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Swanson School of Engineering

@PittEngineering

Engineering excellence since 1846. Ranked among the top 25 public engineering programs nationally by US News & World Report.

 Pittsburgh, PA
engineering.pitt.edu
Joined September 2011
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Congrats to Piervincenzo Rizzo (@PittCivilEnvEng)! For his contributions to the field of nondestructive evaluation, SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has awarded him the 2027 Nondestructive Evaluation Lifetime Achievement Award. engineering.pitt.edu/news/20…
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Congratulations to Tatsuya Sakurahara (@PittMEMS), who was recently named to the American Nuclear Society’s (@ANS_org) 2026 Nuclear News 40 Under 40 list! 🎉 The honor recognizes young leaders who "are helping shape the future of the nuclear enterprise.” engineering.pitt.edu/news/20…
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Pitt alumnus Oday Abushaban's (BS ECE ’25)(@PittECE) love of bow ties and technology inspired a years-long effort that involved retaking a course at Pitt's Swanson School. The result: an award-winning wearable AI assistant named Bowie. engineering.pitt.edu/news/20…
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Congratulations to Lisa Maillart (@Pitt_IE)! She was recently inducted into the Virginia Tech Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering’s Academy of Distinguished Alumni for her service and leadership in her profession and community. engineering.pitt.edu/news/20…
Lisa Maillart (right), with the Virginia Tech mascot and her husband, Brent, also a double Virginia Tech graduate (photo: courtesy of Virginia Tech)

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Lisa Maillart (right) with Eileen van Aken, department chair at Virginia Tech Industrial and Systems Engineering (photo: courtesy of Virginia Tech)

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An IEEE PES Outstanding Student, a triple scholar, and an aspiring singer-songwriter, Kaye Baron (@PittECE) has thrived at Pitt. As he prepares to defend his thesis on Nov. 3, his story reflects the importance of pursuing worthwhile endeavors. engineering.pitt.edu/news/20…
Kaye Baron holding a plaque on the Pitt campus

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Jen Tini and Kaye Baron standing near a road sign to the George Amphitheater in Washington State.

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Kaye Baron onstage, performing at the Original Pittsburgh Winery

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The Society of Women Engineers has recognized the University of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh section for its exceptional member retention in 2026. SWE also celebrated the SWE Pittsburgh Professional Section for its mission recognition. 🎉 engineering.pitt.edu/news/20…
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Congratulations to Piervincenzo Rizzo (@PittCivilEnvEng)! He received a $234,017 grant through the Federal Railroad Administration supporting his new rail-monitoring technology designed to stop heat-related train derailments before they happen. engineering.pitt.edu/news/20…
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In Pitt class Innovating for Public Impact, students collaborate with community partners to solve problems. Last spring, they worked with the PA National Guard, Pittsburgh Technology Council, and City of Pittsburgh. This spring, new challenges await. engineering.pitt.edu/news/20…
Chris Thorton and Maria Alexander in a rescue helicopter in Hawaii

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Samiya Henry and Maria Alexander at a PA National Guard booth

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A team of Pitt researchers (@PittMEMS) traveled to the Idaho National Laboratory to field-test a new fiber-optic ultrasonic acoustic-sensing system designed to keep spent nuclear fuel canisters safe, successfully demonstrating the technology’s feasibility. engineering.pitt.edu/news/20…
L – R: Khurram Naeem, Ryan Meyer (Oak Ridge National Lab), Yang-Duan Su, Paul Ohodnicki, and Gordon Peterson (Idaho National Lab) at the testing facility in Idaho Falls.

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A team of researchers at Pitt’s Swanson School (@ChemePitt) and @Pitt_Chemistry have found a way to make computer predictions about hard-to-model metals more accurate. Their research is published in Nature Communications (@NatureComms). engineering.pitt.edu/news/20…
Kay Carter-Fenk and John Keith

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Pitt’s Lei Fang (@PittCivilEnvEng) and his research into turbulence have been featured in @QuantaMagazine. Check out this great article: quantamagazine.org/sea-monke…
Lei Fang and Xinyu Si in Fang's lab

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Over a 38-year career at Boeing, Swanson School Distinguished Alumnus Tony Parasida (BS CE '78) (@PittCivilEnvEng) helped develop aircraft like the V-22 Osprey and the F/A-18 Super Hornet, rising from the drawing board to the Executive Council. engineering.pitt.edu/news/20…
Tony Parasida and his wife, Mariann, in Honfleur, France

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Tony Parasida's boat, ROC

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L - R: Michele Manuel, Tony Parasida, and Vikas Khanna during the 2026 Distinguished Alumni Banquet

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The Swanson School (@PittCivilEnvEng) welcomed PennDOT and HDR engineers Nicholas Burdette (BS CE ’04), Keith Cornelius (BS CE ’02), Jason Zang (BS CE ’97), and Mike Szurley (UPJ BS CET ’03) to discuss their work replacing the Commercial Street Bridge. engineering.pitt.edu/news/20…
L-R: Nicholas (Nick) Burdette, Michael (Mike) Szurley, Jason Zang, and Keith Cornelius

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Juan Jose Mendoza-Arenas (@PittMEMS) and his research team have shown that a method originally developed to analyze correlated quantum systems can be used to calculate the properties of an entirely different kind of quantum system: quantum turbulence. engineering.pitt.edu/news/20…
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Thanks to a $100,000 Howmet Aerospace Foundation grant, Pitt Space and STEMNetX are partnering to launch Pitt ORBIT, a summer research program immersing Pitt undergrads in space engineering research (@PittECE) and preparing them for careers in the field. engineering.pitt.edu/news/20…
STEMNetX fellows at the SHREC Center on the Pitt campus

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📷 Pitt’s IDEA Lab (@PittMEMS) collaborated with Silly Surfacing and Innovation Works’ Robotics Factory to develop and demonstrate the tech for a pothole-filling robot. See what happens when Pitt alumni, staff, and students work with industry partners: engineering.pitt.edu/news/20…
The IDEA Lab team (L-R): Brandon Barber, Daniel Yates, Buddy Clark, and Amelia Gordon

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Silly Surfacing's prototype in action, filling a pothole with cold asphalt

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Silly Surfacing's prototype on a trailer at the U-PARC facility to demonstrate the technology

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With the fall semester in full swing, we're happy to have Jangwon Park as a new assistant professor in Industrial Engineering @Pitt_IE. He uses IE methods to strengthen healthcare systems and improve patient care. engineering.pitt.edu/news/20…
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Brandon Grainger (@PittECE) has been named the Deputy Editor-in-Chief (Academia) of IEEE Power Electronics Magazine! 🎉 For Grainger, it’s an opportunity to continue giving back to the IEEE community and to build stronger networks worldwide. news.engineering.pitt.edu/br…
Brandon Grainger standing next to awards and a collection of lanyards.

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A collection of Power Electronics Magazine covers

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Three years after converting its Formula SAE car to electric power, Pitt’s Panther Racing finished third overall at the Michigan International Speedway this past June, its best finish in team history. news.engineering.pitt.edu/pl…
Panther Racing's FSAE car in the rain, leaving a trail of mist

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Panther Racing's team celebrating its third-place finish at the Michigan International Speedway

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Panther Racing's FSAE car on the tarmac of the Michigan International Speedway with team members standing around and behind it

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Recognized for contributions to the field of fluid-structure interaction and his mathematical analysis of the Navier–Stokes equations, Pitt's G. Paolo Galdi (@PittMEMS) will be officially welcomed into the Learned Society of the Czech Republic on Sept. 15! news.engineering.pitt.edu/pi…
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