Commencement – Sunday, May 25, 2008

Friday, May 02, 2008
Leibovich named CCSF Associate Director

	Sidney Leibovich, the Samuel B. Eckert Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has been named one of three Associate Directors in the Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future (CCSF). Sid's expertise is in fluid dynamics & mechanics. He will direct the center's energy program. The other two As...
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Thursday, April 10, 2008 Lipson wins Distinguished Scholarship Award Professor Hod Lipson received a Provost's Award for Distinguished Scholarship, for his outstanding and distinguished research in the area of evolutionary computation and robotics. Provost Awards are given in recognition of "distinguished research by outstanding tenured faculty early in their careers.”
Friday, February 22, 2008 James Miller, Ph.D. Aero '74, elected to NAE James Miller, Ph.D. Aero, Cornell University ‘74, is a newly elected member of the National Academy of Engineering. Election was made for Dr. Miller’s research on the theory and modeling of combustion chemistry that has led to universally applied codes for combustion modeling. Dr. Miller is currently a distinguished member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professio...
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008 Collaborative Air Quality Study featured in WSYR TV News The construction of a 150 foot high equipment tower to hold equipment for the Syracuse Air Quality Study was featured in a news story by WSYR NewsChannel 9 on February 4, 2008. The study is conducted by a team of collaborators including Assistant Professor Max Zhang and Cornell graduate student Xing Wang, along with researchers from Syracuse University, Clarkson, and SUNY-ESF. Max Zhang and Xing Wang are monitoring traffic, estimating vehicle emissions from Highway I-81 and I-690, and linking ou...
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Thursday, January 17, 2008 Al George named 2007 Weiss Presidential Fellow Professor Al George has been awarded a 2007 Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellowship for excellence in teaching and advising undergraduate students, and outstanding efforts to improve instruction at Cornell. The award is named for Stephen H. Weiss '57, emeritus chair of the Cornell Board of Trustees, who endowed the program.. It carries a monetary award of $5,000 per year for five years. Al George is one of three 2007 awardees. Professors Ross Brann, Judeo-Islamic Studies and David Winkler, ...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Prof Garcia named Editor-in-Chief of Smart Materials & Structures Journal Cornell Professor Ephrahim Garcia has been named Editor-in-Chief of the Institute of Physics’ Smart Materials and Structures Journal Read more...   Wednesday, November 28, 2007 van der Meulen elected Fellow of AIMBE Marjolein van der Meulen has been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Election to AIMBE is based on “exceptional contributions to medical and biological engineering.” The Fellows of AIMBE represent “the top two percent of the medical and biological engineering community.” See http://www.mae.cornell.edu/index.cfm/page/res/highlights/vandermeulen.htm for more information.   Saturday, November 03, 2007 Cornell one of 6 teams to complete DARPA Urban Challenge Team Cornell has finished in the top 6 of the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge out of an initial field of 200 competitors.   Read more...   Thursday, November 01, 2007 Prof Kirby receives Presidential award in White House ceremony On November 1st, Assistant Professor Brian Kirby received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in ceremonies at the White House and at the Department of Energy.  According to the US Office of Science and Technology Policy, the PECASE award is based on "a combination of innovative research at the frontiers of science and technology and community service demonstrated through scientific leadership and community outreach"... Read more...   Thursday, October 25, 2007 Open Faculty Position: DYNAMICS, SYSTEMS, and CONTROLS The Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in dynamics, systems and controls. Applicants must hold a doctorate in an appropriate field, must have demonstrated an ability to conduct outstanding research, and must show promise for leadership in the field and excellent teaching. We anticipate filling the position at the Assistant Professor level; applications at other... Read more...   Thursday, October 25, 2007 Prof Miller receives promotion Matthew Miller has been promoted from Associate Professor to Professor effective November 1, 2007. Congratulations, Matt. We look forward to your continued success.   Wednesday, October 24, 2007 Lipson, Malone and Periard receive Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award Professor Hod Lipson, together with Ph.D. Student Evan Malone and Former MEng student Daniel Periard received Popular Mechanics Magazine’s 2007 Breakthrough Award for their work on “Fab@Home”, an open-source project for a multi-material 3D printer that “Lets users make anything”. The project has attracted over 8 million page downloads since its introduction in Nov 2006, and has resulted in construction of many machines worldwide, with the goal of “democratizing innovation”. See http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4224759.html?series=37 for more information.   