Carnegie Building (Troy, New York)

The Carnegie Building is the current home of the Cognitive Science Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.

In addition to being built with Harvard brick and Indiana limestone - concrete was used, steel floors, and partitions were used to split rooms.

[3] "...Located at the head of the entrance of the Institute grounds; the interior is admirably arranged for the purposes intended, well lighted, heated and ventilated; which all go toward making the work of the students easy.

The research and doctoral program taking place in the Cognitive Science Department is currently having its current goals set on integrating an interdisciplinary department where the research and teaching is aimed at three powerful, driving ideas: One small program that is held in this building is the Experimetrix where students could sign up to participate in experiments that deal with how the brain works or cognitive science.

Graduate students and professors work together to collect data and in turn analyze them for further development in cognitive research.