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About the college

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
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Awards and accolades
• Giving to the College of Engineering
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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

Nov 20

Artificial Intelligence

CMU-Africa expands digital public infrastructure initiative

The Upanzi Network will fund research projects in Morocco, Botswana, and South Africa, with plans for additional partnerships.

Siya Scindia was chosen from among thousands of student members for her outstanding leadership.

Alumna receives Society of Women Engineers award

Nov 14

Artificial Intelligence

A new set of eyes

Researchers develop the first wearable camera that uses artificial intelligence to help prevent medical administration errors.

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Nov 12

Health & Biomedicine

Biological neural circuits critical for neurodegenerative disease therapy and biohybrid robot control

To support the development of new therapies for neurodegenerative disease and advance biohybrid robots, Jessica Zhang and Victoria Webster-Wood will lead a project to develop computational tools to predict neuron growth and transport regulation.

Nov 7

Artificial Intelligence

Engineering entrepreneurs find their way

When faculty and students in the College of Engineering create intellectual property, our culture supports their efforts to form startups.

Nov 4

News & Events

Astronaut alumnus runs experiments in zero-gravity scenarios

Kartik Chaudhari credits his degree from the Information Networking Institute for his success in becoming an astronaut in Canada.

Nov 1

Energy & Environment

Robotics for environmental innovation

A team of Carnegie Mellon University researchers is seeking to understand how robotics can help engineers address environmental challenges, such as monitoring affected soils.

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To build AI teammates that better reflect human designers, Chris McComb is emulating cognitive styles in large language models.

Putting the ghost in the machine

Oct 25

Energy & Environment

Hubs: A step towards a hydrogen future?

Hydrogen is sometimes considered a secret ingredient in the recipe for a net-zero future. As a team of Carnegie Mellon researchers points out, hydrogen offers many advantages, but it’s not a panacea.

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Oct 22

Artificial Intelligence

How CMU Portugal primes startups

CMU Portugal fosters entrepreneurship and the results continue to exceed expectations.

Oct 18

Health & Biomedicine

30 years of cognitive shifts

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, a joint interdisciplinary neuroscience program between CMU and the University of Pittsburgh.

Oct 16

Cyberphysical Systems

Faculty members win DOE Early Career Program Awards

Carlee Joe-Wong and Thomas O’Connor win the Early Career Program Award from the Department of Energy Office of Science for their independent projects.

A recent DARPA award will bring together researchers from multiple universities to develop novel turbomachinery design tools to break the one-part-one-material paradigm.

Multi-university team pursues AI-enhanced design tool

Oct 10

Artificial Intelligence

Safe AI for safe streets for all

Ding Zhao is teaming up with the City of Pittsburgh to improve road safety and eliminate traffic fatalities using AI.

Oct 7

Energy & Environment

US industrial policy may strengthen EV battery supply chain

The Inflation Reduction Act offers incentives for diversifying the EV battery supply chain and reducing US dependence on China, but the potential impact of loopholes remains to be seen.

Oct 4

Cyberphysical Systems

Unlock the power of digital twins with new online certificate

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers new online graduate certificate in AI Engineering – Digital Twins and Analytics to launch this spring.

Oct 3

News & Events

Kumar inspires joy and energy as inaugural Milestone Moments speaker

Swarun Kumar gives an inspirational talk as the inaugural speaker in a new series launched by the Center for Faculty Success.

Oct 2

Health & Biomedicine

Carnegie Mellon lands ARPA-H award for implantable bioelectric medicine project

A CMU-led project team secured an award of up to $42M from ARPA-H to accelerate the development of implantable bioelectronic devices that deliver patient-specific therapy and monitor disease status.