MAE - Academics

Each team description includes a link to the group's web page where you'll find additional information on team goals, membership requirements, and, in some cases, links to the competitions, conferences, and meetings where Cornell teams put their products to the test, meet fellow student engineers, and have opportunities to compete, share ideas, and network. Download a pdf for current team contact information and information about recruiting and registration. More information is also available on the College of Engineering Web site.

All project students (whether enrolled for credit or not) must agree to safety and professional behavior guidelines. Each student will sign a copy of the project approval form which will be kept by the department office. Forms should be dropped off in 108 Upson. Access to MAE facilities and equipment will be restricted to those who have signed this form.

	The Cornell University Autonomous Underwater Vehicle team designs and builds AUVs. The team and vehicle have received serious attention from various industry members because of their performance and flexibility
	The Cornell 100+ MPG Team is an engineering project group whose goal is to compete in and win the Progressive Insurance Automotive X-Prize Competition. They are also striving to help develop a new form of automobile that will reduce harmful emissions.
	The mission of the Cornell Baja SAE Team is to design, build, and test an off-road vehicle that will survive the severe punishment of rough terrain. In 2010, Baja competed in the Baja SAE Rochester World Challenge and placed first overall.
	In 2010, the 9 time World Champion Cornell Racing team competed at the SAE International Collegiate Design Series in Brooklyn, Michigan, placing 9th overall.
	CUSat is a multi-year effort to design, build, and launch an autonomous in-orbit inspection satellite system. CUSat is the winner of the University Nanosat-4 Program which aims to educate the future aerospace workforce and develop new space technologies.
	Cornell University Sustainable Design (CUSD), formerly Solar Decathlon, is working to develop an  on-campus Sustainability Research Facility (SRF). This new student-designed and built facility will serve as a living laboratory to explore new energy technologies and sustainable building practices.
	The goal of CUAir is to build an autonomous plane with capabilities to navigate waypoints, survey areas, and retrieve visual information about the surfaces below. CUAIR 2012 Newsletter
	Cornell Mars Rover (CMR) is the newest student project team on campus. Its goal is to design and build a rover to compete in the University Rover Challenge, held annually in the southern deserts of Utah.
	The Human Flight Project aims to design an aircraft for personal short distance transport, that will replace the need for road vehicles. Traveling over 2D space is too congested in many locations and routes are almost never direct to the destination. These factors cause huge losses in energy and time, both of which are non-renewable resources. An aircraft that can be designed to fit into current infrastructure and be made efficient enough to compete with road vehicles would be a solution to our growing transportation needs, as it would enable fast and direct transport and exponentially larger area to travel through

For a more complete list of student teams, visit the Engineering College Web site.