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Sep 24

Energy & Environment

Jaramillo placing new tool in energy planners’ hands

Paulina Jaramillo led a team working with utility planners, operators, and regulators to prepare our energy system for the effects of climate change.

Research paper

Sep 22

Health & Biomedicine

Resetting the standard in orthopedics

Exoform, a customizable, semi-rigid material with self-fusing edges has the potential to eliminate many of the doctors visits that go along with broken bones, not to mention help them heal faster.

Professor Ding Zhao developed a new course that trains engineering students how to make artificial intelligence trustworthy.

Artificial Intelligence you can trust

Sep 15

Health & Biomedicine

New material aides in neural stimulation

Using light to control how cells “talk” to one another isn’t new science, but researchers at CMU have discovered that MXene, an easily produced nanomaterial, can allow for effiicient cellular communication.

Research paper

Sep 15

News & Events

K-12 outreach program gets kids excited about STEM

In the College of Engineering, faculty and students prepare and implement programs for K-12 students interested in first-hand—and hands-on—exposure to the field of engineering.

Sep 13

News & Events

Jahanian accepts GEM Consortium Academic Leadership Award

Carnegie Mellon President Farnam Jahanian accepted the 2021 Academic Leadership Award at the National GEM Consortium’s annual conference.

Sep 10

Energy & Environment

Decarbonizing freight rail

Carnegie Mellon University, Genesee & Wyoming, and Wabtec will create the Freight Rail Innovation Institute, a first-of-its-kind effort to create zero-emission locomotives, develop technology that increases freight rail utilization, improve safety by 50 percent, and create 250,000 jobs by 2030.

Sep 7

Energy & Environment

Ultrafine and ultra-toxic?

First nationwide ultrafine particle study paves the way for understanding health effects and revisiting government regulation.

Research paper

Students in 24-200 have the chance to work directly with a wide variety of machining equipment and learn to become better engineers while they’re doing it.

Hands-on learning in Tech Spark’s Manual Machining course

Sep 1

News & Events

Powering sea to space

Michael McHenry’s latest advancement on cobalt-based metal amorphous nanocomposite materials (MANCs) and their processing makes smaller, more powerful motors possible.

Aug 30

News & Events

Building friendships and future success

Materials science and engineering and biomedical engineering major Jared Cohen found that making time for friends and taking on leadership roles in student organizations has contributed to both the fun and success he is having at Carnegie Mellon.

Aug 26

Health & Biomedicine

Sense and signal

A novel brain-computer interface will allow the severely paralyzed to send email messages and perform daily tasks like online shopping and banking with their minds.

Aug 24

Health & Biomedicine

Research sheds new light on decreased performance under pressure

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh explore the phenomenon of choking under pressure and show for the first time that animals also exhibit this strange tendency.

Carnegie Mellon researchers are working to design networks that keep our ever-increasing numbers of connected devices safe and secure.

Keeping distributed systems secure

Aug 17

News & Events

The journey to the boardroom

Alumnus Nick Fiore has had an impressive 50-year career in the manufacturing industry and in academic leadership. His humble beginnings have served as the motivation for his own success and philanthropy.

Aug 13

Health & Biomedicine

Finding inspiration to rebuild human heart muscle

Using insights from the developing heart, Adam Feinberg and his team are shaping biologically-inspired engineering design principles to rebuild human heart muscle.

Aug 10

Advanced Manufacturing

Tuning synthetic collagen threads for biohybrid robots

Researchers in Victoria Webster-Wood’s Biohybrid and Organic Robotics Group are using techniques from tissue engineering to refine tendon-like collagen threads for a new generation of robots.

Research paper

Aug 5

News & Events

Engineering a career in medicine

Raja Chatterjee’s career in medicine started in a place you likely wouldn’t expect: the Carnegie Mellon electrical and computer engineering department. So how does an engineer become a doctor, professor, and a Naval captain?

Aug 2

News & Events

A crystal-clear way to save time

Chemical Engineering researchers recently discovered a better way to make a new class of soft materials—reducing a process that used to take five months down to three minutes.

Jul 29

Artificial Intelligence

Joshi to lead CMU’s AI-EDGE team

The mission of the AI-EDGE Institute is to design next-generation intelligent edge networks that are efficient, reliable, robust, and secure.

Jul 27

Advanced Manufacturing

Pushing through nanopores: Genetic sequencing with MXene

MXene—a single layer, two-dimensional nanomaterial—shows potential for solid-state, nanopore-based DNA sequencing. This could lead to efficient, rapid diagnostics and personalized medicine.

Jul 23

Health & Biomedicine

Take two: Integrating neuronal perspectives for richer results

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have identified a way to bridge two neuronal approaches traditionally used in isolation, resulting in a richer understanding of neuronal activity.

