2018

Dec 03

View of the Earth from space

Predicting future energy sources Opens in new window

For many of us, electricity is tantamount to a magic trick—but peel back the curtain, and the reality is much different.

Oct 15

Lynn Walker and Aditya Khair with a student

One-of-a-kind team breaks new ground Opens in new window

A unique collaboration within the Department of Chemical Engineering is laying the foundation for a whole new discipline of fluids engineering.

Oct 03

Baby and parent hands

Engineering breast milk to treat sick infants Opens in new window

Kathryn Whitehead has been awarded a 2018 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award for her project to genetically engineer the human cells in breastmilk.

Jul 16

Microscope slide of liver

Delivering the future of medicine Opens in new window

Katie Whitehead is pioneering RNA drug delivery techniques that could enable a new wave of treatments for nearly every known disease.

Jun 18

Green background with lighter green modular lines

Cohen-Karni wins CMBE Young Innovator Award Opens in new window

Tzahi Cohen-Karni has been named a 2018 Young Innovator in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. Cohen-Karni is a member of the Bioengineered Organs Initiative.

Jun 13

Unshelled, shelled, and crushed M. oleifera seeds

The seed that could bring clean water to millions Opens in new window

Bob Tilton and Todd Przybycien have refined the requirements of a process that turns easily accessible sand and plant materials into a cheap and effective water filtration tool.

Apr 13

Speaker on stage at podium at Celebration of Education

Faculty receive Celebration of Education Awards Opens in new window

Four College of Engineering faculty members will be honored at the upcoming Celebration of Education Awards on April 30: Jonathan Cagan, Rosemary Frollini, Diana Marculescu, and Baruch Fischhoff.

Mar 30

Hamerschlag Hall

The 2018 Dean’s Early Career Fellows Opens in new window

Eight young CMU faculty receive awards for their outstanding contributions to the university.

Jan 18

Close up of blood cells

Separation line Opens in new window

Carnegie Mellon researchers have developed a novel device that separates blood cells using sound waves.

Media Mentions


Kitchin presents at MDS-Rely Fall Meeting

Professor John Kitchin presented work on multimodal formulation at the MDS-Rely 2026 Fall Meeting at Case Western Reserve University. He addressed the challenge of reliably formulating complex material mixtures by integrating a large language model with automated experimentation using a liquid-handling robot.

Royal Academy of Engineering

Grossmann elected as International Fellow

ChemE’s Ignacio Grossmann has been elected as an International Fellow by the Royal Academy of Engineering. Fellows are nominated and elected by existing fellows and represent the nation’s best engineers who wield their skills to build a sustainable society and create an inclusive economy that works for everyone.

ACS honors three ChemE students

Three chemical engineering Ph.D. candidates received honors from the American Chemical Society: Ian Martin, Leadership in Research Safety Award; Mayra Guadalupe Gonzalez Ramirez, Leadership in Inclusion and Belonging Award; and Sunny Surprenant, Leadership in Mentoring Award.

Cline, Newby give talk at University of Waterloo

Matt Cline, lab instructor, and Alexandra Newby, assistant teaching professor, presented at the University of Waterloo's Department of Chemical Engineering on the topic of student-led, project-based laboratories. They were invited by alum Nasser Abukdheir ('02), now an associate professor and associate director of undergraduate programs there.

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