News Archive for 2012
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future (ACSF) provides funding of AVF proposal
Faculty working on the project include Susan Daniel (CBE), Roseanna Zia (CBE), Itai Cohen (Physics), and Beth Ahner (BEE). read more
CBE Alum, Noreen Rizvi wins first place in the 2012 ISPE Boston Graduate Student Poster Competition
"Transcriptional Regulation of Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus Cultures", won first place in the Poster Competition. read more
Engineered vessels go LIVE:
The Stroock group has developed living blood vessels that grow, interact, and respond to stress like natural blood vessels. read more
CBE faculty help claim two of the ten AVF awards
Al Center, Susan Daniel, and Roseanna Zia receive awards from The Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future. read more
GM Foundation Graduate Student of the Year
CBE graduate student, Deidre Costello was awarded the General Motors graduate student of the year award. read more
CEAA awards announced
The Cornell Engineering Alumni Association (CEAA) recognized outstanding students, faculty, and staff at its annual awards banquet April 19. read more
Hanrath publishes review article on artificial solids
CBE Assistant Professor Tobias Hanrath's review article, "Colloidal nanocrystal quantum dot assemblies as artificial solids" is set to appear in JVSTA. read more
Ehrhard is new Upson Visiting Professor
Peter Ehrhard has been appointed the Mary S. Upson Visiting Professor. He arrived April 23 and will remain through September. His office is at 342 Olin Hall. read more
CBE Announces the Spring 2012 Hooey Award Winners: Ananth Kaushik and Nathaniel Hansen
Congratulations Ananth and Nathan! read more
Sampson Lau is awarded the NDSEG fellowship from the Department of Defense
CBE graduate student and member of the Archer Research Group, wins an NDSEG fellowship. read more
NSF Graduate Fellowship Winners: Sarai Meyer and Kyle Watters of the Lucks Research Group
Sarai Meyer and Kyle Watters of the Lucks Research Group win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships. read more
Emily Warren (ChemE '05) wins a Gold Graduate Student Award at the Material Research Society Conference
Warren received the award at last week's Material Research Society Conference in San Francisco, CA. read more
Graduate Students weigh in on carbon tax to fund renewable energy in New York State
Two PhD candidates, Erik Huber and Sean Hillson published an editorial entitled, "Let carbon tax fuel renewables" in the Albany Times Union newspaper on April 3rd. read more
Eva Huang ('12) has been selected as a Merrill Scholar
The Program honors the most outstanding seniors, while recognizing the teachers who played a significant role in their success. read more
CBE Assistant Professor Julius Lucks named to editorial advisory board of ACS Synthetic Biology
Professor Lucks joins recognized and distinguished leaders in synthetic biology and biomolecular engineering in this role. read more
2012 Undergrad Research Award winners: Kevin Vasquez and Sijun Yang
CBE students Kevin Vasquez and Sijun Yang win 2012 Undergrad Research Awards. read more
DeLisa group paper on bacterial "glycoengineering" featured on the Nature Chemical Biology website
Chemical Biology: A sweet success... read more
Mike Shuler and colleagues featured in Chemistry World
Lead author (CBE alumnus) Gretchen Mahler of Binghamton University in New York. 'The question we were thinking about was not if exposure to [nanoparticles] would kill a person or severely damage... read more
CBE graduate student Alexandra M. Cooper has been awarded an IBM PhD Fellowship
She was awarded this extremely competitive fellowship for her work on the simulation of low-k dielectric materials for use in "back-end" processes to create next-generation semiconductor devices. read more
CBEGWG Women's Outreach in Materials, Energy and Nanobiotechnology
On Saturday, March 31st, the Graduate Women’s Group will host a Women’s Outreach in Materials, Energy, and Nanobiotechnology. read more
DeLisa group paper will appear on the cover of Journal of Molecular Biology
"Engineering antibody fitness and function using membrane-anchored display of correctly folded proteins" read more
Ten on faculty receive NSF CAREER award
The National Science Foundation-funded awards support early-career development activities of teacher-scholars. read more
Assistant Professor, Susan Daniel receives the NSF Career Award
Assistant Professor, Susan Daniel receives the NSF CAREER award by the Biotechnology, Biochemical and Biomass Engineering program. read more
A commentary on “The greenhouse-gas footprint of natural gas in shale formations” by R.W. Howarth, R. Santoro, and Anthony Ingraffea
Senior Lecturer, Andrew Hunter co-writes a paper on shale gas drilling. read more
Ithaca Journal: City, Cornell celebrate new McGovern Center and prospect of economic boost
Associate Professor Matt DeLisa's start-up company, Glycobia, is featured in the Ithaca Journal. read more
Al Bids to Vie with Li in Battery Wars
Science: At the Materials Research Society's Fall Meeting, Cornell researchers described materials that could pave the way for making rechargeable batteries from aluminum, which could lead to cheaper... read more
