Chemical Engineers Simplify Models Via AI
Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Chemical Engineering are using a novel machine learning approach, called ALAMO, to build simple, but accurate models for applications that can...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon Joins Meltwater To Advance Data Science
Students and faculty at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science are collaborating with the digital media intelligence firm Meltwater to advance the state of the art in artificial...
View ArticleGehling's "Dave" is a Politician Everyone Likes
Carnegie Mellon University alumnus Drew Gehling is pleasing both sides of the aisle, starring in an apolitical story about politics. Gehling, a 2005 graduate of the School of Drama, is starring in...
View ArticleMichael McQuade Named Vice President for Research
Carnegie Mellon University has named Michael McQuade, former senior vice president for science and technology at United Technologies Corporation (UTC), to be its new vice president for research. The...
View ArticleTraffic Advisory: Three Streets To Close for CMU Move-In Day
Three Oakland streets adjacent to Carnegie Mellon University will be closed to through traffic from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 18, as first-year students move into their residence halls for...
View ArticlePhoto Advisory: Carnegie Mellon Welcomes First-Year Students Aug. 18
Carnegie Mellon University will welcome approximately 1,565 first-year students to its Pittsburgh campus on Saturday, Aug. 18. Students from the Class of 2022+ represent 30 countries, 45 states,...
View ArticleNew Graduate Students Encouraged To Reach Beyond the Stars
With the start of the fall semester just around the corner, Carnegie Mellon University is welcoming thousands of newcomers to its Pittsburgh campus community. For incoming graduate students,...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon's Miller Gallery Will Reopen this Fall as Miller Institute...
Carnegie Mellon University's Regina Gouger Miller Gallery will relaunch this fall as the Miller Institute for Contemporary Art (Miller ICA). Under the new leadership of Director Elizabeth Chodos, the...
View ArticleVote in SXSW PanelPicker
Each year, #CMUatSXSW shows Austin and the world how the work happening at Carnegie Mellon University is shaping the future. From the future of work to "shapeshifting" furniture, CMU wants to tell...
View Article3D Printing the Next Generation of Batteries
Rahul Panat, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, and a team of CMU researchers in collaboration with Missouri University of Science and Technology have...
View ArticleOvercoming the Human Bottleneck with Autonomy
On a blisteringly hot Thursday afternoon in Las Vegas, thousands of people gathered in a giant, windowless auditorium and closely watched lights flicker on seven supercomputers. They stood side-by-side...
View ArticleShen's Spectacular Supersolder
Carnegie Mellon University's Sheng Shen has created a solder-like material called supersolder, with twice the thermal conductivity of conventional solders and a compliance higher by two to three orders...
View ArticleCMU Researchers Suggest "Modal Shift" in Freight Industry To Reduce Emissions
Carnegie Mellon University researchers are studying the environmental benefits of shifting the transportation of freight from highways to waterways and railways. In a recent paper, "Decarbonizing...
View ArticleNew Model Emphasizes Social Network Communities Rather Than Connections
Carnegie Mellon University Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Radu Marculescu has co-authored a paper in Nature Scientific Reports outlining a new model for how social networks change and...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon Orientation a Family Affair
It’s a classic Carnegie Mellon University story that touches students, alumni, faculty, staff, buggy drivers and pushers. Two head orientation counselors in 1990 become lifelong friends, marry fellow...
View ArticleCampbell Joins CMU as Executive Director for the Center for Student Diversity...
Angela Campbell has joined Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion as its first executive director. She will provide critical leadership for the center's team and...
View ArticleActuation Gives New Dimensions to an Old Material
One of the oldest, most versatile and inexpensive of materials — paper — seemingly springs to life, bending, folding or flattening itself, by means of a low-cost actuation technology developed at...
View ArticleOrganizing Quantum Dots May Improve Consumer Electronics
Carnegie Mellon University Materials Science and Engineering Professor Michael Bockstaller and his team are working on ways for quantum dots, or nanoparticles created from a specific semiconductor, to...
View ArticleStudents Share Difficult Experiences Through Writing Awards Program
In its 20th year, Carnegie Mellon University’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Writing Awards has received thousands of student-written pieces on topics tackling stereotypes, discrimination, diversity...
View ArticleEducators Undergo Transformation at LearnLab Summer School
Carnegie Mellon University convened industry professionals, faculty and researchers for the 14th annual Simon Initiative LearnLab Summer School in late July. Working together in teams of two or three,...
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