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Nature Food paper

The 2024 paper from our team, led by Dr. Benjamin Decardi-Nelson, was published in Nature Food. Titled “Artificial Intelligence can regulate light and climate systems to reduce energy use in plant factories and support sustainable food production,” the paper demonstrates how AI can optimize indoor farming to cut energy consumption […]


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PEESE Journal Covers

  Our publication titled “Sailing towards sustainability: offshore wind’s green hydrogen potential for decarbonization in coastal USA” was featured as the front cover of the August 2024 issue of Energy & Environmental Science. This research has garnered media attention, with coverage in outlets such as: Cornell Chronicle: Green hydrogen study […]


Cecil Award in Env. ChE

Prof. You received the prestigious 2024 Lawrence K. Cecil Award in Environmental Chemical Engineering from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). AIChE, the world’s leading organization for chemical engineering professionals with over 60,000 members from more than 110 countries, bestows this most prestigious environmental award. Established in 1972, the […]


PNAS paper in the news

Apoorv Lal’s second paper, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), explores the promotion of climate sustainability through the synergistic combination of green hydrogen and cryptocurrency, driving energy transition and decarbonization. Media coverage includes, but is not limited to: A PNAS paper by Apoorv Lal, a […]


Quantum Computing & AI

PEESE research on quantum computing and AI for smart energy systems was reported by some news media. Some recent ones include, but are not limited to, the ones below: Cornell Chronicle: Tying quantum computing to AI prompts a smarter power grid Cornell Engineering News: Quantum AI framework targets energy intensive […]


Science Advances papers

Another Science Advances paper titled “Will reshoring manufacturing of advanced electric vehicle battery support renewable energy transition and climate targets?” was published in 2023. Relevant media reports include, Cornell Chronicle: Study unveils policy insights for reshoring EV battery production (also in TechXplore, News Azi, etc.) Another paper titled “Second life […]


Nature Comm. papers’ News

In April 2023, our research’s another Nature Communications paper titled “Trade-off between critical metal requirement and transportation decarbonization in automotive electrification” was also featured in news media outlets, such as: Cornell Chronicle: Critical metal needs rise while cars, trucks decarbonize (also in TechXplore, Homeland Security News Wire, Environmental News Network) […]


Schmidt AI4Sci Program

Professor You co-leads a large AI for Science program with Professor Carla Gomes at Cornell CIS. The program is funded by Schmidt Futures, a philanthropic initiative of Eric and Wendy Schmidt. The $148 million Schmidt AI in Science Fellowships program will support researchers in developing and using AI in innovative ways […]


AIChE Fellow, George Lappin Award, & Sotirchos Award

Fengqi You was recently elected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) by the AIChE Board of Directors. AIChE is the world’s leading organization for chemical engineering professionals, with more than 60,000 members from over 110 countries. The grade of AIChE Fellow is the highest grade of […]


SEF Education Award

Professor Fengqi You was selected to receive the 2021 Sustainable Engineering Forum Education Award by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) to recognize his contributions and accomplishments on sustainability education. AIChE is the world’s leading organization for chemical engineering professionals, with more than 60,000 members from over 110 countries. The […]


Teaching Excellence Award

Professor you recently won the 2020 Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Tucker Excellence in Teaching Award, which is the highest award for teaching in the college to recognize excellence in teaching and learning. Two years ago, Professor You received the 2018 Cornell Engineering Research Excellence Award to recognize his leadership […]


Media coverage of perovskite PVs papers

A recent work by Xueyu further investigates the recycling strategies of perovskite solar cells. The paper titled “Life cycle assessment of recycling strategies for perovskite photovoltaic modules” is recently published in Nature Sustainability and covered by news media: Cornell Chronicle ScienceDaily PV Magazine TechExplore Environmental News Network ScienMag PVbuzz Congratulations to […]


AIChE GPE Award

Professor Fengqi You has been awarded the 2020 Innovations in Green Process Engineering Award by American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and Green Process Engineering Association. This award recognizes an individual for contributions to the field of green process engineering for sustainable energy and environment. Professor You was selected for […]


Automatic Control Council O. Hugo Schuck Award

The American Automatic Control Council (AACC) has awarded Dr. Fengqi You, Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor, and CBE PhD student, Chao Ning, the prestigious 2020 O. Hugo Schuck Award. The American Automatic Control Council (AACC) was formed in 1957 and represents the United States to the world automatic […]


Science Advances AE

Prof. You was recently invited to join the editorial board of Science Advances as an Associate Editor. Science Advances is an open-access journal published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), which also publishes Science.


