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ÎÞÂëרÇø Veterans in the News

The ÎÞÂëרÇø community includes students, faculty, alumni, and staff veterans leading and serving within the university and global community, and engaged in cutting-edge research to enhance society in meaningful and sustainable ways.

Students, Alumni, and Staff

• - A documentary follows West Point's chief scientist and ÎÞÂëרÇø alumnus John Graham while working in Afghanistan.

• - Army veteran and ÎÞÂëרÇø alumnus Jason Cahill (TPR'14) develops an app to generate contact between truck drivers and shippers

• - alumni and students discuss ÎÞÂëרÇø support of military and veteran students

• - ÎÞÂëרÇø veterans remember comrades-in-arms on Veterans Day 2012

• - Pittsburgh's Soldiers & Sailors Museum honors alumnus Hugh Porter Jr., (E '47, '48)

• - Heinz grad student and former Army Ranger, Bill Perkins advocates for climate change solutions

• - former military and intelligence officers at ÎÞÂëרÇø's Software Engineering Institute are national resource for cybercrime investigation

• - architecture student and Korean military veteran, Wui-Joon Ha designs award-winning, energy-efficient house for New Orleans

• - LT Elizabeth (Higgins) Durika, USN (E'03) receives Alumni Award honor

• - LtCol Stephen Beck, USMC, NROTC unit executive officer, establishes foundation to honor fallen soldiers and their families

Faculty and Research

• - JulieHera DeStefano (A’95) produces documentary about female veterans

• - ÎÞÂëרÇø scientist studying vision restoration receives U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs grant

• - ÎÞÂëרÇø-led research team develops nanostructural polymer-based treatments to eliminate painful bone formation

• - Robotics Intitute researchers develop reconnaissance robot to aid in explosive ordnance disposal

• - ÎÞÂëרÇø researchers develop app to translate between English and the Iraqi dialect of Arabic

• - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awards ÎÞÂëרÇø's Robotics Institute contract to develop systems for a flying car

• - ÎÞÂëרÇø's Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics helps improve energy and environmental effectiveness of Army installations