University of California, Berkeley Mechanical Engineering

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ME Rising Stars Workshop

The Rising Stars workshop supports senior graduate students and postdocs who are considering careers in academia.

Student Resources

Departmental and campus resources for undergraduate and graduate students.

Mechanical Engineering Student Access Machine Shop

The Mechanical Engineering Student Access Machine Shop is available for students who will be working on projects and research related to our academic mission. In order to use the ME Student Shop, students must complete our training course. Registration begins 8/28/2024. For more information, click to see our Shop Training page.

ME Open Positions

Faculty Positions The University of California, Berkeley, Department of Mechanical Engineering seeks applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level in the core areas of Dynamics or Fluid Mechanics. The deadline to apply is Friday, November 15, 2024.

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!

Shoe-string Theory

Finally – why your shoelaces keep coming untied, and why that matters for understanding failure in knotted structures.

Chest sound waves

Partnered with bioengineers, ME students developed a low-cost alternative to the chest x-ray.

Redesigning wind power

Mechanical Engineers and industry advisor Tom Flynn, from California Energy and Power, have designed an efficient, bird-safe turbine that operates vertically, rather than horizontally.