Semiconductors have played a significant role in nearly every major technological breakthrough of this century. In keeping with our creative, interdisciplinary approach, Rensselaer researchers cover the whole spectrum of microelectronics, from theory to practice to product and from bench to bedside, across materials, design, devices, and systems.

Our faculty are making major advances at the interface of engineering, biotechnology, and life sciences through research in bioimaging, synthetic and computational biology, microbiome, stem cell and tissue engineering, neural engineering, bioprocessing and biomanufacturing, metabolic engineering, and predictive medicine.

In this inherently multidisciplinary field, our researchers focus on power systems and devices, robotics, systems analysis and control in cyber-physical systems, thermal management, and systems biology.