacecraft Trajectory Design Space Mission Design Optimal Control Manifold Theory and Chaotic Dynamics Machine Learning Applications Bayesian Regression",
    "biography": "Professor Sandeep Singh joined the Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in July 2022. He received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 2022 where his thesis focused on leveraging manifolds and manifold-analogues to generate efficient, ephemeris-driven, piecewise optimal trajectories with eclipse consciousness. Professor Singh was also a graduate fellow during Summer 2020 at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology where he spent the previous summer as an intern. During his doctoral studies, he was awarded several university fellowships as well as the John V. Breakwell Student Award conferred by the American Astronautical Society. Prior to starting his doctoral studies, he was employed as a Scientist at Space Applications Center, Indian Space Research Organization where he served as Program Manager for Mechanical Design of the ASTROSAT mission. He also supported efforts for optical assembly design and was responsible for developing innovative, low-risk, space-qualification testing methods like the Force Limited Vibration Testing for fragile remote sensing payloads. He actively serves as a referee for several international journals and conferences and has published several journal articles and conference papers.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Texas A&M University, 2022 B. Tech. Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, 2013",
    "name": "Sandeep Singh",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/abcddddddd.png",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/sandipan-mishra": {
    "area": "Dynamic Systems and Control Precision Mechatronics Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Advanced Manufacturing Energy Efficient Buildings",
    "biography": "Professor Sandipan Mishra joined RPI\u2019s faculty in the Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering Department in Fall 2010, where he is currently a Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He was a member of the 2010 Japan MEXT-NSF Young investigator exchange program for nanomanufacturing and the recipient of the NSF Early CAREER award in 2013 on additive manufacturing. His research interests are in the area of systems and control theory, learning control, nonlinear estimation, and precision mechatronics, as applied to additive manufacturing, unmanned aerial vehicles and smart buildings. He is the PI of the Intelligent Systems Automation and Control laboratory, which is supported by grants from government agencies including NSF, ONR, ARL, and DoE, along with industrial partners including General Electric R&D, Aria Acoustics, Hewlett Packard Labs, Sikorsky, Mathworks Inc., National Instruments, Simmetrix, and Self Array Inc. Professor Mishra's teaching portfolio includes Systems Analysis Techniques, Feedforward and Learning Algorithms, Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Processes, Mechatronics, Modeling and Control of Dynamical Systems, and Introduction to Engineering Analysis. Professor Mishra was the recipient of the 2019 Outstanding Young Investigator Award from ASME's Dynamical Systems and Control Division. At RPI, he received the James M. Tien \u201866 Early Career Award in 2019, the Class of 1951 Teaching Award in 2015, the School of Engineering Education Innovation Award in 2017 and the School of Engineering Research Team Award in 2017.",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of California Berkeley, 2008",
    "name": "Sandipan Mishra",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/pic_SM.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/sandra-nierzwicki-bauer": {
    "area": "environmental remote sensing invasive species water resource management",
    "biography": "Research Interests Molecular studies of microbial and picoeukaryote communities in lakes and rivers. Basic and applied studies of invasive species (zebra mussels). Water resource management and environmental remote sensing. Molecular studies of microbial and picoeukaryote communities in lakes and rivers. The biodiversity of freshwater microbial and picoeukaryotes is still understudied (compared with marine environments) with many more organisms to be discovered. We are using molecular approaches, as well as more traditional culturing and microscopic methodologies to elucidate the structure and function of community composition in Adirondack lakes, some of which have been impacted by acid rain or other pollutants. Basic and applied studies of invasive species (zebra mussels). Zebra mussels are an invasive species that have significant economic and ecological impacts. We are carrying out basic studies on zebra mussels which include; development of molecular probes for their early detection and bioassays for gaining a better understanding of chemical and physical factors that influence or can predict their survival. We are carrying out applied studies that deal with management of zebra mussels once they have been introduced into freshwater bodies, as well as proactive monitoring/detection strategies to help prevent colonization. Water resource management and environmental remote sensing. We are using a combination of traditional and advanced techniques to study human impacts on water resources. The approaches that we are utilizing include automated water chemistry profiling systems, side-scan sonar, satellite remote sensing, solar powered autonomous underwater vehicles (SAUV\u2019s) and hydroacoutics, to name a few.",
    "education": "B.A. University of New Hampshire, 1979 Microbiology Ph.D. University of New Hampshire, 1983 Microbiology Title: \u201cNovel Aspects of Ultrastructure in Two Species of Cyanobacteria\u201d Postdoctoral Training: University of Chicago, 1984-1985 Molecular Genetics",
    "name": "Sandra Nierzwicki-Bauer",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/nierzwicki-bauer_crop2.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Director of Darrin Fresh Water Institute (DFWI), Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/sanford-s-sternstein": {
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1961), B.S. Chemical Engineering (University of Maryland, 1958)",
    "name": "Sanford S Sternstein",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/sternstein_sanford_web.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/sangwoo-lee": {
    "area": "Polymer Thermodynamics Mesoscale Structures in Inhomogeneous Polymers Material Design and Synthesis",
    "biography": "Dr. Sangwoo Lee is an experimental polymer scientist and engineer working on thermodynamic problems in polymeric materials with emphasis on phase states, transition dynamics, and microstructures in inhomogeneous polymers and their blends. His current research interests ranges from fundamental polymer science to practical applications to solve various energy problems. He received his Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 2011. After he finished his postdoctoral training at the University of Minnesota, he joined in the department of chemical and biological engineering in RPI as an assistant professor in 2014. His research has been recognized by the Best Dissertation Award in Physical Sciences and Engineering in the University of Minnesota and Cozzarelli Prize by the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. He was also a finalist for the Quadrant Award.",
    "education": "B. S. Chemical Engineering,2003, Seoul National University, South Korea. Ph. D. Chemical Engineering, 2011, University of Minnesota. Postdoctoral/Research Associate, 2011-2013, University of Minnesota.",
    "name": "Sangwoo Lee",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Sangwoo-Lee.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering"
  },
  "/sanmay-das": {
    "area": "Computational Social Science Machine Learning Multi-Agent Systems",
    "biography": "Please see website",
    "name": "Sanmay Das",
    "portrait": "http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~sanmay/images/sanmay-suited.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor"
  },
  "/santiago-paternain": {
    "area": "Control of Dynamical Systems Machine Learning Optimization",
    "biography": "He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Computer and Systems Engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Prior to joining Rensselaer, Dr. Paternain was a postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests lie at the intersection of machine learning and control of dynamical systems. Dr. Paternain was the recipient of the 2017 CDC Best Student Paper Award and the 2019 Joseph and Rosaline Wolfe Best Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Electrical and Systems Engineering Department at the University of Pennsylvania.",
    "education": "Santiago Paternain received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Universidad de la Rep\u00fablica Oriental del Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay in 2012, the M.Sc. in Statistics from the Wharton School in 2018 and the Ph.D. in Electrical and Systems Engineering from the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, the University of Pennsylvania in 2018.",
    "name": "Santiago Paternain",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/paters%40rpi.edu_Santiago_Paternain_SocialMedia.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/sara-tack": {
    "area": "Graphic Design, Visual Communicatons, Brand Identity, Design History",
    "biography": "Sara Tack is a creative director, art director and artist. She co-founded Smith & Jones, a marketing communications agency, where she designed and implemented integrated brand identity systems. Her client experience includes national & international brands such as Adidas, Heineken, Michelin, The Crane Paper Co, Pitney Bowes, GE and IBM to a roster of regional clients; the Glimmerglass Opera, Historic Deerfield, Mount Snow, Windham Mountain, Albany Institute of History & Art, The Chickasaw Nation, Ellis Medicine, Farm Family Insurance, Vassar Brothers Medical Center, NYS Health Department, and many others. Sara has received numerous design and marketing awards including AIGA New York State of Design, American Corporate Identity Awards, Creativity, Aster Awards, Creative Excellence in Business Advertising Awards (CEBA), Graphic Design USA, Logo Lounge, Macromedia People's Choice Award, MarCom Awards, The One Show and REBRAND 100. Her work has been published in American Corporate Identity, FuelYourBranding.com, Graphic Design USA, Logo Lounge Book Six and Logo Lounge Masters Library on Typography Book 4. Her personal work explores the materiality of language and communication through typography, and the intersection of the written and spoken word. She has been exhibited at the Museum of Art at the Dick Institute, Scotland, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Vancouver Video Poem Festival, Centro De La Imagen, Mexico City, The Kitchen, NY, The Virginia Film Festival and is in the permanent collection of The Herbert F. Johnson Museum at Cornell University.",
    "education": "BFA, Graphic Design - Purchase College MFA, Integrated Electronic Arts - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute",
    "name": "Sara Tack",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Tack_square.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Communication and Media"
  },
  "/sarah-cadieux": {
    "area": "Geoscience Education Biogeochemistry Limnology",
    "biography": "My research takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding biogeochemical cycling within lacustrine systems by combining limnology, aquatic chemistry, isotope biogeochemistry, sedimentology and geomicrobiology. Particularly, I am interested in investigating linkages between seasons, greenhouse gases, and climate change in lakes. Currently, I am focused on a series of lakes on the ice-free margin of Greenland which is experiencing rapid geomorphic changes as the ice is retreating. Despite close proximity, lakes in this region have remarkable variations in aquatic chemistry. As a result, there are significant variations in microbial communities, redox conditions and methane dynamics. Results from this work can be used to improve and inform climate models. Additionally, since these lakes are ice-covered the majority of the year, the biogeochemistry of water and ice is being used as an analog for exploration of planetary lakes or oceans. I spend the majority of my time focused on geoscience education, particularly working to increase quantitative reasoning in the classroom.",
    "education": "PhD in Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 2015 MS in Geology, University of Tennessee, 2011 BA in Geology, Mount Holyoke College, 2008",
    "name": "Sarah Cadieux",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/IMG_0560.JPG",
    "title": "Lecturer, Earth and Environmental Sciences"
  },
  "/sarah-felix": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Sarah Felix",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/sarah-marsden-greene": {
    "biography": "Sarah Greene received her PhD in Ecological Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2008 with research focused on the microeconomic theory and practice of Daniel Kahneman\u2019s concept of Experienced Utility applied to poverty and underdevelopment in Central America. Dr. Greene\u2019s early education includes an MSc degree from Virginia Tech in Wood Science and Forest Products and a BSc degree from Penn State in Forest Science. Much of her undergraduate and graduate education included research on the trade of forest products and the influence of this trade on political and social relations among communities. While working as a Fulbright Scholar in Nicaragua, Dr. Greene studied trade of non-timber forest products, especially medicinal plants, and their role in the local sustenance and health outcomes. Dr. Greene also has work experience in the paper industry, where she was involved in procurement and quality control of raw material and interacted frequently with the highly competitive logging and sawmill firms of central Pennsylvania. Currently, Dr. Greene teaches Principles of Economics, Money and Banking, and Environmental Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where she holds the position of Lecturer in Economics. Research interests include economics education, economic development, markets for forest products and related physical capital and technologies, and international trade of timber and non-timber forest products. A present focus involves trends in economics education and climate change policy.",
    "education": "PhD, Ecological Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute MSc, Wood Science and Forest Products, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University BSc., Forest Science, The Pennsylvania State University",
    "name": "Sarah Marsden Greene",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/parras%40%40rpi.edu_SarahParrales_Square.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Economics"
  },
  "/sasha-wagner": {
    "area": "organic geochemistry biogeochemistry aquatic carbon cycling dissolved organic matter black carbon",
    "biography": "Our research focuses on the biogeochemistry of dissolved organic matter \u2013 a complex mixture of organic molecules deriving from fresh biomass, detritus, charred residues, and anthropogenic sources. Since dissolved organic matter is mobilized by water and is comprised of 50% carbon by mass, it plays an integral role in connecting terrestrial and oceanic carbon reservoirs and in regulating ecosystem structure and function. We specialize in the study of black carbon, the thermogenic fraction of organic matter that has a condensed aromatic molecular structure, is biologically inert, and persists in the environment for millennia. Our research program combines different geochemical techniques to constrain the role of dissolved organic matter and black carbon in a modern Earth system that is altered by anthropogenic activity and continued climate change. If you are interested in joining our lab or learning more about the research we do, please visit our lab website or contact me at the email listed below.",
    "education": "PhD in Environmental Chemistry, Florida International University, 2015 BS in Biochemistry, University of Delaware, 2009",
    "name": "Sasha Wagner",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/DSC_0832sqsm_0.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences"
  },
  "/satish-nambisan": {
    "area": "Innovation Management Information Technology Business Policy and Strategy Technology Strategy Product Development",
    "biography": "Professor Nambisan, who holds joint appointment with the IT Program in the School of Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, specializes in preparing students to work in technology and innovation intensive environments. Dr. Nambisan is a globally-recognized researcher and thought-leader in the areas of innovation management and technology strategy. His recent research work has focused on network-centric innovation, customer co-innovation, and IT-enabled product development. His research publications have appeared in several premier management journals including Harvard Business Review, Management Science, Academy of Management Review, and MIT Sloan Management Review. His book The Global Brain: Your Roadmap for Innovating Faster and Smarter in a Networked World was published by Wharton School Publishing in October 2007. Professor Nambisan\u2019s research has been supported by grants from institutions such as the IBM Center for the Business of Government, NSF-affiliated Center for Innovation Management Studies (Raleigh), the Snyder Center for Innovation Management (Syracuse University), the National University of Singapore, and the Broadbent Entrepreneurship Research grant. He is a recipient of the Ernst & Young ICIS Doctoral Consortium Fellow (1996). He was recently honored by Syracuse University, his alma mater, with the 2006 Whitman Ph.D. Distinguished Alumni Award for his academic accomplishments. During the year 2005-2006 he was a Visiting Research Faculty at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and was affiliated with the Center for Research in Technology & Innovation at Kellogg. He has also held visiting appointments at the Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria. He speaks, consults, and conducts executive education both domestically and internationally in the areas of innovation management, technology management, software development, and product development. For additional information, please visit Dr. Nambisan\u2019s web site. View Prof. Nambisan's CV",
    "education": "Ph.D., Syracuse University; M.B.A., XLRI (India); B. Tech, University of Calicut (India)",
    "name": "Satish Nambisan",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Professor"
  },
  "/scott-forth": {
    "area": "Biophysics Mechanics of Cell Division Neuronal cytoskeleton Single Molecule Methods",
    "biography": "Cells utilize dynamic biopolymer networks to carry out mechanical tasks during diverse processes such as cell division, migration, and development. Disruptions in the integrity of these networks have been linked to disease, and chemical compounds (e.g. taxol, the vinca alkaloids) that target biopolymers such as microtubules have been used extensively as therapeutics in the treatment of cancer. Single molecule biophysical studies of proteins and DNA have yielded insights into the function of individual components required for these processes. However, intracellular networks are organized on the micron-scale by the collective action of ensembles of dozens of such proteins. It is currently unclear how long-range mechanical cues are transmitted or how diverse nanometer-scale \u2018building blocks\u2019 are organized within the micron-scale structures that do work in cells. The Forth lab combines biophysical techniques, such as optical trapping and total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy, to understand how forces are transmitted across these networks. By reconstituting functionally active microtubule networks out of purified components and monitoring how the system behaves under biologically relevant mechanical constraints, we seek to elucidate the mechanisms that drive successful cell division. Dr. Forth received his Ph.D. in physics from Cornell University in 2009, where his doctoral work involved designing next-generation optical trapping instruments and monitoring the response of DNA to twisting and stretching. Dr. Forth then pursued post-doctoral research in the Laboratory of Chemistry and Cell Biology at the Rockefeller University in New York City, where he focused on applying biophysical methods to the study of microtubule networks that are used by cells during cell division. Dr. Forth joined the faculty of the Department of Biological Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as an Assistant Professor in August of 2016.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Physics, Cornell University 2009 B.A. Physics / B.M. Music Performance, Oberlin College 2002",
