By Matt Cichowicz, Communications Writer | Pitt Swanson Engineering News PITTSBURGH (October 16, 2017) … Gas turbines serve a variety of power generation purposes ranging from jet engine propulsion to electricity production. Their impressive energy output also results in high-temperatures capable of causing extreme damage Read More
Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering recently received an award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to design, develop and optimize new metallic alloy compositions for additive manufacturing (AM) that are resistant to the effects of Naval/maritime environment. The research is led by Wei Xiong, Read More
By Paul Kovach | Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (June 13, 2017) … The advantages of additive manufacturing (AM) – from building complex structures for specific environments to repairing damaged components – continue to be grow as the technology matures. However, there Read More
America Makes recently awarded a contract to the University of Pittsburgh for developing computational “latticework” for additive manufacturing (AM). The University of Pittsburgh will be in partnership with Acutec Precision Machining Inc, Alcoa Inc, ANSYS Inc and ExOne. In an effort to gain a better understanding Read More
by Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh Modeled from patient’s own bones and tissues, biodegradable scaffolds would enable better growth and healing PITTSBURGH (March 7, 2014) … Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering and McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine (MIRM) Read More
