Two Cornell faculty members are among this year's recipients of a Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering, the White House announced today (Tuesday, Oct. 24).
Geoffrey Coates, a Cornell University assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology, has been awarded a David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship for Science and Engineering, designed to support young researchers.
Cornell University's College of Engineering and Lockheed Martin have established a partnership to provide specialized graduate education specifically for Lockheed Martin employees.
The National Science Foundation today announced continuing funding of $19.9 million over five years to the Cornell Center for Materials Research. The grant will support the work of five interdisciplinary research groups, four seed projects, seven major shared experimental facilities and three outreach programs in the center.
Brimming with confidence and armed with improved versions of last year's winning robots, eight Cornell University students left today for Australia, where the Big Red team will defend its title in the fourth annual World Cup of robotic soccer, known as RoboCup.
A three-year-old company, Rainbow Displays Inc., created to develop color flat-screen television and video technology invented at Cornell, has signed a joint development agreement with a unit of Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands.
John Callister, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has been named director of Cornell's Harvey Kinzelberg Enterprise Engineering Program.
Two new departments chairs have been announced at Cornell. Christopher Ober, professor of materials science and engineering, has been named chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Trevor J. Pinch has been named chair of the Department of Science and Technology Studies for a five-year term.