    "name": "Scott Forth",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/forths_ScottForth_HighRes_cropped.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/scott-mccallum": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Scott McCallum",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Research Assistant Professor"
  },
  "/sean-xiaozheng-he": {
    "area": "Network modeling and simulation Transportation system resilience Connected and autonomous vehicle systems Alternative fuel vehicles",
    "biography": "Sean (Xiaozheng) He joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as an assistant professor in 2017. He worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the NEXTRANS Center, Purdue University. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He also has B.S. and M.S. degrees in computational mathematics from Nanjing University, China. His expertise is in modeling and simulating transportation systems with emphasis on the impacts of the emerging technologies and network disruption. He also works on problems related to transportation systems resilience, connected and autonomous vehicle systems, and electric vehicles. His collaborated research paper on modeling information flow propagation in a vehicle-to-vehicle communication network won the third best paper award at the 18th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems. He serves as a reviewer and guest editor for a number of journals and conferences.",
    "education": "Ph.D., M.S., University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Transportation M.S., B.S, Nanjing University, Computational Mathematics",
    "name": "Sean (Xiaozheng) He",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/SeanXHe_Online.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering"
  },
  "/seemanti-ramanath": {
    "biography": "",
    "education": "B.S. Microbiology, Sophia College, Mumbai University, Mumbai, India, 1989 M.S. Plant Molecular Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1997 Ph.D. Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2011",
    "name": "Seemanti Ramanath",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/seemanti-ramanath-400x400.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/selmer-bringsjord": {
    "area": "logic and artificial intelligence foundations of artificial intelligence and cognitive science computational creativity",
    "biography": "Selmer Bringsjord is Professor of Cognitive Science, Professor of Computer Science, Professor of Logic & Philosophy, Professor of Management & Technology, and Director of Rensselaer AI and Reasoning Laboratory. He specializes in the logico-mathematical and philosophical foundations of artificial intelligence (AI) and cognitive science, and in collaboratively building AI systems on the basis of computational logic. Though he spends considerable \u201cengineering\" time in pursuit of ever-smarter computing machines, he says that \u201carmchair\" reasoning time has enabled him to deduce that the human mind will forever be superior to such machines. \"Soon enough, much of what many humans do for a living will be better done by indefatigable machines who require not a cent in pay,\u201d Bringsjord said. \u201cI figure the ultimate growth industry will be building smarter and smarter such machines on the one hand, and philosophizing about whether they are truly conscious and free on the other. Job security is nice. I've worked in this two-fold industry for a long time, and plan to continue as long as my health holds out.\" Bringsjord is the author of papers and essays ranging in approach from the mathematical to the informal, and covering such areas as AI, logic, gaming, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, robotics, and ethics and he has of late begun to move into the area of computational economics, for which he has invented a new paradigm based on formal logic. He is the author of What Robots Can & Can't Be , concerned with the future of attempts to create robots that behave as humans, and also Superminds: People Harness Hypercomputation, and More . Before the second of these books he wrote, with IBM's David Ferrucci, Articial Intelligence and Literary Creativity: Inside the Mind of Brutus, A Storytelling Machine . Bringsjord currently holds appointments in the Department of Cognitive Science, the Department of Computer Science, and the Lally School of Management & Technology, and teaches AI, formal logic, human and machine reasoning, philosophy of AI, other topics relating to formal logic, and the intellectual history of New York City and the Hudson Valley. Funding for his research and development has come from the Luce Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Templeton Foundation, AT&T, IBM, Apple, AFRL, ARDA/DTO/IARPA, ONR, DARPA, AFOSR, and other sponsors. Bringsjord has consulted to and advised many companies in the general realm of intelligent systems, and continues to do so. Bringsjord has received many honors including, recently, the 2011 Annual Rensselaer Trustees Celebration of Faculty Achievement honor for research excellence, the 2008 Undergraduate Research Program Mentor Award; the 2007 Best Paper Award for \u201cProvability Based Semantic Interoperability\"; and the 2005 Best Paper Award from GameOn2005.",
    "education": "PhD, Philosophy. Brown University",
    "name": "Selmer Bringsjord",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Selmer-Bringsjord.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Cognitive Science"
  },
  "/sergei-nirenburg": {
    "biography": "Sergei Nirenburg has worked in the areas of cognitive science, artificial intelligence and natural language processing (NLP) for over 30 years, leading R&D teams of up to 80. His professional interests include developing computational models of human cognitive capabilities and implementing them in hybrid-engine models of societies of human and computer agents; continued development of the theory of ontological semantics; and acquisition and management of knowledge about the world and about language. R&D teams under his leadership have implemented a variety of application systems for cognitive modeling, intelligent tutoring and a variety of NLP tasks (machine translation, question answering, text summarization, information extraction, computational field linguistics, knowledge elicitation and learning). Dr. Nirenburg has written two and edited five books and published over 190 scholarly articles in journals and peer-reviewed conference proceedings. He is Member of the International Committee on Computational Linguistics and Honorary Editor of Machine Translation, the archival scholarly journal, which he served as Editor-in-Chief in 1987-96. He has been Program Committee Chair for Machine Translation Summit III (Washington, DC, 1991), the Conference on Applied NLP sponsored by the Association for Computational Linguistics (Seattle, WA, 2000) and COLING 2004 in Geneva, Switzerland. He served as a director of two NATO-sponsored Advanced Studies Institutes on Language Engineering for Lesser-Studied Languages (Ankara, Turkey, 2000 and Batumi, Georgia, 2007). Between 1985-2007 he founded and served as Permanent Steering Committee Chair of a series of 11 international conferences on Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Machine Translation of Natural Languages (TMIs). Current projects include development of the OntoAgent environment for modeling artificial intelligent agents. OntoAgent-based systems integrate such diverse capabilities as simulation of human physiology, decision making, language understanding and text synthesis, belief maintenance and ascription, \u201cmindreading\u201d and learning \u2013 all of the above relying on a variety of extensive and deep-coverage knowledge resources, such as a detailed ontological world model, a deep-semantic lexicon, etc. The initial applications of OntoAgent are in the domain of clinical medicine. They include a tutoring environment for medical personnel with OntoAgents playing the roles of a virtual patient and a tutor and CLAD, a clinician\u2019s advisor environment. Dr. Nirenburg is also working in the field of computational descriptive linguistics. In this area, he is developing human-computer interactive systems for guided acquisition of knowledge about so-called \u201clesser-studied (natural) languages\u201d and systems for text simplification that will, for example, allow non-experts to understand the gist of texts written by specialists for specialists.",
    "education": "PhD, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 1980",
    "name": "Sergei Nirenburg",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/sergei.jpeg",
    "title": "Professor & Department Head, Cognitive Science"
  },
  "/shanbin-shi": {
    "area": "Multiphase Flow Experiments and Modeling Phase Change Heat Transfer Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics Integrated Energy System Thermal and Fluids Engineering Cryogenic Propellant Storage",
    "biography": "Dr. Shanbin Shi joined the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) as an Assistant Professor in 2018. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Thermal Engineering from the Southeast University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University respectively, and a Ph.D. degree in Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Purdue University",
    "name": "Shanbin Shi",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Shanbin%20Shi-%2003_0.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/shankar-narayanan": {
    "area": "Thermal and Fluids Engineering Sustainable Energy Systems Micro and Nano-engineered Structures Multiscale Transport Analysis Energy Conversion and Storage",
    "biography": "Awards: SOE Classroom Excellence Award (2020). NASA Early Career Faculty Award (2020). Class of 1951 Outstanding Teaching Development Award (2020). National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2019). American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund\u2019s Doctoral New Investigator Award (2018).",
    "education": "Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology",
    "name": "Shankar Narayanan",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Narayanan_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/shawn-yu-lin": {
    "area": "Photonic Crystals Nano-photonics Integrated Optics Plasmonics",
    "biography": "Dr. Lin received his bachelor\u2019s degree from National Taiwan University, his master\u2019s degree from the University of North Carolina, and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Princeton in 1992. During 1994-2004, Lin headed Sandia National Laboratories\u2019 multimillion-dollar research and development effort in photonic crystal devices, located in Albuquerque, N.M. In 2000-2003, Lin directed a U.S. Department of Energy multi-laboratories new initiative in Nano-Structural Photonics (Nano-Photonics). Dr. Lin is a fellow of American Physical Society (APS), a fellow of Optical Society of America (OSA), a fellow of International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) and also a fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He was the recipient of NOVA award from DOE Sandia National Laboratories, R&D 100 Award, Asia-American Engineer-of-the-year Award, and NYSERDA Distinguished Faculty Award. In 2016, he was selected by IEEE Nanotechnology Council to receive the \"IEEE Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology\". The award is for his pioneering contribution to the development of photonic-crystal and to the discovery of the darkest material known to science. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Award_in_Nanotechnology ).",
    "education": "BS, Physics, National Taiwan University, 1982 MS, Physics, U of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 1986 Ph.D., Electrical Engineering,Princeton Univ.,1992.",
    "name": "Shawn-Yu Lin",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Shawn-Yu%20Lin%20-2.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/shayla-sawyer": {
    "area": "optoelectronics characterization design sensor development",
    "biography": "Shayla Sawyer is a professor in the Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Her Nano-Bio Optoelectronics research program expands the fundamental understanding, engineering processes, and potential applications of hybrid inorganic/organic materials for optoelectronic devices and sensors. This includes the fabrication of nanomaterials from bacteria, fabrication in a solution process, and the development of optoelectronic sensors and complimentary systems. The optoelectronic devices are comprised of hybrid inorganic/organic materials what may include semiconductor metal oxide nanostructures, conductive polymers, conductive nanostructures, and bio-chemical solutions. Her overall research goal is aimed at effectively fabricating and characterizing novel materials and sensors with consideration of systems that require sensitivity and/or selectivity to bring quantitative measurements in typically qualitative worlds. NSF Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications Research Center, NSF Divison of Biological Infrastructure, National Security Technologies/Department of Energy, NSF Division on Research and Learning, and the NSF GK-12 Community Situated Research Center are a few recent funding resources for her work.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2006), B.S. Electrical Engineering (Hampton University, 2003)",
    "name": "Shayla Sawyer",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/shaylasawyer.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/shekhar-garde": {
    "biography": "Shekhar Garde is the Dean of Engineering and the Elaine S. and Jack S. Parker Chaired Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He received his bachelor's (University of Bombay, 1992) and PhD (University of Delaware, 1997) degrees in chemical engineering and was a director's fellow at Los Alamos National Labs (1997-1999), before joining Rensselaer in 1999. His research focuses on understanding the role of water in biological interactions. He has published over 90 papers (cited 6300+ times) and presented 135 invited talks at leading universities and conferences. He won the NSF CAREER Award (2001), Rensselaer Early Career Award (2004), and was the 2011 Robert W. Vaughan Lecturer at CalTech. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers (2014) and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2015). Garde co-leads the award-winning Molecularium Project, which has produced digital dome and IMAX movies and a web-based gaming portal for children. In 2011, Garde was honored with the Explore-Discover-Imagine Award by the Children's Museum of Science and Technology in the Capital District (Albany), NY.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 1997. B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Bombay, 1992.",
    "name": "Shekhar Garde",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/webgarde.jpg",
    "title": "Dean of School of Engineering, Elaine and Jack S. Parker Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering"
  },
  "/shengbai-zhang": {
    "area": "defective materials topological matters catalysis van der Waals materials perovskites real-time carrier dynamics",
    "biography": "My research involves first-principles calculations, theory, and modeling of structural and electronic properties of condensed matter by using the petaflop computational facilities at RPI\u2019s Center for Computational Innovations (CCI). Research directions are largely clean-energy and electronic-applications driven. In particular, I pioneered first-principles theory of defects in semiconductors in the late eighties and since then I have studied numerous defects, especially those in photovoltaic semiconductors. I pioneered first-principles theory of unconventional coordination chemistry of molecular hydrogen on open metal sites as a possible means to store hydrogen on board. I also have a longtime exposure to the physics and chemistry of semiconductor nanostructures and surfaces. In recent years, I study water splitting, ultrafast phase change memory, topological insulators, Weyl semimetals, nano-catalysis, two-dimensional materials, chalcogenide perovskites, monolayer-thick high-temperature superconductor films, and real-time carrier dynamics. I have published 345 peer-reviewed papers in journals such as Phys. Rev. Lett., Nature Comm., PNAS, JACS, Nano Lett. with over 21,000 total citations (Hirsch Index = 69) by Google Scholar\u2019s count and 15,300 (Hirsch Index = 61) by Web of Science's count.",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1989 (Physics). M.S., University of California at Berkeley, 1985 (Physics). B.S., Jilin University, Changchun, China, 1982 (Electronic Science and Engineering).",
    "name": "Shengbai Zhang",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Zhang.jpg",
    "title": "Kodosky Constellation, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/sheppard-j-salon": {
    "biography": "Sheppard Salon Graduated with a BE in Engineering Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. From 1970 to 1978 he was with Westinghouse Electric Corporation in the Large Rotating Apparatus Division in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. He joined RPI in 1978 where he is now Professor of Electric Power Engineering. Dr. Salon is a registered professional engineer and a Fellow of IEEE.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (University of Pittsburgh), M.S. Electrical Engineerin (Carnegie Mellon University,, B.S. Engineering Science (State University of New York at Stony Brook)",
    "name": "Sheppard J. Salon",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/shepsalon.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/shun-uchida": {
    "area": "Geotechnical engineering Energy Geotechnics Environmental Geotechnics",
    "biography": "Shun Uchida joined our Geotechnical Group in 2014 as Assistant Professor. He completed his undergraduate study at Waseda University, Japan, in 2006. He received MPhil (2008) and PhD (2013) at Cambridge University, UK, followed by postdoctoral research at Technion \u2013 Israel Institute of Technology. His expertise is geotechnical numerical analysis, especially in the fields of multiphysics problems such as energy geotechnics, computational geomechanics and environmental geotechnics. His current research interests are geomechanical behavior of methane hydrate-bearing sediments, seismic-induced submarine landslides and thermo-hydro-chemo-mechanical modeling of contaminant barrier system.",
    "education": "PhD and MPhil in Engineering, University of Cambridge (UK), B.Eng in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Waseda University (Japan)",
    "name": "Shun Uchida",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Uchita_6.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering"
  },
  "/shyam-kumar": {
    "area": "Corporate Diversification & Firm Boundaries Technology Strategy Acquisitions and Alliances Strategic Perspectives on Financing of Innovation and Entrepreneurship",
    "biography": "Professor Shyam Kumar\u2019s research examines how firms draw their boundaries and manage their product and market scope through actions such as corporate diversification, alliances, and acquisitions. In addition, he also studies how strategy and financial markets interact to collectively shape decision-making in the areas of innovation and entrepreneurship. His work has appeared in leading journals and book volumes including Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions , Advances in Strategic Management , Business and Society , Computational and Mathematical Organizational Theory , Journal of Management Studies , Organization Science , Strategic Management Journal , Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal , and Managerial and Decision Economics, among others. Kumar has won wide recognition for his teaching, and was voted \u201cOutstanding Professor\u201d by graduating Lally master\u2019s students at Rensselaer in multiple years. He has held various fellowships including the Lawrence Fellow of Professional Excellence and the Zicklin Fellowship, and his dissertation research was sponsored by the prestigious Richard Irwin Award. He currently serves as an editorial board member for Strategic Management Journal and Journal of International Business Studies , two of the top journals in the management field. Kumar\u2019s industry experience is in steel, where he worked in the area of strategy and international business with Tata Steel, India\u2019s blue chip corporate. He has also consulted with the New York Press Association on revitalizing the news industry in the age of digital disruption. Kumar is currently the Acting Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Lally. He enjoys playing golf, listening to music, and working across disciplines to pursue novel research ideas. Download Professor Kumar\u2019s CV.",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; MBA, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore; B.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi",
