Penn State Berks Engineering

Congratulations, Penn State Berks Mechanical Engineering Class of 2026!

Congratulations, Chem E's!

Penn State Chem-E-Car earns regional award, qualifies for global competition | Penn State University Penn State’s Chem-E-Car team, part of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) student chapter, placed first out of 21 schools in the Chem-E-Car Performance Competition at the 2026 AIChE Mid-Atlantic Conference. This recognition qualifies the team for the 2026 Annual Student Conference...

Congratulations, Penn State Berks!

Carnegie recognizes Penn State Berks as a high-access, high-earnings college | Penn State University Penn State Berks has been named to the prestigious Carnegie Opportunity Colleges and Universities – High Access, High Earnings Classification. Of the over 3,700 U.S. institutions evaluated, only 478 — or 16% — received this designation, which runs through 2028.

Super exciting!

Penn State places fourth, breaks school record in Shell Eco-Marathon competition | Penn State University The Penn State Shell Eco-Marathon Team finished in fourth place at the 2026 Shell Eco-Marathon United States Challenge, which took place April 7-11 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis.

Congratulations!

Ag department head earns American Society of Civil Engineers award | Penn State University Suat Irmak, professor and head of Penn State’s Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, received the prestigious Royce J. Tipton Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers at the 2026 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, held April 26-29 in Mobile, Alabama.

Congratulations, Mark!

Penn State Berks Senior Spotlight: Mark Longenberger | Penn State University When Mark Longenberger graduates on Saturday, May 9, he will have earned both a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Penn State Berks and a master’s degree in applied statistics from Penn State World Campus. The master’s degree is an integrative undergraduate-graduate degree progra...

ME student makes a difference. Great job, Emily!

Penn State Berks students travel to Seattle area for Alternative Spring Break | Penn State University During Penn State's spring break, 10 Penn State Berks students, joined by students from Penn State Harrisburg and Penn State Scranton, participated in the University's annual Alternative Spring Break trip, a service trip that allows them to travel to different areas each year. This year, students tr...

Mechanical Engineering at Penn State steps into the future!

Penn State Advanced Vehicle Team accepted into EcoCAR Innovation Challenge | Penn State University Penn State’s Advanced Vehicle Team has been accepted into the U.S. Department of Energy and Argonne National Laboratory’s four-year EcoCAR Innovation Challenge, which tasks university students with designing and building intelligent mobility solutions and innovative products using emerging techn...

There's a new industrial engineering option!

New degree option and courses launched in service systems engineering | Penn State University Penn State’s Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering has launched new curricula for students interested in the service sector. These include a specialized service systems engineering option for the bachelor of science degree program in industrial engineering, ...

Engineers are so cool!

The robot Cambrian explosion: Penn State researchers advance biorobotics | Penn State University Biodiversity mushroomed nearly 540 million years ago in what is known a the Cambrian explosion. Now, robotics are on the brink of their own Cambrian explosion, facilitated by Penn State researchers.