Mechanical Engineering

University of California, Berkeley

Overview

The Department of Mechanical Engineering is located in Etcheverry Hall, on the Berkeley campus. The campus is centered in the San Francisco Bay Area, and next door to Silicon Valley. This geographical location places our faculty, staff, and students in one of the most exciting areas in the world for mechanical engineering at the beginning of the 21st century. The Department’s research projects are primarily funded by the National Science Foundation, governmental agencies, and the many industries located around Berkeley and the Silicon Valley. In this dynamic environment our students find themselves inundated with job offers and exciting career opportunities throughout the United States, as well as worldwide.

With the turn of the century, the field of mechanical engineering enters a particularly vital era. The “information age,” born in the last century, has already affected every aspect of our discipline and, without a doubt, revolutionized the field of mechanical engineering.

At the beginning of the 20th century, mechanical engineers designed and worked with large rotating machines. Today, our work spans all areas of energy production and transfer, as well as the vast area of system design and control. A survey of the faculty's current research projects is a voyage through a world complex enough to include robotics, miniaturization, automated manufacturing, automated highway systems, biomaterials, computer mechanics, improved efficiency internal combustion engines, and the dynamics and control of both ground vehicles and aircraft.

Undergraduate Programs

Mechanical Engineering: BS, Minor
Materials Science and Engineering/Mechanical Engineering: BS (Joint Major)
Mechanical Engineering/Nuclear Engineering: BS (Joint Major)
Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration: BS (Joint Major)

Graduate Programs

Mechanical Engineering: MEng, MS, PhD

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Courses

Mechanical Engineering

Contact Information

Department of Mechanical Engineering

6141 Etcheverry Hall

Phone: 510-642-1338

Fax: 510-642-6163

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Department Chair

Christopher Dames, PhD

6143 Etcheverry Hall

Phone: 510-643-7013

cdames@berkeley.edu

Vice Chair of Instruction

Hayden Taylor, PhD

6159 Etcheverry Hall

Phone: 510-642-4901

hkt@berkeley.edu

Vice Chair of Graduate Study

Shawn Shadden, PhD

6185 Etcheverry Hall

Phone: 510-664-9800

shadden@berkeley.edu

Director of Student Services

William Orta

6187 Etcheverry Hall

Phone: 510-642-5085

worta@berkeley.edu

Student Affairs Officer

Isabel Blanco

6189 Etcheverry Hall

Phone: 510-642-6780

miblanco@berkeley.edu

Student Affairs Officer

Yawo Dagbevi Akpawu

6189 Etcheverry Hall

Phone: 510-642-5084

yawo@me.berkeley.edu

Student Services Advisor

Karren Bautista Tanisaki

6175 Etcheverry Hall

karren@berkeley.edu

Student Services and DEI Advisor

Patrick Civello, MS

6193 Etcheverry Hall

Phone: 510-642-4094

civello@berkeley.edu

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