Department of Materials Science and Engineering

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Duffield Engineering SPROUT Awards for emerging research reach new high

The 16 grants are the most the SPROUT program has awarded in a single cycle and support a broad range of promising projects in AI, medicine, semiconductors, sustainability and more.

Researchers achieve the ‘impossible’ low-loss, tunable dielectric

A late-night “Eureka” moment, a smashed computer and 17 years of persistence led researchers to achieve what many in microwave electronics had long considered out of reach: a tunable, low energy loss class of dielectric materials.

Duffield Engineering faculty receive Atkinson grants

Khurram Khan Afridi, professor, Judy Cha, the Rick and Betty Tsai Ph.D. 1981 Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, Damian E. Helbling, professor, and Sriramya Nair, assistant professor, are among several Cornell faculty to receive 2026 Academic Venture Fund grants…

Experimental treatment kills prostate tumor cells while reawakening antitumor immunity

Cornell Prime dots – known as C’ dots – are effective against prostate tumors, according to a new preclinical study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering.

Cornell Atkinson awards drive progress in tech, ag, sustainability

Cornell Atkinson has awarded $900k to support six new research projects that seek to protect coral reefs, improve greenhouse agriculture and understand whether wildfires affect disease spread.

Researchers make moiré 2D materials without stacking, twisting

Cornell researchers have developed a new way to create moiré patterns – atomic-scale structures that can give materials unusual quantum behaviors – without relying on the twisting and stacking methods traditionally used.

Quantum facility advances with $13.5M from Duffield Engineering

The buildout of a 10,000-square-foot quantum research facility at Cornell is advancing with a new $10 million investment from the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering, with an additional $3.5 million announced to support collaborative research projects.

Cornell CAT convenes researchers, industry to accelerate life sciences innovation

At a daylong event designed to promote academic-industry collaboration, Cornell’s Center for Advanced Technology in Life Science Enterprise cast itself as both a funder of early-stage research and catalyst accelerating connections that move discoveries foward.

Students and alumni honored at eleventh annual Distinguished Awards Gala

During a reception and poster session held on May 8th at Baker Portico in the Physical Sciences Building, students presented their research to industry partners, faculty, and peers. After a reception and remarks from Department Chair, Lara Estroff, awards were presented to students in seven different categories.