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November 12, 2025
Alysia Mandato Receives ACS Pittsburgh Distinguished Service Award
Alysia Mandato (Ph.D. 2025) received the Pittsburgh Section of the American Chemical Society Distinguished Service Award for her exceptional volunteer contributions.
November 12, 2025
Nathaniel Rosi Wins ACS Pittsburgh Award
Professor Nathaniel Rosi received the Pittsburgh Award from the Pittsburgh Section of the American Chemical Society for his distinguished service to chemistry.
November 12, 2025
Noa Marom Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society
Noa Marom, professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).
November 5, 2025
The First Experiences in Quantum Program
PhD Students: Mentor Beginning Undergrads Through the FEQ Guide Program
October 8, 2025
Tevis Jacobs Wins $100K AI Prize for Surface Innovation
University of Pittsburgh professor Tevis Jacobs won the inaugural $100,000 Forge AI Prize for his startup, Surface Design Solutions, which uses physics-informed AI to improve surface design across industries.
October 8, 2025
Human-AI Collaboration in Polymer Design
Olexandr Isayev, Carl and Amy Jones Professor in Interdisciplinary Science, emphasized that polymers must balance strength and flexibility, which has traditionally been difficult to achieve.
October 8, 2025
Pitt Launches First Quantum Summer Camp
Pitt hosted its first Quantum Information Science Summer Camp, Q-Jam, where 12 local high schoolers explored quantum technology through board game design and virtual lab visits.
September 17, 2025
Pitt Faculty Featured in Global Quantum Training Program
Two Pitt engineering faculty members, Dr. Juan José Mendoza Arenas and Dr. Hessam Babaee, spoke at the 2025 Womanium & WISER Quantum Program, a global training initiative with over 3,600 participants.
September 17, 2025
Pitt Engineers Develop Algorithm to Secure Satellites in Low Earth Orbit
Pitt engineers Mai Abdelhakim and Robert Cunningham, with PhD students Quincy Bayer and Robert Esswein, developed TAU (Trust via Asynchronous Updates) to secure satellites in low Earth orbit.
September 17, 2025
Pitt Technologies Win Prestigious 2025 R&D 100 Awards
Two Pitt-developed technologies led by Dr. Paul Ohodnicki won the 2025 R&D 100 Awards, honoring breakthroughs in materials and sensing.
September 17, 2025
Jin Zhao Honored with Prestigious XPLORER Award in China
Adjunct Professor Jin Zhao has received the Mathematical Physics XPLORER Award in Beijing, one of China’s top honors for young scientists.
August 28, 2025
Operations Research Powers Quantum Entanglement Detection
Javier Peña, Vikesh Siddhu, and Sridhar Tayur introduce the PST hierarchy, a new semidefinite programming approach that advances quantum entanglement detection by offering tighter accuracy than existing methods while reducing computational cost.
August 19, 2025
Fall 2025 PQI Fellows
Congratulations to the Fall 2025 PQI Fellowship winners!
August 1, 2025
Pitt Engineers Win Manufacturing PA Innovation Awards
Six Pitt Engineering professors received $70,000 each in the 2025 Manufacturing PA Innovation Awards to support research benefiting Pennsylvania manufacturers.
August 1, 2025