Department of Materials Science and Engineering

MSE Seminar: Hiroshi Amano (Nagoya)

MSE Seminar: Stephanie Law (Penn State)

MSE Seminar: Yao Yang (Cornell Chemistry)

MSE Seminar: Yu Zhong (Cornell MSE)

MSE Seminar: Itai Cohen (Cornell Physics)

MSE Seminar: Peter Beltramo (UMass Amherst)

Rocket-inspired reaction yields carbon with record surface area

Cornell researchers have engineered a nanoporous carbon with the highest surface area ever reported, a breakthrough that is already proving beneficial for carbon-dioxide capture and energy storage technologies.

Fifty students recognized at pinning ceremony

The Graduate School welcomed 50 new Dean’s Scholars. The program honors students for their commitment to academic excellence and advancing diversity, access, equity, inclusion and belonging.

Faculty from range of fields earn Engineering’s top research honor

Pioneering advances in quantum computing, sustainable biotechnology, advanced manufacturing and biomedical innovation have earned six faculty members Research Excellence Awards, the highest research honor given annually by Cornell Engineering.

Strain-tuned potassium niobate may enable cleaner, smarter devices

Straining the atomic arrangement of potassium niobate could tune the material with exquisite control and drive environmentally friendly advancements in consumer electronics, medical devices and quantum computing, according to new research.