Community
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy Colloquium: Professor Kaley Brauer, Harvard University | Oct. 15
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2025 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Title: "The First Galaxies and the Fossils They Left Behind”
CEE Fall Seminar Series - Dr. Zhibin Chen | Oct. 15
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM - “Planning of Truck Platooning for Road-Network Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem”. Truck platooning, a linking technology of trucks on the highway, has gained enormous attention in recent years due to its benefits in energy and operation cost savings. However, most existing studies on truck platooning limit their focus on particular scenarios that each truck can serve only one customer demand and is thus with a specified origin.
Paulson & Lemke Colloquium: Michael Herbst from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | Oct. 15
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - The Paulson & Lemke Colloquium is a lecture series to enhance Mathematical Science graduate program, in memory of former faculty Albert S. Paulson and Carlton E. Lemke. The lecture will be held on October 15th, at 11:00 AM. and will feature a presentation titled "Kohn-Sham Density-Functional Theory: Perspectives on various inverse problems" by Dr. Michael Herbst, tenure-track assistant professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
Math Colloquium: Michael Herbst from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | Oct. 15
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - This Mathematical Sciences Colloquium will feature a presentation titled "Kohn-Sham Density-Functional Theory: Perspectives on various inverse problems" by Dr. Michael Herbst, tenure-track assistant professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
MSE Seminar: Dr. Prashun Gorai | Oct. 15
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - From Atoms to Applications: Computational Discovery and Design of Functional Materials
Prashun Gorai
Chemical & Biological Engineering, RPI
Pillars of Rensselaer
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2025 12:00 AM - Wed , October 22, 2025 7:00 PM - Any members of the Rensselaer community may nominate any individuals for the Pi award. Nominations for the Pillars Award will be accepted until October 20, 2025. All nominations MUST be electronic through a Qualtrics Form found at https://surveys.rpi.edu/jfe/form/SV_6g5ysFQ3HlVnhQO. Questions can be directed to pillarsnomination@rpi.edu
Chemistry Fall 2025 Seminar Series | Oct. 14
Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Sebastian Vega, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Rowan University, will talk about "Hydrogels and Synthetic Receptors for Engineering Cell-Material Communication".
Early Morning Network Maintenance Scheduled for October 18
Due to necessary hardware maintenance, a scheduled network outage will take place from approximately 5:00AM to 7:00AM on Saturday, October 18. During this time, both on- and off-campus network connectivity will be unavailable, including wired and wireless connectivity, IP phones, and any other service which relies on network connectivity.
Get Your Message on Campus Screens - Learn How!
Join Jim Evans, Director of Multi Media Services, on Friday October 17th from 1pm-2pm for a hands-on webinar about Carousel Digital Signage, RPI's campus-wide signage system.
Whether you're promoting an event, sharing a campus update, or spotlighting a team achievement, this training will help you get your message on screens across RPI.
Open to RPI campus community only. Register online at https://rensselaer.webex.com/weblink/register/rf01c7b66cceead46ccb48bd624c388dc
Whether you're promoting an event, sharing a campus update, or spotlighting a team achievement, this training will help you get your message on screens across RPI.
Open to RPI campus community only. Register online at https://rensselaer.webex.com/weblink/register/rf01c7b66cceead46ccb48bd624c388dc