Student Organizations

As the largest engineering department on campus, we have an extremely active student body and offer many ways for you to have some fun with your fellow students while enhancing your engineering education. The groups listed here are just a sample of the ways you can get involved. Unless otherwise specified, student interest and activity groups that are open to undergraduates are also open to graduate students.

Professional Societies

• ASME National Organization
• ASME Student Chapter
• American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers
• Society of Automotive Engineers
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers
• Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society

Diversity in Engineering

• American Indian Science and Engineering Society
• Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
• Society of Women Engineers

Special Interest

• Engineering Ambassadors
• Nittany Rocket Labs
• Penn State Formula SAE – Penn State Racing
• 3-D Printing Club
• Penn State Advanced Vehicle Team
• Unmanned Aerial Systems Club
• Robo X
• Penn State Shell Eco-Marathon Team
• Adventure & Travel Society

Internationally Focused

• Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
• Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW)

Graduate Student Councils and Organizations

• Group Involving Graduate Students and Faculty Engineers: Mechanical (GIGAFEMS): Contact Margaret Byron to join.
• Engineering Graduate Student Council
• Graduate Student Association
• Graduate Outreach and Leadership Development (GOLD): Contact Margaret Byron to join.