# Impact Areas

**Source**: https://engineering.nyu.edu/impact
**Parent**: https://engineering.nyu.edu/

### Built to Solve Modern Humanity’s Greatest Challenges

The NYU Tandon School of Engineering is home to unconventional engineers — a vibrant community of renowned researchers, driven students, strategic industry partners, and ambitious entrepreneurs uniting to solve modern humanity's greatest challenges.

NYU Tandon's research and education are strategically directed toward six cross-disciplinary impact areas:

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[Industrial, Urban & Environmental Sustainability](https://engineering.nyu.edu/impact/sustainability "Industrial, Urban & Environmental Sustainability")

Sustainable engineering solutions for a world in transition

[Quantum Science & Technologies](https://engineering.nyu.edu/impact/quantum "Quantum Science & Technologies")

Realizing the promise of quantum science & technology

[Robotics & Embodied Intelligence](https://engineering.nyu.edu/impact/embodied-intelligence "Robotics & Embodied Intelligence")

Innovation at the nexus of AI, wireless, robotics, and the physical world

[Engineering Health](https://engineering.nyu.edu/impact/health "Engineering Health")

Delivering transformative healthcare solutions for a new era

[Systems Engineering & Complex Decision-Making](https://engineering.nyu.edu/impact/systems-engineering "Systems Engineering & Complex Decision-Making")

Designing, building, and optimizing the intelligent systems of tomorrow

[Engineering & Culture](https://engineering.nyu.edu/impact/engineering-culture "Engineering & Culture")

Fusing engineering and creativity to build human-centered experiences