2021

Dec 13

Senior Greta Markey earns Marshall Scholarship

The Marshall Scholarship is a step toward Markey's goals to earn a Ph.D. in environmental engineering and become a professor.

Nov 24

Professor Costa Samaras to serve in Biden-Harris Administration in White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Samaras will provide senior-level policy advice to the Director, Deputy Director, and OSTP senior staff to analyze, recommend, and implement the energy technologies needed to meet the Biden-Harris Administration climate goals of a net-zero emissions clean energy economy no later than 2050.

Nov 24

Costa Samaras to serve in White House OSTP Opens in new window

Costa Samaras has been appointed principal assistant director for energy and chief advisor for energy policy in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s first-ever Energy Division.

Nov 22

Dildine/Pindine's paper predicts benefits of phosphorous recovery

Dildine says that he hopes his research will motivate investment in wastewater remediation because it effectively demonstrates the benefits of phosphorus recovery in a way that’s easily understandable.

Nov 05

Markey and Thompson named Andrew Carnegie Scholars

ACS Scholars are selected each year by their deans and department heads to represent their class in service and leadership. These undergraduate seniors embody Carnegie Mellon's high standards of academic excellence, volunteerism, leadership, and involvement in student organizations, athletics or the arts.

Oct 29

Getting answers you want and support you need Opens in new window

Ryan Rusali admits that he had to seek help and set boundaries to handle the challenging engineering courses, but he says he got the support he needed and the opportunities he wanted.

Oct 25

Alumni survey reveals strength and variety of options available to CEE grads

The annual First Destination survey asks new grads each year to report whether they’re employed, earning another degree, volunteering, or on the job hunt. Employer, title, location, and salary details are also collected, or, for those furthering their education, the program and institution.

Oct 19

Devin White’s internship focuses on FHA software prototype

White’s work focused on creating a software prototype to analyze the extent to which employees across the U.S. Department of Transportation were innovating with their teams, network, and stakeholders.

Oct 19

Reimagining advanced infrastructure systems: Inside CEE's new AIS facilities

Combining sensing, artificial intelligence, system engineering, economics, public policy, and more to address challenges, the AIS group has for years been conducting, pioneering research utilizing several different lab facilities in Porter Hall and across campus.

Oct 07

Rounce's summer STEM program reaches high schoolers

Students were broken into four teams—glaciers, deforestation, urbanization, and water resources—and tasked with developing javascript codes to work with Google Earth Engine.

Oct 07

Refuting a 70-year approach to predicting material microstructure Opens in new window

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new microscopy technique that maps material microstructure in three dimensions; results demonstrate that the conventional method for predicting materials’ properties under high temperature is ineffective.

Oct 06

Ariss awarded Ellegood Fellowship

Ariss’ research looks to identify opportunities to improve controls and planning decisions that are complicated by interdependencies between civil systems.

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