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In a new Nature Photonics paper, a team led by Mechanical Engineering Professor Jim Schuck have pushed nonlinear platforms with high efficiency down to just 160 nanometers using engineered metasurfaces—opening new possibilities for quantum technologies on ultrathin chips.
https://bit.ly/3Y4EkWS
https://bit.ly/3Y4EkWS
December 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
In a new Nature Photonics paper, a team led by Mechanical Engineering Professor Jim Schuck have pushed nonlinear platforms with high efficiency down to just 160 nanometers using engineered metasurfaces—opening new possibilities for quantum technologies on ultrathin chips.
https://bit.ly/3Y4EkWS
https://bit.ly/3Y4EkWS
Building models that accurately simulate how different materials behave under stress requires expensive data.
In a new paper, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics WaiChing (Steve) Sun describes a new approach.
Learn more about this approach: https://bit.ly/48rg3Px
In a new paper, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics WaiChing (Steve) Sun describes a new approach.
Learn more about this approach: https://bit.ly/48rg3Px
December 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Building models that accurately simulate how different materials behave under stress requires expensive data.
In a new paper, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics WaiChing (Steve) Sun describes a new approach.
Learn more about this approach: https://bit.ly/48rg3Px
In a new paper, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics WaiChing (Steve) Sun describes a new approach.
Learn more about this approach: https://bit.ly/48rg3Px
With support from NSF's CIRC program, Columbia Engineering, Rutgers University, and Duke University are launching COSMOS³.
Building on years of collaboration, the team will work to expand and enhance New York City’s urban wireless testbed in West Harlem: https://bit.ly/48pCB39
Building on years of collaboration, the team will work to expand and enhance New York City’s urban wireless testbed in West Harlem: https://bit.ly/48pCB39
December 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
With support from NSF's CIRC program, Columbia Engineering, Rutgers University, and Duke University are launching COSMOS³.
Building on years of collaboration, the team will work to expand and enhance New York City’s urban wireless testbed in West Harlem: https://bit.ly/48pCB39
Building on years of collaboration, the team will work to expand and enhance New York City’s urban wireless testbed in West Harlem: https://bit.ly/48pCB39
For first-year fencing star Katerina Lung '29, excellence isn't merely a goal—it's the standard.
While traveling the world and winning medals, Katerina manages to balance her competition schedule with Columbia's rigorous curriculum.
Read more about her journey: https://bit.ly/3KiJ1JB
While traveling the world and winning medals, Katerina manages to balance her competition schedule with Columbia's rigorous curriculum.
Read more about her journey: https://bit.ly/3KiJ1JB
December 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
For first-year fencing star Katerina Lung '29, excellence isn't merely a goal—it's the standard.
While traveling the world and winning medals, Katerina manages to balance her competition schedule with Columbia's rigorous curriculum.
Read more about her journey: https://bit.ly/3KiJ1JB
While traveling the world and winning medals, Katerina manages to balance her competition schedule with Columbia's rigorous curriculum.
Read more about her journey: https://bit.ly/3KiJ1JB
Still Bright, launched from Columbia's Electrochemical Energy Center (CEEC), aims to replace highly polluting copper smelters with a process that's easier on the environment and communities. Co-founder and alum Jon Vardner PhD'20 is leading the charge.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/48oHZUo
Learn more: https://bit.ly/48oHZUo
This startup wants to clean up the copper industry
Still Bright hopes its chemical process could help replace polluting copper smelters.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Still Bright, launched from Columbia's Electrochemical Energy Center (CEEC), aims to replace highly polluting copper smelters with a process that's easier on the environment and communities. Co-founder and alum Jon Vardner PhD'20 is leading the charge.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/48oHZUo
Learn more: https://bit.ly/48oHZUo
Congratulations to Assistant Professor of Computer Science Josh Alman for receiving the 2026 Benjamin Franklin NextGen Award!
