Explore our active research labs, groups, centers and institutes affiliated with the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
| Tags | Name | Area | Director | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering,Advanced Manufacturing,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Aerospace Engineering,Artificial Intelligence | Adaptive Real-Time Systems Laboratory (ARTS-Lab) | Machine learning; Artificial intelligence, Real-time control; Sensors; Impact; High-rate; Structural health monitoring; Dense sensor networks; Autonomous systems; Embedded systems | Downey, Austin | AI, mechanical, civil, aerospace, |
| Aerospace Engineering,Mechanical Engineering | Additive Manufacturing of Composites and Design Engineering Laboratory (AMCODE) | Wout De Baker | Thermoplastic Composites, Thermoset Composites, Continuous Fiber Additive Manufacturing, Polymer Additive Manufacturing, Extrusion Additive Manufacturing, Fiber Impregnation, Industrial Automation, Industrial Robotics | |
| Artificial Intelligence,Mechanical Engineering,Nuclear Engineering | Advanced Materials Discovery and Simulation Laboratory | High-throughput computation; Machine learning; Big data; Materials design; Thermal transport; Energy conversion; Energy storage | Hu, Ming | applied computing, data science |
| Nuclear Energy,Mechanical Engineering,Intelligent Infrastructure | Center for Mechanics, Materials and Non-Destructive Evaluation | Digital image correlation (DIC); Computational mechanics; | Sutton, Michael | |
| Aerospace Engineering,Mechanical Engineering,Advanced Manufacturing | Center for Predictive Maintenance | Component testing; Predictive analytics; Digital transformation; Sensor signal processing; Virtual and augmented reality; Health monitoring systems; Physics-based data modeling | Bayoumi, Abdel | Aerospace Engineering, VR, Mcnair, mechanical |
| Mechanical Engineering,Aerospace Engineering | Computational Thermo-Fluid Laboratory | Yue (Stanley) Ling | Multiphase flows, Atomization, Sprays, Droplets, Phase change, Compressible flows, High-fidelity simulation, High-Performance computing, Data-driven modeling | |
| Mechanical Engineering | Gross Materials Lab | Architected materials; Model calibration; Material characterization | Gross, Andrew | mechanical engineering, |
| Mechanical Engineering | High Temperature Electrochemical Materials and Energy Lab | Electrochemistry; Solid oxide fuel cells; Gas separation membranes; Ceramics; Micro/nano-structures | Xue, Xingjian | |
| Energy Storage and Distribution,Chemical Engineering,Mechanical Engineering | Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Center | Hydrogen; Fuel cells; Electrolysis cells; Batteries; Electrochemical modeling; Electrochemical characterization; Transport phenomena; Renewable energy | Shimpalee, Sirivatch | Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Electrochemistry, Multiscale Modeling |
| Mechanical Engineering | Integrated Material Assessment and Predictive Simulation Laboratory (i-MAPS) | Nondestructive evaluation; Structural health monitoring; Biosensors; Point-of-Care; Energy harvesting; Biomimetics; Smart materials; Material characterization; Ultrasonics; Acoustics | Banerjee, Sourav | Bio-origami, Computational NDE, Data Analytics, Big Data, Machine Learning, Predictive Simulation, Otobiomechanics, Phononics, Deep Learning, Programable Matter, Mechanobiomechanics, Noise Control, Energy Scavenging, NDE Data Analytics, SHM Big Data, Prognosis, Computational Modeling |
| Mechanical Engineering,Nuclear Engineering,Aerospace Engineering | Integrated Materials Research Group | Mechanical metallurgy; Friction stir welding; Crystal plasticity; Multi-scale modeling; Dislocation dynamics; Friction and wear | Zhou, Caizhi | aerospace, mechanical, nuclear |
| Mechanical Engineering,Aerospace Engineering,Advanced Manufacturing | Integrated Multiphysics and Systems Engineering Laboratory (iMSEL) | Reduced-order modeling; Real-time simulation; Multi-fidelity surrogate model; Optimization; Design; Machine learning; Computer vision; Autonomy; System control; Edge computing | Wang, Yi | aerospace, mechanical, data mining, design, unmanned systems |
| Advanced Manufacturing,Mechanical Engineering | Laboratory for Active Materials and Smart Structures (LAMSS) | Nondestructive evaluation; Structural health monitoring; Piezoelectric wafer active sensors; Fiber Bragg grating | Giurgiutiu, Victor | NDE, SHM, PWAS, FBG, SLDV |
