News: SE

3 ways to sabotage your systems architecture

Professor Oliver Gao’s Systems Architecture and Management program helps organizations understand the value of systems architecture related to performance, lifecycle cost, schedule and risk. Read more

Metaverse could put a dent in global warming

New Cornell research shows the metaverse – a virtual 3D environment in which the physical and digital worlds converge – could have environmental benefits: lowering the global surface temperature by up to 0.02 degrees Celsius before the end of the century. Read more

Drug industry’s carbon impact could be cut by half

In a first-of-its-kind analysis, Cornell researchers and partners at the Clinton Health Access Initiative found that pharmaceutical producers could reduce their environmental impact by roughly half by optimizing manufacturing processes and supply chain networks and by switching to renewable energy sources. Read more

Gao reappointed as Director of Systems Engineering

By: Cornell Engineering

H. Oliver Gao, the inaugural Howard Simpson Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been reappointed as director of the Systems Engineering program in Cornell Engineering for a four-year term beginning July 1, 2023. “Oliver is a passionate advocate for Systems Engineering,” said Lynden Archer, the Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering. “He has big plans for the program’s future, and I look forward to our continued collaboration.” Cornell’s Systems Engineering program was founded in 1999 in response to industry needs. Over the ensuing decades, it has evolved and... Read more