Mechanical & Materials Engineering Research Labs
Six major research centers currently reside within the Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science department, providing many opportunities for students and faculty to engage in scholarly research and knowledge creation. These centers include the following:
- NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Center for Intelligent Maintenance Systems
- UC Simulation Center
- Siemens Simulation Technology Center
- NSF Engineering Research Center for Revolutionizing Metallic Biomaterials
- Center for Occupational Safety and Health Engineering
- Center for Global Design and Manufacturing
Structural Dynamics and Acoustics
Intelligent Prognostics and Autonomous Systems
Advanced Manufacturing
Simulation and Applied Mechanics
Biomedical and Nano-Technology
Thermal-Fluid and Enhanced Heat Transfer
Materials Science
Structure and Property of Metals and Alloys
- Alloy Properties via In-situ Monitoring Lab
- Laser Shock Processing for Advanced Materials Lab
- Reaction and Transformation Engineering (RATE) Laboratory
- Smart Additive Manufacturing
Energy Materials and Nano Devices
- Energy Materials and Nano-Biomedicine Laboratory
- Ion Selective Membrane for Redox Flow Batteries Lab
- Nanoelectronics Laboratory
Nanomaterials
- Biomedical Colloid & Interface Lab
- NanoWorld Laboratories
- Nano Carriers for Drug Delivery Lab
- Nanostructured Membranes Lab
Polymers and Soft Matter
- Biomaterials Design Lab
- Polymer Chemistry Lab
- Polymer Composite Materials Lab
- Polymer Processing and Characterization Lab
- