Engineering Research Accelerator
Dec 05
A therapy to aid patients with amblyopia, also known as “lazy eye,” is the focus of a new pilot study by Carnegie Mellon researchers.
Nov 30
A new policy brief series examines how Uber and Lyft have redefined mobility, affecting travel patterns, car ownership, congestion, the economy, the environment, and equity in our cities.
Nov 22
Intracranial pressure sensing is the burgeoning focus of Jana Kainerstorfer’s biomedical optics lab, and her team is working to create noninvasive ICP sensing alternatives.
Nov 18
Recent Engineering graduate Maya Garg discusses her experience as a volunteer tutor for incarcerated people in Allegheny County.
Nov 15
Alum-founded company, Audition Technology, offers over-the-counter hearing aids.
Nov 10
Destenie Nock explores the future of natural gas-fired power and its potential role in mitigating global greenhouse gas emissions.
Nov 01
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are exploring ways to reduce emissions from power plants using post-combustion carbon capture via absorption through additively manufactured stacked columns.
Oct 28
Aaron Johnson’s Robomechanics Lab tested spherical foot designs to find the best fit so their biped robot with 15-cm legs could walk steadily.
Oct 18
CMU researchers examine what’s happening in the field of 3D bioprinting, core challenges to overcome, and essential milestones on the horizon toward clinical translation.
Oct 11
Researchers engineer a hybrid system that stabilizes curcumin to target skin diseases.
Oct 07
Researchers pioneer the CMU Array—a customizable, 3D nano-printed, ultra-high-density microelectrode array platform for next-generation brain-computer interfaces to treat neurological disorders.
Sep 23
Jessica Zhang’s lab has furthered its research with IGA analysis and accurately modeled the growth of a neuron.
Sep 16
A team lead by Costa Samaras and Thiago Rodrigues has shown that using small drones for the last mile of package deliveries uses less energy and creates fewer emissions than conventional means.
Sep 13
Wenhuan Sun, Victoria Webster-Wood, and Adam Feinberg have created an open-source, commercially available fiber extruder to benefit future research with hydrogels and soft robotics.
Sep 06
Engineering students at Carnegie Mellon are often involved in research labs with faculty, post-doctoral researchers, and graduate students. But Marcus Yu had the unique experience of working in a lab that included researchers who were entirely undergraduate students.
Aug 30
At Carnegie Mellon, mechanical engineering researchers have developed a new scalable and reproducible manufacturing technique that could accelerate the mainstream adoption and commercialization of soft and stretchable electronics.
Aug 18
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, Einstein College of Medicine, and the Champalimaud Foundation introduce a new statistical method, DLAG, to detangle communication across brain areas.
Aug 12
An interdisciplinary team led by Keith Cook has been awarded $8.7 million dollars from the U.S. Army to create and integrate new technologies to sustain permanent at-home artificial lung support.
Aug 05
Cryopreserving tissues and organs without damaging them requires a delicate dance through thermodynamic principles. CMU’s Biothermal Technology Laboratory has a new modeling approach for it.
Aug 02
3D printed ice isn’t as magical as in the movie Frozen, but it has wonderful potential for biomedical engineering and advanced manufacturing.
Jul 29
Bin He introduces a novel, AI-based dynamic brain imaging technology alternative to map out rapidly changing electrical activity in the brain with high speed, high resolution, and low cost.
Jul 26
Aaron Johnson’s Robomechanics Lab has developed an open-source software that enables more agile movement in legged robots.
Jul 08
Researchers combined liquid crystal elastomers with a thermoelectric device to develop a stretchable transducer for soft robotics.
Jul 06
Researchers at CMU’s College of Engineering are working to develop computationally capable constellations of nanosatellites, equipped with machine learning techniques that extract valuable insights from the data while still in orbit.
Jul 01
Kathryn Whitehead is exploring ways to utilize the unique properties of breast milk to develop a novel approach to infant disease therapy.
Jun 29
Industry, government, and university partners take part in first Aim Higher Defense Manufacturing Summit as part of Department of Defense initiative to accelerate manufacturing research and grow defense supply chains.
