2025 Alumni Magazine

A unique project team enables Cornell undergraduates to use emerging open-source hardware to design, test and fabricate their own microchips – a complex, expensive process that is rarely available to students.

Microscopic machines engineered by Cornell researchers can autonomously synchronize their movements, opening new possibilities for the use of microrobots in drug delivery, chemical mixing and environmental remediation, among other applications.

Cornell Engineering-led projects designed to accelerate research into quantum and communications technologies received significant support from the U.S. Department of Defense, officials with the Northeast Regional Defense Technology Hub (NORDTECH) announced. 

A new AI-based system for analyzing images taken over time can accurately detect changes and predict outcomes, which may be useful across a wide range of medical and scientific applications.

A magnetic levitation platform that floats lightweight objects like bottle caps. A ferrite circulator that channels microwave signals in a specific direction around its ports. A magnetic “train” that glides between stations using copper wire-based coils. These are just a…