Engineering and Public Policy (EPP) is a unique department in the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University which addresses important problems in technology and policy in which the technical details are of central importance. The department offers a research-oriented Ph.D. program and double-major undergraduate B.S. programs with each of the five traditional engineering departments and Computer Science.

Research in the department focuses on problems in:

  • energy and environmental systems
  • information and communication technology policy
  • risk analysis and communication; and
  • technology policy and management (including technological innovation
    and R&D policy).

Across these four focal areas we also study issues in engineered systems and domestic security, issues in technology and organizations and issues in technology and economic development (focusing in particular on Brazil, China, India, and Mexico). We frequently undertake the development of new software tools for the support of policy analysis and research.



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News Highlights


Sep 2009

EPP Department Head and CCSReg Director Granger Morgan spoke to International Pittsburgh Coal Conference attendees at the Westin Convention Center, Downtown Pittsburgh on Sept 21 about the necessity for the US and coal industry to begin serious research on the us...  
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Sep 2009

EPP and SDS professor Baruch Fischhoff will join conference discussion in an event hosted by Carnegie Mellon in celebration of the G-20 Pittsburgh Summit. The conference entitled, "Renewing Globaliz...  
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Sep 2009

On September 21, 2009, College of Engineering Dean Pradeep Khosla and University Professor and EPP Department Head M. Granger Morgan will host Newsweek/MSNBC Political Editor Howard Fineman and reporters from The Wall Street Journal and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for a discussion entitled: 'How Jou...  
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Sep 2009

Cliff Davidson, EPP and CEE professor and founding director of Carnegie Mellon's Center for Sustainable Engineering, has been organizing workshops globally to educate engineers and managers about the importance of engineering and sustainability. ...  
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Aug 2009

EPP Department Head M. Granger Morgan was selected to receive the 2009 Distinguished Educator Award by the Society for Risk Analysis. The award will be presented during the SRA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland in December 2009. Warm congratulations to Granger from all of EPP!


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