Department of Design Tech
Top right: Shuhan Liang (M.S. DT '26) presenting his work during review. 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 Engineering, Cornell Human Ecology (CHE), and Cornell Tech in New York City.
Highlights
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Design Tech Hybrid Open House for Admitted Students, Spring 2025
Register to attend this open house for admitted students, providing an overview of the multicollege Department of Design Tech and in-depth information about the Master of Science in Design Technology program.
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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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Friday, April 11, 2025
Nice Flex: AI-Powered Smart Clothing Logs Posture, Exercises
Cornell Bowers CIS and Design Tech Professor François Guimbretière coauthored a paper that studies a new technology using flexible conductive threads sewn into a short-sleeved T-shirt and AI to track workouts.
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Monday, March 17, 2025
AI Ring Tracks Spelled Words in American Sign Language
Professor of Information Science at Cornell Bowers CIS and Design Tech Faculty François Guimbretière is among the coauthors of SpellRing, a paper presenting an AI-powered ring with micro-sonar technology that continuously and in real time tracks fingerspelling in American Sign Language.
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Cornell Researchers Are Developing Flexible "Sun-Tracking" Material
Dezeen: A team of Cornell researchers led by Professor of Architecture and Design Tech Chair Jenny Sabin is developing a flexible solar material called HelioSkin that is integrated with sun-tracking capabilities similar to the biomechanics of sunflowers.
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Jenny Sabin Develops Pliable PV Panel System Using Plant Biology
Archinect: A profile of HelioSkin, the interdisciplinary project of Professor of Architecture and Design Tech Chair Jenny Sabin and Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences and Design Tech faculty Itai Cohen.
Thursday, April 10, 2025
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Thursday, March 13, 2025
Smart Heat: Digital Twin and Cornell Researchers Help Ithaca Stay Warm While Moving Toward Carbon Neutrality
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.
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Friday, January 17, 2025
Bioinspired and Biobased 4D Printing for Adaptive Building Facades
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.
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Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Virtual, Mixed Realities Converge in New Driving Simulator
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.
