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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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Student wearing lab coat smiles standing by machinery in lab Two smiling student work together at metallic device Student with notebook and pencil smiles, sitting in classroom with others MEng student in lab Lynden Archer holds vial and speaks to students Esak Lee and student each hold 3D organs-on-chip in vitro platforms Two researchers work together at device Dean Lynden Archer speaks to graduates during commencement M.Eng. students in the lab working on a project Student in airplane cockpit
Three students work with electronic devices and computers Lois Pollack and student work together at equipment Two students stand engaged at a whiteboard Three students stand together around forklift learning studio equipment Two students smile while working with equipment Two students in protective clothing work with equipment behind glass case M.Eng. Students at Commencement Claudia Fischbach smiles with student researcher as they look at equipment Two researchers work together among lab equipment Student leans over while working at metal device
Bill Nye and Smith Charles discuss mechanical equipment Five students work together at microscope among electronic equipment Student in lab coat and gloves adjust equipment Jamol Pender writes equations on glass wall Students gather around professor in lab Student works with shear thickening fluid Claudia Fischbach smiles while observing two researchers in lab coats Student wearing glasses that mirror computer screen M.Eng. student working in lab with instructor Two students in protective clothing work with equipment

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