EPP is a unique department in the College of Engineering at CMU focused on solving problems at the interface of science, technology, and society.
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#ICYMI: Watch Professor Lorrie Cranor (@lorrietweet), @CyLab Director, chat with @MikeyHoodKDKA and @KDKAHeather of @KDKA’s TALK PITTSBURGH about her new children’s book “Privacy, Please!” and share strategies for teaching kids about #privacy: cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/video…
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EPP is excited to welcome Joseph DeCarolis, who officially assumed his role as department head on November 1.
The real-world impact at the heart of EPP’s work and conveying that impact more broadly are central to DeCarolis’s vision for the department.
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30 Oct 2025
EPP faculty, staff, and students turned out to celebrate Baruch Fischhoff's new book, Decisions: Studying and Supporting People Facing Hard Choices. The @cmist_cmu / EPP event featured insightful discourse between Fischhoff and EPP founding faculty member Granger Morgan.
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Congratulations to emeritus faculty Chris Hendrickson, who was honored with the National Academies Transportation Research Board’s 2025 Roy W. Crum Award. Awardees are recognized for their outstanding achievements in transportation research. 👏
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6 Oct 2025
Prospective EPP grad students:
GrASP is a volunteer group of EPP graduate students here to help you navigate the application process, which we know can be daunting. We match applicants to mentors who offer support and resources.
Signups begin 10/10: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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29 Sep 2025
EPP's Paulina Jaramillo has been named a trailblazing Hispanic woman in tech!
Dr. Jaramillo is a visionary who pursues growth opportunities for both own research and the Department. We are thrilled to see this well-deserved recognition of her work.
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22 Sep 2025
EPP's Paulina Jaramillo was quoted by AP News regarding a National Academy of Sciences response to a Federal proposal to revoke the 2009 endangerment finding.
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9 Sep 2025
Increased electric vehicle adoption can essentially make the power system greener by leading to new investment in sustainable power generation and storage methods, according to new research from faculty in @CMU_EPP, @CMU_CEE, and @CMUMechE.
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27 Aug 2025
Most US adults say they are concerned about data privacy while traveling, but few take steps to keep theirs safe. Lorrie Cranor (@lorrietweet), @CMU_EPP professor and @CyLab director, tells @PCMag that users may be prioritizing convenience over security.
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14 Aug 2025
EPP and @CMU_CEE PhD student Emily Zuetell (center) was one of the environmental experts who spoke alongside Rep. Summer Lee (right) at a press conference for @actonclimateUS's national Extreme Weather Emergency Tour.
13 Aug 2025
The April storms that hit Pittsburgh left many without power, exposing gaps in our storm infrastructure.
Proud to join the Extreme Weather Emergency Tour today. We need federal investments to combat the climate crisis driving extreme weather.
When disaster hits, it’s our people who suffer the most.
ALT Rep. Summer Lee joins the Extreme Weather Emergency Tour to call for stronger federal investments to combat the climate crisis driving extreme weather in Western Pennsylvania and across the country.
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5 Aug 2025
Jeff Anderson (PhD ’21), Haibo Zhai, & Paul Fischbeck, with David Rode, find the deployment of 99% capture rate CCS can reduce post-decision regret and increase the ease of a net-zero emissions decision with Inflation Reduction Act tax incentives.
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21 Jul 2025
EPP's @JJMichalek spoke with Meghan McCarty Carino at @Marketplace about the impacts of Federal clean energy incentive rollbacks.
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16 Jul 2025
The @CarnegieMellon Summer Academy for Math and Science featured a master class and lab tour on the environmental impacts of iron and steelmaking, led by Valerie Karplus (EPP), Chris Pistorius (@cmu_mse), and EPP researchers Elina Hoffmann and Annabel Hu.
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16 Jul 2025
CMU’s Critical Technology Initiative, founded and directed by EPP's Erica Fuchs, hosted DARPA Service Chiefs and Innovation Fellows in June.
EPP's Lorrie Cranor and Christophe Combemale were two of the faculty presenters.
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26 Jun 2025
How have you been riding out this heat wave?
To better understand how transportation behavior changes in extreme heat, EPP and @CMU_CEE researchers analyzed patterns in the use of driving services like Uber and Lyft under heat warnings and advisories.
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18 Jun 2025
In a recently published paper, researchers in EPP and @cmu_mse studied the degradation impact of different fast charging scenarios across multiple electric vehicle battery chemistries.
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9 Jun 2025
EPP’s Ramteen Sioshansi was quoted in Marketplace about how discontinuing Energy Star, an energy efficiency program, could increase electricity demand.
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9 Jun 2025
Could educational video games influence physicians’ willingness to adhere to clinical practice guidelines? CMIST and @CMU_EPP's Baruch Fischhoff contributed to recently published research into behavioral interventions targeting physician performance. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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5 Jun 2025
Ramteen Sioshansi spoke to Marketplace about supply chain delays from increased demand for natural gas turbines due to new data centers.
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20 May 2025
EPP faculty, staff, students, and alumni had a great time at the annual DC Study Tour!
The trip gives EPP grad students an up-close view of the DC policy world, including visits to think tanks, government agencies, consulting firms, and a networking happy hour.
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