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K. Bingham Cady, professor emeritus of nuclear engineering in the Sibley School, died Dec 10. Cady helped improve the safety of nuclear fission reactors by developing computer modeling software that could simulate how reactors respond to operational fluctuations and accidents.
The Cornell Chronicle highlighted Associate Professor Rob Shepherd's research in their 2020 In Review article! Shepherd and his team developed a soft robot muscle that sweats to regulate its temperature.
Alexander Li ’20, an Energy and the Environment Research Lab member, was elected to join the sixth cohort of Schwarzman Scholars, a program that nurtures future global leaders.
A Cornell project funded by two separate three-year grants will develop worm-like, soil-swimming robots to sense and record soil properties, water, the soil microbiome and how roots grow.
A new fiber-optic sensor results in a stretchable “skin” that could give soft robotic systems the ability to feel the same sensations that mammals depend on to navigate the world. The sensor was developed by Associate Professor Rob Shepherd and his team.
A collaboration led by Assistant Professor Atieh Moridi has developed a 3D printing technique that creates cellular metallic materials by smashing together powder particles at supersonic speed that results in mechanically robust, porous structures that are 40% stronger than similar materials made with conventional manufacturing processes.
Douglas MacMartin will lead a team from the Cornell Climate Engineering group to model the effects of introducing reflective aerosols into the stratosphere, which could reduce Earth's temperature and limit the impact of climate change.
CHESS received $32.6M from NSF to build a High Magnetic Field beamline, which will allow researchers to conduct precision X-ray studies of materials in persistent magnetic fields. “This significant new infusion of NSF funding for Cornell’s CHESS lab will guarantee the preservation and expansion of its revolutionary scientific research in the heart of upstate New York,” said Senator Chuck Schumer.
Mechatronics looks a little different this year, students were mailed a kit of supplies including an oscilloscope, Arduino board, microprocessor, batteries and breadboards, to design and build their own devices with motors, circuits and sensors.
Max Zhang has been awarded a 2 ½-year, approximately $200,000 grant from NYSERDA for work aimed at determining efficient solar farm array configurations to avoid land-use conflicts or spoiling precious agricultural space.
