When instruction suddenly switched from in-person to distance learning, ME faculty and staff worked together to plan, create, assemble, and distribute lab kits to students for their laboratory instruction.
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ME Student Access Machine Shop Virtual Tour
ME Rising Stars Workshop
The Rising Stars workshop supports senior graduate students and postdocs who are considering careers in academia.
Join Us Remotely on May 19th for a Celebration of the Berkeley Engineering 2020 Graduates
We invite all graduates, their families and friends and the college community to join us remotely on Tuesday, May 19th.
Coronavirus Resources
To help prepare for disruptions, please refer to our Coronavirus Resources page.
ME Open Positions
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley seeks candidates for tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant Professor level, and temporary instructors to teach regular and Summer Session courses.
Berkeley Mechanical Engineers & LLNL Researchers Invent Real-Life “Replicator”
A new 3D printer uses light to transform gooey liquids into complex solid objects in only a matter of minutes.
The Mechanical Service Group Shop
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!
Upcoming Events
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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.
Building Better Batteries to Provide Renewable Energy Anytime, Anywhere
Adjunct Prof Ravi Prasher describes new materials for the batteries of the future.