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Fengqi You

Smart irrigation model predicts rainfall to conserve water

Fengqi You,the Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor in Energy Systems Engineering, is senior author of “ Robust Model Predictive Control of Irrigation Systems With Active Uncertainty Learning and Data Analytics, ” which published online in May in IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. The paper was co-authored with Abraham Stroock ’95, the Gordon L. Dibble ’50 Professor and William C. Hooey Director of the Smith School, who is working on water conservation strategies with apple farmers in New York state and almond, apple and grape growers in drought-ridden regions of the West... Read more

2019-20 Fleming Scholars: Han-Yuan Liu and Thapakorn (Tommy) Jaroentomeechai

With a generous gift from Sam and Nancy Fleming to support graduate student research in the biomolecular program, the department selects students each year to be named "Fleming Scholars." Through a competitive process, the fellowships are awarded to outstanding PhD students pursuing research in biomolecular engineering and who have distinguished themselves as promising scholars in their particular areas. The scholars were evaluated by select biomolecular faculty members on the basis of their research productivity and career/professional development. I am pleased to announce the Fleming... Read more

Chao Ning

Chao Ning, received the 2019 AIChE Sustainable Engineering Forum Best Student Paper Award

CBE Ph.D. student, Chao Ning, received the 2019 AIChE Sustainable Engineering Forum Best Student Paper Award. The award consists of an award plaque, $500 of travel support for him to attend AIChE meeting, and a ticket to the SEF banquet at AIChE. Chao will also give a plenary lecture on his work at the SEF Plenary Session at AIChE. To read more about the award, please visit the AIChE website: https://www.aiche.org/community/awards/sustainable-engineering-forum-student-paper-award . Read more

Professor Fengqi You

Fengqi You wins AIChE Excellence in Process Development Research Award

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) honored Fengqi You , the Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor at Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, with the Excellence in Process Development Research Award . AIChE is the world’s leading organization for chemical engineering professionals, with more than 60,000 members from over 110 countries. Sponsored by Pfizer, the AIChE Process Development Division Research Award is highly competitive, and it is presented by AIChE to recognize an individual, who have made significant technical contributions to the advancement of... Read more

Awards fund innovations in digital agriculture

Projects ranging from a soil-swimming robot that can sense conditions in the root zone in real time to computational models that can predict produce spoilage received seed funds from the Cornell Initiative for Digital Agriculture’s new Research Innovation Fund. Read more

Hybrid energy system could slash campus greenhouse emissions

A study led by Fengqi You , the Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor in Energy Systems Engineering in the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, proposed two hybrid energy systems based on Cornell’s Ithaca campus, using geothermal energy in combination with other sources. First author of the paper is Xueyu Tian, M.S. ‘19, who will begin his doctoral studies at Cornell next month and is a researcher in You’s lab. Read more

Piyush Jain of the Stroock Research Group has been awarded a Mong fellowship

The Mong Fellows program will nurture the next generation of scientists and projects at the interface between technology and studies of the function and dysfunction of the brain. About the Mong Fellowship Program: Funding will be provided to exceptionally talented postdoctoral fellows (Mong Senior Fellows) or graduate students (Mong Junior Fellows) pursuing risky, highly creative, projects focused on the development and application of novel technologies for understanding neural function. Appropriate proposals will involve work at early stages, when traditional funding mechanisms are inadequate... Read more