Research Areas

The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers graduate degrees in several diverse disciplines through the following research groups:

Applied Mechanics

Faculty Members : Patrick Cramond , Peter Cripton , Bruce Dunwoody , Mohamed Gadala , Stanley Hutton , Olivera Kesler, Thomas Oxland , Nimal Rajapakse , Douglas Romilly , Gary Schajer

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Design Optimization
  • Fracture Mechanics
  • Mechanics of Advanced Materials
  • Vibration and Dynamics
  • Wood Mechanics and Manufacturing

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Mechatronics and Manufacturing

Faculty Members : Yusuf Altintas , Mu Chiao , Elizabeth Croft , Clarence de Silva , Antony Hodgson , Xiaodong Lu , Hongshen Ma, Ryozo Nagamune , Robert Rohling , Farrokh Sassani , Boris Stoeber , Ian Yellowley , Yip-Hoi (Adjunct)

  • Automation
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Intelligent Systems
  • Metal Cutting
  • Metal Forming
  • Production Engineering
  • Robotics
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Biomedical Engineering

Faculty Members : Mu Chiao , Peter Cripton , Dana Grecov , Antony Hodgson ,Hongshen Ma, Thomas Oxland , Douglas Romilly , Robert Rohling , Farrokh Sassani , Boris Stoeber, David Wilson

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  • Medical robotics
  • Surgical ergonomics
  • Orthopaedic biomechanics
  • Rehabilitation engineering
  • Bio-Microelectromechanical systems
  • Image processing
  • Injury biomechanics
  • Spinal cord injury
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Thermofluids

Faculty Members : Nima Atabaki , Kendal Bushe , Sander M. Calisal, P.Eng. , Martin Davy , Robert Evans , Ian Frigaard , Dana Grecov , Sheldon Green , Philip Hill (Emeritus), Murray Hodgson , Don McAdam , Hongshen Ma, Walter Mérida , Jon Mikkelsen , Carl Ollivier-Gooch , James Olson , Peter Ostafichuk , Steven Rogak , Martha Salcudean (Emeritus), Boris Stoeber ,

  • Acoustics
  • Clean Energy
  • Combustion
  • Computational Fluid Mechanics
  • Naval Architecture
  • Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
  • Papermaking
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