# Design Tech
**Source**: https://designtech.cornell.edu/design-tech/
**Parent**: https://aap.cornell.edu/undergraduate-admissions/undergraduate-admissions-architecture/
## About the Department
**The 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)](https://aap.cornell.edu/), [Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science (Cornell Bowers)](https://bowers.cornell.edu/), [Cornell Human Ecology (CHE)](https://human.cornell.edu/), [Cornell Duffield College of Engineering](https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/), and [Cornell Tech](https://tech.cornell.edu/) in New York City.
[Watch the full video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PLptKw0uJw)
## Degree Program
- [Master of Science in Design Technology
A research and project degree that bridges disciplines and domains to ca…](https://designtech.cornell.edu/design-tech/master-of-science-in-design-technology/)
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## Upcoming and Ongoing Events
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- Feb 9–Mar 9
### [Open Houses: City Visionaries Summer Program for High School Students](https://designtech.cornell.edu/events/admissions/open-houses-city-visionaries-summer-program-for-high-school-students/)
Join us for an open house, where we’ll share information and answer questions about City Visionaries, a new summer program for high school students in New York City.
Admissions
- Mar 11
### [George Adamopoulos: Runtime Error — Creative (Mis)use of Science and Technology](https://designtech.cornell.edu/events/lecture/george-adamopoulos-runtime-error-creative-misuse-of-science-and-technology/)
Attend a lecture with George Adamopoulos exploring creative practice as a site of productive error where glitches, constraints, and unintended behaviors often become generative forces in design.
Lecture
- Mar 25
### [James Weaver: High Resolution Multi-Material Additive Manufacturing — 3D Fabrication of Biologically Inspired Structures](https://designtech.cornell.edu/events/lecture/james-weaver-high-resolution-multi-material-additive-manufacturing-3d-fabrication-of-biologically-inspired-structures/)
Design Tech Associate Professor James Weaver will introduce the technique of multi-material additive manufacturing as a research tool to unravel the functional complexities of a wide range of biological materials.
Lecture
- Apr 15
### [Nervous System: Growing Objects — From Lamps to Lungs](https://designtech.cornell.edu/events/lecture/nervous-system-growing-objects-from-lamps-to-lungs/)
Attend a lecture with Jessica Rosenkrantz and Jesse Louis-Rosenberg of Nervous System who will explore their collaborations with scientists in the realm of 3D-printed organs.
Lecture
## Latest [News](https://designtech.cornell.edu/news-index/?production_news_search%5BrefinementList%5D%5Bdepartments%5D%5B0%5D=Design%20Tech) and [Research](https://designtech.cornell.edu/faculty-work/?production_faculty_work_search%5BrefinementList%5D%5Bdepartments%5D%5B0%5D=Design%20Tech)
## Latest [News](https://designtech.cornell.edu/news-index/?production_news_search%5BrefinementList%5D%5Bdepartments%5D%5B0%5D=Design%20Tech) and [Research](https://designtech.cornell.edu/faculty-work/?production_faculty_work_search%5BrefinementList%5D%5Bdepartments%5D%5B0%5D=Design%20Tech)
### Stories [Machine Learning Teaches Membranes to Sort by Chemical Affinity](https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/11/machine-learning-teaches-membranes-sort-chemical-affinity)
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Design Tech faculty Uli B. Wiesner and his team used machine learning to create a new class of ultrafiltration membranes that sort molecules by chemical affinity rather than size, enabling more precise separations for medicine, manufacturing, and water treatment.
### In the Media [Waymo Says Its Self-Driving Taxis Will Take Customers on Freeways for the First Time](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/waymo-says-self-driving-taxis-will-drive-customers-freeways-rcna242426)
NBC News — Associate Professor of Information Science and Design Tech faculty Wendy Ju offers “guarded optimism” about Waymo’s new freeway-driving robotaxis, emphasizing that while the milestone is technically impressive, its real test lies in how safely and intuitively the vehicles interact with humans in fast, high-stakes environments.
### Stories [Knitting Machine Makes Solid 3D Objects](https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/11/knitting-machine-makes-solid-3d-objects)
Professor of Information Science at Cornell Bowers and Design Tech faculty François Guimbretière and engineering student Victor Guimbretière (’29) developed a prototype knitting machine that creates solid three-dimensional objects by interlocking yarn in multiple directions, opening new possibilities for customizable, biomimetic materials.
### Stories
### [Underwater 3D Printing Could Transform Maritime Construction](https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/01/underwater-3d-printing-could-transform-maritime-construction)
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Design Tech faculty Uli B. Wiesner and Architecture Professor and Design Tech Chair Jenny Sabin were part of the interdisciplinary group that collaborated on the research.
### Paper [Voxel Shader – An Efficient Shadow Calculation Approach For Urban Building Energy Modeling](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2026.117135)
Architecture and Design Tech Associate Professor Timur Dogan and Amber Su (B.Arch. ’25) introduce a voxel-based ray-tracing method that efficiently computes sunlit fractions for urban surfaces using point cloud or mesh data without the requirement for manual geometry simplification.
### In the Media [Why Waymo Is Having a Hard Time Stopping for School Buses](https://www.theverge.com/transportation/874385/waymo-school-bus-austin-safety-robotaxi)
The Verge — Associate Professor of Information Science and Design Tech faculty member Wendy Ju discusses the challenges autonomous vehicle designers face when developing for unpredictable situations.
### Stories [Cornell-Developed Particles Supercharge Cancer Immunotherapy](https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/01/cornell-developed-particles-supercharge-cancer-immunotherapy)
Uli Wiesner, Professor in the departments of Materials Science and Engineering and Design Tech, collaborated on the study, which reports that the nanoparticles can reprogram the tumor microenvironment, transforming immune-resistant tumors into ones that respond far better to treatment.
### Stories [Designing the Future: A Q&A With Harald Haraldsson](https://tech.cornell.edu/news/xr-collaboratory-harald-haraldsson/)
Haraldsson, Associate Professor of the Practice in Design Tech at Cornell Tech and AAP, shares his vision for extended reality, his lab’s unique approach to prototyping, and what excites him most about the future of immersive design.
### Stories [What’s Ahead: Spring 2026 Highlights](https://designtech.cornell.edu/news/stories/whats-ahead-spring-2026-highlights/)
After a winter break to regroup and recharge, faculty, students, and staff return to campus and to the open questions, conversations, and explorations that will drive the work of the semester ahead.
### Stories [From Milstein Scholar to Design Tech Pioneer](https://tech.cornell.edu/news/julia-beitel/)
Julia Beitel (M.S. DT ’26) brings an interdisciplinary approach to design and technology at Cornell Tech, developing inventive projects that integrate ethical innovation, digital and physical systems, and hands-on making through fabrication, teaching, and community-based work.
## Student Work
- Group Work
[Diplomask](https://designtech.cornell.edu/student-work/diplomask/)
- Group Work
[Web Tensegrity / Resilient Tensegrity Structure](https://designtech.cornell.edu/student-work/web-tensegrity-resilient-tensegrity-structure/)
- Group Work
[Light and Motion](https://designtech.cornell.edu/student-work/light-and-motion/)
- Group Work
[Kinetic](https://designtech.cornell.edu/student-work/kinetic/)
- Group Work
[EMOVERSE](https://designtech.cornell.edu/student-work/emoverse/)