We break the rules... Cornell engineers first to control 2D magnets

Shengwei Jiang postdoctoral researcher, Shan Group

"Truly a revolutionary battery..." Self-assembling 3D battery would charge in seconds

3D printing meets agriculture... New tech for an ancient food

Engineering Spotlight

The von Neumann bottleneck... Hacking a 50-year-old computing problem

José Martínez, professor

2018-19 Women in Engineering: Engineering enrollment by the numbers

In historic shift women comprise half of engineering undergrads

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Microbiome researchers from around the world gather at Cornell

Researchers from over a dozen countries, including Brazil, China, India, Pakistan and South Africa gathered at Cornell for “Our Microbes, Our Global Health."

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Scholarship gives Sofia Villacreses ’19 a shot at Cornell

For Sofia Villacreses, who lived in Ecuador until she emigrated to NYC, the plan for college had been modest. But as two years of community college drew to a close, her friends pointed out her potential.

What's causing voltage fade in promising class of battery materials?

Researchers solve battery voltage fade mystery

Andrej Singer, assistant professor, discovers the cause of voltage fade in a promising class of battery cathode materials.

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State of the art new facilities in Upson Hall

State of the art facilities!

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We're different.

Cornell Engineering has always defined diversity broadly, incorporating varying geographic, intellectual, ethnic, cultural, academic, and social elements that make our world a more vibrant place. The college’s commitment to a global view of diversity is an important element in ensuring that our teaching remains connected to real-world problems, our research remains relevant and cutting-edge, and our social composition includes a variety of voices, thoughts, ideas, and opinions.

Diversity at Cornell

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53%

of the incoming first-year class are women

U.S. News & World Report ranking of Cornell Engineering among the best undergraduate Schools of Engineering

21%

of Cornell Engineering's incoming undergraduates are under-represented minorities

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Alumni Spotlights

Natalie Dawley: Ph.D. Student

For most of Natalie Dawley’s high school years, she assumed a career in foreign policy was awaiting her after college. “I loved learning and speaking French; I even spent a semester in France in high...

David A. Duffield ’62, MBA ’64, receives Cornell Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award

Engineer, businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist David A. Duffield ’62, MBA ’64, spoke at Cornell University and was presented with the inaugural Cornell Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award on Tuesday, Sept. 4, at 4 p.m. in 101 Phillips Hall Auditorium.

Alumni Collaborations

Breaking the Rules to Advance Science and Improve Lives

Discovery stretches across disciplines to find surprising answers to complex and challenging problems in such fields as nanoscience, biomedical engineering, molecular and cellular biology, advanced materials, and information science. Come find out for yourself!

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Alum’s gift helps entrepreneurship faculty hire assistants

September 18, 2018

Six faculty members are recipients of 2018 Louis H. Zalaznick Teaching Assistantships, receiving funds to develop or expand courses, and add teaching assistants.

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Thursday, September 20, 2018 11:00am

ORIE Colloquium: Katya Scheinberg (Lehigh)

Bio: Katya Scheinberg is the Harvey E. Wagner Endowed Chair Professor at the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at Lehigh University. Her main research areas are related to developing...

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Cheng Zhang, assistant professor of Information Science at Cornell

Welcome Cheng Zhang

Even after earning his undergraduate degree in software engineering from Nankai University, Cheng Zhang did not think he would ever go on to be a professor anywhere. Instead, he viewed his computer...

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