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May 15

Energy & Environment

Environmental engineering junior wins Goldwater scholarship

Jana Reiser, a junior environmental engineering major, is headed for a promising career in interdisciplinary research after winning the prestigious Barry Goldwater scholarship for STEM undergraduates.

May 12

Robotics

The world’s smallest, fastest, power-autonomous biped robot

At less than 1.5 inches tall, the latest bipedal robot from Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering can navigate smaller spaces than any other two-legged robot in the world.

Greg Rohrer was among three Carnegie Mellon University faculty members have been chosen to receive the title of University Professor in 2025.

Greg Rohrer named University Professor

May 6

Advanced Manufacturing

How 3D printing can improve African manufacturing

CMU-Africa student Mariam Sulleiman addresses manufacturing challenges in Africa by integrating 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, into existing infrastructure.

May 5

News & Events

DeCarolis named head of Engineering and Public Policy

Joseph DeCarolis, an internationally recognized leader with technical expertise in energy systems, climate change, computing and public policy has been named head of the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University effective November 1, 2025.

May 2

Energy & Environment

Forever chemicals, made simple

Civil and environmental engineering researchers provide a roadmap to simplify PFAS destruction in water resources using heterogeneous catalysis, a more sustainable and cost-effective approach.

Apr 29

Advanced Manufacturing

CISR forges on after 40 years

The Center for Iron and Steelmaking Research has made significant contributions to iron and steel production through collaborative efforts between industry partners and CMU faculty and students.

Apr 25

News & Events

Space-tolerant computer chips

Researchers develop microelectronics for space and aerospace applications.

Using their novel FRESH 3D bioprinting technique, which allows for printing of soft living cells and tissues, the Feinberg lab has built a first-of-its-kind tissue model entirely out of collagen.

FRESH bioprinting brings vascularized tissue one step closer

Apr 18

News & Events

Students find tradition and future in Naval ROTC

Since 1987, CMU has hosted the Steel City Naval ROTC, which turns students into commissioned naval officers and prepares them for the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship, and government.

Apr 15

Advanced Manufacturing

CMU doctoral researchers connect beyond disciplines in 3MT Championship

Three College of Engineering graduate students placed in this year’s Three Minute Thesis competition.

Apr 11

Energy & Environment

Promoting battery electric vehicle safety

The Scott Institute for Energy Innovation and the Safety21 National University Transportation Center have produced a policy brief that offers safety recommendations as more people get behind the wheel of battery electric vehicles.

Apr 9

Robotics

Engineering beneath the surface

Students build an autonomous underwater vehicle that can perform tasks important to the maritime industry, including exploring, detecting, and manipulating objects and deploying projectiles underwater.

Materials science and engineering students investigated whether pickleball paddles produced by 3D printing could be as good as, or better, than those produced using existing techniques.

Pickleball paddles of the future

Apr 4

Advanced Manufacturing

Mission accomplished

CMU engineers and scientists undertook more than 45 research projects to develop artificial intelligence approaches to enable the use of metal additive manufacturing for the U.S. Army.

Apr 2

Energy & Environment

CMU Energy Week tackles AI and energy

Over three days, investors, entrepreneurs, and researchers explored how AI and energy can complement each other.

Mar 31

Health & Biomedicine

Chase elected to AIMBE College of Fellows

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced that Steven Chase has been inducted into its College of Fellows.

Mar 28

News & Events

Programmable pixels could advance infrared light applications

Full control over mid-infrared wavelengths enables advancements in applications ranging from chip security to personalized health monitoring.

Mar 26

Energy & Environment

A buzz-worthy engineering design course

Sophomore civil and environmental engineering project course teaches students the engineering design process by working with stakeholders to build habitats that protect local pollinator populations.

Mar 24

News & Events

Engineering on the rise

Seven College of Engineering alumni are part of this year’s group of Tartans on the Rise.

Mar 20

Health & Biomedicine

Improved muscle mapping could aid neurological treatment

Carnegie Mellon researchers are using high-density surface electromyography (HD-sEMG) with spatial filters and ultrasound to reduce crosstalk and enhance muscle activity localization. This approach aims to achieve precise mapping of muscle activity, particularly in complex structures like the forearm.

