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Apr 19

Cybersecurity

Crypto derivatives markets are booming

On a busy day, more than $100 billion in these derivatives are traded, rivaling the daily volume traded in the New York Stock Exchange, according to a new study authored by Carnegie Mellon University CyLab researchers.

Research paper

Apr 16

Robotics

Tailing new ideas

MechE’s Aaron Johnson’s Robomechanics Lab is looking to nature for robotic tail designs that make orientation tasks easier for moving robots.

CEE’s Sean Qian and his Ph.D. student Weiran Yao have used data from twitter to solve one of the greatest hurdles in traffic prediction.

From Twitter to traffic predictor

Apr 9

News & Events

Preparing the chip workforce of the future

With decreasing interest in the field of integrated circuit design, CMU has found a way to attract students to the career opportunities.

Apr 7

Health & Biomedicine

Unlocking richer intracellular recordings

A forward-thinking group of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia has identified a flexible, low-cost, and biocompatible platform for enabling richer intracellular recordings.

Apr 5

Cybersecurity

Inferring what we share by how we share

A new study by CyLab/MechE’s Conrad Tucker shows that patterns in which information is shared online may indicate the information’s authenticity.

Apr 1

Artificial Intelligence

Finding silence in the brain

ECE Ph.D. student Alireza Chamanzar created an algorithm to locate regions of neural silence using an EEG, a widely accessible device that measures brain activity.

Mar 29

Health & Biomedicine

Connecting the dots between engagement and learning

New research from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh examines how changes in internal states, such as engagement, can affect the learning process using BCI technology.

Research paper

Researchers from the CONIX research center have made the first open-source version of their novel platform combining augmented and virtual reality into a unified collaborative space.

A platform for physical and virtual collaboration

Mar 23

Artificial Intelligence

Designing a National Institute for AI in Construction

CEE’s Burcu Akinci and Pingbo Tang are part of a team designing the future National Institute for AI in Construction.

Research paper

Mar 19

Energy & Environment

Who is marginalized in energy justice?

CEE/EPP’s Destenie Nock is working to bring more perspectives from stakeholders in developing countries into decisions that affect the expansion of their power grid.

Mar 16

News & Events

Remembering Harold Paxton

Harold W. Paxton, former head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, passed away on March 8, 2021.

Mar 11

Robotics

A touch of silver

Researchers in the Soft Machines Lab have developed a new silver-hydrogel composite for artificial skin that combines high electrical conductivity with soft, stretchable biocompatibility.

As the frequency and size of wildfires increases worldwide, research shows how the chemical aging of particles emitted by these fires can lead to more extensive cloud formation and intense storm development in the atmosphere.

Wildfires, clouds, and climate change

Feb 26

Energy & Environment

Should Uber and Lyft be electrifying more vehicles?

Increases in air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions caused by ridesourcing impact human health and the environment. What happens when companies shoulder that cost?

Feb 24

Energy & Environment

Morgan chairs congressional briefing on future of US electrical grid

Granger Morgan and Bill Sanders presented their report on the future of the U.S. electrical system followed by a webinar that the public was encouraged to attend.

Feb 22

News & Events

Celebrating Engineers’ Week

Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering is excited to celebrate Engineers’ Week 2021.

Feb 18

News & Events

Behind the Researcher

The College of Engineering is known for our cutting-edge research, academic rigor, and amazing students, but you might be surprised by some of the other talents of our award-winning faculty.

Feb 10

Robotics

Under the sea

A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon’s Soft Machines Lab has created a soft robot inspired by the quick and agile brittle star, the first mobile and untethered underwater crawling robot.

Jan 29

Health & Biomedicine

Commonalities found between viral infections and ovarian cancer

Apparent similarities between latent DNA viral infections and quiescent cancer cells could lead to new treatments for ovarian cancer.

Jan 22

Health & Biomedicine

CMU alumnus creates “Dynamic” COVID solution

Alumnus Jeff Mullen (ECE ’00, Tepper ’09) and his company, Dynamics Inc., have created an innovative way to inactivate coronavirus in the air.

