2019

Aug 16

Bridging the physical and digital worlds with human-machine learning

New MechE faculty member Conrad Tucker sees machines as tools that can help to enhance human capabilities.

Aug 14

Working toward agile flight for small UAVs

Inspired by insects' wings, Bergbreiter and her collaborators are looking to develop UAVs that can fly more efficiently and deal with disturbances like gusts or breezes.

Aug 02

Leading the fuel cell charge

Shawn Litster earns recognition from the Department of Energy for his leadership in developing clean, efficient, and cost-effective energy alternatives.

Jul 26

An elegant solution to the soft sensing challenge

Carmel Majidi’s team has developed a soft magnetic skin with a single sensing element that detects force and contact.

Jul 24

Saving lives with cleaner air

More than 30,000 U.S. lives could be saved by reducing air pollution levels below the current air quality standard, two studies from the Center for Air Quality, Climate, and Energy Solutions find.

Jul 19

Untangling electric car policies

A recent study analyzing federal and state policies on electric cars reveals the peculiar relationship between the policies that leads to counterintuitive effects.

Jul 16

Where mechanics meets artificial intelligence

Amir Barati Farimani is bringing state of the art machine learning algorithms to mechanical engineering and exploring research topics in physical phenomena, materials discovery, robotics, bioengineering, and more.

Jul 10

Shooting for the stars

MechE alumnus Maynard Holliday has worked to fulfill his childhood engineering dreams and to promote diversity throughout a career that has bridged policy, research, and private industry.

Jul 09

Polymers, printing, and pathways

A novel approach to 3D printing using a support bath can greatly expand the types of polymers that can be printed, enable chemical reactions of the printed materials to gain novel material properties, and increase the mechanical strength and reduce the print time of mechanical parts through design optimization.

Jul 05

The root of the matter

A team from the College of Engineering has used the natural architecture of the mangrove tree to unlock a better method of desalination.

Jun 28

NASA invests in 3D printing for aviation

CMU has been selected by NASA to lead a research team dedicated to examining new ways to build and power aircraft of the future, through NASA’s University Leadership Initiative.

Jun 25

Smarter electronics design through machine learning

Burak Kara is collaborating with Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and NVIDIA on applying advanced machine learning techniques to develop integrated and intelligent design system flows.

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