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"Great inventions are never, and great discoveries are seldom, the work of any one mind."

-Robert Henry Thurston, who served as dean of Cornell’s Sibley College of the Mechanic Arts from 1885-1903

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From Our Newsroom

Read the latest stories from all around Cornell Engineering
  • Partnership Helps Cornell Student Team Build a Winning Bridge

    Cornell’s Steel Bridge Team excelled in the 2024 AISC competition with a 216-pound bridge that supported 2,500 pounds, placing first in lightness. Key to their success was access to the LASSP Student Machine Shop, where expert support and flexible hours enabled fast, high-quality fabrication and extra time for testing and refinement.

  • The software Frazier’s team is developing can enable optimal transportation to meet a diverse range of needs: food, water, fuel, shelter, munitions, medical supplies and soldiers with special skillsets.

    Research at risk: fast delivery of blood transfusions, supplies for troops

    Cornell researchers have been building decision-support tools, optimization methods and artificial intelligence approaches to help the U.S. Navy and Marines quickly and effectively transport people and supplies – including blood for transfusions – in the event of an overseas conflict or humanitarian disaster.

  • Doctoral student Joshua Umansky-Castro and Verena Padres ’26 work on components for the Sailing to the Stars project, which will be tested aboard the International Space Station.

    Student-designed technology bound for space station

    A pair of student-led projects that feature small, low-cost satellites and light sails are headed to the International Space Station for testing.