Spotlights

ASCE competition

ASCE Teams Place at Regional Competition

Cornell's ASCE Student Teams attended the Regional Meeting at Clarkson University in April. The Steel Bridge Team placed 3rd overall and the Concrete Canoe 4th overall in their respective competitions. Congrats to our students who worked so hard on these projects! Read more

Solar oven team

Solar Cooker Team in Nicaragua

Solar Cooker Team members traveled to Nicaragua over spring break to work with the Solar Women of Totogalpa. Xochitl Cruz, Jocie Kluger, Emma Lejeune, Meghan Hilbert, Alex Huang, and adviser Tim Bond... Read more

Kris Baker

Why did you choose Cornell? Cornell seemed the most aligned with my interests. At the end of my undergraduate career I wanted to transition to applied mechanics rather than going into structural... Read more

  • Hometown: Duncannon, PA
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering

Taimoor Akhtar

Why did you choose Cornell? Cornell has a diverse student community, excellent facilities and an environment that inspires learning and innovation. I joined the University as a Master of Engineering... Read more

  • Hometown: Multan, Pakistan
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering

Sean Augustino

Until midway through high school, I was intent on studying medicine. However, after attending a ten-day forum on medicine and realizing that I was not ready to commit to the many years of schooling, I... Read more

  • Hometown: [empty string]
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering

Erika Johnson

Why did you choose Cornell? Dean Collins was very influential in me coming to Cornell. When I visited Cornell for the first time, I was very impressed with the experimental facilities and excited... Read more

  • Hometown: Catonsville, MD
  • Environmental Fluid Mechanics & Hydrology

Rudolph Powser

I love to be outside. I’m a freestyle skier, motorcyclist, surfer and mountain biker. I love directing and producing short films as well as poetry and visual art. I grew up with a great deal of... Read more

  • Hometown: [empty string]
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering

Emma Lejeune

Starting in high school, I knew that I wanted to pursue a future in math and science. However, it wasn’t until I really began thinking about applying to college at the end of junior year that I began... Read more

  • Hometown: Brookline, MA
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering

Stephanie Marble

I was born and raised in small town California. I absolutely love California but for college I wanted to experience something different. When choosing a school, I wanted a good engineering school, the... Read more

  • Hometown: Arroyo Grande, CA
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering

Jacky Wang

I had lived in Taipei and Vancouver for 18 years when I decided to come to Cornell. I knew that I wanted a change from living in a large Asian-dominated city to a small town with diversity. Ithaca was... Read more

  • Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering