News: MAE

Emily Matteson, a senior in Cornell’s Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Julia Proctor ’22, an M.Eng. student in the Sibley School, were selected from more than 250 applicants representing more than 90 colleges and universities. Matteson and Proctor will receive paid internships at commercial space companies and one-on-one professional mentorship from accomplished members of the space community. In addition, they will participate in a summit with activities, speakers, and space industry guest attendees. The Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship was created in 2017 in memory of... Read more

From new approaches for tendon injury treatment to biomass-based construction materials, Cornell Engineering’s inaugural Sprout Awards are funding unique research projects with the potential to grow partnerships across Cornell. Read more

Researchers designed a new system of fluid-driven actuators that enable soft robots to achieve more complex motions, leveraging the very thing – viscosity – that had previously stymied their movement. Read more

The Additive Vehicle-Embedded Cooling Technologies project at Cornell is being funded by NASA to advance the future of space exploration, including nuclear power-enabled missions. Read more

Simplicity was a winning strategy for a trio of engineering students in the annual Cornell Robotics Competition, held Dec. 1 in the Duffield Hall atrium. Read more

Researchers combined optical sensors with a composite material to create a soft robot that can detect when and where it was damaged – and then heal itself on the spot. Read more

Assistant professor Atieh Moridi received the award from Johnson & Johnson to improve 3D printing for biomedical applications. Read more

A 3D-printed ear transplant called AuriNovo was the Grand Award Winner in the health category of Popular Science's 2022 list of "100 Greatest Innovations in 2022." AuriNovo was created by 3DBio Therapeutics, a startup company co-founded by professor Lawrence Bonassar and Dan Cohen ‘04, M.S. ‘07, Ph.D. ‘10. Read more

Supported by a $600,000 National Science Foundation grant and an industry partner, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering professor Keith Evan Green and collaborators are working on a new category of space-making robots that people will inhabit. Read more

The inaugural EPICC Awards celebrated both staff and faculty whose work exemplifies the college’s core values: excellence, purpose, innovation, community, and collaboration. Read more