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June 21, 2018
The Jena-Xing group wins Best Student Paper Awards at the Compound Semiconductor Week (CSW) 2018
Ph.D. students from the Jena-Xing group won a best student paper award and an honorable mention at... read more
June 20, 2018
Collaboration yields discovery of 12-sided silica cages
A cross-campus collaboration led by materials science professor Uli Wiesner results in visual... read more
June 19, 2018
Silicon Valley says AI will curb disinformation -- but it might make things worse
A commentary by ECE Professor Stephen B. Wicker and Dipayan Ghosh Ph.D. '14. read more
June 18, 2018
‘Elegant’ design could lead to more powerful, safer lithium metal battery
A group led by chemical engineering professor Lynden Archer and Snehashis Choudhury, Ph.D. '18,... read more
June 15, 2018
McGovern Center signs Dynamic Boundaries startup
Dynamic Boundaries, a startup that aims to relieve pain and improve mobility for patients suffering... read more
June 15, 2018
Biomedical engineer Ilana Brito named a Pew Scholar
Ilana Brito, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has been named a Pew Scholar in the... read more
June 14, 2018
Future of right whales depends on adaptive conservation policies
Humanity may forfeit the chance to save North Atlantic right whales from extinction if conservation... read more
June 11, 2018
New microscopy method could benefit study of migrating cancer cells
A microscopy technique developed in the lab of assistant professor of biomedical engineering Steven... read more
June 11, 2018
Opening pyrolysis kiln offers waste-to-reward reality
Waste could soon become a precious gem as Cornell’s new pyrolysis kiln – the largest of its kind at... read more
June 11, 2018
Aaron Wagner promoted to Full Professor
ECE’s Aaron Wagner has been promoted to the rank of Full Professor following approval from the... read more
June 10, 2018
Tong Group wins Best Conference Paper at IEEE Power Energy Society General Meeting
A paper by Kursat Rasim Mestav (Ph.D. candidate), Jaime Luengo-Rozas (M.Eng. '18), and ECE’s Lang... read more
June 8, 2018
Carpenter Advising Awards presented to four faculty members
Four Cornell faculty members received Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Award for sustained... read more
June 8, 2018
Eight new trustees elected to Cornell board
At its May 26 meeting, the Cornell Board of Trustees elected three new trustees to four-year terms;... read more
June 7, 2018
Hardware That Protects Against Software Attacks
ECE's Ed Suh and Zhiru Zhang and CS's Andrew C. Myers aim to develop both hardware architecture and... read more
June 5, 2018
Colleagues collaborate to finish late geologist’s book
When Art Bloom died a year ago, five of the late geology professor’s colleagues collaborated with... read more
June 5, 2018
Claire Chen B.S. ’18 wins Outstanding Undergrad TA Award
Claire Chen ECE B.S. ’18 has received the 2017-18 Chen Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant... read more
June 5, 2018
Vertical gallium oxide transistor high in power, efficiency
The research group led by Grace Xing and Debdeep Jena presented research on a new gallium oxide... read more
June 1, 2018
Eilyan Bitar promoted to Associate Professor
ECE’s Eilyan Bitar has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor following approval from the... read more
June 1, 2018
Zhiru Zhang promoted to Associate Professor
ECE’s Zhiru Zhang has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor following approval from the... read more
May 31, 2018
Alumni founders of OrthoFit gain momentum
A firm founded by three Cornell Ph.D.s in biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering has... read more
May 27, 2018
New graduates savor memories of past four years
For the 5,500 graduates of Cornell’s Class of 2018, studying, finishing projects, meeting friends,... read more
May 24, 2018
Finding the Ultimate Energy Source: Cornell’s Lab of Plasma Studies
Located in the basement of Grumman Hall are two large pulse-power generators that create plasma by... read more
May 24, 2018
Xitang Zhao: This Merrill Scholar and Kessler Fellow wants to empower others
"I envision a future full of accessible platforms where people have accessible resources to empower... read more
May 24, 2018
Cornell experts aim for carbon neutrality via Earth Source Heat
Cornell engineering faculty and facility experts met with more than 100 members of the Ithaca... read more
May 24, 2018
Cornell ECE researchers receive best paper award
Cornell ECE Assistant Professor Zhiru Zhang and graduate students from his group recently received... read more
May 22, 2018
Jena-Xing lab reports first high-voltage vertical gallium oxide e-mode transistors
Enhancement-mode operation (normally-off at 0V gate) is highly desired for power electronics,... read more
May 22, 2018
President Pollack, Ava DuVernay will highlight Cornell’s 150th Commencement
Cornell University President Martha E. Pollack’s Commencement address and film director Ava... read more
