Strategic Areas
At Columbia Engineering, our mission of Engineering for Humanity means we choose to concentrate our resources in areas where we see a convergence between our greatest strengths and the greatest potential for impact. Here’s where we will lead the way in the years ahead.
Explore Our Strategic Areas
AI & Computational Engineering
We’re exploring the vast potential of new technologies while ensuring their deployment in responsible ways that benefit everyone.
Medicine & Health
We’re pursuing technological innovation at the intersection of engineering and human health.
Materials, Sensors & Devices
We’re building a world of smarter materials and devices, designed from the atomic scale upward to make the incredible possible.
Sustainability & Climate
We’re pioneering solutions to the most daunting global challenges, helping to create a more livable future for us all.
Innovation, Design & Entrepreneurship
We're fueling innovation with our thriving ecosystem of entrepreneurship and novel approaches to design challenges..
21st Century Engineering Education
With cross-disciplinary and joint degree programs, as well as a curricular emphasis on human-centered design and entrepreneurship, we are developing leaders who will engineer for humanity.
A Living Knee Replacement
Columbia biomedical engineers are collaborating with orthopedic surgeons to build a living replacement knee to be tested in clinical trials within five years.
Featured Research: Human-Robot Facial Co-Expression
Columbia engineers build Emo, a silicon-clad robotic face that makes eye contact and uses two AI models to anticipate and replicate a person’s smile before the person actually smiles -- a major advance in robots predicting human facial expressions accurately, improving interactions, and building trust between humans and robots.
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More EventsSeptember 12
Symposium on AI and Sports - Hosted by the Columbia-Dream Sports AI Innovation Center
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Symposium on AI and Sports - Hosted by the Columbia-Dream Sports AI Innovation Center
September 20
Electrical Engineering
EE Distinguished Lecture: Evolution of Grid Operation and Control with Anjan Bose
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
EE Distinguished Lecture: Evolution of Grid Operation and Control with Anjan Bose
September 23
Sustainable Cloud Computing and AI - Hosted by the Data Science Institute, Columbia Engineering, and IBM
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sustainable Cloud Computing and AI - Hosted by the Data Science Institute, Columbia Engineering, and IBM