News: MSE

Mokshin Suri, a materials science and engineering Ph.D. student working with Professor Tobias Hanrath from the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was recently awarded the 2023‐2024 Knight@KIC Engineering Graduate Fellowship; the fellowship is funded by the Kavli Institute at Cornell (KIC) for Nanoscale Science. Suri received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from UT Austin in 2019 before coming to Cornell University to pursue graduate studies. His research interests include quantum dot photovoltaics, nano-bio hybrid photosynthetic systems, and catalysis. Under the Kavli... Read more

An interdisciplinary Cornell team has identified a new mechanism regulating tumor growth in the skeleton, the primary site of breast cancer metastasis: mineralization of the bone matrix. Read more

In a fast-fashion, throw-clothes-away world, textile expert Juan Hinestroza (Human Ecology) and a group of scientists have new ways to recycle wasted polyester into new useful products. Read more

Cornell researchers have revealed the intricate nanotextures in thin-film materials, offering scientists a new, streamlined approach to analyzing potential candidates for quantum computing and microelectronics, among other applications. Read more

Lara Estroff, the Herbert Fisk Johnson Professor of Industrial Chemistry, has been reappointed to a three-year term. Read more

Cameron Gorsak, a Ph.D. student in Materials Science and Engineering, has been awarded a 2023 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship. Gorsak is advised by Assistant Research Professor Hari Nair. The DoD NDSEG Fellowship Program aims to “propel these talented individuals to the forefront of many discoveries and innovations relevant to the DoD, promote the growth of scientists/engineers within relevant DoD research disciplines, and support DoD science, engineering, and technology innovations now and in the future.” “My research focuses on optimizing the metal... Read more

Graduating members of the Tri-Service Brigade received commissions to begin their military service – including the brigade’s first commission into the U.S. Space Force – at a May 26 ceremony in Statler Auditorium. Read more

Natalia Urbas ’23 received this year’s Class of 1964 John F. Kennedy Memorial Award. She will use the $15,000 award funding to support underrepresented minorities interested in pursuing careers in research and technology. Read more

The Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Awards recognized members of the graduate community for their accomplishments, leadership and commitments to advancing efforts around diversity, inclusion, outreach and student engagement. Read more

Mehrnaz Sabet, Mokshin Suri and Ruben Trujillo make up the latest cohort of the Cornell Engineering Commercialization Fellowship, a program that helps researchers evaluate their technology through a business lens. Read more