    "name": "Shyam Kumar",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/kumar_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Acting Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Lally School of Management"
  },
  "/sibel-adali": {
    "area": "Trust Social Networks Databases",
    "biography": "Sibel Adali is a professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, which she joined in 1996 after obtaining her PhD from the University of Maryland. Her work concentrates on cross-cutting problems related to trust, information processing and retrieval, and social networks. She has worked as the ARL-lead Collaborative Technology Alliance (CTA) wide Trust Coordinator and the Social and Cognitive Networks Academic Research Center (SCNARC) Associate Director. She is the author of the book \"Modeling Trust Context in Networks\", which was published by Springer in 2013. At Rensselaer, Adali served as the Associate Head and Graduate Program Director of the Computer Science Department 2015-2018. She currently serves as the Associate Dean of Science for Research and Graduate Studies. She teaches the introductory problem solving course in Computer Science as well as courses in databases. In 2015, Adali received the Trustees' Outstanding Teacher Award, the highest teaching award given by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.",
    "education": "Ph.D. 1996, Computer Science Department, University of Maryland at College Park, USA MS. 1994, Computer Science Department, University of Maryland at College Park, USA B.S. 1991, Computer Engineering and Information Science Department , Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey",
    "name": "Sibel Adali",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Adali_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Dean of Science for Research and Graduate Studies, Computer Science"
  },
  "/silvia-ruzanka": {
    "biography": "Silvia Ruzanka is a media artist whose projects include video, installation, performance, and virtual environments. Her work is concerned with the archaeology and memory of technology and media, and their intersections with everyday life. She has presented her artwork and research internationally at galleries, museums, and festivals, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Boston Cyberarts Festival, the New Forms Festival (Vancouver), SIGGRAPH, ISEA, the Gosia Koscielak Gallery (Chicago), DeadTech (Chicago), and the Museum of New Art (Detroit), among others. Her recent projects span a wide range of digital form and materials, including augmented reality artworks for smartphones; tiny 3D video projections in public spaces; interactive sound compositions from the sounds of dying hard drives for the dance performance Compositions for Bit at Judson Church; a video game about Tai Chi and labor in the food service industry commissioned by the performance group Disorientalism; and Marathon, a single-channel video composite of one entire season of the popular TV show Law and Order. Her current research interests include the history of the telegraph as the first cyberspace, Spiritualism, animation, augmented reality, digital glitches, and technological manifestations of the unseen, the overlooked, and the invisible.",
    "education": "M.F.A., Art and Technology Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago",
    "name": "Silvia Ruzanka",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/ruzanka.jpeg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, GSAS"
  },
  "/simona-bortis-schultz": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Simona Bortis-Schultz",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Adjunct, Communication and Media"
  },
  "/skye-anicca": {
    "area": "Creative Writing American Literature Multi-ethnic U.S. Literature Gender Studies",
    "biography": "Skye Anicca is a Lecturer of Literature and Creative Writing with specializations in multi-ethnic U.S. literature and fiction writing. She works at the intersections of narrative craft, literary criticism, and cultural studies. Her scholarship situates contemporary American fiction in a transnational context that draws on feminist and postcolonial studies, and her creative work focuses on experimentation with narrative time and structure. Her teaching and research interests include creative writing studies, new immigrant literature, border studies, Latinx and Caribbean literature, U.S. pop culture and media, fairy tales, and women\u2019s literature. Her instructional methodologies include service learning, team-based learning, and experiential education. She recently completed a collection of short stories set in the 1990s and centered around rites of passage for women and girls in an emergent global America. The stories are connected through interrogations of normalcy, gender, class, race, nation, and narrative within the cultural and political milieu of the late twentieth century. Her newest creative project is a novel set on the Texas U.S./Mexico border, and she is also at work on a critical project that suggests new markers of the bildungsroman informed by studies in multi-ethnic U.S. literature and border theory. Dr. Anicca\u2019s interest in the rhetoric of myth and fairy tales as a means of interrogating enduring, transcultural narrative frameworks threads through her critical and creative work. Her article in The Journal of Narrative Theory entitled \u201cCripping the Mermaid: A Borderlands Approach to Feminist Disability Studies in Valerie Martin\u2019s \u2018Sea Lovers\u2019\u201d argues for a reclamation of the mermaid figure through a feminist disability studies lens mediated by border theory. Her short story \u201cThe Sleeping Girl\u201d explores the effects of hyper mobile narratives and bodies across borders. This work won Fairy Tale Review\u2019s 2018 Prose Award, selected by Kathryn Davis. Her fiction has earned national recognition, including a Dana Award in short fiction and a Promise Award from the Sustainable Arts Foundation. Her stories have appeared in literary journals including Nimrod International, Passages North, and Santa Monica Review. She has been a fiction contributor to the Sewanee Writers' Conference and the New York State Summer Writers\u2019 Conference, and a resident at the Vermont Studio Center.",
    "education": "Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany M.F.A., New Mexico State University",
    "name": "Skye Anicca",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Anicca_square.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Communication and Media"
  },
  "/stacy-patterson": {
    "area": "distributed algorithms networked systems federated learning edge computing",
    "biography": "Stacy Patterson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science. From 2009-2011, she was a postdoctoral scholar at the Center for Control, Dynamical Systems and Computation at the University of California, Santa Barbara. From 2011-2013, she was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Technion \u2013 Israel Institute of Technology. Dr. Patterson is the recipient of a Viterbi postdoctoral fellowship and the IEEE Control Systems Society Axelby Outstanding Paper Award. Her research interests are in the area of distributed machine learning, edge and cloud computing, and networked systems.",
    "education": "B.S. Computer Science and B.A. Mathematics, Rutgers University; M.S. and Ph.D. Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara",
    "name": "Stacy Patterson",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Patterson_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Computer Science"
  },
  "/stanley-m-dunn": {
    "biography": "Dunn joined Rensselaer in 2008 as Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Education and full Professor in the School of Engineering. Dunn\u2019s experience includes developing university-wide initiatives in such areas as packaging engineering, water resource management, and homeland security. He also has extensive experience building academic programs, including overseeing the country\u2019s first engineering-based clinical training program in prosthetics and orthotics. Dunn has mentored 14 Ph.D. students, 23 M.S. students, and many undergraduate students. These students have come from biomedical engineering, electrical and computer engineering, computer science, mathematics, dentistry, as well as the M.D./Ph.D. program. The author of three books and 150 papers on different subjects including digital subtraction radiography, Dunn is a fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Applied Packaging Research, and has served as an editor and officer of several journals and professional organizations.",
    "education": "PhD, Vrije University te Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1993 PhD Computer Science, University of Maryland, 1985 MS Computer Science, Univeristy of Maryland, 1983 BS Electrical Engineering, Drexel University, 1979 BS Computer Science, Drexel University, 1979",
    "name": "Stanley M Dunn",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/dunn.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Vice Provost, Dean Graduate Education, Biomedical Engineering"
  },
  "/stefanie-g-reay": {
    "biography": "Programs Taught Business Intelligence, Production Analytics Bio Stefanie G. Reay is an analytics and data science professional who specializes in statistical modeling to address business problems. She started her career as an analyst for an internet advertising startup and has since worked and consulted in data analytics, statistical modeling, and information technology in multiple industries. Stefanie completed her Ph.D. as a non-traditional student which uniquely positions her to understand the needs and goals of Rensselaer at Work students.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Information Technology, Capella University M.S., Statistics, University of Connecticut B.S., Mathematics and Statistics, University of Connecticut",
    "name": "Stefanie G. Reay",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Stefanie%20Reay.jpg",
    "title": "Instructor Mentor, Rensselaer at Work"
  },
  "/stephanie-loveless": {
    "area": "Electronic Arts Music/Sound",
    "biography": "Stephanie Loveless is a sound and media artist whose research centers on listening and vocal embodiment. Her recent projects include a mobile web-app for geo-located listening, and sound works that channel the voices of plants, animals, and musical divas. Loveless\u2019 sound, video and performance work has been presented widely in festivals, galleries, museums and artist-run centers in North America, South America, Europe and the Middle East. She has received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council and el Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico; awards from Kodak, the International Festival of Cinema and Technology, and the Malcolm S. Morse Foundation; and has completed residencies at el Centro Mexicano para la Musica y las Artes Sonoras (Morelia, Mexico), the Coleman Center for the Arts (York, Alabama), and Studio XX (Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec). She holds MFAs from Bard College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a certification in Deep Listening with composer Pauline Oliveros.",
    "education": "Deep Listening Certification , 2013 Deep Listening Institute, Kingston, NY Music/Sound (MFA) , 2010 Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY Electronic Arts (MFA) , 2009 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Film Production (BFA, minor in Electroacoustic Studies) , 2004 Concordia University, Montr\u00e9al, QC",
    "name": "Stephanie Loveless",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Stephanie%20Loveless2.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer and Director, The Center for Deep Listening, Arts"
  },
  "/steven-cramer": {
    "area": "Bioseparations Bioprocessing Chromatography Proteomics Microfluidics Multiscale modeling Affinity precipitation Biosensors",
    "biography": "Professor Steven Cramer is one of the recognized leaders in chromatographic bioprocessing worldwide. For the past twenty three years, Professor Cramer and his students have combined elegant theoretical models and rigorous experimentation to make dramatic advances in several areas of preparative protein chromatography. He serves as a consultant and/or member of the scientific board for several biotechnology and separations companies. In addition, Professor Cramer is known worldwide for his expertise in separations in general. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International journal Separations, Science and Technology. Professor Cramer was the awarded the prestigious Alan S. Michaels Award for the Recovery of Biological Products (ACS Division of Biochemical Technology). He was also awarded Rensselaer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s School of Engineering Research Excellence Award, a Presidential Young Investigator award from the National Science Foundation, the Early Career Award from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as well as several teaching awards. Professor Cramer was elected a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. He has also chaired several prestigious meetings including the International HIC/RPC Bioseparations Conference, the ACS Recovery of Biological Products Meeting and the Gordon Conference on Reactive Polymers. He is also the U.S. coordinator of the NSF sponsored Eastern Mediterranean Chemical Engineering Conference Series. Prof. Cramer has published over 140 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has 9 patents. Importantly, he has produced over 33 Ph.D. students who have gone on to leadership positions in the biotechnology industry and academia.",
    "education": "B.S. 1978 Brown University Ph.D. 1986 Yale University",
    "name": "Steven Cramer",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Steven_Cramer_Larger_0.jpg",
    "title": "William Weightman Walker Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering"
  },
  "/steven-tysoe": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Steven A. Tysoe",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Tysoe%20headshot%20small.JPG",
    "title": "Dr. T, Chemistry and Chemical Biology"
  },
  "/steven-w-roecker": {
    "area": "Geophysics Seismology Inverse Problems Subsurface Imaging",
    "biography": "Hello! I am a faculty member (Professor) of the Earth and Environmental Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Most of what I do academically falls within the realm of Geophysics. Geophysical observations and data analysis techniques are the most effective tools for determining what lies beneath the surface of the Earth. They can be applied at a spectrum of scales, from a few meters to thousands of kilometers, to address a variety of objectives from the detection of salt water invading an aquifer to fundamental questions about how the Earth works. My primary interests in both teaching and research center on the development and application of these geophysical techniques. We have ongoing research projects in a number of fields pertaining to geophysical data analysis and a substantial inventory of equipment for graduate and undergraduate use. We offer courses in field methods that include instruction in both the theory of geophysical data analysis and the application of this theory to problems in the real world. One of these courses is devoted primarily to the evaluation of groundwater problems such as the contamination of aquifers and the identification of buried channels. Others address larger scale problems such as the formation of basins in the western United States and the large mountain belts of central Asia. Among the techniques that we learn about and apply are potential field methods (gravity and magnetics), electrical methods (resistivity and electromagnetism) and seismologic methods (using both controlled sources and earthquakes) and modern surveying techniques using the Global Positioning System. Students are encouraged to become involved in the actual collection, reduction and interpretation of geophysical data. Over the past few years both undergraduate and graduate students have been involved in research projects directed at understanding collisional processes in Taiwan, the Pakistan Himalayas and the Tien Shan, in determining the motion of the Philippine Sea plate, in understanding the evolution of the Basin and Range, and the details of earthquake processes in California. They also have been involved in projects to map underground water channels in upstate New York, waste site evaluations and investigations for evidence of recent seismic activity on the borders of the Adirondacks.",
    "education": "B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology",
    "name": "Steven W Roecker",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/steve_roecker.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences"
  },
  "/sudhangshu-bose": {
    "biography": "Dr. Sudhangshu Bose, an expert of international acclaim in High Temperature Coatings and Gas Turbine Engine Materials, is a professor in the Department of Engineering and Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Hartford, Connecticut. He has over 30 years of industrial experience at United Technologies Corporation (UTC) both in gas turbine engines and fuel cells. During some of these years he has also taught undergraduate and graduate level courses in engineering at University of Hartford, RPI Hartford, and within UTC. At UTC, Dr. Bose has been the recipient of a number of corporate awards. He received his Ph.D in 1978 from University of California, Berkeley, California in the field of Materials Science and Engineering. Dr. Bose is the author of a book titled \u201cHigh Temperature Coatings\u201d published by Elsevier in 2007 and has to his credit 17 patents and a large number of technical papers published in refereed journals. He is a consultant to coating industry, and has been sought after as an invited speaker at several universities and many national and international conferences.",
    "name": "Sudhangshu Bose",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, Engineering and Science - Hartford"
  },
  "/sufei-shi": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Sufei Shi",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Shi_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering"
  },
  "/sulan-kolatan": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Sulan Kolatan",
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    "title": "Clinical Associate Professor, School of Architecture"
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  "/susan-l-smith": {
    "area": "Bioethics Research Ethics Philosophy of Race",
    "biography": "Interdisciplinary work is at the core of Susan Smith\u2019s research and educational interests. Her undergraduate work in Biology serves as a basis for her research in Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Race and Biomedical Ethics. Her master\u2019s work at the University of Guelph was completed under the direction of Michael Ruse and focused on the nature of human action with respect to free will and determinism. At the University at Buffalo, working with Jorge J.E. Garcia, she explored the metaphysical basis of race with a focus on its intersection with healthcare. Dr. Smith\u2019s current work explores the ethical issues related to genetic testing and, specifically, informed consent. She is part of an interdisciplinary study of the ethics of genetic testing and student-athletes in the NCAA. Before coming to RPI, Dr. Smith taught at Mercyhurst University, Canisius College, and the University at Buffalo. She has taught courses in Biomedical Ethics, Research Ethics, Philosophy of Human Nature and Science, Technology and Human Values. Teaching has been a passion for her since she received her undergraduate degree in Education from the University of Windsor. Her main objective as a Philosophy instructor is to develop the critical thinking skills of her students. Dr. Smith encourages students to critically examine their own beliefs and to attempt to create rational defenses for those beliefs. Along with the development of critical thinking skills, she focuses upon the development of writing skills and learning the philosophical content of the particular area of philosophy relevant to a course. A tertiary goal is to make students comfortable within the field of philosophy so that they can competently read and analyze literature within the discipline and see its connection to their daily lives. Smith was the Director of the Social Science Interdisciplinary Degree Programs at the University at Buffalo. She currently serves on the advisory board of the University at Buffalo Genomics, Education and the Microbiome (GEM) Community of Excellence.",
