Diane Tessaglia-Hymes, Author at Cornell Duffield Engineering

Kenji Yasuda Earns Two Prestigious Early-Career Awards for Quantum Materials Research

Kenji Yasuda, assistant professor in the School of Applied and Engineering Physics at Cornell Duffield Engineering, has received two international honors this year recognizing his research in quantum materials and next-generation electronics. In March, Yasuda was selected as a…

Ph.D. student in the Disa Lab earns DOE Graduate Research Award

Chris Hennighausen Christopher Hennighausen, a physics Ph.D. student the lab of Ankit Disa, assistant professor in the School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Duffield Engineering, was one of only 75 students nationwide awarded to participate in the U.S. Department…

Cornell students win Gold Graduate Student Awards

For their research on atomic-scale 3D imaging and perovskite materials, respectively, two graduate students from the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering have been awarded Gold Graduate Student Awards by the Materials Research Society. These awards recognize exceptional graduate students whose…

Himani Mishra ’27 earns national student scholar award

Mishra earned the award for her paper "Atomic-level, Depth-Resolved 3D Imaging of Voids with Electron Ptychography.”

Inventing the Future of Quantum Technology

Quantum technology has been described as revolutionary or transformative, and Valla Fatemi, assistant professor in the School of Applied and Engineering Physics at Cornell, is at the leading edge. His lab works on projects that range from developing new…

Engineering physics: Gateway to opportunity for Ramis Movassagh ’04

Ramis Movassagh ’04 Did you have a plan for your career from an early age that you followed to success, or did you make the most of opportunities as they arose, acquiring insight, skills and clarity along the way? If…

Sofia Pereira, M.Eng. ’26 merges hands-on engineering with fundamental physics

Sofia Pereira, a 2023 Cornell physics graduate, found her ideal path to a career by pursuing an M.Eng. in engineering physics.

Student project advances resilient microgrid in Puerto Rico

Alex Van Den Hende, M.Eng. '25, worked on a project to advance a resilient renewable microgrid in Vieques, Puerto Rico, combining short-term batteries with long-term green hydrogen storage.

Ankit Disa recognized for pioneering control of quantum materials

Ankit Disa, assistant professor in the School of Applied and Engineering Physics (right), was awarded the Oxide Electronics Prize for Excellence in October, 2025, in recognition of his groundbreaking contributions to oxide electronics and quantum materials. In recognition of his…

Unlocking Quantum Discoveries at Near Absolute Zero with the Meehl Cryostat

The School of Applied and Engineering Physics operates and maintains a BlueFors LD250 cryostat, purchased with support from the James R. Meehl Equipment Fund.