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NETL Regional University Alliance (NETL-RUA)
About NETL-RUA – Member Universities: Carnegie Mellon University

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University Name:

Carnegie Mellon University

Location:

Pittsburgh, PA (main campus), campuses in Silicon Valley and Qatar; programs in Asia, Australia, Europe, and Mexico

Founded:

1900

RUA Member since:

2010

Enrollment:

5,950 undergraduate students;   5,400 graduate and doctoral students

Mission Statement:

To create and disseminate knowledge and art through research and creative inquiry, teaching, and learning, and to transfer our intellectual and artistic product to enhance society in meaningful and sustainable ways.

To serve our students by teaching them problem solving, leadership and teamwork skills, and the value of a commitment quality, ethical behavior, and respect for others.

To achieve these ends by pursuing the advantages of a diverse and relatively small university community, open to the exchange of ideas, where discovery, creativity, and personal and professional development can flourish.

RUA Capabilities: 

Carnegie Mellon has a group of centers and institutes that facilitate collaborative research across departments and colleges and with partners in academia, industry, and government.  The following list represents centers and institutes focused in research areas that are particularly relevant to the NETL mission:

  • Center for Advanced Process Decision-Making
  • Center for Complex Fluids Engineering
  • Center for Iron and Steelmaking Research
  • Materials Research Science & Engineering Center
  • Center for Multiscale Modeling for Engineering Materials
  • Carnegie Mellon University Electricity Industry Center
  • Center for Sustainable Engineering
  • Center for Nanoenabled Device and Energy Technologies
  • Green Design Institute
  • Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education & Research
  • Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies
  • Climate Decision Making Center
  • Smart Grid Research Center

Carnegie Mellon operates specialized and unique facilities that play important roles in research projects of importance to NETL.  These facilities include:

  • J. Earl and Mary Roberts Microstructural Characterization Suite
  • Carnegie Mellon Nanofabrication Facility (Nanofab)

Highlighted Researchers:

University RUA Contact:

Andy Gellman, 412-268-2230