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.

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

The Department of Mechanical Engineering and the College of Engineering – Aerospace Engineering are generating an applicant pool of qualified temporary instructors to teach regular and Summer Session courses, should an opening arise. Click for more information on the positions and how to apply.

Mechanical Engineering Seminars

InSight Mars Lander – Instrument Deployment System

Friday, September 20, 2024 @ 3:00 p.m.
3110 Etcheverry Hall


Dr. Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu
Principal Robotics Engineer, Deputy Chief Engineer, and Assistant Division Manager
Autonomous Systems Division 34, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology

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.