    "education": "PhD, Philosophy, University at Buffalo MA, Philosophy, University at Guelph Hons B.Sc, Biology and Philosophy, McMaster University B.Ed., University of Windsor",
    "name": "Susan L. Smith",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Faculty_headshot_400x400_0001_Smith_square.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, HASS Inquiry Faculty Coordinator, Cognitive Science"
  },
  "/susan-p-gilbert": {
    "area": "Cell Biology Biophysics and Biochemistry Structure-Function Analysis of Kinesins",
    "biography": "Dr. Gilbert received her A.B. in Chemistry from Randolph-Macon Woman\u2019s College in Lynchburg, VA and her Ph.D. from Dartmouth College in Cell Biology with Dr. Roger Sloboda and the late Dr. Robert Allen. Dr. Gilbert trained as a Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Kenneth Johnson at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, and joined the faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh in 1995. During her time at University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Gilbert was a member of the Graduate Faculty, the Graduate Program in Biological Sciences, the Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology Graduate Program, and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. Dr. Gilbert joined Rensselaer in 2007 as Professor and Head of the Department of Biology. Dr. Gilbert\u2019s research focuses on cellular movements, and the molecular motors that drive these movements to better understand cellular function and dysfunctions such as cancer. She performed much of her early research at the Marine Biology Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. Dr. Gilbert received the March of Dimes Basil O\u2019Connor Scholar Research Award, American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Research Award, and a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Career Development Award through the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). Her research program has been supported throughout her career by grants from the NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences including a prestigious MERIT Award. Dr. Gilbert is a member of the American Society for Cell Biology, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Biophysical Society where she served as a member of Council and the Executive Committee. She is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and has served on the editorial boards for the Biophysical Journal, and the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Dr. Gilbert served as a standing member of the National Institutes of Health Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Structure/Function and Dynamics Study Section (2010-2014) and received the 2014 Rensselaer William H. Wiley 1866 Distinguished Faculty Award.",
    "education": "A.B. Randolph-Macon Woman\u2019s College, Lynchburg, VA. Chemistry. Ph.D. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, Cell Biology.",
    "name": "Susan P. Gilbert",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Gilbert_webpage_photo.jpg",
    "title": "Department Head, Biological Sciences"
  },
  "/sylvain-payen": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Sylvain Payen",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer, GSAS"
  },
  "/t-paul-chow": {
    "area": "Semiconductor Power Devices and ICs Wide Bandgap Semiconductors Semiconductors, Electronics and Circuits",
    "biography": "From 1977-1989, Dr. Chow worked at General Electric Corporate Research and Development, Schenectady, NY. In the first two years, he was involved with developing CVD processes and characterization of doped tin oxide and indium oxide thin films for transparent electrode applications in solid-state imagers. From 1979-1982, his work on refractory metals and metal silicides included the deposition and plasma etching of these films as well as their incorporation into integrated-circuit processes and performance characterization of test devices and logic circuits. From 1982 to 1989, he participated in the design and process development of various discrete and integrable MOS-gated unipolar and bipolar devices (such as the MOSFET, IGBT and MCT). Also, he was involved with process architecture and integration of high-voltage power integrated circuits. Since 1989, he has been in the faculty of the Electrical, Systems and Computer Engineering Department of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1982), M.S. Materials Science (Columbia University, 1977), B.S. Mathematics and Physics (Augustana College, 1975)",
    "name": "T. Paul Chow",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/tatsingpaulchow.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/t-ravichandran-ravi": {
    "area": "Digital Strategy, Digital Platforms Supply Chain Management Competitive Dynamics Networks and Value Creation Information Technology Management, Outsourcing Innovation",
    "biography": "Professor Ravichandran is an associated faculty member in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department in the School of Engineering and a faculty for the IT program in the School of Science. He teaches course in the graduate and doctoral programs at Rensselaer. He periodically teaches some of these courses in top business schools in Asia and Europe and brings a global perspective to his teaching. His long term research interests focuses on digital strategies of firms and the mechanisms through which digitization is transforming firms, markets, supply networks and industries. His research has been funded by grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Ministry of Education, Singapore. He has published extensively in leading scholarly journals in Information Systems (Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, MIS Quarterly; European Journal of Information Systems, Information Technology Management), Decision Sciences (Decision Sciences; Logistics Information Systems) Strategic Management (Organization Science), Technology Management (IEEE Transaction on Engineering Management, Journal of High Technology Management Research,) as well as in leading practitioner journals (Communications of the ACM). His research has won several awards including the 1) Best Paper, IT and Healthcare Track, International Conference in Information Systems, 2019; 2) Best Information Systems Publication in 2010 (Association of Information System); 3) Best Published Paper Award, 2010 (Information Systems Research); 4) Best Paper Award, Software Technology Track (HICSS, 2010); 5) Best Paper Award Honorable Mention (IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 2007); 6) Best Academic Paper Award (Second Supply Chain Management Symposium, McMaster University, 2004); 7) Best Paper Award (OCIS Division, Academy of Management, 2001). He currently serves as a Senior Editor of MIS Quarterly and as a Department Editor for IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. He recently completed a four year term as an Associate Editor of MIS Quarterly and a three year term as an Associate Editor of Information Systems Research. Prior to joining Rensselaer, Dr. Ravichandran had extensive business experience having served as a Consultant to the Reliance Group, as the Assistant Director of National Productivity Council, India and as a Production Manager in Flakt AB (now Asea Brown Boweri). He has also been a successful entrepreneur; he started, built and ran an IT services firm.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; PG Diploma (Industrial and System Engineering) National Productivity Council, India; B.E. (Production Engineering) University of Madras, India",
    "name": "T. Ravichandran (Ravi)",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/ravichandran.jpg",
    "title": "Irene and Robert Bozzone '55 Distinguished Chair, Professor of Information Systems, Associate Dean for Research, and Director of the Center for Supply Networks and Analytics, Lally School of Management"
  },
  "/tamar-gordon": {
    "area": "Anthropology",
    "biography": "Tamar Gordon focuses on the cultural analysis of contemporary religions and their intersections with local and global modernities; themed environments; Polynesian and American societies. She is currently working on an edited collection entitled Themelands. Her recent work includes the \u201cWhose Development? Cultural Management and Globalized Economy in China\u2019s Ethnic Theme Parks\u201d published in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Culture and Development; writing, directing and co-producing the documentary feature film \u201cGlobal Villages\u201d which was shown in locations around the world, including Bangkok, Rio de Janeiro, and Lisbon; and she edited and wrote the introduction to the volume Material Religion. She presents her work frequently, most recently \u201cCultural Narratives and Development Narratives\u201d at the Heritage in Development: International Seminar on Art and Livelihood.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California-Berkeley M.A. Anthropology, Yale University B.A. Anthropology, Yale University",
    "name": "Tamar Gordon",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Gordon%20Tamar.jpeg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Communication and Media"
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  "/tarek-abdoun": {
    "area": "Earthquakes Geotechnical",
    "biography": "Dr. Abdoun is a Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and the NEES Technical Director of Rensselaer's NEES facility. He also served as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs in the School of Engineering from 2011 to 2015. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from RPI in 1994 and 1997, respectively. Dr. Abdoun's primary research interests are centrifuge modeling, soil-structure interaction, soil remediation, field advanced sensing, and data visualization. He has conducted, and/or advised other researchers on several hundreds of successful high-quality centrifuge model tests conducted at the RPI centrifuge. The centrifuge experiments, supplemented by high-quality reliable measurements, have been used to develop or calibrate new design or retrofit engineering methods. Professor Abdoun led Rensselaer's physical modelling research team that clarified the failure mechanisms of some of the New Orleans levees during Hurricane Katrina, providing critical feedback to the corresponding numerical analyses. He worked closely on this with the US Army Corps of Engineers and the corresponding US National Academies Oversight Committee, and his work was shown on national networks (CNN, NBC, Discovery, ASCE News, Times, etc.) and cited in great detail in an article evaluating the lessons from Hurricane Katrina in the Spring 2007 issue of The Bridge, published by the National Academy of Engineering. Professor Abdoun designed & developed this novel wireless shape-acceleration sensor array, taking advantage of new advances in fiber optic and MEMS sensor technologies. The sensors are capable of measuring ground acceleration and permanent deformation to a depth of about 15 m, at a cost 1/10th or 1/20th of existing inclinometer and borehole technologies. In situ 3D ground deformation and 2D soil acceleration are measured at close intervals. Each sensor array is connected to a wireless sensor node to enable real time monitoring and informed assessment of pending failure. He is a member of several technical committees and the editorial board of technical journals, including ASCE Geo Institute Committee for Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Canadian Journal, etc. Dr. Abdoun is the recipient of Rensselaer's 2004, 2006, & 2007 School of Engineering Excellence in Research & Teaching Award, and the 2004 prestigious Casimir Gzowski awarded by the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. He has published over 120 publications and technical reports.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Geotechnical Engineering M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Geotechnical Engineering B.S., Cairo University Structural Engineering",
    "name": "Tarek Abdoun",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/abdoun_tarek_web2.jpg",
    "title": "Thomas Iovino Chaired Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering"
  },
  "/ted-krueger": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Ted Krueger",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Ted-Krueger.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, School of Architecture"
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  "/ted-tc-ngai": {
    "biography": "Ted Ngai is the founder of atelier nGai, an experimental design and research studio specializing in exploring new aesthetics and environmental possibilities through co-evolving design processes with scientific first principles and new technologies in design computation, fabrication, robotics and information technologies. He also keeps track of the most current advances in science and technology that will impact the future of architecture in his blog per-Forms He is also a Professor of Practice in the Department of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is currently teaching and conducting research at the Center for Architecture, Science and Ecology | CASE in New York City. He is the Principal Designer and a Co-Principal Investigator of the Active Modular Phytoremediation System (AMPS) that has won the 2009 R&D Award. Ngai was formerly a Founding Partner of UNI, a practice that transfuses real estate development, design, contracting and construction into a single cohesive design process. Their work has been featured by many architecture and and design publications including Dwell, Wallpaper, Architectural Review. Ngai received his M.Arch from Harvard University Graduate School of Design and his B. Arch from Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc).",
    "education": "M.Arch,Harvard University, Graduate School of Design",
    "name": "Ted T.C. Ngai",
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    "title": "Professor of Practice, School of Architecture"
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  "/theodorian-borca-tasciuc": {
    "area": "Heat conduction in nanomaterials Prototyping and testing advanced refrigeration/heat pump and heat transfer systems Metrology for fast, accurate, and high spatial resolution of thermal and thermoelectric properties Thermal transport across interfaces Thermoelectric energy conversion",
    "biography": "Dr. Theodorian (Theo) Borca-Tasciuc has a B.S. in Physics from Bucharest University and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA. He started his academic career in 2001 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and since 2013 he is a full professor. He is the director of the Nanoscale Thermophysics and Energy Conversion Laboratory (NanoTEC) on the Rensselaer campus. His research interests include fundamental and multiscale investigations of thermal transport and energy conversion particularly in solid-state and development of innovative materials, devices, and systems with applications ranging from sustainable buildings to medical devices. He received the NSF CAREER award, School of Engineering Outstanding Team award, is a member of the ASME\u2019s K8 committee on Fundamentals of Heat Transfer, and a member of the ASME's K-9 committee on Nanoscale Thermal Transport. He organized and chaired multiple symposia and sessions on nanoscale thermal transport and energy conversion with ASME, MRS, and CIMTEC International Conferences. Since January 2015, Dr. T. Borca-Tasciuc serves as the Associate Department Head for Graduate Affairs and the Mechanical Engineering Program Director for the MANE Dept. He is the director of a Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) fellowship program, a US Dept. of Education grant which supports MANE\u2019s new interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in aeronautical engineering and mechanical engineering. NanoTEC Lab Research focuses on Investigations of heat conduction and energy conversion in nanomaterials, including carbon nanotube arrays, metallic nanoparticle-polymer and nanowire-polymer composites, thermoelectrics Prototyping and testing advanced refrigeration/heat pump and heat transfer systems Development of advanced metrology techniques for fast, accurate, and high spatial resolution characterization of thermal and thermoelectric properties Investigations of thermal transport across interfaces Development of manufacturing and testing strategies for solid-state energy conversion devices and systems Applications of NanoTEC Research: CHIPS (memory and logic) Thermal Management, Sustainable Buildings Thermal Systems, Scanning Thermal Microscopy, Surgery and Medical Devices, Temperature and Thermal Properties Metrology, Thermoelectric Device Design and Characterization, Thermal Interface Materials, Thermoelectric Materials, Thermal Energy Conversion Systems. Two Rensselaer student start-up companies are linked to NanoTEC research: ThermoAura Inc. and MIMiC Systems Inc. Student Projects : NanoTEC lab offers opportunities for a variety of hands-on, experimental, manufacturing, and simulation & design projects for graduate and undergraduate students. Email project inquiries to borcat@rpi.edu . As of 2021 Dr. T. Borca-Tasciuc graduated (as main advisor or co-advisor) 20 PhD students and 35 Master students. He authored >100 journal articles and book chapters, has >7300 citations, and h-index of 40. Research (examples) Sensitivity and Spatial Resolution for Thermal Conductivity Measurements using Non-contact Scanning Thermal Microscopy with Thermoresistive Probes under Ambient Conditions (link): https://academic.oup.com/ooms/advance-article/doi/10.1093/oxfmat/itab011... Anisotropic thermal diffusivity of aligned multiwall carbon nanotube arrays (link): https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.2034079 Thermal resistance of the native interface between vertically aligned multiwalled carbon nanotube arrays and their SiO2/Si substrate (link): https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.2832405 Theoretical modeling of a thermal wave technique to determine the extent of the freezing region surrounding a cryoprobe (link): https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.5140445 A new class of doped nanobulk high-figure-of-merit thermoelectrics by scalable bottom-up assembly (link): https://www.nature.com/articles/nmat3213 Self-constructed tree-shape high thermal conductivity nanosilver networks in epoxy (link): https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2014/nr/c3nr06494h For more on Google Scholar (link): https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lenhofkAAAAJ&hl=en Non-Fourier heat conduction has critical implications for the thermal management of nanodevices, nanointerconnects, optoelectronics, or the design of nanocomposites and nanomaterials. On another hand, nanostructures and nanostructured materials enable novel ways to independently control the thermoelectric properties (Seebeck coefficient and electrical and thermal conductivities) that define the thermoelectric figure of merit Z, a metric important for thermoelectric energy conversion applications (such as solid state refrigeration and power generation). A critical role is played by development of experimental techniques able to probe thermal and thermoelectric properties at nanoscale, in nanomaterials, across-nanointerfaces, or to test the operation of nanoscale electronic, optoelectronic, and thermoelectric devices. These techniques are employed to perform studies of property-structure relationship to understand and optimize thermal and thermoelectric transport as required by specific applications. Selected examples of techniques developed include: 1) a scanning thermal probe techniques for accurate temperature and thermal conductivity measurements; 2) a transient method for measurement of all thermoelectric properties as well as electrical and thermal contact resistances in films; 3) a photothermoelectric method to determine the anisotropic thermal conductivity and the interface thermal resistance in thin film on-substrate systems; 4) a Joule heating thermometry method for characterization of thermal transport from nanoscale heat sources. Selected research outcomes include: 1) discovery of a new class of highly scalable, high figure of merit, nanostructured bulk thermoelectric materials (patent); 2) implementation of a novel mechanism for formation of high thermal conductivity networks in polymer composites filled with nanoparticles (patent); 3)characterization of anisotropic thermal properties in aligned carbon nanotube arrays and aligned carbon-nanotube polymer composites; 4) characterization of the interface thermal resistance at the native interface between carbon nanotube arrays and the silicon substrate; 5) characterization of effective thermal conductivity of Si/Ge and Si/SiC multilayers;",