Jan 19

Advanced Manufacturing

Improving a vaccine delivery system for COVID and beyond

To impact COVID-19 vaccination in the developing world, collaborators develop and test a new hybrid microneedle array platform capable of delivering vaccines directly into the skin.

Jan 14

News & Events

Learning by making, outside of the lab

The College of Engineering revamped its Summer Engineering Experience this year to be entirely digital. Middle school students from all over logged on for a week of exploratory learning.

Alaine Allen will join Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering as the Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Alaine Allen appointed associate dean for DEI

Jan 6

Energy & Environment

Uber and Lyft increase average vehicle ownership in urban areas

On average, transportation network company entry into an urban area increases per-capita vehicle registrations by 0.7%, compared to what they would have been otherwise.

Jan 4

Artificial Intelligence

A universal port for the brain

The team is creating a smart port to the brain that will use artificial intelligence to selectively stimulate and record from the brain.

Dec 23

Advanced Manufacturing

Trans-disciplinary team investigates topological defects

Amit Acharya is leading a multidisciplinary, university-spanning team in an NSF Grand Convergence Research project to unravel one of the most ubiquitous physical phenomena known to science.

Dec 18

Artificial Intelligence

AI-fueled batteries

A team of CMU mechanical engineering and materials science and engineering researchers are using AI to optimize battery electrolyte designs, and they found new electrolytes that researchers hadn’t thought of.

Novel biosensor reveals the mechanobiological forces that shape organ development and biological phenomena like hypertension.

The force to shape an organ

Dec 9

Cyberphysical Systems

Detecting wireless interference

ECE researchers were awarded a $1M NSF grant to investigate a system that allows devices to scan wide bandwidths to avert interference.

Dec 4

Robotics

Latch on, launch off

Researchers observe the fastest organisms in nature—Dracula ants, froghoppers, and spore-ejecting fungi—to investigate spring-powered latch mechanisms for robotics.

Dec 1

Robotics

Making mechanical skin

These 3D printed circuits are self-healing, re-writable, and energy-harvesting, thanks to liquid metal.

Research paper

Research paper

Nov 27

Advanced Manufacturing

A route for avoiding defects during additive manufacturing

Research published in Science reveals how defects form during additive manufacturing, and offers insight into controlling machines to avoid this problem.

Nov 24

Cybersecurity

Lorrie Cranor named AAAS Fellow

Lorrie Cranor has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for her contributions to usable privacy and security research, policy, and education.

Nov 18

Advanced Manufacturing

3D bioprinted heart provides new tool for surgeons

Surgeons will soon have a powerful new tool for planning and practice with the creation of the first full-sized 3D bioprinted model of the human heart.

Nov 17

News & Events

SWEet success

The Society for Women Engineers provides opportunities for STEM students to build community, find mentors, develop professionally, and much more.

Nov 13

News & Events

Fall career fairs combine and go virtual

Thousands of students from around the world attended Carnegie Mellon’s first combined virtual career fair as the university community continues to find new solutions to global problems.

Nov 10

Health & Biomedicine

Crunching numbers for regenerative medicine

Undergrad Sean Pereira took a seminar with Rosalyn Abbott, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering. Despite Pereira’s focus on the computational aspects of biology, he was drawn to the work Abbott was exploring with silk applications to different challenges in biomedical engineering.

In the quest for safer and longer-lasting batteries for electric cars, trucks, and planes, researchers explore a new class of materials to suppress the formation of dendrites.

The surprising strength of liquid crystals

Nov 3

News & Events

CMU student is first Black recipient of AGMA’s scholarship

Master’s student David Ajoku has been awarded the American Gear Manufacturing Association Foundation’s scholarship—making him the first Black student to receive it.

Oct 30

Artificial Intelligence

Order up! AI finds the right material

MechE’s Amir Barati Farimani has improved an algorithm to predict a material’s properties.

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Research paper

Oct 27

News & Events

Virtual spaces for realistic learning

This year, the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department offered more summer research positions than ever before, as well as a novel and engaging virtual poster session.

