Engineering

Bits On Our Minds to showcase future of robotics

Students will display projects ranging from robotics to digital music to social media at the annual BOOM exhibition on March 3. (Feb. 18, 2010)

From the new dean: CIS has more legs to stand on

An interview with Dan Huttenlocher, the new dean of the Faculty of Computing and Information Science, on the future of Cornell's Computing and Information Science programs. (Feb. 17, 2010)

Miniature ultrasound device could revolutionize pain relief

The latest ultrasound device created by Cornell graduate student George K. Lewis could one day introduce a whole new level of home therapy for pain management. (Feb. 16, 2010)

Erickson using funds to create nanomaterials for energy

Direct assembly of nanomaterials for highly efficient energy conversion will be the goal of a five-year, $750,000 project led by Cornell researcher David Erickson.

Kleinberg awarded prize for computer science leadership

Jon Kleinberg, the Tisch University Professor of Computer Science, has been awarded the 2009 Katayanagi Emerging Leadership Prize. (Feb. 9, 2010)

50 students get treated by Chinese government to a taste of dumplings and Chinese life

Fifty Cornell students recently returned from three weeks in China over winter break as guests of the Chinese government and part of the 2009 Chinese Bridge Winter Camp for American Students.

Construction methods key to understanding Haiti damage

Professor Kenneth Hover, civil and environmental engineering, describes his trip to Haiti to assess the damage at Weill Cornell Medical College's GHESKIO clinic.

Salman Avestimehr receives NSF early career award

His project will involve a new approach to theory behind information flow over large-scale communication networks.

Task force calls for a single, comprehensive budget model

Pool tuition and create a fund for universitywide priorities, recommends a task force on the budget model, part of the Reimagining Cornell strategic planning process.