    "education": "BS Physics (1995), Bucharest University PhD Mechanical Engineering (2000), University of California, Los Angeles",
    "name": "Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/TheoPictureEdited_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor and Associate Department Head for Graduate Affairs, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/thierry-blanchet": {
    "area": "Materials Tribology (friction, wear, lubrication) Mechanical Behavior of Materials",
    "biography": "Professor, 2006 \u2013 present Department Head (Acting), 2011-2012 Associate Department Head for Faculty Affairs, 2012-2013 Associate Department Head for Graduate Studies, 2009-2011 Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Studies, 2007-2009 Associate Professor, 1999-2006 Assistant Professor, 1993-1999 Post-Doctoral Researcher, 1992-1993 NASA Glenn Research Center, Surface Science Branch Summers 1989-1991 Dow Chemical Central Research, Organic Chemical and Polymers Laboratory April \u2013September 1988 Hercules Corporation, Champlain Cable Co. Polymer R&D Laboratory Summers 1983-1986 Awards Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2008) Fellow, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (2005) ASME Burt L. Newkirk Award (2002) STLE Walter D. Hodson Award (1997) STLE Al Sonntag Award (1993, 1998) Professional Society Service ASME Tribology Division Executive Committee (Chair 2016/2017) Associate Editor, STLE Tribology Transactions (1996-present) Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Tribology (2005-2011) Editorial Advisory Board, Tribology & Lubrication Technology (2005-2007) STLE Fellows Selection Committee (Chair 2012) ASME Tribology Division Honors&Awards Committee (Chair 2011) STLE Awards Committee (Chair 2005) ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference (Chair 2004) STLE Solid Lubricants Technical Committee (Chair 2000)",
    "education": "Ph.D. Dartmouth College",
    "name": "Thierry Blanchet",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/blanchet_thierry_web.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/thilanka-munasinghe": {
    "area": "Data Science Data Analytics Informatics",
    "biography": "Thilanka Munasinghe is a lecturer at ITWS with a focus on teaching areas related to Data Science, Data Analytics and Informatics. Prior to joining RPI, Thilanka was the CodeLab instructor at the West Virginia University\u2019s LaunchLab, where he was instrumental in providing technical expertise and mentorship to student entrepreneurs of early-stage student-initiated start-ups. Thilanka has also contributed to large scale open source software projects such as MIT App Inventor. Thilanka received his BSc in Aerospace Engineering and MSc in Mechanical Engineering from West Virginia University, and has conducted research on microgravity systems and genetic algorithms. Thilanka\u2019s current research interests are on data-driven analytics using big data to address societal challenges in a diverse set of areas such as multi-disciplinary engineering applications, energy systems, urbanization, social networks, and health issues that impact society, by building novel early warning systems and internet of things applications.",
    "name": "Thilanka Munasinghe",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Thilanka_Photo_ITWS.png",
    "title": "Lecturer, Information Technology and Web Science"
  },
  "/thomas-begley": {
    "area": "Effects of Digital Technologies on Business Ethics of Emerging Technologies Organizational Change Cross-Cultural Management Global Issues in Human Resource Management",
    "biography": "Thomas Begley is currently a professor in the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer, after serving as the school's dean for eight years. His previous post was as Dean of the UCD School of Business, including the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business and the Quinn School of Business. Prior to that, he held the Governor Hugh L. Carey Chair in Organisational Behavior at UCD. Prior to his deanships, his primary research, teaching and consulting interests were in the areas of organizational change, cross-cultural management, and global issues in human resource management. Since returning to the faculty, he has developed an interest in how businesses manage the ethical issues that accompany emerging technologies. As his primary scholarly focus, he is currently chairing the task force on organizational behavior/HRM of the Management Curriculum for the Digital Era (MaCuDE) project, which seeks to address the perceived gap between digitalization in businesses and the teaching of digitalization in business schools. Professor Begley served on the faculty of Northeastern University\u2019s College of Business Administration and has held visiting appointments at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, the Prasetiya Mulya Graduate School of Management in Jakarta, Indonesia, Reims Management School in France, and Boston University. He has been included in Irish America magazine\u2019s lists of the Top 100 Irish Americans and the Top 100 Irish Americans in Business.",
    "education": "B.A., Seton Hall University; M.A., in Social Psychology, Cornell University; Ph.D., in Social Psychology, Cornell University",
    "name": "Thomas Begley",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Tom-Begley-1.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Lally School of Management"
  },
  "/thomas-c-haley": {
    "area": "Nuclear Fuel Management Mathematical Modeling Reactor Design",
    "biography": "Technical strengths: Nuclear criticality safety analysis Monte Carlo and deterministic simulations of systems, experiments, and tests Mathematical and statistical modeling and software development Analysis of nuclear power generation, operation, and control Developing and implementing quality assurance methodologies and procedures Teaching award-winning blended/hybrid university courses Prior to returning to Rensselaer, Thomas Haley was a nuclear engineer for sixteen years with Northeast Technology Corporation. Major projects involved criticality safety analysis, material and neutronic characterization of neutron absorbers, radiation transport and energy deposition, spent fuel storage design, spent fuel pool chemical kinetics, qualifying and evaluating in-situ non-destructive neutron absorber diagnostics, core refueling design, fuel thermal-mechanical analysis, thermal hydraulics, statistical and numerical analysis, and software development.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute",
    "name": "Thomas C. Haley",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/haley_thomas_web.jpg",
    "title": "Professor of Practice and Director, Undergraduate Student Services, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/thomas-ingram": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Thomas Ingram",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Adjunct Professor"
  },
  "/thomas-j-gerbino": {
    "biography": "Tom Gerbino holds degrees from Mansfield University and Ithaca College and is the founder of the successful \u201cA Touch of Woodwinds\u201d Chamber Ensemble. A Woodwind instructor at SUNY Schenectady, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Union College, Tom previously had been an instructor at Russell Sage College, Ithaca College, The College of Saint Rose, Skidmore College, and SUNY Cortland. Performing with the Schenectady Symphony Orchestra as Principal Clarinet, he frequently appears with the Catskill, Utica and Clinton Symphony Orchestra. His various ensembles (Classical and Jazz) have entertained at many Adult Communities in the area, including Coberg Village, Beverwyck and the Massry. Tom is regularly active professionally as the Conductor of the Gloversville Civic Band, performing with Glens Falls Concert/Jazz Band and the Johnstown Citizens\u2019 Band. He has performed a variety of woodwind instruments with Broadway Touring Company shows at Proctors Theatre, including \u201cFrozen\u201d, \u201cWicked\u201d and \u201cPhantom of the Opera\u201d, as well as many Community and High School Musicals. Most recently being involved with the recording session \u201cHail! Cheer Old R.P.I.!\u201d on December 17, 2019 playing Alto/Tenor Saxophone. His recordings include work with the Adirondack Saxophone Quartet, Empire Jazz Orchestra, Empire State Youth Orchestra Flute Choir, Joey Thomas Big Band, New York State Theatre Institute, First Reformed Church Chamber Vespers, and the Capital City String Quartet.",
    "name": "Thomas J. Gerbino",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/TomSmall.jpg",
    "title": "Music Fellow, Arts"
  },
  "/thomas-mical": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Thomas Mical",
    "portrait": "http://",
    "title": "Associate Professor, School of Architecture"
  },
  "/thomas-r-willemain": {
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972), M.S. Electrical Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970), B.S. Electrical Engineering (Princeton University, 1969)",
    "name": "Thomas R. Willemain",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/TomWillemain.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Industrial and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/thomas-zimmie": {
    "area": "Geotechnical Water Quality Soil Mechanics Simulation Modeling",
    "biography": "Dr. Zimmie's research interests include: * Dam Safety * Physical Modeling of Blasting and Explosions * Levees and Embankments-Design, Erosion * Landfill siting and design * Groundwater Hydrology * Groundwater contamination * Centrifuge modeling of geo-environmental problems * Physical-chemical phenomena in soils * Subsurface drainage * Geosynthetics * Experimental soil dynamics * Solid and hazardous waste disposal * Sediment transport in rivers * Problems on the geotechnical environmental interface * Recycling and Reuse of Waste Materials Tom Zimmie was heavily involved with studies on the New Orleans levee failures caused by Hurricane Katrina. He was part of a NSF sponsored investigative team that went to New Orleans shortly after Katrina. He testified before US Senate and House committees and did numerous TV, newspaper and magazine interviews. Work on the levees continued, in cooperation with the Corps of Engineers, using the Civil Engineering geotechnical centrifuge, and this work also received a lot of interest from the media and various committees studying Katrina events. Rensselaer's geotechnical centrifuge, a physical modeling tool, is useful for studying the effects of explosions. For example a one gram explosive charge in a centrifuge model can be equal to about a ton of explosives in the prototype (the actual full scale structure). Blasting effects are being studied on dams, embankments, levees, buried pipelines and tunnels. He was selected as a member of the Federal Emergencey Management Agency (FEMA) Independent Science Board (ISB), Advising on the Levee Analysis and Mapping Project (LAMP). He is conducting NSF sponsored research dealing with levee and embankment erosion.",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of Connecticut",
    "name": "Thomas Zimmie",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/zimmie_thomas_web.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering"
  },
  "/tianyi-chen": {
    "area": "Machine Learning Optimization Signal Processing Wireless Networks",
    "biography": "Tianyi Chen has been with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) as an assistant professor since August 2019. Prior to joining RPI, he received the doctoral degree from the University of Minnesota (UMN). He has also held visiting positions at Harvard University, University of California, Los Angeles, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Chen was a finalist for the Best Student Paper Award at the Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers in 2017, a recipient of the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship at UMN in 2018, a senior co-author of the Best Student Paper Award at the NeurIPS Federated Learning Workshop in 2020, a recipient of IEEE Signal Processing Society Best PhD Dissertation Award in 2020, a senior co-author of the Best Student Paper Award at ICASSP in 2021, and a recipient of NSF CAREER Award in 2021. Dr. Chen's current research focuses on the theory and application of optimization, machine Learning, and statistical signal processing to problems emerging in data science and wireless communication networks.",
    "education": "Ph.D, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA, 2019 M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA, 2017 B.S., Communication Science and Engineering, Fudan University, China, 2014",
    "name": "Tianyi Chen",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/TianyiChen_small2.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/timothy-d-golden": {
    "area": "Organizational Behavior Negotiations",
    "biography": "Timothy Golden\u2019s research focuses on remote work, telework, telecommuting, and virtual interactions. He has conducted research in these areas for over 20 years, during which he has investigated a range of related topics, including performance, professional isolation, work-family conflict, the nature of job tasks, career success, exhaustion, coworker relationships, and knowledge sharing, to name a few. His research has appeared in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Academy of Management Perspectives, Human Relations, Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Managerial Issues, Journal of Business and Psychology , Psychological Science in the Public Interest , and New Technology, Work and Employment , among others. Golden has received numerous distinctions for his research, including winning four Best Paper Awards. He has frequently been interviewed in the business press, appearing in hundreds of media outlets worldwide, some of which include The Wall Street Journal , Forbes , CNN, MS NBC, U.S. News & World Report , Harvard Business Review\u2019s Daily Stat, Reuters, The Washington Post , Atlanta Journal-Constitution , Scientific American , and New York Times Magazine , among others. In addition to his research, Golden has served as an expert consultant to the United Nation\u2019s International Labor Organization, the federal government, and to a number of large and small companies seeking advice based on his research. Additionally, he has served in numerous leadership roles in several national and international professional associations. These include serving as president of the Eastern Academy of Management, research adviser to the International Telework Association and Council, program chair of EAM, track chair at the Southern Management Association, and as chair of the Graduate Scholarship Awards for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He is an elected fellow of EAM, and is frequently sought after to speak at conferences and to professional business associations. Golden brings to the classroom a unique mix of applied experiences in a variety of business settings, combined with an advanced educational background in a broad array of academic disciplines. His teaching has been recognized with several awards, including the Outstanding Teacher Award voted upon by graduate students (twice in three years), as well as winning the Best Exercise Award from the Experiential Learning Association. Prior to working in academia, Golden held several positions in the aerospace, IT, and medical industries, including program management, systems engineering, and space flight engineering working with NASA\u2019s space shuttle program.",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Management, University of Connecticut M.A. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, University of Connecticut M.A. in Psychology, Brandeis University M.S. in Engineering Management, The Gordon Institute of Tufts University M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Northrop University B.S. in Engineering Mechanics, U.S. Air Force Academy",
    "name": "Timothy D. Golden",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/golden.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Lally School of Management"
  },
  "/todd-przybycien": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Todd Przybycien",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/todd-p.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering"
  },
  "/toh-ming-lu": {
    "area": "Novel materials for advanced electronics and energy applications Epitaxy of 3D semiconductors on 2D substrates",
    "biography": "Dr. Lu joined RPI in 1982. His interest is on the creation of novel materials for advanced electronics and energy applications. His honors include the 2004 Materials Research Society Medal Award and the 2005 SRC Faculty Leadership Award. He is Fellow of four major societies: American Physical Society, American Vacuum Society, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, and the Materials Research Society. He served as the Chairman of the Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1992 to 1997. Dr. Lu published over 580 papers, 9 books, 12 patents, and graduated 49 Ph.D. students, who have assumed leadership positions in semiconductor companies such as IBM, Intel, AMD, Motorola, Analog, GE, and Chartered Semiconductor.",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of Wisconsin , Madison (Physics)",
    "name": "Toh-Ming Lu",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Lu.jpg",
    "title": "Ray Palmer Baker Distinguished Professor, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/tom-abbott": {
    "area": "Operations, Finance and General Management Consulting Venture Capital Relationships, Negotiation, International Joint Ventures and Financial Controls Implementation Management Construction Project Management and Industrial Market Research",
    "biography": "Programs Taught Systems Engineering and Technology Management Bio In Tom\u2019s 45-year career, he has held CFO positions at several start-up manufacturers in the aerospace and chemical industries, as well as positions in operations, finance, and general management. In addition, Tom served as Managing Director of a technical education enterprise with an emphasis in West Africa. Among their clients were the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Presently, Tom is Senior Associate at the Essex Group, a consultancy firm specializing in strategic thinking and planning, management development, and change management and leadership. Their clients range from the Fortune 250 to manufacturers, service and financial institutions, retailers, labor unions and government. At RPI, Tom enjoys engaging with professionals as they apply new knowledge to the complexities of management science at work. Other Professional Experience The Essex Management Center \u2013 Managing Director of Developing Nations The Essex Group \u2013 Senior Associate, Strategic Thinking, Planning and Management Development The Abbott Group \u2013 Principal Beloit Corporation\u2019s Lenox Division \u2013 Director of Finance and Planning Phonon Corporation \u2013 Controller",
    "education": "Ed.D., Creighton University MBA, University of Pittsburgh B.A., Economics, Boston College",
    "name": "Tom Abbott",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Tom%20Abbott.jpg",
    "title": "Instructor Mentor, Rensselaer at Work"
  },
  "/tomek-strzalkowski": {
    "area": "Artificial Intelligence Natural Language Processing Computational Sociolinguistics",
