Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Focus Areas

Research at Iowa State’s Department of Mechanical Engineering covers a broad range of topics:

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There are currently active research programs in the following:

  • building energy utilization
  • combustion
  • computer integrated design and manufacturing
  • computational fluid mechanics and heat transfer
  • dynamic systems and control
  • fluid mechanics
  • heat transfer
  • internal combustion engines
  • laser applications
  • multiphase flow
  • polymeric materials and composites
  • radioactive waste
  • robotics
  • solid modeling
  • sustainable technologies
  • tribology and surface engineering
  • vehicular dynamics
  • virtual reality