Apr

2022

AIM Higher Defense Manufacturing Summit

UPCAM

AIM Higher Defense Manufacturing Summita Defense Manufacturing CommunityJune 21-22, 2022 Pittsburgh The AIM Higher Consortium, in conjunction with the ...

Feb

18

2022

Upcoming MOST-AM Meeting - May 5, 2022

UPCAM, MOST-AM

Save the Date! The MOST-AM Consortium has scheduled our next, in-person meeting at the University of Pittsburgh for May 5, 2022.MOST-AM Consortium Mee ...

Feb

08

2022

AMPED Consortium Receives NSF IUCRC Planning Grant

Grants, Electrical & Computer, UPCAM, MEMS, Banner

The Advanced Magnetics for Power and Energy Development (AMPED) Consortium has received a $60,000 planning grant from the National Science Foundation ...

Feb

02

2022

Improving Vascular Graft Integration into the Body

Bioengineering, biotechnology, Banner, Grants, UPCAM

A graft can be a life-saving device for coronary heart disease, which remains the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. ...

Jan

04

2022

Partnering for a Powerful Future

Electrical & Computer, Banner, Grants, UPCAM

To keep pace with the rapidly evolving technology of electric power systems, the University of Pittsburgh Energy GRID Institute and Duquesne Light Co. ...

Nov

30

2021

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

Bioengineering, MEMS, Grants, Banner, UPCAM

Friction is the resistance to motion of one surface or object moving relative to another. The frictional relationship between two objects has benefici ...

Nov

16

2021

Three Swanson School faculty earn 2021 NSF CAREER Awards

Research, MEMS, Electrical & Computer, Civil & Environmental, Sustainability, UPCAM, MOST-AM, Spotlight

Marking another successful year of grant support, three rising stars among the faculty in the Swanson School of Engineering have received CAREER award ...

Oct

26

2021

AMPED Holds Successful First Meeting

MEMS, Electrical & Computer, All SSoE News, UPCAM, Spotlight

On October 7th, the Advanced Magnetics for Power and Energy Development (AMPED) held its inaugural consortium meeting both remotely and in person at t ...

Sep

28

2021

Bopaya Bidanda Invited as Chief Guest at Engineer’s Day Celebration in Mumbai

Industrial, Accolades, UPCAM

India’s National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) celebrated Engineer’s Day on September 15. The University of Pittsburgh’s Bopaya Bidanda, ...

Sep

28

2021

Shedding Light on the Value of Solar Power

MEMS, Grants, Banner, UPCAM, MCSI, Spotlight

For the United States to meet its goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, renewable energy integrated across the grid will be key. But vast swaths ...

Sep

21

2021

Lightening the Load of Multi-Material Manufacturing with 3D Printing

Grants, MEMS, Chemical & Petroleum, Banner, UPCAM, Spotlight, MOST-AM

The rise of 3D printing has transformed the manufacturing industry, enabling manufacturers to quickly and precisely create specialized parts for any a ...

Aug

24

2021

AMPED Consortium Receives Suite of Equipment from Keysight Technologies to Enhance Power Magnetic Research Capabilities at the Energy Innovation Center

Grants, Electrical & Computer, MEMS, UPCAM

Keysight Technologies, a leading technology company that delivers advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect an ...

Aug

23

2021

New $3 million National Science Foundation center aims to connect materials data science research to industry

Industrial, Research, Banner, UPCAM, Spotlight

Case Western Reserve University and the University of Pittsburgh will launch a joint center this fall that uses cutting edge data-science and material ...

Aug

12

2021

Designing a More Sustainable Electric Vehicle

Grants, Electrical & Computer, MEMS, UPCAM, Spotlight

The global market for electric vehicles (EVs) is expected to grow by more than 25 percent by 2030, with some politicians and manufacturers alike calli ...

Jul

15

2021

IE PhD Student Moataz Abdulhafez captures Best Poster Award at ASME MSEC Conference

Honors & Awards, Industrial, UPCAM, Spotlight

Research investigating graphene production at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering was recently recognized at the 2021 ASME Manu ...

Jul

09

2021

Pitt Engineer Mostafa Bedewy Selected for the Frontiers of Materials Award by TMS

Honors & Awards, Industrial, Accolade, UPCAM, Spotlight

The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) has selected Mostafa Bedewy, assistant professor of industrial engineering at the University of Pitts ...

Jun

25

2021

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

Grants, Electrical & Computer, MEMS, Nuclear, Banner, UPCAM

Interdisciplinary researchers at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering are recipients of $1.6 million in advanced nuclear energ ...

Jun

02

2021

Printing a Better Microgrid

Research, Industrial, Banner, UPCAM, Spotlight

The future of electronic displays will be thin, flexible and durable. One barrier to this, however, is that one of the most widely used transparent co ...

May

20

2021

Engineering Smarter Stents

Grants, Industrial, Banner, UPCAM, Spotlight

An estimated two million people will need a coronary artery stent every year. A small mesh tube inserted into a narrow or blocked coronary artery, a s ...

Apr

28

2021

Designing New Alloys for Additive Manufacturing

MEMS, Banner, Research, UPCAM, Spotlight, MOST-AM

Additive manufacturing (AM), a burgeoning technology for alloy fabrication, allows engineers to specifically manufacture a complex component in any sh ...

Apr

20

2021

University of Pittsburgh Collaboration Supports Energy Innovation at NETL for More Than a Decade

Electrical & Computer, UPCAM

NETL amplifies the impacts of its nationally recognized technical competencies through collaboration with a variety of organizations, including univer ...

Mar

30

2021

Research on New Magnetic Materials Gets AMPED Up

Grants, Electrical & Computer, MEMS, UPCAM

As society continues to grapple with the realities of climate change, it looks toward electric vehicles and renewable energy as technological solution ...

Mar

29

2021

Pitt and the Global Manufacturing And Industrialization Summit Join Efforts To Advance Research And Development Efforts In Manufacturing

Industrial, UPCAM

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (March 29, 2021) ... The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) and the Global Manufacturing and Industrialization Summit (GM ...

Mar

29

2021

Swanson School Researchers Receive More than $270K Through Manufacturing PA Initiative

MEMS, UPCAM, Spotlight

PITTSBURGH (March 29, 2021) — Four University of Pittsburgh researchers at the Swanson School of Engineering have received over $270,000 through Gover ...

Mar

01

2021

Pitt’s Manufacturing Assistance Center Expands to Pitt Titusville and Partners with Conturo Prototyping in Homewood

Industrial, Diversity, UPCAM

PITTSBURGH (March 1, 2021) … In a strategic move to adapt to the economic challenges of COVID-19 while providing greater reach and more flexible progr ...