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News Archive for 2016
Environmental Issues and Process Industries
With this CAREER grant, Fengqi You, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is working to incorporate sustainability principles systematically and effectively into the design and optimization of... read more
Lydia Contreras (Ph.D. '08, DeLisa Group) was recently promoted to Associate Professor at UT- Austin
Her research combines biomolecular engineering, genetic studies and computational modeling to understand molecular features that lead to the specific recognition and interaction of RNAs and proteins. read more
CHESS facility helps scale up solar cells
Researchers from Cornell and the University of Virginia collaborated at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source in an effort to better understand the chemistry behind solar cells. read more
Archer Group Leads the Scientific American 2016 List of World Changing Ideas
Wajdi Al Sadat was selected by Scientific American as #1 among its 2016 selection of 10 ideas that will change the world. read more
Lin Ma, of the Archer Group, wins MRS Graduate Student Gold Award
Lin was awarded a Gold Award based on the evaluation of her oral presentation in the Finalists’ Special Talk Session at the Fall 2016 MRS meeting in Boston. read more
Bob Langer (ChemE '70) received the Hoover Medal, which honors civic and humanitarian achievements of engineers
The AIChE 2016 Gala recognized companies and their leaders for distinguished achievements in innovation. read more
Top cited AIChE Journal papers from You group
The No. 1 and No. 2 most cited articles on the list are both co-authored by Professor Fengqi You and his graduate students. read more
Drew Lepore and Joe Hassler, of the Steen Group, won second prize at AICHE poster competition
There was a record turnout of 400+ posters this year at the conference! read more
Archer group featured on cover of Advanced Materials Interfaces
Battery Technology: Multifunctional Separator Coatings for High-Performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 22/2016) read more
2016 AIChE Annual Meeting Student Awards
Jessica Stark '12, Northwestern University, Mix and Match Sweets: Modular, Coordinated Cell-Free Transcription, Translation, and Glycosylation of Proteins Using Selectively Enriched Escherichia coli... read more
Nanotechnology—Novel, Realized, Scalable
Leading-edge nanotechnology processes and materials for batteries, filtration, nanocoatings, and sensors are the foundation of Axium Nanofibers LLC. read more
Julie Goddard (B.S. ChemE '99) joined Food Science faculty in July 2016 as an Associate Professor with tenure
Julie Goddard, associate professor, food science Academic focus: biomaterials and biointerfaces in food and agriculture Previous positions: associate professor (2015-16), assistant professor... read more
Faculty honored for excellence in advising, research, teaching
Twenty-four faculty were honored at the 2016 Excellence in Advising, Research and Teaching Awards. read more
Luncheon celebrates the Samuel C. Fleming Family Graduate Fellowships
Cornell Engineering leaders, faculty and students gathered for a luncheon in Olin Hall to formally dedicate the Samuel C. Fleming Family Graduate Fellowships. read more
Alabi named 2016 Outstanding Researcher by Cornell's College of Engineering
Receiving the Cornell Engineering Research Excellence Award for research and leadership. read more
When women are more like men, they still face STEM bias
When women planned to delay marriage and limit the number of children they wanted – which would let them focus exclusively on work – they didn’t get the same employment opportunities in STEM as men,... read more
Steen, Louge to launch NSF-funded space experiments
For two Cornell engineering professors, the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory is basically a high-powered microscope attached to a super-slow-motion camera, some 250 miles above... read more
Robert F. Smith School dedicated in inspiring ceremony
Over 300 Cornell faculty, alumni, students and guests congregated in Klarman Hall Friday to celebrate the dedication of the Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, a... read more
Ann Lee, ChemE '83, delivers the D.I.C. Wang Award Lecture
D.I.C. Wang Award Lecture: Monday, November 14 read more
Paulette Clancy wins 2016 Advising Award
Cornell's College of Engineering will recognize her at the Teaching and Advising Awards Luncheon to be held on November 2, 2016. read more
Grant launches Center on the Physics of Cancer Metabolism including Professors Paszek, Stroock, and Varner
Center on the Physics of Cancer Metabolism: http://psoc.engineering.cornell.edu/ read more
An Invaluable First Step, NEXUS-NY
Tobias Hanrath and graduate student Benjamin T. Richards, PhD’17 Materials Science, co-invented a process for making low-priced, nanostructured silicon at high volume for lithium-ion batteries. read more
Varner Lab receives grant from the Department of Defense to model the biochemistry and biophysics
This project is part of a large multi-center effort involving UCSB, University of Vermont and Cornell in combination with clinical sites at UCSF, University of Vermont read more
Rhodes Symposium will honor emeritus president on his 90th
The Frank H.T. Rhodes Symposium will celebrate the emeritus president's 90th birthday by bringing two noted scholars to discuss his contributions to paleontology and Darwin studies. read more
Research project to combat 'superbugs,' antibiotic resistance
Cornell researchers received a $500,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help in a national initiative to combat drug-resistant organisms, sometimes referred to as... read more
'Bolt of lightning' captures development of block copolymer
By quickly heating and cooling a block copolymer, researchers show the ability to alter the material's properties, which could have applications in data-archiving devices and filters. read more
Professor Fengqi You publishes in ScienceAdvances (AAAS)
Titled, "In silico discovery of metal-organic frameworks for precombustion CO2 capture using a genetic algorithm" read more
Yong Joo elected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
This honor reaffirms the high esteem with which colleagues and peers view Professor Joo’s distinctive professional achievements and accomplishments. read more
‘Who is this Robert Smith?’
