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Engineering professor receives DOE Early Career Research Program Award

$3.2M to fund flu-bacteria interaction study in 3D-bioprinted lung platform

2025 Roy Awards recognize materials research with potential far-reaching impact

Engineering Learning Factory to host end-of-semester capstone design showcase

ICDS Quantum Hub awards Quantum SuperSEED grants

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Community-Based Approaches to Mitigate the Effects of Substance Use Disorder

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Physics of nanoscale spectral imaging beyond diffraction limit

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Engineering Design Strategies for Safe and Resilient Housing

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The Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics

The Penn State Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) is an internationally distinguished department that is recognized for its globally competitive excellence in engineering and scientific accomplishments, research, and educational leadership.

Our Engineering Science program is the official undergraduate honors program of the College of Engineering. We also offer graduate degrees in ESM, engineering mechanics, and engineering at the nano-scale.

We strive to offer a comprehensive education in which our students obtain the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary engineering and scientific skills that enable them to pursue successful careers as world-class engineers across a wide range of disciplines.

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