Institution name

Carnegie Mellon University

Contact address for international enquiries

5000 Forbes Ave
PITTSBURGH 15213

Telephone

+1 412 268 5231

Venue / office name

Carnegie Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Address

Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue Wean Hall 3325
PITTSBURGH
Pennsylvania
15213

Venue description

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) is one of seven academic departments in Carnegie Institute of Technology, the engineering college at Carnegie Mellon. MSE has a long and distinguished tradition in materials education and research. The Facilities offered are electron microscopy facilities, x-ray equipment, light optical devices, mechanical testing devices, heat treating, melting, and pressure treating devices, electronic and magnetic measurement devices, spectrophotometers and chemical analyzers, thermal measurement devices, sample preparation, computer equipment, miscellaneous.

Telephone number

+1 412 268 2700

Is accommodation available at this venue?

Yes

Accommodation details

The Office of Housing Services offers traditional single-gender residence halls, co-educational residence halls, suites, apartments, houses, fraternity and sorority houses, and special interest housing. For the environmentally minded, New House is the Silver LEED certified residence hall on campus, constructed using green practices. First-year undergraduate students are required to live on campus and housing is guaranteed for four years. Nearly 75 percent of students remain on campus throughout their undergraduate experience. Housing and Dining Services is committed to providing quality accommodations and food service for the Carnegie Mellon community. University housing will be smoke-free, except for Webster Hall and Fairfax Apartments. Currently there are designated resident hall floors that offer smoke-free living; a particularly desirable alternative for living options in the university housing system. Housing Services provides each resident with a bed, desk, chair, bookshelf, dresser and closet or wardrobe. Each room has window coverings; some living areas also have floor coverings. Residents supply such items as pillows, bed linens, bedspreads, curtains, area rugs, etc. Residential room rates include utilities, maintenance, basic cable service, Ethernet or broadband Internet and a telephone connection in each accommodation. Residents pay separately for room and public area damages, premium cable channel service, and telephone usage. University residences are divided into three categories at Carnegie Mellon: rooms, apartments and houses.