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

From Our Newsroom

Read the latest stories from all around Cornell Engineering
  • CUSD Sustainable City team members Isabella Zhi ’24 (left), Madeline Richmond, M.Eng. ’23 and Yuxi Wei, M.Eng. ’23 review notes at a March 2023 workshop at Tompkins County Public Library that brought together key stakeholders for the LEED certification project.

    Students help city of Ithaca earn LEED Gold certification

    A Cornell University Sustainable Design student team worked with an array of municipal departments to assemble the extensive data needed to demonstrate that the city of Ithaca met the stringent requirements for LEED certification.

  • Cornell doctoral students with Rep. Josh Riley

    Sixteen doctoral students lobby on Capitol Hill

    Sixtteen doctoral candidates traveled from the Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City to Capitol Hill April 9 for the annual Cornell Ph.D. Student Advocacy Day.

  • Sibley School hosts industry forum on AI design education

    Cornell’s Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering brought together faculty, students, alumni and industry leaders for a day-long forum titled “Simulation and Design Education: Closing the Skills Gaps in the Age of AI,” hosted April 17 as the annual KK Wang Industry Day.