May 18, 2018
In Memoriam: Donald Farley Jr., Professor Emeritus
Cornell ECE Professor Emeritus Donald Thorn Farley Jr., 84, of Ithaca, New York, died May 13, 2018. read more
May 17, 2018
Trash to treasure: Cornell’s pyrolysis kiln opens May 24
Cornell's new pyrolysis kiln opens May 24, when Johannes Lehmann, professor of soil science, will... read more
May 17, 2018
Staff graduates recognized for completing degrees
Fourteen staff members were recognized at the 22nd annual Staff Graduate Reception May 16 for... read more
May 16, 2018
Two named 2018 Kaplan Faculty Fellows for service learning work
Two Cornell faculty members were awarded the 2018 Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowship on... read more
May 16, 2018
Atkinson Center brainstorms solutions for carbon removal
An Atkinson Center workshop May 4 looked for ways to use Cornell research to draw carbon out of the... read more
May 16, 2018
Self-assembling 3D battery would charge in seconds
Uli Wiesner and collaborators have developed a block copolymer self-assembled 3D energy storage... read more
May 16, 2018
CURB galvanizes Puerto Rican students’ lab experience
Visiting students from hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico honed their science skills by shadowing and... read more
May 16, 2018
Engaged Graduate Student Grants fund students’ community work
Engaged Graduate Student Grants will support 21 Cornell doctoral students and their community... read more
May 16, 2018
Graduate student grants fund community-engaged projects
Engaged Graduate Student Grants will support 21 Cornell doctoral students and their community... read more
May 15, 2018
ECE M.Eng. Poster Session Winners Announced
As part of their M.Eng. Design Project, all ECE M.Eng. students presented a poster during the... read more
May 15, 2018
Podcast: the unintended consequences of human action
A new podcast looks at how human activities interact with natural feedback in unexpected ways we... read more
May 14, 2018
Cornell partners with Italian universities, automakers on ‘vehicle intelligence’
Cornell has teamed with the University of Bologna to establish the Cornell-Bologna Center for... read more
May 14, 2018
Water-powered spacecraft displayed at NASA Tech Day
Cornell’s CubeSat, a water propelled spacecraft weighing less than 25 pounds, was on display May 9... read more
May 11, 2018
Re-imagining Computer System Memories
Interdisciplinary team will provide new insights and an entirely new paradigm for the semiconductor... read more
May 10, 2018
In memoriam: James S. Thorp, Professor Emeritus
James S. Thorp was a Professor Emeritus at Cornell ECE, a National Academy of Engineering member... read more
May 10, 2018
Game Design Initiative hosts showcase May 18
Student video game designers show off their work from this year at a free showcase May 18 in... read more
May 10, 2018
Cornellians pitch in to update federal flood guide
The U.S. Geological Survey’s “Guidelines for Determining Flood Flow Frequency” has been updated,... read more
May 9, 2018
Women in STEM event to address gender pay gap, overcoming barriers
The fifth Empowering Women in Science and Engineering symposium will be held Wednesday, May 23, in... read more
May 9, 2018
Two Cornell-related teams chosen as ‘Reimagine the Canals’ finalists
Two Cornell teams are finalists in the Reimagine the Canals competition, a $2.5 million New York... read more
May 9, 2018
Forum on geothermal energy project set for May 17
A public forum Thursday, May 17, will provide an update on an enhanced geothermal energy system to... read more
May 8, 2018
Students pepper OADI honors banquet with passion
Cheers of encouragement, heartfelt love and exuberance punctuated each award presented at the... read more
May 8, 2018
Married physics researchers share lab, students and the joy of discovery
Married researchers Jie Shan, professor of applied and engineering physics in the College of... read more
May 7, 2018
Helbling lab receives DOD funds to nix nasty chemicals from groundwater
Damian Helbling of civil and environmental engineering has received a three-year, $750,000 grant... read more
May 1, 2018
Three on faculty honored by World Economic Forum
Ilana Brito, Michael Niemack and Marcos Simoes-Costa have been honored by the World Economic Forum... read more
May 1, 2018
Campus sustainability awards reflect a green groove
The President’s Sustainable Campus Committee awarded individuals and groups 2018 Cornell University... read more
May 1, 2018
Materials science master's offers academics along with real-world experience
The new master of engineering program in materials science and engineering gives students a year of... read more
April 30, 2018
NASA green lights self-assembling space telescope
Assistant professor Dmitry Savransky '04, M.Eng. '05, has advanced in the NASA Innovative Advanced... read more
April 30, 2018
CHESS researchers present user facility projects at D.C. expo
