Spotlights

When Berit Goodge came to Cornell to earn her Ph.D. in the School of Applied and Engineering Physics (AEP), she was simply following the roadmap she’d laid out in 4th grade. “I was a pretty precocious...

When James Antaki was 11 years old, his brother brought home an antique radio and promptly put it in the basement of their house. Antaki studied that radio and then vowed he would one day get it to...

When Ajay Krishnan started scouting programs that featured an industry focus, Cornell’s materials science M.Eng. stood out – even from 8,000 miles away.

Faisal Alkhannan Alkaabneh was the very first student accepted into Cornell Engineering’s Systems Ph.D. program when it was approved in 2016. “I was already at Cornell, working toward a doctorate in...

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.

How do insects fly? How are the physical aspects of flying connected to the insect's neural circuitry? How do scientists use this information?

Angela Zhou is a doctoral student at Cornell’s School of Operations Research and Information Engineering (ORIE). She is based in New York City and works with her advisor, Assistant Professor Nathan...

Cornell Micro-g is a project team of students who are passionate about pushing the boundaries of space technology. Working in coordination with NASA, the team designs and develops tools to aid in...

Mahsa Shoaran was born into a family of medical doctors. Through most of her early schooling, she believed she was on that same path toward an M.D. degree. But then came higher level math and physics...

When Hugh Bullen was in the seventh grade a hurricane hit his home and changed his life. Before Hurricane Ivan damaged more than 90% of the homes on his home island of Grenada, Bullen was generally...