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Climate Week at Columbia Engineering 2026
Join us to discover how we can work together to build a more sustainable world.
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Mining is Essential. It Doesn't Have to be Wasteful.
September 16, 2026
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Building a Star on Earth
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Welcoming our New Faculty
September 11, 2026
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Columbians Named Blavatnik Award Finalists and Laureate
September 23, 2026

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Columbia Engineering is one of the largest and highest ranked engineering schools in the Ivy League. What you discover, build, and make here will be the best work you have ever done — but only the beginning of what you will go on to do.
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Learn and work on Columbia Engineering's historic Manhattan campus. Our vibrant, diverse community sits in the heart of New York City. Just like our city, we are a magnet for global talent that has a major impact on the world.
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Impact

At Columbia Engineering, we gather the greatest minds for a single purpose: to directly impact the health, security, equitability, and sustainability of humanity.

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New Chip Mimics How Cancer Spreads

Columbia team modeled how cancer spreads to other organs using lab-grown bone and lung tissues.

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Columbia’s 3D Vision Technology Powers Factory Automation

Inside the years-long collaboration enabling faster, more precise inspection of components for everything from cars to semiconductors.

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Columbia Engineering Magazine: The Industry Edition

How Industry-Academic Partnerships Support Bold Ideas

From technical know-how to blue-sky thinking, Columbia Engineers are lending their expertise more widely than ever before.

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Expert Voices from Columbia Engineering

Engineers are tackling humanity's hardest challenges and constantly exploring new opportunities. Our 290 faculty members regularly speak to the media, consult with industry, and work with investors to put research in the service of humanity.

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Fusion Energy

Powering a Solution for Climate Change

Collaboration between industry and academia can help accelerate breakthroughs in nuclear fusion in efforts to halt climate change.

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Tough Tech

The EpiBone Mission

Kinnos is revolutionizing disinfectant solutions to protect patients and communities worldwide.

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Whether partnering across departments, campus, the city, or the globe, Columbia Engineers thrive on the deep, interdisciplinary research that is required for big breakthroughs.
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Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Columbia Engineering has played a pivotal role in shaping one of the world's largest entrepreneurship ecosystems. Our faculty, alumni, students, and partners are impassioned problem solvers and prolific innovators who are changing the world.
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Anish Agarwal

Transforming Enterprise Software

Assistant Prof. Anish Agarwal’s VC-backed startup keeps large software systems on track.

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Better LiDAR with a Chip

This lab achieved a milestone toward advancing silicon photonics.

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A Materials Revolution

Gotham Foundry creates regenerative materials for construction, fashion, and healthcare.

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Sep 24

The Rise of Agentic AI: What It Means for Climate Innovation: A LEAP Science and Technology Center-hosted Panel Discussion

10:30 am - 2:00 pm

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Sep 24

Fusion Research Symposium: Optimizing Symmetry in Fusion Plasmas

2:00 pm - 6:30 pm

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Sep 24

Biomedical Engineering

BME Seminar Series

5:10 pm - 6:10 pm

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