SEAS

Engineers map city energy consumption

A team at the School of Engineering and Applied Science measured the amount of energy that buildings consume on every block in New York City.

Reassessing engineers

Engineering students are more than just their majors.

Lab, Brazilian mine team up for ‘green’ research

The mining company—the Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração—has partnered with a SEAS lab, and is funding the partnership with a $150,000 grant.

Trends to track

The many issues at Columbia whose developments we should follow this semester.

SEAS students take winter break trip to Hong Kong

Five engineers spent ten days in Hong Kong earlier this month, the first trip in a new initiative meant to allow more SEAS students to study abroad.

New SEAS vice dean to assist Peña-Mora amid tension

“I deal with all academic issues relating to faculty hiring, promotions, tenure cases, research space and how space is allocated and renovated,” Donald Goldfarb, SEAS' first executive vice dean, said.

Columbia makes ‘short list’ in engineering competition

Columbia has made it onto the city’s “short list" for Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s engineering campus competition, according to an email from the SEAS dean.

Keeping STEM rooted

As important as scientific prowess is, Columbia should continue enriching SEAS through the liberal arts.

Residential community for engineers focuses on entrepreneurship

“If the next Google or Foursquare comes out of there, I will be very happy,” SEAS Dean Feniosky Peña-Mora said.

Columbia plays up connections to city in bid for M'ville funding

The proposal that best fulfills Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s vision for a 21st century applied science school will receive $100 million from the city. But University President Lee Bollinger acknowledged in a recent interview that Columbia is the underdog in the race, since its plans diverge significantly from the city’s ideas.