2018

Apr 25

CMU team in NASA Mars ice drilling competition

A team of engineering undergraduate students is one of 10 finalists competing to develop a robot that can drill ice on Mars for a prestigious NASA challenge.

Apr 19

Is 3-D printing the future for ceramics?

MechE’s B. Reeja Jayan has been awarded the NSF CAREER Award and $500,000 to pursue research in creating 3-D printing ceramics, and create an integrated research and game-based education plan.

Apr 17

A new chapter for Yao

1977 introduced NASA's Voyager I, the Commodore PET computer, MRI technology, and Star Wars. It was also the year Shi-Chune Yao came to the Department of Mechanical Engineering. 

Apr 13

Faculty receive Celebration of Education Awards

Four College of Engineering faculty members will be honored at the upcoming Celebration of Education Awards on April 30: Jonathan Cagan, Rosemary Frollini, Diana Marculescu, and Baruch Fischhoff.

Mar 30

The 2018 CIT Dean’s Early Career Fellows

Eight young CMU faculty receive awards for their outstanding contributions to the university.

Mar 27

Making it happen

From collaborative maker spaces to multidisciplinary make-a-thons, Diana Haidar plays an integral role in the College of Engineering's maker ecosystem.

Mar 14

Measuring macro with micro

College of Engineering’s Rebecca Taylor earns funding from the U.S. Air Force’s Young Investigator Research Program to develop next generation sensors with DNA and PNA.

Mar 12

Rethinking the rink

The Pittsburgh Penguins are teaming up with two international giants of science and technology—Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering and Covestro—on a bold initiative to make hockey safer at all levels.

Feb 09

Invisible, stretchable circuits

Next-generation technologies for wearable computing, soft bioelectronics, and biologically-inspired robotics will require transparent conductors that are soft, elastic, and highly stretchable. Majidi's team is developing these invisible circuits.

Feb 02

Cagan shares keys to innovation

Faculty share the keys to creating innovative products and services through a free download of the book, Creating Breakthrough Products.

Feb 02

A 3-D approach to stop cancer in its tracks

Although cell analysis traditionally occurs in a plastic petri dish, researchers created a 3-D model scientists can use to analyze the complexities of cancer cells in an environment that more closely mimics the human body.

Jan 29

Creativity, curiosity, and engineering intersect at Build18

Build18’s mission is to provide students with a risk-free environment to pursue personal engineering challenges, where the only limiting factor to creation is their own ingenuity. The festival signifies the start of the spring semester and a chance for students to build for fun.

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