News: MAE

Liran Gazit was selected for the Academic Achievement Award from the Engineering Alumni Association! Gazit joined the Sibley School in 2009 as a teaching support specialist. One of his favorite aspects of working with students is helping them work through their problems and getting to that “Aha” moment by making the connection between theory and hands-on experience. “I am grateful to be part of the MAE instructional labs team, and for the collaborations with faculty this position has offered me,” says Liran. Read more

Christopher Hernandez was promoted to Full Professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Hernandez has long been recognized as a worldwide leader in the field of orthopedic biomechanics and has received many accolades for his work in that area including being named a fellow of three professional societies (ASME, AIMBE, ASMBR). The recent expansion of Hernandez's efforts into microbiology including how the microbiome may affect orthopedic disorders and how the mechanics of individual bacterial cells can affect their resistance to antibiotics is also proving exciting... Read more

Zhiting Tian and Guy Hoffman have been approved for promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure by the Cornell Board of Trustees. Tian's work on the design and discovery of new materials and devices through a fundamental understanding of nanoscale thermal transport and energy conversion processes is widely recognized and well regarded for both its computational and experimental aspects. Contributions to thermoelectric devices, thermal rectification in organic materials, and inelastic x-ray scattering techniques are among those for which she is well known. Hoffman's tenure is well deserved... Read more

Congratulations to the Class of 2020 from the entire faculty and staff in the Sibley School! We are so proud of what you've accomplished and can't wait to see what you do in the future.

Two Sibley School students were selected as Merrill Presidential Scholars. Colin Hegarty and Alexander Li were selected by Lance Collins, Dean of the College of Engineering, for their academic achievements, leadership, and potential to contribute to society. Read more

Professor Nelly Andarawis-Puri has accepted the position of Associate Director of the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering for Graduate Programs. Andarawis-Puri’s three-year term will begin on July 1, 2020. Andarawis-Puri is the Clare Booth Luce Associate Professor in the Sibley School and Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences. After joining the department in 2016 she has built up a strong research program in tendon biomechanics, repair, and regeneration. Beyond her research she has been active within the College's Diversity Programs in Engineering as... Read more

Alan Zehnder, Professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, will succeed Mike Thompson as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the College of Engineering starting July 1st, 2020. "Professor Zehnder brings experience to the position, having previously served as associate dean for diversity and faculty development and director of MAE," said Lance Collins, Dean of the College of Engineering. Zehnder joined the faculty at Cornell in 1988 after completing his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Materials Science from the California Institute of... Read more

Medical Express article reviews Hernandez lab collaboration with USDA at Tufts University to understand how the microbiome influences bone matrix strength. Read more

Office hours will be offered with Professor Elizabeth Fisher via zoom the week of May 11-15. Prof. Fisher will hold office hours to answer your questions about affiliation, course selection, S/U grading, dropping courses, or whatever else is on your mind about the undergraduate program. Once you click on the zoom link, you will be connected with a waiting room and will be admitted from the waiting room when someone is available to see you. Please email Prof. Fisher ( emf4@cornell.edu) if you are in the waiting room for more than 20 minutes without attention, or if you need to arrange for a... Read more

Local volunteer groups, one led by Prof. Andy Ruina, have hand-sewn more than 1,400 cloth masks for New York farmworkers. Read more