Oct 23

Energy & Environment

Are Democratic and Republican energy policies actually that different?

While current proposed energy policies from the Democratic and Republican parties may sound different, new research from the Department of Engineering and Public Policy has found that they may actually lead to similar emissions outcomes—at least in the short term.

Zachary Blonder’s experience conducting research on processes relevant to pharmaceuticals synthesis with Nisha Shukla as an undergraduate steered him toward a position in the pharma industry after graduation.

Foundation for the future

Oct 15

Artificial Intelligence

Intelligent, automatic contact tracing

CMU ECE alumnus Patrick Lazik and his team at Yodel Labs have developed a system that creates contact networks to contain COVID-19.

Oct 14

Energy & Environment

Ulissi and Facebook AI create world’s largest catalysis dataset

ChemE’s Zack Ulissi and Facebook AI Research (FAIR) have created the Open Catalyst Project, the largest dataset of its kind, to accelerate the discovery of new catalysts for use in renewable energy storage.

Oct 12

Health & Biomedicine

As smooth as silk scaffolding

Tahlia Altgold and Rosalyn Abbott are working on the development of a new method of 3D printing silk proteins to create personalized new tissues for patients needing regenerative medicine.

Oct 9

COVID-19

The multidisciplinary way

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, Michele Blazek (CEE EPP ’87) and her team at Stanford Health Care jumped into action to keep their staff safe and their patients cared for—all while creatively tackling the challenges of limited space and personal protective equipment.

Oct 6

Energy & Environment

Low-cost sensors to fight air pollution

CMU researchers are teaming up with an interdisciplinary, international network to develop new methods and practices for real-time air quality data collection and solutions for air quality issues.

Oct 2

Artificial Intelligence

Recognizing AI’s misinformation

What does cybersecurity have to do with human recognition of false data? A lot, says MechE’s Conrad Tucker, who teamed up with Challenger Center and RAND to study the link between the two.

Sep 29

Health & Biomedicine

Celebrating Black in Microbiology Week

Chemical Engineering’s Kishana Taylor is hosting the first Black in Microbiology week, a unique program that aims to highlight Black scientists and their contributions to the field of microbiology.

Sep 28

Advanced Manufacturing

Hot Stuff: Unusual thermal diode rectifies heat in both directions

Dual-mode thermal rectification could be a game changer for a range of industrial and medical applications.

Sep 23

Health & Biomedicine

Meditation for mind-control

Carnegie Mellon Biomedical Engineering Department Head Bin He and his team have discovered that mindful meditation can help subjects learn and improve the ability to mind-control brain computer interfaces (BCIs).

Maysam Chamanzar’s team has developed a new class of materials for optical biointerfaces.

Parylene photonics enable future optical biointerfaces

Sep 17

News & Events

Simulating engineering experiments at home or in the lab

The use of force-feedback joysticks in lab demonstrations could forever change engineering education, especially for students in underresourced environments or those affected by disaster.

Sep 14

Advanced Manufacturing

Imagine a 10-second COVID-19 antibody test—we’re on our way

Carnegie Mellon University researchers reveal fastest known COVID-19 antibody test with high sensitivity due to a unique, 3D printing technology and an electrochemical reaction.

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Research paper

Sep 11

Energy & Environment

Is systemic racism literally built into our cities?

EPP researchers propose a way to address biases in infrastructure to ensure that future investment doesn’t benefit one group of people at the expense of another.

Sep 8

Health & Biomedicine

NIH-funded project will get your attention

Matt Smith and Byron Yu will simultaneously record multiple regions of the brain as subjects go through the process of preparing, establishing, and maintaining attention.

In partnership with UPMC, Carnegie Mellon researchers developed a machine learning approach for examining placenta samples to determine if mothers are at risk for complications in future pregnancies.

Predictive placentas: Using AI to protect mothers’ future pregnancies

Sep 1

Energy & Environment

Wildfires produce minerals that freeze clouds

Why do some biomass fuels create ice nucleating particles when they combust while others do not? Researchers at the Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies make an unexpected discovery.

