About Us

Pew Engineering Quad with Cayuga Lake in the background.

The Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is located in Upson, Grumman, and Rhodes Halls.  Approximately 117 Bachelor of Science and 60 graduate degrees (M.Eng., M.S., and Ph.D.) were awarded last year; this year we look forward to graduating 114 B.S. and 87 advanced degrees.

There are 27 faculty active in teaching and research; 10 emeritus faculty; and 20 technical, research, and administrative staff. 

Sibley School History
The Sibley School traces its routes to to the founding of Cornell University in 1865.

Reuleaux Collection
The Cornell Reuleaux Collection contains numerous kinematic mechanisms for rotary and reciprocating engines for both steam and internal combustion, as well as mechanisms for producing mathematical functions, which are related to the early history of calculation machines and later computer engineering. The Collection includes a dozen working clock escapement mechanisms, representing inventions that span over 500 years, from the early verge and foliot escapement, to the gravity escapement employed in London's Big Ben.