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Both graduate and undergraduate College of Engineering students participate in research. By working alongside Carnegie Mellon faculty, students gain essential skills, learn to work in teams, deepen their understanding of engineering concepts, discover the value of rigor and academic research, refine their career goals, and gain valuable experience to enhance their career aspirations.

Apr 24

News & Events

Parry receives Goldwater Scholarship

Katherine Parry, a junior in electrical and computer engineering, has received the 2024 Barry Goldwater Scholarship to support her pursuit of a research career.

College of Engineering students explained complex research and its importance in under three minutes in the annual Three Minute Thesis competition.

Doctoral researchers shine in 3MT championship

Mar 12

News & Events

Rethinking neck protection in hockey

Brynn Broaddus and 15 of her peers spent spring break developing advanced neck protection to improve hockey players’ safety on the ice in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Covestro.

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Oct 23

Health & Biomedicine

Curing cancer is not enough

Colette Bilynsky pursues both cancer research and health policy to ensure that potential cures are affordable and accessible to all.

Sep 8

Health & Biomedicine

Relationships are key to the research and the researchers

Zeynep Ozkaya’s work in Jana Kainerstorfer’s biophotonicslab has helped her to better understand the signal processing principles she is learning in her electrical engineering courses.

Aug 25

Robotics

Student works on tiny bio robots

Lameck Beni, an undergraduate student in mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering, conducted research on small biodegradable robots that have important medical applications.

Aug 11

News & Events

Small particles research reveals benefits of interaction

Undergraduate research opportunity gave Kelby Kramer the chance to explore topics and gain skills outside his chosen field.

Mechanical engineering student Ethan Meitz is working to create predictive nanoscale models for the thermophysical properties of liquids.

Meitz first in 25 years to receive DOE graduate fellowship

May 5

Energy & Environment

Reducing air pollution boosts undergrad’s success

Not every undergraduate research stint leads to a major scientific journal publication, an internship with a federal agency, and a prestigious scholarship, but it did for Lauren Janicke.

Apr 7

Health & Biomedicine

Research in the off-season

Women’s basketball player makes time in the off-season to take on research.

Mar 7

News & Events

Lab work makes for easier class work

Terry Feng says his research experience gave him an edge in working with the tools and equipment he used in his materials science courses—particularly in using the scanning electron microscope to study material properties of the gallium oxide films he grew in Lisa Porter’s lab.

Feb 16

News & Events

Kinetic research propels career paths

Malaika Alphons’ Summer Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship (SURA) could serve her as a chemical or biomedical researcher.

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