Mechanical Engineering

Welcome to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Apr 09

Engineering beneath the surface Opens in new window

Students build an autonomous underwater vehicle that can perform tasks important to the maritime industry, including exploring, detecting, and manipulating objects and deploying projectiles underwater.

Apr 09

A creative home on campus

Sophomore Maya Beach finds inspiration in IDeATe, both in and out of class

Apr 04

Mission accomplished Opens in new window

CMU engineers and scientists undertook more than 45 research projects to develop artificial intelligence approaches to enable the use of metal additive manufacturing for the U.S. Army.

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Graduate study in Mechanical Engineering

Undergraduate program

Research: Innovation. Multidisciplinary collaboration. Complex problem solving. Our faculty, researchers, and students are revolutionizing focus areas in advanced manufacturing, bioengineering, computational engineering, energy and the environment, product design, and robotics. They collaborate with experts in multidisciplinary research centers across the university. Intrigued? Explore our research areas.