Welcome Qi Li ( 2018 )
Qi Li has joined the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell as an assistant professor. Li is interested in fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and hydrologic processes in the built... Read more
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Christina Chu-Garcia is listed as one of the 2018 rising stars in Civil Structural Engineering.
"I want to contribute to answering the question ‘with the Earth’s climate changing, how can we change the way we build cities?’”
"I just know that I'd like to explore the intersection of profitable urban development & sustainability to make spaces better for people."
“I am excited to be at Cornell. Much of my current work involves agriculture and Cornell has such a great agricultural tradition.”
"My advice would be how you relate to other people in the organization you will be potentially joining, and how successful you will be, ultimately depends more on your ability to influence how other people think about a solution than on the technical merits of the solution itself."
Chalermpat Pariya-Ekkasut
Chalermpat Pariya-Ekkasut loved to build sandcastles when he was a kid. Growing up in Ratchaburi, Thailand, (two hours from Bangkok), Pariya-Ekkasut was never far from the ocean. As a Ph.D. student... Read more
- Hometown: Thailand
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
What goes on in there? A visit to Cornell’s Nanoscale Science and Technology Facility
Often when Hollywood directors want to convey the fact that something very scientific is happening, they will dress the actors in white suits that cover them head to toe—including booties, gloves, and... Read more
Meet the Millers, a Cornell Engineering father-daughter team
If you are an engineering major at Cornell, there will be times that are hard. Maybe for you it’s the Statics and Mechanics of Solids class. Or it could be Introductory Quantum Mechanics. Maybe it’s... Read more
Victoria Hu
What drew you to enroll in Cornell's Engineering Management program? I was attracted to the Engineering Management program because it is a very unique program that prepares students to engineer better... Read more
- Hometown: Washington Township, NJ
- Engineering Management
Welcome Matthew Reid ( 2016 )
Matthew Reid had an inkling that he might be well-suited to graduate school when he made it through a two-year stint in the United States Peace Corps. “I found I was adaptable when I spent two years... Read more
Welcome Samitha Samaranayake ( 2016 )
Samitha Samaranayake believes that we’re at the dawn of a revolution in urban transportation systems. “This is a great time to study urban transportation problems and solutions,” says Samaranayake.... Read more
Welcome John Albertson ( 2016 )
When John Albertson was starting his doctoral studies at UC-Davis in 1993, his advisor, Professor Marc Parlange, recommended he read two books to get a firm foundation in hydrology, fluid mechanics,... Read more
O’Rourke awarded EERI George W. Housner Medal
Professor Thomas O’Rourke of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering will be presented with the George W. Housner Medal at the 2016 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Annual... Read more
Meghan Furton
Senior Environmental Engineering major Meghan Furton did not know she wanted to spend a semester abroad until she sat to speak with an academic advisor named Melissa Bazley, of the Cornell Engineering... Read more
- Hometown: [empty string]
- Civil and Environmental Engineering