Department of Mechanical Engineering

Program Director: Professor Abhijit Chandra

The design and manufacturing innovation program centers on transforming resources into useful and desirable products, cutting across all phases of the design and manufacturing cycle. In each phase, the transformation process is characterized in terms of innovation, quality, and efficiency. Novel experimental, computational, and analytical techniques are developed to advance our understanding of these transformation processes, as well as to study practical applications, including chemical mechanical planarization, laser processing, tribology at the micro/nano-scale, surface engineering, and characterization for biomedical applications. The interplay among engineering, the marketplace, and the regulatory environment influences design and manufacturing decisions. Our efforts contribute to better theories, models, and technologies that improve the realization of products.