Welcome to the Engineering Design and Optimization Group.
We are a Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering lab.
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Our Mission
We specialize in a variety of fields, such as
Active and Passive Materials and Design
Additive Manufacturing
Biomimicry
Compliant Mechanisms
Design Optimization
Origami Engineering
Simulation Based Design
Smart Structures and Actuators
Smart Surgical Tools
EDOG Events
EDOG Lab Spotlight, February 2024
EDOG White Elephant, December 2023
EDOG Brainstorming Retreat, May 2022
EDOG Gathering at Circleville Park, September 2021
EDOG 20th reunion, July 2019
More photos from our 20th reunion here
EDOG 20th reunion slideshow
EDOG lab video created by first-year students in Dr. Frecker’s ME109S class
Dr. Frecker’s research in the EDOG lab
An Introduction to Compliant Mechanisms
The FACTs of Mechanical Design by Jonathan Hopkins at UCLA