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

BYOND: Build Your Own Nano Device - Fall 2026

BYOND: Build Your Own Nano Device - Enrichment Opportunity Program

Center for Materials, Devices, and Integrated Systems, Micro and NanoFabrication Clean Room is offering an enrichment program to meet the growing demand for skilled engineers and scientists in cleanroom technologies.

RPI Semiconductor CoLab Catalyst Seminars - September 2026

The RPI Semiconductor CoLab Catalyst Seminar Series will continue on Tuesday, September 15th, 3:00–5:00 PM, in person at the ZEN Building, Albany NanoTech Complex. The seminar will feature Amit Dikshit (AIM Photonics) and Rena Huang (RPI) discussing silicon photonics design, packaging, and automation, and how foundry-fabricated photonic devices can enable scalable on-chip photonic computing.

CMDIS Facilities Open House 2026

We invite you to join the 6th Center for Materials, Devices, and Integrated Systems (CMDIS) Facilities Open House on Wednesday, September 9th.