Centered around Carnegie Laboratory, which has for over a century embodied the state-of-the-art in manufacturing, PAE embraces the latest tools, processes, and aesthetics in the pursuit of holistic design innovations. Students utilize completely the capacities of a high-caliber engineering and science university to develop customized materials encompassing exquisite form and unparalleled functionality.

The central goals and objectives of this program are:

• The interdisciplinary study of industrial design, engineering and architecture with nascent production methodologies and emerging materials
• The exploration of expressive form and integrated functional capabilities
• The immersion into advanced digital media and its impact on design
• The performance of interactive physical and digital environments