Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | |
|---|---|
| motto |
Knowledge and Thoroughness ("Knowledge and Thoroughness") |
| founding | 1824 |
| Sponsorship | Private |
| place | Troy , United States |
| President | Shirley Ann Jackson |
| Students | 7900 (2019) |
| Professors | 451 (2013) |
| Foundation assets | US $ 617 million (2013) |
| Website | www.rpi.edu |
The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is a private technical college in Troy , New York with two other campuses in Hartford and Groton , Connecticut . The RPI is the oldest technical college in North America: It was founded on November 5, 1824 by the scientist Amos Eaton and the politician, general and philanthropist Stephen Van Rensselaer III. founded as Rensselaer School.
There are six faculties : Architecture, Engineering, the Faculty of Humanities, Fine Arts and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Information Technology and Web Science , the Faculty of Business, and a Faculty of Interdisciplinary Science. In the 2013–2014 academic year, the institute had around 7,000 students graduating from 65 courses.
The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is one of the top 50 universities in the United States according to the US News & World Report and was named the "New Ivy " by Newsweek in 2006 . The American Society of Civil Engineers added the RPI to the List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks in 2010 .
Shirley Ann Jackson has been the President of the RPI since 1999 .
Sports
The university's sports teams are the RPI Engineers . The university's ice hockey team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's US college championships .
Known teachers
- Henry Bradford Nason (1835–1895), chemist and geologist, student of Robert Bunsen and Friedrich Wöhler
- Igor Vamos (* 1968), professor of media art and part of the artist group The Yes Men
Well-known students
- Washington Augustus Roebling (1837–1926), chief engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge
- Don L. Anderson (1933-2014), American geophysicist
- Jeffrey M. Friedman (* 1954), American molecular geneticist
- Marcian Edward Hoff (* 1937), co-inventor of the microprocessor
- Jon Hall (* 1950), computer scientist and founder of the Open Source Initiative
- Joé Juneau (* 1968), ice hockey player
- Robert Kennicutt (* 1951), astronomer
- Hani al-Mulki (* 1951), Jordanian Prime Minister
- Mathias Lange (* 1985), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Adam Oates (* 1962), ice hockey player and coach
- Ray Tomlinson (1941–2016), inventor of email
- Matt Patricia (born 1974), football coach
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://president.rpi.edu/president-biography
- ↑ https://rpi.edu/about/index.html
- ↑ a b Quick Facts . From: Rpi.edu , accessed March 5, 2014.
- ↑ US and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2013 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2012 to FY 2013 ( Memento of February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). National Association of College and University Business Officers and Commonfund Institute, 2014.
- ^ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute . In: Complete book of colleges . Princeton Review Publications, New York 2005, ISBN 978-0-375-76482-0 , p. 1286.
- ^ Rensselaer - Academics . From: Rpi.edu , accessed March 5, 2014.
- ↑ Rensselaer Catalog 2013-2014: Undergraduate, Graduate, and Professional Programs ( Memento of March 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2013. Available degrees are BS , MS , M.Arch. , M.Eng. , MFA , MBA , D.Eng. and Ph.D.
- ↑ US News Best Colleges Rankings: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute . In: US News & World Report , accessed March 6, 2014.
- ↑ America's 25 New Elite 'Ivies' . In: Newsweek , August 20, 2006.
- Jump up ↑ Profile of Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. From: Rpi.edu , accessed March 5, 2014.
Web links
Coordinates: 42 ° 43 '48 " N , 73 ° 40' 39" W.