Cornell doctoral student Dory Peters, a student in the lab of Nikolaos Bouklas, has been selected to receive a 2022 Ford Foundation Fellowship. Peters’ proposed area of research is the development of new computational techniques that will accelerate computations for highly deformable structures, soft robotics to human-computer interaction, and solid and fluid interactions in the subsurface environment. Read more
Assistant Professor Sadaf Sobhani is leading a $50,000 FuzeHub grant in partnership with ceramic 3D-printing company Lithoz America and energy startup Dimensional Energy to develop 3D-printed ceramics for clean energy reactors. Read more
Silvia Ferrari, the John Brancaccio Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, will serve as the inaugural associate dean for cross-campus engineering research, reporting to the deans of Cornell Tech and Cornell Engineering. Read more
A portable diagnostic device designed by researchers at Cornell Engineering and Weill Cornell Medicine seeks to provide a fast and accurate diagnosis of Kaposi sarcoma, a common yet difficult-to-detect cancer that often signals the presence of HIV infection. Read more
Producing biomaterials that match the performance of cartilage and tendons has been an elusive goal for scientists, but a new material created at Cornell demonstrates a promising new approach to mimicking natural tissue. Read more
Assistant Professor Atieh Moridi will use the award to advance her research on microstructural control and defect tolerance in 3D-printed materials. Read more
United Airlines will fly greener through its friendly skies, as the airline agreed to buy at least 300 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel from Cornell startup Dimensional Energy. Read more
The team created and tested a new imaging approach which integrates information about where objects might be located with sonar processing algorithms that decide the optimal views. Read more
A new Forklift Learning Studio at Cornell will be used to elevate engineering education, turning the vehicles into interactive tools for studying thermofluids, modeling structural mechanics, and experimenting with control dynamics. Read more
The award will enable research into a type of additive manufacturing that smashes together material particles at supersonic speed. Read more
