The Department of Mechanical and Materials provides students with the knowledge that influences virtually every aspect of human life. Education and research activities of the faculty and students in the three programs of the Department, Mechanical Engineering Program, Mechanical Engineering Technology Program and Materials Science Engineering Program, support a wide range of modern technologies encompassing design, dynamics, controls, materials, intelligent systems, advanced mechanical systems, applied mechanics and thermal systems engineering.
October 28, 2020
Murali Sundaram, a University of Cincinnati professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, has developed a novel electrochemical additive manufacturing process to create a new class of high entropy alloys.
October 20, 2020
Patrick Bidwell was selected as the Undergraduate Student Engineer of the Month by the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science. Bidwell is a mechanical engineering student from Columbus, Ohio, who will graduate in the spring of 2021. As part of the engineering program's required cooperative education program, Bidwell will graduate with almost two years of work experience from GE Appliances and John Deere.
October 9, 2020
James "Zach" Wells, a mechanical engineering graduate student at the University of Cincinnati, has developed an algorithm that can be used to support a safe integration of drones into the National Air Space.
