University Affiliated Labs and Centers

The vast resources available at Penn State means there are many opportunities for interdisciplinary research. Our faculty collaborate with colleagues across the University through cross-discipline research centers and institutes. Mechanical engineering faculty are affiliated with several research units.

Applied Research Laboratory
Center for Acoustics and Vibrations
Center for Neural Engineering
Institute for Natural Gas Research at Penn State
Materials Research Institute
Materials Computation Center
The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
Penn State Institute of Energy and the Environment
The Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence
Huck Institute of the Life Sciences

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.