Twelve people stand in front of a turbine in a lab.

Mechanical engineering faculty member recognized with NSF early career award

3D printing of medical devices focus of $2 million NSF grant

Tamy Guimaraes recognized for building connections between Brazil and U.S.

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Student capstone project highlighted by industry consulting company

$26M START Lab expansion to advance sustainable power and propulsion

Propelling the future: A Q&A with START Lab Director Karen Thole

Eleven alumni to receive College of Engineering's highest honor

Berks LaunchBox co-working companies celebrate major milestones

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Mar
23

Gas Turbine Seminar Series —Challenges of Compressor Aerodynamics

Speaker: Lisa Brilliant
Discipline Chief for Compression Systems Aerodynamics, Pratt and Whitney

125 Reber
3:30 p.m.

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Mar
28

Mobilizing frequency comb lasers for precision sensing in energy and climate applications

Speaker: Dr Greg Rieker
University of Colorado Boulder

135 Reber Building
3:35 p.m. - 4:35 p.m.

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Apr
11

Strategies for tackling the computational cost of modeling reacting fluids and related problems

Speaker: Dr. Kyle Niemeyer
Oregon State University

125 Reber Building
3:35 p.m. - 4:35 p.m.

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About the Department

Welcome to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State. With more than 60 faculty members, 290 graduate students and 650 undergraduate students, our department 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 a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering as well as resident (M.S., Ph.D.) and online (M.S., M.Eng.) graduate degrees in mechanical engineering.

I invite you to explore our department, academics, and research.

Mary Frecker
Department Head

Undergraduate Majors

Mechanical Engineering
Dual Mechanical/Biomedical Engineering

Resident Graduate Degrees

M.S. in Additive Manufacturing and Design
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

Online Graduate Degrees

M. Eng. in Additive Manufacturing and Design
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

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Student Organizations

American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Society of Women Engineers
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
National Society of Black Engineers
Pi Tau Sigma
PSU Robotics Club
Penn State Formula SAE
EcoCar Team
3-D Printing Club
Unmanned Aerial Systems Club
Lunar Lion

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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.