Wednesday, October 24, 2007 Prof Collins named APS Fellow APS nominees for Fellow are first evaluated by the Fellowship committee of the appropriate APS division, topical group or forum. After review by the APS Fellowship Committee, the successful candidates are elected by APS Council. Fellowship is therefore a distinct honor signifying recognition by one's professional peers.   Wednesday, September 05, 2007 Prof Erickson receives Cowie Teaching Award Professor David Erickson is the recipient of the Robert ('55) and Vanne ('57) Cowie Teaching Award in the College of Engineering for the 06-07 academic year.   Wednesday, September 05, 2007 Prof Psiaki wins Tien Teaching Award Professor Mark Psiaki is the recipient of the Michael Tien ('72) Teaching Award in the College of Engineering for the 06-07 academic year.   Wednesday, August 15, 2007 Prof Avedisian Awarded the ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award Professor Thomas Avedisian received the ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition in Chicago on November 7, 2006.  The Award is given for outstanding contributions to the science or art of heat transfer through research, practice, design, or a combination of such activities.  Professor Avedisian was cited for his research on multiphase processes involving droplets, bubbles, combustion, and flu... Read more...   Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Prof Voelcker awarded Prix Bezier from International Solid Modeling Society Professor Emeritus Herb Voelcker received Prix Bezier from the International Solid Modeling Society at the Society's annual meeting, Beijing, China, in June of this year. Citing the establishment of sound theoretical foundations for solid modeling, and specifically algorithms for regularized Boolean composition of solids, the Bezier Prize is named for Pierre Bezier, who made fundamental contributions to mathematical surface modeling during a 40-year career with Automobiles Renault. Congratulatio... Read more...   Monday, June 25, 2007 SiGMA presents Prof van der Meulen Extraordinary Service Award SiGMA, the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Graduate Student Organization, presented Professor Marjolein van der Meulen with an Read more...   Wednesday, June 20, 2007 Awards Presented to Outstanding Students at 2007 Commencement Congratulations to the following students who were presented with awards at the 2007 M&AE Commencement Ceremony. Bolgiano Outstanding TA Paolo Luzzatto Fegiz ... Read more...   Wednesday, June 20, 2007 PhD Candidate Galley Awarded Research Fellowship from the Quebec Foundation Natalie Galley, has been awarded a doctoral research fellowship from the Quebec Foundation for Scientific and Technological Research.  Galley, who entered the PhD program in Fall 2006, is an advisee of Prof. Lawrence Bonassar in the biomechanics field.  She received her B.S. from McGill Univer... Read more...   Monday, June 18, 2007 Cornell Baja SAE Achieves 6th place for Design, 11th Overall Cornell Baja SAE team finished 11th in the 2007 Baja SAE Rochester World Challenge - June 7-10, 2007.         &nbs... Read more...   Thursday, June 14, 2007 Prof Bonassar Wins Diversity Programs in Engineering Award Professor Larry Bonassar received the Diversity Programs in Engineering 2007 Commitment to Diversity award. He was cited for his work as a mentor and teacher, and continuing involvement in diversity activities at the university.   Tuesday, June 05, 2007 Prof Emeritus K. K. Wang receives award from Society of Plastics Engineers Professor Emeritus K. K. Wang was recently honored at the Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. K.K. was presented with the Award of Recognition at the banquet, and two of the sessions were dedicated in his honor for his many years of contributions to the society and the field.   Friday, May 18, 2007 Prof Pope named Fellow of the Royal Society Professor Stephen Pope was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.  Of 44 fellows elected this year, only 6 were engineers.  The Royal Society is the national academy of the UK.  The selection process is extremely rigorous and only a handful among the very best scientists are elected.  This is the highest distinction for mathematicians, scientists and engineers within the UK system. Read more...   Tuesday, May 01, 2007 Prof Pope named Fellow of the AAAS Professor Stephen Pope was elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Fellows are chosen from nominations made by current members through a highly selective process. Please congratulate Steve on this distinctive honor. See http://www.amacad.org/news/new2007.aspx for more information.   Wednesday, April 11, 2007 Prof Warhaft to receive Cook Award Prof. Zellman Warhaft, MAE and associate dean for diversity programs, has been chosen by Cornell's Advisory Committee on the Status of Women to receive a 2007 Cook Award. The Cook Awards honor students, faculty, and staff members for their commitment to women's issues and for improving the climate for women at Cornell. The awards are named in honor of Constance E. Cook, Cornell's first woman vice president, and the late Professor Emerita Alic... Read more...   