Alman joins eight new laureates honored for their remarkable achievements, all of whom also contribute to mentoring future leaders.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3JZrkyw
Alman joins eight new laureates honored for their remarkable achievements, all of whom also contribute to mentoring future leaders.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3JZrkyw
November 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Congratulations to Assistant Professor of Computer Science Josh Alman for receiving the 2026 Benjamin Franklin NextGen Award!
Alman joins eight new laureates honored for their remarkable achievements, all of whom also contribute to mentoring future leaders.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3JZrkyw
Alman joins eight new laureates honored for their remarkable achievements, all of whom also contribute to mentoring future leaders.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3JZrkyw
We’re proud to announce the launch of a new minor in AI for non-Computer Science majors!
The program builds foundational skills in AI, computing, and ethical practice across disciplines — from healthcare and journalism to environmental science and design.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4pn6NmE
The program builds foundational skills in AI, computing, and ethical practice across disciplines — from healthcare and journalism to environmental science and design.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4pn6NmE
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We’re proud to announce the launch of a new minor in AI for non-Computer Science majors!
The program builds foundational skills in AI, computing, and ethical practice across disciplines — from healthcare and journalism to environmental science and design.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4pn6NmE
The program builds foundational skills in AI, computing, and ethical practice across disciplines — from healthcare and journalism to environmental science and design.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4pn6NmE
A century ago, European physicists developed quantum mechanics—a momentous occasion marked in 2025 as the International Year of Quantum.
Physicist I.I. Rabi brought quantum mechanics to Columbia. Today, teams of scientists continue a quantum legacy spanning decades: https://bit.ly/4p6U33T
Physicist I.I. Rabi brought quantum mechanics to Columbia. Today, teams of scientists continue a quantum legacy spanning decades: https://bit.ly/4p6U33T
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
A century ago, European physicists developed quantum mechanics—a momentous occasion marked in 2025 as the International Year of Quantum.
Physicist I.I. Rabi brought quantum mechanics to Columbia. Today, teams of scientists continue a quantum legacy spanning decades: https://bit.ly/4p6U33T
Physicist I.I. Rabi brought quantum mechanics to Columbia. Today, teams of scientists continue a quantum legacy spanning decades: https://bit.ly/4p6U33T
Joseph Bevitt, a 3D imaging scientist at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), will show how neutron imaging advances safer infrastructure and cultural preservation.
Join us tomorrow at this open seminar. Register today: https://bit.ly/48jEHTm
Join us tomorrow at this open seminar. Register today: https://bit.ly/48jEHTm
November 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Joseph Bevitt, a 3D imaging scientist at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), will show how neutron imaging advances safer infrastructure and cultural preservation.
Join us tomorrow at this open seminar. Register today: https://bit.ly/48jEHTm
Join us tomorrow at this open seminar. Register today: https://bit.ly/48jEHTm
Join Jingren Zhou MS’01 PhD’04, the CTO of Alibaba Cloud, for our next Lecture Series in AI. Zhou will discuss how his teams build large-scale foundation models, and tackle the real-world challenges of training and serving massive AI systems in the cloud: https://bit.ly/4pgnakS
November 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Join Jingren Zhou MS’01 PhD’04, the CTO of Alibaba Cloud, for our next Lecture Series in AI. Zhou will discuss how his teams build large-scale foundation models, and tackle the real-world challenges of training and serving massive AI systems in the cloud: https://bit.ly/4pgnakS
Over 200 attendees joined Columbia Engineering’s Center for AI and Responsible Financial Innovation (CAIRFI) and Capital One to explore "What’s Next in AI and Finance."
Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4nZY9JF
Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4nZY9JF
November 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Over 200 attendees joined Columbia Engineering’s Center for AI and Responsible Financial Innovation (CAIRFI) and Capital One to explore "What’s Next in AI and Finance."
Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4nZY9JF
Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4nZY9JF
We recently welcomed Erman Ilicak, the founder and president emeritus of engineering and investment conglomerate Rönesans Holding, for the latest installment of our Tech CEO Lecture Series.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3M0sGcL
Photo Credit: David Dini
Read more: https://bit.ly/3M0sGcL
Photo Credit: David Dini
November 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
We recently welcomed Erman Ilicak, the founder and president emeritus of engineering and investment conglomerate Rönesans Holding, for the latest installment of our Tech CEO Lecture Series.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3M0sGcL
Photo Credit: David Dini
Read more: https://bit.ly/3M0sGcL
Photo Credit: David Dini
Researchers led by Alexander Gaeta, the David M. Rickey Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science and of Electrical Engineering, show that a thin‑film platinum resistor on a photonic chip can double as a precise temperature sensor—no bulky hardware needed.
https://bit.ly/484affW
https://bit.ly/484affW
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Researchers led by Alexander Gaeta, the David M. Rickey Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science and of Electrical Engineering, show that a thin‑film platinum resistor on a photonic chip can double as a precise temperature sensor—no bulky hardware needed.
https://bit.ly/484affW
https://bit.ly/484affW
Congrats to Alex Gaeta, Applied Physics and Materials Science and Electrical Engineering Professor who received the 2026 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science! His work is opening paths to higher‑performance computing and more sustainable photonic technologies.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3LNAqPd
Read more: https://bit.ly/3LNAqPd
November 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Congrats to Alex Gaeta, Applied Physics and Materials Science and Electrical Engineering Professor who received the 2026 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science! His work is opening paths to higher‑performance computing and more sustainable photonic technologies.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3LNAqPd
Read more: https://bit.ly/3LNAqPd
Check out this PBS segment, featuring one of our PhD students in the Kristin Myers Lab, on the importance of supporting science innovation. View the episode: https://to.pbs.org/3LoPq69
November 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Check out this PBS segment, featuring one of our PhD students in the Kristin Myers Lab, on the importance of supporting science innovation. View the episode: https://to.pbs.org/3LoPq69
The Instron was first developed during World War II to test the tensile strength of parachutes.
Now, Mechanical Engineering Professor Kristin Meyers and her PhD students are using it for a different kind of life-saving technology—preventing preterm births.
Now, Mechanical Engineering Professor Kristin Meyers and her PhD students are using it for a different kind of life-saving technology—preventing preterm births.
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Instron was first developed during World War II to test the tensile strength of parachutes.
Now, Mechanical Engineering Professor Kristin Meyers and her PhD students are using it for a different kind of life-saving technology—preventing preterm births.
Now, Mechanical Engineering Professor Kristin Meyers and her PhD students are using it for a different kind of life-saving technology—preventing preterm births.
Thank you to all that donated this #GivingDay! On October 21, we raised more than $3.7M in donations with 900+ in total gifts.
With your support, we can invest in the next generation of engineers that are building a better humanity.
With your support, we can invest in the next generation of engineers that are building a better humanity.
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Thank you to all that donated this #GivingDay! On October 21, we raised more than $3.7M in donations with 900+ in total gifts.
With your support, we can invest in the next generation of engineers that are building a better humanity.
With your support, we can invest in the next generation of engineers that are building a better humanity.
Researchers have recently unveiled a prototype superconducting qubit made from atom-thin crystals. The crystalline qubit is smaller than ever before, opening up a new world of materials that can now be used to create fundamental units of quantum computers: https://bit.ly/4ouBZjG
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Researchers have recently unveiled a prototype superconducting qubit made from atom-thin crystals. The crystalline qubit is smaller than ever before, opening up a new world of materials that can now be used to create fundamental units of quantum computers: https://bit.ly/4ouBZjG
Congratulations to Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Karen Kasza and her group for receiving the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH): https://bit.ly/3LoANQ7
November 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Congratulations to Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Karen Kasza and her group for receiving the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH): https://bit.ly/3LoANQ7
How do you fix nanoscopic leaks? With nanoscopic plugs.