    "biography": "Prof. Tomek Strzalkowski research interests span a wide spectrum of human language technology including computational linguistics and sociolinguistics, socio-behavioral computing, interactive information retrieval, question-answering, human-computer dialogue, serious games, social media analytics, formal semantics, and reversible grammars. He has directed research sponsored by IARPA, DARPA, ARL, AFRL, NSF, the European Commission, NSERC, as well as a number of industry-funded projects. He was involved in IBM\u2019s Jeopardy! Challenge in advanced question answering. Dr. Strzalkowski has published over a hundred and fifty scientific papers, and is the editor of several books, including Advances in Open Domain Question Answering . He serves on the Editorial Board of the journal of Natural Language Engineering . Prior to joining RPI, Dr. Strzalkowski was Professor of Computer Science at SUNY Albany. At SUNY, he was the founding Director of the Institute for Informatics, Logics, and Security Studies with research budget of more than $35 million. He came to SUNY from GE CRD where he was a Natural Language Group Leader and Principal Scientist. At GE, Dr. Strzalkowski directed projects on automated technical manuals, medical informatics, speech recognition, automated summarization, as well as multimedia processing including language and video. Before coming to GE, he was a research faculty at the Courant Institute of New York University, where he worked on applications of natural language processing to information retrieval. Current projects include research into social dimensions of information spread online, internet ethnography, and building effective AI defenses against disinformation and exploitation of human socio-cognitive vulnerabilities online, including social engineering attacks. Some example projects include: GATOR: The Goal-oriented Autonomous Dialogue System. We develop a new type of human-machine dialogue system that uses deep learning technologies (such as transformers) to learn how to recognize and generate dialogue plans, i.e., semantic and pragmatic structures that represent one party\u2019s goals and intentions, as well as the impact these are having on the other party. Unlike the current transformer-driven chatbots, the core learning is not to transform one language expression (input) into another language expression (response) but instead to construct a response plan that would properly address the plan in the input and the history of interaction. Consequently, the learning process takes three types of information: (1) the input utterance; (2) its semantic-pragmatic plan, i.e., the plan that was used to produce the utterance, and (3) the history of interaction up to this point. Furthermore, the cumulative history of the dialogue is not merely the memory of the utterances exchanged earlier, but it captures, in a condensed semantic form, the evolving state of the parties\u2019 objectives as well as the emerging sociolinguistic behavioral patterns of both (all) parties. Personalized AutoNomous Agents Countering Social Engineering Attacks (PANACEA) protects online users against current and future forms of social engineering. PANACEA serves as an intermediary between attackers (human, automated, hybrid, coordinated) and the potential victim(s) they target. Depending upon the nature and source of communication, PANACEA either handles it autonomously, or allows the user to proceed with an exchange while monitoring the conversation and intervening as needed by (1) inserting or modifying users\u2019 messages, (2) instructing the user how best to respond, while at the same time (3) initiating an investigation to identify the attacker. (DARPA ASED Program) COMETH (Computational Ethnography from Metaphors and Polarized Language). The objective of this project is to develop a methodology and accompanying software tools for constructing dynamic socio-behavioral models of communities based on online content that their members produce. A community can be defined by the set of salient concepts that its members recognize, along with the values they assign to them. The resulting causal models are then applied to derive culturally biased interpretations of novel information by prototyping the process by which such new information is adapted to fit into the community current model. (DARPA UGB) Social Convos: A New Approach to Modeling Information Diffusion in Social Media. In this project, we recast our understanding of all social media as a landscape of collectives, or \u201cconvos\u201d: sets of users connected by a common interest in an (possibly evolving) information artifact, such as a repository in GitHub, a subreddit in Reddit or a group of hashtags in Twitter. Convos are represented by the collections of features that capture their internal social dynamics. Furthermore, convos are basis for modeling large and small internet-based communities as \u201chybrid organisms\u201d that interact in various ways with one another and react collectively to external stimuli, including information and disinformation campaigns. (DARPA SocialSim)",
    "education": "Ph.D. Computer Science, 1986, Simon Fraser University, Canada",
    "name": "Tomek Strzalkowski",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/tomek%40rpi.edu_TomaszStrzalkowski_Square.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Cognitive Science"
  },
  "/tong-zhang": {
    "area": "memory and data storage systems computer architecture cloud storage and computing VLSI signal processing",
    "biography": "Tong Zhang is currently a Professor in the Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the Xian Jiaotong University, China, in 1995 and 1998, respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, in 2002. He joined the faculty of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a tenure-track assistant professor in 2002, and became an associate professor and full professor in 2008 and 2013, respectively. His current research areas are computer systems with the focus on memory and data storage across software and hardware stacks. Being highly inter-disciplinary in nature, his research has been always driven by real-life applications, and his current and past research span over computer architecture, memory and data storage, VLSI signal processing, error correction coding, digital communication, and multimedia processing. He has served as an Associate Editor for the ACM Transactions on Storage, the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems - II, and the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering (University of Minnesota, 2002), M.S. Electrical Engineering (Xi'an Jiotong University, China, 1998), B.S. Electrical Engineering (Xi'an Jiotong University, China, 1995)",
    "name": "Tong Zhang",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/tongzhang.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/trevor-rhone": {
    "area": "Machine learning Materials science Two-dimensional materials Catalysis Li-ion battery materials Magnetism Artificial Intelligence",
    "biography": "Trevor David Rhone received a liberal arts education from Macalester College in Saint Paul. He went on to pursue his doctoral studies at Columbia University in the city of New York where he did experimental studies of two-dimensional electron systems in the extreme quantum limit. Trevor David spent several years at NTT Basic research laboratories in Japan. During a research stint at the National Institute of Materials Science in Japan, he transitioned to materials informatics research - exploiting machine learning tools to perform materials research. He continued this work at Harvard University where he used machine learning tools to search for new 2D magnetic materials. Trevor David Rhone's research interests involve using machine learning tools for materials discovery and knowledge discovery. Materials discovery could manifest in the search new 2D materials with exotic properties, the prediction of the outcome of industrially relevant catalytic reactions or for other compelling research problems. In addition, data analytics tools will be used to aid in developing a better understanding of physical systems.",
    "education": "Columbia University, New York, NY; Ph.D. Physics, 2012 Macalester College, St. Paul, MN; B.A. Physics, 2005",
    "name": "Trevor Rhone",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/trevorrhone.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/ukwatte-lokuliyanage-indika-perera": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Ukwatte Lokuliyanage Indika Perera",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Lecturer, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/uwe-kruger": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Uwe Kruger",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/krugeu.jpg",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, Biomedical Engineering"
  },
  "/uzma-mushtaque": {
    "biography": "My most recent work experience includes working at EY as a Senior Data Scientist with my project focused on credit and risk analytics. My dissertation research finds direct application in online retail and subscription entertainment platforms like Amazon and Netflix. My dissertation work is at the intersection of four fields: (1) online recommender systems (2) consumer choice models, (3) supply chain models, and (4) assortment planning. In my current research I develop mathematical models for personalized online recommendations capturing different context-effects associated with individual user selection behavior. In order to analyze the developed mathematical decision tools I am using big data sets (MovieLens, Amazon Product Review, Online Retail dataset at UCI Repository etc.). My thesis includes an in-depth, iterative and methodical exploration of some of the very Big-Datasets available for consumer preference ratings. I achieve significant insights for online recommender systems through a comprehensive statistical analysis from the results generated by my developed mathematical models both via simulated data and real-world datasets mentioned. My future research incudes incorporating better mathematical representations of consumer behavior as a result of choice-context via data-driven/ non-parametric approaches and using data analytics to improve consumer choice models. My background in engineering, work experience in ERP consulting, a Masters in Supply Chain, and my current research motivates the inter-disciplinary nature of my research interests. My 2 years of teaching assistant experience in statistics, operations research, optimization and simulation equipped me with indepth conceptual clarity required to apply these skills to real world problems.",
    "education": "September 2013- December 2017 : PhD in Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY. 2011-2013: MS in Supply Chain Management, The Pennsylvania State University (PSU), University Park, PA. 2000-2004: B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar, India.",
    "name": "Uzma Mushtaque",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/mushtu%40rpi.edu_UzmaMushtaque_Square.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Computer Science"
  },
  "/venkat-venkateswaran": {
    "biography": "",
    "education": "PhD, Operations Research, Case Western Reserve University (1984)",
    "name": "Venkat Venkateswaran",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/noProfilePicture.png",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, Engineering and Science-Hartford"
  },
  "/victoria-bennett": {
    "biography": "Victoria Bennett manages a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) project at RPI entitled, \u201cDevelopment of a Multi-scale Monitoring and Health Assessment Framework for Effective Management of Levees and Flood-Control Infrastructure Systems.\u201d Victoria has co-taught Experimental Soil Mechanics with Professor Abdoun and will teach Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering in the fall of 2013. She has expertise in field-testing and has published several papers on field instrumentation for geotechnical engineering (Machan & Bennett, 2008; Bennett et al., 2011). Victoria serves the Transportation Research Board (TRB) as Committee Secretary to the Committee on Soils and Rock Instrumentation and Communication Coordinator for the Committee on Modeling for the Design, Construction, and Management of Geosystems.",
    "education": "B.S., M.Eng., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Geotechnical Engineering, Field Instrumentation, Remote Sensing",
    "name": "Victoria Bennett",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Victoria-Bennett-3.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering"
  },
  "/vidhya-chakrapani": {
    "area": "Semiconductor Electrochemistry Advanced materials Quantum dot solar cells Ultrafast spectroscopy Li ion batteries optical and electronic properties of Group III- Nitrides",
    "biography": "Professor Chakrapani\u2019s primary research focus is on semiconductor electrochemistry, especially the study of energy and charge transfer processes occurring at the semiconductor/electrolyte interface. These reactions play a vital role in several important technological processes, ranging from energy scavenging by photoelectrochemical solar cells to energy storage by Li-ion batteries. Improvements in device performance require understanding the physics of the semiconductor excitonic transitions and the chemistry of the interfacial processes. The work in her lab is highly interdisciplinary in nature, and spans fundamental studies of interfacial phenomena, spectroscopic techniques in ultrafast time scale\u2014which probe excited state transitions, synthesis of nanomaterials, and fabrication of photoelectrochemical solar cells, energy efficient smart windows, and Li-ion batteries for energy storage.",
    "education": "B.S. 2001, Chemical & Electrochemical Engineering, Central Electrochemical Research Institute, India M.S. 2004, Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University Ph.D. 2007, Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University",
    "name": "Vidhya Chakrapani",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Vidhya_Chakrapani.png",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering"
  },
  "/vivek-ghosal": {
    "area": "Antitrust Law and Economics Innovation Strategy Biotechnology and Healthcare Uncertainty and Economic Activity Regulation and Economic Growth",
    "biography": "Dr. Ghosal is Professor, the Head of the Department of Economics, and the Virginia and Lloyd W. Rittenhouse Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences. Professor Ghosal's current research and policy interests include: (1) biopharmaceuticals markets focusing on innovation, pricing and FDA regulations; (2) antitrust laws and enforcement; (3) Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and competition law and economics; (4) firm strategy related to innovation, M&As, and pricing; and (5) firms' decision-making under uncertainty. The courses he currently teaches include: (1) Economics of Biotechnology and Medical Innovations; and (2) Economics of Regulations and Firm Strategy. Before joining Rensselaer in 2016, he was the Richard and Mary Inman Research Professor at the School of Economics at Georgia Institute of Technology. He was also the Director of the MS and PhD. programs. Prior to his position at Georgia Tech., he was an Economist at the Economic Analysis Group of the Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice (1998-2001). In this position, he worked on mergers and acquisitions, horizontal and vertical market power, tying agreements, joint ventures, regulatory reform, and innovation and efficiency. Some of the markets he investigated include electricity, nuclear fuel, natural gas, coal, information technology, radio broadcasting, oilfield drilling services, and postal. Dr. Ghosal's international appointments have included Visiting Professor (2010-2018) at the European Business School (Wiesbaden, Germany) where he conducted research and lectured on regulations and business strategy, with emphasis on environmental regulations, sustainability, and innovation in the automobile and other manufacturing industries. He was also a Visiting Professor (2010-2016) at the joint Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, Paris) and Korea Development Institute School of Public Policy and Management international program on regulatory reform and competition policy held annually in Seoul, South Korea. In this position he provided executive education lectures and workshops to international public policy professionals. On topics related to antitrust, competition law and enforcement, and regulations, he has conducted executive education lectures in Taipei, Lima, New Delhi, and Tokyo. He has presented Summer graduate school workshops at the University of Amsterdam, Ludwig Maximilians University (Munich), and Central European University (Budapest). Professor Ghosal has published two edited books: The Political Economy of Antitrust (Elsevier, 2007); and Reforming Rules and Regulations: Laws, Institutions and Implementation (MIT Press, 2010). He has published in peer-reviewed journals in Economics, Management, and Law & Economics, including: Review of Economics and Statistics; Journal of Law and Economics; Journal of Industrial Economics; International Journal of Industrial Organization; Research Policy; Small Business Economics; Managerial and Decision Economics; Business Strategy and the Environment; Journal of Competition Law & Economics; Review of Industrial Organization; Review of Law & Economics; Journal of Economics and Business; Illinois Law Review; China Economic Review; and Harvard Public Health Review. His research has also been published as book chapters by publishers such as: MIT Press; Stanford University Press; Elsevier Science; Edgar Elgar; Routledge and Springer. Dr Ghosal is a member of the Editorial Boards of the journals: Review of Industrial Organization; Southern Economic Journal; Business Strategy and the Environment; Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade; and Business Strategy and Development. Professor Ghosal's grants, contacts and research have included industries such as: automobiles; high-speed rail; healthcare; transportation; information technology; telecommunications and media; energy and electricity; and paper products. His externally funded research grants have included issues related to: regional economic and business development; infrastructure investments; public-private partnerships; impact of environmental regulations; regulatory assessments; and innovation and efficiency. The organizations he has received funding from include: U.S. Department of Transportation; Georgia Department of Transportation; Ragnar Soderberg's Foundation (Sweden); Woodruff Foundation; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, Paris); Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies; and Scripps Foundation. Professor Ghosal has been a consultant for international organizations, governments, consulting firms and companies on issues related to antitrust, regulatory reform, business and economic modeling of markets, industry studies, and statistical and econometric modeling. He has provided project and expert reports, and testimony. Selected publications",
    "education": "Ph.D., Economics, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida. M.A., Economics, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, India. B.A., Economics (Honors), University of Delhi, India.",
    "name": "Vivek Ghosal",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Ghosal%20-%20Website%20TWO.jpg",
    "title": "Department Head and Virginia and Lloyd W. Rittenhouse Professor, Economics"
  },
  "/w-randolph-franklin": {
    "area": "parallel computing computational geometry geographic information science computer aided design efficient algorithms for large geometric datasets modeling terrain quantum computing",
    "biography": "W. Randolph Franklin develops and implements fast parallel algorithms on very large geometric datasets in CAD and GIS. He's also modeled and processed large terrain databases, e.g., to compress, to compute hydrography and visibility, and to site observers, and compressed 5D environmental data sets. The algorithms are the fastest in their class. His current research hobby is designing and implementing small, simple, and fast data structures and algorithms for large geometric datasets. Note that efficiency in both space and time can become more important as machines get faster. This research is applicable to computational cartography, computer graphics, computational geometry, and geographic information science. He is now currently studying parallel CAD operations, such as overlaying 3D triangulations (tetrahedrulations). 3D-EPUG-Overlay is an algorithm for exactly computing the intersection (it can also compute general overlays) of pairs of 3D triangulated meshes. Each input mesh may represent a single solid or a more complex polygonal subdivision (representing multiple solids, each one identified by a label). 3D-EPUG-Overlay employs a combination of several techniques to ensure its correctness and efficiency. His last major NSF research project was to understand the mathematics of terrain. Another recent NSF project, together with Cutler and Zimmie, was analyzing how levees erode when overtopped, and testing models in a geotechnical centrifuge. Subprojects include compressing terrain while preserving slope, compressing multidimensional environmental data, and extending partial hydrological data to a complete and consistent river network. Another major project compressed and operated on terrain for DARPA/DSO/GeoStar. The operations included multiple observer siting and path planning. His longterm uneachable goal is to establish terrain modeling on a proper formal foundation that respects its physical properties. Previous positions include: Visitor at Georgia Tech, spring 2016, Program Director, Numeric, Symbolic, and Geometric Computation Program, CISE, National Science Foundation, 2000\u20142002, visiting positions at Genoa, Laval, CSIRO Canberra, National University of Singapore, 1992\u20141993, and Visiting Professor, UC Berkeley, 1985\u20141986. Long resume. Google scholar profile. RPI articles about Franklin and his students. Past students. Publications. Teaching",
