Research

The Department has developed five strategic research foci areas, Energy and Sustainability, Bioengineering, Thermofluids, Cyber-Physical Systems and Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Manufacturing. We have also outlined the faculty areas of expertise to better guide you as to what faculty you may be interested in working with during your graduate education.

Visit our Digital Repository to view Mechanical Engineering research papers.

Strategic Research Areas

Finding a Major Professor

We encourage you to send an email communication to faculty with whom you have a specific match in research area. Please avoid sending generic emails to all faculty. If a faculty member is interested in following up on your communication, they will do so. If you do not receive any return communication, we suggest you wait 2-3 weeks before attempting another contacting them again. Faculty always prefer email communication. Please understand that the purpose of your communication is simply to ‘advertise yourself’ rather than to seek a response.

Visit the Faculty Directory to view individual research interest areas and contact information.