Department Led Research Centers

Select faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering are at the helm of University-wide research centers, uniting disciplines and researchers, innovating technology in emerging areas and inspiring change in their respective fields.

Battery and Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Center

Chris Rahn, Chao-Yang Wang, Donghai Wang

Center for Biodevices

Mary Frecker

Center for Gas Turbine Research, Education and Outreach
Jacqueline O’Connor

Convergence Center for Living Multifunctional Material Systems
Zoubeida Ounaies

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.