The Swanson School's Rising Stars
The Swanson School's Rising Stars

ASME recognizes four Pitt faculty as rising stars of research

A Winning Look at New Surfaces
A Winning Look at New Surfaces

MEMS’ Tevis Jacobs captures Pitt’s Startup of the Year Award

Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering selected to receive $3.3 million to develop new electricity transmission technology
Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering selected to receive $3.3 million to develop new electricity transmission technology

Funding is part of $11 million in funding from Department of Energy for High Voltage Direct Current Transmission Projects

Jun Young Hong wins GEMS Sapphire Award
Jun Young Hong wins GEMS Sapphire Award

MEMS Chair Honored with Special Symposium at the MS&T24 Technical Meeting and Exhibition
MEMS Chair Honored with Special Symposium at the MS&T24 Technical Meeting and Exhibition

UPISC Workshop to Bring Stakeholders, Researchers Together for Improved Infrastructure Sensing
UPISC Workshop to Bring Stakeholders, Researchers Together for Improved Infrastructure Sensing

A Nuclear Core at Pitt
A Nuclear Core at Pitt

NETL Teams With the University of Pittsburgh To Win R&D 100 Award
NETL Teams With the University of Pittsburgh To Win R&D 100 Award

Adding “Mussel” to META-GLUE
Adding “Mussel” to META-GLUE

Pitt Engineers receive $250K DARPA award to develop mussel-inspired underwater adhesion

Peoples Natural Gas, H Quest, and University of Pittsburgh Team to Produce and Test Hydrogen Energy from Natural Gas
Peoples Natural Gas, H Quest, and University of Pittsburgh Team to Produce and Test Hydrogen Energy from Natural Gas

Hydrogen production process converts natural gas into pure hydrogen and a solid carbon byproduct; could provide breakthrough for hydrogen as economic, zero-emission energy source

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600+

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

220+

GRADUATE STUDENTS

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MAJOR DISCIPLINES

$16M

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events

Jan
30
MEMS Department Graduate Seminar - Dr. Berger
11:00 AM
Benedum Hall
Feb
13
MEMS Department Graduate Seminar - Dr. Wang
11:00 AM
Benedum Hall
Feb
20
MEMS Department Graduate Seminar - Dr. Findley
11:00 AM
Benedum Hall
Feb
27
MEMS Department Graduate Seminar - Dr. Petrie
11:00 AM
Benedum Hall
Mar
13
MEMS Department Graduate Seminar - Dr. Karagozian
11:00 AM
Benedum Hall

academic

Jan
20
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday Observance (University Closed)
Jan
21
Spring Term Add/Drop Period Ends
Jan
22
Spring Term Extended Drop Period Begins (Undergraduate Students Only)
Jan
28
Spring Term Extended Drop Period Ends (Undergraduate Students Only)
Feb
14
Summer Term Open Enrollment Begins (Veteran Students)