McGraw Research Award

Prof. Fengqi You has been selected to receive the 2020 Curtis W. McGraw Research Award by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). The Curtis W. McGraw Research Award was established in 1957 with the initial assistance of the McGraw-Hill Book Company to recognize outstanding achievements by engineering college research […]


AIChE PD Research Award

Prof. You was recently notified of his selection for the Excellence in Process Development Research Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) this year. AIChE is the world’s leading organization for chemical engineering professionals, with more than 60,000 members from over 110 countries. Sponsored by Pfizer, the AIChE […]


AI for Smart Control

Our recent paper “A Data-Driven Robust Optimization Approach to Scenario-Based Stochastic Model Predictive Control” published in Journal of Process Control has drawn some media attentions. These include, but are certainly not limited to, the following ones: Cornell Chronicle: To conserve energy, AI clears up cloudy forecasts World Economic Forum: New […]


Computing & Systems Technology OYR Award

Prof. You was selected to receive the 2018 Computing and Systems Technology (CAST) Outstanding Young Researcher Award. This award is presented by AIChE to honor an individual with outstanding contributions to the computing and systems technologies (CAST). Prof. You was recognized for “contributions to fundamental theory and applications of supply […]


ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. Lectureship Award

The American Chemical Society (ACS) announces today that Prof. You is a winner of the prestigious 2018 ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Award. The ACS has more than 158,000 members in all fields of chemistry, chemical engineering, and related fields, and it is the world’s largest scientific society by […]


“Science” paper on LCA

Our co-authored paper, titled “Global carbon intensity of crude oil production” (Science 31 Aug 2018: Vol. 361, Issue 6405, pp. 851-853), was recently published in Science Magazine. This paper reports the results of a multi-institutional collaboration to quantify and rank the countries by the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of […]


IEEE TCST AE

After receiving unanimous endorsement by the Executive Committee of the IEEE Control Systems Society and approval by the Board of Governors., Prof. You was recently appointed as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (IEEE TCST). IEEE TCST is a major journal in the control and […]


AIChE ENV EC Award

Prof. You was recently notified of his selection for another national award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) this year. AIChE is the world’s leading organization for chemical engineering professionals, with more than 60,000 members from over 110 countries. In addition to the 2017 AIChE Sustainable Engineering Research […]


AIChE Sustainable Engineering Research Award

Prof. You has been selected to receive the 2017 AIChE Sustainable Engineering Research Excellence Award (formerly named “Research Excellence in Sustainable Engineering Award”). This award is presented annually to recognize an individual with significant contributions to research activities on sustainability, and it is most prestigious award given by AIChE honoring […]


Awards to M.Eng. students

PEESE M.Eng. students were recognized with distinguished awards by the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Shristi Varshney won the Fall 2020 Outstanding M.Eng. Project Award, in recognition of her research contribution to the sustainable campus energy systems project. The Spring 2020 Outstanding M.Eng. Project Award was bestowed to […]


Jiyao wins AIChE Award

Jiyao Gao, a PEESE graduate student, was selected to receive a Sustainable Engineering Forum Student Paper Award from AIChE this year. These student paper awards are presented to graduate students who published the best technical papers that describe results related to engineering and sustainability. Jiyao is one of the three […]


Daniel received awards

PEESE graduate student Daniel Garcia was selected to receive a 2018 Sustainable Engineering Forum Student Paper Award from AIChE. These student paper awards are presented to graduate students who published the best technical papers that describe results related to engineering and sustainability. Daniel is one of the three Student Award […]


Editorial Boards of AIChE J. and ACS-SCE

Prof. You was recently invited to become a member of AIChE Journal Consulting Editors Board. AIChE Journal editorial team made the invitation to acknowledge Prof. You’s expertise and stature as a prominent chemical engineering researcher. AIChE Journal is the flagship journal of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Besides, Prof. You […]


No. 1 most cited AIChE J. articles from 2012, 2013, 2014, & 2015

In the recent updated list of “Top cited AIChE Journal papers from 2015”, the No. 1 and No. 2 most cited articles are both from PEESE. Please follow the link below for the full list of “top cited papers” at the AIChE Journal website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1547-5905/homepage/MostCited.html#cited15 In the earlier “top cited” […]


Associate Editor of Comput. & Chem. Eng.

Prof. You was recently appointed as Associate Editor of Computers & Chemical Engineering, the flagship journal of Process Systems Engineering. As an Associate Editor of the Journal, Prof. You handles submissions in the areas of Optimization and Energy Systems Engineering.