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Three ECSE faculty promoted in December 2018
Ali Tajer, Russ Kraft, Jeff Braunstein
Three ECSE Faculty Promoted in December 2018
ECSE faculty Ali Tajer, Jeff Braunstein, and Russ Kraft have been promoted in recognition of their accomplishments in research, teaching, and service.
ALSET Lab Model Simulation
ALSET Lab Model Simulation Shows Promise to Improve the Power Grid
The ALSET Lab at RPI receives $100K corporate award in support of research on Flexible Alternating Current Transmission systems to develop models used in simulation that will help in overhauling the aging power grid with viable solutions to inconsistent voltage control for efficient power transmission in the system.
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ECSE doctoral candidate Ashraful Islam
Tracking Algorithms Show Potential for Modernizing Security Checkpoints

Ashraful Islam, a Ph.D. candidate with the Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering Department at RPI under the advisement of Rensselaer Professor Richard Radke, was recently awarded the Best Paper Award at the 2018 International Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras (ICDSC) in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Carson Taylor, John Paserba, and Nicholas Miller
From left to right: Carson Taylor, John Paserba, and Nicholas Miller pose with their medals after the awards ceremony in Portland, Oregon.
Rensselaer Alumni Recognized for Career Contributions to the Power and Energy Sector
RPI alumni recognized during by IEEE Power and Energy Society for their contributions to the power and energy sector.
Smart Grid Program
High School Students Participate in Summer Enrichment Program at RPI’s CURENT Center
The CURENT Engineering Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute hosted a one-week high school summer enrichment program for twenty high school students during the week of July 9 – 13, 2018.
Grainger Awards 2018
2018 Grainger Scholars: Meaghan Podlaski, Amir Begovic, Katheryn Flynn, Leslie Chase, and Everett McNair
2018 Grainger Awards
Six Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Engineering students in the Department of Electrical, Computer & Systems Engineering (ECSE) have received prestigious Grainger Power Engineering Awards.
Nicholas Miller
Rensselaer Alumnus Honored with Life Time Achievement Award for Career in Renewable Energy Integration
Senior technical director of General Electric’s Energy Consulting Group Nicholas Miller (‘79 and ‘80) received recognition at a recent ceremony in Tucson, Arizona for his contributions as an inventor and technology developer with a lifetime achievement award from Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group (UVIG).