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Dec 26

News & Events

Ph.D. students run “Cup of Wontons” stall at market

Darren Cheng, Chase McDonald, and Jenny Chang have been running a successful wonton stall at the Squirrel Hill Farmers Market since fall 2023.

Dec 20

News & Events

Enabling developers to write provably correct software

Researchers have made it possible for non-experts to formally prove that their code is correct, reliable, and secure.

The Dowd Engineering Seed Fund for Graduate Student Fellowships funds innovative research proposals.

Taking a chance on ambition

Dec 18

Advanced Manufacturing

A solid step for polymer rings

A new discovery about how ring-shaped polymers behave has the potential to enable new ways for scientists to design more sustainable materials.

Research paper

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Dec 16

Artificial Intelligence

Beyond silicon computer chips

Tathagata Srimani is creating transformative NanoSystems by augmenting silicon with transformative technologies to create faster, more efficient computing systems.

Dec 13

Artificial Intelligence

The trend is your friend … and so is machine learning

Grasping both general market trends and finer details, a new, hybrid machine learning model from researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering predicts financial market volatility with increased accuracy.

Dec 10

Energy & Environment

Domestic, circular supply chain for EV batteries

SeaLion Energy, a CMU-led startup, received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy ARPA-E to extend EV battery life and facilitate repair and reuse to reduce waste.

Dec 5

Health & Biomedicine

CMU-developed artificial lung gives lift to DARPA project

Keith Cook joins a multi-institutional, DARPA-funded project to create a novel ECMO and advanced life-support system device capable of rapid deployment to support wounded military personnel.

The 2024 Project ELEVATE retreat welcomed participants from Carnegie Mellon University, Johns Hopkins University, and New York University to Philadelphia for lectures, work sessions, workshops, and networking.

Project ELEVATE charts course for faculty success

Dec 2

Artificial Intelligence

Blending the virtual and physical worlds

Civil and environmental engineering faculty have developed a testbed to make AI-enabled digital twins more accessible in the curriculum, but it is also proving valuable in active infrastructure research.

Nov 29

Artificial Intelligence

Multimodal machine learning model increases accuracy

Researchers have developed a novel ML model combining graph neural networks with transformer-based language models to predict adsorption energy of catalyst systems.

Nov 26

News & Events

EPP research will help workers navigate evolving technology

A regional team led by EPP researchers has received ARISE funding to analyze the workforce of North and North-Central Appalachia and develop tools to match workers’ skills with evolving industry needs.

Nov 22

News & Events

ChemE alumna’s fleet decarbonization solution wins hackathon

Saaksshi Jilhewar (ChemE ’23) applied her training in chemical engineering and AI to lead her team to victory in a global hackathon for sustainable and affordable energy.

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

CMU-Africa expands digital public infrastructure initiative

Nov 18

News & Events

Alumna receives Society of Women Engineers award

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

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.

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.

Oct 29

Artificial Intelligence

Putting the ghost in the machine

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

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.

Oct 22

Artificial Intelligence

How CMU Portugal primes startups

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

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.

30 years of cognitive shifts

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.

Oct 14

Advanced Manufacturing

Multi-university team pursues AI-enhanced design tool

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.

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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.

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

Unlock the power of digital twins with new online certificate

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.

Oct 2

Health & Biomedicine

CMU-led project to fight obesity, Type 2 diabetes receives ARPA-H backing

A CMU-led team of researchers has secured an award of up to $34.9 million from ARPA-H to develop a new bioelectric medicine-based treatment for obesity and Type 2 diabetes patients.

Sep 30

News & Events

Ride-hailing apps mitigate impact of racial discrimination

Uber and Lyft are dramatically reducing wait-time disparities for Black riders, but the impact of systemic segregation persists.

Sep 27

Health & Biomedicine

Exploring how melanin influences clinical oxygen measurements

CMU study explores the influence of melanin on near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), an optical tool that leverages light-tissue interaction to measure changes in hemoglobin concentration and oxygenation.

Sep 25

Advanced Manufacturing

Interdisciplinary team partners to develop advanced alloys

Materials science and engineering and chemical engineering faculty will collaborate on projects supported by the Naval Nuclear Laboratory to create additively manufactured structural alloys that can sustain extreme environments.

