Spotlights

Cornell Engineering likes to feature our new faculty, our incredible students, staff, alumni and teams who do amazing work everyday. 

Papers on plastic

Papers on plastic

After a bit of serendipity, Zoë Lequeux '19 found her place on the Cornell volleyball team and in the Ober Group, helping to engineer more environmentally friendly plastics. Read more

Allison Byrne

Allison Byrne, B.S. '18

"I was drawn to Cornell because it is a forward-looking university that provides students with the resources to think outside the box and create the future" Read more

  • Hometown: Basking Ridge, NJ
  • Biomedical Engineering
Austin Hopp bungee jumping

Austin Hopp Study Abroad

Austin Hopp liked studying abroad so much, he did it twice. Read more

  • Hometown: California
  • Operations Research and Information Engineering (ORIE) at Cornell
Solar oven team

Solar Cooker Team in Nicaragua

Solar Cooker Team members traveled to Nicaragua over spring break to work with the Solar Women of Totogalpa. Xochitl Cruz, Jocie Kluger, Emma Lejeune, Meghan Hilbert, Alex Huang, and adviser Tim Bond... Read more

Amanda Kushner

Amanda Kushner

"I know the past 50 years of Cornell history .... Those were like my bedtime stories growing up." Read more

  • Hometown: Austin, Texas
  • Operations Research
Ojus Patil

Ojus Patil

"To see the problem solving skills that would lead you to be successful within that major, that's a very smart idea." Read more

  • Hometown: Westfield, N.J.
  • Operations Research