Technology & Science
Pitt team finishes third in NASA challenge
Pitt's VULCAN prototype received recognition for the Most Innovative Concept and Lightest System Mass.
Pitt researchers receive National Institutes of Health grants to support 'trailblazing' ideas in biomedical science
“The science put forward by this cohort is exceptionally novel and creative and is sure to push at the boundaries of what is known,” the NIH director said.
Pitt undergrads take on the world for a $1 million prize at the Indianapolis Autonomous Challenge
“The whole global autonomous community will be watching.”
A laser concept developed by Pitt physicists could surpass a 60-year-old limitation
The proposed design, which uses tech borrowed from quantum computers, is so radical that it doesn’t even qualify as a laser.
Computer science alum wins Sheth award for making internet access more equitable
Ihsan Qazi is working to make cheap smartphones as efficient as more expensive models and re-engineer websites to render on affordable devices.
Award-winning virologist Paul Duprex wants the best and brightest working on vaccines
The place to start? Kids in Pittsburgh.
Behind the scenes of Antony Blinken’s campus visit
See the researchers, projects and spaces that greeted the Secretary of State.
Engineering team studies new architecture for customized space computing
Students at Pitt’s NSF Center for Space, High-performance and Resilient Computing received the Best Paper Award for Research in Space Computing at the 2021 IEEE Space Computing Conference.
EU leader shares advice with students at a Pitt event
Valdis Dombrovskis tackled the complex global issues of carbon neutrality, trade and how to make technological changes work for all people in his Sept. 30 talk.
Sabrina Helbig receives Charles LeGeyt Fortescue Graduate Scholarship
The award is given to a beginning graduate student for one year of full-time graduate work in electrical engineering.