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Faisal Alkaabneh Ph.D. ’20, the first graduate of Cornell Systems’ doctorate program, was selected an Intel Faculty Fellow for 2021-22. Professor Alkaabneh’s winning proposal, titled "AI-Based Tool for Social Good: Optimizing Food Allocation and Inventory Management at Food Banks", aims at developing a novel and innovative approach to using cloud computing, visualization techniques, analytics, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for social good. Read more

Systems Ph.D. student Ning Zhao recently took runner-up honors for the De Gruyter Best Paper Award at the PRES'24 conference, held October 31-November 3 in Brno, Czech Republic. Zhao's paper, titled "Unit Commitment under Uncertainty using Data-Driven Optimization with Clustering Techniques," was co-authored by Fengqi You, the Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor in Energy Systems Engineering. Read more

A new Cornell-led study identifies several keys to sustainably managing the influx, with an emphasis on battery chemistry, second-life applications and recycling. The study was led by Cornell Engineering Dean Lynden Archer, Systems field member Fengqi You and Systems Ph.D. student Yanqiu Tao. Read more

Renee Frohnert, M.Eng. ’19, and her teammate raced against the clock to craft designs that were both tasty and structurally sound. Read more

Fengqi You, Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor in the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). Read more

Fengqi You, Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor at the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was selected to receive the 2021 Sustainable Engineering Forum Education Award by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) to recognize his contributions and accomplishments on sustainability education. Read more

H. Oliver Gao, professor of civil and environmental engineering, H. Oliver Gaohas received the inaugural Howard Simpson Professorship that will take effect on July 1, 2021. Howard Simpson was a CEE graduate, Class of 1942, who was one of the partners who founded Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH) in Boston. Read more

Designing a recycling strategy for a new generation of photovoltaic solar cells will add a strong dose of environmental friendliness to a green industry. Read more

For proof that the pandemic has not stopped campus sustainability efforts, look no further than the rooftop of Guterman Research Center. Read more

Jefferson W. Tester, the Croll Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for leadership in development of novel renewable energy systems. Read more