The AMPED Consortium receives a power boost
The AMPED Consortium receives a power boost

Pitt engineers receive a $1.2 million grant from the Henry L. Hillman Foundation to expand the AMPED Consortium

A Diamond in the Rough(ness)
A Diamond in the Rough(ness)

A special issue of the Journal MRS Bulletin, co-edited by Tevis Jacobs and Lars Pastewka, offers an exciting opportunity disguised as a problem: Surfaces are much more complex than they appear.

Engineering a "LINC" Between Graphene and Polymers
Engineering a "LINC" Between Graphene and Polymers

Pitt Engineering’s Mostafa Bedewy receives prestigious NSF CAREER Award to help transform and tune flexible electronics manufacturing

Thinking on Different Wavelengths to Improve Photopolymer-Based 3D Printing
Thinking on Different Wavelengths to Improve Photopolymer-Based 3D Printing

Xiayun Zhao Receives Prestigious $657,610 NSF CAREER Award for Research in Photopolymer Additive Manufacturing

No days off
No days off

MEMS Student Zachary Kushnir is training to become the nation’s top athlete for karate

A guiding star for stronger representation in engineering
A guiding star for stronger representation in engineering

Recent graduate Emma Ahlgren is one of 15 students to receive a SWE Guiding Star Award

Boating Magazine: Pitt students hone engineering (and life) skills in electric boat competition
Boating Magazine: Pitt students hone engineering (and life) skills in electric boat competition

College Students Build Electric Boats, Experience, and Confidence at University of Pittsburgh

Powering Up Magnetics Research
Powering Up Magnetics Research

AMPED Consortium Holds NSF IUCRC Planning Meeting

Improving the Function of Functional Materials via 3D Printing
Improving the Function of Functional Materials via 3D Printing

Pitt MEMS Professor Paul Ohodnicki Leads TMS and DOE Accelerator Report on Additive Manufacturing for Energy-Related Functional Materials

How Imperfections Can Actually Improve Alloys
How Imperfections Can Actually Improve Alloys

Pitt Researchers Publish Method to Make Alloys Both Strong and Ductile By Leveraging Materials’ Defects

Getting it to stick: grabbing CO2 out of the air
Getting it to stick: grabbing CO2 out of the air

Direct air capture is hard to do. Pitt researchers are designing new materials that selectively catch carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

Gut in a Capsule - The Microbiome as Medicine
Gut in a Capsule - The Microbiome as Medicine

Pitt Chemical Engineer Tagbo Niepa Receives $2M from the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award for Work Manipulating the Human Microbiome

New Software Platform Advances Understanding of the Surface Finish of Manufactured Components
New Software Platform Advances Understanding of the Surface Finish of Manufactured Components

Scientists from University of Freiburg, Germany, and the University of Pittsburgh develop platform that combines measurements of surface topography in a digital twin

Pitt ECE & MEMS Researchers Win 2022 R&D 100 Award
Pitt ECE & MEMS Researchers Win 2022 R&D 100 Award

Referred to as the "Oscar of Innovation" the award recongizes groundbreaking optical sensors for harsh environments

Going Heavy Metal
Going Heavy Metal

Pitt is the only university in the U.S. with this giant 3D printer for metal

Understanding Friction, the Unavoidable Enemy
Understanding Friction, the Unavoidable Enemy

New Research Published in Nature Nanotechnology Unveils First Visualization of Friction at the Atomic Level

Making an Artificial Heart Fit for a Human
Making an Artificial Heart Fit for a Human

Recreating the heart's helical structure-function relationship with focused rotary jet spinning

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