The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS) is the largest in the Swanson School, with more than 40 primary faculty whose expertise spans advanced manufacturing, energy and power systems, solid and fluid mechanics, smart materials, robotics, controls, acoustics, computational engineering, and nanotechnology.
Faculty are active researchers who bring current work directly into the classroom, and the department emphasizes critical thinking and hands-on problem solving at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Learn more about our faculty and their work through the spotlight series.
Congratulations to our Spring 2026 graduates!
News
Plugging In, Tuning Up, and Taking Third
Folk singer Bob Dylan famously took the stage at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, plugged in an electric guitar, and...
Pitt’s G. Paolo Galdi Elected a Foreign Member of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic
In an age of increasingly powerful computers, G. Paolo Galdi solves complex equations with pencil and paper. A...
A “RARE” Opportunity
From July 19 – 24, Pittsburgh was in safe hands. More than 200 researchers from around the world dedicated to assessing...
Swanson School of Engineering Launches “Leadership Conversations”
The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering is introducing “Leadership Conversations,” a speaker series...
Amin Salehi-Khojin Named Chair of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Pitt
“Amin understands how decisions about faculty recruitment, academic programs, facilities, and external partnerships...
Events
MEMS Department Seminar Series: Prof. Benoit Forget
Host: NNL 2026-2027 NNL Distinguished Lecture - Prof. Benoit Forget, KEPCO, Professor, Nuclear Engineering MIT Topic -...
MEMS Department Seminar Series: Dr. Danielle Maddix Robinson
Host: Inanc Senocak Dr. Danielle Maddix Robinson (virtual), Principal Research Scientist, Siemens Physical AI Topic -...
MEMS Department Seminar Series: Prof. Sunčica Čanić
Host: Paolo Galdi Prof. Sunčica Čanić, Professor Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley Topic - Advances in...
MEMS Department Seminar Series: Dr. Vaibhav Yadav
Host: Tatsuya Sakurahara Dr. Vaibhav Yadav, Distinguished Staff Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory Topic - Can...
MEMS Department Seminar Series: Prof. Craig Arnold
Host: Mostafa Bedewy Prof. Craig Arnold, Susan Dod Brown Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton...
MEMS Department Seminar Series: Assoc. Prof. Xiang Yang
Host: Juan Jose Mendoza Arenas Assoc. Prof. Xiang Yang, Kenneth K. & Olivia J. Kuo Early Career Professor, Penn...