Sep 23

News & Events

CyLab hosts top cybersecurity researchers

On Sept. 4-5, more than 500 of the world’s leading cyber-systems researchers convened in Pittsburgh for the 2024 National Science Foundation Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Principal Investigators’ Meeting (NSF SaTC PI), hosted by Carnegie Mellon University’s CyLab Security and Privacy Institute.

Sep 19

News & Events

Afretec Network signs eighth university partner

The African Engineering and Technology Network, led by CMU-Africa, drives inclusive digital transformation on the continent through research, education, and entrepreneurship.

Sep 17

News & Events

Eight new endowed chairs in the College of Engineering

The College of Engineering is proud to announce the selection of eight new endowed chairs to recognize outstanding scholarly achievement.

Researchers introduce new framework, Spiking Network Optimization using Population Statistics, to intelligently customize models that reproduce activity to mimic what’s observed in the brain.

Automated tuning of large-scale neuronal models

Sep 11

Health & Biomedicine

A novel neural explanation for choking under pressure

New research reveals a first-of-its-kind neural explanation for choking under pressure: a deficit in motor preparation induced by an overly large potential “jackpot” payoff.

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Sep 10

Robotics

New moves for self-defense: How plants can inspire future Softbotic design

Complex and sophisticated, a plant’s mechanical systems could be the key to more advanced biohybrid softbotic designs.

Research paper

Sep 5

Health & Biomedicine

Battling chronic pain with noninvasive focused ultrasound

New research demonstrates the effectiveness of novel tech that is able to stimulate and modulate specific brain circuits with sub-millimeter spatial precision to suppress pain hypersensitivity.

Sep 3

News & Events

Animal Friends celebrates new volunteer program

College of Engineering faculty and staff are encouraged to come together to volunteer with Animal Friends or the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.

Civil Engineering researchers examine how new mobility systems are transforming city curbs into critical infrastructure and develop a framework to model usage and inform future policies.

The battle for curb space

Aug 27

News & Events

Embracing play: alumna uses toys to teach kids about engineering

By leaning into her interdisciplinary mindset and following her passions, Natha Singhasaneh, MechE ’18, has found her place designing toys to teach kids about science and engineering at CrunchLabs.

Aug 25

News & Events

New faculty orientation

The relaunched Center for Faculty Success will provide support at all stages of a faculty member’s career through programming, experiences, and networking opportunities.

Aug 23

Advanced Manufacturing

Artificial intelligence in manufacturing

MFI director’s keynote highlights how AI is being used to advance robotics, additive manufacturing, and digital twin technology at AIMST conference.

Aug 21

Robotics

Carnegie Mellon core partner in new center to improve robot dexterity selected to receive up to $52 million

Carmel Majidi will lead a research thrust in a new multi-institutional collaboration to launch an NSF ERC dedicated to revolutionizing the ability of robots to amplify human labor.

Aug 19

Robotics

It’s an ant… it’s a robot… it’s Picotaur! The unrivaled micro robot

Researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University have created the first legged robot of its size to run, turn, push loads and climb miniature stairs.

Aug 15

News & Events

Jaramillo completes ELATES, accepted into AAAS fellowship

EPP Professor Paulina Jaramillo is honing her policy outreach skills by participating in prestigious fellowship programs.

Aug 12

News & Events

CMU hacking team wins eighth DEF CON Capture-the-Flag title

The winningest team in DEF CON’s Capture-the-Flag (CTF) competition history, CMU’s Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), won its third straight title, earning its record eighth win in the past 12 years.

Aug 6

Advanced Manufacturing

Robotic innovation to transform U.S. manufacturing

Increasing investments by private foundations and the federal government are propelling MFI and its partners as leaders in the advancement of robotic applications for manufacturing.

Aug 1

News & Events

2024 Dean’s Early Career Fellowships awarded

The College of Engineering congratulates Eni Halilaj, Coty Jen, and George Okeyo, the 2024 recipients of the Engineering Dean's Early Career Fellowships.

MechE’s Ding Zhao trains students to enhance the affordability, reliability, and inclusivity of AI through the Trustworthy AI Autonomy course.

Trustworthy artificial intelligence for the greater good

Jul 25

News & Events

Once an advisor, now a friend

Engineering professor Nisha Shukla set a strong example for alumnus Nathan Khosla who is grateful for the lessons and their lasting friendship.