Mar 18

News & Events

Dandin receives NSF CAREER Award

Marc Dandin receives prestigious five-year grant given to junior faculty for research and education.

Mar 14

Health & Biomedicine

A new minimally invasive method for deep brain stimulation

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a new method for deep brain stimulation called “DeepFocus” that is minimally invasive and could treat conditions like PTSD and addiction.

Energy audits can be a useful tool for reducing industrial emissions, but new research co-led by Valerie Karplus found that clear climate-specific goals are a vital part of the equation.

To ensure energy audits help climate goals, target emissions

Mar 7

Energy & Environment

What do popcorn and sustainable synthesis have in common?

Microwave synthesis produces MXene 25x faster than traditional methods while using 75% less energy, according to new research from the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Research paper

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Mar 5

Artificial Intelligence

Helping African fintech companies provide secure services

Carnegie Mellon University Africa’s Upanzi Network in collaboration with Approov have created APKIT, an accessible cybersecurity tool for financial technology developers.

Mar 4

Cyberphysical Systems

Autonomy in orbit

CMU team develops frameworks for environmental control and life support systems that can sustain human life in deep space habitats.

Feb 25

News & Events

Fifth year scholar brings sustainable mending to campus

This year, a civil and environmental engineering graduate is one of four Fifth Year Scholars with a mission of bringing sustainable mending to the CMU and Pittsburgh communities.

New 3D printing technique fabricates highly complex and controllable ceramic nanostructures that could be the key to emerging engineering systems.

3d printing tomorrow’s ceramics for high-performance systems

Feb 21

Artificial Intelligence

Teaching computational neuroscience on the African continent

CMU-Africa, CMU-Pittsburgh, and the non-profit TReND in Africa held a summer school focused on computational neuroscience and machine learning.

Feb 18

Health & Biomedicine

Pressure control, the key to liver preservation

Yoed Rabin builds upon his legacy in the field of cryopreservation with a new project aimed at preserving one of the most complex, and in-demand organs.

Feb 14

News & Events

Foosball and Ferraris forever

Students in Tech Start-Up class learn how to develop viable businesses from experienced entrepreneurs.

Feb 11

Artificial Intelligence

Slashing AI data center cooling cost, GPU/CPU power use

Novel thermal interface material cools chips better than existing state-of-the-art solutions.

Feb 7

Energy & Environment

Accelerating green steel

In an annual gathering at CMU, global decarbonization leaders worked toward tackling the challenge of decarbonizing steel production while meeting increasing world-wide demand.

Feb 5

News & Events

Insights on limits of non-invasive deep-brain stimulation

Carnegie Mellon University researchers unveil groundbreaking insights into the mechanisms and limitations of temporal interference stimulation for non-invasive neurostimulation.

Jan 30

Advanced Manufacturing

Diversifying DNA origami

A new computer aided design tool from the labs of Jon Cagan and Rebecca Taylor enables scientists to rapidly generate and manufacture novel DNA origami structures within designer-defined constraints.

Jan 27

Energy & Environment

Mind the gap: Testing the EV charging network

Researchers develop a metric to measure the gaps in EV charging coverage across the country, revealing the significant work that lies ahead in deploying charging infrastructure.

Jan 24

Health & Biomedicine

Making way for a digital twin of the human placenta

A computational model of the basic functional unit of the placenta enables researchers to simulate placenta blood flow, realistically.

Seunghyun Lee discovered a series of bugs in Google Chrome’s WebAssembly type system that earned him a bug bounty, which he generously donated to CMU's picoCTF cybersecurity education platform.

Student donates bug bounty to support picoCTF’s cybersecurity education efforts

Jan 21

Energy & Environment

Dabo receives presidential early career award

Ismaila Dabo has received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on early career scientists and engineers.

Jan 17

Health & Biomedicine

The one-way paths of neural population activity

Center for Neural Basis of Cognition researchers designed a clever BCI experiment to determine whether one-way activity paths, long hypothesized by neural network models, are used in the brain.

Research paper

Jan 14

Artificial Intelligence

An app to detect birth asphyxia in Africa

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University are developing an app called HumekaFL to detect birth asphyxia in newborn babies in developing countries.

Jan 10

Advanced Manufacturing

Transformer-based models for identifying alloy properties

Researchers develop AlloyBert, a modeling tool designed to predict the properties of alloys.

