Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering

09/03/2026

With the help of Hao Zhang and Carnegie Mellon Mechanical Engineering Department Ding Zhao's Safe AI lab, robots are learning how to interact with humans, like humans.

Hao Zhang, a researcher in Ding Zhao’s Safe AI lab, is helping robots make leaps and bounds in the process of learning how to interact with humans.

09/01/2026

Carnegie Mellon Chemical Engineering's Joanne Beckwith Maddock talks about what inspired her to become an engineer in the latest video in our ongoing series.

08/31/2026

As all students returned to campus last week, we also welcomed 16 Carnegie Mellon University Africa exchange students to our Pittsburgh campus for the semester. The students come from six African countries, represent all three CMU-Africa master's programs, and have a variety of interests that they are excited to explore during their time at Carnegie Mellon University.

(Pictured here: CMU-Africa students with CMU College of Engineering Dean, Burcu Akinci)

08/28/2026

08/28/2026

Learn about clubs and activities at CMU next week Wednesday afternoon during the FAIR on the cut!

Listen to some of our first year students last year talk about what clubs and activities they joined.

First year students interviewed at the beginning and end of the yea...

08/27/2026

Hear from some of our first year students last year about what they felt the most nervous for at CMU Engineering.

First year students interviewed at the beginning and end of the yea...

08/26/2026

Check out what some of our first year students last year said when asked at both the beginning and end of the year what they were most excited about at CMU.

First year students interviewed at the beginning and end of the yea...

08/26/2026

Timothy Brown, who has been at Carnegie Mellon University Africa for 13 years, has been named the next director of CMU-Africa.

CMU-Africa is a location of the College of Engineering which offers graduate degrees in information technology, electrical and computer engineering, and engineering artificial intelligence. The location has over 320 students and more than 1,000 alumni who are making an impact across the African continent.

Read the full announcement:

Timothy X. Brown, professor of engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University, has been named director of Carnegie Mellon University Africa.

08/25/2026

Welcome back new and returning students!

Listen in on what some of our first year students said last year when asked at both the beginning and end of the year what their initial impressions of Pittsburgh were.

First year students interviewed at the beginning and end of the yea...

08/24/2026

Bringing the spirit of advanced collaboration into another academic year. Happy first day of classes! 📚✏️