Chips and Society

Rensselaer prioritizes the social implications of research, and this can be seen in our approaches to education, ethics, diversity, and policy development.

Current Research:

Undergraduate engineering education and curriculum development
Technological innovation to drive industry creation, competitive shakeouts, and disruptive reshaping of industries; economics research to inform innovation policy, manufacturing cost reduction, and national and business competitiveness

Faculty

Nihat Baysal

Professor of Practice, Chemical and Biological Engineering

baysan@rpi.edu

Research Expertise:
Molecular simulations, multiscale modeling, engineering education

Device and Process Simulation and Modeling, Chips and Society

Muhsin Celik

Professor of Practice, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering

celiks@rpi.edu

Research Expertise:
Novel Devices and Integration. Workforce development.

New Materials Solutions Fabrication and Processing, Device and Process Simulation and Modeling, Chips and Society

Shekhar Garde

Thomas R. Farino Jr. ’67 and Patricia E. Farino Dean, School of Engineering and the Elaine S. and Jack S. Parker Chaired Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering

gardes@rpi.edu

Research Expertise:
Molecular simulations, statistical mechanics, engineering education

New Materials Solutions Fabrication and Processing, Chips and Society

Liping Huang

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

huangL5@rpi.edu

Research Expertise:
Multiscale simulation, dielectrics, graduate education

Advanced Interconnects/Dielectrics, Chips and Society

Michael Hughes

Director of Faculty Development, Faculty Practitioner, Rensselaer at Work

hughem6@rpi.edu

Research Expertise:
Thermal radiation heat transfer, solar energy and solar cells, Monte Carlo simulations

Chips and Society

Emily Liu

Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering and Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering

liue@rpi.edu

Research Expertise:
In-situ scattering characterization, analytical methodology

New Materials Solutions Fabrication and Processing, Supply Chain, Automation & Analytics, Chips and Society

Deborah McGuinness

Professor, Tetherless World Senior Constellation Chair, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, and Industrial and Systems Engineering

dlm@cs.rpi.edu

Research Expertise:
Ontologies, Semantic Web, Knowledge Graphs, Health and Life Science Informatics, Environmental Informatics

Supply Chain, Automation & Analytics, Chips and Society

Oshani Seneviratne

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

senevo@rpi.edu

Research Expertise:
Blockchain, decentralized learning systems, semantic web

Supply Chain, Automation & Analytics, Chips and Society

Kenneth Simons

Associate Professor, Economics

simonk@rpi.edu

Research Expertise:
Economics, innovation, manufacturing, cost, policy, patents

Supply Chain, Automation & Analytics, Chips and Society

John Wen

Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering

wenj@rpi.edu

Research Expertise:
Control systems (process, motion, thermal), robotics

Supply Chain, Automation & Analytics, Chips and Society

Esther Wertz

Associate Professor, Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy

wertze@rpi.edu

Research Expertise:
light-matter interactions, 2D materials, plasmonics

New Materials Solutions Fabrication and Processing, Metrology, Chips and Society