21st Century Engineering Education

New faculty headshot collage featuring 12 new faculty members joining Columbia Engineering in the 2026 fall semester.

Faculty & Staff

Welcoming our New Faculty

September 11, 2026

by Allison Elliott

Dean Shih-Fu Chang, Barclay Morrison III, and hundreds of students throw beanies into the air in an auditorium

Students

Hats Off to a New School Year

September 04, 2026

by Beatrice Mhando

Brian A. Smith smiling in his office, seated near a window with natural light, a potted plant and a computer monitor visible on his desk

Faculty & Staff

Think ‘Badges,’ Not Paths: Finding Your Way in College

August 25, 2026

by Kelly Moffitt-Hawasly

Soulaymane Kachani shakes hands with a Vellore Institute of Technology official after signing a Memorandum of Understanding, with Hardeep Johar and other representatives from Columbia Engineering, VIT, and the VIT Alumni Association of North America seated around the table, and a welcome screen for the VIT delegation visible behind them

Campus

Columbia Engineering Signs MOU with VIT to Expand Dual-Degree Pathways

August 19, 2026

by Beatrice Mhando

Two conference attendees wearing lanyards stand by a white poster board on an easel, talking and smiling; one gestures while the other holds a paper coffee cup in a warmly lit room with other posters and people in the background.

Campus

Insights from Machine Learning Summer School

July 09, 2026

by Beatrice Mhando

A Roaree figurine launched into outer space from a rocket over a blue sky

Students

A Small CubeSat, One Giant Leap for Columbia Students

July 09, 2026

by Jennifer Ernst Beaudry

Ibrahim Odeh

Faculty & Staff

Building the Future: Ibrahim Odeh on AI, Technology, and the Next Generation of Construction Leaders

June 29, 2026

by Allison Elliott

Two women examine and adjust a clear scale model of a suspension bridge on a table at an indoor exhibit, with posters and display tables in the background.

Students

A Showcase of Student Innovation

June 11, 2026

Hollis Lehv

Alumni

Designing Games for Everyone

June 08, 2026

by Kate Cammell

Two women sit on stage in armchairs during a public talk; one listens with a microphone in hand while the other, in a blue suit, speaks into a microphone. A small table between them holds water bottles and a vase of flowers, with an audience visible in the foreground.

Alumni

An Evening with Executive Powerhouse Ursula Burns MS’82

May 26, 2026

A man wearing a blazer smiling for a photo with his arms crossed. The glass behind him reads "Columbia Engineering"

Students

Designing Photonic Multi-Chip Modules to Break Data Bottlenecks

May 15, 2026

by Andrea Galliano

Headshots of Divyadarshini Thirugnanasambandan, Bernard Steyaert, and Jagannaath Shiva Letchumana

Students

Columbia Engineering’s 2026 Graduate Student Award Winners

May 13, 2026