| Mechanical Engineering,Aerospace Engineering | Laboratory for Fuels, Energy Conversion, and Propulsion Technology | Sang Hee Won | Combustion, fuels, plasma, flame dynamics, chemical kinetics, propulsion, laser diagnostics | |
| Computer Science and Engineering,Transforming Health Care,Mechanical Engineering,Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning and Evolution Laboratory | Deep learning; Machine learning; Materials discovery; Bioinformatics, Health informatics; Inverse design; Protein design | Hu, Jianjun | computer science, mechanical engineering, cse |
| Aerospace Engineering,Mechanical Engineering | McNAIR Center | Composites; Predictive maintenance; Digital transformation; 3D printing of composites and metal; Drones; Unmanned vehicles; Combustion; Automated fiber placement | Paul Ziehl | Aerospace engineering, mechanical, UAV, AFP |
| Mechanical Engineering,Advanced Manufacturing,Aerospace Engineering | Metal 3D Printing Laboratory | Solidification; Additive manufacturing; Materials processing; Computational modeling and simulation; Microstructure and defects | Yuan, Lang | Metal, Numerical Simulation, Manufacturing, Advanced Manufacturing, Powder, Nickel-based superalloy, Aluminum alloy, monitoring, process control, aerospace, mechanical |
| Mechanical Engineering | Micro/Nanoscale Transport Lab | Two-phase heat and mass transfer; Thermal management; Water-energy nexus | Li, Chen | mechanical |
| Mechanical Engineering,Biomedical Engineering | Microfluidics and Bioimaging Laboratory | Micro/nanofluidics; Electrokinetics; Lab-on-a-chip; Far field optical nanoscopy and super-resolution imaging; Cancer detection; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Fluid dynamics; Turbulence and mixing | Wang, Guiren | mechanical, biomedical |
| Advanced Manufacturing,Mechanical Engineering,Aerospace Engineering,Civil and Environmental Engineering | Multiscale Manufacturing & Mechanics of Materials and Structures Group (MSMOMS) | Composites; Fibers; Automated tow placement; Process-Structure-Property; Computational/experimental mechanics; Materials-by-Design; Dynamic composite behavior | Sockalingam, Subramani | Aerospace, armor, ballistic impact, mechanical, civil, environmental |
| Mechanical Engineering | neXt | Future Factories | Ramy Harik | Intelligent Manufacturing, Composites Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Automated Fiber Placement, Process Planning | |
| Mechanical Engineering,Nuclear Engineering | Nuclear Science and Energy Center | Nuclear Science; Nuclear Energy | Cacuci, Dan Gabriel | mechanical engineering, nuclear engineering |
| Intelligent Infrastructure,Mechanical Engineering,Advanced Manufacturing | Paul Ziehl Research Group | Aerospace composites; High pressure vessels; Autonomous evaluation; Machine learning; Edge analytics; Sustainable materials; Infrastructure | Ziehl, Paul | civil, environmental |
| Mechanical Engineering,Aerospace Engineering | ReActing Systems & Advanced Energy Research (RASAER) Lab | Plasma; Combustion; Kinetics; Emissions; Reacting flows; Multi-physics | Farouk, Tanvir | aerospace, mechanical |
| Advanced Manufacturing,Nuclear Engineering,Aerospace Engineering,Intelligent Infrastructure,Mechanical Engineering | SmartState™ Center for Multifunctional Materials and Structures | Aerospace composites; Multi-functional materials; Remote sensing; Digital twin; Artificial intelligence; Edge analytics; Data-informed decision making | Ziehl, Paul | aerospace, civil, environmental, mechanical, nuclear, AI |
| Energy Storage and Distribution,Mechanical Engineering | Solid Oxide Fuel Cell SmartState Center | Solid Oxide Fuel Cells; Batteries; Membranes; Modeling | Huang, Kevin | mechanical engineering |
| Aerospace Engineering,Mechanical Engineering | Unmanned Systems & Robotics Lab (USRL) | Drones; Robotics; Unmanned systems; Autonomous navigation; Perception and control; Aerial robots; Ground robots; Marine robots; Remote inspection | Vitzilaios, Nikolaos | aerospace, mechanical |
| Advanced Manufacturing,Aerospace Engineering,Mechanical Engineering,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Nuclear Energy,Nuclear Engineering | Visualized Structural Health Monitoring Laboratory | Quantitative nondestructive evaluation; Structural health monitoring; Non-contact guided ultrasonic waves; Remote sensing; Laser technology | Yu, Lingyu | aerospace, civil, mechanical, nuclear |