Cornell is leading a new $34 million research center that will accelerate the creation of energy-efficient semiconductor materials and technologies, and develop revolutionary new approaches for microelectronics systems. Read more
The robot’s layered filtration system will gather tiny bits of plastic the size of a sesame seed and smaller, which contaminate ecosystems and damage human and animal health. Read more
Mark Wilde, Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been elevated to IEEE Fellow, recognized for contributions to the relative-entropy framework and theorems for quantum communications. This is the highest grade of IEEE membership and a milestone career achievement. "I've been working hard on research in quantum information science (QIS) for many years now," Wilde said, "so it meant a lot to me personally to receive this news.” Wilde played a critical role in developing new kinds of quantum relative entropies, which are formulas used for quantifying... Read more
Zhiru Zhang, Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been elevated to IEEE Fellow, recognized for contributions to field-programmable gate array high-level synthesis and accelerator design. This is the highest grade of IEEE membership and a milestone career achievement. “I am truly humbled and honored to be named among a distinguished class of 2023 IEEE Fellows,” Zhang said. “This is a great recognition of the progress we have made towards making high-level synthesis mainstream to enable productive and high-quality accelerator design. Zhang expressed deep... Read more
Data science, molecular mechanisms, unconventional computing for optimization and machine learning, wave interaction with engineered materials, electrocatalysis, and compound semiconductor devices are among some of the research themes that helped six faculty members earn Cornell Engineering Research Excellence Awards. Read more
A Cornell-led collaboration used machine learning to pinpoint the most accurate means, and timelines, for anticipating the advancement of Alzheimer’s disease. Read more
Professor Aaron Wagner and his former students were recognized with the 2022 IEEE Information Theory Society Paper Award for their research employing feedback to improve coding performance. Read more
President Martha E. Pollack announced the faculty members honored with the Stephen H. Weiss Awards, which recognize excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring. Read more
After successfully launching small spacecraft out of a novel suborbital accelerator, Cornell Engineering faculty and students may have exciting new opportunities to expand research and exploration of ChipSats. Read more
A group of researchers led by Cornell is unlocking the full potential of aluminum nitride – an important material for the advancement of electronics and photonics – thanks to the development of a surface cleaning technique that enables high-quality production. Read more
