2024

Dec 30

Rounce receives early-career research fellowship Opens in new window

David Rounce was chosen for a research fellowship to study the effects of climate change and sea-level rise, and to develop coastal adaptation strategies in the Gulf of Mexico.

Dec 02

Blending the virtual and physical worlds Opens in new window

Civil and environmental engineering faculty have developed a testbed to make AI-enabled digital twins more accessible in the curriculum, but it is also proving valuable in active infrastructure research.

Nov 07

Engineering entrepreneurs find their way Opens in new window

When faculty and students in the College of Engineering create intellectual property, our culture supports their efforts to form startups.

Nov 01

Robotics for environmental innovation Opens in new window

A team of Carnegie Mellon University researchers is seeking to understand how robotics can help engineers address environmental challenges, such as monitoring affected soils.

Oct 16

Resilient re-designs for real-world problems

Graduate-level course teaches students to build solutions that are resilient to uncertain future conditions and conscious of the community and environment around them.

Sep 30

Ride-hailing apps mitigate impact of racial discrimination Opens in new window

Uber and Lyft are dramatically reducing wait-time disparities for Black riders, but the impact of systemic segregation persists.

Sep 18

Four CEE faculty named endowed chairs

The College of Engineering announced eight new endowed chairs. Four are professors in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Sep 10

Global skylines, CEE roots

When Xavier Hairston-Khan (CEE’10) is traveling the world to build some of society’s most iconic structures, he always comes back to what the M.S. in civil and environmental engineering program taught him to guide his work today.

Aug 30

The battle for curb space Opens in new window

Civil Engineering researchers examine how new mobility systems are transforming city curbs into critical infrastructure and develop a framework to model usage and inform future policies.

Aug 09

Mapping Alaska’s glaciers from above

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon, in collaboration with the National Park Service, use helicopter-borne ice penetrating radar surveys to assess the ice thickness and bedrock elevation of glaciers in Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, the largest national park in the U.S.

Aug 06

Alum takes on toxic chemicals at leading women’s health organization

Inspired by many influential women mentors and her CMU education, Amy Dale (CEE'15) is tackling environmental risk factors for breast cancer at the nonprofit research organization, Silent Spring Institute.

Jun 13

Engineering students awarded Fulbright Scholarships Opens in new window

Six students and alumni from the College of Engineering will research and study abroad on Fulbright program scholarships.

Read more news in the latest edition of our magazine, CEE Insights.

Media mentions


“Why is this happening?” podcast

Samaras discusses electricity crisis

Scott Institute Director Costa Samaras was recently featured discussing the electricity crisis in the US on Chris Hayes’ podcast “Why is this happening?”

The American Geophysical Union

Rounce receives early career award

CEE’s David Rounce has been selected by the American Geophysical Union as a recipient of the 2025 Cryosphere Early Career Award, which recognizes early career contributions to Cryospheric Sciences and Technology.

Carnegie Mellon University

Congratulations to College of Engineering Andy Award recipients

Congratulations to two College of Engineering staff members who were recognized for their meaningful contributions at Carnegie Mellon’s 31st annual Andy Awards ceremony on October 1, 2025.

Transportation Research Board

Hendrickson receives award from Transportation Research Board

CEE’s Chris Hendrickson has been honored with the Transportation Research Board’s 2025 Roy W. Crum Award, which recognizes outstanding achievements in transportation research.

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