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By examining earthquakes in a fresh way, a modeling revelation discovered in the lab by Cornell engineers helps science inch closer to accurate quake forecasts. Read more
Dr. Qi Li, assistant professor, The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been awarded a prestigious NSF Early CAREER award for her project titled, “Multi-Scalar Transport and Similarity in the Urban Boundary Layer.” According to their website, the NSF CAREER Award supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Li is interested in physical dynamics of the lower atmosphere and hydrologic processes in the built environment. She develops and... Read more
Samitha Samaranayake, an assistant professor in Cornell's School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a graduate field faculty member in Systems Engineering, the Center of Applied Mathematics and the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, has received an NSF CAREER Award for his work with demand-responsive transit systems. Read more
To help the Ithaca Water Treatment Plant, engineering students have created a way to help predict concentrations of manganese in the city’s reservoir. Read more
A new study co-authored by Professor Patrick Reed warns about the potential unintended consequences for water, energy and food security in African river basins if global leaders fail to coordinate climate change mitigation policies. Read more
Patrick M. Reed, Joseph C. Ford Professor of Engineering of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering has been appointed as an editor for the American Geophysical Union’s Earth’s Future journal. Read more
A new Cornell-led study battled strains of yeast manipulated to release different toxins at tunable and controlled rates, finding that the strain with the stronger toxin can only defeat another if its initial invading population exceeds a critical frequency or size. Read more
Six faculty members have received the 2021 Cornell Engineering Research Excellence Award – the highest research honor given by the Ivy League’s top-ranked engineering college. Read more
By summer 2022, Cornell plans to drill a 10,000-foot hole to verify whether conditions underground will allow Earth Source Heat to warm campus and reduce the university’s carbon footprint. Read more
