Technology & Science
Jill Millstone won a career excellence award
The associate professor has been awarded the 2019 Greater Pittsburgh Women’s Chemists Committee Award for Career Excellence in the Chemical Sciences.
Peyman Givi will deliver the Elsevier Distinguished Lecture in Mechanics
Givi joins a long line of distinguished lecturers, beginning with the 2008 inaugural lecture by Jan Achenbach.
Walid Gellad received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
It’s the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. to outstanding scientists and engineers who are beginning their independent research careers.
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center received NSF funding to build new tech
The supercomputer, Bridges-2, will contain different types of state-of-the-art hardware and larger memory space for solving problems.
A new Pitt partnership will expand research into rechargeable battery systems
The collaboration with Malvern Panalytical will enable Prashant Kumta’s lab to see the chemistry of what happens inside a battery while in use.
2 Pitt affiliates were named AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering fellows
Sebastian Alejandro Echeverri and Nikki Forrester are two of 26 selected for the competitive American Association for the Advancement of Science fellowship.
Rob Rutenbar served on a White House academic roundtable
The senior vice chancellor for research spoke about Pitt’s aggressive work in quantum science.
4 Pitt students earned 2019 Goldwater Scholarships
All of the winners are seniors in the Dietrich School and residents of Pennsylvania.
A Pitt e-car team qualified for a national competition
The Swanson School team brought two cars over the finish line at the Regional Chem-E-Car Competition.
Engineering alumna Julie Shields was named National Co-op Student of the Year
She has completed three, four-month rotations with FedEx Supply Chain and joined the company in January.