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Monday, December 21, 2015

Ramayya Krishnan Honored with 2015 Nayudamma Award

Ramayya Krishnan, EPP professor and Dean of Heinz III College, is the 2015 recipient of the Nayudamma Centre for Development Alternatives' Nayudamma Award.
Thursday, December 03, 2015

Lorrie Cranor Appointed Chief Technologist at Federal Trade Commission

Lorrie Cranor, professor of Computer Science, Engineering and Public Policy and Director of Carnegie Mellon's CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory (CUPS) has been appointed Chief Technologist of the Federal Trade Commission.
Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Jay Whitacre awarded the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize

Professor Jay Whitacre (EPP/MSE), the Founder and CTO of Aquion Energy, was recently awarded the prestigious $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize.
Monday, August 31, 2015

Granger Morgan testifies before the U.S. House of Representatives: "Examining Vulnerabilities to America's Power Supply"

Professor Granger Morgan testified before the Committee on Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Oversight and the Subcommittee on Energy.
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Jay Whitacre Talks Industry-Academic Partnerships in CMU Panel

Engineering and Public Policy professor Jay Whitacre recently participated in a "Carnegie Mellon's Innovators Forum" panel, "Industry-Academic Partnerships: A New Global Era."
Friday, August 14, 2015

Deborah Stine To Present at NAE Frontiers of Education Symposium

Deborah Stine, Professor of the Practice at EPP, has been selected to attend the National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Education Symposium.
Monday, August 03, 2015

EPP Research Cited in New EPA Standards

Recently released EPA emission standards for new, modified, and reconstructed power plants cite research from professors Ed Rubin, Haibo Zhai, graduate student Yang Ou, and alumni Peter Versteeg.
Tuesday, July 07, 2015

Cranor Helps Connect Pittsburgh to the "Internet of Things"

Lorrie Cranor is one of a select group of faculty members working with Google to connect the city of Pittsburgh to the Internet of Things (IoT), which involves networking smart environments with embedded sensors.
Thursday, May 28, 2015

Faculty Appointed to Study ARPA-E

Professors Erica Fuchs and Jay Whitacre have been named to a National Research Council committee set to evaluate the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E).
Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Premiere Episode of "Make it Real" Podcast Highlights EPP Research

Professor Jeremy Michalek and Ph.D. student Tugce Yuksel chat about their recent study on how regional climate can affect electric vehicles' performance and emissions.
Wednesday, May 06, 2015

EPP Students Awarded at Meeting of the Minds Undergraduate Research Symposuim

EPP students Korey Haug, Kathryn Bradford, and Miriam Hegglin received awards at the Meeting of the Minds Undergraduate Research symposium, a university-wide celebration of undergraduate research.
Friday, May 01, 2015

Prof. Whitacre Testifies Before the U.S. House of Representatives Science Committee Energy Subcommittee

Jay Whitacre, professor and CEO of Aquion Energy, testified before the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy.
Monday, April 27, 2015

EPP Department Head Douglas Sicker Featured in "Today"

The internet has become a fundamental part of our lives, providing us with everything from severe weather advisories to chocolate-chip cookie recipes. Three Carnegie Mellon experts, including Department Head Doug Sicker, explain what's at stake.
Thursday, April 16, 2015

EPP Students Get the Insider Perspective on Science Policy in Washington DC

The CMU Students for Science & Tech Policy (SSTP) Club visited Washington DC to meet with science policy professionals and learn about the policy process, careers in public policy, and the current policy-making climate for controversial issues such as climate change.
Friday, April 10, 2015

EPP Professors Receive Dowd Award

Three Engineering and Public Policy faculty members have been awarded the Philip L. Dowd Fellowship Award: Jeremy Michalek, Erica Fuchs, and Scott Matthews.
Wednesday, April 08, 2015

EPP Student Places in Three-minute Thesis Competition

Michael Craig, first-year EPP PhD student, took second place in CMU's second-annual Three-Minute Thesis Competition.
Wednesday, April 01, 2015

Policy Briefs: Electric Vehicles

A study from researchers Allison Weis, Jeremy Michalek, Paulina Jaramillo, and Roger Lueken find that charging plug-in electric vehicles at night can produce increased emissions in certain geographic areas.
Friday, March 27, 2015

EPP Professor Mauter Receives young Membrane Scientist Award

Professor Meagan Mauter was recently named one of the three recipients of the 2015 North American Membrane Society (NAMS) Young Membrane Scientist Award.
Friday, March 13, 2015

Amy Dale awarded 2015 Graduate Research Award in Computational Hydraulics and Hydrology

PhD candidate Amy Dale was awarded the 2015 Graduate Research Award in Computational Hydraulics & Hydrology for her research into nanoparticles.
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Breaux receives prestigious NSF CAREER award

Travis Breaux, affiliate assistant professor in EPP, is the recipient of the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, the agency's most prestigious award for junior faculty.
Saturday, February 07, 2015

EPP student's research asks, “How can technical decision tools be made culturally relevant for American Indian tribes?”

PhD Student Len Necefer has published research into views of the Navajo Nation on energy resources and the environment.
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