Imaging the atomic details of materials as they function, forming microfluidic structures to study plants and animals, and new techniques for manufacturing polymer nanomaterials are among some of the research themes that helped six faculty members earn Cornell Engineering Research Excellence Awards. Read more
Chemical Engineering Ph.D. candidate, Jesus Miguel Lopez Baltazar, has received the state of Jalisco’s (Mexico) most prestigious youth award, the 2023 Premio Estatal de la Juventud (State Youth Prize), the highest honor given by the government to its citizens under 30 years old. One of 7 recipients, Jesus Lopez was recognized in the scientific category. Jesus is a sixth year Ph.D. candidate in the Smith School working on the detection of cancer-derived extracellular vesicle transmembrane protein biomarkers using surface plasmon resonance biosensors under the mentorship of professor Qiuming Yu... Read more
A new study calculated renewable energy projects' potential to profit from bitcoin mining during the precommercial development phase, when a wind or solar farm is generating electricity, but has not yet been integrated into the grid. Read more
Congratulations to the following professors for winning the College of Engineering Outstanding Researcher Award at the Assistant, Associate and Full Professor level: Assistant Professor: Rong Yang Associate Professor: Matthew Paszek Professor: Abraham Stroock Read more
Cornell researchers have harnessed the power of baker’s yeast to create a cost-effective and highly efficient approach for unraveling how plants synthesize medicinal compounds, and they have used the new method to identify key enzymes in a kratom tree. Read more
The CATALYST Academy engineering program at Cornell teamed up with CROPPS to discover how engineering and technology play major roles in plant science and agriculture. Read more
Depending on lifestyle choices and work arrangements, remote workers can have a 54% lower carbon footprint compared with onsite workers, according to a new study by Cornell and Microsoft. Read more
After visiting New Zealand 3 years ago with his wife, Alex instantly fell in love with the area. This is where he heard about the Erskine program at the University of Canterbury. This program allows 70 visiting international senior academics to lecture undergraduates and postgraduate students. Alex refers to himself more as a technical advisor, his role is to interact with different student teams, as well as 4th year process design students. He commends this program for being hands on and truly allowing students the opportunity to learn through doing. Read more
CROPPS is partnering with Molly Edwards, the scientist and communicator behind Science IRL, on a series of videos that elucidate the center's groundbreaking research on communicating with plants. Read more
The 2023 Cornell Engineering Teaching and Advising Awards were presented at the Fall Faculty Reception on Sept. 12. Read more
