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Carnegie Mellon + Engineering

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Focusing on innovative, interdisciplinary, and global education and research,the College of Engineering is well-known for working on problems of both scientific and practical importance. Our acclaimed faculty focus on transformative results that will drive the intellectual and economic vitality of our community, nation and world. Our “maker” culture is ingrained in all that we do, leading to novel approaches and unprecedented results.

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Latest research

CORONAVIRUS UPDATES: Get the most up-to-date information on Carnegie Mellon’s response to the coronavirus.

Jan 14

Satellite designed at CMU launches into low-Earth orbit

Brandon Lucia’s lab developed the Tartan-Artibeus-1 Satellite, the world’s first batteryless PocketQube nanosatellite, deployed to low-Earth orbit aboard the SpaceX Transporter-3 Rocket, earlier this week.

Jan 11

Advanced Manufacturing

Faculty projects awarded DURIP funding

Three College of Engineering faculty members have been selected to receive funding for their projects through the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP): Marc De Graef, Anthony Rollett, and Rebecca Taylor.

Jan 7

COVID-19

Transit inequity increased during pandemic

Preliminary results from study of Allegheny County’s public busses finds transit inequity directly contributes to higher infection rates among members of low income and ethnic minority groups.

Top 5

Jan 4

Health & Biomedicine

Precision rehabilitation to prevent osteoarthritis

Wearable sensors plus computer vision could reduce the likelihood of degenerative joint disease.

Dec 22

News & Events

Keith Cook named head of Biomedical Engineering

Keith Cook has been selected to be the next head of the Biomedical Engineering Department (BME) at Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering. The appointment takes effect immediately.

Dec 14

Artificial Intelligence

Data-frugal deep learning optimizes microstructure imaging

Compared to other computer-vision methods, Elizabeth Holm’s approach to characterizing material microstructure requires only 30-50 images to save researchers an abundance of time and money.

Dec 10

News & Events

Classmates and checkmates

Engineering first-year Katie Eisenman has fostered a passion for chess since she was five years old. That passion came with her to Carnegie Mellon and even earned her a scholarship from the US Chess Federation.

Dec 7

Advanced Manufacturing

Breaking barriers in medicine

A team of mechanical engineering researchers has used additive manufacturing and nanotechnology to detect increasingly tiny levels of biomarkers.

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Jan 14

Satellite designed at CMU launches into low-Earth orbit

Brandon Lucia’s lab developed the Tartan-Artibeus-1 Satellite, the world’s first batteryless PocketQube nanosatellite, deployed to low-Earth orbit aboard the SpaceX Transporter-3 Rocket, earlier this week.

Top 5

  1. Precision rehabilitation to prevent osteoarthritis

    January 4, 2022

  2. Keith Cook named head of Biomedical Engineering

    December 22, 2021

  3. Data-frugal deep learning optimizes microstructure imaging

    December 14, 2021

  4. Classmates and checkmates

    December 10, 2021

  5. Breaking barriers in medicine

    December 7, 2021

Jan 11

Advanced Manufacturing

Faculty projects awarded DURIP funding

Three College of Engineering faculty members have been selected to receive funding for their projects through the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP): Marc De Graef, Anthony Rollett, and Rebecca Taylor.

Jan 7

COVID-19

Transit inequity increased during pandemic

Preliminary results from study of Allegheny County’s public busses finds transit inequity directly contributes to higher infection rates among members of low income and ethnic minority groups.

Latest research

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