2026

Feb 18

Engineering Leadership Skills from the Track to the Classroom

MSE student Kara Mathias, who is a member of the Carnegie Mellon cross country and track & field teams, was selected to attend the NCAA Division III Student Immersion Program during the organization’s annual conference.

Feb 12

New instruments advance materials analysis Opens in new window

The Materials Characterization Facility recently expanded its footprint in Hamerschlag Hall, adding two new lab spaces and three new scanning electron microscopes in the last year.

Feb 09

Successful part production advances digital twin modeling project Opens in new window

Researchers have completed their first successful production of a challenge part, which will advance efforts to optimize additive manufacturing of custom components used in aeroengines.

Feb 03

Early research opportunities spur discovery

Last summer, MSE students completing their first year of undergraduate studies took advantage of the opportunity to complement their classroom experience with research efforts.

Jan 29

Accelerating materials innovation through AI and data science Opens in new window

By leveraging expertise in materials and artificial intelligence from across departments, researchers from Carnegie Mellon are exploring solutions to the challenges facing materials discovery.

Jan 20

Leveraging blast furnace operations to reduce emissions

A recent study analyzed the variations in operations across the global blast furnace fleet and its impact on carbon dioxide emissions, finding that emissions could have been reduced both globally and nationally if each furnace had operated at either its own historical minimum emissions intensity or the observed national minimum.

Jan 12

Carnegie Mellon awarded ARPA-H contract to develop 3D bioprinted liver Opens in new window

A CMU-led project team aims to build a 3D bioprinted liver that supports regeneration in acute liver failure patients, with the potential to transform transplant medicine.

Jan 09

Cracks exposed: tungsten challenges identified

Recent work from the department of materials science and engineering at Carnegie Mellon investigates the processing challenges associated with tungsten, finding that solidification cracking is an additional failure.

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