The Department of Mechanical Engineering’s physical offices will be closed indefinitely as part of COVID-19 response.
Faculty and Staff are still working and available to assist you via email, phone, or Zoom.
Mechanical Engineering Seminars
The Department of Mechanical Engineering regularly hosts seminars from academic and industry professionals. For more events that may be of interest, check out the campus-wide UC Berkeley Events calendar.
Stay tuned for future ME seminar announcements!
Coronavirus Resources
To help prepare for disruptions, please refer to our Coronavirus Resources page.
ME Rising Stars Workshop
The Rising Stars workshop supports senior graduate students and postdocs who are considering careers in academia.
Berkeley Mechanical Engineering is one of the top ranked public mechanical engineering programs in the nation and is consistently ranked as one of the top mechanical engineering departments in the world. Our teaching and research laboratories are among the most active, innovative and productive worldwide. Our faculty and students come from highly diverse backgrounds and represent the best and brightest from all over the world.
New Staff Spotlight: Carolyn Clark
The Department of Mechanical Engineering would like to introduce you to one of our newest staff members: Carolyn Clark.
Carolyn joined us here in Etcheverry Hall in the Fall of 2019. Carolyn is the department’s new director for student services for the departments of Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering. Carolyn has worked at the University of California, Berkeley for over 11 years.
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New Faculty Spotlight: Michael Gollner
The Department of Mechanical Engineering would like to introduce you to one of our newest faculty members: Assistant Professor Michael Gollner.
Professor Gollner joined us here in Etcheverry Hall in the Spring of 2020. Click to learn more about Professor Gollner and his research into how fires spread, how emissions from fires are generated and how buildings ignite, with the goal of reducing their devastating effects in the future.
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“Mechanical Engineering is a career which follows a never-setting sun.” – The Journal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1963)
Spring 2020 – ME Student Access Machine Shop Safety Orientation Training
Registration for the ME Student Access Machine Shop Safety Orientation Training will begin on Monday, January 6, 2020.
Registration and successful completion of our prerequisite, bCourse ME Student Access Machine Shop Orientation, MUST be completed by Wednesday, February 19, 2020.
The ME Student Access Machine Shop is available for students who will be working on projects and research related to our academic mission. Click for more information on the requirements and how to register!
ME Open Positions
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley is generating an applicant pool of qualified temporary instructors to teach regular and Summer Session courses, should an opening arise. This pool will remain open until April 8, 2021. The appointment will begin at the beginning of Fall, Spring or Summer semester. The department is also seeking applicants for Teacher Special Programs (TSP), should an opening arise.
Click for more information on the positions and how to apply.