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4/19/2015 MITDepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringResearch
http://meche.mit.edu/research/ 1/3
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ResearchinMechanicalEngineeringResearchinthedepartmentmaybebroadlydividedintosevensocalled"thrust"areas.Thelinksbelowprovidedescriptionsofdepartmentalresearchlaboratoriesandcenters.Descriptionsoftheresearchinterestsandactivitiesofindividualfacultymaybefoundinthefacultypersonalpages.
Mechanics:Modeling,Experimentation,&Computation
ComputationalMechanics,FluidMechanics,MechanicsofSolidMaterials,NonlinearDynamics,Acoustics,TransportPhenomena.
4/19/2015 MITDepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringResearch
http://meche.mit.edu/research/ 2/3
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.
4/19/2015 MITDepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringResearch
http://meche.mit.edu/research/ 3/3
onthemicroandnanoscale.