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New York State has set some of the most ambitious climate targets in the nation. This has made our region a productive environment for sustainability research while generating a market for green energy technologies.

In today’s research environment, computing power is crucial. For years, Rensselaer engineers have used our Artificial Intelligence Multiprocessing Optimized System (AiMOS) – the most powerful supercomputer housed at a private university and the 24th most powerful in the world – to advance AI and machine learning and to model everything from drug molecules to microchips.

In 2022, the federal government committed to a $52.7 billion investment in domestic semiconductor research, development, manufacturing, and workforce development, to stimulate the economy, repair global supply chains, and improve national security through the CHIPS and Science Act.

Rensselaer’s contributions to space exploration are widely known and celebrated. The announcement that School of Engineering alumnus Reid Wiseman ’97 will command the upcoming Artemis II mission – which will pave the way for NASA’s return to the moon – brings us full circle, because prior to becoming RPI’s former president, George M.