Jun 28
An interdisciplinary group of faculty from Carnegie Mellon has licensed a proprietary platform for bioengineering exosomes for drug delivery to Coya Therapeutics, Inc.
Jun 21
Solar panel installation in cities requires setups tailored to the complex geometry of urban spaces that provide the most direct sunlight to each panel. Among the processes for designing the most efficient setup for solar panels is shadow modeling.
Jun 17
Researchers in CEE have created a new model that can help decrease energy consumption from buildings and provide for a more efficient grid.
May 24
Marc Dandin is teaming up with researchers from the Department of Biological Sciences at CMU to create electronics for use in cell research.
May 18
A new discovery sheds light on one way new particles are forming in the upper troposphere. Published in Nature, the study’s findings suggest that in addition to carbon dioxide, there are other compounds in need of immediate attention and regulation.
Apr 29
A team of collaborators from CMU and Boston University present a human model of heart and lung co-development during embryogenesis using lab-grown human induced pluripotent stem cells.
Apr 22
Advances in chips, sensors, and AI algorithms are enabling robots to continuously learn how to plan routes, avoid obstructions, and operate safely in large dynamic warehouse environments.
Apr 19
The Intel/VMware Crossroads 3D-FPGA Academic Research Center has been formed to determine the role of FPGAs in extending the performance and efficiency of future datacenters
Apr 14
Phil Campbell and Charlie Ren present a strategy to spatially control extracellular vesicles and keep them resolute under controlled conditions.
Apr 11
Burcu Akinci has been appointed the new head of the CEE at Carnegie Mellon University effective July 2022.
Apr 07
Doug Weber and an international team of researchers detected electrical signals in paralyzed muscles, which could be used to control robotic assistive devices.
Apr 04
Paulina Jaramillo served as coordinating lead author of the transportation section of the newly released IPCC report for climate-policymakers.
Mar 31
Shawn Blanton accepted the 2022 Lifetime Achievement in Academia Award at the National Society of Black Engineers’ annual conference.
Mar 25
In an effort to modernize scientific research, CMU students used only commercial parts and the cardboard boxes they came in to build a modular robot able to autonomously conduct experiments.
Mar 22
How can researchers encourage the “right” level of multidisciplinarity to identify the best solutions? A proposed common framework can transform how they collaborate across disciplines.
Mar 18
Caleigh Goodwin-Schoen and Rebecca Taylor are designing more affordable ways to print colorful 3D models of biological nanostructures, like proteins and DNA.
Mar 15
Marc De Graef has developed a materials characterization software so powerful it can create orientation maps from low-quality materials.
Mar 01
CMU researchers are simultaneously recording populations of neurons across brain areas in the visual system and utilizing novel statistical methods to observe neural activity patterns being conveyed.
Feb 24
Christopher Martin, CMU alumnus and director of engineering, research, and development for the Bosch Research and Technology Center in Pittsburgh, is named president of the Carnegie Bosch Institute.
Feb 21
A lifetime of innovation and leadership in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has inspired a Carnegie Mellon alumnus to make a generous gift to support electrical and computer engineering at the institution.
Feb 09
Mayo Clinic and Carnegie Mellon University announced today a research agreement to transform organ transplantation. The institutions will bioengineer innovative approaches to address current barriers in organ transplantation.
Feb 03
Conrad Tucker will serve on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s newly-launched Commission on Artificial Intelligence Competition, Inclusion, and Innovation.
Jan 28
Mechanical Engineering researchers are exploring the potential of rechargeable batteries in electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, which could transform transportation in metropolitan areas and battle emissions, congestion, and air pollution.
Jan 26
Baruch Fischhoff has been named a 2021 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Jan 21
Though water covers two-thirds of our planet’s surface, water scarcity remains a persistent issue. Mechanical Engineering’s Philip LeDuc and Adam Wood have an unconventional solution: bread.
Jan 18
Soummya Kar has been elevated to fellow status in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the world’s largest technical professional organization for the advancement of technology.
Jan 14
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
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 07
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.
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