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.

Upcoming EPP Events & Seminars

Check each posting for RSVP info*. CEIC Seminar info available here

Seminar: "A Spatial Ecology of Structural Holes: Scientists and Communication at a Biotechnology Firm" by Christopher Liu (Thu Feb 18 2010 12:00PM)

E&TIM sponsored: "Toward the Bionic Human: Medical Devices and How They Are Powered" with Esther Takeuchi (Mon Feb 22 2010 4:30PM)

E&TIM sponsored: Are You the Generation That Will End AIDS?" with Margaret Johnston (Mon Mar 1 2010 4:30PM)

* Open Event Invite-Only Event

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News Highlights

Fuchs speaks at the House of Representatives
Feb 2010

On February 3, EPP Assistant Professor Erica Fuchs spoke at the House of Representatives, Washington DC, on The Impact of Offshore Manufacturing on Technology Innovation: Implications for U.S. Policy in an event sponsored by the Infor...
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EPP PhD students work to make campus events zero-waste
Feb 2010

EPP doctoral students Mike Blackhurst and Vanessa Schweizer and Tepper/CEE MS student Justin Parisi work with Carnegie Mellon's Green Practices Committee and Orientation 2010 planners, striving to make orientation a zero-waste event. The plan formed after the students attended a student workshop at ...
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Cranor co-receives "Privacy Nudges" Google award
Feb 2010

Lorrie Cranor, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Public Policy; Norman Sadeh, Professor of Computer Science; and Alessandro Acquisti, Associate Professor of Information Technology in the Heinz College, received a $400,000 Google Focused Research Award for a project called "...
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Cranor quoted in CNET article, "Mozilla Weighs Privacy Warnings for Web Pages"
Feb 2010

EPP Professor Lorrie Cranor is quoted in the CNET article "Mozilla Weighs Privacy Warnings for Web Pages."

Ilic Receives Alumni Award from Alma Mater
Feb 2010

Professor Marija Ilic (EPP/ECE) will be honored with a 2010 Alumni Achievement Award from her alma mater, Washington University in Saint Louis (Missouri), on Thursday February 18, 2010.

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