The department is proud of its graduate alumni, who have been successful in both the academic and the industrial sectors. MS and Ph.D. graduates of the MEMS department have found employment in and hold leadership positions in major research, consulting, faculty, and management positions in companies such as:
- Alcoa
- Applied Materials
- Antenna Research Associates
- Arconic
- Associated Environmental Systems
- AstraZeneca
- Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc.
- Boeing Commercial Airplane
- FedEx
- ExOne
- Mistras Group, Inc.
- Naval Nuclear Laboratory
- NanoLumens
- Pella Corporation
- PNC
- PPG
- Teva Pharmaceuticals
- TCR Associates
- United States Steel Corporation
- Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc.
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
- USPTO
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- VOLVO Group Trucks Operations
- Westinghouse Corporation