| News Date | News Details |
|---|---|
| April 10, 2009 |
TAM Alumnus, Geoffrey Recktenwald (PhD 2006), receives Cornell Math Department's Junior Faculty Teaching Award "Geoff was recognized for his enthusiasm and his ability to engage and inspire his students..." |
| February 9, 2009 |
TAM Professor, Joe Burns, Named Honorary Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society TAM Professor, Joe Burns, has been named an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in recognition of his outstanding contributions to astronomy. "World’s Leading Astronomers And Geophysicists Honoured By Royal Astronomical Society", 10 January 2009, Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) |
| January 26, 2009 |
TAM Professor, Richard Rand, Named 2008 Weiss Presidential Fellow TAM Professor, Richard Rand, is one of four Cornell faculty members chosen for the 2008 Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellowships for excellence in teaching and advising undergraduate students and outstanding efforts to improve instruction on campus. |
| December 22, 2008 |
Merging of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics The Dean of Engineering, Kent Fuchs, announced on Dec. 22 that effective January 1, 2009 the Director of the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering will assume responsibility for resource decisions in TAM. In practice this means that although there will be few immediate changes, TAM has been put on a path to merge with MAE. No faculty are losing tenure and all present graduate students will maintain support. The graduate field of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics will live on and new students will continue to be admitted. A great deal of discussion and planning will be taking place in early 2009 as we work together to create a new, world-leading Sibley School. University Statement on Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics |
| November 6, 2008 |
Strogatz completes DVD course on chaos TAM Professor Steve Strogatz has completed an award winning 24 lecture DVD course on chaos theory for The Teaching Company. "Welcome to Chaos: Strogatz course featured on DVD", Cornell Chronicle Online, Nov. 6, 2008 |
| November 3, 2008 |
Strogatz and TAM Alum, Duncan Watts in network documentary TAM professor, Steve Strogatz, and TAM alum, Duncan Watts, are filmed in the Australian ABC TV network documentary, "How Kevin Bacon Cured Cancer". "How Kevin Bacon Cured Cancer", abc.net.au-on YouTube   |
| September 20, 2008 |
Professor Joe Burns Curates Spectacular Saturn Show at the Johnson Museum Spectacular Saturn (September 20-January 4): Guest curator Joe Burns, the Irving Porter Church Professor of Engineering and professor of astronomy at Cornell, will discuss the exhibition as part of the Museum’s “Art for Lunch” series on Thursday, September 25, at 12:00 noon. Burns will also give a public lecture at the Museum on Thursday, November 6 at 5:15 p.m. More Information Johnson Museum Current Exhibitions |
| June 10, 2008 |
Ruina and Pratap meet in Finland TAM PhD Rudra Pratap is now a professor at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore India. TAM Professor Andy Ruina lives in Ithaca. Together they are writing (still) an introductory textbook on Statics and Dynamics. Almost exactly half way between Bangalore and Ithaca on the great circle route is Helsinki Finland. So most summers the two of them spend a month or so working together in Finland. This summer a local paper thought that fact was interesting enough to write a story about. "Indien och USA möts på Åland", Story in Swedish with Picture, June 10, 2008. |
| May 8, 2008 |
Cassini images on display in New York City With Cornell's help, a glorious Saturn steps into the spotlight in New York City |
| May 7, 2008 |
Cornell Robot a Record Walker Ranger is small and light, but a marathoner among walking robots. The skinny robot from Cornell University wouldn't last long in a ring with Honda's heavyweight humanoid robot. Honda's robot, ASIMO, can run, shake hands and serve tea. Cornell's Ranger doesn't even have hands. But it can do something ASIMO can't: It can walk five miles without charging its batteries. |
