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Nov 04

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Salley receives Alumni Service Award

MSE Alumna Lisa Salley has honored with an Alumni Service Award during the 2026 Homecoming Weekend at Carnegie Mellon.

Oct 28

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A quantum career leap

Since completing his undergraduate MSE degree at CMU, Michael Nystrom's career path has evolved from materials research and display technologies to advanced optoelectronics packaging to his current role at Microsoft where he leads cryogenic quantum hardware packaging/integration.

Sep 17

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Internship Highlight: Wayne Wang, Micron Technology

One Master’s degree student had the opportunity to impact the processes that power day-to-day technologies as he gained experience in the semiconductor industry as a Process Integration Engineer Intern.

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Undergraduate programs in Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. MSE is an interdisciplinary field that combines engineering, chemistry, and physics to solve real-world problems that impact nearly every industry.

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The Master of Science degree programs in the Materials Science and Engineering Department will prepare you for your next step in your professional or academic journey.
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The Materials Science & Engineering Doctoral degree from Carnegie Mellon emphasizes the creation of new knowledge through extensive independent research, including the formulation of hypotheses, the interpretation of phenomena revealed by research, and the extraction of general principles upon which predictions can be made.

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Nature

Rohrer touts breakthroughs in crystal growth research

In Nature, MSE’s Greg Rohrer weighs in on the crucial work of single crystals in silicon microprocessors and jet-engine turbines.

Springer

Laughlin receives 2025 J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award

MSE’s David Laughlin was named the 2025 J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award by ASM International. To honor him, guest editors from Springer curated a collection of articles from the Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion.

CMU Athletics

Engineering alumni inducted into Athletics Hall of Fame

Congratulations to the 2026 inductees of the Carnegie Mellon University Athletics Hall of Fame! This year’s HOF class includes nine College of Engineering alumni, six of whom were members of the history-making 2012 Women’s Soccer team. We are proud of our Tartan student-athletes.

Engineering faculty awarded for academic and research achievements

The 2026 Engineering faculty award winners have been selected by the Engineering Faculty Awards and Recognition Committee for their exceptional achievements in academics and research. Award winners include Katherine Flanigan, Tzahi Cohen-Karni, Peter Adams, Noelia Grande Gutiérrez, Patrick Tague, Valerie Karplus, Chris Pistorius, Kaushik Dayal, Kathryn Whitehead, and Keith Cook.

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