Aug 27

Health & Biomedicine

Sea slugs to provide clues in understanding the brain

As the co-principal investigator on an NSF NeuroNex project, Victoria Webster-Wood will investigate the impact of neuromodulators on muscle actuation and modeling biological motor control in engineering frameworks.

Aug 24

Health & Biomedicine

The infrastructure problem of COVID-19

EPP’s Daniel Armanios has received funding through the NSF’s Rapid Response Research (RAPID) program to explore the interactions between infrastructure and the spread of COVID-19.

Aug 19

Advanced Manufacturing

Microwaving new materials

Reeja Jayan has made a breakthrough in our understanding of how microwaves affect materials chemistry, laying the groundwork for tailor-made ceramic materials with new electronic, thermal, and mechanical properties.

Aug 17

Health & Biomedicine

How the brain’s internal states affect decision-making

By recording the activity of separate populations of neurons simultaneously, researchers have gained an unprecedented insight into how the “waxing and waning” of our mental state influences the decisions we make.

Aug 13

Energy & Environment

Nanoparticles to immunize plants against heat stress

CEE’s Greg Lowry and ChemE’s Bob Tilton have created a new type of nanoparticle that may be able to immunize plants against harsh environmental conditions and pathogens.

Aug 11

Cyberphysical Systems

Cutting vehicle emissions and inspections via IoT

A new system using remote data transfers and machine learning could cut vehicle emissions, lower testing costs, and drastically reduce the need for in-person emissions testing.

Aug 7

Health & Biomedicine

Discovery of naturally chiral surfaces for safer pharmaceuticals

Nisha Shukla and Andrew Gellman have developed a number of new, easier methods for making naturally chiral metal surfaces.

Jul 30

Advanced Manufacturing

CMU and CCDC ARL announce new cooperative agreement

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory (ARL) have entered into a $3.5 million cooperative agreement that supports machine learning-enabled additive manufacturing.

ChemE/BME’s Elizabeth Wayne has received funding through the NSF RAPID program to study an often-ignored cellular factor in the mortality rate of COVID-19.

A new perspective in the fight against COVID-19

Jul 21

Cyberphysical Systems

Sensing tire wear

Researchers propose how we can we measure and monitor tire wear with tire wear sensors, increasing safety on the road, saving drivers money, and ultimately, saving lives.

Research paper

Jul 17

Health & Biomedicine

Engineering ways to keep doctors safe from COVID-19

When Allegheny Health Network and Magee Plastics needed help perfecting their simple intubation boxes, they turned to Carnegie Mellon engineers Ryan Sullivan and Coty Jen.

Jul 14

News & Events

2020 Dean’s Early Career Fellowships awarded

Two College of Engineering faculty members have been selected to receive the 2020 Dean’s Early Career Fellowship in recognition for their exemplary contributions to their respective fields: MechE’s B. Reeja Jayan and EEP’s Alex Davis.

Jul 9

Energy & Environment

COVID and pollution

A team of Carnegie Mellon researchers found that Pittsburgh’s air pollution levels decreased during the stay-at-home order—but the overall impact remains small.

With their new book series The Adventures of the Earth Defenders, a pair of ChemE alums are combining their entrepreneurial spirit with their passion for the environment to create real-world change.

Alumni write books to combat climate change

Jul 2

Advanced Manufacturing

Installing windows with help from robots

MechE’s Kenji Shimada is working on a collaboration with YKK AP to create high-tech window installation robots.

Jun 29

Cybersecurity

The electric future of autonomous vehicles

A team of CMU Engineering researchers has shown that autonomous vehicles can be electric—despite the decreased driving range.

Jun 26

News & Events

Johnson received NSF CAREER Award

Aaron Johnson has been awarded a CAREER award by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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Jun 24

Health & Biomedicine

A new platform for neural recording from large brains

A team led by ECE/BME’s Maysam Chamanzar is developing a novel neural interface made from stainless steel for much safer, high-density neural recording.

