Meredith Silberstein received her Ph.D. in June 2011 from the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering with a major in solid mechanics and a minor in energy. Afterward, she served as a postdoctoral fellow at the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, investigating mechanochemically active materials.
Meredith Silberstein's Mechanics for Materials Design (MMD) Lab is devoted to using mechanical experiments and modeling methods in material design, with particular focus on multifunctional, active, and polymeric materials.
Statics, mechanics, mechanical properties of materials, and polymers.
From exploring the mechanics of early-stage bone metastasis to analyzing price formation policies in wholesale electricity markets, Cornell Engineering’s Sprout Awards are funding unique research... Read more about Sprout Awards spring collaborative engineering research
A collaboration between Sibley School Professor, Meredith Silberstein, Cornell University Chemistry & Chemical Biology, and the College of Wooster produced a new plastic that can degrade on a... Read more about Chemists create faster-degrading plastic for marine uses
Biography Meredith Silberstein is an Assistant Professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University. She received her Ph.D. in June 2011 from the MIT Department... Read more about Meredith Silberstein promoted