A quiet billionaire makes some noise with $20 million gift to the African American museum read more
Professor Fengqi You to deliver plenary lecture at the 22nd International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering (CHISA 2016)
CHISA is one of the premier conferences in Europe and globally that cover science, research, development and industrial practice on chemical and process engineering topics. read more
Undergrad travels to Europe for summer research experience
Adam Berry '18, a chemical and biomolecular engineering major, traveled to Germany over the summer to conduct research as part of the International Research Experience for Undergraduates program. read more
Archer group publishes on stabilizing electrochemical interfaces in Nature Energy
The future of electrochemical energy storage in rechargeable batteries is thought to hinge on the advancement of science and technology that enable rechargeable batteries that utilize reactive... read more
Danilo Cantero won the MIT Reviews Innovator under 35 - Argentina & Uruguay – Award
Danilo Cantero, formerly of the Tester Research Group, won the MIT Reviews Innovator under 35 - Argentina & Uruguay – Award read more
Robert Smith '85 was honored with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Chair's Award
For his outstanding contributions as an investor and entrepreneur, and for his long-standing commitment to improving the social conditions of communities around the world read more
Paper co-authored by Escobedo’s group published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and featured in cover
Carlos Avendano, a former postdoc in Escobedo’s group and currently Lecturer in the University of Manchester, England, is the lead author of a paper recently published in the Proceedings of the... read more
Rachel LeCover, of the Varner Lab, was named in the top three poster presenters at the Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS)
The MHSRS is the Nation's only scientific meeting focused on the unique medical needs of the Warfighter, created with the clear purpose of inspiring communication and collaboration read more
CBE students visit Shell Robert Training Center
Cornell Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Students at Shell Robert Training Center: March 29, 2016 – April 1, 2016 read more
Engineering undergraduate programs rate highly
US News and World Report ranks Cornell Engineering's undergraduate program #9 in the nation read more
Working the Surfaces—Cells, Water Droplets
One of the first truly inspiring things Susan Daniel, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, saw in science was not what you might expect. Not a mechanism, not a reaction, not the behavior of a... read more
Daniel Lab lands an NSF grant to develop microbial fuel cells
The overall goal of this proposed work is to develop a novel platform for studying bacterial metabolism and the chemical conversion to energy using a miniaturized digital fluidic culture system. read more
Cornell Researchers Use CO2 to Make Electricity
Professor Lynden Archer and Wajdi Al Sadat, authors of this paper, have created a cell which can use carbon dioxide to produce electricity via electrochemical reactions. read more
Roseanna Zia appointed to Advisory Board of Physics of Fluids
Physics of Fluids publishes leading work in traditional areas of fluid dynamics, including dynamics of gases, liquids, complex liquids or multiphase liquids, as well as novel and emerging areas. read more
Escobedo's group paper selected as a Journal of Chemical Physics Editors’ Pick
It was highlighted on the JCP homepage during the last week of July, 2016 and is part of an special topic issue on Nucleation: New Concepts and Discoveries. read more
Steen group published in Nature Communications
Contributing author, Vanessa Kern, 1st year PhD. read more
Koch and Archer groups publish on stabilizing battery recharge
A recent paper by Mukul Tikekar, a coadvised graduate student in both groups takes a theoretical approach to studying the effect of nanostructured membranes in dendrite suppression. read more
Scientists propose novel carbon-capture electrochemical cell
Engineering professor Lynden Archer and graduate student Wajdi Al Sadat have devised an electrochemical cell that captures and converts carbon dioxide while generating electrical power. read more
Robert F. Smith, ChemE '86, elected chairman of the Carnegie Hall Board of Directors
Robert F. Smith, the private equity titan who was named the richest African-American man by Forbes last year after making a fortune in software, also has a quirky musical side. read more
Roseanna Zia featured in 2016 Lab on a Chip Emerging Investigators
Lab on a Chip is committed to supporting early career scientists and celebrates the most promising and brightest amongst early career miniaturisation scientists around the world. read more
