No days off
No days off

MEMS Student Zachary Kushnir is training to become the nation’s top athlete for karate

A guiding star for stronger representation in engineering
A guiding star for stronger representation in engineering

Recent graduate Emma Ahlgren is one of 15 students to receive a SWE Guiding Star Award

Boating Magazine: Pitt students hone engineering (and life) skills in electric boat competition
Boating Magazine: Pitt students hone engineering (and life) skills in electric boat competition

College Students Build Electric Boats, Experience, and Confidence at University of Pittsburgh

Powering Up Magnetics Research
Powering Up Magnetics Research

AMPED Consortium Holds NSF IUCRC Planning Meeting

Improving the Function of Functional Materials via 3D Printing
Improving the Function of Functional Materials via 3D Printing

Pitt MEMS Professor Paul Ohodnicki Leads TMS and DOE Accelerator Report on Additive Manufacturing for Energy-Related Functional Materials

How Imperfections Can Actually Improve Alloys
How Imperfections Can Actually Improve Alloys

Pitt Researchers Publish Method to Make Alloys Both Strong and Ductile By Leveraging Materials’ Defects

Getting it to stick: grabbing CO2 out of the air
Getting it to stick: grabbing CO2 out of the air

Direct air capture is hard to do. Pitt researchers are designing new materials that selectively catch carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

Gut in a Capsule - The Microbiome as Medicine
Gut in a Capsule - The Microbiome as Medicine

Pitt Chemical Engineer Tagbo Niepa Receives $2M from the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award for Work Manipulating the Human Microbiome

New Software Platform Advances Understanding of the Surface Finish of Manufactured Components
New Software Platform Advances Understanding of the Surface Finish of Manufactured Components

Scientists from University of Freiburg, Germany, and the University of Pittsburgh develop platform that combines measurements of surface topography in a digital twin

Pitt ECE & MEMS Researchers Win 2022 R&D 100 Award
Pitt ECE & MEMS Researchers Win 2022 R&D 100 Award

Referred to as the "Oscar of Innovation" the award recongizes groundbreaking optical sensors for harsh environments

Going Heavy Metal
Going Heavy Metal

Pitt is the only university in the U.S. with this giant 3D printer for metal

Understanding Friction, the Unavoidable Enemy
Understanding Friction, the Unavoidable Enemy

New Research Published in Nature Nanotechnology Unveils First Visualization of Friction at the Atomic Level

Making an Artificial Heart Fit for a Human
Making an Artificial Heart Fit for a Human

Recreating the heart's helical structure-function relationship with focused rotary jet spinning

Understanding Bacterial Biofilms
Understanding Bacterial Biofilms

Tagbo Niepa Receives $663K NSF CAREER Award for Work on Biofilm Micromechanics and Metabolic Properties

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS)

The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS) is the largest in the Swanson School of Engineering in terms of students and faculty. All of our programs are ABET-accredited. The Department's core strengths include:

  • Advanced Manufacturing and Design
  • Materials for Extreme Conditions
  • Soft Matter Biomechanics
  • Computational and Data-Enabled Engineering
  • Cyber-Physical Systems and Security
  • Nuclear and other Sustainable Energies
  • Quantitative and In Situ Materials Characterization

MEMS faculty are not only world-renowned academicians, but accessible teachers who seek to inspire and encourage their students to succeed. The Department also has access to more than 20 laboratory facilities that enhance the learning process through first-rate technology and hands-on experience. Each year, the Department graduates approximately 150 mechanical and materials science engineers per year, with nearly 100% placed in excellent careers with industry and research facilities around the globe.

 

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