CATS News

Building with µLegos: Rensselaer CATS Collaboration with NIST Featured in Sept/Oct 2012 MICROmanufacturing

In the 1966 movie Fantastic Voyage, doctors put a new spin on the term “house call.” Using microminiaturization technology, scientists shrink a team of surgeons to the size of the flu virus, then send the group on a mission to destroy a blood clot deep inside the brain of a Russian defector.

NYSERDA Features Two Rensselaer CATS' Industrial Partners in R&D Innovation Video

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) features two of Rensselaer CATS' industrial partners, MPI, Inc. of Poughkeepsie, NY and Ceralink, Inc. of Troy, NY, in a new video showing how new and established New York State companies are partnering with NYSERDA to conduct energy research, development, and product innovation to compete in the global economy.

Rensselaer CATS and NYSERDA to Host Biomimicry and Additive Manufacturing Seminar on November 2

NYSERDA’s Biomimicry Technical Assistance Team, in collaboration with the Center for Automation Technologies and Systems (CATS) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, are pleased to present a seminar exploring what additive manufacturing may be able to learn from nature's manufacturing expertise. The seminar will be held from 1:30-4:00pm in the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS) Auditorium on the RPI Campus.

CATS Seminar "Control, Imaging and Sensing Opportunities in Healthcare Systems," to be held October 5

The Center for Automation Technologies and Systems (CATS) is pleased to present a seminar by Dr. Lalit Mestha, Principal Scientist, Xerox Reserach Center in Webster, NY, entitled: "Control, Imaging and Sensing Opportunities in Healthcare Systems," to be held in JEC 3117 on Friday, October 5 at 1:00pm. Everyone is welcome!!

Rensselaer To Host Area High School Students for 2012 National Manufacturing Day

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Partners with HVCC, CEN, CEG, and Others To Give Students First-Hand Look at How High-Tech Products Are Made

Dr. Steve Buelte Promoted to CATS Research Scientist

Dr. Steve Buelte has been promoted to Research Scientist in the Center of Automation Science and Technologies (CATS). Steve's strong background in fuel cell and other electrochemical systems has already significantly benefitted existing CATS' research programs. We look forward to Steve's continuing contribution in his new role. A brief summary of Steve's professional background is attached below.

Rensselaer Students Build Sustainable Bedroom for Haitian Orphanage

Members of the student group Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have been hard at work transforming a used 20-foot steel shipping container into a safe, comfortable, and transportable bedroom for orphaned children in Haiti.

Inside Rensselaer: Manufacturing Innovation and Economic Growth Showcased at CATS Conference

Michael Molnar, chief manufacturing officer of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology and director of the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office (AMNPO), delivered the keynote address at the Rensselaer Center for Automation Technologies and Systems (CATS) 2012 Technology Showcase and Conference.

From the Times Union: Obama return trip - President will discuss high-tech manufacturing at chip plant on Tuesday

President Barack Obama plans to visit GlobalFoundries on Tuesday to deliver an address on high-tech manufacturing in the U.S.

From the Times Union - RPI student mission: Make Something

Looking more like a machine shop than a laboratory, the high-ceilinged room at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Center for Industrial Innovation has enough moving parts to please even the most demanding mechanical engineer. And that's what filled the room Wednesday afternoon: more than a dozen mechanical engineering majors who will graduate later this spring for jobs at companies such as Boeing, Apple and Pratt & Whitney.