Are you ready to get involved? Most Carnegie Mellon students participate in activities beyond the classroom to round out their educational experience. We encourage you to explore MechE’s undergraduate student organizations and participate in the professional and social activities they sponsor each semester.
In addition, the university offers hundreds of clubs, activities, and volunteer experiences, open to all students regardless of major.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is an international organization for the profession with a student chapter at Carnegie Mellon. Student membership offers the opportunity to develop professional skills and learn more about mechanical engineering. The chapter sponsors technical presentations by engineers in the industry, tours of companies and laboratories, and social activities.
Carnegie Mellon Racing is Carnegie Mellon's chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). The team designs and builds a fully electric Formula 1 style race car to compete with university Formula SAE teams around the world. It is accessible to mechanical engineering students of different experience levels, backgrounds, and areas of study. The group also sponsors presentations by engineers working in the automotive industry.
Source: Carnegie Mellon Racing
Carnegie Mellon Rocket Command introduces students to model rocketry. Students build and launch rockets individually, as competing teams, and as a club. Advanced builders have opportunities for national certification. The group was selected to participate in the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Student Launch competition.
Source: College of Engineering
Carnegie Mellon Solar Raching is a team of engineers that design and build an 18 foot long, entirely solar-powered boat to race in the annual National Solar Splash Competition
Source: Carnegie Mellon Solar Racing
Tau Beta Pi is the national engineering honor society. Membership, which is offered to students who rank near the top of their class, provides the opportunity to meet students in other departments.
Pi Tau Sigma, the International Mechanical Engineering Honor Society, sponsors information sessions and events for Mechanical Engineering (MechE) students including Employer Breakfasts for MechEs as part of the Technical Opportunities Conference (TOC).
The Student Advisory Council (SAC) Leaders provide feedback and recommendations to the department on new ideas and ways to enhance the undergraduate experience. The leaders include representatives from the sophomore, junior, and senior undergraduate classes that are hired during the fall semester of each academic year.