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The College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon is a renowned institution that is widely recognized for its excellence, innovation, and the significant impact its research has on society.

Our engineering program is designed to produce technically proficient and creative engineers who can provide cutting-edge solutions to global challenges.

We take pride in our commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration, bringing together experts from various fields, such as engineering, sciences, arts, and business, to achieve transformative outcomes.

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• Global impact
• Community Engagement and Outreach
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• Giving to the College of Engineering
• Advanced collaboration

Departments and institutes

Biomedical Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Engineering and Public Policy

Information Networking Institute

Integrated Innovation Institute

Materials Science and Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Locations

CMU-Africa

CMU-Silicon Valley

Read about our latest research

Sep 29

Advanced Manufacturing

AlloyGPT: Leveraging a language model to aid alloy discovery

Researchers in the Materials Science and Engineering Department have pioneered the potential to train large language models to understand a novel alloy physics language in a similar manner.

Researchers in the Materials Science and Engineering Department have pioneered the potential to train large language models to understand a novel alloy physics language in a similar manner.

AlloyGPT: Leveraging a language model to aid alloy discovery

Sep 26

Health & Biomedicine

Designer biobots made from human lung cells

Researchers are developing microscale robots with customizable movement, aiming to navigate the body for targeted therapies using advanced tissue engineering.

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Sep 26

Health & Biomedicine

Designer biobots made from human lung cells

Researchers are developing microscale robots with customizable movement, aiming to navigate the body for targeted therapies using advanced tissue engineering.

Sep 22

Artificial Intelligence

The future of drones in construction

New research from the Department of Mechanical Engineering will make it safer for drones to survey construction sites by eliminating the risk of collision.

Sep 22

Artificial Intelligence

The future of drones in construction

New research from the Department of Mechanical Engineering will make it safer for drones to survey construction sites by eliminating the risk of collision.

Sep 19

Health & Biomedicine

Kainerstorfer gains fresh insight through ELATES program

BME’s Jana Kainerstorfer recently completed the yearlong ELATES leadership program at Drexel University, which trains women faculty and administrators in STEM.

Researchers explore using NIRS to screen adults with sickle cell disease, revealing insights into oxygenation and aging-related mechanisms.

Better screening tool for sickle cell disease progression

Sep 8

Health & Biomedicine

Electric shocks power-off drug-resistant yeast

Electrochemical therapy makes currently-available drugs more effective against yeast infections that the CDC classifies as an urgent threat.

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Sep 8

Energy & Environment

How electric vehicles can power infrastructure change

College of Engineering researchers found that increased electric vehicle adoption can trigger new investment in sustainable energy generation and storage, making vehicle infrastructure greener.

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Sep 4

Robotics

Dr. Majidi and the amazing superhuman wearables

Superhuman senses aren’t just for superheroes anymore. Carmel Majidi is introducing flexible wearables, inspired by Softbotics, to augment human senses in both the real and virtual world.

Aug 28

Energy & Environment

Finding the best decarbonization pathways for refineries

A decision-making tool from the Center for Advanced Process Decision-making predicts the best strategy for an oil refinery to implement decarbonization technologies.

Before handheld calculators, engineers relied on slide rules. These mechanical analog computers helped get us go to the moon. Our students got hands-on experience using these important tools in the evolution of engineering education.

An old-school tool revisited

Aug 22

Advanced Manufacturing

Extending battery life, improving operating safety

New technology from Reeja Jayan in the department of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University extends battery life cycle by 10x, reduces charging time, and improves operating safety.

Aug 22

Advanced Manufacturing

Extending battery life, improving operating safety

New technology from Reeja Jayan in the department of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University extends battery life cycle by 10x, reduces charging time, and improves operating safety.

Aug 20

Health & Biomedicine

Three-time alum traverses departments to tackle maternal and fetal health

Jingyi Wu came to CMU to study physics, but the supportive community he found inspired him to continue his academic journey at the university for nearly a decade.

Aug 18

Artificial Intelligence

Get to know the robot dog that can clean your house and serve you soda

New machine learning framework bridges the embodiment gap between robots and humans and enables quadrupedal robots to perform versatile movements like pouring soda, organizing shoes, and even cleaning up cat litter.

Aug 18

Artificial Intelligence

Get to know the robot dog that can clean your house and serve you soda

New machine learning framework bridges the embodiment gap between robots and humans and enables quadrupedal robots to perform versatile movements like pouring soda, organizing shoes, and even cleaning up cat litter.