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Nov 09

Engineering welcomes new ChemE head

Anne Skaja Robinson became the department head of chemical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University in November 2018.

Nov 06

Magnetic materials for motors of the future

MSE Professor Michael McHenry and his group have designed a motor that uses soft magnetic materials that are projected to increase efficiencies to exceed 96%.

Oct 30

Optimizing computing systems

ECE’s Gauri Joshi has received a 2018 IBM Faculty Award for her research in distributed machine learning.

Oct 26

A new chapter for Scaife Hall

With a generous lead grant from the Allegheny Foundation, the university has announced plans to build a new Scaife Hall. The building will feature expanded, technology-rich labs; modern, flexible classrooms; and spaces that facilitate formal and informal collaborations.

Oct 25

Advancing women in cybersecurity

At Carnegie Mellon University, the Information Networking Institute is closing the cybersecurity gender gap one student at a time.

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Oct 22

CMU celebrates inauguration of President Jahanian

Carnegie Mellon University will inaugurate its 10th president, Farnam Jahanian, on Friday, Oct. 26.

Oct 11

Electronic tattoos for wearable computing

Cross-Atlantic collaborators have developed a simple, efficient method to make robust, highly flexible, tattoo-like circuits for use in wearable computing.

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Oct 08

The next generation of materials

A summer research fellowship sponsored by Citrine Informatics gave students the chance to use cutting-edge computer vision technologies to solve questions in materials science research.

Oct 03

Engineering breast milk to treat sick infants

ChemE Assistant Professor Kathryn Whitehead has been awarded a 2018 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award for her project to genetically engineer the human cells in breastmilk.

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Oct 01

Celebrating NASA with a history of collaboration

As NASA turns 60, the College of Engineering celebrates its history of partnerships with NASA: from research and competitions, to the CMU-SV campus located at NASA’s Ames Research Park.

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Sep 12

Accelerating electrocatalyst discovery

Chemical engineering researchers have developed a machine learning system to search through millions of intermetallics to discover new materials for electrocatalysis.

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Sep 10

Engineering up in USNWR undergrad rankings

Carnegie Mellon University’s undergraduate engineering program moved upward to No. 6 in U.S. News and World Report’s 2019 Best College Ranking, released today.

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Sep 06

Mapping the brain’s traffic

Engineering Professors Ge Yang and Jessica Zhang are using complex geometric analysis to learn about neuron function and unlock the mysteries of the human brain.

Aug 28

CBI relocates to College of Engineering

Carnegie Mellon University celebrates the relocation of the Carnegie Bosch Institute to the College of Engineering.

Aug 20

Taking down the heat

Far from kilns or furnaces, Edgar Mendoza researches how to 3D print ceramics.

Aug 10

Rethinking social networks

ECE Professor Radu Marculescu and his colleagues have created a new model of social network formation and evolution driven by the notion of “betweenness.”

Aug 08

Sheng Shen’s spectacular supersolder

Mechanical Engineering‘s Sheng Shen has created “supersolder,” an ultracompliant thermal interface material with twice the thermal conductivity of conventional solders.

Aug 06

Organizing quantum dots

Professor Michael Bockstaller receives DOE-BES grant to study what causes nanoparticles to assemble into organized structures when polymer chains are attached to the particle’s surface.

Jul 30

3D printing the next generation of batteries

MechE’s Rahul Panat has developed a revolutionary new method of fabricating battery electrodes using Aerosol Jet 3D printing.

Jul 27

Overcoming the human bottleneck with autonomy

On August 4, 2016, the mission of cyber autonomy was declared accomplished. Meanwhile, back in Pittsburgh, a CyLab graduate student quietly hacked away at her own research in cyber autonomy.

Jul 25

Using AI to solve real-world problems

In MechE’s Levent Burak Kara’s project-based graduate course, students applied their skills in artificial intelligence and machine learning to solve real-world problems outside the classroom.

Jul 20

CMU, Bossa Nova to apply AI to retail analytics

CMU has announced a research partnership with Bossa Nova to develop and integrate artificial intelligence into service robots in retail stores nationwide.

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Jul 16

Delivering the future of medicine

ChemE’s Katie Whitehead is pioneering RNA drug delivery techniques that could enable a new wave of treatments for nearly every known disease.

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Jul 13

Can nighttime energy use predict morning traffic?

To predict when morning traffic is likely to grind to a halt, it may be more effective to examine how we use electricity in the middle of the night instead of travel-time data.

Jul 11

Pricing and processing data far from the cloud

IoT devices are coming online, and Carlee Joe-Wong wonders how we might put prices on them.

Jul 09

Spring 2018 semester recap

Spring was a busy and productive semester for the College of Engineering. Catch up with what students from all departments have achieved in the past months.

Jul 05

Indoor location, location, location

Carnegie Mellon sweeps the competition at the 2018 Microsoft Indoor Localization Competition.

