Research / Areas of ResearchCore Disciplines
The foundation of research in the Mechanical Engineering Department is built across three core disciplines, which broadly define our research strengths.
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Design and Manufacturing
This discipline integrates predictive science; design methodologies; advanced manufacturing and surface engineering technologies; and cyber-infrastructure to innovate products, services and systems that address societal challenges and achieve environmental sustainability.
Cross-cutting Research Areas Represented in this Discipline
- AI and Design
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Biosystems and Health
- Computational Engineering
- Energy and Sustainability
- Micro/Nanoengineering
- Robotics and Autonomy
![Faculty breakdown by cross-cutting research area within the Design and Manufacturing Core Discipline](../../images/research/research-areas/design-and-manufacturing-chart.jpg)
Faculty in This Discipline
Mechanics and Materials
This discipline applies fundamentals of solid and fluid mechanics from molecular to continuum scales to innovate in biomaterials, biosystems, composites, micro/nano systems, interfacial/surface engineering, thermal transport systems, nondestructive characterization, and computational methods.
Cross-cutting Research Areas Represented in this Discipline
- AI and Design
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Biosystems and Health
- Computational Engineering
- Energy and Sustainability
- Micro/Nanoengineering
![Faculty breakdown by cross-cutting research area within the Mechanics and Materials Core Discipline](../../images/research/research-areas/mechanics-and-materials-chart.jpg)
Faculty in This Discipline
- Oluwaseyi Balogun
- Horacio Espinosa
- Sandip Ghosal
- Yonggang Huang
- Sinan Keten
- Sridhar Krishnaswamy
- Victor Lefèvre
- Seth Lichter
- Wing K. Liu
- Richard Lueptow
- Kenneth Park
- Neelesh Patankar
- John Rudnicki
- Gregory Wagner
Robotics and Biosystems
This discipline studies the fundamentals of dynamics, control, and robotics applied to human/machine interaction, haptics, sensors, MEMS, nanoscale medicine and systems engineering, neural engineering, neuromechanics, and rehabilitation engineering.
Cross-cutting research areas represented in this group
- AI and Design
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Biosystems and Health
- Micro/Nanoengineering
- Robotics and Autonomy
![Faculty breakdown by cross-cutting research area within the Robotics and Biosystems Core Discipline](../../images/research/research-areas/robotics-and-biosystems-chart.jpg)