engNEWS http://www.news.cornell.edu News from eng at Cornell en-us (C) Cornell University ws21@cornell.edu CU search-and-rescue robots to compete internationally http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/MAGICrobot.html In early November, Cornell was named one of 10 semifinalists in the first Multi-Autonomous Ground-robotic International Challenge. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:11:06 EST Cornell team wins regional programming contest http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/ACM2009.html Cornell teams placed first, fifth and 18th out of 51 teams at the 2009 ACM Greater New York regional programming contest; the first-place team will compete in the international finals. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:46:39 EST Stimulus grant will improve physics arXiv http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/ARRAarXiv.html Stimulus funding will enhance Cornell's e-print arXiv of scientific papers to help users identify a work's main concepts, see research reports in context and easily find related work. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:10:55 EST Stimulus money to improve biological imaging http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/ARRAZipfel.html Professor Warren Zipfel hopes to make fluorescence lifetime imaging up to 1,000 times faster and simpler to implement. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:51:06 EST Small optical force can budge nanoscale objects http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/lightswitch.html Engineering researchers have used a very tiny beam of light with as little as 1 milliwatt of power to move a silicon structure up to 12 nanometers. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:21:22 EST 100 mpg team works on next stage of competition http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/100mpgUpdate.html Cornell's competition vehicle, vying for a share of the $10 million prize, is now being test driven. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:19:45 EST Informal lunch focuses on planning task force reports http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/BrownBagLunch.html What actions did the task force on student enrollment recommend to Cornell? Key administrators reviewed the findings at a brown-bag lunch Nov. 12. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:13:04 EST Researchers invent new method for graphene growth http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/ParkGraphene.html A Cornell research team has invented a simple way to make graphene electrical devices by growing the graphene directly onto a silicon wafer. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:06:41 EST Compressing photonic signals for greater bandwidth http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/Compression.html An ingenious method to time-compress optical signals could enable optical communication systems to carry many more bits per second. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:47:54 EST Two grad students earn Intel fellowships http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/IntelFellowships.html Shuang Zhao and Mark Cianchetti have each received a Ph.D. Fellowship Award from Intel Corp., which recognizes their potential as future technology leaders. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:46:58 EST All of this month's stories http://www.news.cornell.edu/current_month.raw This week's Cornell Chronicle (PDF) http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/09/11_20_09.pdf Featured campus events http://www.news.cornell.edu/pages/Events.shtml