Researchers from the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source showcased Cornell’s X-ray and technical... read more
April 30, 2018
Seniors aim to artfully dodge Texas storm swells
Cornell landscape architecture seniors are working side by side with the U.S. Army Corps of... read more
April 30, 2018
NASA greenlights self-assembling space telescope
Assistant professor Dmitry Savransky '04, M.Eng. '05, has advanced in the NASA Innovative Advanced... read more
April 27, 2018
Tech panel talks about the brave new frontier of NYC transportation
The resurgence in competitive taxi and bike-sharing apps has opened up a new frontier in... read more
April 27, 2018
Rawlings scholars share their undergraduate research
From studying labor law to understanding obesity, about undergraduate scholars shared their results... read more
April 25, 2018
Cancer event explores ways to bridge Ithaca, NYC campuses
Cornell University held the first Annual Cornell Cancer Research Symposium at the College of... read more
April 25, 2018
Medical, fingerprint tech scales up with prototyping awards
Promising new technologies being developed into functioning prototypes with help from Cornell... read more
April 24, 2018
Cornell students coach composting in Washington
Nine members of the Cornell University Sustainability Design student group spent Earth Day weekend... read more
April 24, 2018
Recent Russian Arctic glacier loss doubles from the previous 60 years
Geophysicists examining glacier changes in the Russian Arctic have found that the rate of ice mass... read more
April 24, 2018
Castaway exoplanet moons behave like cosmic bumper cars
In our solar system, moons stay close to home planets. But beyond our cosmic neighborhood, lunar... read more
April 24, 2018
Faculty Spotlight
Faculty Spotlight: Kirstin Petersen: Engineering robot collectives that mimic social insects;... read more
April 23, 2018
Molnar, Jena and Xing join national consortium to develop future cellular infrastructure
Three Cornell faculty will be part of the newly established $27.5 million ComSenTer, a center for... read more
April 23, 2018
Three students named delegates to Clinton Foundation conference
Saloni Verma ’18, Kiyan Rajabi ’18 and Imani Majied ’19 will be delegates to the Clinton Global... read more
April 23, 2018
Wayfair founders share story of company’s rise
The Cornell Entrepreneurs of the Year, Wayfair founders Niraj Shah and Steve Conine, spoke about... read more
April 20, 2018
Engineers to hack 50-year-old computing problem with new center
Cornell engineers are part of a national effort to reinvent computing by developing new solutions... read more
April 19, 2018
Novo Nordisk commits nearly $7 million for Minglin Ma's diabetes research
The lab of Minglin Ma, associate professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, will... read more
April 19, 2018
Rovers and robots and beats, oh my! BOOM celebrates 20th year
The 20th annual Bits on our Minds technology showcase brought together approximately 140 students... read more
April 19, 2018
Eleven assistant professors win NSF early-career awards
Eleven assistant professors from Cornell's Ithaca and New York City campuses have received... read more
April 19, 2018
A first for quantum physics: electron orbitals manipulated in diamonds
Applied physicists have demonstrated a technique for engineering key optical properties of diamond... read more
April 19, 2018
Twelve assistant professors win NSF early-career awards
Twelve assistant professors from Cornell's Ithaca and New York City campuses have received... read more
April 18, 2018
ECE Women Advance Gender Equity in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Cornell ECE’s undergraduate gender ratio is trending upward—35% women in 2017 versus just 13% in... read more
April 18, 2018
Cornell students paint a fashion runway green
The Ecouture 2018 environmental fashion show April 14 featured Colorful and creative couture that’s... read more
April 17, 2018
Yüksel receives 2018 Outstanding TA Award from Cornell ECE
Hazal Yüksel, a Ph.D. candidate from the Molnar Group has been selected to receive the 2018... read more
April 12, 2018
Nanoscale facility partners with German photonics firm
The Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility has entered into a partnership with the... read more
April 10, 2018
App helps users choose wardrobe based on weather
Matt Barker ‘19 and Austin Astorga ’19 created Brella, an app that delivers a personalized daily... read more
April 10, 2018
Demo day, Big Idea competition top Celebration 2018
Cornell Entrepreneurs of the Year Steve Conine ’95 and Niraj Shah ‘95, co-founders of Wayfair, will... read more
April 10, 2018
Lysandrou receives aerospace industry fellowship
Padraig Lysandrou, ECE B.S. ’18 and an early M.Eng. student in MAE at Cornell was recently awarded... read more
April 10, 2018
Immune-engineered device targets chemo-resistant lymphoma
A multi-campus study of lymphoma shows that certain cell mutations in tumors can cause the cancer... read more
April 10, 2018
