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Location: Pittsburgh

Units: Variable

Semester Offered: Summer

Graduate Reading and Research

Mechanical Engineering Department
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(412) 268-2500

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“You can never learn less, you can only learn more.” R. Buckminster Fuller

“The aim of science is to discover and illuminate truth.” Rachel Carson

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