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Department of Materials Science and Engineering


Research

biotechnology and life sciences

The field of biotechnology and life sciences encompasses a wide area of research, which combines engineering with biological organisms.  The work in this field spans from designing an electronic device, which is interfaced to a biological organism, to mimicking a biological process in order to engineer new materials.  Through the Institute for Biotechnology and Life Science Technologies, scientists in MS&E work together with engineers, biologists, agricultural personnel, and medical scientists.  The Cornell MS&E department excels in biologically inspired synthesis and biosensing.

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