Center for Materials, Devices, and Integrated Systems

Graduate Student Community

The cMDIS supports our graduate students and postdoctoral scholars through a range of initiatives.
We have multiple research focus groups and regular events to stimulate interest in various research areas.

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Undergraduate Research

Many opportunities exist for undergraduate research in our Center. Through the leadership of our faculty, postdocs, and student members we have been able to create undergraduate research opportunities in multiple disciplines.

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Our Affiliates

Several other Rensselaer Institute-wide Research Centers are affiliated or integrated with cMDIS. Together, this creates a research community spanning the broad range of physical, chemical and engineering sciences at Rensselaer.

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CMDIS News

RPI Semiconductor CoLab Catalyst Seminars - March 2026

The RPI Semiconductor CoLab Catalyst Seminar Series will be held on Tuesday, March 17th, 3:00–5:00 PM, in person at the ZEN Building, Albany NanoTech Complex. The seminar will feature Jacob Merson (RPI) and Dureseti (Chidu) Chidambarrao (IBM Research) presenting on discussing on thermal challenges and solutions for 3DHI Packages, separated by a coffee break for networking, discussions and poster presentations.

RPI Semiconductor CoLab Catalyst Seminars - January 2026

The RPI Semiconductor CoLab Catalyst Seminar Series will kick off Tuesday, January 20th, 3:00–5:00 PM, in person at the ZEN Building, Albany NanoTech Complex. The inaugural seminar will feature Ravishankar Sundararaman (RPI) and Tim Philicelli (IBM) presenting on topological metals, separated by a coffee break for networking, discussions and poster presentations.

CMDIS Annual Research Symposium 2026

We invite you to a day that celebrates research in microelectronics, interface engineering, advanced materials, metrology, energy and sustainability, polymers, biomaterials, composite materials, modeling and simulation, advanced manufacturing research, robotics, and control.

8th Center for Materials, Devices and Integrated Systems Annual Research Symposium will be on 6th February, 2026 (Friday) at the Heffner Alumni House.