Engineering and Public Policy (EPP) Department at Carnegie Mellon University

Ramteen Sioshansi, EPP professor and associate department head for graduate affairs, has been elected to a two-year term as president-elect of the Energy Natural Resources & Environment section of INFORMS. The term begins December 1 and will be followed by a two-year term as president. Congratulations, Ramteen! https://lnkd.in/ewTxby5m

EPP's Christophe Combemale is one of the speakers at the first Manufacturing Futures Institute seminar of the semester on Tuesday October 15. The presentation, Incentive Compatible and Robust Workforce Transition Support, will cover opportunity cost as a potential barrier to training participation, estimation strategies for possible wage gains from training, and feasibility conditions for firms and workers to reach agreements that result in increased training and workforce development. The seminars are open to all CMU faculty, postdocs, students and staff. https://lnkd.in/eVrp5nup

We're proud and excited that EPP's Valerie Karplus is moderating a panel at AI Horizons Pittsburgh summit on Monday! Get the full details on Valerie's panel here: https://lnkd.in/ennBiEK3

We're hiring! The Department of Engineering & Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University is hiring for an exciting new tenure-track faculty position: artificial intelligence and public policy. Are you interested in using artificial intelligence to address public policy problems, or in advancing research in public policy applied to how artificial intelligence develops and is used? EPP is a unique engineering department in Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering that focuses on the critical intersection between technology and society. Learn more about this opportunity to join our top-notch researchers. https://lnkd.in/esqrJPtA #Hiring #CMU #CarnegieMellon #AI #Policy #FacultyPosition

Prospective Engineering and Public Policy students: EPP graduate students are here to help you navigate the application process! GrASP is a volunteer group of current EPP graduate students interested in helping to answer any questions you might have, connecting you with available resources, and supporting you through a smooth application process.?These services are available to all applicants, regardless of race, ethnicity or background. A key mission of the group is to increase the diversity of the student body. If you have any specific requests about what you would like to get out of the mentorship program, the type of students (research interests, demographics, or any other characteristics) you would like to be paired with, please include that information in the comment section of the Google form and GrASP will aim to accommodate those requests when possible. https://lnkd.in/eKTvbbc4

A new study from Engineering & Public Policy researchers examines how credits offered in the Inflation Reduction Act may incentivize diversification in the electric vehicle battery supply chain, reducing reliance on China and the vulnerabilities that come with that dependency. https://lnkd.in/eA9AuR55 Jeremy Michalek Anthony Cheng Erica Fuchs

This exciting new research was led by EPP PhD candidate Anna Cobb, with contributions from faculty across three CMU engineering departments including EPP's Jeremy Michalek and Destenie Nock, PhD.

I am happy to announce that as part of my AAAS Congressional Fellowship, I will be working in Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez's office in the House of Representatives. Congresswoman Leger-Fernandez represents New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District, covering the Northern and Eastern parts of New Mexico. Her district includes Santa Fe, several Pueblos, parts of the Navajo Nation, and parts of the Permian Basin. New Mexico is a microcosm of the challenges and opportunities for the energy transition. It has oil & gas production but also enormous solar potential. It will need a lot of transmission to get solar power to load centers. It has some of the worst energy poverty in the country and is dealing with climate change's impacts (wildfire, water resource issues). Policy will play a crucial role in addressing these issues, and I am thrilled with the opportunity to work with the Congresswoman.

Congratulations to EPP's Paulina Jaramillo and Erica Fuchs, as well as the six other College of Engineering professors, on being selected as endowed chairs!

EPP PhD candidate Sabrina Curtis wrote "What’s happening to Chinook Salmon? Traditional Knowledge & Research Experts' Understandings and Perspective," a piece informed by her research into increasing resource management resilience in the face of climate change, for the YUKON RIVER DRAINAGE FISHERIES ASSOCIATION newsletter "Yukon Fisheries News" (p. 13). Curtis, a federally recognized Dena'ina tribe member who is co-advised by Valerie Karplus and Baruch Fischhoff, combines western scientific methods and traditional indigenous knowledge for a uniquely holistic research approach. https://lnkd.in/e-mXZ8Wm