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American Physical Society Fellowship Awarded to Judy Cha

Judy Cha, professor of materials science and engineering, has been elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) by the APS Council of Representatives during their September council meeting, upon the recommendation of the American Physical Society Division of Materials Physics. The APS Fellowship Program was created to recognize members who may have made advances in physics through original research and publication, or made significant innovative contributions in the application of physics to science and technology. Professor Cha is recognized for her pioneering contributions in the... Read more

Cornell engineers key to multiple federal microelectronics projects

By: Around Cornell

Cornell Engineering-led projects designed to accelerate research into quantum and communications leap-ahead technologies – innovations that enable significant advances over current systems – received significant support from the U.S. Department of Defense, officials with the Northeast Regional Defense Technology Hub (NORDTECH) recently announced. Read more

Droplets swim to dissolution, could inspire fluid microbots

Microscopic liquid droplets in the form of bovine serum albumin condensates swim toward solvent conditions that favor their dissolution, a mechanism that may underlie some transport processes within living cells, and could be exploited to develop fluid micro robots. Read more

Merrill Scholars honor mentors who inspired them

At a luncheon on May 21, 42 Merrill Scholars celebrated the mentors who had the greatest influence on their early education and the Cornell faculty or staff members who contributed most significantly to their college experience. Read more

Robinson gets Agilent award for pioneering work in advanced materials

For his contributions to advanced materials research, Richard Robinson, associate professor of materials science and engineering at Cornell, received a Solutions Innovation Research Award from Agilent Technologies that will aid his research groups’ efforts to characterize the structures of novel high-entropy nanomaterials. Robinson specializes in colloidal nanoparticle synthesis and applies nanosynthetic design concepts to control nanomaterials’ composition, shape, size and surface to tailor their properties. As part of his award, Robinson will receive a one-year loan of an Agilent Cary 630... Read more