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

This New Chip Could Lead to Faster, More Secure AI

Pitt Prevents Potential Phone Password Plunder

Pitt Electrical and Computer Engineers Uncover Hardware Security Vulnerability on Android Phones

Swanson School Announces Graduation Recognition Event Schedule

CASPR Finds its Home Aboard the ISS

Innovative New SHREC Sensors and Space Computers Installed on International Space Station

AMPED Consortium Receives NSF IUCRC Planning Grant

Windows that Outsmart the Elements

New Research Introduces Adaptable Smart Window Design that Can Heat or Cool a House

Partnering for a Powerful Future

Pitt Energy GRID Institute Partners with Duquesne Light Co. to Modernize Electric Grid and the Workforce that Maintains It

Swanson School Ties for Most 2021-22 IEEE PES Scholars

Seven Pitt Electrical Engineering students receive IEEE PES Scholarship Plus awards, and three-time recipient Eli Brock is named the John W. Estey top scholar in the region

Pitt undergrads take on the world at the Indianapolis Autonomous Challenge

SHREC Students Clinch Best Paper Award for Research in Space Computing

The winning article studies the use of open-source RISC-V architecture to create customized systems for space computing

Bringing light into computers to accelerate AI and machine learning

Snails carrying the world’s smallest computer help solve mass extinction survivor mystery

Inhee Lee Adapts Sensor to Measure the Light Snails Encounter

Pitt Nuclear Engineering Awarded $1.6 Million in Research Funding from U.S. DOE

The award, part of $61 million in DOE funding, will focus on the Swanson School's strengths in Fuel Cycle R&D

Modeling a Circular Economy for Electronic Waste

Pitt Engineers Propose Solutions for E-Waste Recycling Fraud

A Computational Look at How Genes Change the Human Brain

Pitt Engineer’s research will focus on better understanding the mechanisms behind Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological disorders

Swanson School Space Computing Team Heads to Houston

SHREC delivers new space system to NASA for launch on SpaceX-24 this fall

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