http://www.engineering.cornell.eduEngineering News - College of EngineeringTue, 21 May 2013 02:59:48 -0400 Cornell researchers Jenny Sabin and Dan Luo are collaborating on a project to develop new and intricate chemical, biological and architectural materials for a variety of nano- to macro-scale applications. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63714 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63714 Thu, 16 May 2013 18:01:01 -0400 Five staff members were recipients of the new Individual and Management Excellence Awards and the President's Award of Excellence at an inaugural luncheon, May 9. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63713 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63713 Thu, 16 May 2013 13:01:01 -0400 A device that plugs into a smartphone to transform it into a video game console has caught the attention of a global venture capital firm. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63711 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63711 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:01:01 -0400 Clam fossils from the middle Devonian era ? some 380 million years ago ? now yield a better paleontological picture of the capacity of ecosystems to remain stable in the face of environmental change. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63709 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63709 Wed, 15 May 2013 16:01:01 -0400 Students and community members flocked to Carpenter Hall May 11 to try out brand new computer games developed by students in the Game Design Initiative. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63696 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63696 Tue, 14 May 2013 12:01:02 -0400 Hod Lipson, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, brief a Congressional committee on the impact of 3-D printing technology on manufacturing April 24. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63701 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63701 Tue, 14 May 2013 07:37:34 -0400 Members of Cornell NYC Tech's inaugural class were all attracted to the program's startup feel, and they all wanted to take part in a trailblazing master's degree program. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63700 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63700 Tue, 14 May 2013 18:01:02 -0400 At a May 10 open studio, Cornell Tech's seven-member beta class offered a glimpse of graduate high-tech education reinvented. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63699 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63699 Tue, 14 May 2013 18:01:01 -0400 Cornell?s College of Engineering has received a five-year, $908,000 grant from a joint National Science Foundation, Intel and GE program called Graduate 10K+. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63669 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63669 Thu, 09 May 2013 08:15:34 -0400 On May 8, with final approval from the New York City Council, Cornell NYC Tech completed the land use review process for its new campus. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63670 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63670 Wed, 08 May 2013 10:49:48 -0400 Actor, director and writer Alan Alda will visit campus May 21-24 to lead a workshop for scientists on communicating science, with a public lecture May 22. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63667 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63667 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:01:02 -0400 Alumni experts and several faculty members addressed 470 Cornellians and friends April 30 at the "A New Wave of Innovation" event, in Mountain View, Calif. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63668 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63668 Wed, 08 May 2013 19:01:01 -0400 Biomedical researchers report that mechanical stimulation of cancerous bone, in making bone stronger, seems to make tumors weaker. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63660 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63660 Sun, 05 May 2013 08:59:30 -0400 In his 'last lecture' April 30, Systems Engineering lecturer David Schneider told of the role positive thinking has had in his career, which has taken him to NASA, Disney, Columbia and Cornell. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63658 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63658 Thu, 02 May 2013 10:19:12 -0400 MicroGen's nanotechnology based energy harvester ? researched and developed by the company at the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility ? begins commercial scale production this summer. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63655 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63655 Thu, 02 May 2013 14:01:01 -0400 Like picking a career or a movie, cells have to make decisions ? and cancer results from cells making wrong decisions. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63654 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63654 Thu, 02 May 2013 17:33:03 -0400 Three Cornell student groups each recently received the Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Award, which comes with a grant of $1,500 to further their community service projects. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63643 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63643 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:01:02 -0400 Cornell researchers have created a digital age active-reading system using an array of tablets to combine the best features of paper and electronic text. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63634 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63634 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:01:01 -0400 The Cornell Baja Racing Team brought home a first-place victory at the 2013 Baja SAE International Competition in Cookeville, Tenn. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63629 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63629 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:01:01 -0400 Incorporating concepts from developmental biology, researchers have used computers to evolve soft-bodied robots with various gaits and gallops. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63618 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63618 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:15:15 -0400 The Cornell Engineering Alumni Association held its annual awards banquet April 19. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63617 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63617 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:35:23 -0400 They are Brian Crane (chemistry and chemical biology), Gary Evans (design and environmental analysis and human development) and Natalie Mahowald (atmospheric sciences). http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63619 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63619 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:15:15 -0400 Haym Hirsh, professor and chair of computer science at Rutgers University, has been named Cornell?s dean of Computing and Information Science, effective July 1. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63613 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63613 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:01:01 -0400 Irwin Mark Jacobs '54, founding chairman and CEO emeritus of Qualcomm, and his wife, Joan Klein Jacobs '54, have made a $133 million gift to create the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63612 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63612 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:01:01 -0400 Cornell researchers have created compartment nanoparticles that could carry two or more different drugs to the same target. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63610 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63610 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:01:01 -0400 'Cornell Dots' may not only help light up cancer cells, but could provide a new patient-friendly, viable option to battle cancer. Researchers have created pores in the nanoparticles that can carry medicine. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63582 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63582 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:46:02 -0400 Mind mapping: Building on prototypes developed at the Cornell NanoScale Facility, French scientists have produced the world's first microscopic transistors that can amplify signals from within the brain. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63581 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63581 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:01:03 -0400 Expansion of Arctic vegetation due to climate change has probably been underestimated, and increasing tree and shrub cover will accelerate climate change and possible adverse effects on wildlife. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63572 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63572 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:01:02 -0400 If you want to see the future of technology, look at what today's students are inventing. An array of examples was on display April 3 at the annual BOOM (Bits on Our Minds) exhibition in the Duffield Atrium. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63567 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63567 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:49:32 -0400 A $100 million federal research initiative aimed at revolutionizing understanding of the human brain received key scientific direction from researchers at Cornell?s Kavli Institute for Nanoscale Science. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63518 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63518 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:26:16 -0400 The first on-campus Aeronautics/Alternative Energy Expo March 28 showed visitors the power of flight and wind. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63524 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63524 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:23:17 -0400 Qi Huang, a graduate student in the Systems Lab of the Department of Computer Science, is one of 12 winners of a Facebook Graduate Fellowship this year. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63530 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63530 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:22:31 -0400 Robots can observe human behavior and - like a human baby - deduce a reasonable approach to handling specific objects. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63491 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63491 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:01:00 -0400 New York City's Planning Commission has approved Cornell Tech's Roosevelt Island Campus plan as part of the city's public land use review process. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63490 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63490 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:58:20 -0400 Converting New York's energy sources from natural gas, coal and fossil fuel to wind, water and sunlight by 2030 will stabilize electricity prices, reduce power demand and create thousands of jobs. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63475 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63475 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:15:00 -0400 Cornell's English Ph.D. programs and seven of its graduate engineering fields are ranked in the top 10 in U.S. News and World Report's 2014 report on 'Best Graduate Schools.' http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63476 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63476 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:46:46 -0400 The assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering was among 126 researchers recognized for distinguished performance and potential. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63462 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63462 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:01:00 -0400 Researchers have uncovered cellular-level detail of what happens when bone bears repetitive stress over time, visualizing damage at smaller scales than previously observed. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63460 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63460 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:02:35 -0400 Eight Cornellians received Constance E. Cook and Alice H. Cook Recognition Awards Feb. 28 for their contributions to improving the climate for women at Cornell. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63453 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63453 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:01:01 -0400 The American Society of Civil Engineers has named Abena Sackey Ojetayo '07, M.Eng. '09, an engineer with Cornell Facilities Services, to its list of 2013 'New Faces of Civil Engineering.' http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63452 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63452 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:01:00 -0400 The late Edwin Zimmerman searched the web for his old friend and wrote a poem about what he found. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63445 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63445 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 08:09:14 -0400 Cornell NYC Tech has announced the creation of the James H. and Marilyn H. Simons Graduate Fellowship, established with a $2.5 million commitment. The gift is the first such fellowship for the new campus. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63437 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63437 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:01:02 -0400 Cornell bioengineers and physicians have created an artificial ear - using 3-D printing and injectable molds - that looks and acts like a natural ear. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63428 http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm?news_id=63428 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:01:24 -0400