Jul 23

Health & Biomedicine

First healthcare device powered by body heat made possible with liquid-based metals

Researchers address battery-life concerns with a new material system that can power a pulse ox with bodyheat alone.

Jul 18

Robotics

Sea slugs: what can we learn from them?

Studying Aplysia californica, or sea slugs, can tell us a lot about neuromuscular systems and open up avenues for more controlled animal experiments.

Jul 15

Advanced Manufacturing

Understanding the 3D ice-printing process to create micro-scale structures

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University develop numerical models that enable precise control of the 3D ice printing process for biomedical and manufacturing applications.

Organic nanoparticles have been limited in terms of their mechanical properties and chemical tunability, but a recent study shows that through hyperbranching and chemical cross-linking, a dense bonding network can be developed.

A new class of organic nanoparticles

Jul 3

Health & Biomedicine

CMU, Meta seek to make computer-based tasks accessible with wristband technology

In collaboration with Meta, Doug Weber’s lab is exploring how sEMG signals can enable people with spinal cord injuries to interact with computer and mixed reality systems.

Jul 3

Health & Biomedicine

Engineering for older adults

As an undergraduate student in the College of Engineering, Justin Lam was able to design his own major track inspired by his passion for helping aging populations, which he called geriatric engineering.

Jun 28

Health & Biomedicine

One student’s ambition leads Carnegie Mellon to sponsor first ever clinical trial

After four years, Erica Martelly’s dream of testing custom CPAP masks on real patients came to fruition in Carnegie Mellon University’s first ever clinical trial.

Jun 25

Artificial Intelligence

Emotion detection system puts a smile on their face

Silicon Valley students use AI to develop an emotion detection system that can help job seekers improve performance and build confidence.

Jun 21

News & Events

Refugee outreach welcomes students to the ICT space

Faculty at Carnegie Mellon University Africa hosted workshops to give educators important classroom resources, while Mastercard Foundation Scholars visited secondary school students to build their programming and computer skills. The goal is to get students interested in ICT early on so they can ultimately pursue careers in the field.

Jun 18

Artificial Intelligence

New course harnesses AI to kindle creativity

New course, AI for Humanities, offers a unique perspective on how AI can revolutionize our perception and interaction with creative expressions.

Jun 13

News & Events

Engineering students awarded Fulbright Scholarships

Six students and alumni from the College of Engineering will research and study abroad on Fulbright program scholarships.

Jun 11

Artificial Intelligence

Breakthrough approach enables bidirectional BCI functionality

For the first time, researchers successfully integrated a novel focused ultrasound stimulation to realize bidirectional BCI that both encodes and decodes brain waves using machine learning.

Jun 6

Energy & Environment

How medical models can transform agriculture

At the intersection of plants and nanomedicine perhaps lies a solution to current unsustainable agricultural practices and meeting increasing global food demands.

Research paper

Aleena Siddiqui has received the Udall Scholar award, which recognizes future leaders in environmental, Tribal public policy, and health care fields.

Siddiqui receives Udall Scholarship

Jun 3

Advanced Manufacturing

NASA mentor guides student’s career trajectory

Campus research experience, NASA internship, and advice from a mentor propel material science and engineering student, Lauren Fitzwater, to pursue a minor in additive manufacturing.

May 31

News & Events

Amateur radio for aspiring professionals

Introduction to Amateur Radio course teaches history, culture, and science of radio technology.

May 28

News & Events

Visit the virtual lab

Reeja Jayan designed a syllabus that incorporates Minecraft to give students a hands-on approach to learning about materials science concepts like chemical vapor deposition polymerization without setting foot in an actual lab.

May 24

Energy & Environment

Toward improving rural mobility

Researchers designed and piloted the rural access mobility platform to improve rural mobility services that are inefficient, unaffordable, inaccessible, and unsustainable.

Using existing filter tapes collected by U.S. embassies in Africa, mechanical engineering researchers have found a way to measure black carbon concentrations in fine particulate matter with only a reference card and their cell phones.

Democratizing air quality data at nearly no cost

May 16

News & Events

Undergraduates present research at Meeting of the Minds 2024

Engineering undergraduate students had a wonderful showing at Meeting of the Minds, displaying posters, giving presentations, and demonstrating projects they have worked on this past academic year.

