2019

Jul 19

Untangling electric car policies

A recent study analyzing federal and state policies on electric cars reveals the peculiar relationship between the policies that leads to counterintuitive effects.

Jul 18

NSF awards $1.2M to create a digital assistant to answer people’s privacy questions

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $1.2 million grant to a team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, Fordham University, and Penn State University to develop a tool – a “privacy assistant” – that will allow users to simply ask questions about the privacy issues that matter to them.

Jul 17

Breakthrough in optical endoscopy using ultrasound

One day, scopes may no longer need to be inserted into the body, such as down the throat or under the skin, to reach the stomach, brain, or any other organs for examination.

Jul 15

Revolutionizing brain aneurysm treatments

Christopher Bettinger leads an interdisciplinary project that could make brain aneurysm treatments more successful and more permanent.

Jul 12

3D printing soft materials with AI

Carnegie Mellon University researchers created a machine learning algorithm that optimizes parameters of soft materials 3D printing.

Jul 11

Social media bots interfere in Asia-Pacific elections, too

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University wondered: are bots also influencing elections in the Asia-Pacific? Of course they are, says a new study being presented this week at the 2019 SBP-BRiMS conference in Washington, D.C.

Jul 10

Shooting for the stars

MechE alumnus Maynard Holliday has worked to fulfill his childhood engineering dreams and to promote diversity throughout a career that has bridged policy, research, and private industry.

Jul 10

Malicious social media bots tried, but failed, to diminish NATO during its 2018 exercise

A new study by Carnegie Mellon University researchers illustrates how fake news was spread on Twitter by bots during NATO’s 2018 Trident Juncture Exercise. The study is being presented this week at the 2019 SBP-BRiMS conference in Washington, D.C.

Jul 08

Could 3D printing lead to distributed manufacturing?

In a recent paper published in Additive Manufacturing, a team of EPP researchers investigated how AM could contribute to distributed manufacturing.

Jul 08

Ads, cookies, and the European privacy regulation

A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Paris-Sud have been pondering how the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation affected the use of cookies, as well as its impact on websites that rely on cookies for revenue-generating ads. 

Jun 28

NASA invests in 3D printing for aviation

CMU has been selected by NASA to lead a research team dedicated to examining new ways to build and power aircraft of the future, through NASA’s University Leadership Initiative.

Jun 24

Transforming ideas into reality in Tech Spark

In the College of Engineering’s Tech Spark, Robert Smith, senior windows systems engineer, has developed a system that allows students, faculty, and staff to access machines and tools they have been trained on, and directs them to training courses they may need to use the systems in the future.

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