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/2009/11_06_fischbeck_death_risk_site.htmlThe current health care debate in the United States is complicated. Trade-offs between heath care expenditures, lifestyle choices and life expectancy have been suggested but seldom clearly demonstrated. The U.S. spends on average more than $45,000 per year on health care for every 80 year old, while the Europeans spend $12,000 for the same age group. U.S. octogenarians have a 20 percent less chance of dying than Europeans in the next year. But, more than 30 percent of the U.S. population is obese, compared to less than 10 percent of Europe’s population. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/ca4d01fa800281546f6e5cae1ca507a7http://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/11_06_taborda_alumni_award.htmlCarnegie Mellon University’s Ricardo Taborda received the 2009 Excellence in Civil Engineering Award on Wednesday, Nov. 4, from his alma mater EAFIT University in Medellin, Colombia. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/c9fc55a5800281544e761850bb299466http://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/11_05_electricity_consumption_nsf_grant.htmlCarnegie Mellon University’s Lucio Soibelman, H. Scott Matthews and Jose M.F. Moura received a three-year $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to identify inexpensive ways to track energy consumption in buildings. Bosch Research and Technology Center North America (Bosch RTC-NA), the R&D arm of the global automotive, industrial, consumer goods and building technology supplier, will assist with the broad-based project to track energy consumption.Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/c4c8046d800281544e7618508090080chttp://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/11_02_toys_for_tots.htmlCarnegie Mellon University first-year engineering students will kick off the fourth annual U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots drive by showcasing a mobile World War II museum from noon to 3 p.m., Monday, Nov. 16 on campus near the intersection of Forbes and Morewood avenues. Mon, 2 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/b580f0aa80028154260f6fa24e33c47bhttp://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/10_29_goldberg_music_tech_internship.htmlCarnegie Mellon University’s Andrew J. Goldberg is using his musical and engineering acumen to help a Boston-based entertainment company grab some of the market share for music video games. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/a097d067800281544d17671b5dd7cedfhttp://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/10_23_negi_power_grid.htmlCarnegie Mellon University’s Rohit Negi has received a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop monitoring tools for predicting non-robust behavior, such as annoying rolling blackouts, so endemic to the nation's fragile power grid. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/8198f508800281546395e57915bc9db7http://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/10_20_media_roundtable.htmlCarnegie Mellon University’s Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research (SEER) will host a media roundtable to discuss the issues facing the news media as advertisers reconfigure their budgets and target more users online. The roundtable, free and open to the public, will be held from noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 21 in the Singleton Room of Roberts Engineering Hall.Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/73325337800281541a6e32e7feb0dc92http://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/10_15_ini_cyber_game_award.htmlThrough the creative efforts of Carnegie Mellon University's Information Networking Institute (INI) and CyLab, a novel interactive cybersecurity portal for children, The Carnegie Cyber Academy, has been named a finalist for the Japan Award.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/58e8d69a800281541a6e32e72e29092chttp://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/10_12_cybersecurity_hathaway.htmlEx-White House aide Melissa Hathaway will speak about global cybersecurity issues at the sixth annual CyLab Partners meeting at Carnegie Mellon University. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/49773f85800281541473955c19c75489http://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/10_08_perrig_info_security_award.htmlCarnegie Mellon University's Adrian Perrig was awarded a Security 7 Award from Information Security magazine for innovative cybersecurity research in academia.Thu, 8 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/349a4996800281541473955c3490fb53http://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/10_07_khosla_pan_iit_award.htmlCarnegie Mellon University’s Pradeep K. Khosla will receive the prestigious 2009 Academic Excellence Award Oct. 11 at the Pan IIT entrepreneurship conference in Chicago. Wed, 7 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/2f612f918002815429ef6d0206f8f1d6http://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/10_06_garrett_asce_award.htmlCarnegie Mellon University’s James H. Garrett Jr. has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for outstanding professional accomplishments and academic excellence. Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/29f93d7f8002815429ef6d0215ee5602http://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/09_30_mengshoel_grant.htmlCarnegie Mellon University's Ole Mengshoel was awarded a two-year, $498,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to create new computer tools for improving and integrating the way information is displayed and analyzed.Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/0c00141b8002815455e610e328572825http://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/09_22_khosla_ict_keynote.htmlCarnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering Dean Pradeep K. Khosla will speak to more than 70 members of a newly formed network of global information technology experts at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at the Carnegie Science Center.Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/e259f4168002815424ae29130814b7b6http://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2009/09_21_g-20_media_panel.htmlCarnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering will host a panel of media experts who will discuss how they are covering the upcoming G-20 economic summit in Pittsburgh.Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.cit.cmu.edu/cfaba20f8002815424ae2913472d6eec