The Manufacturing Futures Institute empowers industry with the science and technology needed to accelerate U.S. manufacturing.

Manufacturing Futures Institute empowers U.S. industry

Jan 6

News & Events

Carl Laird named head of Chemical Engineering

Carl Laird has been selected to be the next head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering.

Jan 3

News & Events

Unleashing advancements in animal care

Kara Mathias, who is interested in connecting her research to caring for animals, was awarded the Dr. Mete Akin Endowed Fund for Advancement of Pre-Med Education earlier this year.

Dec 30

Energy & Environment

Rounce receives early-career research fellowship

David Rounce was chosen for a research fellowship to study the effects of climate change and sea-level rise, and to develop coastal adaptation strategies in the Gulf of Mexico.

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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 23

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.

Dec 20

News & Events

Taking a chance on ambition

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

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.

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.

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.

Domestic, circular supply chain for EV batteries

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.

Dec 4

News & Events

Project ELEVATE charts course for faculty success

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.

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.

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.

EPP research will help workers navigate evolving technology

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.

Nov 20

Artificial Intelligence

CMU-Africa expands digital public infrastructure initiative

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

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.

Research paper

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.

Hubs: A step towards a hydrogen future?

Oct 22

Artificial Intelligence

How CMU Portugal primes startups

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

Oct 18

Health & Biomedicine

30 years of cognitive shifts

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.

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.

Ding Zhao is teaming up with the City of Pittsburgh to improve road safety and eliminate traffic fatalities using AI.

Safe AI for safe streets for all

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.

Oct 4

Cyberphysical Systems

Unlock the power of digital twins with new online certificate

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

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.

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

Afretec Network signs eighth university partner

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.

Sep 16

Artificial Intelligence

Automated tuning of large-scale neuronal models

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.

Research paper

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.

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.

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.

Battling chronic pain with noninvasive focused ultrasound

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.

Aug 30

Cyberphysical Systems

The battle for curb space

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.

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.

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.

Robotic innovation to transform U.S. 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.

Jul 29

Artificial Intelligence

Trustworthy artificial intelligence for the greater good

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

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.

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

Sea slugs: what can we learn from them?

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.

Jul 12

News & Events

A new class of organic nanoparticles

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.

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.

Research paper

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.

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.

Breakthrough approach enables bidirectional BCI functionality

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

Jun 5

News & Events

Siddiqui receives Udall Scholarship

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

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.

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.

Visit the virtual 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.

May 21

Energy & Environment

Democratizing air quality data at nearly no cost

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.

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.

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

Behring Foundation gift supports international undergrads in tech

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.

Apr 22

Health & Biomedicine

LeDuc named 2023 AAAS Fellow

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.

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.

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.

Inaugural alumni awards celebrate success and service

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.

Apr 10

COVID-19

Infrastructure as a social sensor

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.

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.

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

These defects are not to be mistaken as scratches

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

Mar 15

Health & Biomedicine

Safety first: DNA armor protects regenerative medicine

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.

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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.

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.

Enhancing aquifer systems

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.

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.

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The world's smallest, power-autonomous bipedal robot

At only three centimeters tall, Zippy, the world's smallest bipedal robot, is also self-contained--all the controls, power, and motor are on board so that it operates autonomously. Moving at 10 leg lengths per second, it is also the fastest bipedal robot.

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Advancing U.S. Semiconductor Technology

At Carnegie Mellon University, engineers and scientists are advancing U.S. semiconductor technology by leveraging their world-class research capabilities, outstanding educational programs, and productive industry partnerships.

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Carmel Majidi: Building the next generation of robot hands

Mechanical Engineering Professor Carmel Majidi discusses his work on developing robotic hands using soft materials.

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Adam Feinberg: New advances in 3D bioprinting FRESH platform

Using their novel Freeform Reversible Embedding of Suspended Hydrogels (FRESH) 3D bioprinting technique, which allows for the printing of soft living cells and tissues, the Feinberg lab has built a first-of-its-kind microphysiologic system, or tissue model, entirely out of collagen.

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Derin Sevenler: Making Gene Therapies Cheaper and Safer with Microfluidic Devices

ChemE's Derin Sevenler discusses his team's work on microfluidic devices for gene therapy.

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