With $26.6 million in research expenditures in FY23, our department ranks among the top in mechanical engineering programs nationwide, in large part thanks to our active research relationships with major research organizations, private companies, and government agencies.
Research OpportunitiesResearch at the Clark SchoolAdvancing innovative technologies for next-generation product manufacturing and materials development.
Core faculty: David Bigio, Hugh Bruck, Siddhartha Das, Don DeVoe, Avik Dutt, Mark Fuge, Teng Li, Patrick McCluskey, Ryan Sochol
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Building new foundations for the application of theoretical and computational solid mechanics to engineering technology.
Core faculty: Balakumar Balachandran, Hugh Bruck, Peter Chung, Siddhartha Das, James Duncan, Bongtae Han, Teng Li, Patrick McCluskey, Amir Riaz, Jelena Srebric, Eleonora Tubaldi
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Creating devices, technologies, and systems to probe biological processes and improve human health.
Core faculty: Shapour Azarm, Don DeVoe, Jin-Oh Hahn, Kenneth Kiger, Elisabeth Smela, Ryan Sochol, Eleonora Tubaldi
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Inventing new uses of high-performance computer architectures, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to simulate complex behaviors.
Core faculty: Shapour Azarm, Michel Cukier, Harry Dankowicz, Siddhartha Das, Avik Dutt, Mark Fuge, Steven Gabriel, Katrina Groth, Johan Larsson, Teng Li, Amir Riaz, Yunfei Zhao
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Applying original design and optimization methodologies to solve engineering challenges across multiple physical domains and scales.
Core faculty: Shapour Azarm, Nikhil Chopra, Harry Dankowicz, Hosam Fathy, Avik Dutt, Mark Fuge, Steven Gabriel, Cecilia Huertas Cerdeira, Reinhard Radermacher, Eleonora Tubaldi, Yunfei Zhao
Discovering ways to analyze and control the behavior of dynamical systems that exhibit complex spatial interactions, time delays, and modeling uncertainty.
Core faculty: Balakumar Balachandran, Amr Baz, Nikhil Chopra, Harry Dankowicz, Yancy Diaz-Mercado, James Duncan, Avik Dutt, Hosam Fathy, Steven Gabriel, Katrina Groth, Jin-Oh Hahn, Cecilia Huertas Cerdeira, Miao Yu, Yunfei Zhao
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Developing international standards for the reliability critical electronic systems at the level of components, packages, systems, and supply chains.
Core faculty: Damena Agonafer, Aris Christou, Abhijit Dasgupta, Steven Gabriel, Bongtae Han, Teng Li, Patrick McCluskey, Michael Ohadi, Michael Pecht, Peter Sandborn
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Developing new materials, devices, and processes for advancing cutting-edge technologies for energy generation, storage, and management.
Core faculty: Damena Agonafer, David Bigio, Hosam Fathy, Steven Gabriel, Katrina Groth, Ashwani Gupta, Cecilia Huertas Cerdeira, Jungho Kim, Teng Li, Michael Ohadi, Reinhard Radermacher, Jelena Srebric, Bao Yang, Miao Yu, Yunfei Zhao
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Researching sustainable technologies and design methods for improving energy and air quality management within the built environment.
Core faculty: Jungho Kim, Michael Ohadi, Reinhard Radermacher, Jelena Srebric, Bao Yang
Investigating the kinematics and dynamics of complex fluid flows including the creation of high-fidelity turbulence simulations.
Core faculty: Balakumar Balachandran, Siddhartha Das, James Duncan, Cecilia Huertas Cerdeira, Kenneth Kiger, Johan Larsson, Amir Riaz
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Solving problems of thermal management of systems ranging from microelectronics to high-temperature aerospace applications.
Core faculty: Damena Agonafer, Peter Chung, Ashwani Gupta, Kenneth Kiger, Jungho Kim, Patrick McCluskey, Michael Ohadi, Reinhard Radermacher, Jelena Srebric, Bao Yang
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Exploring the design, fabrication, and application of devices and systems at the smallest of length scales, including the development of quantum technologies.
Core faculty: Damena Agonafer, Hugh Bruck, Peter Chung, Siddhartha Das, Abhijit Dasgupta, Don DeVoe, Avik Dutt, Elisabeth Smela, Ryan Sochol, Bao Yang, Miao Yu
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Integrating computational and experimental approaches to evaluating and managing risk and reliability in complex systems including critical transportation and energy infrastructure.
Core faculty: Shapour Azarm, Aris Christou, Michel Cukier, Steven Gabriel, Katrina Groth, Bongtae Han, Patrick McCluskey, Mohammad Modarres, Michael Pecht, Yunfei Zhao.
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Integrating sensing, actuation, and controls to advance robotic systems as well as the underlying component technologies.
Core faculty: Balakumar Balachandran, Hugh Bruck, Nikhil Chopra, Harry Dankowicz, Don DeVoe, Yancy Diaz-Mercado, Mark Fuge, Cecilia Huertas Cerdeira, Elisabeth Smela, Ryan Sochol, Eleonora Tubaldi, Miao Yu
Investigating active materials and their integration into smart structures to achieve combined sensing, actuation, and controls.
Core faculty: Balakumar Balachandran, Amr Baz, Hugh Bruck, Peter Chung, Don DeVoe, Michael Ohadi, Elisabeth Smela, Teng Li, Bao Yang, Miao Yu
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