Chemical engineer Dan Esposito and his team have developed a new, incredibly thin membrane for reactors that make hydrogen from water. The membranes are highly efficient and made from safer materials.
Read more: https://bit.ly/43QXCCl
Chemical engineer Dan Esposito and his team have developed a new, incredibly thin membrane for reactors that make hydrogen from water. The membranes are highly efficient and made from safer materials.
Read more: https://bit.ly/43QXCCl
November 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
How do you fix nanoscopic leaks? With nanoscopic plugs.
Chemical engineer Dan Esposito and his team have developed a new, incredibly thin membrane for reactors that make hydrogen from water. The membranes are highly efficient and made from safer materials.
Read more: https://bit.ly/43QXCCl
Chemical engineer Dan Esposito and his team have developed a new, incredibly thin membrane for reactors that make hydrogen from water. The membranes are highly efficient and made from safer materials.
Read more: https://bit.ly/43QXCCl
Congratulations to Earth and Environmental Engineering faculty Ngai Yin Yip, Shaina Kelly, and Adeyemi Adeleye for being selected for ARPA-E’s new #RECOVER program, aimed to strengthen domestic supply chains by reclaiming critical minerals from U.S. wastewaters.
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Congratulations to Earth and Environmental Engineering faculty Ngai Yin Yip, Shaina Kelly, and Adeyemi Adeleye for being selected for ARPA-E’s new #RECOVER program, aimed to strengthen domestic supply chains by reclaiming critical minerals from U.S. wastewaters.
Congrats to Electrical Engineering's Ethan Katz-Bassett and collaborators for receiving the 2025 ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC) Test of Time Award for their pioneering PEERING testbed.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4qyWtZR
Read more: https://bit.ly/4qyWtZR
October 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Congrats to Electrical Engineering's Ethan Katz-Bassett and collaborators for receiving the 2025 ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC) Test of Time Award for their pioneering PEERING testbed.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4qyWtZR
Read more: https://bit.ly/4qyWtZR
Our next Tech CEO Lecture series will be led by Dave Limp, the CEO of Blue Origin. Limp’s lecture will discuss the company’s vision to build a road to space, and the vital processes that need to happen to make this possible.
Register today: https://bit.ly/4qvLelf
Register today: https://bit.ly/4qvLelf
October 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Our next Tech CEO Lecture series will be led by Dave Limp, the CEO of Blue Origin. Limp’s lecture will discuss the company’s vision to build a road to space, and the vital processes that need to happen to make this possible.
Register today: https://bit.ly/4qvLelf
Register today: https://bit.ly/4qvLelf
The Columbia Electrochemical Energy Center (CEEC) hosted its annual Fall Symposium on Sept. 24 to explore how electrochemical technologies can help meet the world’s growing energy demands. Read the event highlights: https://bit.ly/4oE0Vor
October 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The Columbia Electrochemical Energy Center (CEEC) hosted its annual Fall Symposium on Sept. 24 to explore how electrochemical technologies can help meet the world’s growing energy demands. Read the event highlights: https://bit.ly/4oE0Vor
Did you know the technology behind more than a billion smartphone cameras was developed at Columbia Engineering?
Computer Science Prof. Shree Nayar revolutionized imaging with his invention of single-shot HDR technology—changing how we capture and experience the visual world: https://bit.ly/47eBPXF
Computer Science Prof. Shree Nayar revolutionized imaging with his invention of single-shot HDR technology—changing how we capture and experience the visual world: https://bit.ly/47eBPXF
October 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Did you know the technology behind more than a billion smartphone cameras was developed at Columbia Engineering?
Computer Science Prof. Shree Nayar revolutionized imaging with his invention of single-shot HDR technology—changing how we capture and experience the visual world: https://bit.ly/47eBPXF
Computer Science Prof. Shree Nayar revolutionized imaging with his invention of single-shot HDR technology—changing how we capture and experience the visual world: https://bit.ly/47eBPXF