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Home > Research Research in Mechanical Engineering Research in the department may be broadly divided into seven socalled "thrust" areas. The links below provide descriptions of departmental research laboratories and centers. Descriptions of the research interests and activities of individual faculty may be found in the faculty personal pages . Mechanics: Modeling, Experimentation, & Computation Computational Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Mechanics of Solid Materials, Nonlinear Dynamics, Acoustics, Transport Phenomena.

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  • 4/19/2015 MITDepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringResearch

    http://meche.mit.edu/research/ 1/3

    Home>Research

    ResearchinMechanicalEngineeringResearchinthedepartmentmaybebroadlydividedintosevensocalled"thrust"areas.Thelinksbelowprovidedescriptionsofdepartmentalresearchlaboratoriesandcenters.Descriptionsoftheresearchinterestsandactivitiesofindividualfacultymaybefoundinthefacultypersonalpages.

    Mechanics:Modeling,Experimentation,&Computation

    ComputationalMechanics,FluidMechanics,MechanicsofSolidMaterials,NonlinearDynamics,Acoustics,TransportPhenomena.

  • 4/19/2015 MITDepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringResearch

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    MechanicsDesign,Manufacturing,&ProductDevelopmentControl,Instrumentation,&RoboticsEnergyScience&EngineeringOceanScience&EngineeringBioengineeringMicro&NanoEngineeringResearchLabsandProgramsFacultyBooks

    Design,Manufacturing,&ProductDevelopment

    Designtheoryandapplications,computeraideddesign,productdesign,designformanufacturing,axiomaticdesign,manufacturingsystemsandprocesses,precisionengineering,applications.

    Controls,Instrumentation,&Robotics

    Controltheoryandapplication,modeling,systemtheory,optics,quantumcomputing,informationtechnologyandapplications.

    EnergyScience&Engineering

    Engines,propulsionsystems,powergeneration,combustionandreaction,windpower,solarenergy,electrochemicalenergystorage,thermoelectricity,fuelcells,thermodynamics,heatandmasstransfer,cryogenics,nanoscalesystemsandprocesses.

    OceanScience&Engineering

    Marinehydrodynamics,oceanacoustics,marinerobotics,navalarchitecture,offshorestructures,navalconstructionandengineering,shipdesign.

    Bioengineering

    Biomechanics,bioinstrumentation,imagingandimageanalysis,tissueengineeringandmodeling,humanrehabilitation,biofluidmechanics.

    Micro&NanoEngineering

    Creatingnewengineeringknowledgeandproducts

    MechEFeatures

    ThermalFluidsEngineering:TheEngineofInnovation

    FromthetimeofCaesaruntiltheadventoftherailroadinthe19thcentury,therewerenomajorchangesinmechanicsthatmadeatriparoundtheworldfaster,cheaper,orsafer.Inthefewerthan200yearssincepassengerrailroadswereintroduced,however,transportationtechnologyhasadvancedtosuchanextentthatonecantraveltheglobewithrelativecomfortandeaseinasingleday.Suchisoneimpactofmechanicalengineeringinmodernhistory.

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    onthemicroandnanoscale.