News: MAE

Cornell’s College of Engineering has received a five-year, $908,000 grant from a joint National Science Foundation, Intel and GE program called Graduate 10K+. Read more

The finding, published in Science today, makes Saturn’s rings one of the few locations where scientists have been able to observe these impacts in process. Read more

at International Competition. Advised by MAE's Assistant Professor Olivier Desjardins. Read more

Researchers have uncovered cellular-level detail of what happens when bone bears repetitive stress over time, visualizing damage at smaller scales than previously observed. Read more

Cornell bioengineers and physicians have created an artificial ear - using 3-D printing and injectable molds - that looks and acts like a natural ear. Read more

In honor of National Engineers Week (February 17-23, 2013), Thomas Murray Mech'10 has been chosen by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) as a 2013 New Faces of Engineering Finalist. Read more

A new book by Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman explores the promises and perils of a technological revolution: 3-D printers that can quickly and cheaply make anything from bicycle parts to low-fat foods. Read more

Congratulations to Prof. Alan Zehnder, who has been elected as an American Society of Mechanical Engineer's Fellow. Read more

A Cornell-based project called KickSat is set to launch more than 200 tiny satellites, nicknamed "sprites," into low-Earth orbit as part of a routine NASA-administered mission in 2013 to the International Space Station. And unlike traditional, big government space exploration, KickSat is truly a launch by the people. Read more

David Erickson and Largus Angenent have received a $910,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to work toward revolutionizing how biofuels are produced from algae. Read more