According to a recent paper by Professor Max Zhang, keeping solar farms from becoming too concentrated in agricultural regions will likely help mitigate negative economic activity for businesses that depend on farming. Read more
Congratulations to Robert Shepherd, associate professor in the Sibley School, who received an Amazon Science Research Award for his project "Enduring and adaptive robots via electrochemical blood." Read more
According to a new study co-authored by Assistant Professor Sadaf Sobhani, using additive manufacturing to rapidly prototype electrochemical reactors, designs could be optimized for improved conversion rates - leading to reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Read more
Assistant Professor Nikolaos Bouklas collaborated with Assistant Professor Andrej Singer from Cornell MSE to use X-ray nanoimaging to gain a new view into solid-state electrolytes - which may now be leveraged to create superior energy storage materials. https://buff.ly/3efrq2e Read more
More than a dozen space industry leaders, capital investors, startup entrepreneurs, a Jet Propulsions Lab manager and Cornell professors gathered virtually for Cornell’s first Space Tech Industry Day/K.K. Wang Day symposium on April 23 – featuring this year’s event theme, “New Opportunities in Space Technology.” Read more
Houston Claure, Ph.D. student (MAE), was selected for induction into the Cornell chapter of the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society! Claure’s research focuses on developing artificial intelligence algorithms for enhanced human-robot interaction within teams. Read more
A constellation of scientists, technologists and businesses will offer a glimpse into how space will be explored in the years to come during the inaugural Space Tech Industry Day, a virtual symposium hosted on Friday, April 23, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Read more
Feb. 18, 2020 was a historic day for space exploration, marking the successful landing of the NASA Perseverance rover on Mars after a 292.5 million-mile journey. Swati Mohan ‘04 narrated the landing from mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in southern California. Mohan, who graduated from Cornell’s Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, was the mission’s guidance, navigation and controls operations lead, essentially the eyes and ears of the spacecraft on its seven-month, 300 million-mile cruise to Earth’s neighboring planet. Read more
In a recent Cornell Daily Sun article, Dr. Swati Mohan '04 speaks about what it's like to work in a male-dominated field. Mohan said her experiences as a Cornell undergraduate were essential to navigating these roadblocks and achieving success in STEM. Read more
A review paper on the techniques used for high-velocity micro-projectile impact testing, co-authored by the Sibley School's Mostafa Hassani, has been selected as a featured article by Applied Physics Reviews. Read more
