2 Pitt Engineering students won ASCE awards
Kaitie DeOre and Michael Winiarczyk, both civil engineering students, were honored by the local section of the national society.
Graduate student Michael Sullivan won a Hammond Scholarship
The annual scholarship, which is in its fourth year, was open to any student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Swanson School.
A Pitt-led study calculating stress on rails was published in an ASME journal
The study was led by Piervincenzo Rizzo, professor of civil and environmental engineering.
A Swanson School solar project was selected for a US Department of Energy prize
The research team is evaluating new methods to improve the top glass sheet in solar panels.
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.