Spotlights: ECE

Circuit board with wireless antenna Cornell ECE is erasing the boundaries between signals, systems, physics and hardware, and merging core concepts from biology, computer science, mechanical engineering and materials. We see things differently, with visionary science oriented to novel applications.

Looking to nature for robot inspiration

The guiding principle of Kirstin Petersen’s Collective Embodied Intelligence Lab at Cornell Engineering is finding ways to create and deploy many simple robots that can accomplish more than one... Read more

Alex Ruyack, ECE Ph.D. Student

When Alex Ruyack was in high school in the village of Brewster, NY he was involved in an after-school science research group led by his chemistry teacher, Ed Schmidt. “I really liked science and Mr... Read more

Welcome Daniel Lee ( 2018 )

Daniel Lee has recently joined the faculty of Cornell’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). Professor Lee will work at Cornell Tech on Roosevelt Island in New York City and will also... Read more

Kirstin Petersen: One of 25 amazing women in robotics in 2018 by RoboHub

"From driving rovers on Mars to improving farm automation for Indian women, once again we’re bringing you a list of 25 amazing women in robotics! These women cover all aspects of the robotics industry... Read more

Female assistant professors and students sit together

ECE Women Advance Gender Equity in Electrical and Computer Engineering

When Kirstin Petersen was an undergraduate at the Odense University College of Engineering in Denmark, she was one of just a handful of women in the entire college. “It was fine, but you certainly... Read more

Principal investigators for the Cornell Neurotechnology NeuroNex Hub. From left: Chris Xu, professor of applied and engineering physics; Joseph Fetcho, professor of neurobiology and behavior; Nilay Yapici, assistant professor of neurobiology and behavior; Chris Schaffer, associate professor of biomedical engineering; and Mert Sabuncu, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and of biomedical engineering.

Data on the Brain

The human brain is a puzzle hidden in an enigma wrapped in a mystery. We can describe the basic parts that make up a brain but there is a vast distance between describing something and knowing how it... Read more

Sophia Rocco working on the COBRA machine

Sophia Rocco: Hoping to make the world a better place through a potential renewable energy source

When she was looking at graduate schools, physics major Sophia Rocco thought she would be in a materials science program bridging her interests in electricity and magnetism and novel materials for... Read more

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