David Erickson reappointed director of the Sibley School
Erickson, who assumed the directorship in 2019, will serve a two-year term that begins on July 1, 2024. Read more
Erickson, who assumed the directorship in 2019, will serve a two-year term that begins on July 1, 2024. Read more
The Big Red Adaptive Play and Design Initiative has brought independence and joy to local children with disabilities – and has created space for the engineering of assistive technologies at Cornell. Read more
The “Sibley 150” event will include a keynote delivered by Sibley School alum Bill Nye ’77; a panel discussion on the future of mechanical and aerospace engineering featuring Swati Mohan ’04, MLS Chief Engineer at NASA, Bill Riley ’99, VP Starship Engineering at SpaceX, Mason Peck, the Steven J. Fujikawa ‘77 Professor, Assistant Professor Elaine Petro, and Bill Nye; a panel discussion with eight directors of the Sibley School; and a chance to tour many of the research labs, learning studios and project team spaces central to the work of the Sibley School. In the year-long run up to the event... Read more
Two early-career scientists at Cornell have been awarded Heising-Simons Foundation 51 Pegasi b Fellowships: Lígia Fonseca Coelho, a Fulbright Scholar in the Department of Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences; and Zach Ulibarri, a postdoc in mechanical and aerospace engineering in the College of Engineering. The three-year postdoctoral fellowship provides recipients with resources, freedom and flexibility to conduct theoretical, observational and experimental research in planetary astronomy. Fellows were selected based on research achievements and potential to impact the field of... Read more
The Kessler Fellows program welcomed 20 students to its 2024 cohort. The students will spend their spring semester sharpening entrepreneurial skills while preparing for a fully funded summer internship at a startup of their choice. Read more
Jingjie Yeo, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, earned the award to study the molecular structures of intestinal mucus, with the ultimate goal of contributing to new therapeutics for treating human gut disorders. Read more
For the first time in Cornell Engineering’s history, every school and department currently has, or will soon have, a woman faculty member on the college’s executive leadership team. The milestone comes as the college celebrates the 140th anniversary of its first woman engineer. Read more
Sibley School sophomore Hannah Sherman, who was on the Integration and Test sub-team of the Cislunar Explorers CubeSat research team in Cornell’s Space Systems Design Studio and a structures and payloads member of the CUAir student project team, will receive an aerospace internship, senior mentorship, and access to a lifelong professional network that now numbers close to 300 former and current “Brookie” Fellows. Brooke Owens was a pilot and space policy expert who died in 2016 at the age of 35. The eponymous fellowship was started in 2017 to honor the good work done by Owens in her career at... Read more
Convening of 80 leaders, researchers and staff across six colleges discussed strategies to address climate change mitigation, adaptation and societal transformation, in a Feb. 1 roundtable sponsored by The 2030 Project. Read more
Identical twins Ashley and Verena Padres ’26 fell in love with the idea of space exploration and working together at an early age – now they employ and enjoy that spirit of curiosity and collaboration at Cornell. Read more