Tag: RPI Week
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Shayla Sawyer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Improving Biosensors for Ecological Monitoring
On Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week: Shayla Sawyer, professor of electrical, computer, and systems engineering, explores a metal-breathing bacterium dramatically improves biosensors for aquatic ecosystems 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…
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Marcus Carter, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Intertidal Objects: A Design Solution for Coastal Erosion
On Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week: Coastlines are a battleground in the face of sea level rise. Marcus Carter, assistant professor in the school of architecture, explains why design matters. MARCUS CARTER is an assistant professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a partner at OBJECT TERRITORIES, a critical design practice located in New York and Hong…
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Aparna Gupta, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – The Future of Fintech
On Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week: Technology can be used to tackle climate change. Aparna Gupta, professor of quantitative finance at Rensselaer Polytechnic institute, examines this. Aparna Gupta is a professor of quantitative finance and co-director of the NSF IUCRC Center for Research toward Advancing Financial Technologies (CRAFT) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Gupta also serves…
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Brett Fajen, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Vision
On Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week: There are always obstacles in our way. Brett Fajen, associate dean for academic affairs and professor, looks at how we navigate this by tracking our eye movements. Brett Fajen conducts research on perception and action. His main interests are the visual control of locomotion and perceptual-motor learning and adaptation. His…
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Christopher Jeansonne, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Gameful Learning
On Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week: Can games be a useful component of learning in the classroom? Christopher Jeansonne, lecturer of communication and media, says yes. 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…
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Benjamin Weissman, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Emoji: Language or Communication?
On Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week: What’s your favorite emoji? Benjamin Weissman, lecturer of cognitive science, surveys this common form of communication. Benjamin Weissman is a leading expert in the field of emoji. Weissman’s research focuses on meaning in conversation from a cognitive and linguistic perspective. With a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Illinois…
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The Academic Minute for 2020.11.30-2020.12.04
The Academic Minute from 11.30 – 12.04 Monday, November 30th Nancy D. Campbell – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Naloxone 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,…
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Malik Magdon-Ismail, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Modeling Infection Rates for Pandemic Control
On Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week: Learning to predict how COVID-19 spreads is key. Malik Magdon-Ismail, professor of computer science, develops one way to do so. 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…
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Kristin Bennett, Renssealaer Polytechnic Institute – COVIDMinder
On Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week: COVID-19 affects certain groups at a higher rate than others. Kristin Bennett, professor in the mathematical sciences department, looks into the underlying social causes. Kristin P. Bennett is the Associate Director of the Institute for Data Exploration and Application and a Professor in the Mathematical Sciences and Computer Science Departments…
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Timothy D. Golden, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Telecommuting
On Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week: Are employees as productive while telecommuting? Timothy D. Golden, professor of enterprise management and organization, delves into this question. Timothy Golden’s 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…