    "education": "Ph.D. Applied Mathematics (Harvard University, 1978), A.M. Applied Mathematics (Harvard University, 1975), B.Sc. Computer Science (University of Toronto, 1973), 3 short courses from the Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University, 2001-2002.",
    "name": "W. Randolph Franklin",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/wrf2013d.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/wayne-gray": {
    "area": "Immediate interactive behavior computational cognitive modeling extreme expertise in dynamic decision tasks Games as Experimental Paradigms plateaus, dips, and leaps during the acqusition of skilled task-specific performance",
    "biography": "Professor Gray earned his Ph.D. from U. C. Berkeley in 1979. His first position was with the U. S. Army Research Institute where he worked on tactical team training (at the Monterey Field Unit) and later on the application of artificial intelligence (AI) technology to training for air-defense systems (HAWK) (at ARI-HQ Alexandria, VA). He spent a post-doctoral year with Prof. John R. Anderson's lab at Carnegie Mellon University before joining the AI Laboratory of NYNEX' Science & Technology Division. At NYNEX he applied cognitive task analysis and cognitive modeling to the design and evaluation of interfaces for large, commercial telecommunications systems. His academic career began at Fordham University and then moved to George Mason University. He joined the Cognitive Science Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2002. Gray is a Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society, the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society (HFES), and the American Psychological Association (APA). In 2008, APA awarded him the Franklin V. Taylor Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Applied Experimental & Engineering Psychology. He is a past Chair of the Cognitive Science Society and the founding Chair of the Human Performance Modeling technical group of HFES. At present he is a Consulting Editor for the Psychological Review and the Executive Editor for the Cognitive Science Society\u2019s first new journal in 30 years, Topics in Cognitive Science ( topiCS ). In 2012, he was elected a Fellow by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and spent his sabbatical in research at the Max Planck Institute Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition (ABC) in Berlin. Most recently, he received an IBM Faculty Award from IBM's Cognitive Systems Institute.",
    "education": "Ph.D., U. C. Berkeley, 1979",
    "name": "Wayne Gray",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/gray.jpeg",
    "title": "Professor , Cognitive Science"
  },
  "/wayne-roberge": {
    "area": "origin of life",
    "biography": "Current interests: evolution of ices in the interstellar medium and solar nebula; computer simulations of multifluid, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) shock waves; analytic and numerical methods for multifluid MHD; physics of interstellar dust. Funding history: NASA, NSF, NIST, Semiconductor Research Corp. and others.",
    "education": "BA valedictorian, Williams College, in physics and astronomy PhD, Harvard University, in theoretical astrophysics",
    "name": "Wayne Roberge",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Roberge.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/wei-ji": {
    "area": "Computational and Experimental Reactor Physics Radiation Transport Theory and Computation Multiscale and Multiphysics Computation Radiation Effects on Electronic Devices",
    "biography": "After receiving his B.S. and M.S. degrees in engineering physics from Tsinghua University in 1999 and 2002, Dr. Ji then came to the U.S. to enter the Ph.D. program in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Michigan, earning his M.S. in 2004 and Ph.D. in 2007. During this period, Dr. Ji had participated in several DOE funded projects on the research, development and demonstration of Very-high Temperature Gas-cooled Reactors, one of the promising candidates for Next Generation Nuclear Power Plant. He had been a research specialist at General Atomics and Argonne National Laboratory in 2005, working on the advanced fuel cycle designs using deep-burn gas cooled reactors for the transmutation of used fuel. After receiving his Ph.D. at Michigan, Dr. Ji joined RPI as an Assistant Professor in January 2008. He was promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure in July 2015 and Professor in January 2022. At RPI, Dr. Ji leads the Nuclear Computing and Multi-Physics (NuCoMP) Research Group, focusing on the development of innovative computation techniques to address emerging challenges in areas of nuclear energy, medical physics, nuclear safety/security, and space exploration. Dr. Ji's research team has addressed crosscutting challenges, and proposed new solutions to problems arising from future nuclear reactor designs, radiation therapy for cancer, Monte Carlo/deterministic methods and tools development, radiation effects and rad-hard design of power devices, and encompassing other nuclear related multidisciplinary research issues. These accomplishments have directly contributed to DOE Office of Nuclear Energy's Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NEAMS) Program, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Research Program, NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Program, and NASA Early Stage Innovation (ESI) Program, by innovating modeling tools for advanced reactor designs, modernizing safety/licensing assessment paradigm for nuclear reactor regulation, accelerating dose computation for clinical diagnosis and treatment of cancer, and delivering rad-hard power devices for space missions. Dr. Ji has made his strong standings in leading world-class research to meet world's demands on sustainable energy, better health treatment, and new colony in space. Since 2008 Dr. Ji joined RPI, he has published over 140 peer-reviewed scientific papers. He and his team have received numerous awards from Department of Energy and American Nuclear Society for their outstanding research achievements. Dr. Ji's research is well funded by Department of Energy (DOE), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Institute of Health (NIH), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Los Alamos National Laboratory and industries, with a total amount of over $12M.",
    "education": "Ph.D. University of Michigan 2007 B.S. Tsinghua University 1999",
    "name": "Wei Ji",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/wei_ji_frontpage.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Director of Rensselaer Walthousen Reactor Critical Facility, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/weina-ran": {
    "biography": "Weina Ran\u2019s research interests include the effects of media multitasking, media effects on public health, and persuasion in entertainment education. Her research work has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals including the Journal of Health Communication, Computers in Human Behavior, Communication Research, and New Media and Society. She was recently awarded a grant (700,000 Japanese Yen / approx. $7,000) by the Hoso Bunka Foundation in Japan for the project titled, \u201cEffects of Media Multitasking and Second Screening on News Comprehension.\u201d Dr. Ran has extensive teaching experience in strategic communications, business/professional communications, and advanced research methods in communication.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Communication, Washington State University, 2014",
    "name": "Weina Ran",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Ran_Square.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Communication and Media"
  },
  "/wes-turner": {
    "area": "Open Source Software Medical Imaging Surgical SImulation",
    "biography": "As an industrial researcher, Wesley Turner has had a varied career with varying focus depending on the needs of the research communities and industries to which he has belonged. This is reflected in the varying types of research in which he has been engaged. Some examples of researc initiatives are included below. Computational Linear Algebra: Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is a powerful method for modeling the behavior of dynamic systems and processes. Most finite element formulations require the solution of linear systems of equations either as a direct result of a discretization process, or as part of the iterative solution to a nonlinear discretization. These linear systems are generally sparse and often symmetric positive definite (SPD). While efficient solution processes are well understood for many formulations, particularly where the condition number of the system matrix is well behaved, systems which are exceedingly large, or that deviate from SPD can exhibit rapid growth in the condition number making the system solution much more difficult. In this research, Wesley Turner investigated the efficient solution of large, sparse, non-symmetric systems with the goal of effectively limiting the growth of the condition number via a preconditioning operation. The preconditioner was derived based on a hierarchical (spatial) decomposition of the physical space of the FEA analysis. Both the preconditioner and the underlying solution methods were designed for parallel implementation on a large distributed memory computer. Forensic Facial Reconstruction: Reconstruction of the facial features of an individual based on the skull in isolation is an important part of archaeological and criminal investigation. The historic manner of reconstruction relies on sparse flesh depth measurements. Clay is placed on a model of the skull to match a prescribed flesh depth at a few measurement points and is then \u201cartistically\u201d smoothed to interpolate the face between the sparse depth markers. In this research Wesley Turner was part of a team who used medical imaging to precisely characterize the facial flesh depth densely across populations of individuals. This data was used to generate a statistical model for variation that could be adapted to a given skull in isolation resulting in both an average, i.e. likely, face for a given skull as well as the modes of variation that could be anticipated. His primary contributions to this research were in the deformable registration of the skulls to a single representative exemplar and in the generation and visualization of the reconstruction to include visualization of the modes of variation. Cancer Detection and Characterization: Despite decades of research by the medical and scientific communities, cancer remains a serious health issue. Early detection is critical to patient prognosis. Fortunately, advances in medical imaging are giving us increasing opportunities to find lesions while they are small enough to be treated effectively. These advances, however, are not without a cost. Detecting small lesions requires increased imaging resolution resulting in larger image sizes and more images for review. In this research, Dr. Turner was involved in reducing radiologist workload and improving detection and lesion characterization via automated analysis of the medical images. This work has spanned multiple imaging modalities (CT, MRI, OCT, etc.) and multiple lesion types (lung, brain, breast, etc.), but all of the research can be broadly classified as detection and characterization. In that context, his role has been to develop and apply mathematical models and imaging heuristics to medical images in order to differentiate lesions form normal anatomy and to measure lesion features. Manufacturing Processes and Inspection: As in the medical world, automatic or computer-aided detection of anomalies in manufactured parts can result in increased safety and lower costs. Simulating operations on manufactured parts and performing inspections is critical. While this is a broad area, Wesley Turner's major contributions to this research were (1) the generation of a virtual environment mocking up a part inspection cell so that inspection could be performed efficiently; (2) providing registration mechanisms to align the inspected part to a CAD model, to align detected anomalies to their precise location on a manufactured part, and to precisely align scan cell components to the virtual environment; and (3) generating reproducible and robust plans for automatic scan procedures. Big Data Initiatives in Healthcare: Increasingly, data is becoming commonplace, but access to data and getting the analysis capability into the hands of domain researchers such as biologists, doctors or other healthcare workers, geneticists, and etc. is becoming the true bottleneck. In this research, Dr. Turner explored the twin topics of ease of use and semantic interchange. His primary outputs were a system (Visomics) that coupled data aggregation and algorithm development with a mechanism for efficient use by domain experts using tools familiar to them; and a system architecture document describing a patient-centric protocol for secure and semantically valid exchange",
    "education": "Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY Master of Science in Computer Science from Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY",
    "name": "Wes Turner",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/turnew_WesleyTurner_SocialMedia.jpg",
    "title": "Senior Lecturer, Computer Science"
  },
  "/wilfredo-col%C3%B3n": {
    "area": "\u2022 biological roles of degradation-resistant proteins \u2022 degradation-resistant proteins in amyloid diseases \u2022 development and application of methods for the proteomics-level identification of hyper-stable proteins",
    "biography": "After serving as a postdoctoral associate and then as a National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellow at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Col\u00f3n joined the Rensselaer faculty in 1997. He was promoted to associate professor in 2004. Col\u00f3n\u2019s many honors and awards include the 2010 American Chemical Society Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, election as a fellow of the AAAS in 2007, the Rensselaer Early Career Award in 2002, a NSF Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2001, a NSF faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award in 2000, a Research Corporation Innovation Award in 1999. a American Heart Association Scientist Development Award in 1998, and a New Faculty Award from the Camille And Henry Dreyfus Foundation in 1997.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Chemistry, Texas A&M University, 1993 B.S., Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico at Mayag\u00fcez, 1988",
    "name": "Wilfredo Col\u00f3n",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Colon_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Department Head, Chemistry and Chemical Biology"
  },
  "/william-henshaw": {
    "area": "Numerical methods for PDEs adaptive and overlapping grids incompressible and compressible flows, fluid-structure interactions, solid mechanics and electromagnetics high-order accurate methods Overture framework http://www.OvertureFramework.org",
    "biography": "Dr. Henshaw is the Margaret A. Darrin Distinguished Professor in Applied Mathematics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He earned his B.Math. from the University of Waterloo and Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the California Institute of Technology under the supervision of Professor Heinz-Otto Kreiss. Dr. Henshaw has worked at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Centre, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. His research interests lie in area of the numerical solution of partial differential equations and in techniques for overlapping grids. He has worked on the development of stable and accurate algorithms and boundary conditions for the solution of PDEs on overlapping grids including development of adaptive mesh refinement methods, multigrid algorithms, grid generation algorithms, moving grid techniques, multi-domain methods for conjugate heat transfer and fluid structure interactions as well as high-order accurate methods for incompressible flows and Maxwell's equations. Dr. Henshaw is the primary developer of Overture, an object oriented framework for the solution of PDEs on overlapping grids, www.overtureFramework.org .",
    "education": "Ph.D. Applied Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 1985 B. Math (Hons) Majoring in Applied Math and Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 1985",
    "name": "William Henshaw",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Henshaw_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Margaret A. Darrin Distinguished Professor in Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/william-pearlman": {
    "biography": "Since 1979 Dr. Pearlman has been with the ECSE Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he is currently Professor. He had been Director of the Center for Next Generation Video Research, but has relinquished that post to serve as Director of the Center for Image Processing Research (CIPR). During the 1985-1986 academic year, and again for the spring semester in 1993, he was on sabbatical leave as Visiting Professor and Lady Davis Scholar in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. He also held a Visiting Professor Chair at Delft University of Technology in Delft, the Netherlands in 1993, and has been an IBM Visiting Scientist in the IBM-Rio Scientific Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1988. During the Summer of 2001, he was in residence as Visiting Professor at the University of Hannover in Hannover, Germany. His research interests are in information theory, source coding theory, image, video and audio coding, and image processing.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (Stanford University, 1974), M.S. Electrical Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963), B.S. Electrical Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)",
    "name": "William A. Pearlman",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/billpearlman.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/william-siegmann": {
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968",
    "name": "William Siegmann",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Siegmann_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Research Scientist, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/william-wallace": {
    "area": "Resilient Communities, Infrastructure Ethics in Modeling, Agent-Based Modeling Social Media",
    "biography": "He is presently engaged in research on the application of agent based technology to problems in incident management and emergency response, issues in trust and ethical decision making, resilience supply networks, and in studying emergent and improvisational behavior in social media immediately before and following a disaster. Professor Wallace\u2019s research has been supported by agencies and organizations such as the U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (including the U.S, Coast Guard), U.S. Department of Transportation and Army Research Office, and has resulted in over 200 archival publications. He was a member of the National Research Council's Board on Infrastructure and the Built Environment and served on the National Research Council Committee on Social Science Research on Disasters. Professor Wallace received the International Emergency Management and Engineering Conference Award for Outstanding Long-Term Dedication to the Field of Emergency Management, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Third Millennium Medal and is a Fellow of the IEEE, and received the 2004 INFORMS President\u2019s Award for work that advances the welfare of society. In addition, he was either Project Director or co-Project Director for research that resulted in the ITS-America \u201cBest of ITS\u201d award in the area of Research and Innovation and four project of the year awards from ITS-New York.",
    "education": "PhD/MS, Management Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY and BChE, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL",
    "name": "William Wallace",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/WilliamWallace.jpg",
    "title": "Yamada Corporation Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering Acting Department Head, Industrial and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/wolf-von-maltzahn": {
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering (University of Hannover, Germany, 1979) Dipl.Ing. Electrical Engineering (University of Stuttgart, Germany, 1973) M.S. Electrical Engineering (The Ohio State University, 1971)",
    "name": "Wolf von Maltzahn",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/vonmaw_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering"
  },
  "/xavier-intes": {
    "area": "biomedical imaging biomedical instrumentation medical devices biophotonics Deep Learning",