Jun 19

Health & Biomedicine

Calcium helps build strong cells

Research from ChemE’s Kris Dahl marks the first definitive look at how cells maintain structural integrity under mechanical strain.

Jun 16

Advanced Manufacturing

Molding masks against coronavirus

MechE’s Kenji Shimada and Erica Martelly team up for the America Makes Fit to Face Challenge, creating one of the top two designs in the competition.

Jun 12

Advanced Manufacturing

Unlocking PNA’s superpowers

Rebecca Taylor and her research team have developed a method for self-assembling nanostructures with gamma-modified peptide nucleic acid, a synthetic mimic of DNA.

Jun 10

News & Events

Peter Adams named head of EPP

Peter Adams, a Carnegie Mellon University professor and leading researcher in the field of air quality and environmental policy, has been named head of the Department of Engineering and Public Policy (EPP).

Jun 9

Cyberphysical Systems

Smile, you’re on Camaroptera

ECE’s Brandon Lucia created a battery-less remote image sensor—and taught it time management.

CEE’s Greg Lowry has demonstrated for the first time the ability of engineered nanoparticles to target specific structures on plant leaves.

The future of pesticides and fertilizers

Jun 3

Health & Biomedicine

A remote control for neurons

A novel material for controlling human neuron cells could deepen our understanding of cell interactions and enable new therapies in medicine.

Jun 1

News & Events

Elizabeth Dickey named head of MSE

Elizabeth Dickey, a leading researcher in the field of materials science and engineering, has been named Head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University effective January 2021.

May 28

Energy & Environment

Air pollution, simplified

Researchers from CMU’s College of Engineering are part of a collaboration that has created easy-to-use tools to estimate the societal costs of air pollution.

May 26

Energy & Environment

Electricity for all

CEE/EPP’s Destenie Nock led a study outlining a more equitable model of electricity planning in developing regions like Liberia.

Collaborators have adapted the sophisticated computer graphics technology used in blockbuster films and video games to simulate the movements of soft, limbed robots for the first time.

First real-time physics engine for soft robotics

May 20

Health & Biomedicine

Analyzing cells for future biomedical devices

Yu-li Wang has been awarded an NIH grant to support his research in cell migration and developing technologies for applications in biomedical devices.

May 18

Artificial Intelligence

Remote fever-scanning technologies

Researchers are developing affordable fever-screening technologies for buildings and first responders to detect fevers, using an algorithm to detect faces and measure temperature on the forehead.

May 14

Cyberphysical Systems

Building smart cities with taxis

Pei Zhang has turned a fleet of taxis into a mobile sensing platform to collect data required to develop applications for a smart city.

May 11

News & Events

Engineering alumnus shares 100 years of stories

Alumnus E. Gerald Meyer (’40 ’42) proves that age is just a number. Meyer, who turned 100 last November, is impressively busy and not slowing down.

May 7

Energy & Environment

Prescribed burns may introduce new atmospheric toxins

Prescribed burns are an effective method for managing forests and controlling wildfires. But burning such a large amount of built-up fuel can significantly impact regional air quality.

May 4

Health & Biomedicine

Working against the clock

Alumnus Raj Kapoor teamed up with health-tech startup Clara Health to create World Without COVID to connect people from all over the world to clinical trials in their local communities.

Apr 30

COVID-19

Yağan receives emergency NSF grant to help fight COVID-19

ECE’s Osman Yağan seeks to understand the spread of coronavirus and how public health measures can reduce that spread.

Apr 27

Energy & Environment

A big comeback for a little switch

Maarten de Boer and Gianluca Piazza are developing reliable, mechanical switches the size of a DNA molecule, thanks to a $2M LEAP-HI grant from the National Science Foundation.

Apr 23

Health & Biomedicine

Dynamic source imaging the brain

New functional imaging technology dynamically maps a signal’s source and underlying networks within the brain.

Research paper

New research will drastically improve brain-computer interfaces and their ability to remain stabilized, greatly reducing the need to recalibrate these devices during or between experiments.