Jul 21

Advanced Manufacturing

Dynamic heart model advances engineered heart tissue tech

The Feinberg group’s latest model mimics physiologic loads on engineering heart muscle tissues, yielding an unprecedented view of how genetics and mechanical forces contribute to heart muscle function.

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Research paper

Can this refractory metal be an efficient substitute material in microelectromechanical system (MEMS) thermal actuators?

Tantalizing tantalum actuators and sensors

Jul 13

Artificial Intelligence

Detecting depression and partner violence risk during pregnancy

Researchers are using language processing on diary entries from birthgiving parents in the perinatal period to detect and identify possible risk indicators for depression and intimate partner violence.

Jul 9

Health & Biomedicine

Optimizing pharmaceutical development

Chrysanthos Gounaris, in partnership with Eli Lilly and Company, has developed an automated decision support system for planning the R&D activities within Lilly’s Synthetic Molecule Design and Development organization.

Jul 6

News & Events

Rocket girl

Alumna Maggie Scholtz is co-founder and vice president of engineering at First Mode, a Seattle-based engineering firm focused on tackling challenging problems on Earth and throughout the solar system.

Jul 1

Cyberphysical Systems

Bringing students into the next industrial revolution

Students taking a new course combine rapidly expanding technologies to create innovative solutions for real societal problems.

Carnegie Mellon University researchers are part of an international team working on wearable biomedical technology that will enhance freediver safety, as well as provide fresh treatment insights for cardiac patients.

Wearable tech aids freedivers, cardiac patients

Jun 25

Health & Biomedicine

Exploring silk’s full potential

Rosalyn Abbott’s latest biomaterials research investigates the use of non-invasive, therapeutic ultrasound to trigger and adjust silk scaffold degradation post-implantation.

Jun 22

News & Events

From academia to industry and back again

Chemical Engineering alum Donna Blackmond has worked in many fields—and her engineering degree was integral in all of them.

Jun 18

Cyberphysical Systems

Fabric-friendly sensors

Carnegie Mellon researchers have developed fabric-friendly near-field communication antennas that can be woven into everyday surfaces for building smart environments.

Research paper

Jun 15

Advanced Manufacturing

Revisiting steel

Advancing modern steel research allows us to access unique properties while lowering the carbon footprint, and it’s important for education.

Jun 9

Energy & Environment

An atomic look at lithium-rich batteries

An international collaboration explored the workings of a lithium-rich battery at the atomic scale. The research opens up pathways for improving existing battery cathodes—and designing new ones.

Jun 7

Health & Biomedicine

Resetting travelers’ circadian clocks

Carnegie Mellon researchers are working with DARPA, Northwestern University, and Rice University to develop a system for regulating the body’s circadian clock.

Jun 2

Advanced Manufacturing

One thing leads to another

Novel methods for making ceramics could abate environmental problems.

May 27

Energy & Environment

Should ships in India switch to shore power?

A team of Carnegie Mellon researchers has answered an important question about the shipping industry for a rapidly modernizing India.

May 26

Advanced Manufacturing

Using DNA for tiny tech

Tito Babatunde and her advisors Rebecca Taylor and Jon Cagan are combining their expertise to optimize designs for DNA origami nanostructures.

Research paper

We call our community together to commemorate May 25th as the day the world raised our collective voices to stand up for what is right—Black Lives Matter. On this day we recognize we have much more work to do. Let’s continue growing, learning, and standing up for what is right and just in our society, and on our campus.

Day of Enlightenment

May 20

Advanced Manufacturing

RK Mellon Foundation grant funds manufacturing and robotics

A $150 million Richard King Mellon Foundation grant includes $30 million for the Manufacturing Futures Institute and $45 million for a new facility, the Robotics Innovation Center (RIC).

May 18

Advanced Manufacturing

Rethinking the rink for hockey safety

Whether 50 pounds or 200, hockey players come in all sizes, and their safety matters. This unique collaboration invites Carnegie Mellon students to explore new ways to make hockey safer.

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May 14

Energy & Environment

What’s left out of energy models? You.

Researchers show that sustainably decarbonizing our energy system by 2050 will require a significant change in the way we model energy transitions and the role of public opinion.

May 11

Artificial Intelligence

NSF CAREER grants awarded to engineering faculty

Four engineering faculty received NSF CAREER awards to support their education and research goals.

Research performed in collaboration with partners around the world significantly changes our understanding of glacial debris cover and its effect on glacial melt.

Revising glacier projections

May 4

Health & Biomedicine

Focused ultrasound enables precise noninvasive therapy

Bin He’s latest research demonstrates that noninvasive neuromodulation via low-intensity ultrasound can have cell-type selectivity in manipulating neurons.

Apr 29

News & Events

This is how we roll

From an academic perspective, Buggy symbolizes education in motion. The sleek, three-wheeled vessels are the byproduct of classroom and hands-on learning that’s reinforced with legacy knowledge.

