Department of Design Tech
Top right: During the Fall 2022 Cornell Tech Open Studio, students Thanut Sakandaraseth (M.S. MDC '23), Kseniya Yerakhavets (M.Arch. '23), and Thomas Wallace '24 discuss their project, Automata Mangrove, with Jenny Sabin, Professor of Architecture and Chair of the multicollege Department of Design Tech. Bottom right: Xylo (2022) by Lucas Hitch (M.S. MDC '24), Ivania Rivera (M.S. MDC '24), and Ariana Rosario '24.
The new Department of Design Tech is a multicollege, transdisciplinary initiative pioneering innovation, research, and teaching on topics at the intersection of design and emerging technology that most greatly impact research, industry, and practice in a changing world.
Bridging expertise and catalyzing exploration, innovation, and collaboration in emerging areas, including design + interactions, design + materials, design + media, and design + environments, Design Tech is a generator of new modes, methods, and applications that redefine design practice and research.
Participating Cornell colleges: The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP), Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science (Bowers CIS), Cornell Human Ecology (CHE), Cornell Engineering, and Cornell Tech in New York City.
For more information about the Master of Science in Design Technology and how to apply, please visit the graduate admissions page or join us for a virtual information session during our AAP Graduate Programs Virtual Information Week on October 28.
Highlights
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October 28–November 1, 2024
AAP Graduate Programs Virtual Information Week
Explore the cutting-edge research, scholarship, and creative practices shaping a more sustainable, just, and resilient world.
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in Design & Technology at Cornell Tech
As part of a unique Radical Collaboration hiring initiative, the multicollege Department of Design Tech at Cornell University invites applications for one or more full-time, open-rank tenure-track faculty positions in design and technology beginning July 1, 2025.
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Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Introducing the Department of Design Tech at Cornell University
The new Department of Design Tech at Cornell University is a multicollege, transdisciplinary initiative pioneering innovation, research, and teaching on topics at the intersection of design and emerging technology that most greatly impact research, industry, and practice in a changing world.
Degree Program
Master of Science, Design Technology (M.S. DT)
A two-year research and project degree offered jointly by the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning and Cornell Tech.
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Monday, September 23, 2024
From Nature's Structures, Professor Weaves Architectural Creations
Architecture Professor and Design Tech Chair Jenny Sabin creates dramatic, immersive installations that merge design with fields ranging from biology to engineering, botany to data science.
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Monday, September 16, 2024
Mixing Physical, Virtual Worlds to Drive Home Climate Urgency
A research group led by Wendy Ju, associate professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech, created an extended reality system designed to engage communities in new ways.
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Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Samuel Leder: Addressing Architecture in Collective Robotic Construction
Attend a lecture by Samuel Leder, Doctoral Researcher at the Institute for Computational Design and Construction and Cluster of Excellence at the University of Stuttgart and Design Tech Innovation Fellow.
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Behnaz Farahi: Critical Matter
View a presentation that addresses the notion of critical computation and explores how emerging technologies can address social, cultural, and political issues.
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Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Daniel Leithinger: Designing Future Shape-Changing Computer Interfaces
Attend a lecture by Daniel Leithinger, Design Tech Innovation Fellow at Cornell University.
