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Professor Shur was Patricia and Sheldon Roberts Professor of Solid State Electronics in ECSE, Professor of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, and, following his retirement from the faculty, a Senior Research Scientist in ECSE. He was one of the most distinguished scholars in Rensselaer’s history. An internationally recognized researcher, educator, inventor, entrepreneur, and mentor, he made seminal contributions to semiconductor devices, electronics, optoelectronics, and related fields over a career spanning several decades.
ECSE B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. graduates from August 2025, December 2025 and May 2026 gathered with their families, friends, faculty and staff to celebrate their graduation on May 15th at the Troy Hilton Garden Inn! Over lunch, graduates were honored, as were departmental awardees.
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Last week at the Formula Hybrid + Electric competition, Rensselaer Motorsport placed fifth overall! In addition to winning fifth overall, Rensselaer Motorsport also won the Scrutineer's award for being the most prepared for mechanical inspection, the Test Equity award for being the most prepared for electrical inspection, and t
A collaborative research effort between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering (ECSE) and Dominion Energy has been awarded the Best Paper Award at the 2026 IEEE Green Technologies Conference (GreenTech) held in Boulder, Colorado.
Dr. Arthur Clark Sanderson, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, New York, died on December 14, 2025, at the age of 79, from complications of Parkinson’s disease, at his winter residence in Bonita Springs, Florida.
RPI Alumnus Hongkang Li, who earned his Ph.D. in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2024, has been awarded the 2025 IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award. This award recognizes outstanding doctoral dissertations that demonstrate significant scientific impact and overall quality through timely studies on research questions, strong and novel methodological foundations, and contributions that advance the understanding and practice of signal processing.
RPI alumnus Burak Varıcı, who earned his Ph.D. in Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering in 2024, has been named a recipient of the 2025 IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award. This prestigious honor recognizes doctoral research that demonstrates exceptional scientific impact, originality, clarity of presentation, timeliness, and relevance, advancing both the theory and practice of signal processing.
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