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Monday, November 11, 2019

Jaramillo featured in New York Times

The Department of Enigineering and Public Policy's Paulina Jaramillo was featured in an October New York Times article about power outages in California in response to the high rate of wildfires in the region.
Monday, October 07, 2019

Fearing science pushed aside, experts meet in protest of EPA's air quality change

A group of 20 air quality experts, organized by the Union of Concerned Scientists and panel chair H. Christopher Frey, an engineering professor at North Carolina State University, met on Thursday to discuss the EPA’s new air quality changes.
Friday, October 04, 2019

Heinz College Dean Krishnan Named National Academy of Public Administration Fellow

Carnegie Mellon University announced that Ramayya Krishnan, dean of the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, has been selected by the National Academy of Public Administration for inclusion in its 2019 Class of Academy Fellows, in recognition of his years of public administration service and expertise. Induction of the 51 new fellows will occur during the Academy's annual Fall Meeting, Nov. 7-8 in Arlington, Virginia.
Friday, October 04, 2019

Two EPP undergrads named College of Engineering ACS Scholars

Frank Andujar Lugo, undergraduate in the departments of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering & Public Policy, and Taylor Brown, undergraduate in the departments of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Engineering & Public Policy, were two of the 10 selected recipients of this year’s College of Engineering ACS Scholars program.
Thursday, September 26, 2019

Samaras on Sanders climate plan

CEE and EPP's Costa Samaras was quoted in an Earther Gizmodo article about presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ climate plan. The proposal allocates $16.3 trillion through 2030 to vastly change the energy and transportation sectors in the U.S. and combat climate change.
Thursday, September 26, 2019

Liza Reed selected for Siebel Scholars class of 2020

Liza Reed, a 4th year PhD student in EPP, was recently named a Siebel Scholar. The Siebel Scholars Program has supported doctoral students in their final year of study for 19 years.
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Destenie Nock, ‘engineer for social good,’ joins EPP faculty

Destenie Nock has joined the departments of Engineering & Public Policy (EPP) and Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) this fall. She will begin as a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in EPP with an adjunct-faculty appointment to CEE, before starting as a tenure-track assistant professor in both EPP and CEE in the 2020 academic year.
Thursday, September 19, 2019

Whitefoot selected to attend Frontiers of Engineering symposium for emerging engineers

Kate Whitefoot, an Assistant Professor in the departments of Engineering and Public Policy and Mechanical Engineering, has been selected as one of the nation’s brightest emerging engineering leaders to participate in the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) 2019 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium in North Charleston, South Carolina, Sept. 25-27. 
Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Vaishnav quoted on solar panel installation

In a New York Times article about solar panel installation tax breaks, EPP’s Parth Vaishnav was quoted about the payback period for those choosing to install solar panels.
Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Morgan and Abdulla study on nuclear power quoted

A Vox article analyzing the debate over nuclear power and climate change, in response to the CNN climate forum with Democratic presidential candidates, referenced a study co-authored by EPP’s Granger Morgan and Ahmed Abdulla about nuclear energy.
Monday, September 16, 2019

Davis featured on CIT's "Make it Real" podcast

With more technology, devices, and sensors it seems like we are overrun with data so much so that researchers are looking to machines and artificial intelligence to be able to sort through it all. On this episode of “Make it Real,” host Alexandra George sits down with Engineering and Public Policy professor Alex Davis to discuss this overload of data.
Monday, September 09, 2019

PhD Student Peter Tschofen speaks at Austrian Ministry

On Friday, June 14, 2019 Engineering and Public Policy PhD student and CEDM affiliate, Peter Tschofen, spoke at the Austrian Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism (BMNT), which is responsible for, “key quality-of-life issues and for questions which are essential in creating a livable future for our children.”
Thursday, August 01, 2019

Rubin Speaks at Spain's World Sustainable Urban Food Centre Launch

On July 22, Edward S. Rubin, Alumni Chair Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Departments of Engineering and Public Policy and Mechanical Engineering, spoke about the links between climate change and urban food systems at a high-profile event in Valencia, Spain.
Monday, July 22, 2019

CMU creates center to fight disinformation online

Carnegie Mellon announced on July 22nd that it has created a new research center to study online disinformation funded by a six-year, $5 million investment from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The Center for Informed Democracy and Social Cybersecurity (IDeaS) will study how disinformation is spread through online channels, such as social media, and address how to counter its effects to preserve and build an informed citizenry. 
Friday, July 12, 2019

SUCCEED 2019

The Summer Center for Climate, Energy, and Environmental Decision Making (SUCCEED) was held this year on campus on July 8-12 for high school students and on July 15 and 16 for teachers. Supported by the Center for Climate and Environmental Decision Making (CEDM), SUCCEED connects students and teachers with EPP PhD students and faculty members through a variety of presentations, activities, and field trips.
Monday, February 11, 2019

Hills Elected Senior Member of National Academy of Inventors

EPP Distinguished Service Professor Alex Hills has been elected Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors. The recognition honors his work as a wireless innovator, his 19 related patents, and their commercialization.
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