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August 2025 October 2025

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

Twitter: @CMUMechE
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YouTube: Mechanical Engineering video playlist
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“When you are entrusted with an assignment, you do your best.” Tu Youyou

“Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.” Rosalind Franklin

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

“Don't be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily.” Gertrude B. Elion

“Science makes people reach selflessly for truth and objectivity...” Lise Meitner

“If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.” Thomas Edison

“Above all, don't fear difficult moments. The best comes from them.” Rita Levi-Montalcini

“The journey matters as much as the goal.” Kalpana Chawla

“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” Archimedes

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” Carl Sagan

“Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations.” Mae Jemison

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Remember that the limits of science are not the limits of your imagination.” Patricia Era Bath

“I think something is only dangerous if you are not prepared for it.” Judith Resnick

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