Department Contacts

Karen Thole

Department Head

136 Reber Building

814-865-2519

kthole@psu.edu

Juls Scott

Administrative Coordinator

137B Reber Building

814-863-0663

jrk30@psu.edu

Erin Hendrick

Communications Strategist

226 Reber Building

814-865-0058

emc5045@psu.edu

Qian Wang

Associate Head for Administration

138A Reber Building

814-865-8281

quw6@psu.edu

Eric Marsh

Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs

236B Reber Building

814-865-5242

emarsh@psu.edu

Angela Lesko

Education Program Associate

140A Reber Building

814-863-5628

axf124@psu.edu

Lori Yarger

Administrative Support Assistant

139 Reber Building

814-863-1503

lay1@psu.edu

Jennifer Lachendro

Curriculum Adviser

advising@me.psu.edu

Daniel Haworth

Associate Head for Graduate Programs, Interim

140 Research Building East

814-863-6269

dch12@psu.edu

Rachel Reed

Graduate Program Coordinator

127 Reber Building

814-863-5629

rxr725@psu.edu

Ashley Ammerman

Administrative Support Assistant

127 Reber Building

814-865-1345

alb5678@psu.edu

Thomas Houck

Business and Operations Director

132A Reber Building

814-863-6381

tlh149@psu.edu

About

With more than 60 faculty members, 330 graduate students, and 800 undergraduate students, the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering embraces a culture that welcomes individuals with a diversity of backgrounds and expertise. Our faculty and students are innovating today what will impact tomorrow’s solutions to meeting our energy needs, homeland security, biomedical devices, and transportation systems. We offer B.S. degrees in mechanical engineering as well as resident (M.S., Ph.D.) and online (M.S.) graduate degrees in mechanical engineering. See how we’re inspiring change and impacting tomorrow at me.psu.edu.