Faculty Work

James Weaver

Design Tech Associate Professor James Weaver, who has a joint appointment in Cornell Engineering's Materials Science & Engineering (MSE), coauthored a paper reporting a carbon-cement supercapacitor material that combines structural and energy-storage functions to dramatically boost energy density in load-bearing concrete elements.

Jose Sanchez

Design Tech Associate Professor Jose Sanchez's paper introduces Minga, a multiplayer simulation that reimagines Chiloé’s house-pulling ritual to explore cultural preservation and the dynamics of cooperation.

Timur Dogan

Architecture and Design Tech Associate Professor Timur Dogan's paper in the Journal of Building Performance Simulation introduces a fully automated UBEM framework that integrates diverse data to model energy performance, evaluate retrofit and electrification scenarios, and advance decarbonization planning, demonstrated with over 5,000 buildings in Ithaca, NY.

Timur Dogan

Architecture and Design Tech Associate Professor Timur Dogan and Hung Ming Tseng (M.S. AAD '24) are part of a team of researchers at Cornell's Environmental System Lab moving Ithaca toward carbon neutrality using digital twins and artificial intelligence.

Tiffany Cheng

Design Tech Assistant Professor Tiffany Cheng coauthored a paper on a 4D-printed weather-responsive shading system currently installed on the south-facing skylight of the livMatS Biomimetic Shell.

Jenny Sabin

Design Tech Chair and Architecture Professor Jenny Sabin's studio is one of three practices contributing work exploring the use of biology and biochemistry as a basis for architecture.

Wendy Ju

Portobello, a new driving simulator developed by a research team led by Design Tech Associate Professor Wendy Ju, blends virtual and mixed realities, enabling drivers and passengers to see virtual objects overlaid in the real world.