    "biography": "Xavier Intes received a Ph.D. degree in 1998 in physics from the University of Bretagne Occidentale (France) for his contributions in characterization of propagation of optical scalar waves in highly diffuse medium. He then joined Prof Britton Chance laboratory in 1999 as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. He held simultaneously postdoctoral appointments in the departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics, of Radiology under the mentorship of Prof Britton Chance and the department of Astronomy and Physics under the mentorship of Prof Arjun Yodh. In 2001, he acted as the Director of Research of the Medical Diagnostic Research Foundation, Philadelphia, USA, and the Director of Research of Optical Devices Inc., Philadelphia, USA. In 2003 he joined Advanced Research Technologies Inc as ART's Chief Scientist. He has been awarded a NSF Career award and being inducted as fellow of AIMBE and SPIE. He is currently a NIH chartered member for the IGIS study section.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Physics (Universite de Bretagne Occidentale (France), 1998) M.S. Physics (Universite de Bretagne Occidentale, 1994) B.S. Physics (Universite de Bretagne Occidentale, 1992)",
    "name": "Xavier Intes",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/XavierIntes.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Biomedical Engineering"
  },
  "/xiaokun-cara-wang": {
    "area": "Transportation data acquisition and analysis Spatial statistics and econometrics Emerging technologies in transportation system Decision behavior modeling Transportation safety Freight transportation",
    "biography": "Dr. Cara Wang got her BS and MS degrees in civil engineering from Tsinghua University and her PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. Her research mainly focuses on the analysis of the interactions between land use, transport (both passenger and freight), energy and environment, and the spatial dependence of travel behavior. She has published over 60 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. She is recipient of Pikarsky Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation and INFORMS Franz Edelman Award. Dr. Wang is Vice President of Chinese Overseas Transportation Association (COTA), member of TRB Committee ABJ70 (Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications) and AT015 ( Freight Transportation Planning and Logistics ). Dr. Wang has been PI and Co-PI of research projects sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF), National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP), New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), U.S. State Department of Transportation, among others.",
    "education": "PhD degree in Civil Engineering The University of Texas at Austin MS degree in Civil Engineering Tsinghua University, China BS degree in Civil Engineering Tsinghua University, China",
    "name": "Xiaokun (Cara) Wang",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/CW%20portrait.JPG",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering"
  },
  "/xun-wang": {
    "biography": "",
    "name": "Xun Wang",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/wangx.jpg",
    "title": "Sr. Lecturer, Biomedical Engineering"
  },
  "/yalun-helen-zhou": {
    "area": "Applied Linguistics Learning Technologies (gamification, AR, VR, XR) Learning Environments (traditional, virtual, immersive) Technology-Assisted Learning (CALL, gameful, game-based)",
    "biography": "Yalun Helen Zhou has an interdisciplinary background in applied linguistics and education. Her research involves second language acquisition, multimodal literacy design with emerging technology, and user experience on different platforms (e.g., 2D, 3D, and immersive). Zhou believes that learning theory can be informed by empirical studies in classrooms, and conversely, classroom practices can benefit from the advancement in learning theory. She studies how different learning environments (traditional, virtual, VR, and XR, immersive, or mixed) can best assist language and culture acquisition. Besides, Zhou investigates the role of culture and the impact of sociocultural background on multilingual users. Utilizing a post-structuralist framework and phenomenological narrative inquiry, her book (Springer, 2021) examines the academic journeys and the emergent cohesive behaviors of Chinese international students in China and the United States. The narrative analysis attempts to understand \u201cwhy\u201d behind the storytellers\u2019 decision-making rather than to seek solutions (\u201chow\u201d) for specific problems. Before joining RPI, Zhou worked at Michigan State University, collaborating with Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute to offer an online Chinese program through massively multiple-player online role-playing games (MMORPGs). At RPI, in addition to teaching, she is among the core faculty of The Mandarin Project, a research initiative between Rensselaer\u2019s CISL (Cognitive Immersive Systems Laboratory) and IBM. She is also an affiliate with the Games & Simulation Arts & Sciences (GSAS) Program and Critical Game Design Graduate Program. With CISL, she leads the content development and instructional design of The Mandarin Project. She collaborates with virtual immersive learning environments teams in the design of 360-degree panoramic language interaction, multi-modal conversation with embodied AI agents, game narrative, and pitch tone contour analysis system. Her multi-disciplinary faculty and student researcher collaborators come from diverse disciplines, including computer science, cognitive science, game design, simulation arts, and architectural acoustics. Zhou is currently the Editor of the Journal for Distinguished Language Studies. Her scholarly work has been published in a wide variety of academic venues, including CALL, Learning Environment Research, System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching, Immersive Learning Research Network, ACM DIS, HCI International, AAAI, The Journal of the Acoustic Society of America, and Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching. Helen Zhou was the recipient of Rensselaer\u2019s Class of 1951 Outstanding Teaching Award in 2017. She welcomes graduate students who need advice on intercultural communication, identity and motivation, learning technology, research methods, user experience research design, and data analysis.",
    "education": "Ph.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City",
    "name": "Yalun Helen Zhou",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Yalun-Zhou.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director, Communication and Media"
  },
  "/yangyang-xu": {
    "area": "Optimization Parallel computing Compressed sensing, Matrix completion, tensor factorization and learning",
    "biography": "Dr. Yangyang Xu earned a bachelor degree in Computational Mathematics from Nanjing University, a master degree from the Institute of Applied Mathematics at Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his Ph.D from the Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics at Rice University in 2014. Before joining RPI, Dr. Xu was an assistant professor at University of Alabama. He also spent one year as a postdoctoral fellow at University of Waterloo and another year as an NSF postdoc at University of Minnesota. Dr. Xu's broad research interests are optimization theory and methods and their applications such as in machine learning, statistics, and signal processing. He worked on developing algorithms for compressed sensing, matrix completion, and tensor factorization and learning. Recently, his research focuses on first-order methods, operator splitting, stochastic optimization methods, and high performance parallel computing. These works are motivated by very \"big\" problems arising in machine learning and image processing.",
    "education": "Ph.D, Computational & Applied Mathematics Rice University, 2014 M.S, Operations Research Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2010 B.S, Computational Mathematics Nanjing University, 2007",
    "name": "Yangyang Xu",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/rsz_yangyangxu_0.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/yannick-lecoz": {
    "area": "numerical methods random-walk algorithms for thermal and electromagnetic analysis of IC interconnects quantum theory of semiconductor heterojunctions",
    "biography": "Le Coz joined the Rensselaer faculty full-time in 1988 as an assistant professor of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering. He was awarded a tenured associate professorship in 1995. Le Coz has been a visiting faculty member at LSI Logic Corporation and at Sandia National Laboratories. He has been named a Digital Equipment Corporation Fellow, a General Motors Scholar, and a Connecticut State Scholar, and has received awards from the American Cyanamid Company and PerkinElmer, Inc. Le Coz is a member of Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi, and the American Physical Society. Le Coz's research interests include transport in semiconductor devices, equilibrium heterojunction theory, and random-walk algorithms for the physical design of ICs. His research team is focusing on inventing and developing novel, stochastic RW algorithms for solving electro- and magneto-static, electrodynamic, and thermal equations in massively coupled electrical and optical IC-interconnect structures. A principal goal of his research is to maintain full parallelism, which will provide the efficient computational enhancement needed to meet future modeling and simulation requirements in high-end digital ICs. Team members are currently working on RW impulse-response extraction algorithms. They are developing novel impulse-response, moment-extraction algorithms for both lumped-element and continuum-domain descriptions of IC interconnects. Their approach involves diagrammatic expansion of a perturbation series (similar to that employed by R.P. Feynman in theoretical physics) and subsequent stochastic RW evaluation. Another area of Le Coz's research is heat-equation solution in complex, IC-interconnect structures. The desire to improve IC integration density has generated significant interest in 3D (stacked-chip) configurations. In fact, thermal management within 3D chips appears to present a serious technological challenge. A related problem is the development of efficient algorithms and methodologies for numerical analysis of heat transport within these complex conductor-dielectric interconnect structures. Le Coz's team is developing a multi-scale, thermal-analysis methodology for 3D chip configurations. Their methodology relies on a global-local, floating-RW method for solving the heat equation in complex material structures. Le Coz's studies support three tasks of the Interconnect Focus Center (IFC): Circuit & System Design and Modeling, Novel Communication Mechanisms, and Materials and Processing. His research sponsors include the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the Microelectronics Advanced Research Corporation (MARCO), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and LSI Logic Corporation (LSI).",
    "education": "Ph.D., The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Electrical Engineering",
    "name": "Yannick LeCoz",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/yannickllecoz.jpg",
    "title": "Associate Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering"
  },
  "/yaron-danon": {
    "area": "Nuclear Reactions, Nuclear Data, Novel neutron and x-ray sources Novel radiation detectors",
    "biography": "Dr. Yaron Danon is a Professor in the department of Mechanical Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and the Director of the Nuclear Engineering Program. He received his MS and PhD degrees in Nuclear Engineering and Science at RPI. Dr. Danon is the Director of the Gaerttner Electron Linear Accelerator (LINAC) Center at RPI , which houses a powerful 60 MeV pulsed electron LINAC used primarily as an intense pulsed neutron and gamma source. Dr. Danon\u2019s nuclear data research group develops methods and performs experiments to measure neutron induced reactions and cross sections. Dr. Danon is the Chairman of the Measurements Committee of the US Cross Section Evaluation Working Group (CSEWG) and reports on US measurement activity to the Working Party on International Nuclear Data Evaluation Co-operation (WPEC). Dr. Danon is also a member of the Nuclear Data Advisory Group (NDAG) which advises the US DOE Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP) on issues relating to nuclear data. Dr. Danon\u2019s group develops novel radiation detectors, data acquisition systems, and data analysis methods for nuclear data application and other applications. This research includes development of novel high efficiency, large area, zero bias solid-state neutron detectors. In addition to nuclear data activities, Dr. Danon is a pioneer in the area of pyroelectric crystal acceleration. Together with his students he developed x-ray and neutron sources that utilize simple heating of these crystals and thus eliminate the requirement for high voltage power supply. Current research includes laser or light driven crystal based accelerators. Dr. Danon published more than 180 articles in archived journals and conference proceedings. He advised 15 Ph.D. and 8 M.S. students that graduated; he currently advises 6 Ph.D. students and teaches courses on radiation technology and physics of nuclear reactors. Updated 12/2016",
    "education": "Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute",
    "name": "Yaron Danon",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Head.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, NE Program Director and Director, Gaerttner Linear Accelerator Center (LINAC), Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering"
  },
  "/yawen-jiao": {
    "area": "Theoretical and Empirical Corporate Finance Entrepreneurial Finance",
    "biography": "Professor Jiao\u2019s research interests span many topics in theoretical and empirical corporate and entrepreneurial finance, with primary focus on: initial public offerings (IPOs), corporate governance, seasoned equity offerings, corporate disclosure and financial analysts, institutional trading, capital structure and debt issues, and venture capital. Her research has been presented at a number of prestigious national and international conferences. Professor Jiao has also taught corporate finance courses at Boston College. View Prof. Jiao\u2019s papers",
    "education": "Ph. D., Boston College; M.A., University of Western Ontario; B.A., Renmin University, China",
    "name": "Yawen Jiao",
    "portrait": "http://www.rpi.edu/academics/lally/faculty/photo/jiaoy.jpg",
    "title": "Assistant Professor"
  },
  "/yinghong-zhang": {
    "biography": "Dr. Zhang\u2019s research interests focus on the interaction between auditing and financial accounting. She is also interested in executive compensation, accounting conservatism and international accounting. Her co-authored article about SOX internal control costs has been published in Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Temple University M.Acc., University of Oklahoma M.Phil., Chinese University of Hong Kong B.A., Peking University",
    "name": "Yinghong Zhang",
    "portrait": "http://",
    "title": "Assistant Professor"
  },
  "/yingrui-yang": {
    "biography": "Yingrui Yang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cognitive Science, with a joint appointment in the Lally School of Management & Technology. Dr. Yang received his doctorate in Experimental Psychology from New York University in 1995. Since 1974, he also studied or worked at Beijing Normal University, Peking University, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing), the University of Tennessee (Knoxville), New York University, Princeton University, Educational Testing Service, the United States Air Force Information Laboratory, and Tsinghua University. Dr. Yang\u2019s research domains include economic mechanics, mental mechanics, psychology of reasoning, and higher cognition modeling (reasoning, decision making, and game theoretic interactions). \u201cCurrently, economics and cognitive science are heavily rooted in Newtonian physics, successfully borrowing a great deal of modeling tools from it. This is a great achievement. You do not need quantum mechanics or theories of relativity to build a house or bridge. Nevertheless, no one would deny the importance of modern theoretical physics. I believe many intellectuals have realized the need to go beyond the limitations of the Newtonian tradition for means of social science research. The big question is how to do it and how to do it right. I am interested integrating economics and cognitive science by applying theoretical physics from a modeling perspective.\u201d He has published in professional journals such as Psychological Review, Journal of Experimental Psychology (General; Applied), Memory & Cognition, Cognitive Science, Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, Logic and Logical Philosophy, and has recently completed a book entitled Modern Principles of Economic Mechanics: Qualitative Initiatives toward Integrating Economics, Cognitive Science, and Theoretical Physics , Volume I.",
    "education": "Ph.D., Experimental Pscyhology, New York University M.S., Philosophy/Logic, University of Tennessee B.S., Mathematics, Beijing Normal University",
    "name": "Yingrui Yang",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/yang.jpeg",
    "title": "Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director, Cognitive Science"
  },
  "/yiyang-sun": {
    "biography": "",
    "education": "Ph.D., Physics, National University of Singapore, 2004 M.S., Physics, Xiamen University, China, 1999 B.E., Materials Science, Jilin University, China, 1996",
    "name": "Yiyang Sun",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/sun.jpg",
    "title": "Research Scientist"
  },
  "/yong-sung-kim": {
    "area": "Theoretical and computational nano-photonics",
    "biography": "",
    "education": "PhD - Iowa State University M.S. - Western Illinois University B.S. - Seoul National University",
    "name": "Yong Sung Kim",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/YS%20Kim%20photo2.jpg",
    "title": "Lecturer, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy"
  },
  "/yunfeng-shi": {
    "area": "Nanomaterials Energy Computational Modeling",
    "biography": "Dr. Shi received his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2006. Prior to joining Rensselaer, he spent two years in North Carolina State University as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Dr. Shi aims to understand complex material behaviors and design better materials using simulation and modeling. His research include many material systems: metallic/silica/polymeric glasses/composites, nanostructured carbon, on material behaviors such as fracture, self-assembly, wetting and friction/wear. He was selected as one of the inaugural Gordon S. Fulcher Distinguished Researchers by Corning Inc, where he spent sabbatical in 2015.",
    "education": "Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2006) M.S. Materials Science and Engineering (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 2002) B.S. Materials Science and Engineering (Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2000)",
    "name": "Yunfeng Shi",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Shi_Yunfeng_web_0.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Materials Science and Engineering"
  },
  "/yuri-v-lvov": {
    "area": "Mathematical physics and nonlinear phenomena",
    "biography": "Yuri V Lvov",
    "education": "Ph.D. (Physics), The University of Arizona, 1998 M.Sc. (Applied Physics), The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, 1993 St. Petersburg Technical University, St Petersburg, Russia (equivalent to B.S. in Physics), 1990",
    "name": "Yuri V Lvov",
    "portrait": "https://faculty.rpi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Lvov_crop.jpg",
    "title": "Professor, Mathematical Sciences"
  },
  "/zbigniew-oksiuta": {
    "biography": "Zbigniew Oksiuta is an artist, architect and scientist experimenting with the possibility of designing biological structures. His work combines architecture, biology, physics and genetic engineering. Oksiuta concentrates on reducing his research of space to the very necessary minimum: to the physical existence based primarily upon the verifiable physical and chemical parameters putting aside historical, social, urbanistic and aesthetic factors. His projects such as \"Spatium Gelatum\" and \"Breading Space\" and \"Space Garden\" examine new soft technologies and biological materials which enable the development of new kind of living habitat in the biosphere and in space",
    "name": "Zbigniew Oksiuta",
    "portrait": "http://www.oksiuta.de/Webbilder/Portrait2.jpg",
    "title": "Professor of Practice, School of Architecture"
  }
}