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Our research is without boundaries. We establish mechanisms for engineering disciplines, departments across the college, and external corporate and government partners to share space and ideas to make the world a better place. Our insights and discoveries influence national and international forums on emerging issues in engineering and beyond.

Learn more about our Advanced Collaboration® approach and how the College of Engineering solves the world’s most significant problems.

Research thrusts

Advanced manufacturing

Artificial intelligence

Cyberphysical systems

Cybersecurity

Energy & environment

Health & biomedicine

Robotics

Other focus areas

Semiconductor technology

Carnegie Mellon University is well-positioned to develop the next generation of semiconductor technologies. The College of Engineering and the Manufacturing Futures Institute are bringing together scientists and engineers, including those in the mechanical, materials science, and electrical and computer departments who have the expertise needed to advance semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S. They are conducting research in state-of-the-art laboratories, including the Claire and John Bertucci Nanotechnology Laboratory.

Softbotics

Carnegie Mellon is a driving force to bring robotic systems into our everyday lives by building robots and robotic systems to improve performance in our work, play, and health.

Robots in the future will no longer be defined as heavy machines. Tomorrow’s robots will be smaller and designed for everyday purposes, with electronics nested into soft, technologically advanced materials.

Research news

Dec 20

News & Events

Taking a chance on ambition

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

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

A solid step for polymer rings

Dec 16

Artificial Intelligence

Beyond silicon computer chips

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

Dec 13

Artificial Intelligence

The trend is your friend … and so is machine learning

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

Dec 10

Energy & Environment

Domestic, circular supply chain for EV batteries

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

Dec 5

Health & Biomedicine

CMU-developed artificial lung gives lift to DARPA project

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

Dec 5

News & Events

Recalling moments and mentors

Dean Bill Sanders says Milestone Moments encourages students and junior faculty that there are many ways to put their extraordinary talents and exceptional education to use.

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

Project ELEVATE charts course for faculty success

Dec 2

Artificial Intelligence

Blending the virtual and physical worlds

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

Nov 29

Artificial Intelligence

Multimodal machine learning model increases accuracy

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

Nov 26

News & Events

EPP research will help workers navigate evolving technology

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

Nov 22

News & Events

ChemE alumna’s fleet decarbonization solution wins hackathon

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

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

CMU-Africa expands digital public infrastructure initiative

Nov 18

News & Events

Alumna receives Society of Women Engineers award

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

Nov 14

Artificial Intelligence

A new set of eyes

Researchers develop the first wearable camera that uses artificial intelligence to help prevent medical administration errors.

Nov 12

Health & Biomedicine

Biological neural circuits critical for neurodegenerative disease therapy and biohybrid robot control

To support the development of new therapies for neurodegenerative disease and advance biohybrid robots, Jessica Zhang and Victoria Webster-Wood will lead a project to develop computational tools to predict neuron growth and transport regulation.

Nov 7

Artificial Intelligence

Engineering entrepreneurs find their way

When faculty and students in the College of Engineering create intellectual property, our culture supports their efforts to form startups.

Nov 4

News & Events

Astronaut alumnus runs experiments in zero-gravity scenarios

Kartik Chaudhari credits his degree from the Information Networking Institute for his success in becoming an astronaut in Canada.