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Make Impactful and Lasting Change.</p></div></div><div class="row medium-unstack"><div class="large-9 medium-8 medium-order-2 small-order-2 columns"><h2>Strategic Research Areas</h2><div class="video-embed-field-provider-youtube video-embed-field-responsive-video"><iframe width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iQBqdgiwo1Q?autoplay=0&start=0&rel=0" title="YouTube video"></iframe></div><p></p></div><div class="large-3 medium-4 medium-order-1 small-order-1 columns sidebar-marg"><section class="sidebar--see-also" aria-label="See Also"><h2>See also:</h2><ul><li><a href="https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/research-and-faculty/strategic-areas-research/additional-research-topics">Additional research areas</a></li></ul></section></div></div><div class="basic__supplemental"><div class="image-listing"><div class="row"><div class="columns small-12 medium-4 large-3"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/width_260/public/departments/MAE/Materials%20Design_0.jpg?itok=Bm1V_oAu" width="260" height="145" alt="Material" /></div><div class="columns small-12 medium-8 large-9"><h3><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="82e88922-c481-4ab5-856f-8e997f214d8b" href="/node/16232">Advanced Manufacturing and Materials</a></h3><p>Modeling, simulation, experimental characterization and synthesis to advance the state-of-the-art in materials design and discovery for engineering applications. Research ranges across length scales from nano to macroscopic and material classes that include metals, semiconductors, and polymers as well as biomaterials and biological tissues. Strong ties to Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (<a href="https://www.chess.cornell.edu/">CHESS</a>), the Cornell Center for Materials Research (<a href="https://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/">CCMR</a>) and Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility (<a href="http://www.cnf.cornell.edu/">CNF</a>).</p></div></div></div><div class="image-listing"><div class="row"><div class="columns small-12 medium-4 large-3"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/width_260/public/departments/MAE/Biomechanics_0.jpg?itok=C7wIPdbY" width="260" height="144" alt="bone" /></div><div class="columns small-12 medium-8 large-9"><h3><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="cce6d2cd-90b0-419b-be2b-7bd41b12dbef" href="/node/678">Biomechanics</a></h3><p>Mechanics of bone, joint, tissue, tendons, cardiovascular, and microbiome. A strong collaborative relationship with Hospital of Special Surgery (<a href="https://www.hss.edu/">HSS</a>).</p></div></div></div><div class="image-listing"><div class="row"><div class="columns small-12 medium-4 large-3"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/width_260/public/departments/MAE/nutriphone%20%281%29.jpg?itok=rrL-IuSG" width="260" height="144" alt="Nutriphone" /></div><div class="columns small-12 medium-8 large-9"><h3><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="db38f2ac-a5a5-4da9-8995-23da081e8d6b" href="/node/16231">Bioengineering and Healthcare</a></h3><p>Technology research translated to biomedical applications, such as early cancer detection, immunology treatments, and global and mobile health.</p></div></div></div><div class="image-listing"><div class="row"><div class="columns small-12 medium-4 large-3"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/width_260/public/departments/MAE/Energy_0.jpg?itok=FwaYFitt" width="260" height="144" alt="Wind Turbines" /></div><div class="columns small-12 medium-8 large-9"><h3><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="8b18a360-a96e-4c6d-a5c1-435660a51b6b" href="/node/1955">Energy and Sustainability</a></h3><p>Modeling and simulation of <a href="https://www.mae.cornell.edu/combustion">fuels</a> (combustion), <a href="https://www.mae.cornell.edu/turbulence">turbulence</a>, and air pollution and emissions; <a href="https://www.mae.cornell.edu/wind-energy-0">wind energy</a>, thermal energy, geoengineering, and energy/sustainable systems engineering. Strong ties to Cornell鈥檚 Energy Systems Institute and <a href="http://www.atkinson.cornell.edu/">Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future</a>.</p></div></div></div><div class="image-listing"><div class="row"><div class="columns small-12 medium-4 large-3"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/width_260/public/departments/MAE/Robotics_0.jpg?itok=_oWzFdH1" width="260" height="144" alt="Robotic Hand" /></div><div class="columns small-12 medium-8 large-9"><h3><a href="/node/4289">Robotics and Autonomy</a></h3><p>Variety of research in autonomy (e.g. perception, planning), form (e.g. soft robotics, walking robots), and interaction (e.g. with humans). <a href="http://www.robotics.cornell.edu/">Interdisciplinary collaborations</a> across departments and Colleges at Cornell.