The key to making geothermal competitive with other renewables, is “going into regions where nature hasn’t been so generous, and figuring out a way to engineer the system,” says Cornell University professor Jefferson Tester. He is chief scientist for a pilot project at Cornell that aims to directly heat the 30,000-person campus with geothermal resources by 2035. Read more
Fengqi You, the Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor in Energy Systems Engineering in the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was selected by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Executive Committee award selection panel to receive the 2022 AIChE George Lappin Program Committee Service Award. Read more
Dr. Kaitlin Mallouk, assistant professor in the Experiential Engineering Education Department (ExEEd) in the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering, has received the 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award for the Middle Atlantic Section of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). The award honors an individual in each section, distinguished by region, dedicated to excellence in engineering education. As an organization, ASEE is committed to supporting faculty scholarship and innovative methods that develop pedagogical knowledge. Mallouk received her Bachelor of Science in chemical... Read more
Rong Yang among 11 Cornell assistant and associate professors who have recently received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards. Read more
Fengqi You, the Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor in Energy Systems Engineering in the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was elected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) by the AIChE Board of Directors. Read more
“There are design decisions such as how many solar panels or wind turbines to install, and how much energy storage capacity to build,” said Fengqi You. Read more
“Geothermal electricity is always on ,” said Tester. “It can provide fully dispatchable power or heat and is scalable in the same way other renewables are.” Read more
Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor Fengqi You and systems Ph.D. student Ning Zhao, had their research featured on the cover of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering with artwork by Rob Kurcoba, graphic designer for Cornell Engineering. The article, "Toward Carbon-Neutral Electric Power Systems in the New York State: a Novel Multi-Scale Bottom-Up Optimization Framework Coupled with Machine Learning for Capacity Planning at Hourly Resolution," appears in the February 7 issue of the journal, and concludes that "expanding electricity storage capacities can reduce the total decarbonization... Read more
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 111 new members and 22 international members, announced NAE President John L. Anderson today. This brings the total U.S. membership to 2,388 and the number of international members to 310. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Read more
Two faculty members – studying topics ranging from reproductive performance in dairy cows to the introduction of living organisms into material design – are winners of 2022 Schwartz Research Funds for Women and Other Underrepresented Faculty in the Life Sciences.. Rong Yang, assistant professor in the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in the College of Engineering, and Yi Athena Ren, assistant professor of Animal Science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, each received a $25,000 award. Read more