Jul 02

The vanishing nuclear industry

Could nuclear power make a significant contribution to decarbonizing the U.S. energy system over the next three or four decades?

Jun 29

Mini-grid innovation for Africa's future

EPP Professors Paulina Jaramillo and Nathan Williams, and the new Mini-Grid Innovation Lab for Africa aim to sustainably deploy electrical mini-grids in rural Africa.

Jun 29

CMU Partners with Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence To Accelerate AI Research

Bosch is establishing a Pittsburgh lab, investing $8 million in CMU research, and hiring a leading AI expert.

Jun 27

Laying the foundation: Organ bioengineering

BME’s Charlie Ren’s work on bioengineering lungs could one day help thousands of patients with end-stage lung diseases breathe easier.

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Jun 25

From jet fighters to financial advisory

Miles Hinderliter worked at Lockheed Martin, moved into a career at Barclays, and fit perfectly in with both.

Jun 21

Flying high: CMRC wins NASA competition

Carnegie Mellon Rocket Command flew away from a NASA competition with a top 10 finish and an altitude award for coming closest to hitting a one-mile target launch altitude.

Jun 19

CMU, Howard offer dual engineering Ph.D. degrees

CMU Engineering and the College of Engineering and Architecture of Howard University are launching a new partnership that will include a dual-degree Ph.D. program and other initiatives.

Jun 18

Cohen-Karni wins CMBE Young Innovator Award

BME/MSE’s Tzahi Cohen-Karni has been named a 2018 Young Innovator in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. Cohen-Karni is a member of the Bioengineered Organs Initiative.

Jun 15

Is more certification always a good thing?

Can Small Business Innovation Research program approval sometimes hold a company back?

Jun 13

The seed that could bring clean water to millions

BME/ChemE’s Bob Tilton and Todd Przybycien have refined the requirements of a process that turns easily accessible sand and plant materials into a cheap and effective water filtration tool.

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Jun 11

Two students earn Goldwater honors

Created to serve as a living memorial to honor the lifetime work of Senator Barry Goldwater, the Goldwater scholarship provides funding to students pursuing research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering.

Jun 08

Modern materials to advance aviation

The DoD helps fund the science behind composites used in aviation.

Jun 05

CMU-Africa graduates poised to engineer the future

CMU-Africa held its fifth graduation ceremony in Kigali, Rwanda, where 45 students received master’s degrees in information technology and electrical and computer engineering.

Jun 01

The intersection of 3-D printing and machine learning

Self-correcting 3-D printers may soon become a reality, as MechE’s Jack Beuth and alumnus Luke Scime have combined machine learning with 3-D printing to enable real time process monitoring.

May 30

Faculty urge EPA to fix data transparency rule

A group of EPP and CEE faculty members has filed a comment with the EPA, urging the Agency to correct deficiencies in its proposed data transparency rule.

May 29

CMU-Africa to celebrate 5th graduation

Carnegie Mellon University Africa will celebrate its fifth graduation on Tuesday, June 5, marking another year of the location advancing technology education in one of the fastest growing economic regions in the world.

May 25

Interfacing with the brain

Materials science researchers at Carnegie Mellon develop new materials and processes to fabricate neural probes that mimic the mechanical properties of the nervous system.

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May 23

Combining experts and automation in 3-D printing

The Expert-Guided Optimization method combines expert judgment with an optimization algorithm to enable high-fidelity 3-D printing of soft materials.

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May 21

Circuit, heal thyself!

When punctured or torn, this material’s circuits can autonomously—and instantaneously—heal themselves to remain fully operational.

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May 17

Aiming fore more

MSE/BME alum Matt Simone’s trajectory has been a little different than he’d originally planned…and he’s absolutely loving it.

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May 14

Ride on through

Sean Qian receives NSF award to combine big data and transportation system modeling to improve traffic flow and the way we create and operate transportation systems.

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May 10

Carnegie Mellon Launches Undergraduate Degree in Artificial Intelligence

Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science will offer a new undergraduate degree in artificial intelligence beginning this fall, providing students with in-depth knowledge of how to transform large amounts of data into actionable decisions.

May 09

Engineers innovate at Meeting of the Minds

At the end of every school year, CMU hosts a symposium for undergraduate research where engineering students from all departments present posters, presentations, and demos on their research.

May 07

Pursuing medicine through engineering

The Health Professions Program at CMU helps engineering students pursue a career in medicine.

May 03

Governor launches Manufacturing Initiative at CMU

Governor Tom Wolf announced the launch of the Pennsylvania Manufacturing Initiative, which will ensure that Pennsylvania remains a national and international leader in manufacturing.

May 02

Dean named ASCE Distinguished Member

James H. Garrett, Jr. has been honored by ASCE with inclusion in its 2018 class of Distinguished Members.

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