Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Drone strikes beyond the battlefield pump up market for technology to repel them

Dead lithium batteries revived to 95% capacity via electrochemical bath

This satellite is falling towards Earth, so scientists hatched a plan to give it a lil’ push

Doctoral grad wins Ivy+ Three Minute Thesis competition

Cornell 2026 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) winner Ellen van Wijngaarden, Ph.D. '26, won first place in the Ivy+ 3MT, where she competed against students representing eight peer institutions.

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 find ‘trap’ hindering performance of hybrid perovskites

A new study from Cornell researchers has revealed an obstacle to improving charge transport in hybrid perovskites, a promising class of semiconductor materials used in energy conversion and electronic devices.

Undergrads’ weed-killing robot wins top prize

A team of Cornell students bested the competition with their invention: an autonomous robot that kills weeds with electricity.

13 student projects earn CIDA Research Innovation Fund awards

Thirteen Cornell students will spend the summer advancing new technologies for agriculture after receiving 2026 Research Innovation Fund awards from the Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture. 

SpaceX’s Engineering Secret? A College Car-Racing Club

New director, grants mark expansion of Engaged Engineering

Led by Lauren Stulgis, the Engaged Engineering initiative announced its first grants, backing projects that use engineering to serve communities through environmental monitoring, AI and data analytics, and mechanical design.