Welcome to The School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

The School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at WSU has one of the largest undergraduate programs in the Pacific Northwest, with about 1000 students and 45 faculty members spread across three sister campuses (the main campus at Pullman, and sister departments at Everett, Tri-cities, and Bremerton). Our graduate student and postdoctoral researcher populations are growing, underpinned by continuously increasing annual research expenditures (currently over $9m), with over 130 PhD students and 60 MS students. It is one of few schools where both Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) programs are offered under the same roof, allowing our students to be reared in a highly interdisciplinary, enriching environment.
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Researchers build bee robot that can twist
With four wings made out of carbon fiber and mylar as well as four light-weight actuators to control each wing, the Bee++ prototype is the first to fly stably in all directions.
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WSU researcher awarded fellowship for plastic recycling research
Wangcheng Liu received a Washington State Research Foundation fellowship for his work turning post-consumer plastics into building blocks for environmentally friendly products.
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WSU students awarded for helping solve NASA’s moon dust problem
A group of Washington State University students could have a hand in helping NASA astronauts stay safe from moon dust once they’re on the moon’s surface.
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