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Translating Research into Life-Saving Devices

Pitt’s Youngjae Chun receives First Place Outstanding Abstract Award and Certificate for Invited Lecture for his translational research into minimally invasive medical devices

Inspiring Tomorrow’s Engineers

CampBioE 2.0 adds 3D bioprinting in 2025 expansion

Powering Opportunities and Partnerships

Pitt Professor Brandon Grainger and two PhD students develop converter with a $70K Manufacturing PA Innovation grant

When the Wireless Data Runs Dry

Pitt Professor Wei Gao receives Best Paper Award for research to assess and improve the quality of synthetic wireless data

Hitting the Road to Retirement with a Legacy in the Rear View

Pitt Civil Engineering Professor Leonard Casson retires after 38 years dedicated to his students

Surviving Hostile Venus Conditions, Finding Rare Earths and Other Critical Metals

Two Pitt co-developed technologies receive prestigious 2025 R&D World 100 Awards

Trusting Your Neighborhood Satellites

Pitt computer engineers develop trust algorithm to secure satellites in low Earth orbit

Tiny Swimmers, Big Impact: Pitt Professor Wins NSF Grant to Study Ocean Mixing

Pitt Professor Lei Fang receives $325,089 NSF grant to research the mechanics of swarms of tiny swimmers and their potential to produce large-scale flow structures

Pitt Researchers Rewire the Energy Pathways of Turbulence

Pitt researchers demonstrate that the direction of turbulent energy flux can be reversed, creating a new type of turbulent flow that challenges long-standing assumptions about how energy moves through systems like oceans and the atmosphere

Translating Bamboo Across Continents and Cultures

Visiting Fulbright Scholar Luisa Molari collaborates with Pitt’s Kent Harries to advance bamboo research

The Swanson School of Engineering

Creating an environment of academic excellence, transdisciplinary research, community engagement, and lifelong learning.

Since 1846, engineering programs at the University of Pittsburgh have helped to transform our region, the nation, and the world. Swanson School faculty and students are at the forefront of developing solutions to create a better future. The Swanson School focuses on our health, our planet, and the ingenuity that keeps us competitive with recognized programs in sustainability, energy systems, advanced manufacturing, bioengineering, micro- and nanosystems, computational modeling and advanced materials development.

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