</p></div></div></div><div class="image-listing"><div class="row"><div class="columns small-12 medium-4 large-3"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/width_260/public/departments/MAE/Space%20Science%20and%20Engineering.png?itok=y3uURCrX" width="260" height="161" alt="Mason Peck with Satellite" /></div><div class="columns small-12 medium-8 large-9"><h3><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f9cf8351-5337-48ef-8635-4f2e1aaf9a12" href="/node/4560">Space Science and Engineering</a></h3><p>Technology to enable space missions, from Earth-observing, to deep space, to exoplanet exploration; directions include novel spacecraft designs, mission design and operations, autonomy, and propulsion.</p></div></div></div><section class="section--global-spacing section--bg-gray section--carousel--fancy" aria-label="Carousel Items"><div class="carousel--fancy"><div class="carousel--fancy__item"><div class="carousel--fancy__item__img"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/width_990/public/departments/MAE/0918_ceramics_0.jpg?itok=7ph8504N" width="990" height="557" alt="fluid strategically guided through a ceramic structure鈥檚 pores" /></div><div class="carousel--fancy__item__textbox__box"><div class="carousel--fancy__item__textbox__text"><h3> Technique could enable better custom ceramic fabrication </h3><p>A new manufacturing technique has introduced a new level of precision to porous ceramic materials, opening a new realm of possibilities. Assistant Professor <a href="/node/14405">Sadaf Sobhani</a> uses computational modeling, porous structure design and 3D printing to precisely customize the porous network.</p><div class="btn btn--light"><a href="https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2018/10/shape-shifting-modular-robot-more-sum-its-parts">Learn More</a></div></div></div></div><div class="carousel--fancy__item"><div class="carousel--fancy__item__img"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/width_990/public/departments/MAE/pexels-pixabay-159397.jpg?itok=PKv4WBx1" width="990" height="550" alt="Solar panels" /></div><div class="carousel--fancy__item__textbox__box"><div class="carousel--fancy__item__textbox__text"><h3> Zhang helps NYS to go solar, avoid land-use conflicts </h3><p>Professor <a href="/node/1517">Max Zhang</a> has been awarded a 2 陆-year, approximately $200,000 grant from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) for work aimed at determining efficient solar farm array configurations to avoid land-use conflicts or spoiling precious agricultural space.</p><div class="btn btn--light"><a href="https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/10/zhang-helps-nys-go-solar-avoid-land-use-conflicts">Read More</a></div></div></div></div><div class="carousel--fancy__item"><div class="carousel--fancy__item__img"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/width_990/public/departments/MAE/2020_1055_016-16x9_0.jpg?itok=hThhXFnM" width="792" height="445" alt="earthworm-shaped robots" /></div><div class="carousel--fancy__item__textbox__box"><div class="carousel--fancy__item__textbox__text"><h3> Earthworm-shaped robots could help breed new drought-resistant crops </h3><p>Researchers in the Sibley School and horticulture developed earthworm-shaped robots that can burrow into the soil with minimal disturbance to better understand roots which could help breed new drought-resistant crops.</p><div class="btn btn--light"><a href="https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/05/crossing-boundaries-cornells-thriving-research-ecosystem">Find Out More</a></div></div></div></div><div class="carousel--fancy__item"><div class="carousel--fancy__item__img"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/width_990/public/departments/MAE/Screen%20Shot%202020-06-22%20at%202.29.08%20PM%20copy.png?itok=0JsX_bUz" width="990" height="550" alt="Autonomous submarine" /></div><div class="carousel--fancy__item__textbox__box"><div class="carousel--fancy__item__textbox__text"><h3> Intelligent Control for Autonomous Robots </h3><p><a href="https://research.cornell.edu/researchers/silvia-ferrari">Silvia Ferrari</a>, John Brancaccio Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, is equipping autonomous robots with intelligence to go where man or woman may not be able to go鈥攄angerous environments, complex situations underwater or in the air. These robots can be quick with decision making and physical speed. 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