May 13

Robotics

Manipulation technology makes home-helper robot possible

New locomotion and manipulation technology from Ding Zhao’s lab will enable four-legged robots to lend a hand in the not-so-distant future.

May 9

Energy & Environment

Comfort vs. cash: energy behavior changes during COVID-19

The pandemic altered how individuals consumed energy in their homes, and in some areas the changes adversely affected energy poverty.

May 7

News & Events

Presidential and graduate fellowships awarded for 2024-25

College of Engineering graduate students have been awarded fellowships for the 2024-25 academic year.

May 3

News & Events

CMU names University Professors

Three College of Engineering faculty members have been elevated to the rank of University Professor, the highest distinction a faculty member can receive at Carnegie Mellon.

Apr 30

Artificial Intelligence

Refined AI approach improves noninvasive BCI performance

Researchers used AI technology to improve the decoding of human intention and control a continuously moving virtual object all by thinking about it, with unmatched performance.

Apr 29

News & Events

Reeja Jayan named faculty director of the Center for Faculty Success

The relaunched Center for Faculty Success will provide professional development, training, and leadership opportunities that empower faculty to succeed throughout their academic careers.

Apr 26

News & Events

Behring Foundation gift supports international undergrads in tech

Two students have received the Behring Scholarship, a scholarship to support students from Brazil pursuing tech-related undergraduate degrees at Carnegie Mellon University.

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.

Philip LeDuc has been named a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for 2023 due to his research in the mechanics of cellular and molecular systems.

LeDuc named 2023 AAAS Fellow

Apr 17

News & Events

Honoring our educators

Six members from the College of Engineering were recognized at CMU’s annual Celebration of Education Awards.

Apr 17

News & Events

Engineering faculty awarded professorships

Carnegie Mellon University has awarded professorships to five exceptional faculty members in the College of Engineering.

Apr 15

News & Events

Inaugural alumni awards celebrate success and service

On April 11, distinguished guests from across the university and alumni communities, gathered in Scaife Hall to honor eight individuals whose leadership, creativity, and volunteerism underscore what can be achieved with an engineering degree from Carnegie Mellon University.

Apr 12

Advanced Manufacturing

Machine learning and extended reality used to train welders

Researchers apply machine learning to a lightly-modified off-the-shelf welding helmet and torch integrated with a Meta Quest headset and controller to train welders.

A recent study examines the relationship between having access to broadband internet and unemployment during the pandemic, treating infrastructure as a proxy for bias rather than access.

Infrastructure as a social sensor

Apr 8

Energy & Environment

Doctoral researchers shine in 3MT championship

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

Apr 4

Artificial Intelligence

One student, two continents

CMU-Africa student Farida Eleshin (MSIT ’24) is concluding her master’s program with a final semester in Pittsburgh, where she’s working on several research projects in the CHIMPS Lab that focus on privacy and security.

Apr 2

News & Events

Studying heterogeneous materials under extreme conditions

The Department of Defense awards a team of researchers funding to develop energy-absorbing, structure-preserving materials that are more resilient under extreme loads.

Mar 29

Energy & Environment

Litster sub-awardee on $50M of new DOE hydrogen projects

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded 52 projects $750 million to dramatically reduce the cost of clean hydrogen and reinforce American leadership in the growing hydrogen industry.

Mar 27

News & Events

Grover inducted into AIMBE College of Fellows

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Pulkit Grover, professor of electrical and computer engineering, to its College of Fellows.

Mar 25

Health & Biomedicine

How does learning something new not overwrite what we know?

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh examine what happens in the brain when it’s presented with learning a new task, but also asked to recall a familiar one.

Mar 20

News & Events

Honoring the memory of Jerry Cohon

Heartfelt messages, memories, and reflections have flooded the halls of Carnegie Mellon as many mourn and honor the memory of Jerry Cohon, a profound and enduring figure at the university and beyond.

Mar 20

Advanced Manufacturing

These defects are not to be mistaken as scratches

Shrinkage porosity, a common defect in metal castings, has been identified in laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing.

Mar 19

Energy & Environment

Anticipating and reducing EV battery supply disruptions

A recent study analyzes the relationship between EV battery chemistry and supply chain vulnerability for four critical minerals across particular countries that are key contributors to production.