Stabilizing brain-computer interfaces

Apr 17

COVID-19

Behind the shield

Tech Spark is fabricating face shields for essential workers at the front lines of the COVID-19 response.

Apr 16

News & Events

Pick your own project

Whether CMU engineering teams are given a week or a whole semester, their projects are always innovative and exciting.

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Apr 14

Artificial Intelligence

Managing necessary bias in AI

Some biases in AI might be necessary to satisfy critical business requirements, but how do we know if an AI recommendation is biased strictly for business necessities and not other reasons?

Apr 10

Artificial Intelligence

Outsmarting a virus

Can machine learning help us to accelerate the antibody discovery process to fight highly infectious viral diseases like COVID-19 and save thousands of lives?

Carnegie Mellon University will provide microneedle drug delivery patches to support COVID-19 vaccination and treatment research.

An alternative to the syringe

Apr 3

COVID-19

CMU-Africa mobilizes to continue classes during COVID-19

When the Government of Rwanda implemented a nationwide lockdown because of coronavirus, CMU-Africa transitioned to remote learning in less than a week

Apr 1

COVID-19

The Remote Student Experience at CMU-SV

Staff and administrators are implementing creative ways of keeping community members engaged and connected with each other in the face of adversity.

Mar 27

COVID-19

Move to remote research invites innovation

While much of our lives can now function remotely, the transition to online poses unique challenges for academia—particularly for research universities like Carnegie Mellon.

Mar 23

Advanced Manufacturing

Engineering faculty win Carnegie Science Awards

MechE’s Carmel Majidi and Ryan Sullivan have won Carnegie Science Awards from the Carnegie Science Center for their incredible contributions to science.

Mar 17

News & Events

The Value of Information

Research by CEE’s Matteo Pozzi shows how improper regulation can unintentionally trigger dangerous behaviors of information avoidance from infrastructure managers.

Mar 12

Health & Biomedicine

Healing large wounds fast

CMU has secured a $22 million DARPA grant to develop a device combining artificial intelligence, bioelectronics, and regenerative medicine to regrow muscle tissue, especially after combat injuries.

Mar 9

News & Events

Safety top of mind for Baranowski

As an integral member of the “Rethink the Rink” team, Joanna Baranowski is working to make hockey safer.

Mar 5

Energy & Environment

Going with the flow

In solving an age-old physics problem, a team led by Civil and Environmental Engineering’s Jerry Wang has helped enable a future permeated with nanoporous materials.

Mar 2

Cybersecurity

To predict an epidemic, evolution can’t be ignored

In a new study, a team of Carnegie Mellon University researchers show for the first time how important evolutionary adaptations are in predicting epidemics.

Four College of Engineering faculty members have been awarded CAREER awards by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Engineering faculty receive CAREER awards

Feb 25

Energy & Environment

Greenhouse gas emissions from Pittsburgh’s food system

A new report from a student team details the climate impacts from the production, packaging, transportation, and refrigeration of all food consumed in Allegheny County.

Research paper

Feb 21

Robotics

Making tracks in the desert

Catherine Pavlov, a Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering, traveled to the Atacama Desert to conduct experiments she modeled that aim to gain non-grasping functionality from space rovers.

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Feb 17

Cyberphysical Systems

Feet beyond fiction

Carnegie Mellon’s Pei Zhang is part of a team blurring the line between science and magic with a footstep-sensing invention inspired by Harry Potter’s Marauder’s Map.

Feb 14

Cyberphysical Systems

Heating and cooling that anticipates your needs

Researchers have created a system that predicts each occupant’s ideal temperature range and changes the room temperature to provide better comfort for all.

For someone suffering from an acute illness or a medical emergency, the nearest healthcare facility can be several hours away in some parts of the world. Researchers are working to bridge this gap in patient care with machine learning.

Capturing physiological signals with an app and a tap

Feb 6

Advanced Manufacturing

Producing hydrogen peroxide when, and where, it’s needed

Does a material exist that can be used to selectively, reliably, and efficiently form hydrogen peroxide whenever and wherever it’s needed?