Wednesday, March 28, 2007 CUSat Team Beats Other Universities, Wins Free Launch for Satellites The CUSat team has won the free spacecraft-launch opportunity offered by the University Nanosatellite Program by fielding the best-conceived, best-designed, and best-built satellite from among the other universities in the competition. The team designed and built the first of a pair of 20 kg satellites that will demonstrate how one satellite can inspect another in orbit. The satellites use relative GPS for sub-centimeter precision relative navigation and differential GPS for attitude determinati... Read more...   Wednesday, March 28, 2007 Desai M.Eng. '07 named Luce Scholar Sachin Desai, M.Eng. '07, has been named a Luce Scholar by the Henry Luce Foundation.  He is the first engineering student from Cornell to win this award. The Luce Scholars Program provides stipends and internships for 18 young Americans to live and work in Asia for a year. Dating from 1974, the program's purpose is to increase awareness of Asia among future leaders in American society.  Luce Sc... Read more...   Saturday, December 23, 2006 Moon to receive the 2007 Lyapunov Award The Technical Committee on Multibody Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics and the ASME Design Engineering Division have selected Professor Frank Moon as the winner of the 2007 Lyapunov Award.  This award is given by MSND and the Design Engineering Division to recognize an ndividual for his/her life time contributions to the field of nonlinear dynamics.  This award will be presented at the luncheon of the Sixth ASME International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear D... Read more...   Friday, December 15, 2006 Student Team Will Fly in NASA’s Zero-Gravity Aircraft NASA's Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program has selected a team of students from MAE for a week of flights on its zero-gravity aircraft.  The students will conduct demonstrations and experiments with a new type of robotic arm, one that uses gyroscopic effects for actuation.  Based on the research of Professor Mason Peck, who advises the team, and Michele Carpente... Read more...   Thursday, November 30, 2006 Williamson named Professor of the Year Charles Williamson, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, expert in fluid dynamics, and a popular Cornell teacher, has been named New York State's top professor by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Williamson received the New York State Professor of the Year award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 16, along with winners from 42 other states, the District of Columbia and Guam. See http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov06/williamson.prof.of.year.aj.htm for more information.   Tuesday, August 08, 2006 D'Andrea receives Provost's Award Professor Raffaello D'Andrea was granted a Provost's Award for Distinguished Scholarship, for outstanding and distinguished research in the area of systems and automation.   Tuesday, August 08, 2006 Miller, Bonassar, George, Peck receive 2006 Advising/Teaching Awards Four MAE faculty received awards from the College of Engineering for the 2005-06 academic year. They are: Matthew Miller, the James M. and Marsha D. McCormick Award for outstanding advising of first-year engineering students; Lawrence Bonassar, the Ralph S. Watts '72 Excellence in Teaching award; Albert George, the KennethA. Goldman '71 Excellence in Teaching award; and Mason Peck, the Robert '55 and Vanne '57 Cowie Excellence in Teaching award. Congratulations MAE faculty!   Thursday, July 20, 2006 Cornell receives top ranks in nanotechnology Excerpt from the Cornell Chronicle: In a series of rankings of university nanotechnology programs by Small Times, a trade magazine devoted to nanotechnology, Cornell ranked in the top 10 in eight out of nine categories, and in the top five in six categories, leading all universities overall. Small Times sent questionnaires to 100 universities, and 50 responded. They asked universities to rate their peers and to report data about their own programs. In peer rankings, Cornell w... Read more...   Tuesday, June 13, 2006 Peck Receives NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts Award Professor Mason Peck has received one of the small number of grants awarded this year by NIAC for revolutionary aeronautics and space concepts that could dramatically impact how NASA develops and conducts its missions. The one-year grant will fund a study of in-orbit assembly of modular spacecraft with non-contacting, flux-pinned interfaces. The idea is to exploit the unusual physics of superconductors, which can hold onto magnetic fields, to create assemblies of spacecraft components that hover... Read more...   Tuesday, May 16, 2006 Psiaki wins AIAA Guidance/Navigation/Control Best Paper Award "Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of GPS Carrier Phase For Spacecraft Navigation", authored by Professor Mark Psiaki and graduate student Shan Mohiuddin has received the distinction Best Paper from the 2005 Guidance Navigation and Control Conference by the AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Technical Committee.   Tuesday, April 18, 2006 Psiaki promoted to Professor Mark Psiaki has been promoted to full Professor, from Associate Professor, effective April 1, 2006. Congratulations, Mark!   