Research Areas

Our vision—Columbia Engineering for Humanity—sets a bold path for a sustainable, healthy, secure, connected, and creative humanity. It is exemplified by the pioneering work our faculty and students are doing across departments and disciplines, in partnership with sister schools, institutes, government, and industry.

Foundational Areas

Our engineering impact is underscored and driven by our commitment to discovery and frontier research. The breakthrough solutions of tomorrow come from the highly exploratory research of today. Transcending disciplinary boundaries leads to the discovery of revolutionary new materials, devices, processes, algorithms, and models, as well as tools and techniques.