EMIT Lab
The EMIT lab (Engineering MaterIals for Transformative technologies) at CMU run by Sneha Narra focuses on advancing metal additive manufacturing knowledge to manufacture light-weight organic designs and utilize novel, advanced materials. At a scientific level, our group studies the fundamentals of additive manufacturing processes, investigates the resulting material microstructure and properties, and develops process design paradigms. Our group’s mission is to lower the carbon footprint, primarily in aerospace, automobile, and energy industries. This will be achieved either through reduced material and/or operational usage or through enabling transformative technologies, such as nuclear fusion and high-efficiency turbine systems.