What does the future hold for engineering at Cornell University and how can Cornell’s College of Engineering shape its destiny? Early in 2003 the college embarked on a formal strategic planning process to answer those questions. Faculty members, students, administrators, and alumni produced a detailed strategic plan, a living document designed to be the basis for implementation efforts across the college.
The College of Engineering has identified six strategic areas of significant research focus for the next decade:
Our goal is to be the nation’s premier research university in the first three areas and a world leader in the second three areas.
To learn more about our research directions, browse the online version of the Research Without Boundaries brochure, or download the print publication in PDF (7.2 MB).
