Nov. 19, 2015                                                                                              Vol. 18, No. 23
In This Issue

Engineering News  
 
This New York Times article features Deborah Estrin, a professor (CS) at Cornell Tech, and her Android-based software project, ResearchStack.
 
A visual update of Cornell Tech's construction progress on Roosevelt Island is provided by VentureBeat.

Lynden Archer, director (CBE), and his startup company NOHMS Technologies are featured in this Chemical & Engineering News cover story.
Faculty meeting and holiday reception scheduled for Dec. 2 
Engineering faculty are invited to attend the College of Engineering Faculty Meeting and Holiday Reception on Wednesday, Dec. 2, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Room G10 of the Biotechnology Building.
Nanotech art documentary featuring Prof. Wiesner to screen Dec. 3
A documentary featuring Uli Wiesner, professor (MSE), and the behind-the-scenes story of the needle sculpture on Cornell's arts quad will screen on Thursday, Dec. 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Johnson Art Museum.

"Kimsooja: Collaboration on Campus - Nanotechnology & Contemporary Art" tells the story of how renowned artist Kimsooja, Wiesner and others combined nanotechnology and art to create the 46-foot-tall needle-shaped structure made of plexiglass panels coated with a nanopolymer film molecularly engineered in Wiesner's lab. The mini documentary is produced by Art21 and is based on its PBS series "Art in the Twenty-First Century."
Awards and honors
Zhiru Zhang, assistant professor (ECE), has won a 2015 DARPA Young Faculty Award for his proposal, "Scale-Out Design Automation for Highly Productive Hardware Specialization." The prestigious award comes with a two-year, $500,000 grant.

The Cornell ChemE Car Team took first place at the Annual American Institute of Chemical Engineers Conference ChemE Car competition, Nov. 8, in Salt Lake City. It's the fourth time the team has been national champion since 2008.

On Cornell's second run, its car came to a stop just 5.3 centimeters from the target. The team has more than 50 members representing 6 different majors and its faculty adviser is Roseanna Ziaassistant professor (CBE).
Cornell podcast provides valuable insights for job-hunting engineers and entrepreneurs
A Cornell-produced podcast geared toward job-hunting engineering students and entrepreneurs is available for free online.

10GoodMinutes features short interviews with CEOs, hiring managers and former students who have gone through the interview process, exposing key tips and insights into topics dealing with career development and entrepreneurship.
Upson Hall renovation update
Construction has been underway for over four months. General activities projected for the next two weeks are:
  • Continued demolition activities in the basement
  • Layout and coring of miscellaneous shafts on floors 1 through 5 will begin. There are nine locations on every floor where holes must be cut through the floor to create a space for mechanical and electrical shafts. These holes will vary in size, but will be approximately 1 ft. by 3 ft. Temporary protection will be installed to cover the hole to allow people to work around the area until the final shaft is installed later in the project. The facility manager will be reaching out to affected building occupants with more details
  • Continued installation of metal stud framing on the exterior of the building
  • Beginning installation of exterior sheathing on the A-wing and fireproofing along the Hoy Road facade
REMINDER - Pike's regular work hours are 5 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. They try to restrict the most disruptive noise to the hours of 5 to 8 a.m., but that is subjective. There could be construction noise at any time during their working hours.
 
If you experience issues that need attention, please submit a ticket using the Facilities Ticket button on the renovation website. Tickets submitted this way are reported via text message and email alert to several facilities staff. You can also contact the CoE/CIS Facilities office at 255-5668.

Check out the status of the renovation on the Engineering website!