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Dec 04

Chamorro awarded Kaufman grant

Juan Chamorro has been named as a recipient of a New Investigator Research Grant from the Charles Kaufman Foundation. The awards are designated to provide support for early career faculty who are conducting innovative, fundamental scientific research.

Dec 02

Hands-on experience leads Rales Fellow to role as Additive Manufacturing Engineer

As a graduate student, Cameron Drewery found that learning to weld at TechSpark was one of her most hands-on and favorite classroom experiences. A member of the first cohort of CMU’s Rales Fellows Program, Drewery is now working as an additive manufacturing engineer for Nikon AM Synergy.

Nov 18

Powering research to empower our grid

Wei Wang (Ph.D. ‘09), who is a Laboratory Fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), is a key contributor in developing battery technologies that are safer, more cost-effective, and efficient for grid-scale energy storage applications.

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Marom elected as APS Fellow

MSE’s Noa Marom has been elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), which recognizes excellence in physics and exceptional service to the community.

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Taheri-Mousavi quoted on new printable aluminum alloy

MSE’s Mohadeseh Taheri-Mousavi helped develop a new printable aluminum alloy that can withstand high temperatures and is five times stronger than traditionally manufactured aluminum.

Marketplace

Whitacre quoted in Marketplace

EPP/MSE’s Jay Whitare spoke with Marketplace about the shift battery producers and suppliers are making from products that powered electric vehicles to those that can hold electricity for the grid.

Society of Women Engineers

CMU alumna receives Outstanding Collegiate Member Award from SWE

Katherine Wu (MSE/BME ’25) received the Outstanding Collegiate Member Award from the Society of Women Engineers.

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