NIH Grant Supports Research Into Mapping the Brain With Machine Vision

A multidisciplinary team of researchers led by ECSE Professor Badri Roysam has secured a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new, open source software toolkit for analyzing 3-D multichannel brain images — a critical step toward the development of a viable brain implant.

For as much as we know about the human body, the inner workings of the brain remain elusive. This lack of understanding has precluded the development of a neuroprosthetic device, or brain implant, that is truly biocompatible with brain tissue. Read More »»

Robert Degeneff Honored by IEEE

Robert Degeneff ’74, emeritus professor of electrical, computer, and systems engineering, this summer received the 2008 Herman Electric Transmission and Distribution Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The award honored Degeneff for his innovative and pioneering contributions to the computation and understanding of electrical systems and transformers. Read More »» and IEEE Here »»

NSF Engineering Research Center To Advance "Smart Lighting"

E. Fred Schubert, Wellfleet Senior Constellation Professor of Future Chips at Rensselaer leads the center.

A new research center at Rensselaer, funded by a five-year grant from the National Science Foundation, aims to supplant the common light bulb with next-generation lighting devices that are smarter, greener, and ripe for innovation. Read More »»

MEIL 2008 Best Paper Award

ECSE Professor Dr. Michael Shur receives Best Reliability Paper Award at the 26th International Conference on Microelectronics (MIEL 2008).

“Correlation Between Flicker Noise and Current Linearity in Ferromagnetic-GaAs-metal Tunnel Contacts”

K. Fobelets, S. Rumyantsev, W. Van Roy, R. Vanheertum, M.S. Shur

2008 Best Paper Awards >> http://miel.elfak.ni.ac.yu/best_paper_awards.htm
MIEL Web site >> http://miel.elfak.ni.ac.yu/

James Lu Wins IEEE Award for Work on 3-D Computer Chips

James Jian-Qiang Lu will receive the 2008 IEEE CPMT Exceptional Technical Achievement Award for research and technical achievements toward the design and realization of 3-D integrated computer chips. Read More »»

For more information on Lu's research into 3-D integration, visit: http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/spring05/chips.html or http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2186.