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:

• Systems Biology and Biomedical Engineering
• Nanomaterials, Nanodevices, and Nanoscience
• Energy, Environment, and Sustainable Development
• Energy Studies at Cornell
  
• Information, Computation, and Communication
• Advanced Materials
• Complex Systems and Networks

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 theResearch Without Boundariesbrochure, or download the print publicationin PDF (7.2 MB).