News: MSE

Judy Cha, Ph.D. '09, and Alex Kwan, Ph.D. '09, will bring to their alma mater expertise in nanoscale materials and cellular-resolution optical imaging, respectively. Read more

A Cornell-led collaboration used X-ray nanoimaging to gain an unprecedented view into solid-state electrolytes, revealing previously undetected crystal defects and dislocations that may now be leveraged to create superior energy storage materials. Read more

America’s dominance is currently at risk, and a new model is needed now more than ever, argue Michael I. Kotlikoff, Emmanuel P. Giannelis and Glenn C. Altschuler. Read more

Cornell researchers are using low-cost aluminum to create a rechargeable battery that is safer, less expensive and more sustainable than lithium-ion batteries. Read more

Cornell Engineering ranks #12 among engineering colleges in the 2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings. Read more

The Department of Materials Science would like to congratulate Jalen Harris for recently being awarded a Computational Science Fellowship from the Department of Energy. These are highly prestigious fellowships and are only awarded to a small number of graduate students each year. Jalen is co-advised by Nicole Benedek (MSE) and Robert DiStasio (Chemistry). The DOE CSGF provides outstanding benefits and opportunities to students pursuing doctoral degrees in fields that use high-performance computing to solve complex science and engineering problems. The program fosters a community of energetic... Read more

Uli Wiesner, the Spencer T. Olin Professor of Engineering in Materials Science and Engineering, has been recognized with a Special Creativity Award by the National Science Foundation (NSF). This will provide him with a two-year extension of his existing NSF single investigator award. The NSF special creativity award is in recognition of his excellent research, productivity, and impact in the area of new polymer-based porous nanostructures from non-equilibrium processes, as well as the broader impacts emanating from his NSF project. As stated in the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures... Read more

A new article by a team of scientists led by Prof. Lara Estroff was recently featured in "Spotlights on Recent JACS Publications" Read more

The Office of Academic Integration (OVPAI) has awarded $750,000 in seed grants to 10 studies ranging from refugee health and legal rights, to a vaccine treating fentanyl addiction and overdose, to pancreatic cancer and antibiotic tolerance. Read more

Elucida Oncology, a biotechnology company based on C Dots – ultra-small nanoparticles developed at Cornell that show promise in identifying and fighting cancer – recently secured $44 million in financing, in addition to $28 million raised in 2018. Read more