The 25th annual Cornell Engineering Alumni Association Conference, March 28-29, will focus on alternative energy research and economics. (Feb. 21, 2008)
Three businesses in New York state have been selected to receive JumpStart awards with the Cornell Center for Materials Research for this semester. (Feb. 21, 2008)
Frank J. DiSalvo, the J.A. Newman Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and director of Cornell's Center for a Sustainable Future, has been named a fellow of the Materials Research Society.
Cornell faculty members Robert Kleinberg, assistant professor of computer science, and Matthias Liepe, assistant professor of physics, have been awarded fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. (Feb. 20, 2008)
Cornell researchers have demonstrated that fiber-optic signals can be amplified and sharpened on a single photonic microchip, replacing bulky bundles of fiber or electronic amplifiers. (Feb. 19, 2008)
Cornell scientists have received a $2.19 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation for developing a portable X-ray detector, which will serve as a novel set of 'eyes' for observing dynamic matter. (Feb. 19, 2008)
Engineering students on the AguaClara Project Team pitched the idea of a water plant to the town of Ciudad Espana during the students' two-week stay in Honduras, Jan. 4-20. (Feb. 13, 2008)
Cornell researchers have made nanoresonators with a record high quality factor, or 'Q,' that can detect minute changes in mass or gas pressure. (Feb. 13, 2008)
Cornell professor of computer science Jon Kleinberg '93 is one of 65 new members of the National Academy of Engineering this year. Also elected were four other Cornell alumni. (Feb. 11, 2008)
