Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering

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Welcome to the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University.  Cornell is one of the Ivy League schools and also the Land Grant University of the State of New York.  The Biological and Environmental Engineering Department (BEE) is one of the largest of its kind in the country with a very diverse faculty, staff and student population.  The department serves three integrated functions: teaching of undergraduate and graduate students; research on problems in biology and the environment; and public outreach to help society implement new knowledge.  Read more ...

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PROSPECTIVE GRADUATE STUDENTS:
While the BEE graduate field has a rolling admission policy, the following dates are important:
October 1st: submission deadline for M.S./Ph.D. students for spring admission
December 1st: submission deadline for M.S. /Ph.D. students for fall admission (most fellowship/stipend decisions will be made for students applying by this deadline).

Click here for GRADUATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

BEE Research Symposium 2010
The 5th Annual BEE Research Symposium was held March 1st, 2013.  Stay tuned for the 6th annual  event in February 2014!
[Contact: akp28@cornell.edu]

BEERS 2014 PresentersThe 2014 Presenters: Alex Warning (Datta Lab), Lauren McPhillips (Soil and Water Lab), Catherine Spirito (Angenent Lab), Mark Hartman (Luo Lab), Sarah Reinholt (Baeumner Lab). Not pictured: Matt Russell (March Lab).


Research Areas

Biological Engineering

Environmental Engineering

Food and Bioprocessing Engineering

Industrial Biotechnology

Click here to see the FORA.tv interview with Professor Larry Walker discussing how and why his Biofuels Research Lab makes ethanol out of switchgrass.

Click here to take a virtual tour of the Biofuels Research Lab.

Click here to listen to Professor Antje Baeumner discussing the future possibilities for the universal biosensors under development in her lab.

Click here to see the USDA CSREES interview with Professor Dan Luo discussing his work with nanoscale 'barcode' disease detectors.

Click here to see the USDA CSREES interview with Professor Todd Walter discussing how he uses nanoscale tracers to uncover the sources of pollution in America's farm fields and waters.

Click here to read the impact statement Cellulosic Biofuels Research, Education and Outreach Activities.

Click here to listen to BEE Adjunct Professor Gail Holst-Warhaft discuss the book she co-wrote with Professor Tammo Steenhuis, "Losing Paradise: The Water Crisis in the Mediterranean".

Click here to see Professor Emeritus Gerry Rehkugler's presentation on BEE's Rau Plow collection, "5,000-year history of the plow".

 

30th Anniversary Chili Cookbook -- Click on the Chili Fly!
30th Anniversary Chili Cookbook

Student Spotlight
Congratulations to Walker Grimshaw, BE'13, who has been selected as a 2012-2013 Frank and Rosa Rhodes Scholarship recipient in recognition of his contributions through academic achievements and leadership.

STUDENT PROFILES  [Full 2012 and previous years]

IBE Student Chapter Website

A2E2 Student Chapter Website

BioExpo 2012Thank you to the
2013 BioExpo crew: Anne Elise Creamer, Karen Duffy and Hee-Sung Park, and congratulations to the 2013 poster award winners!

1st Place:   Dylan Webster, BE MEng'13
"An arsenic-specific biosensor employing genetically engineered Shewanella oneidensis in a  microbial electrochemical system"
2nd Place: Chima Amadi, AnSci'15
"The effect of cold atmospheric pressure plasma on tail regeneration of tadpoles Xenopus laevis"
3rd Place: Anne Elise Creamer, BE'13
"Baseline evaluation of the groundwater quality in central New York in the face of shale gas development"

Alpha Epsilon Student Chapter Blog


 Biological Engineering and its Possibilities for You
THANK YOU to Christine Pitner, BE'11, MEng'11 (BME),Professor Ashim Datta, and everyone who made this handbook a reality!


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