Awards and Recognition

Zhiru Zhang, professor, and his team received the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS 2025) for their work on “SmoothE: Differentiable E-Graph Extraction.” The work is done by Cornell graduate students Yaohui Cai, Kaixin Yang, and Chenhui Deng, in collaboration with Prof. Cunxi Yu at the University of Maryland.

Geoff Abers, William and Katherine Snee Professor, has been chosen as Chair-elect for Earthscope’s Board of Directors. This nonprofit operates NSF-funded major geophysical instrumentation and data.

Fengqi You, Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor, had his study “Robust Assessments of Lithium Mining Impacts Embodied in Global Supply Chain Require Spatially Explicit Analyses” featured on the cover of Environmental Science & Technology.

Fengqi You, Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor, had his study “Climate Sustainability through AI-Crypto Synergies and Energy Transition in the Digital Landscape to Cut 0.7 GtCO₂e by 2030” featured on the cover of the Environmental Science & Technology.

Dean Lynden Archer has announced the following faculty promotions:

• Michael O. Thompson, professor, Materials Science and Engineering, was elected professor with indefinite tenure, effective April 1.
• Alexandra Coso Strong, associate professor, Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, effective April 1, 2025.
• Jian Xun Wang, associate professor, was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, effective with Cornell appointment to regular professorial title, anticipated for July 1, 2025.

Jack Hare, assistant professor, received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award. Hare will use his award to develop a new platform for producing turbulent plasma in the laboratory, and new methods for measuring plasma turbulence.

Aaron Wagner, professor, is serving as President of the IEEE Information Theory Society’s Board of Governors for 2025.

Qi Li, associate professor, was part of a team that received an Einhorn Center Engaged Opportunity Grant to upgrade the Coddington Road Community Center for all-season youth programming.

David Goldberg, associate professor, has been selected to receive a 2025 Community-Engaged Practice and Innovation Award from the David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement. Goldberg’s commitment and ability to integrate community engagement into his courses, leadership, or research programs stood out to the selection committee. The awards will be conferred at a dinner event on Tuesday, April 8.

Tobias Hanrath has been elected the Croll Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems for a four-year term, effective September 15, 2024.