Patrick Reed of Civil and Environmental Engineering has been invited by the National Academies of Science to serve as an invited speaker in the session on “Smart Agriculture” at the 5th Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. The symposium will be held November 2-4 in Rabat, Morocco. Read more
The AguaClara project is featured in this article by the BBC. Read more
Francis Vanek, senior lecturer, Ruth Richardson, associate professor, and Matt Reid, assistant professor, have received an Engaged Curriculum Grant for their proposal "Sustainable Engineering in Context," which aims to bring engineering students together so they can take a team approach to finding sustainable solutions to real-world problems. Read more
Edwin A. Cowen is leading a team of Cornell researchers and industry partners to help enable a next-generation residential energy market. Read more
AguaClara, an Engineering Project Team that has built 14 gravity-powered surface water treatment facilities in Honduras over the last 12 years, has begun construction of its first plant in Nicaragua. Read more
n another milestone development, CycloPure, Inc. announced that its micropollutant polymer, CD-MP, outperformed activated carbon in the removal of micropollutants from water in a new head-to-head study. Read more
A study detailing a novel material that removes pollutant PFOA to levels far below the EPA's health advisory limit, co-authored by Damian Helbling, assistant professor (CEE), is featured by Northwestern Now. Read more
The future looks smart for underground infrastructure after a first-of-its-kind experiment testing advanced sensors was conducted June 6 at the Cornell Geotechnical Lifelines Large-Scale Testing Facility. Read more
Cornell’s Lake Source Cooling (LSC) facility is one of the most significant environmental initiatives ever undertaken by an American university. Read more
Faculty will share ideas on climate change April 21-23 at the Smithsonian's Earth Optimism Summit, while students ascend Capitol Hill on April 21, and then walk in the national Science March on April 22. Read more
