Strategic Areas
At Columbia Engineering, our mission of Engineering for Humanity means we choose to concentrate our resources in areas where we see a convergence between our greatest strengths and the greatest potential for impact. Here’s where we will lead the way in the years ahead.
Explore Our Strategic Areas
AI & Computational Engineering
We’re exploring the vast potential of new technologies while ensuring their deployment in responsible ways that benefit everyone.
Medicine & Health
We’re pursuing technological innovation at the intersection of engineering and human health.
Materials, Sensors & Devices
We’re building a world of smarter materials and devices, designed from the atomic scale upward to make the incredible possible.
Sustainability & Climate
We’re pioneering solutions to the most daunting global challenges, helping to create a more livable future for us all.
Innovation, Design & Entrepreneurship
We're fueling innovation with our thriving ecosystem of entrepreneurship and novel approaches to design challenges..
21st Century Engineering Education
With cross-disciplinary and joint degree programs, as well as a curricular emphasis on human-centered design and entrepreneurship, we are developing leaders who will engineer for humanity.
Teaming Up to Transform Pediatric Brain Cancer Treatment
An engineer and a physician are working together to pioneer a new approach using focused ultrasound to treat dozens of brain diseases.
Robot, can you say ‘Cheese’?
Columbia engineers build Emo, a silicon-clad robotic face that makes eye contact and uses two AI models to anticipate and replicate a person’s smile before the person actually smiles -- a major advance in robots predicting human facial expressions accurately, improving interactions, and building trust between humans and robots.
The Source: Expert Voices at Columbia Engineering
Explore the experts behind the ideas that are shaping our future and driving the conversation in AI, medicine, climate, sustainability, and more.