Algae-forestry, bioenergy mix may help make CO2 vanish from thin air
Scientists from Cornell, Duke and the University of Hawaii have an idea that could provide power... read more
April 10, 2018
Next-generation rechargeable battery made with tin
Archer group has demonstrated a cost-effective way to stabilize lithium and sodium anodes using tin... read more
April 10, 2018
Materials, microbiomes displayed at D.C. STEM event
Scientists represented Cornell at the annual USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington,... read more
April 4, 2018
Smart Meter project puts power in the hands of people
Through a collaboration between Cornell researchers and energy industry partners, New... read more
April 3, 2018
Cornell startup Orthofit combats workplace injuries
Orthofit, the newest member of Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, is refining the prototype of its... read more
April 3, 2018
Breakthrough made in atomically thin magnets
Cornell researchers have become the first to control atomically thin magnets with an electric... read more
April 2, 2018
NYT Op-Ed: Beware of A.I. in Social Media Advertising
An op-ed by Dipayan Ghosh, ECE Ph.D. '13, a former student of Prof. Stephen Wicker. read more
March 30, 2018
Cancer symposium aims to unify Cornell researchers
Cornell will hold the first Annual Cancer Research Symposium to showcase diverse and groundbreaking... read more
March 29, 2018
Cornell touts Sustainability Month with over 80 events
Cornell goes green by celebrating Earth with Sustainability Month during April. More than 80 events... read more
March 29, 2018
Students’ bus stop sign design becomes roadside reality
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit is installing nearly 560 bus stop signs, redesigned in... read more
March 29, 2018
For Dragon Day 2018, first-year architects have transparent plans
Dragon Day, the annual spring rite celebrated by first-year architecture students at Cornell for... read more
March 28, 2018
Cornell ECE ranked among best in U.S. News grad school rankings
The 2019 U.S. News & World Report ranking of graduate schools has been published, and the School of... read more
March 24, 2018
Campus leaders pay tribute to Peter Meinig at memorial service
Campus leaders, students and family members attended a memorial service for the late Peter Meinig,... read more
March 22, 2018
Delimitrou receives Facebook Hardware & Software Systems Research Award
Cornell ECE Assistant Professor Christina Delimitrou has recently been awarded a Facebook Hardware... read more
March 22, 2018
Turn your lights off for Earth March 24
Cornell will celebrate “Earth Hour” March 24, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., when community members are... read more
March 22, 2018
Cornell to help jump-start seven NY businesses
Seven New York state businesses have been awarded funding to participate in the Cornell Center for... read more
March 20, 2018
Online tech is changing the dynamics of gift-giving
Online gift-giving is spreading in social networks and causing people to give more gifts – online... read more
March 19, 2018
Sugar-coated vesicles prove effective in laboratory tests on deadly pathogens
The labs of Matt DeLisa and Dave Putnam has teamed with a group from Harvard to work on a vaccine... read more
March 16, 2018
Give to ECE on Cornell's Giving Day, March 20, 2018
Make an exponential difference - Increase your support by a factor of 2.718—tell your friends! read more
March 15, 2018
$1.6M grant may turn sediment into port city pay dirt
Landscape Architecture’s Brian Davis and Sean Burkholder, University at Buffalo, received a $1.6... read more
March 15, 2018
Re-architecting Next-Gen Computing Systems
Disaggregated architectures have the potential to increase resource capacity by 10 to 100 times... read more
March 13, 2018
Sustainability sows a healthy business climate
The color of money may be the best tint for keeping the world from warming was a key message at the... read more
March 12, 2018
Grant seeks to diversify participation in biology, biomedical graduate studies
A new initiative aims to increase participation rates and enhance the success of under-represented... read more
March 12, 2018
Quick pulse of laser light can cause dramatic shift in material's properties
Assistant professor Nicole Benedek and postdoc Guru Khalsa are working to perfect a method for... read more
March 12, 2018
New technique simplifies creation of nanoparticle 'magic-sized clusters'
A collaboration of two Cornell research groups has proposed a novel method for producing groups of... read more
March 8, 2018
Dire levels of CO2 will decimate oceans in 200 years
Sustained climate warming will drive the ocean’s fishery yields into steep decline 200 years from... read more
March 8, 2018
Scientists unravel complex factors of starfish diseases
Cornell University scientists are beginning to unravel the complicated connections between viruses,... read more
March 7, 2018
Undergrads: Apply for summer research opportunities at Cornell Tech
