Unlocking Opportunities. Defining the Future.

The research leaders who work, study, and innovate at Rensselaer share a common focus: unearthing new opportunities for solving the 21st century’s most challenging problems. As our world becomes more interconnected and interdependent, solving complex problems requires the skills, drive, and imagination needed to approach life’s puzzles in more innovative ways. Tackling those problems requires both exceptional resources and curious minds. Rensselaer nurtures a “low walls” research culture that facilitates strong interactions among faculty and students from all schools, departments, centers, and laboratories. Our researchers freely share expertise and equipment, methods and media, and, most importantly, ideas.

"The power of institutions to preparing students for 21th Century Jobs"

(President Obama Sept 2009)

The campus provides extensive, state-of-the-art facilities to support its academic programs, including the Bulmer Telecommunications Center, which encompasses the latest innovations in multi-media presentation, video teleconferencing, distance learning, and instructional technology, and the McDonough Sports Complex, a 126,000-square-foot recreational facility that contains a field house and the ice rink.

"Solar Powered Greenhouse and Food Market"

Greenhouse Food Market Future Exxon/Mobil Algae Green House complex for bio fuel generation and Boys & Girls Club nursery enterprise, cultivating various produce for public market

"Solar Powered Greenhouse and Food Market"

Greenhouse Food Market Future Exxon/Mobil Algae Green House complex for bio fuel generation and Boys & Girls Club nursery enterprise, cultivating various produce for public market