Up, Up and Away: ChemE undergrads participate in hot-air balloon challenge

Reshaping the Plastic Lifecycle Into a Circle

360 million metric tonnes of new plastic was produced in 2018. Here’s where it all went, and why the world must transform plastic use from linear to circular.

Creating Good Friction: Pitt engineers aim to make floors less slippery

Swanson School collaborators Kurt Beschorner and Tevis Jacobs will use a NIOSH award to measure floor-surface topography and create a predictive model of friction

FDA Approval a Breath of Fresh Air for "Pittsburgh’s Oldest Startup"

Bridging Campuses and Increasing Opportunities in STEM

Pitt and CMU will offer a joint MS-to-PhD program focused on AI, robotics, and neural engineering to increase the participation of underrepresented students in science and engineering

Covestro LLC and University of Pittsburgh collaborate to establish groundbreaking Circular Economy Program

Collaboration will establish unique circular design curriculum for graduate and PhD students in the U.S.

Finding the Missing Piece in Global Oil Life-Cycle Assessment

New Research in Nature Models the Relationship Between Carbon Impacts and Market Factors in the Oil Industry

Rural Health Centers Can Breathe Easy With the O2 Cube

The durable, solar-powered device is a cost-effective option to make medical oxygen more accessible in developing nations, and it received $50K at the Pitt Innovation Challenge

100 Years of Industrial Engineering at Pitt

A look back at the beginnings, impact, and future of one of the first IE departments in the world

Placebo-inspired project wins $12 million grant to help Parkinson’s patients

Welcome to the Swanson School of Engineering

For 175 years, engineering at Pitt has had a singular mission: To create new knowledge which improves the human condition. And this new knowledge is not simply lab experiments, or journal articles, or textbooks. New knowledge lives in people, most especially in our outstanding students.

Throughout our academic, research, and community programs, we seek to build a culture of collaboration and inclusivity, supported by pillars of People, Partnerships, and Translation. Our focus is the holistic success of our students and alumni through life-long learning and engagement.

Our path forward is challenging, but our future lights the way. Forge Ahead.

James R. Martin II
U.S. Steel Dean of Engineering