"Rensselaer has the breadth and depth to explore this field effectively," noted MSEC Director Jacob Fish, Rensselaer's Rosalind and John J. Redfern Jr. '33 Chaired Professor in Engineering. "The faculty here are involved in multiscale theory, experiments, and computations; more importantly, as a group we can cover a variety of interdisciplinary areas that none of us alone would be able to address."
About Us
The Multiscale Science & Engineering Center (MSEC) was established in October 2006 to create a collaborative environment of faculty to develop and transition Multiscale technologies to industry and government. Rensselaer is among the first universities to recognize that a systematic multiscale theory combined with intensive technology transfer effort would propel the Institute's initiatives in biotechnology, nanotechnology, energy and microelectronics etc.
More than 60 faculty affiliated with the center bring a vast array of specialties - from multiscale mathematics to multiscale experiments, to multiscale modeling and simulation, to multiscale design and optimization to flow control for aircraft and earthquake engineering. The faculty and students are from many different disciplines including:
- Computer Science
- Mathematical Science
- Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy
- Materials Science & Engineering
- Chemical & Biological Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Computer & Systems Engineering
- Mechanical, Aerospace & Nuclear Engineering
- Decisions Science & Engineering Systems
- Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering.
Currently, research projects are being performed in many application areas and each will benefit greatly from the advances in core multiscale technologies generated at MSEC.