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Sheri Minarski has been appointed Administrative Director of the Systems Engineering Program, which was effective as of June 1, 2022. Minarski has filled in as acting program manager since stand-alone administrative services for Systems were established in 2021. As acting program manager, she has helped lead a smooth transition into a new era for Systems and capably steered multiple key initiatives that will ensure our future success. Minarski joined the program in 2010 as the director’s assistant, and she was promoted to the distance learning corporate recruiting associate position in 2019... Read more

An endowed fund to help Master of Engineering students has been established thanks to the generosity of Cornell Engineering alumnus Jeff Loren ’75. The Jeff Loren ’75 Fund will provide financial assistance to graduate students enrolled at Cornell University with preference being given to M.Eng students in the Systems Engineering Program in the College of Engineering. The first graduate student will be named this fall. “Systems engineers and systems thinkers have essential roles in shaping the future—the future of our country, the future of the global community, and the future of the entire... Read more

The cover of the June 2022 issue of AIChE Journal, the flagship journal of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), features an invited Perspective article by Professor Fengqi You, Systems Ph.D. student Akshay Ajagekar and their collaborators in NASA and ExxonMobil. This AIChE Journal Perspective article, “ Perspectives of Quantum Computing for Chemical Engineering” (AIChE J. 2022; 68(6):e17651), discusses how quantum computing can positively impact chemical engineering and related fields. The realization of advantages promised by quantum algorithms for various applications is... Read more

A few years after earning his master’s degree from Cornell, Nirav Patel M.Eng. ’12 realized there was a need and, like all good systems engineers, sought to fulfill that need. “I started a venture of my own approximately three years ago. We design and manufacture equipment that is used in pharmaceuticals and cosmetic production,” said Patel, director of engineering and operations for Accunova Engineering Pvt. Ltd. “I manage overall company operations such as sales, manufacturing, design, purchasing, installations and commissioning.” Accunova manufactures machinery for packaging, labeling and... Read more

Activities beyond campus – such as business air travel, student commutes and purchases like lab equipment – account for more than 60% of Cornell’s carbon emissions, according to a new analysis. Read more

Linda Nozick has been reappointed as Director of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering for a three-year term beginning July 1, 2022. She has served as Director of CEE since 2015, and she was previously the Director of Cornell’s Systems Engineering program, which she co-founded in 1999. Linda's expertise is in the development of mathematical models for managing complex systems and with a particular interest in systems that can be represented mathematically as networks, including transportation and logistics systems, civil infrastructure networks and project networks. Her research... Read more

The Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) announces that Professor Fengqi You in Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University is the recipient of the prestigious 2022 Stratis V. Sotirchos Lectureship Award. One awardee is selected every two years by a committee of internationally renowned scientists on the grounds of candidates’ original and fundamentally important results in chemical engineering sciences. The selection of the most deserving candidate is made on an international basis and strictly on merit. This award honors the memory of... Read more

Systems Engineering field member Fengqi You says that effective waste treatment mitigates plastic pollution, eliminates the risk of viral infection, and compensates the heavy fossil fuel use in PPE production. Read more

Fengqi You, the Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor in Energy Systems Engineering in the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was selected by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Executive Committee award selection panel to receive the 2022 AIChE George Lappin Program Committee Service Award. Read more

Fengqi You, the Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor in Energy Systems Engineering in the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was elected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) by the AIChE Board of Directors. Read more