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Oct 11

Electronic tattoos for wearable computing

Cross-Atlantic collaborators have developed a simple, efficient method to make robust, highly flexible, tattoo-like circuits for use in wearable computing.

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Oct 09

Zhang and Yao earn MFI award for 4D printing

Jessica Zhang and Lining Yao earn a Manufacturing Futures Initiative (MFI) award to develop fiber-reinforced composite structures through a process called 4D printing.

Oct 08

The next generation of materials

A summer research fellowship sponsored by Citrine Informatics gave students the chance to use cutting-edge computer vision technologies to solve questions in materials science research.

Sep 12

Accelerating electrocatalyst discovery

Chemical engineering researchers have developed a machine learning system to search through millions of intermetallics to discover new materials for electrocatalysis.

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Aug 20

Taking down the heat

Far from kilns or furnaces, Edgar Mendoza researches how to 3D print ceramics.

Jul 30

3D printing the next generation of batteries

MechE’s Rahul Panat has developed a revolutionary new method of fabricating battery electrodes using Aerosol Jet 3D printing.

Jul 27

Overcoming the human bottleneck with autonomy

On August 4, 2016, the mission of cyber autonomy was declared accomplished. Meanwhile, back in Pittsburgh, a CyLab graduate student quietly hacked away at her own research in cyber autonomy.

Jul 25

Using AI to solve real-world problems

In MechE’s Levent Burak Kara’s project-based graduate course, students applied their skills in artificial intelligence and machine learning to solve real-world problems outside the classroom.

Jul 20

CMU, Bossa Nova to apply AI to retail analytics

CMU has announced a research partnership with Bossa Nova to develop and integrate artificial intelligence into service robots in retail stores nationwide.

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Jul 13

Can nighttime energy use predict morning traffic?

To predict when morning traffic is likely to grind to a halt, it may be more effective to examine how we use electricity in the middle of the night instead of travel-time data.

Jul 11

Pricing and processing data far from the cloud

IoT devices are coming online, and Carlee Joe-Wong wonders how we might put prices on them.

Jun 25

From jet fighters to financial advisory

Miles Hinderliter worked at Lockheed Martin, moved into a career at Barclays, and fit perfectly in with both.

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Jun 01

The intersection of 3-D printing and machine learning

Self-correcting 3-D printers may soon become a reality, as MechE’s Jack Beuth and alumnus Luke Scime have combined machine learning with 3-D printing to enable real time process monitoring.

May 23

Combining experts and automation in 3-D printing

The Expert-Guided Optimization method combines expert judgment with an optimization algorithm to enable high-fidelity 3-D printing of soft materials.

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May 21

Circuit, heal thyself!

When punctured or torn, this material’s circuits can autonomously—and instantaneously—heal themselves to remain fully operational.

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May 03

Governor launches Manufacturing Initiative at CMU

Governor Tom Wolf announced the launch of the Pennsylvania Manufacturing Initiative, which will ensure that Pennsylvania remains a national and international leader in manufacturing.

Apr 30

Powerful storage, tiny space

Jimmy Zhu has created a method to store huge amounts of data on a compact hard disk drive.

Apr 30

The age of liquid computers

Carmel Majidi and James Wissman seek ways to make functional and floppy electronics.

Apr 30

Manufacturing the future

CMU established the Manufacturing Futures Initiative to support manufacturing research and fund interdisciplinary projects.

Apr 30

CONIX Center

The CONIX Center is creating the architecture for networked computing to better connect edge devices to the cloud in the IoT.

Apr 30

Is there privacy in a world of self-driving cars?

The general population welcomes AVs, but not how they treat data privacy. Cara Bloom discusses policy options.

Apr 30

Lighter weight, lower costs in 3-D printing

Levent Burak Kara develops ways to best bolster lightweight, 3-D printed materials and reduce production costs.

Apr 27

A high-tech spin on spider silk

This game-changing technology can transform polymers from soft and thermally insulating materials to an ultra-strong and thermally conductive material.

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Apr 25

CMU team in NASA Mars ice drilling competition

A team of engineering undergraduate students is one of 10 finalists competing to develop a robot that can drill ice on Mars for a prestigious NASA challenge.

Apr 23

Coming down from the cloud

ECE’s Diana Marculescu is bringing machine learning applications to your mobile device.

Apr 19

Is 3-D printing the future for ceramics?

MechE’s B. Reeja Jayan has been awarded the NSF CAREER Award and $500,000 to pursue research in creating 3-D printing ceramics, and create an integrated research and game-based education plan.

Apr 11

Machine learning infers microbial relationships

ECE professor Radu Marculescu has developed an algorithm that shines new light on the associations and interactions of microorganisms in the human GI microbiome, providing a new tool for the field of preventive care.

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Apr 02

Improving cybersecurity with machine learning

Mahmood Sharif has been named a 2018 Symantec Research Lab Graduate Fellow and will continue his research in machine learning and cybersecurity in collaboration with Symantec.

Mar 26

Footsteps to preventing falls

These sensors developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon predict when a patient will fall.

Mar 23

3-DIY: Printing your own bioprinter

Researchers in BME have developed a low-cost 3-D bioprinter by modifying a standard desktop 3-D printer, and they have released the breakthrough designs as open source.

Mar 14

Measuring macro with micro

College of Engineering’s Rebecca Taylor earns funding from the U.S. Air Force’s Young Investigator Research Program to develop next generation sensors with DNA and PNA.

Feb 08

INI students help build BitClave’s blockchain network

INI students worked with blockchain start-up BitClave to drive the company’s development in new directions.

Jan 08

3-D printing remakes the strain gauge

Rahul Panat and a team of researchers from CMU, WSU, and UT-El Paso have developed a new 3-D printing technique for manufacturing strain gauges that breaks the Poisson Ratio by 40%.

Jan 01

Check out our upcoming events!

MFI has faculty lunch and learns (RSVP required), will hold an Innovation and Manufacturing Summit in September, 2018, and also hosts the Kennametal Manufacturing Future Speaker Series.

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