Trevor Devine was awarded the Swanson School’s George Washington Prize
The award aims to reinforce the importance of engineering and technology in society and enhance the visibility of the profession across the Swanson School’s engineering disciplines.
3 Pitt faculty were named 2020 Sloan Research fellows
Susan Fullerton, Michael Hatridge and Robin E.C. Lee were among the 126 scientists across the U.S. and Canada to earn the two-year fellowship.
A Pitt and Duquesne student-led initiative won a Changemaker Competition
Future Kings Mentoring, an initiative by University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University students, was recently named one of 30 winning Changemaker Competition projects.
The initiative is the brainchild of Swanson School of Engineering students Terrell Galloway, Isreal Williams, Sean Spencer and a Duquesne University journalism and web design student.
Taryn Bayles was awarded for excellence in teaching
The James Pommersheim Award for Excellence in Teaching Chemical Engineering recognizes departmental faculty in the areas of lecturing, teaching, research methodology and research mentorship of students.
Feng Xiong received a CAREER Award for an AI energy efficiency project
The project aims to make computers complete cognitive tasks using less energy.
2 Pitt researchers were named National Academy of Inventors fellows
Rob Rutenbar and William Federspiel joined the 2019 class, obtaining the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.
8 Pitt people received Mascaro Faculty Program in Sustainability Awards
The one-year awards go to faculty members from all disciplines.
A Pitt Engineering team won an award for an ASL translator device
The undergraduates took the Bronze Award at the InnovateFPGA 2019 Global Contest Regional Final.