On June 6 and 7, participants gathered in Philadelphia for a two-day retreat, offering the Project ELEVATE community a valuable chance to connect, engage in professional development, and build relationships with future collaborators, mentors, and sponsors. Participants explored the importance of diverse relationships in their personal and professional lives, practiced active listening to appreciate their […]

Drs. Alaine Allen and Neetha Khan traveled to Portland Oregon to present a poster on the Project ELEVATE Alliance work. The Annual Conference is the single largest gathering of the year for ASEE members.  They represented the Project ELEVATE team at the poster session and a conference proceedings paper was published throughout the conference. https://nemo.asee.org/public/conferences/344/papers/42670/view

Paulette Clancy was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2023.She is the Edward J. Schaefer Professor in Engineering and is known for her work incomputational materials processing.– Learn More –

Dennice Gayme was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2023.She is the associate professor of Mechanical Engineering and Carol Croft Linde Faculty Scholar– Learn More –

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Collaborative Pairs Pilot Project Awards support pairs ofinvestigators and their teams to explore innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to addresscritical challenges in the fields of neurodegenerative disease and fundamental neuroscience.Jeremias Sulam, an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering andaffiliate of the Mathematical Institute for Data Science and the Center for Imaging […]

Rama Chellappa is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor in electrical andcomputer engineering and biomedical engineering and chief scientist at the Johns HopkinsInstitute for Assured Autonomy. Chellappa is honored for seminal contributions to the theoryand practice of image/video processing and computer vision arenas resulting in inventions,technologies, and systems that have improved the lives of many worldwide. – […]

Join us at the 2024 Project ELEVATE Retreat to experience a transformative journey like no other! This year’s agenda is crafted to inspire, educate, and rejuvenate. We’re bringing together a dynamic lineup of speakers, innovative workshops, and engaging team-building activities. Whether you’re seeking to deepen your professional skills, expand your network, or simply recharge, the […]

Project ELEVATE Faculty Member Dr. Tagbo Niepa presented at the 2nd US-Africa Frontiers Symposium, organized by the National Academy of Science Engineering and Medicine in Rabat, Morocco in January 2024. Following the symposium, Dr. Niepa visited both the Higher Institute of Biotechnology and the Pasteur Institute of Tunis in Tunisia. He also visited Open Startup, a non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship in Africa. […]

Congratulations to our colleague, Dr. Linda DeAngelo on receiving the 2023 Provost’s Award for Diversity in the Curriculum at the University of Pittsburgh! The award recognizes DeAngelo’s work in redesigning her EFOP 3014 Higher Education Institutional Strategic Planning course, a cornerstone of the school’s Doctor of Education (EdD) in Higher Education program. Linda is a co-PI and evaluator […]

Congratulations to Project ELEVATE Faculty member Professor Destenie Nock who received the 2023 George Tallman Ladd Research Award in the College of Engineering! Professor Destenie Nock was the recipient of the prestigious George Tallman Ladd Research Award in recognition of her exceptional work in the domains of energy transitions and justice. Professor Nock is an assistant professor with appointments […]