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
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]
The 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).
Biological Engineering Handbook
Environmental Engineering Handbook
BEE Course Descriptions
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Food and Bioprocessing Engineering
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.
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30th Anniversary Chili Cookbook -- Click on the Chili Fly!
STUDENT PROFILES [Full 2012 and previous years]
IBE Student Chapter Website
A2E2 Student Chapter Website
Thank 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
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Biological Engineering and its Possibilities for You |