Research paper

Using DNA origami, researchers in Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering have developed a synthetic cell armor to protect cells during the stress of clinical practice.

Safety first: DNA armor protects regenerative medicine

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.

Mar 8

Health & Biomedicine

Designing nanoparticles for pregnancy-safe treatments

Researchers identify lipid nanoparticles that safely deliver mRNA to the placenta and non-reproductive organs during pregnancy without harming the fetus.

Research paper

Mar 5

Energy & Environment

Enhancing aquifer systems

New knowledge of enhanced aquifer recharge—the replenishing of groundwater reserves with water from other sources—could provide water to communities affected by extreme heat and drought.

Mar 1

News & Events

Micro mirage: the infrared information carrier

Researchers fabricate the world’s smallest QR code that, invisible to the naked eye, encrypts information to only be visible by an infrared camera lens.

A new space dedicated to stewarding community, fostering connection, and hosting programming focused on DEI across the College of Engineering has opened in the A-level of ANSYS Hall.

DEI-focused space, The Belonging Center, opens in ANSYS Hall

Feb 23

Advanced Manufacturing

AI accelerates process design for 3D printing metal alloys

Researchers use AI and high-speed in-situ imaging to optimize process parameters for 3D printing metal alloys.

Feb 20

Advanced Manufacturing

New Robotics Innovation Center will anchor community outreach programs in Hazelwood

The new Robotics Innovation Center (RIC) will serve as a home to well-established programs connecting CMU and the Hazelwood community.

Feb 15

Energy & Environment

Shifting gears in the transition to electric vehicles

Electric vehicle emissions costs are anticpated to continue to decline through 2025, after which they will be affected by key factors such as the evolution of the power grid, battery technology, and public policy.

Feb 13

Robotics

RoboTool enables creative tool use in—you guessed it—robots

Large language models enable robots to “brainstorm” creative tool use and perform seemingly impossible tasks.

Feb 9

News & Events

Powering a vision for the future

Ankur Gupta (MSE’10) is working to develop the battery technologies needed to bring augmented and mixed reality products to market at Meta.

Feb 6

Energy & Environment

CMU partners to reimagine energy in the region

Faculty from Carnegie Mellon University will collaborate with West Virginia University and University of Pittsburgh on a National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines program.

Feb 2

Advanced Manufacturing

Mill 19 growing a digital backbone

Digital backbone at Mill 19 will make data readily available for advancing digital twin and AI-related manufacturing research.

Jan 30

Artificial Intelligence

Head-to-head: Human vs. AI-human teams

New research from Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Human+AI Design Initiative underlines the adage “teamwork makes the dream work,” especially when it comes to human-AI collaboration.

Jan 26

News & Events

2024 NSF CAREER Awards

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Giulia Fanti, Guannan Qu, and Akshitha Sriraman, all assistant professors of electrical and computer engineering, the NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award.

A recent study leverages information provided by building occupants when answering multiple related questions about their thermal comfort to find the real “comfort zone” for most people in a building.

Finding comfort through machine learning

Jan 19

News & Events

Engineering design, innovation, and entrepreneurship

First-year students are ready to to pursue a new additional major in Engineering Design, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship.

Jan 16

Artificial Intelligence

Automating consistent product design

Researchers develop AI-driven method to automate the discovery of brand related features in product design.

Research paper

Jan 12

Energy & Environment

Torres awarded NSF CAREER award

Chemical Engineering’s Ana Inés Torres was awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER award for her research in circular economies.

Jan 10

News & Events

Integrating the built, natural, and information environments

Students in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Junior Projects course worked with a team of local professionals to develop plans to transform the four-block span of Craig Street between Fifth and Forbes Avenues into a great college town street.

Generous commitment from Yeming and Aaron Rankin will support research in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Scott Institute.

Carnegie Mellon alumni fund climate adaptation research

Dec 22

Robotics

Drones CAN navigate dynamic environments

Novel drone navigation technology developed by Kenji Shimada was put to the test in an active Japanese tunnel construction site, enabling drones to approximate where a collision may occur and prevent it.

Dec 20

Artificial Intelligence

AI Coscientist automates scientific discovery

Coscientist is a copilot for science, making experimentation faster and more accurate.

