In this edition of Every Day Matters, Ryan Swingruber '10 describes how his time at Rensselaer's Lally School of Management fueled and inspired his entrepreneurial spirit and approach to problem-solving. His passion for real estate development ultimately led him to start his own firm, Heyday, which solely focuses on developing much-needed single-story, single-family rental homes.
The world we live in today is very smart. We have smart versions of literally everything — smart phones, smart watches, and even smart underwear. But one thing we failed to realize is that the smarter the world gets, the more we need electricity. It has become such a big part of our lives that whenever the power goes out, everything from WiFi to your microwave oven is disrupted.
Chunyu Wang, professor of biological sciences, chemistry, and chemical biology at Rensselaer, has dedicated his research to improving our understanding of diseases including Alzheimer’s and cancer so that we can achieve better outcomes for the millions of people who are diagnosed each year. Doctoral students Anqesha Murray and Nathan Smith, who have also made this their mission, are working in his lab to investigate the structural mechanisms of these diseases.
The Rensselaer men's hockey team will play 34 regular season games during the 2023-24 season, including 15 at the Houston Field House. The schedule features five 2023 NCAA Tournament teams, as well as visits from Minnesota State and the 46th Annual Big Red Freakout! against Colgate.
Daniel González is a doctoral student at Rensselaer working as part of the Artificial Intelligence Research Collaboration (AIRC), a joint venture between RPI and IBM focused on advancing artificial intelligence (AI) through interdisciplinary research. González is pursuing a Ph.D. in decision sciences and engineering systems and his area of expertise is human and AI collaboration and applying it to human-centered scenarios.
Following an expansive national search, ECAC Hockey has announced the hiring of Doug Christiansen as the league's new Commissioner. The announcement comes with the retirement of longtime ECAC Hockey Commissioner Steve Hagwell at the end of the month.
The Rensselaer men's hockey team assistant coaches Chuck Weber and Mathias Lange '09 brought hardware back to Troy from international ice after putting their coaching skills on display on the world stage this past spring. Both men captured gold medals, with Weber and Great Britain taking down Italy in the IIHF World Championships 1A pool, and Lange and Austria topping South Korea at the IIHF U18 World Championships.
The Rensselaer men's cross country and track and field programs were recently recognized by the U. S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), as the Engineers finished the season ranked 13th in the organization's Division III Program of the Year award.