About EPP
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. 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, the department also addresses
issues in technology and organizations and technology and
economic development, focusing in particular on India and
China. We frequently undertake the development of new software
tools for the support of policy analysis and research. We
also study issues in engineered systems and security.
Graduate Studies and Research
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The graduate program in Engineering and Public Policy educates
technically skilled men and women at the doctoral level to
be leaders in policy-focused research. We work on policy problems
in which the technology matters - - problems in which technology
cannot be treated as a black box. Policy-focused research
differs from policy analysis in three important ways: it takes
a longer term perspective; it takes a more fundamental perspective;
and it may focus on the development of theory and of analytical
tools and techniques as well as on solving specific problems.
Undergraduate Program
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At the undergraduate level, Engineering and Public Policy
is committed to educating students-with-a-difference, for
careers in conventional engineering. To accomplish this, joint
degree programs are offered with all five of the University's
traditional engineering departments and with Computer Science.
These programs allow undergraduates to complete all the conventional
requirements for an engineering degree, while also developing
important skills in economics, social analysis, history, and
policy analysis. A Technology and Policy minor is available
for students not in engineering or computer science.
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The faculty in Engineering and Public Policy are a mixture
of engineers and social scientists. Because of Carnegie Mellon's
unique institutional environment, which supports and encourages
interdisciplinary research, most EPP faculty hold joint appointments
with traditional disciplinary departments. Jointly appointed
EPP faculty regularly involve their more traditional disciplinary
colleagues in EPP research. As a result of such collaboration,
in research as well as in undergraduate teaching programs,
the department is an integral part of the broad fabric of
engineering and social analysis research and teaching at Carnegie
Mellon.
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