Welcome Amal El-Ghazaly ( 2019 )
Growing up in Arizona, Amal El-Ghazaly used to take things apart. And her parents used to get a little upset with her because the things she took apart wouldn’t always work properly once she... Read more
Spotlights
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Welcome Julia Dshemuchadse ( 2019 )
Julia Dshemuchadse has joined the faculty of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at Cornell. Dshemuchadse earned her undergraduate degree in physics at the Technische Universitat... Read more
Robotic Hand with a High-Tech Transmission
by Colton Poore ’20 The world of prosthetics is evolving every day. After one of Kevin O’Brien’s good friends—a combat rescue pilot—lost her leg, she was able to receive a prosthetic and had her wings... Read more
Welcome Sijin Li ( 2019 )
Sijin Li has joined the Faculty of the Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) at Cornell University. Li, who is an assistant professor, started at Cornell in July... Read more
Keeping Computer Hardware Fast and Furious
by Jackie Swift Around 50 years ago, Gordon Moore, chief executive officer of Intel, predicted that every two years the number of transistors a microchip could contain would double. Known as Moore’s... Read more
Welcome Rong Yang ( 2019 )
When Rong Yang was a child in China she liked to play ‘imaginary school.’ “And I was always the teacher,” says Yang. “I liked to line the other kids up and then teach them about whatever I was... Read more
Interim Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
Professor Yong Joo was just announced as the temporary Interim Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies! Some of the duties of the associate dean’s position include supporting faculty research... Read more
Fleming Scholar 2019-20: Han Yuan Liu
Han-Yuan Liu is one of two Ph.D. students in the Smith School (CBE) to receive the title of Fleming Scholar for 2019-2020. A Fleming Scholar is an outstanding Ph.D. student pursuing research in... Read more
Fleming Scholar 2019-20: Tommy Jaroentomeechai
Thapokorn (Tommy) Jaroentomeechai is one of two Ph.D. students in the Smith School (CBE) to receive the title of Fleming Scholar for 2019-2020. A Fleming Scholar is an outstanding Ph.D. student... Read more
Tibra Wheeler, Ph.D. Student
When Tibra Wheeler was a young girl, her mom would set her up with Hooked on Phonics to help strengthen her reading skills. “Then one day she came home with Hooked on Math,” says Wheeler, “and I never... Read more