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
Pitt’s Tatsuya Sakurahara Named to Nuclear News 40 Under 40 List
Tatsuya Sakurahara, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and materials science at the University of Pittsburgh...
At “Powering What’s Possible,” Pitt Opens a Conversation about Pittsburgh’s Energy Future
At its Powering What’s Possible event on Oct. 28, the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering invited...
Where a Classroom Meets Community
The University of Pittsburgh’s Liz Caruso teaches students to embrace uncertainty. In her course Innovating for Public...
Listening for Trouble
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering have partnered with Pittsburgh startup...
Juan José Mendoza-Arenas Found a New Use for an Existing Mathematical Tool
A paper from the lab of Juan José Mendoza-Arenas illustrating an extraordinary example of mathematical efficiency was...
Events
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...