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Materials and Molecular Design

How are we creating new paradigms for developing materials and systems that match unmet needs and drive advances in a wide range of fields and industries?
Researchers in lab coats and gloves work in lab with test tubes and protective glass panel

The confluence of the fields of molecular engineering, machine learning, product design, and additive manufacturing is revolutionizing how products are designed and made in virtually every field. Cornell Engineers are leveraging unprecedented advances in computing power to conceive of and design novel materials atom-by-atom. Using advanced manufacturing methods, we are creating materials and products that can revolutionize energy capture and storage, deliver better medicines, and transform how humans interact with their environment.

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    The thickness in molecules of the record-shattering thinnest piece of glass created by David Muller, the Samuel B. Eckert Professor of Engineering

  • 314+

    Journal papers published from research conducted at Cornell’s Platform for the Accelerated Realization, Analysis, and Discovery of Interface Materials

  • 1965

    The year our Department of Materials Science and Engineering was established

  • 500

    Annual users of the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility, home of world-class micro and nanofabrication

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