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  • 4/19/2015 MITDepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringResearch

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    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.