Up to 10 undergraduate students from the Ithaca campus will spend their summer doing research on... read more
March 7, 2018
Novel semiconductor-superconductor structure features versatile gallium nitride
A research group led by Debdeep Jena of electrical and computer engineering has successfully... read more
March 6, 2018
New working group on disasters launches with March 14 talk
A new cross-college working group on disasters kicks off with a public presentation by... read more
March 5, 2018
Cornell scientists size up quality wastewater treatment
Cornell scientists have assessed factors to improve, upgrade and make New York’s wastewater... read more
February 28, 2018
Cornell helps unlock doors to careers in data science
A course offered by Computer Science, Operations Research and Information Engineering and the... read more
February 28, 2018
NASA-Cornell collaboration will study desert dust's impact on climate from space
A $60 million collaboration between NASA and Cornell University will examine deserts' impact on... read more
February 21, 2018
Faculty team wins NYC sustainable design competition
A collaborative exhibition project created by four faculty members featuring reused grain... read more
February 21, 2018
The Silent Stalker: how to protect yourself from cellular tracking
Stephen Wicker is interviewed by WENY News. Did you know your cellphone is constantly tracking you? read more
February 20, 2018
Andrew Ferraiuolo receives ECE Outstanding Thesis Research Award
"I am particularly excited about Andrew's work because it shows how we can build a practical... read more
February 16, 2018
Prince Charles gives Cornell reef research a royal shout-out
Research on how plastics adversely affect coral reefs received a royal shout-out from the Prince of... read more
February 15, 2018
Suntivich receives Sloan Foundation Fellowship
MSE Assistant Professor Jin Suntivich has received an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship. read more
February 8, 2018
New grad housing is living lab for heat pump study
At the Maplewood Apartments project, now under construction, Cornell engineering students will... read more
February 8, 2018
Smart herbs, weather app among Engineering Innovation winners
Thirty-three teams entered the Cornell Engineering Innovation Award Competition; prizes were... read more
February 7, 2018
Host-microbe institute poised to expand
The launch of its Undergraduate Research Experience proved to be a highlight of the Cornell... read more
February 5, 2018
Interested in social entrepreneurship? Become a 'change-maker'
Cornell delegates to the Clinton Global Initiative University presented their commitments to action... read more
February 1, 2018
Cornelia Ye Award recognizes teaching assistants Aguillon, Natarajan
Graduate teaching assistants Stepfanie Aguillon and Aravind Natarajan were honored with the 2017-18... read more
January 25, 2018
Oceanic plastic trash conveys disease to coral reefs
An international research group led by Cornell University has found that plastic trash – ubiquitous... read more
January 24, 2018
Wayfair founders named 2018 Cornell Entrepreneurs of the Year
Niraj Shah ’95 and Steve Conine ’95, founders of Wayfair, have been named 2018 Cornell... read more
January 23, 2018
Apsel named IEEE Distinguished Lecturer
ECE Professor Alyssa Apsel was recently named a Distinguished Lecturer by the IEEE Circuits and... read more
January 22, 2018
U.S. News ranks Systems DL program in top 10
Cornell's Systems DL program is in the top 10 on the 2018 ranking of Best Online Graduate... read more
January 19, 2018
Bonassar Group helps develop new cell therapy
Development and testing by engineering professor Larry Bonassar and his group helped a New England... read more
January 16, 2018
Engineers create new architecture for vaporizable electronics
Engineers have demonstrated a new method to remotely vaporize electronics, giving devices and data... read more
January 11, 2018
Lynden Archer to lead Cornell Energy Systems Institute
Lynden Archer, professor of chemical and biolomolecular engineering, is the new director of the... read more
January 11, 2018
Cornell extends partnership with Public Prep in NYC
Cornell University has extended its partnership to incorporate computer science instruction and... read more
January 10, 2018
Leadership committee to guide Earth Source Heat effort on campus
Prof. Tester, who has been involved with geothermal research and development for more than 30... read more
January 10, 2018
Alyssa Apsel named next Director for Cornell ECE
The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University is pleased to announce the... read more
January 9, 2018
French president taps climate scientist to ‘Make Our Planet Great Again’
Louis Derry, professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, has won a grant from the French... read more
January 2, 2018
Removable implant may control type 1 diabetes
In an example of cross-campus collaboration, a group led by Minglin Ma has developed a unique... read more
