Meredith Silberstein, assistant professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, is one of 84 scientists chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy to receive funding as part of the DOE Office of Science’s Early Career Research Program. Read more
In a one-hour conversation with Zhang, the word “impact” came up no fewer than 10 times. It is clear that it is important to Max Zhang that his work matters—that it has a positive effect in the real world as soon as possible. Read more
A robot’s got to know its limitations. But that doesn’t mean it has to accept them. This one in particular uses tools to expand its capabilities, commandeering nearby items to construct ramps and bridges. Read more
Professor Rebecca Barthelmie is one of four US Fulbright scholars selected for Denmark in academic year 2017-18. Read more
Rob Shepherd has been promoted to associate professor with tenure. Read more
NASA has just greenlighted a project from Cornell University that is truly mind-blowing: a satellite capable of being launched into space in tiny segments, which can then navigate autonomously to a point and self-assemble. Read more
The flight capabilities of insects are nature’s solution to locomotion in air, according to Z. Jane Wang, Physics, and there are general principles of locomotion and evolution we can learn from them. Read more
Professor Mark Campbell has been reappointed for a one-year term as the S.C. Thomas Sze Director of the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Read more
Wolfgang Sachse, Meinig Family Professor of Engineering Emeritus, has been approved for emeritus status. Read more
Dmitry Savransky, assistant professor (MAE), had his proposal "Modular Active Self-Assembling Space Telescope Swarms" selected in phase one NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts Program, which nurtures visionary ideas that could transform future NASA missions with the creation of radical or new aerospace concepts. Read more
