A predictive model combining information about plant physiology, real-time soil conditions and weather forecasts can save 40% of the water consumed by traditional irrigation strategies, according to new Cornell research. Read more
Five students from Watertown’s Wiley Intermediate School 4-H after-school program will watch their experiment soar from Cape Canaveral on July 21 to the International Space Station. Read more
With a generous gift from Sam and Nancy Fleming to support graduate student research in the biomolecular program, the department selects students each year to be named "Fleming Scholars." Through a competitive process, the fellowships are awarded to outstanding PhD students pursuing research in biomolecular engineering and who have distinguished themselves as promising scholars in their particular areas. The scholars were evaluated by select biomolecular faculty members on the basis of their research productivity and career/professional development. I am pleased to announce the Fleming... Read more
CBE Ph.D. student, Chao Ning, received the 2019 AIChE Sustainable Engineering Forum Best Student Paper Award. The award consists of an award plaque, $500 of travel support for him to attend AIChE meeting, and a ticket to the SEF banquet at AIChE. Chao will also give a plenary lecture on his work at the SEF Plenary Session at AIChE. To read more about the award, please visit the AIChE website: https://www.aiche.org/community/awards/sustainable-engineering-forum-student-paper-award. Read more
A new type of treatment for osteoarthritis, currently in canine clinical trials, shows promise for eventual use in humans. Read more
Projects ranging from a soil-swimming robot that can sense conditions in the root zone in real time to computational models that can predict produce spoilage received seed funds from the Cornell Initiative for Digital Agriculture’s new Research Innovation Fund. Read more
A study led by Fengqi You , the Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor in Energy Systems Engineering in the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, proposed two hybrid energy systems based on Cornell’s Ithaca campus, using geothermal energy in combination with other sources. First author of the paper is Xueyu Tian, M.S. ‘19, who will begin his doctoral studies at Cornell next month and is a researcher in You’s lab. Read more
The Mong Fellows program will nurture the next generation of scientists and projects at the interface between technology and studies of the function and dysfunction of the brain. About the Mong Fellowship Program: Funding will be provided to exceptionally talented postdoctoral fellows (Mong Senior Fellows) or graduate students (Mong Junior Fellows) pursuing risky, highly creative, projects focused on the development and application of novel technologies for understanding neural function. Appropriate proposals will involve work at early stages, when traditional funding mechanisms are inadequate... Read more
One of the 10 projects supported with this funding is titled, "Expanding AnyTown USA Wastewater Treatment Facilities Into Local Microgrid Hubs" and includes CBE professors Jeff Tester and Fengqi You, as well as Ruth Richardson, civil and environmental engineering; Lori Leonard, development sociology; and Francis Vanek, civil and environmental engineering. Professor You is also a lead investigator on a second funded project titled, "Design Research for Carbon Removal," along with Jamie Vanucchi, landscape architecture; Timur Dogan, architecture; Johannes Lehmann, soil and crop sciences; Allison... Read more
Sam Fleming '62, who served as a Cornell trustee emeritus until his death in May, had been a champion of Cornell’s growth in biomolecular engineering. In 2015, he and his family supported the school through an endowment of graduate fellowships in that field. Read more
