Department of Design Tech

AAP Welcomes New Faculty and Endowed Fellows This Fall

Cornell AAP announces new hires including Assistant Professor Tiffany Cheng in the Department of Design Tech, who will officially join on January 1, 2025.

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.

Get Ready, Get Set: Highlights of the Fall 2024 Semester Ahead

From inspiring lectures to thought-provoking exhibitions and much-anticipated renovations (plus the unveiling of the Dragon Annex), we're diving into a semester filled with opportunities not to be missed.

SPROUT Awards Support 6 Novel Research Collaborations

SPROUT Awards enable collaborators like Assistant Professor of Architecture Sasa Zivkovic and Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences and inaugural Design Tech faculty Itai Cohen to pursue innovative and impactful research at the intersections of multiple fields.

Cornell's Jenny Sabin Awarded the 2023 Rippmann Memorial Prize by DigitalFUTURES

Bustler: Sabin was recognized for standing "at the forefront of a new direction for 21st-century architectural practice — one that investigates the intersections of architecture and science and applies insights and theories from biology and mathematics to the design of responsive material structures and ecological spatial interventions for diverse audiences."

How Might Buildings and Their Integrated Materials Systems Behave Like Organisms?

ArchDaily: A conversation with Architecture Professor Jenny Sabin exploring the critical link between research and practice and her interdisciplinary approach that fosters collaboration with both scientists and engineers.

Artist Behind "Bolt Tower" Talks on Proposed Sculpture for State Fairgrounds

KFOR: Design Tech Chair and Professor Jenny Sabin's proposal for a work with a focus on community and that combines nature and biology with art has been selected.

Cornell Researchers Strive to Create Better Protection for Women's Ice Hockey Players

CNY Central: Tulasi Elangovan '23, working with Associate Professor of Apparel Design in the College of Human Ecology (CHE) and inaugural Design Tech faculty Heeju Park in the Performance Apparel Design Lab, are making improvements in equipment considering the differences in anatomy.