The following new faculty members joined Cornell Engineering in academic year 2008-2009:
- Largus Angenent, BEE
- Tsuhan Chen, ECE
- Craig Fennie, AEP
- Yingxin Gao, MAE
- Michael King, BME
- Richard Robinson, MSE
- Darrell Schlom, MSE
- Jefferson Tester, CBE
- Hakim Weatherspoon, CS
- Dawn Woodard, ORIE