Swanson School of Engineering Professors Named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

MEMS' William "Buddy" Clark and ChemE's Steven Little are the 9th and 10th Pitt faculty to be selected as NAI Fellows since its inaugural class named in 2015

Creating Good Friction: Pitt engineers aim to make floors less slippery

Swanson School collaborators Kurt Beschorner and Tevis Jacobs will use a NIOSH award to measure floor-surface topography and create a predictive model of friction

Solar Rover Race in MEMS 0024

Shedding Light on the Value of Solar Power

Pitt Researcher Receives $3MM DOE Award to Give Rural Utilities Behind-the-Meter Insights into Solar Power

Lightening the Load of Multi-Material Manufacturing with 3D Printing

NSF Future Manufacturing program Awards $500K to Pitt, CMU Engineers

Finding the Fountain of Youth for Catalysts

Pitt Engineers Develop a New Method to Extend the Catalytic Lifetime of Nanoparticles

Battery Pack Hack for a Bicycle Boost

Pitt Nuclear Engineering Awarded $1.6 Million in Research Funding from U.S. DOE

The award, part of $61 million in DOE funding, will focus on the Swanson School's strengths in Fuel Cycle R&D

Capturing the Huge Impacts of Tiny Organisms

Pitt Chemical Engineer Receives $315K from NSF to Replicate Microbial Systems

Designing New Alloys for Additive Manufacturing

Origami Powered by Light

Pitt and CMU Researchers Develop High-Torque Light-Powered Actuator

Finding Inspiration in the Stars

Pitt Senior Aarti Patel Receives Competitive Brooke Owens Fellowship for Women in Aerospace Industry

Breathing Easier with a Better Tracheal Stent

Pitt Researchers Demonstrate First Successful Use of Biodegradable Magnesium-alloy Stent for Pediatric Patients

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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.