Feb 3

Cyberphysical Systems

Quantifying transportation relationships

CEE’s Sean Qian studied the relationship between Uber and public transportation, proving it can vary by time of day and location.

Jan 30

Cyberphysical Systems

Safety helmet for firefighters

Communication technologies built into a firefighter’s helmet can send directional information in realtime to firefighters working in dangerous environments.

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Jan 27

Health & Biomedicine

The future of human healing lies in the brain of a starfish

Stem cell therapy is about to get a whole lot cheaper, thanks to the incredible regenerative powers of starfish.

Jan 23

Health & Biomedicine

Taking care of moms

CMU's AI and human decision-making researchers create an app to improve maternal mortality.

Jan 16

Energy & Environment

Study verifies a missing piece to urban air quality puzzle

CMU researchers get closer to solving a long-standing air quality mystery.

Jan 13

Energy & Environment

Evolution in the air

Two new studies show how aerosol optical tweezing can allow scientists to scrutinize the components of the atmosphere with new precision.

Jan 9

Energy & Environment

Gender inequality persists in electricity use

As households gain access to electricity, not all members use it equally. New research examines the link between energy access and gender equality in the developing world.

Jan 6

Health & Biomedicine

Salting down the cost of protein-polymer drugs

ChemE’s Alan Russell and Stefanie Baker have developed a novel method to purify the protein-polymer conjugates used in pharmaceuticals to ensure they perform properly.

Research paper

A collaborative project in partnership with CMKL University aims to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) system to accurately screen bottles for reuse and recycling.

Using AI to recycle bottles

Dec 30

News & Events

Eye-opening engineering

The Engineering Exploration Experience offers teens a window into the engineering behind everyday objects that surround them.

Dec 26

Health & Biomedicine

Illuminating neurons deep in the brain

An interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers at CMU has produced a new type of neural probe with an innovative design, improving the way researchers study neurons deep in the brain.

Research paper

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Dec 23

Health & Biomedicine

Using exosomes for drug delivery

In recent years, there has been an explosion in exosome research. CMU researchers have created an “all-purpose” platform for using exosomes for drug delivery in living organisms.

Dec 20

Robotics

Pushing robotics uphill

MechE senior Vinay Mitta is working with a four-legged Minitaur robot the size and shape of a briefcase with legs. He studies its movements and teaches it new skills and maneuvers so that the robot can be used to aid search and rescue operations or for large survey projects.

Researchers are working on a way to transform seawater into fresh drinking water with a new, honeycombed-patterned membrane—only a few atoms thick—that uses less energy than existing methods.

A more efficient way to turn saltwater into drinking water

Dec 16

Advanced Manufacturing

Creating an on-off switch for heat

This polymer thermal regulator can quickly transform from a conductor to an insulator, and back again. By switching between the two states, it can control its own temperature as well as the temperature of its surroundings, such as a refrigerator or computer.

Dec 13

Artificial Intelligence

Air Force partnership to fuse AI and materials research

CMU and Air Force Research Laboratory establish 5-year, $7.5M Center of Excellence in data-driven materials research.

Dec 11

Artificial Intelligence

Computing at the edges of the Earth—and beyond

Brandon Lucia has developed new hardware and software that enables reliable sensing and processing onboard nanosatellites smaller than the size of a playing card.

Dec 9

Artificial Intelligence

Society, STEM, and AI

Experts converge at Carnegie Mellon University, the birthplace of artificial intelligence, to discuss how AI can transform STEM education and workforce development today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Dec 5

Health & Biomedicine

Treating sickle cell pain deep in the brain

A new, noninvasive, focused-ultrasound method of neuromodulation could provide an alternative to opioid pain treatment for patients with sickle cell disease by targeting the brain.

Dec 2

Energy & Environment

A gnu way to control room temperature

Bergés has developed a machine learning solution, Gnu-RL, to manage building temperature, saving energy and earning the Best Paper Award at BuildSys 2019.

Nov 27

Energy & Environment

Overeating at Thanksgiving has a carbon footprint

From the ingredients to the cooking to the travel, CMU researchers tally up the carbon footprint of Thanksgiving.