Dec 18

Energy & Environment

Quantifying barriers to establishing sequestration wells

Recent work from CMU researchers estimates the time required to develop, approve, and implement a carbon capture and sequestration site and provides insights into how this timeframe could be reduced.

Research paper

Dec 15

Advanced Manufacturing

Scaling in-situ process monitoring to qualify AM parts

Mechanical Engineering alumnus Luke Scime uses artificial intelligence in the development of Peregrine, a process monitoring software stack to qualify additive manufactured parts at the U.S. national laboratories.

Dec 13

News & Events

Zhang receives NSF CAREER Award

Xu Zhang received an NSF career grant for his work on device fabrication and system-level applications of atomically thin 2D materials.

Dec 11

Robotics

Big picture, small robot

A team of mechanical engineering researchers create “Mugatu,” the first steerable bipedal robot with only one motor.

Dec 8

News & Events

Conrad Tucker named new director of CMU-Africa

Conrad Tucker has been named the next director of Carnegie Mellon University Africa. In his new role, Tucker will also serve as the College of Engineering’s Associate Dean for International Programs in Africa.

Dec 5

Artificial Intelligence

PennDOT Secretary meets Carnegie Mellon transportation experts

PennDOT Secretary Michael Carroll visited CMU facilities at Mill 19 to meet transportation researchers and learn about collaboration opportunities.

Nov 29

Artificial Intelligence

Chop, chop: Improving food prep with the power of AI

Researchers at CMU combined two vision foundational models—models trained on large visual data sets—to help a robot arm recognize the shape and the type of fruit and vegetable slices.

Four Ph.D. students in the College of Engineering have received funding to pursue research on valuable, relatively unexplored topics.

Dowd Fellowship encourages ambitious student research

Nov 17

News & Events

Tackling concussions

New research identifies genetic effects of traumatic brain injury using an artificial brain.

Nov 14

Health & Biomedicine

Bringing donor organs back to life

A new platform aims to discover novel biomarkers to evaluate organ quality after donation, but before transplantation, and reveal new therapeutic targets to improve donor organ function.

Research paper

Nov 9

Health & Biomedicine

Boosting oxygenation for transplanted cell-based therapies

To advance cell-based therapies, researchers have identified a novel device that makes on-site oxygen for biological cells transplanted inside the body.

Nov 9

News & Events

CMU celebrates Alan Magee Scaife Hall grand opening

The Alan Magee Scaife Hall and Gordon E. Moore Engineering Quad bring energy and vibrancy to the heart of Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering.

First Lady Jill Biden and U.S. Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su recently visited Mill 19, the discovery workspace where Carnegie Mellon engineers and scientists conduct advanced manufacturing research. Biden and Su highlighted workforce investments in Pittsburgh, which is one of five newly created Workforce Hubs in the U.S.

FLOTUS Touts Pittsburgh as Workforce Hub at CMU’s Mill 19

Nov 8

News & Events

Scaife Hall to transform research and education at CMU

Carnegie Mellon hosts grand opening of reimagined Scaife Hall.

Nov 6

Robotics

450-million-year-old organism finds new life in Softbotics

Researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering used fossil evidence to engineer a soft robotic replica of pleurocystitids, a marine organism that existed nearly 450 million years ago and is believed to be one of the first echinoderms capable of movement using a muscular stem.

Nov 2

Advanced Manufacturing

From 2D to 3D: MXene’s path to revolutionizing energy storage and more

For the first time, researchers have arranged 2D MXene nanosheets into a 3D structure without compromising performance—a technology with the potential to have a tremendous impact on energy storage devices for applications like electric vehicles.

Research paper

Oct 30

News & Events

Alum invests to create change

Civil and Environmental Engineering alumnus Greg Hamm and his wife, Wanda Ingmire, reflect on their contributions to CMU and discuss the importance of investing in education.

Oct 26

Artificial Intelligence

New center to investigate quantum computing

A new National Science Foundation Industry-University Cooperative Research Center at CMU will create an ecosystem that advances quantum computing and information technologies.

Oct 24

News & Events

Moonshot grant launches faculty to new heights

The National Network for Critical Technology Assessment (NNCTA), directed by Erica Fuchs, shares their findings in their report, Securing America’s Future: A Framework for Critical Technology Assessment.

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.

