Graduate instruction and research in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering are focused on four main areas: thermal/fluids, dynamics & solid mechanics, manufacturing, and indoor environment & energy. We offer a variety of courses that address the theoretical and practical aspects of these disciplines. M.S. and Ph.D. students work closely with their faculty advisors to engage in projects such as:

Thermal/Fluids:

• Active Feedback Flow Control Methods.
• Biofluid Mechanics.
• Bluff-Body Aerodynamics.
• Computational Fluid Dynamics & Advanced Grid Generation Techniques.
• Energy Systems.
• High-Speed Flows.
• Propulsion.
• Turbomachine Design and Heat Transfer.
• Turbulence.
• Two-phase Flows.

Dynamics & Solid Mechanics:

• Composite Materials.
• Constitutive models for cellulosic materials for use in Finite Element Softwares.
• Rolling Contact Fatigue, Nondestructive Fatigue Damage Characterization.
• Fracture Mechanics.
• Helicopter Dynamics.
• Nonlinear problems of elasticity.

Manufacturing:

• CAD/CAM System Integration Issues.
• Design and Operation of Manufacturing Cells.
• Geometric Tolerances.
• Intelligent CAD.
• Lean Manufacturing.
• Machine Learning Applications.
• Product Development.

Indoor Environment & Energy:

• Air Filtration.
• Integrated Computer Simulation Tools for Building Environmental and Energy System Analysis and Designs.
• Integrated Sensing and Control Systems for Enhancing Indoor Environment Quality and Building Security.
• Experimental & Computational Studies of Airflows and Pollutant Transports around Human's Micro Environment.
• Fluid Dynamics Interaction between Fan and High Resistance Medium.
• Material Emmissions and Indoor Quality.
• Multi-zone Air and Air Contaminant Transports in Buildings.
• Room Air and Contaminant Distributions.