Spotlights: MSE

Jai Karnik was born in India and grew up in Dubai. Since a young age he has been passionate about playing and watching Cricket and played during his undergraduate career for the University of Illinois... Read more

Drishti started the journey to research from high school- researching and writing about environmental and economic sustainability of local power plant. Her final BEng research project was sponsored by... Read more

Emily Cheng, 2018 In the current landscape of consumer electronics, the physical design of a smartphone is integral to its success in the market. Emily Cheng worked in the Material Product Design d... Read more

Rachel Dorin Ph.D. ’13 says “I have always been a bit of a risk-taker and trouble-maker. So I am lucky to have found a place where these traits are valued and even rewarded.” The “place” Dorin found... Read more

For most of Natalie Dawley’s high school years, she assumed a career in foreign policy was awaiting her after college. “I loved learning and speaking French; I even spent a semester in France in high... Read more

A soft, patient-specific left atrial appendage occluder While I was a graduate student at Cornell University I was fortunate to have the opportunity to spend a year at the Dalio Institute of... Read more

Andrej Singer has joined the faculty of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at Cornell as an assistant professor after completing a post-doc at the University of California—San... Read more

Often when Hollywood directors want to convey the fact that something very scientific is happening, they will dress the actors in white suits that cover them head to toe—including booties, gloves, and... Read more

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell University offers an inside look at what it’s like to earn a Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) degree in materials science and engineering... Read more

Emmanuel Giannelis, Walter R. Read Professor of Engineering and A ssociate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, has been named a member of Chemistry of Materials' 1K Club after his paper "Synthesis... Read more