2019

Apr 04

Achieving provably-secure encryption

Earlier this week, a team consisting of researchers from CyLab released the world’s first verifiably secure industrial-strength cryptographic library—a set of code that can be used to protect data and is guaranteed to protect against the most popular classes of cyberattacks.

Apr 01

A FRESH take on bioprinting

Adam Feinberg, an associate professor of biomedical engineering and materials science & engineering, has developed the novel Freeform Reversible Embedding of Suspended Hydrogels (FRESH) 3-D bioprinting technique, which allows for the printing of soft gels.

Mar 20

Johnson wins ARO Young Investigator Award

Aaron Johnson has won the Army Research Office’s Young Investigator Award for his research on designing robots to cross rough terrain.

Mar 08

Year two of “Rethink the Rink” launched

The Pittsburgh Penguins, Covestro, and Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering will host their second annual Make-a-thon, kicking off year two of the “Rethink the Rink” initiative.

Mar 04

Self-healing material research

Carnegie Mellon University’s Mohammad Islam and Lining Yao are developing a self-healing actuator, called Healer, which is expected to fully heal itself within a few hours with the same shape, functionalities, and properties as before if it is broken into pieces. Such actuators can be used as sensors and synthetic muscles.

Feb 22

Finding keyholes in metals 3-D printing

Tony Rollett published in Science a pivotal discovery that could dramatically improve the 3-D printing process.

Jan 17

Run, robot, run!

Soft robots can mimic a critter’s scurry, thanks to shape memory alloy actuators.

Jan 02

Using drones in agriculture and irrigation

Professor of Mechanical Engineering Kenji Shimada and his team of researchers are using drone technology to help detect and restore damaged water canals in Japan that are critical for the agricultural economy.

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