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Mar 14

Improving air quality in Africa Opens in new window

CMU-Africa, CMU-Pittsburgh, and global collaborators create an air quality testing center in Ghana with new funding from the Clean Air Fund.

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Mar 09

Engineering breakthrough in softbotics Opens in new window

Introducing the first soft material that can maintain a high enough electrical conductivity to support power hungry devices.

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Mar 09

U.S. Chamber AI Commission releases final report Opens in new window

Conrad Tucker served as a commissioner on the US Chamber AI Commission aimed to position the US as a leader in responsible AI development and deployment. The commission’s final report has been released.

Mar 02

New air quality data from East Palestine, Ohio Opens in new window

Data provided by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Texas A&M University.

Feb 28

Presidential and graduate fellowships awarded Opens in new window

College of Engineering Dean Bill Sanders is pleased to congratulate the 46 graduate students who have been awarded fellowships for the 2023-24 academic year.

Feb 23

All eyes on “forever chemicals” Opens in new window

Ryan Sullivan has been developing new methods to measure “forever chemicals” in the atmosphere and aerosol particles to answer outstanding questions regarding the components that lead to human exposure.

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Feb 20

New hope for people living with paralysis after stroke Opens in new window

Spinal cord stimulation technology developed by Douglas Weber in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh offers new hope for people living with impairments that would otherwise be considered permanent.

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Feb 13

How a sandwich is transforming electronics Opens in new window

Sheng Shen’s novel 3D graphene-nanowire “sandwich” can enable a wide variety of electronic systems to operate at a lower temperature with higher performance.

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Feb 02

Akinci, Cagan, and VanBriesen named 2022 AAAS Fellows Opens in new window

Burcu Akinci, Jonathan Cagan, and Jeanne VanBriesen, senior faculty members in the College of Engineering, have been named 2022 AAAS Fellows.

Jan 24

Gwen’s Girls partnership fosters children’s interest in robomechanics Opens in new window

A student-driven partnership between Aaron Johnson’s RoboMechanics lab and Gwen’s Girls has introduced nearly 100 grade school girls to engineering design and robotics.

Jan 20

AI Engineering will change the world around us Opens in new window

Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering is equipping next generation engineers with the ability to integrate AI into the constraints of the engineering problem by way of seven new master’s degrees in AI Engineering.