Until recently, Leandre Adifon moved fast and went big in his work. As Worldwide Vice President of Engineering for Otis Elevator, nearly everyone in the developed world has ridden in one of the more than 1,000,000 Gen2 elevators his team produced, accounting for billions of passenger rides every day.

Listen to organization leaders and workplace safety experts Dan Titus (‘01) and John Chen (’96) in a panel discussion moderated by Dean Aric Krause on the topic of COVID-19 and the Logistics of Safety at Work. The panelists will share their insights as we respond to audience questions and explore the results of a survey that professionals from across the US had completed.

For Dan Titus, Chief Executive Officer of HRP Associates, 2020 started with a bang. Like every company, HRP had to pivot and pivot fast. And then came the real pivot, not one of changing what they did but who they served and how they articulated what they were doing - a communications objective unlike any they had ever contemplated.

Listen to Rensselaer at Work Dean Aric Krause, Ph.D., Professor Michael Hughes, and panelists Lon Blumenthal (’70), and Roman Sobieri (’98) discuss the complexity of supply chains today, challenges in the distributed ownership of these systems, and how firms can optimize results to maximize value and minimize cost.

How Rensselaer Alumnus Roman Sobieri ensured millions had face masks when the pandemic struck and the global supply chain was disrupted.

Can we realistically and individually change the world?  Probably not, but Fred Keller, a Rensselaer at Hartford graduate is on a mission to change his community – Change Where You Are - and create a regional framework which could truly change the world.

When Gavin Molta decided to go for his third master’s degree — “more degrees than a thermometer,” his Site Lead jokes — he was admittedly attracted to the prestige of having a diploma from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), but what he didn’t expect was how practical his education would be.

Listen to Rensselaer at Work Dean Aric Krause, Ph.D., panelists Ravi Ravichandran, Ph.D., Aleks Lazarevic, Ph.D., and others discussing insights from an organization’s desired state in data analytics and reviewing a Rensselaer approach to decision making at every level.

As a Senior Technical Manager at Pratt & Whitney’s Modular Assembly group in North Berwick, Maine, Bobbi Coffin frequently asks engineers on her team to prioritize activities, while pointing out that “everything is a priority” is not an acceptable answer.

Every university likes to say that it is unique.  And then there is Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) at Hartford’s Education for Working Professionals.  We prefer to show that we are different and, true-to-form, we do it with data.

Rensselaer at Hartford was founded over 60 years ago to provide graduate and executive education to engineers and business leaders.

As a prospective student, Rijoy needed approval on a substantial project, executed concurrently with his graduate study to help Pratt & Whitney meet its quality requirements.

Courses are designed around the needs of mission-critical employees and the companies that depend on them.

With 5,384 active Alumni on LinkedIn, Rensselaer at Hartford covers almost every conceivable industry in the world.

Erin Amarello Earns a Master’s Degree from Rensselaer’s Education for Working Professionals

Over the years, thousands of working professionals have earned advanced degrees at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Hartford.