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Congratulations to Fang Peng (@PittECE)! IEEE recently honored him with its prestigious Medal in Power Engineering for his work to transform Z-source and modular multi-level converter technology. news.engineering.pitt.edu/ieee-honors-pi…

Congratulations to Sabrina Helbig (@PittECE)! Innomotics has awarded her the 2026 Peter Hammond Award, which recognizes a remarkable Pitt graduate student working to advance the field of electric power conversion. news.engineering.pitt.edu/10-year-annive…

This February, Brandon Grainger (@PittECE) attended the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science award event to recognize remarkable middle and high school leaders in STEM and to get them thinking about engineering education and career pathways. news.engineering.pitt.edu/powering-a-bri…

Pitt students Iyan Nekib (BS ECE ’25 ) and PJ Granieri (@PittECE) had an amazing opportunity to partner with Microsoft to solve a real-world issue in the OpenEBS Mayastor storage engine. It gave them a crash course in cloud-native computing. news.engineering.pitt.edu/two-heads-in-t…

Congratulations to Jillian Zitcovich, Anthony Spadafore, Joaquin Tristan, Jack Wasco and Alexis Shafer! The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power and Energy Society has recognized them with PES scholarships. news.engineering.pitt.edu/five-pitt-elec…

From playing guitar to help pay his way through @PittECE to designing microprocessors at Intel and fueling innovation at DARPA, Robert Colwell (BS EE ’77) knows well the power of fearless curiosity, inspiring mentors, and leading with kindness. news.engineering.pitt.edu/in-fearless-pu…

Congratulations to Nathan Youngblood @PittECE! For his pioneering work to advance optical computing, he has received a prestigious Friedrich Wilhem Bessel Research Award from Germany’s Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. news.engineering.pitt.edu/harnessing-the…

Our students shined at the Fall 2025 Design Expo, solving real-world industry problems collaboratively and creatively. Congratulations to all the teams for their amazing designs! news.engineering.pitt.edu/fall-2025-seni…

Congratulations to Mai Abdelhakim! She was recognized with an Excellent Service Award at three co-located IEEE conferences held in downtown Pittsburgh on Nov. 11 – 14. news.engineering.pitt.edu/pitts-mai-abde…

Kudos to our @McMasterU & @ChemePitt colleagues!

Thanks to @ThePittNews for this great feature about our amazing computer engineering senior, Cooper Sainiak!pittnews.com/article/199017…

Join industry, academic, and national laboratory leaders at the IEEE Workshop on Security and Resiliency of Critical Infrastructure and Space Technologies on Tuesday, November 11, at the Wyndham Grand Hotel in Pittsburgh. news.engineering.pitt.edu/keeping-system…

Congratulations to the SHREC team for another amazing achievement! NASA adopted a radiation-tolerant computer system developed here at Pitt—and the system was deployed on the moon! pittwire.pitt.edu/features-artic…

Congratulations to Kara Bocan! IEEE - HKN recognized her as the 2025 C. Holmes McDonald Outstanding Teacher. news.engineering.pitt.edu/self-determine…

Adam Balawejder BSECE '07 MSECE '10 was an amazing young alumnus who gave back to the next generation of engineers as an adjunct professor in our First Year Engineering Program. Our hearts go out to his family, friends and colleagues. legacy.com/us/obituaries/…

Thanks to Pitt Magazine for this awesome story about the Swanson School's ongoing contributions to electric power research! pittwire.pitt.edu/magazine/featu…

Congrats to our @PittECE alumnus Darryl Peek BSCoE '07 on his new appointment at @Elastic! hstoday.us/industry/peopl…

We are saddened to share the loss of an outstanding @PittECE triple alumnus, Ryan Brody BS '18, MS '20, PhD '22, who had just started a new career with Auriga Space. Details for visitation and a celebration of life will be announced at a later date. tributearchive.com/obituaries/420…

Today we celebrate our 2025 @NSF Graduate Research Fellows! Heather M. Phillips (Engineering Science/@PittECE) and Katelin Rahn (@PittBioE), as well as alumna Annette Thompson (@ChemePitt)! Congratulations as well to our Honorable Mentions! news.engineering.pitt.edu/new-round-of-n…

The numbers are out - and the Swanson School is ranked #24 among public graduate engineering programs by @usnews. news.engineering.pitt.edu/swanson-school…