Industrial News

Saving Lives Through Simulation

Pitt industrial engineers help develop first-of-its-kind discrete event simulation model of the blood continuum in Kenya

A Career-Defining Year for an Engineer

Pitt’s Bopaya Bidanda notches ABET Fellow Award to his accolades

A Golden Chapter

IISE recognizes Pitt’s student chapter with its highest recognition of excellence

Lisa Maillart named Department Chair of Industrial Engineering

Pitt professor Amin Rahimian and PhD scholar Yuxin Liu seek to find the delicate balance between individual privacy and collective learning

To Flip or Not to Flip

Pitt Professor Lisa Maillart helps develop a model to reduce wear and lower maintenance costs for stacked items

SME Recognizes Dr. Bopaya Bidanda as a 2025 Fellow

Around the World—in Eight Days

Pitt Professor Bopaya Bidanda champions global collaboration through transdisciplinary problem-solving

Associate Professor Renee Clark Thrives in the Classroom, Recognized as Engineering Educator of the Year

Carnegie Mellon University Announced as Third MDS-Rely Site

Making Magnetic Biomaterials

Pitt engineers develop magnetically navigable microparticles for targeted drug delivery

Spring 2025 Design Expo

Pitt engineering students showcase innovative, collaborative problem-solving at the Spring 2025 Design Expo

A Foundation for Next-Gen Materials

MDS-Rely Unites Leading Universities and Manufacturing Companies to Advance Innovation in the U.S.

Michael W. Howard Celebrated as Swanson School 2025 Distinguished Alumnus in Industrial Engineering

Ramsey Smith and Trey Blystone Receive the 2025 George Washington Prize

MDS-Rely Hosts Its 2024 Fall Meeting

Industry leaders, university researchers, and students collaborate to drive innovation

Students Showcase Innovation in the Fall 2024 Senior Design Expo

Public Health and Engineering team up on five research projects

Pitt team receives $2.3 million to develop new device for treating fetal hydrocephalus

Drug Supply Chain Issues More Likely to Result in Shortages in U.S. than Canada

IE PhD Student Yiqi Tian Receives INFORMS Award for Life-Saving Research in Kenya

A Personalized Approach to Engineering Education

Associate Professors Renee Clark and Ahmed Dallal received more than $200K from the NSF to advance research in personalized STEM education

Undergraduate Bioengineering and Industrial Engineering Programs rank for first time in U.S. News & World Report’s Best College rankings

Adding “Mussel” to META-GLUE

Pitt Engineers receive $250K DARPA award to develop mussel-inspired underwater adhesion

Bopaya Bidanda: Celebrating a Legacy of Excellence