Welcome Cheng Zhang ( 2018 )
Even after earning his undergraduate degree in software engineering from Nankai University, Cheng Zhang did not think he would ever go on to be a professor anywhere. Instead, he viewed his computer... Read more
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Welcome Nicholas Abbott ( 2018 )
When Nicholas Abbott was finishing up his undergraduate chemical engineering degree at Adelaide University in Australia, he knew he wanted to go abroad for his graduate studies. “At that time,” says... Read more
Welcome Zhiting Tian ( 2018 )
Zhiting Tian has joined the faculty of Cornell’s Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering as the Eugene A. Leinroth Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow. Tian specializes in nanoscale thermal... Read more
Welcome Austin Benson
It wasn’t until Austin Benson was earning his Ph.D. in computational and mathematical engineering at Stanford University that he fully realized the power of mathematics to affect the world. “When I... Read more
Welcome Rene Kizilcec ( 2018 )
While Rene Kizilcec was earning his undergraduate degree in philosophy and economics from University College London (UCL) he made a living creating websites for e-commerce customers. “The more sites I... Read more
Microbiome researchers from around the world gather at Cornell
Researchers from over a dozen countries, including Brazil, China, India, Pakistan and South Africa gathered at Cornell for “Our Microbes, Our Global Health." Read more
VIDEO: A conversation with David A. Duffield ’62, MBA ’64, 2018 Distinguished Alumni Awardee
Engineer, businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist David A. Duffield ’62, MBA ’64, spoke at Cornell University and was presented with the inaugural Cornell Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award on Tuesday, Sept. 4, at 4 p.m. in 101 Phillips Hall Auditorium. Read more
Researchers solve battery voltage fade mystery
Andrej Singer, assistant professor, discovers the cause of voltage fade in a promising class of battery cathode materials. Read more
Welcome Eshan Chattopadhyay ( 2018 )
Eshan Chattopadhyay joined the faculty of Cornell’s Computer Science Department in July 2018. Chattopadhyay received his undergraduate Bachelor of Technology degree in Computer Science from the Indian... Read more
Looking to nature for robot inspiration
The guiding principle of Kirstin Petersen’s Collective Embodied Intelligence Lab at Cornell Engineering is finding ways to create and deploy many simple robots that can accomplish more than one... Read more