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Jul 23

Using entrepreneurship to mitigate harmful algal blooms Opens in new window

TJ Thomas is using support from the Scott Institute’s entrepreneurship award to develop a semi-automated solution for removal of harmful algal blooms.

Jul 22

Undergrad student graduates as COO of medical device startup Opens in new window

Tanvi Mittal (MechE, BME ’25) is the chief operating officer of Pittsburgh-based startup noVRel that is working to enhance neurosurgery with augmented reality.

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Jul 15

Time to check your blood pressure—no cuff required Opens in new window

Computer vision technology allows for video-based estimation of blood pressure.

Jul 11

A second life for air quality monitors Opens in new window

Published in Science Advances, breakthrough polymer coating extends the half-life of an MXene-based air quality sensor by 200% and enables regeneration when performance begins to degrade.

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Jun 25

Riding out extreme heat Opens in new window

People may be more likely to turn to ride-hailing services like Uber or Lyft for transportation during extremely hot weather, shows research from Carnegie Mellon engineering faculty.

Jun 11

Seed grant spotlight: Increasing U.S. transportation resilience Opens in new window

To adequately support electrification of the U.S. transportation sector, which claims the greatest energy use and greenhouse (GHG) gas emissions in the country, it’s important to make the supply chain resilient and adaptable to changing policies, global trade conditions, and consumer demand.

Jun 05

Webster-Wood named to ASME’s 2025 MechE Watch List

The annual Watch List spotlights early career professionals who have already left their marks on industry, academia, and society.

Jun 03

NASA internship fuses academic research and industry application

After years of developing an AI Coach in the lab, MechE PhD student has the opportunity to build a version for NASA design team use

Jun 03

Impact CMU features engineering projects with social impact Opens in new window

Impact CMU featured student-led projects with social impact from across the university, including many from the College of Engineering. Projects included AI solutions and volunteering opportunities.

May 21

Presidential and graduate fellowships announced for 2025-2026 Opens in new window

College of Engineering students have been awarded fellowships for the 2025-2026 academic year.

May 19

Gordon and Narra awarded NSF CAREER awards Opens in new window

Hamish Gordon and Sneha Prabha Narra were awarded the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development award this year by the NSF.

May 12

The world’s smallest, fastest, power-autonomous biped robot Opens in new window

At less than 1.5 inches tall, the latest bipedal robot from Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering can navigate smaller spaces than any other two-legged robot in the world.

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May 06

How 3D printing can improve African manufacturing Opens in new window

CMU-Africa student Mariam Sulleiman addresses manufacturing challenges in Africa by integrating 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, into existing infrastructure.

May 05

Milestone Moments becomes a master class Opens in new window

Mechanical Engineering Professor Rahul Panat shares simple yet powerful career advice with graduate students. Formulate a vision you want to work toward, develop a research identity that aligns with your interests, and surround yourself with the people you want to work with.

Apr 24

Calibrating career satisfaction Opens in new window

In the same way that control systems compare inputs and make adjustments to achieve desired outcomes, Mark Bedillion’s unconventional career path has been a well-managed control loop that has led to success and happiness.

Apr 18

Students find tradition and future in Naval ROTC Opens in new window

Since 1987, CMU has hosted the Steel City Naval ROTC, which turns students into commissioned naval officers and prepares them for the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship, and government.

Apr 15

CMU doctoral researchers connect beyond disciplines in 3MT Championship Opens in new window

Three College of Engineering graduate students placed in this year’s Three Minute Thesis competition.

Apr 10

Three Engineering students were named Center of Machine Learning and Health Fellows Opens in new window

Carnegie Mellon’s Center for Machine Learning and Health (CMLH) has named two biomedical engineering Ph.D. students as 2024 Generative AI in Healthcare Fellows and a mechanical engineering student a 2024 Digital Health Innovation Fellow.

Apr 09

Engineering beneath the surface Opens in new window

Students build an autonomous underwater vehicle that can perform tasks important to the maritime industry, including exploring, detecting, and manipulating objects and deploying projectiles underwater.

Apr 09

A creative home on campus

Sophomore Maya Beach finds inspiration in IDeATe, both in and out of class

Apr 04

Mission accomplished Opens in new window

CMU engineers and scientists undertook more than 45 research projects to develop artificial intelligence approaches to enable the use of metal additive manufacturing for the U.S. Army.

Apr 01

Scott Institute announces 2025 seed grant winners

This year’s seed awards will help grow research in clean hydrogen production, AI hardware efficiency, and decarbonizing transportation.

Mar 28

Programmable pixels could advance infrared light applications Opens in new window

Full control over mid-infrared wavelengths enables advancements in applications ranging from chip security to personalized health monitoring.

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Mar 20

Improved muscle mapping could aid neurological treatment Opens in new window

Carnegie Mellon researchers are using high-density surface electromyography (HD-sEMG) with spatial filters and ultrasound to reduce crosstalk and enhance muscle activity localization. This approach aims to achieve precise mapping of muscle activity, particularly in complex structures like the forearm.

Mar 18

Could reconfigurable metastructures be the holy grail of physical intelligence?

New algorithm enables designers to create compliant metastructures with six degrees of freedom and tunable stiffness for robots and exos.

Mar 14

CyLab researchers present at ACM CHI 2025 Opens in new window

CyLab Security and Privacy Institute researchers will present nine papers and teach one course at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2025).

Mar 12

Hand safety reimagined during Rethink the Rink 2025

For the 8th season, CMU students worked with experts at Covestro and the PIttsburgh Penguins to make ice hockey safer.

Mar 07

What do popcorn and sustainable synthesis have in common? Opens in new window

Microwave synthesis produces MXene 25x faster than traditional methods while using 75% less energy, according to new research from the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

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Mar 03

Micro, modular, mobile - the future of active colloids

New research enables enhanced production of modular microrobots built using DNA

Feb 25

3d printing tomorrow’s ceramics for high-performance systems Opens in new window

New 3D printing technique fabricates highly complex and controllable ceramic nanostructures that could be the key to emerging engineering systems.

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Feb 18

Pressure control, the key to liver preservation Opens in new window

Yoed Rabin builds upon his legacy in the field of cryopreservation with a new project aimed at preserving one of the most complex, and in-demand organs.

Feb 14

What the eyes can't see

CMU alumnus Pete Manautou invents sensor to detect harmful airborne pathogens before they spread

Feb 11

Slashing AI data center cooling cost, GPU/CPU power use Opens in new window

Novel thermal interface material cools chips better than existing state-of-the-art solutions.

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Feb 04

TEECNet neural network cuts cost of engineering simulations

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University developed a data up-sampling method called TEECNet that enables scientists to run highly efficient engineering simulations.

Jan 30

Diversifying DNA origami Opens in new window

A new computer aided design tool from the labs of Jon Cagan and Rebecca Taylor enables scientists to rapidly generate and manufacture novel DNA origami structures within designer-defined constraints.

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Jan 24

Making way for a digital twin of the human placenta Opens in new window

A computational model of the basic functional unit of the placenta enables researchers to simulate placenta blood flow, realistically.

Jan 10

Transformer-based models for identifying alloy properties Opens in new window

Researchers develop AlloyBert, a modeling tool designed to predict the properties of alloys.

Dec 18

Experts gather at CMU to shape the future of automated vehicles

Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering hosted the 2024 IEEE Vehicle Validation Conference, welcoming experts and innovators from around the world.

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