Nov 26

Energy & Environment

Carbon intensity of power sector down in 2019

The Power Sector Carbon Index shows the carbon intensity is down 9% over the past year.

Nov 21

News & Events

New software makes science more replicable

ChemE Professor John Kitchin has developed a comprehensive scientific reporting software, known as SCIMAX, which aims to make studies more reliable and more replicable.

CMU-Africa celebrates the opening of its new location within Kigali Innovation City, where students can interact directly with surrounding industries to experiment, to innovate, and to build solutions that will impact the continent.

CMU-Africa celebrates new location

Nov 15

Advanced Manufacturing

Taking a closer look at steel using computer vision

CMU engineers are applying computer vision and machine learning to improve the study of inclusions, microscopic particle within steel that can have a big impact on metal properties.

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Nov 13

Artificial Intelligence

AI learns to design

AI agents imitate engineers to construct effective new designs using visual cues like humans do.

Nov 11

News & Events

PDL receives computing cluster from Los Alamos

The Parallel Data Lab has received a supercomputer from Los Alamos National Lab that will be reconstructed into a computing cluster for education and research.

Nov 6

News & Events

Taking crystals to a higher dimension

MSE’s Caroline Gorham and David Laughlin have published a paper about a new framework to understand crystallization, the process that transforms a liquid or gas to a solid.

A capstone project by a group of biomedical engineering undergraduates has won awards for its innovative design to help tracheostomy patients receive better care.

Helping tracheostomy patients breathe easy

Oct 31

News & Events

A celebration of collaboration

With the opening of ANSYS Hall, Carnegie Mellon and ANSYS celebrate a partnership and a promise for the next generation of engineers.

Oct 29

Health & Biomedicine

Assisting the failing heart with muscle power

A team of BME researchers is developing a self-contained, non-blood-contracting ventricular assist device that uses muscle power to support the failing heart.

Oct 28

News & Events

Carnegie Mellon University announces ANSYS Hall opening

ANSYS and Carnegie Mellon University announce the opening of ANSYS Hall, a world-class maker facility where students and collaborators innovate with cutting-edge simulation and fabrication tools.

Oct 25

Artificial Intelligence

Deploying goods effectively with large data

A group of Carnegie Mellon – CMKL | Thailand researchers is developing a software to optimize logistics operation and detect anomaly based on large data.

Oct 23

Cyberphysical Systems

Communications technologies for monitoring the great outdoors

ECE’s Bob Iannucci has worked with the USGS building a low-power, wide-area wireless network (LP-WAN) platform that can be used to sense a host of environmental factors.

News & Events

Joe Norby: Cheetah-Inspired Tails Aid Robot Locomotion

MechE Ph.D. candidate Joe Norby explains how research into how a cheetah uses its tail has been translated into robotics mobility research. The full paper can be found on IEEE: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9316238

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Doug Weber: Improving the Interface Between Humans and Machines

Doug Weber of MechE and the Neuroscience Institute discusses his group’s research on harnessing the nervous system's ability to control not only our bodies, but the machines and prostheses that can enhance our bodies, especially for those with disabilities.

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Siyang Zheng: Micro and Nano Materials for Non-Invasive Medical Devices

BME/ECE’s Siyang Zhang discusses his team's research into nano- and micromaterials. These tiny devices can be used for a variety of biomedical applications at the cellular level.

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Estudio en Sol Menor performed by Mario Bergés

Mario Bergés is an associate professor in Carnegie Mellon University Civil and Environmental Engineering, where he works on making our built environment more operationally efficient and robust through the use of information and communication technologies, but he also has another passion the involves making patterns over time.

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William Walton - Crown Imperial performed by Professor Anthony Rollett

You might be surprised to find out that Carnegie Mellon Materials Science and Engineering Professor Tony Rollett is not only an accomplished materials scientist—he's also a talented concert organist. As a young boy in Oxford, England, he developed an interest in the organ that's flourished throughout his life.

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