Department Contacts

Department Head Office

Mary Frecker

Department Head

137 Reber Building

814-865-1617

mxf36@psu.edu

Jackie O'Connor

Associate Head for Faculty

111 Research Building East

814-863-1502

quw6@psu.edu

Tahira Reid Smith

Associate Head for Inclusive Research & Education

201 Reber Building

814-863-1673

tpr5404@psu.edu

Buffy Ripka

Administrative Support Assistant

339 Leonhard Building

814-865-6492

dqr4@psu.edu

Undergraduate Program

Siu Ling “Pansy” Leung

Associate Head of Undergraduate
Programs

138 Reber Building

814-863-1653

szl12@psu.edu

Sachin Gore

Director of Undergraduate Studies

140B Reber Building

814-865-2002

szl12@psu.edu

Jennifer Lachendro

Curriculum Adviser

advising@me.psu.edu

Angela Lesko

Education Program Associate

140A Reber Building

814-863-5628

axf124@psu.edu

Julia Snyder

Administrative Support Assistant

140 Reber Building

814-863-1503

jms1672@psu.edu

Graduate Program

Robert Kunz

Associate Head for Graduate Program

140 Research Building East

814-865-2144

rfk102@psu.edu

Megan Peters

Graduate Program Coordinator

127 Reber Building

mbp5460@psu.edu

Business Office

Chad Bressler

Administrative Support Coordinator

132 Reber Building

814-865-5561

cmb8325@psu.edu

Leo Caprio

Administrative Manager

132D Reber Building

814-863-7372

ldc5204@psu.edu

About

With more than 60 faculty members, 330 graduate students, and 1,000 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.