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April 12, 2018
Insect flight--still a mystery
The flight capabilities of insects are nature’s solution to locomotion in air, according to Z. Jane... read more

April 5, 2018
Campbell reappointed as Director of MAE for one-year term
Professor Mark Campbell has been reappointed for a one-year term as the S.C. Thomas Sze Director... read more

April 5, 2018
MAE professor Wolfgang Sachse approved for emeritus status
Wolfgang Sachse, Meinig Family Professor of Engineering Emeritus, has been approved for emeritus... read more

April 5, 2018
Savransky proposal selected in phase one NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts Program
Dmitry Savransky, assistant professor (MAE), had his proposal "Modular Active Self-Assembling Space... read more

March 30, 2018
MAE's Max Zhang quoted in Newsweek story about toxic smog in China
Associate Professor Max Zhang was quoted in a recent Newsweek story about toxic smog in China. read more

March 15, 2018
Prof. Singh receives 2018 3M non-tenured faculty award
Award recognizes outstanding research, experience, teaching and academic leadership. read more

March 9, 2018
Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao wins the AAAS “Science in a Minute” Video Contest
MAE Ph.D. student Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao wins the AAAS “Science in a Minute” Video Contest. read more
March 8, 2018
Three Cornell spacecraft now in NASA's launch queue
Mason Peck, associate professor (MAE), and his team had three new spacecraft selected by the NASA... read more

February 26, 2018
Pope elected Fellow of the Combustion Institute
Steve Pope, Sibley College Professor of Mechanical Engineering Emeritus, has been elected the the... read more

February 12, 2018
Meredith Silberstein, Assistant Professor, Mills Family Faculty Fellow
awarded a grant from an Office of Naval Research (ONR) entitled "Mechanoresponsive Antifouling... read more

February 8, 2018
New grad housing is living lab for heat pump study
At the Maplewood Apartments project, now under construction, Cornell engineering students will... read more

January 29, 2018
Hadas Ritz promoted to Senior Lecturer
Congratulations to one of the best instructors in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace... read more

January 24, 2018
Ankur Singh selected as associate scientific advisor for Science Translational Medicine
Singh is first Cornell Engineering faculty to serve on the board of interdisciplinary medical... read more

January 4, 2018
Dr. Rajesh Bhaskaran, Swanson Director of Engineering Simulation
interviewed in the Oct. issue of Benchmark magazine. Dr. Bhaskaran discusses Massive Open Online... read more

January 2, 2018
Removable implant may control type 1 diabetes
In an example of cross-campus collaboration, a group led by Minglin Ma has developed a unique... read more

December 18, 2017
AAOS 2018 Kappa Delta Young Investigator Award
Dr. Andarawis-Puri has been selected to receive this award for her outstanding research. She will... read more

December 15, 2017
Living Tissue Systems for Fighting Disease
Ankur Singh is advancing technologies to reveal how the immune system succeeds or fails in fighting... read more

December 13, 2017
Engineers program tiny robots to move, think like insects
Cornell engineers are experimenting with new programming that mimics the way an insect’s brain... read more

December 8, 2017
MAE Newsletter - Winter 2017
Breaking rules to engineer a robot's behavior- Professor Hadas Kress-Gazit. Alumni Profile- Lowell... read more

December 6, 2017
New Mechatronics final project has students, robots going cube crazy
Professor Hadas Kress-Gazit thought it was time that her junior-level Mechatronics class switched... read more

December 6, 2017
Max Zhang: Local engagement yields ‘real social impact’
Professor Max Zhang makes a concerted effort to improve the world through collaboration. read more

December 4, 2017
Cornell team devises rapid test for vitamin A, iron deficits
“We must address the micronutrient problem at the individual level – which is a much easier task.... read more

November 30, 2017
On the highway to health: trimming toxins with trees
Doctoral candidates Khaled Hashad and Bo Yang, and undergraduate researcher Dan Shaw ’18 – all... read more

November 29, 2017
Mark Campbell, S.C. Thomas Sze Director of the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, John A. Mellowes '60 Professor of Mechanical Engineering
has been named an IEEE fellow. read more

November 29, 2017
Lance Collins receives inaugural Mosaic Medal of Distinction
The medal recognizes Cornell faculty members, administrators and alumni for their impact and... read more

November 29, 2017
Congratulations to Professor Dmitry Savransky for being a recipient of the 2016-2017 Excellence in Teaching Award
Savransky was honored with the James and Mary Tien Award. read more

November 29, 2017
Congratulations to Rajesh Bhaskaran for being a recipient of the 2016-2017 Excellence in Teaching Award
Bhaskaran, Sr. Lecturer and Swanson Director of Engineering Simulation was honored with the Dennis... read more

November 9, 2017
Geoengineering might address climate change, MacMartin tells Congress
MacMartin, senior researcher and lecturer of mechanical and aerospace engineering for Cornell... read more

November 8, 2017
Congratulations to Professor Ankur Singh for being a recipient of the 2016-2017 Excellence in Teaching Award
Singh was honored with the Dorothy G. Swanson Award, which is sponsored by John Swanson ’61 ME, in... read more

November 7, 2017
MAE's Professor David Erickson has accepted the position of associate dean for research and graduate studies
for the Engineering College announced by the Dean of Engineering, Lance Collins. read more

October 27, 2017
ASME has elected Matt Miller to the grade of Fellow
Professor Matthew P. Miller is an international leader in the development and engineering... read more

October 25, 2017
Fluid dynamics lab named in honor of Charles Williamson
In a surprise ceremony Oct. 21 in the Upson Hall Lounge, the Fluid Dynamics Water Channel Lab was... read more