New Faculty Profiles

Each year Cornell Engineering brings to campus the best and brightest minds in Engineering researchers and educators. Here are some of our new faculty!

Nozomi Nishimura ( 2013 )

Nozomi Nishimura finds the plaques that develop in the brains of people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease “structurally beautiful.” But this aesthetic appreciation does not stop her from searching... Read more

Patrick Reed ( 2013 )

Patrick Reed has made a career out of managing water resources, an interest that began with a powerful event. While getting his degree in geological engineering at the University of Missouri, Reed’s... Read more

Steven Adie ( 2013 )

Steven Adie would like to bring his work in optical coherence tomography out of the lab and directly to the patient’s bedside. “Imaging is no longer about lenses and mirrors. It is now about an... Read more

Perrine Pepiot ( 2011 )

Perrine Pepiot is interested in making fuel burn better. Fossil-fuel or renewably-sourced, Pepiot studies the molecular structures and chemical changes that happen when a liquid fuel is burned, with... Read more

Krishnamurthy Iyer ( 2013 )

Krishnamurthy Iyer researches dynamic markets, applying game theory to determine how these complex systems might behave under various conditions. For example, he examines online auctions, such as... Read more

Ricardo Daziano ( 2011 )

Ricardo Daziano would be the first to admit he fits the stereotype of the “artistic Italian” to some degree—he speaks multiple languages, enjoys oil painting—particularly in the style of the Italian... Read more

Ankur Singh ( 2013 )

Ankur Singh manipulates synthetic materials and living cells to improve human health. He traces his motivation to his experiences discussing problems with patients as a biomedical engineering student... Read more

Robert Shepherd ( 2013 )

Robert Shepherd has been around the world and back—born in Hawaii, spent ten years in Scotland (with relatives that work at the Macallan distillery), and a couple more in Italy. But, when his father... Read more

Florentina Bunea ( 2011 )

Florentina Bunea wants to understand uncertainty.This philosophical curiosity is what brought her to her current field of work in statistics, unlike her more prosaic peers. “You typically arrive at... Read more

Pierre Patie ( 2013 )

To Pierre Patie, an associate professor in the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, quantitative research is all about the puzzles. Patie is a financial engineer and a risk... Read more