Michael Charles '16 featured in AISES People
Michael was co-president of AISES in 2015-16 and 2014-15. He was very active in AISES both at Cornell and with the larger organization. He was also in LSAMP Scholars and will attend The Ohio State... read more
Archer Group published in Science Advances demonstrating a novel solution to CO2 emission mitigation
The Archer Group has been studying the impact of incorporating CO2 in metal/O2 batteries, showing a dramatic increase in discharge capacity. read more
Fengqi You appointed as Associate Editor of Computers & Chemical Engineering
Professor Fengqi You was recently appointed as the Associate Editor of Computers & Chemical Engineering. read more
Recellularized human colon model could aid in cancer research
Cornell researchers have helped develop a recellularized human colon model that could be used to track the pathogenesis of colon cancer and possibly gain insight into its spread to other organs. read more
Leadership as dance: Colman Program empowers Ph.D.s
The Colman program is hosted by Diversity Programs in Engineering (DPE) and the Graduate School’s Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement. read more
Julius Lucks receives 2016 ACS Synthetic Biology Young Investigator Award
The Lucks group focuses on dynamically programming cellular behavior with synthetic RNA circuitry. They create new classes of programmable RNA regulators with protein-like dynamic ranges, and use... read more
Archer group publishes on room-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries in Nature Communications
Recently Archer group designed a stable room-temperature Na-S battery that uses a sodium metal anode, a microporous carbon-sulfur composite cathode, and a liquid electrolyte containing ionic liquid... read more
NPR Interview with Professor Lynden Archer
Profile of a Scientist: Building a Better Battery read more
DeLisa Group featured in the journal PNAS and the Chronicle
This work published online today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences along with a story in the Cornell Chronicle. read more
7 engineering seniors honored as 2016 Merrill Presidential Scholars
Seven Cornell Engineering students spent a portion of Senior Week not only celebrating their own accomplishments, but also celebrating the educators who inspired them to be the scholars they are. read more
Professor Abe Stroock to serve as Director of the Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Professor Abe Stroock will serve as the next Director of the Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. read more
TA awards for the 2015-2016 academic year
Rahul Mangal, Andrew Shah, Maciej Lukawski, and Koenraad Beckers read more
Bioactive macrocycle shows promising antibacterial activity
Cornell researchers have developed an efficient method for the assembly of biologically compatible, antibacterial synthetic macromolecules, the composition of which can be precisely adjusted. read more
Marisa Siergiej, ChemE '16, is the Cornell Daily Sun’s Woman Athlete of the Year
Marisa is also a member of the Sphinx Head Society, the oldest senior honor society at Cornell. read more
Cornell researcher Roseanna Zia simulates gel behavior with XSEDE, Stampede supercomputer
Article and podcast featuring Roseanna Zia has begun to shed light on the microscale world of colloidal gels — liquids dispersed in a solid medium as a gel read more
Spring 2016 Hooey Winners: Kyle Watters and James Stevenson
Kyle Watters from the Lucks group and James Stevenson from the Clancy group read more
Roseanna Zia named Associate Editor for the Journal of Rheology
The Journal of Rheology® is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original research on all aspects of rheology read more
ChemE Car Wins 4th Consecutive Northeast Title
The competition is sponsored by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and encourages undergraduates to apply their engineering skills outside the classroom. read more
The Daniel and Fischbach Labs are awarded seed grants to begin new collaboration on cancer research
The project is entitled, "Single Particle Tracking of Oncogenic Microvesicles to Inform Nanoparticle-based Cancer Detection Therapy." read more
Eleven inducted into Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
Nine Cornell doctoral candidates, one postdoc and a professor were inducted into the Cornell chapter of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. read more
Surface mutation lets canine parvovirus jump to other species
A multidiscipline research team has identified a mutation on the protein shell of canine parvovirus that helps it to transfer and infect wild forest-dwelling animals, including raccoons. read more