Thursday, April 13, 2006 Zabaras named ASME Fellow The Fellow grade recognizes significant engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession, and are chosen after nomination by a peer and review and selection by a committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Those named Fellow also receive a pin and certificate.   Wednesday, April 12, 2006 Garcia awarded Shepherd Teaching prize Ephrahim Garcia has been awarded the Dennis G. Shepherd Teaching Prize in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. This award is made in memory of Dennis Shepherd, and funded through the generosity of his family.   Wednesday, April 12, 2006 van der Meulen receives Alice H. and Constance E. Cook Award Marjolein van der Meulen is among the Alice H. Cook and Constance E. Cook awardees for 2006. The award is made to individuals who have made significant contributions to changing the climate for women at Cornell University.   Friday, March 31, 2006 Psiaki wins 2006 Burka Award Professor Mark Psiaki has been selected to receive the 2006 Burka Award. The award is in recognition of the best technical article having appeared in NAVIGATION, The Journal of The Institute of Navigation in the last year. Professor Psiaki's winning paper is titled, "A Comparison of Direct Radio Frequency Sampling and Conventional GNSS Receiver Architectures" , Vol. 52. This award (a cash prize and certificate) will be presented at the IEEE/ION PLANS Meeting taking place April 25-27, 2006, in Sa... Read more...   Monday, February 20, 2006 Marjolein van der Meulen featured "Changing Our World: True Stories of Marjolein van der Meulen is featured in "Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers," real-life stories of women engineers and their contributions to every aspect of modern life. The National Press Club in Washington, DC, is celebrating publication of the book at a reception Tuesday, February 21, 2006 during National Engineers Week in Washington. National Engineners Week is sponsored in 2006 by the Society of Women Engineers. The book inspired the Extraordinary Women Engineers Project w... Read more...   Tuesday, November 15, 2005 Sibley School Announces Faculty Searches The Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering has recently announced open faculty positions: See http://www.mae.cornell.edu/index.cfm/page/ql/search.htm for more information.   Saturday, November 05, 2005 Francisco Valero-Cuevas Francisco Valero-Cuevas Ph.D., has been promoted to Associate Professor with indefinite tenure. The promotion is effective November 1, 2005. Congratulations, Francisco! Read all about Francisco's activities at http://www.mae.cornell.edu/valero/   Friday, June 17, 2005 Valero-Cuevas chosen for NIH study section Assistant Professor Francisco Valero-Cuevas will serve a four-year term as a member of the Motor Function, Speech and Rehabilitation Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, of the National Institutes of Health. Valero-Cuevas was nominated for his demonstrated competence and achievement in his scientific discipline.   Friday, June 17, 2005 Valero-Cuevas receives Humboldt Fellowship Professor Francisco Valero-Cuevas is the recipient of a Humboldt Research Fellowship to support his sabbatical research. He plans first to take an intensive German language course at the Boethe-Institut in Munich, then will spend the remainder of time at the Max Planck Institute for Brain and Cognitive Sciences in Munich in 2005-06.   Wednesday, April 20, 2005 Caughey Receives Honory Professorship at University of Wales Professor David Caughey, M&AE received an appointment as Honorary Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Wales Swansea.  This is a five-year appointment effective April 2005.   Friday, April 15, 2005 Moon Named Engineer of the Year by NYSSPE Professor Frank Moon has been named Engineer of the Year by the New York State Society of professional Engineers, Broome Area Chapter.  The award is given in recognition of professional achievement, support and activity in the organization, service to the profession and community, technical expertise, and support for students and young engineers. &nbs... Read more...   Wednesday, April 13, 2005 Kirby Wins Watson Award Assistant Professor Brian Kirby was awarded a J.D. Watson Young Investigator Award by the New York office of Science, Technology, and Academic Research.  The award recognizes young faculty working in the life sciences with potential for impact on the New York State biotechnology industry.  The award is accompanied by a two-year, $200,000 research grant focused on development of microfluidic devices for miniaturized protein analysis and combinatorial exploration of protein refol... Read more...   Tuesday, November 30, 2004 Pope Elected Vice Chair of APS/DFD Professor Steve Pope, MAE, been elected vice chair of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS/DFD). In subsequent years he will serve as chair-elect and then chair of the division. The APS/DFD is the principal professional organization for physicists and engineers working in the field of fluid dynamics.   Monday, November 01, 2004 Collins Receives Teaching Award In November 2004, Professor Lance Collins received the Stephen Miles Excellence in Teaching Award from the Cornell College of Engineering.