匹兹堡大学的可持续工程（SE）小组是环境与可持续工程和绿色设计的下一代跨学科教育和研究。SE聚集了具有前瞻性和热情的教师，他们在研究，教育和外联方面采用跨学科的协调方法。可持续工程课程解决了21世纪最紧迫的问题。我们让学生参与全面的研究生课程，以解决可持续发展中的多方面问题和挑战。强调跨学科的教育和研究，以便学生学习创新的方法来理解和提供解决当今社会面临的复杂问题的方法。该计划的灵活性和协作性使学生能够集中精力研究自己感兴趣的问题，同时利用各种学科的相关知识。
The focus of the Systems Engineering Program (Systems) is understanding complex large-scale systems and developing tools for their design and operation. Such systems encompass built elements in the broad sense (infrastructures transportation, structures, etc.), societal systems (social networks, populations enterprises), and natural systems (land water, air). These systems are at the core of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the 21st Century.<br><br>The understanding of how such systems work requires knowledge about the constitutive laws that govern them, such as traffic flow, fluid mechanics, structural mechanics, and smart networks. It also requires an understanding of the theoretical paradigms that are used to model, control and optimize such systems. These include the theories of computation, control theory, optimization, behavioral economics, sensor networks, statistics, and signal processing.<br><br>In response to these challenges, the Systems Program provides courses that cover both field knowledge and technical/theoretical tools. This is reflected in the curriculum. We offer masters and doctoral degree programs providing the key skills, e.g., technological, mathematical, or social scientific, as well as the knowledge for a broad range of engineering domains. Our graduates lead the next generation of research, start-ups, industrial corporations, and public-sector organizations.