Apr 26

Health & Biomedicine

Hitting a home run for artificial organ research

Biomedical Engineering’s Keith Cook has discovered a novel anticoagulation strategy to keep artificial lung devices from failing due to clot formation, without creating any negative side effects.

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Research paper

Apr 21

Health & Biomedicine

Noninvasive technology steps ahead to help epilepsy patients

New research led by Bin He, in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic, combines clinical application and engineering innovation to present a safe, noninvasive, cost-effective, and quicker imaging option for patients with epilepsy.

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.

Apr 16

Robotics

Tailing new ideas

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

Apr 13

Artificial Intelligence

From Twitter to traffic predictor

Sean Qian and Weiran Yao have used data from twitter to solve one of the greatest hurdles in traffic prediction.

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.

Research paper

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

Inferring what we share by how we share

Apr 1

Artificial Intelligence

Finding silence in the brain

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

Apr 1

News & Events

Car-free days lead to cleaner air

Car-free days established by the Kigali city council promote the health of Kigali citizens by encouraging physical activity and a sense of community. They are also having a positive effect on public health.

Apr 1

News & Events

Students climbed the mountain together

When the pandemic forced CMU Silicon Valley to operate remotely, the student affairs team created a virtual immersion program to provide students with professional and social opportunities to keep them engaged.

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.

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

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

Mar 19

Energy & Environment

Who is marginalized in energy justice?

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.

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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.

Mar 2

Energy & Environment

Wildfires, clouds, and climate change

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.

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.

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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.

Under the sea

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 8

News & Events

The right place, the right time, and the right people

Khulood Al Ali knew from an early age that she wanted to earn a degree at Carnegie Mellon University. But she didn’t foresee going for two.

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.

Dec 11

Health & Biomedicine

The force to shape an organ

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

Dec 9

Cyberphysical Systems

Detecting wireless interference

Carnegie Mellon 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

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

A route for avoiding defects during additive manufacturing

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.

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Research paper

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.

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.

Crunching numbers for regenerative medicine

Nov 6

Energy & Environment

The surprising strength of liquid crystals

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.

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

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.

Oct 21

Health & Biomedicine

Foundation for the future

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.

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

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.

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.

The multidisciplinary way

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 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.

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).

Meditation for mind-control

Sep 21

Health & Biomedicine

Parylene photonics enable future optical biointerfaces

Maysam Chamanzar’s team has developed a new class of materials for 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?

Carnegie Mellon 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.

Sep 4

Artificial Intelligence

Predictive placentas: Using AI to protect mothers’ future pregnancies

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.

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.

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.

Microwaving new materials

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

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

Research paper

Research paper

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.

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.

CMU and CCDC ARL announce new cooperative agreement

Jul 24

COVID-19

A new perspective in the fight against COVID-19

Elizabeth Wayne has received funding through the NSF RAPID program to study an often-ignored cellular factor in the mortality rate of 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.

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.

Jul 6

Energy & Environment

Alumni write books to combat climate change

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.

Jul 2

Advanced Manufacturing

Installing windows with help from robots

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

A new platform for neural recording from large brains

Jun 19

Health & Biomedicine

Calcium helps build strong cells

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

Research paper

Jun 16

Advanced Manufacturing

Molding masks against coronavirus

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).

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

Smile, you’re on Camaroptera

Jun 5

Energy & Environment

The future of pesticides and fertilizers

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

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

Destenie Nock led a study outlining a more equitable model of electricity planning in developing regions like Liberia.

May 22

Robotics

First real-time physics engine for soft robotics

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.

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.

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.

Engineering alumnus shares 100 years of stories

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

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.

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

Dynamic source imaging the brain

Apr 20

Health & Biomedicine

Stabilizing brain-computer interfaces

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.

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?

News & Events

David Rounce: The Response of Glaciers, Water Resources, and Hazards to Climate Change

Civil and Environmental Engineering’s David Rounce discusses his research on water resources and glacial melting and how it affects our world, locally or globally.

News & Events

Coty Jen: Understanding the Complexities of the Atmosphere

Chemical Engineering’s Coty Jen discusses her research on the chemistry of the Earth’s atmosphere, models of climate change, and wildfire smoke.

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Pingbo Tang: Creating AI Assistants for a Safer World

Pingbo Tang discusses his work to create AI assistants that support infrastructure jobs, such as air traffic controlling and construction logistics.

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Dynamic Models of Human-Engineered Heart Tissue

Adam Feinberg and Jaci Bliley describe their work on dynamic models of human-engineered heart tissue to both build better heart muscle and recreate situations that better understand the manifestation of different kinds of heart disease.

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Chris Pistorius: Creating Models and Molds for Use in Metal Casting

Chris Pistorius, professor of materials science and engineering, describes a hands-on, end of semester project where students cast an actual aluminum artifact and use commercial software to model how the liquid flows and will solidify.

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