http://www.cit.cmu.edu/This is an RSS feed of news stories from the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.en-ushttp://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2010/02_08_lss_candris.htmlCarnegie Mellon University’s highly ranked College of Engineering launches a new Leadership Speaker Series Feb. 12 by hosting Westinghouse Electric Company CEO Aris Candris, who will discuss the role of nuclear power in today’s energy-constrained world at 4:45 p.m. in Porter Hall 100. The talk is open to the public. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/af2a33dd800281543fe9967bcf29718ahttp://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2010/02_02_fuchs_innovation.htmlCarnegie Mellon University’s Erica Fuchs will be a keynote speaker from 9:30 to 11 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 3 at an event hosted by The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) at the U.S. House of Representatives Rayburn Office Building in Washington, D.C. Tue, 2 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/8ee4aed5800281543fe9967bddc0d481http://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2010/01_27_kitchen_early_career_award.htmlCarnegie Mellon University’s John Kitchin was awarded a five-year $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop new materials for producing hydrogen and oxygen from water using electrochemistry. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/71daf330800281543fe9967b8cc93d5bhttp://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2010/01_25_ini_verizon_cybersecurity_grant.htmlCarnegie Mellon University’s Information Networking Institute and CyLab have received a $20,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation. During a visit to the St. Bede School in Point Breeze today, faculty, parents and students learned that the funds would help to deliver a community-wide cyberawareness outreach program. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/65e23f2e800281543fe9967b7e64f8c3http://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2010/01_19_intel_materials_collaboration.htmlCarnegie Mellon University and Intel Corporation will unveil a new class of materials called solder magnetic nanocomposites that could help streamline the process of computer electronic packaging. The milestone research will be discussed at the 11th annual Magnetism and Magnetics Materials Conference Jan. 18-22 at the Marriott Washington Wardman Park in Washington, D.C. Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/475cedc5800281540f09dafcd6f0bcf2http://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2010/01_12_leduc_discovers_protein.htmlCarnegie Mellon University’s Philip R. LeDuc and his collaborators in Massachusetts and Taiwan have discovered a new function of a protein that could ultimately unlock the mystery of how these workhorses of the body play a central role in the mechanics of biological processes in people. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/2351dc90800281542318bdf4c5f58de5http://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/12_14_netl.htmlThree industry-led teams that include Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh and three other major research universities have been awarded contracts to provide a range of research and engineering services to the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). The collective value of the three contracts is expected to exceed $465 million over a five-year period. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/8f0c449a800281542bb470652e013125http://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/12_11_air_quality_team.htmlCarnegie Mellon University’s Neil Donahue and Allen Robinson are working with a team of more than 60 scientists, including researchers from the University of Colorado and the NOAA’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science, to develop a more holistic approach to improving climate and air quality prediction models. Donahue and Robinson are co-authors of a study that appears in the Dec. 11 issue of the journal Science. Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/7e8a28588002815440653e140b1b0743http://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/12_10_copenhagen_delegation.htmlCarnegie Mellon University’s Vanessa Schweizer, Justin Parisi and Mike Blackhurst will attend a student workshop to discuss how universities can do their part to remedy the world’s climate woes Dec. 13-14 at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/7452d1318002815460ca67a07fd4c843http://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/12_09_gregory_doe_funding.htmlCarnegie Mellon University's Kelvin Gregory is leading a research team developing a new treatment for cleaning water used in shale-gas production.Wed, 9 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/741b58af8002815460ca67a0495521e4http://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/12_07_rabin_shimada_nci_grant.htmlCarnegie Mellon University’s Yoed Rabin and Kenji Shimada have received a four-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop computerized training tools for cryosurgery, which is the destruction of undesired tissue, such as cancerous tumors and organs, by freezing. Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/6ae0ac53800281542f600492b99b94a5http://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/12_04_mobile_air_lab.html Carnegie Mellon University researchers will showcase a new mobile air-monitoring lab to Biology II students at South Allegheny School District.Fri, 4 Dec 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/5b85bd24800281542f6004922e415949http://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/12_02_sports_technology_demonstration.htmlCarnegie Mellon University’s new Sports Technology course is giving engineering students a chance to improve athletic performance in several sports, including golf, tennis, hockey, track and football. Wed, 2 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/4fd94fa880028154531230939c4c1ffbhttp://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/12_01_rickets_nae_foee_symposium.htmlCarnegie Mellon University’s David S. Ricketts joined 48 of the nation’s brightest young engineering researchers and educators Nov. 15-18 in the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) first Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) symposium in Herndon, Va. The NAE is a prestigious meeting of leading researchers.Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/4b46a621800281546fad9e1f2cc94790http://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/12_01_cylab_northrop_grumman.htmlCarnegie Mellon University’s CyLab will join Northrop Grumman Corp. (NGC), a leading global security company, and two other research universities to form the Cybersecurity Research Consortium to address the nation’s most critical cyber threats. Tue, 1 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/4a738ccc800281546fad9e1f07ec55b4