Newswise — TROY, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will launch the Douglas A. Mercer ’77 Innovation and Exploration Laboratory at 10:30 a.m. on November 9 at the Russell Sage Dining Hall. Affectionately called the Mercer XLab, the facility aims to facilitate innovation in pedagogy and multiply learning opportunities by fostering interconnection among students and faculty. Mercer, a longtime supporter of his alma mater, originally made possible the Mercer Student Exploration Laboratory. Now, thanks to a $2 million gift, the laboratory is expanding in scope.
“The world needs more engineers, specifically electrical engineers,” said Mercer. “Engineers, and largely electrical engineers, have created and enabled technology that has resulted in huge productivity advancements. I see the newly expanded XLab as a place to question everything and assume nothing while…
