More than 100 engineering students from MAE 3780 - Mechatronics, taught by Lecturer Ben Finio, competed at the annual Robotics Day competition Dec. 10 in Duffield Hall atrium. Every year the winning student team battles a robot build by engineers from ASML, the sponsor of MAE 3780. Spoiler Alert - the students won! See the live coverage on WENY and Ithaca.com! Read more
With the introduction of congressional bills like the Green New Deal, climate change and the environment have been at the forefront of the nation’s mind. However, for Prof. K. Max Zhang, mechanical and aerospace engineering, it was a class at Cornell that inspired his current research on High Energy Demand Days — days during the year when energy demand is particularly high. Read more
Orbiting 250 miles above the Earth on the International Space Station, astronaut and station commander Luca Parmitano on Dec. 10-11 conducted a Cornell-designed experiment that will help validate numerical models used for a number of industrial and geophysical applications. Read more
A random conversation between Associate Professor Christopher Hernandez (MAE) and Professor Peng Cheng (Cornell University Chemistry & Chemical Biology) at a child’s birthday party led to a collaboration and new understanding of how bacteria resist toxins, which may lead to new tools in the fight against harmful infections Read more
Cornell Engineering has launched the Veho Institute for vehicle intelligence, formally partnering Cornell with Italian Universities and luxury automakers as well as establishing a new academic center at Cornell Tech. Read more
The Heat Transfer Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has announced the selection of a paper co-authored by Professor Thomas Avedisian and his former student Professor Sanjeev Chandra (Ph.D '90) of the University of Toronto for the 2019 ASME Classic Paper Award. This award recognizes a paper that has high impact and enduring value long after its publication in any archival journal and on any topic of the thermal sciences. Only papers in print for at least fifteen years are eligible for consideration. An award is made only when suitable nominations arise. The paper... Read more
Sruti Vutukury M.E. ’21 is working on NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative along with other researchers from Cornell. Vutukury is part of the Cornell Space Systems Design Studio, which is led by Professor Mason Peck. Read more
Cornell engineering students are working with an Ithaca, New York, engineering firm to help New York City lower its carbon footprint. Read more
Virginia McAuley, Executive Assistant to the Director of MAE, was chosen to be recognized as the Person of the Month for November 2019 by Diversity Programs in Engineering! This recognition comes as a result of outstanding leadership, participation in DPE-related initiatives, the achievement of excellence, and a demonstrated commitment to diversity efforts. Read more