Robert Lee, ChemE ’17 and Charles Wan, ChemE '17 win Goldwater Scholarships
This year Cornell is the only Ivy League institution with all four candidates winning the scholarship read more
Kevin Kimura and Eric McShane (of the Hanrath group) have been awarded prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
The NSF graduate fellowship is awarded to just ~2,000 outstanding students out of ~17,000 applicants across all STEM fields. read more
Clancy group UG researcher, Jovana Andrejevic, wins NSF Grad Fellowship
Jovana has been working in the Clancy group in CBE for the past two years, creating a new approach to modeling chemically reactive species for quantum dot nucleation and growth read more
2016 Merrill Presidential Scholars Named
Michael Statt, ChemE '16, is named a Merrill Presidential Scholar read more
Connecting The Quantum Dots: Cornell Researchers Step Towards Better Electronics
Professor Tobias Hanrath featured in The Cornell Daily Sun read more
After the Lecture: NSF-funded materials scientist Lynden Archer on batteries, diversity and the state of materials science
NSF sat down with Cornell University's Lynden Archer after his recent talk on "Nanoscale organic hybrid materials and their application in next-generation energy-storage technologies" as part of the... read more
DeLisa invited to Editorial Board of Cell Chemical Biology
Matt DeLisa, William L. Lewis Professor of Engineering, was recently invited to join the Editorial Board of Cell Chemical Biology, a journal from Cell Press, the publishers of Cell read more
Two women faculty receive inaugural Schwartz awards
Two researchers have received inaugural awards from the Schwartz Research Fund for Women in the Life Sciences, endowed by Joan Poyner Schwartz ’65 and Ronald H. Schwartz ’65. read more
Harrison announces death of President Elizabeth Garrett
It is with utmost sadness that I write to inform you that our president, colleague and friend, Elizabeth Garrett, passed away late last evening after a brave battle with colon cancer. There are few... read more
Yingying Lu Ph.D. '14 has been added to Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia
A recent graduate of the Archer Research Group, Yingying is an Assistant Professor at Zhejiang University. read more
Chris Alabi is the recipient of a 2016 Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF)
The CAREER award is the most prestigious recognition given by the NSF to faculty members early in their academic careers. read more
Room-temperature lithium metal battery closer to reality
A Cornell team, led by professor Lynden Archer and graduate student Snehashis Choudhury, proposed in a recent study that by designing nanostructured membranes with pore dimensions below a critical... read more
Cornell names Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in recognition of the leadership of philanthropist
A combined $50 million commitment from Robert F. Smith '85, founder, chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, and the foundation of which he is a founding director will support chemical and... read more
Archer named among nine Cornell faculty named 'most influential' researchers
Nine Cornell professors have been named to a list of the 25 most influential scientific minds for 2015 compiled by Thompson Reuters and based on how often faculty members' research is cited. read more
Funding Cornell’s Future Engineers, With a Focus on Minorities
With a $50 million gift to Cornell University’s College of Engineering, Robert Frederick Smith aims to increase the opportunities for underrepresented minorities and women who want to make a career... read more
$50M gift to engineering supports minorities
A $50 million commitment from Robert F. Smith ’85, founder and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, and his foundation will support chemical and biomolecular engineering and underrepresented students at... read more
New Nanomaterials Lab at Cornell University Provides Space for Collaborative Research
Professor Lynden Archer featured in Cornell Daily Sun read more
Thomas Ober '08: The (Fluid) Dynamics of Motorsports
A motorsports fan in high school and a member of the FSAE team at Cornell University, Ober has always been interested in racing. read more
Julius Lucks joins Nucleic Acids Research Editorial Board
CBE Assistant Professor, Julius joins Nucleic Acids Research Editorial Board read more
Archer Group paper published in Nature Communications
Authors: Snehashis Choudhury, Rahul Mangal, Akanksha Agrawal, Lynden Archer read more
Cornell's ChemE Car Wins First Place at National Competition
Competing in Salt Lake City, UT at the Annual Student Conference, over 30 student teams from around the world will be racing their chemically powered vehicles read more
