Turning to snakes for bio-inspiration
Rachel Miller is a fast learner. “I did not know that engineering was a degree you could major in until I was a senior in high school,” Miller said. “I knew that a person could study physics or math... Read more
Spotlights
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Creating the next generation of structural materials ( 2021 )
Mostafa Hassani knows the technologies of the future cannot rely on the structural materials of the past. Melting metals and then mixing and shaping them into useful configurations was fine for... Read more
Maha Haji dives deep into ocean engineering ( 2021 )
If Maha Haji has her way, Ithaca might join Woods Hole and Scripps as hotbeds of applied ocean science research. Haji, who joined the faculty of Cornell Engineering’s Sibley School of Mechanical and... Read more
Riding the waves straight to a Ph.D.
As Jun Young Song, a doctoral student in Cornell’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, looks ahead to his first winter in Ithaca, it’s a safe bet that he might not even notice a... Read more
Richard Allmendinger wins Paul G. Silver Award for Outstanding Scientific Service from AGU
Richard Allmendinger, emeritus professor in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University, has won the 2021 Paul G. Silver Award for Outstanding Scientific Service, a joint award between the... Read more
Math with a purpose—using probability and statistics for the greater good
Sean Sinclair, a Ph.D. student in Cornell Engineering’s School of Operations Research and Information Engineering (ORIE), sees the entire world as a mix of probability and optimization problems.... Read more
Student Project Teams Adjusted and Thrived Despite Pandemic Challenges
Entirely led and run by undergraduates, project teams dedicate significant time to collaboratively solving complex problems, often as part of a national or international competition. Read more
Anna Scaglione wants to help modernize New York City's power grid ( 2021 )
The last time Anna Scaglione was part of the faculty at Cornell Engineering, the first iPhone had just been unveiled and the term “Smart Grid” had just been defined by the US Congress in the Energy... Read more
Meet Jonathan Jaramillo
One of the undeniable pleasures of life in the Finger Lakes region of New York is sitting on a deck at one of the many wineries that line the shores of Seneca and Cayuga Lakes, sipping a cold Riesling... Read more
Recruiting and Supporting Graduate Students
By Erin Philipson Cornell’s Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) has been making a concerted effort to recruit a larger and more diverse pool of applicants for both the geological and atmospheric... Read more