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Breathing Easier Now

Years of research persistence are paying off for Engineering Professor William Federspiel, left, who helped develop an artificial lung device that is the basis for start-up ALung Technologies, Inc...Learn more >

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TissuGlu Start-Up Success

Engineering professor Eric Beckman co-founded Cohera Medical, Inc., around a medical adhesive that he and his Pitt collaborator developed. But he is the first to admit the company needed a CEO...Learn more >

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NETL Research Partners

Pitt engineering professors Jeff Vipperman,left, and William Clark have transformed their collaborative valve research into a long-term partnership with the National Energy Technology Laboratory...Learn more >

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Cold, But No Ice

On the surface, engineering professor Di Gao’s research effort doesn’t look like much to the naked eye. But look closely and you’ll see a hairy surface coating that actually prevents water from...Learn more >

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Tiny Bubbles

Pitt professor Flordeliza Villanueva and her colleagues are using tiny microbubbles to pioneer new ultrasound techniques for detecting and treating cardiovascular and other diseases—a field with...Learn more >

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Wheelchair Safety Champ

The pages of visiting professor Linda van Roosmalen’s personal lab notebook are filled with sketches of wheelchairs, casters, ratcheted restraint systems, and other retention devices—all new ideas...Learn more >

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Radio-Frequency Energy

Engineering professor Marlin Mickle has become, arguably, the most active Pitt Innovator at the University of Pittsburgh, thanks to a large portfolio of innovations developed around ambient, or...Learn more >

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Sonic Flashlight

Bioengineering professor George Stetten has devoted much of the past 10 years developing at least eight prototypes for an ultrasound-based device that provides real-time tomographic images from...Learn more >

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225 Years of Building Better Lives

“The University’s commemoration of the 225th anniversary of our founding is an ideal time to reflect on Pitt’s accomplishments in providing individuals with abundant opportunities ‘to build better lives,’ for themselves and their communities,” said Chancellor Nordenberg....Learn more >
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Pitt aims to prove therapy can offer new cancer hope

A human clinical trial under way at UPMC's Hillman Cancer Center in Shadyside will help determine whether a combination of approved drugs based on a new theory of cancer can "revolutionize cancer therapy."...Learn more >
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Pitt in Top 3 Among Publics Universities, Top 5 Among All Universities in Federally Financed Research and Development Expenditures

The University of Pittsburgh ranks third among public institutions of higher education and fifth among all universities, public and private, in its federally financed research and development (R&D) expenditures, according to the latest figures issued by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)....Learn more >
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