Visitor Information-Mechanical Engineering - Carnegie Mellon University

Visitor Information

The Department of Mechanical Engineering is located primarily in Scaife Hall, with several labs and facilities also located in Hammerschlag Hall. The administrative offices are located on the 4th floor of Scaife Hall, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, with main telephone +1-412-268-2500 and fax +1-412-268-3348. We routinely host visiting scholars, subject to availability of office space and a faculty sponsor. Prospective students should see our page especially for them.

Corporate Visitors - Partner With Us

Our research centers and strong faculty-industry ties have yielded an impressive record of private-academic partnerships and strategic relationships.  Moreover, our students have benefited from and provided value to the firms with whom we partner, including (to name just two) Kennametal and Ford Motor Company. 

Partnership with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon can take many forms and ultimately we hope to create a two-way value proposition for you.  We invite you to explore partnership opportunities further using the menu below or on the left.  Please contact our department to discuss how we might best partner with you.

  • Invest in the department: Together we can co-educate the engineers of tomorrow. 
  • Recruit the most capable students to lead your company into the future.
  • Sponsor research that addresses cross-discipline, real-life problems. The results are world-changing solutions.

Academic Visitors

The breadth of educational opportunities we offer our students helps us to achieve our goal of leading a Renaissance in mechanical engineering education. We are achieving this by emphasizing the needs of individual students, by allowing flexibility in our curriculum, and by preparing our students to contribute to new fields and to the global economy.  Through such approaches, we strive to serve the best interests of our current and future students, our alumni, and our partners in industry and academe.