Engineering Class Day and Commencement 2013

Columbia Engineering Class Day inevitably marks the end to a student’s time at SEAS but can also—for many—mean the start of a new journey.

Milestones

The Water Environment Federation has selected Kartik Chandran, associate professor of earth and environmental engineering, as one of its 15 new fellows.

Even with Defects, Graphene Is Strongest Material in the World

In a new study published in Science, Columbia Engineering researchers demonstrate that graphene, even if stitched together from many small crystalline grains, is almost as strong as graphene in its perfect crystalline form.

Shih-Fu Chang Wins Great Teacher Award

The Society of Columbia Graduates (SOCG) has selected Shih-Fu Chang, the Richard Dicker Professor of Telecommunications, as one of its two recipients of the Great Teacher Award, an honor given annually to professors for exemplary undergraduate teaching at Columbia College and Columbia Engineering.

Student-led Social Media Startup Wins Grand Prize in Statewide Competition

WordsEye, the text-to-image software startup co-founded by computer science PhD candidates Bob Coyne and Daniel Bauer, recently won the grand prize—a $100,000 award—at the Fourth Annual New York Business Plan Competition.

Researchers Stitch Defects into the World's Thinnest Semiconductor

The research results are a step toward developing atomically thin electronics to help create a whole new generation of revolutionary products.

SEAS Students Win a Second Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship

Having won a 2012 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (QInF) a year ago, electrical engineering PhD candidates Sunwoo Lee and Michael Lekas have put their $100,000 award to such good use that they have now won a 2013 QInF, for another $100,000 to devote to their innovative research involving graphene and wireless devices.

Researchers Perform Fastest Measurements Ever Made of Ion Channel Proteins

The ability to perform such fast measurements of these proteins will lead to new understanding of their functions.

High-Tech Alum to Receive University Medal for Excellence

Distinguished Columbia Engineering alumna Alicia Abella MS'93, MPhil'94, PhD'95 has been awarded the University Medal for Excellence, which will be presented to her May 22 at Commencement. The Medal for Excellence is awarded annually and bestowed on an outstanding Columbia graduate under the age of 45.

Graphene Study Confirms 40-Year-Old Physics Prediction

First direct proof of Hofstadter Butterfly Fractal observed in moiré superlattices

Professor Mark Cane Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Cane is one of 84 new members and 21 foreign associates from 14 countries to join the prestigious academy.

Making the Grade: Servedio, Vallancourt Win Presidential Teaching Awards

Rocco Servedio, associate professor of computer science, and David Vallancourt, senior lecturer in electrical engineering, have been awarded Columbia’s Presidential Teaching Award.

Nanotechnology Breakthrough May Improve Drug Delivery

Columbia engineers manipulate a Buckyball by inserting a single water molecule.

Soulaymane Kachani Named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader

The World Economic Forum has inducted Soulaymane Kachani to its 2013 class of Young Global Leaders.

It's Raining Innovation

An interdisciplinary team's design proposal was recognized for innovative technology in a green roof competition.

Professors from Chemical Engineering and Computer Science Use Big Data to Design New Nanomaterials

Three engineering professors are applying big data concepts and techniques to discover and design new nanomaterials.

Robert Bakish BS'85, '89BUS to Speak at Class Day

Students choose Viacom CEO and former MTV president as keynote speaker at 2013 Engineering Class Day ceremony May 20.

Columbia Engineers Generate World-Record mmWave Output Power from Nanoscale CMOS

This development could enable extremely high-bandwidth communication over extremely long distances for the first time.

PhD Student Wins Fulbright to Tackle Flood Management in Haiti

Raha Hakimdavar will use the grant to further study and develop a sensor- and satellite-driven network for flood management in areas with high flood risk.

New Computational Model Can Predict Breast Cancer Survival

Led by Dimitris Anastassiou, the research team has developed a new computational model that is highly predictive of breast cancer survival.

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