Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has alumni that have affected the way people live in the Hudson Valley. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, commonly known as R.P.I., has many postgraduate students that have shaped the world into what it is now. The institute was founded in 1824 in Troy, New York. Many people who have studied here have gone on to do many significant things. They offer courses in 6 major schools: Engineering, Architecture, Business, Humanities, Management, and Science. Rensselaer, located in Troy, NY, has many notable and innovative alumni that have affected not only the Hudson Valley, but the entire world. Many alumni have done impressive things once they’ve graduated in the Business, Technology, and Engineering fields. …show more content…
They make calculators, cellular handsets, and processors which are used all over the Hudson Valley. Texas Instrument’s co-founder, J. Erik Jonsson, went to R.P.I.. In an article by Texas Instruments, it states that “Erik Jonsson was a man of extraordinary talent and vision who combined a successful business career at TI with superb leadership of the diverse community of Dallas”. Erik Jonsson was such an exceptional person. He combines the skills learned at T.I., the skills learned at R.P.I, and the traits learned while being mayor of Dallas to do remarkable things. Erik Jonsson has done so much for this country. He was a mayor of Dallas and he even has a library named after him. He transformed the way we use semiconductors, calculate numbers, and use mobile phones. Another R.P.I alumnus is Sheldon Roberts. He was a pioneer in semiconductors, and a member of the traitorous eight, the eight people who started up Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley is the foundation of the world’s electronics production and research. “Favoring silicon over germanium as a semiconductor material, they left to found Fairchild Semiconductor, the first company to manufacture integrated circuits. …show more content…
WIth things like mobile phones, the Internet, and computers, technology is all around us. Rensselaer has stayed ahead of the game, as their alumni have created the greatest technological inventions ever. One notable alumnus is Ivar Giaever. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discoveries in experimental discoveries about tunnelling phenomena in superconductors. In Layman's terms, he did research on superconductors, materials that conduct electricity with zero resistance. He, after more than 60 years, is still a part of R.P.I., as he is a professor at the institute. In a post by DeSmog, a climate change site, it says “In addition to the Nobel Prize, he has been awarded the Oliver E. Buckley Prize by the American Physical Society in 1965, and the Zworykin Award by the National Academy of Engineering in 1974.” Ivar Giaever has used technology skills to his advantage. He has such impressive research, he has received some of the highest awards available. He changed the way we look at superconductors, and physics in general. This wouldn’t have been possible if he hadn’t taken technology classes as he used technology in much of his research. Another accomplished alumni is John “Maddog” Hall. He is the Executive Chairman of Linux, a computer operating system. Linux, among others, is the backbone for all computers, which are important for the world to keep spinning. In Hall’s biography, it states that “Hall