Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Research

Research Thrusts

Dynamics and Controls

  • Control Theory and Algorithms
  • Autonomous and Distributed systems
  • Navigation and Flight Systems
  • Machine Learning


Fluid Dynamics and Propulsion

  • Aeroacoustics
  • Aeroelasticity
  • Biomedical Flows
  • Combustion Theory
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Electrosprays
  • Jet & Rocket Propulsion
  • Multiphase Flow
  • Turbomachinery


Thermal and Transport Sciences

  • Combustion and Emissions
  • Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Advanced Energy Systems
  • Renewable Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Atomization and Sprays
  • Reaction Kinetics
  • Nanomaterials

Mechanics of Materials and Structures

  • Active Materials
  • Advanced Manufacturing 
  • Composites
  • Defect Formation/Propagation 
  • Deformation and Failure
  • Machine Learning
  • Morphing Structures
  • Nanoscale Mechanics
  • Uncertainty Quantification


Systems and Design

  • Design and Control of MEMS
  • Machine Information Systems Integration 
  • Computer Aided Design
  • Robotics including Microrobotics
  • Biomechanics
  • Carbon and Magnetic MEMS
  • CD-Based Fluidics
  • Rehabilitation, Prosthetics and Exoskeletons 
  • Kinematics of Spatial Motion
  • Design of Mechanical Systems
  • Modeling of Global Air Pollution
  • Aerospace Systems