Oct 20

Health & Biomedicine

Detecting brain tsunamis

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Cincinnati have combined their expertise in engineering and medicine to create a noninvasive method for detecting worsening brain injuries before they happen. This advancement could reshape neurocritical care.

Oct 18

News & Events

The human element: Alum forges success putting people first

MechE alumnus Bruce Smith credits CMU for ingraining the idea that community togetherness is pivotal to solving real world problems, a value he lives by as CEO of Detroit Manufacturing Systems.

Carnegie Mellon researchers receive funding from the Manufacturing Futures Institute to continue work on 3D micro-ice printing for medical applications.

3D micro-ice printing for medical applications

Oct 16

Energy & Environment

Ride-hailing for the greater good

Optimal ride-hailing pricing (ORHP) has potential to improve transportation network performance in a more equitable manner than current rider behavior interventions.

Research paper

Oct 12

Health & Biomedicine

MSE alum discovers fundamental advance in understanding of cells

Cliff Brangwynne (MSE ’01) wins the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for discovering a cellular process with the potential to revolutionize treatments for neurodegenerative diseases like ALS.

Watch the Video

Oct 11

Energy & Environment

Predicting portable power

Researchers at CMU and the University of Texas at Austin have designed a model that accurately predicts a battery’s charge curve, which could impact the safety and reliability of electric vehicles.

Oct 9

Artificial Intelligence

Liquid crystals and the hunt for defects

Civil and environmental engineering researchers are creating tools to help unlock the secrets of liquid crystals.

Between his studies, a teaching opportunity, and nonprofit work, mechanical engineering Ph.D. student Jonathan Shulgach looks to reimagine the experience of receiving medical care by bringing patients closer to the process.

A new course for prosthetics care

Oct 5

Advanced Manufacturing

Industrial robots building with Lego® bricks at Mill 19

New testbed at Mill 19, that will test and advance robotic assembly and disassembly using Lego® bricks, will also be used to study other robotic functions in manufacturing.

Oct 4

Health & Biomedicine

Curating sustainable meat alternatives

Using cellular agriculture, the Abbott lab is working on a sustainable meat alternative that is safe and tastes good, without needing to sacrifice any animals.

Oct 3

Energy & Environment

CMU team wins Best Presentation Award at NASA competition

A group of Engineering and Public Policy graduate students took home the award for Best Presentation on behalf of the NASA’s Gateways to Blue Skies: Clean Aviation Energy Competition.

Oct 2

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Faculty and alumnus inducted into the National Academy of Engineering

College of Engineering dean, professor, and alumnus inducted in the National Academy of Engineering.

Sep 29

Energy & Environment

Understanding energy behaviors for a more equitable future

By studying energy-limiting behavior related to both heating and cooling in vulnerable households, policies can be modified and developed to address inequities.

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Destenie Nock & Teagan Goforth: Connecting Electricity System Changes to Local Air Pollution Impacts

With increasing focus on equitable and just energy transition, it is critical to understand the trade-offs of different decarbonization outcomes across economic, environmental, and social sustainability criteria. Particulate matter in the air can cause increased health risks, and often is more prevalent in areas near power plants. Dr. Destenie Nock and Dr. Teagan Goforth are studying how policy changes for energy systems can improve local health along with other sustainability metrics. For further information about their work see the following papers: 1. Goforth, T., Levin, T., & Nock, D. (2025). Incorporating energy justice and equity objectives in power system models. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 210, 115155. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032124008815 2. Goforth, T., Nock, D., Brown, M., Ghosh, T., & Lamers, P. (2024). Exploring equality and sustainability trade-offs of energy transition outcomes in the United States in 2050. Applied Energy, 367, 123376. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261924007591

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Faculty Insights with David Rounce

Civil and Environmental Engineering's David Rounce discusses the latest of glacier projections and shows how they're being used to support mitigation and adaptation efforts to help communities become more climate resilient.

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What Inspired You to Become an Engineer: Carmel Majidi

Mechanical Engineering Professor Carmel Majidi talks about what inspired him to become an engineer.

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Marc Dandin: Bridging the Gap Between Technology and Biology

ECE’s Marc Dandin explains his research in developing circuits that can be integrated into biological systems.

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David Rounce and Marissa Webber: Urban storm water modeling for present and future

CEE’s David Rounce and Marissa Webber discuss their research in climate resilient adaptation strategies for stormwater.

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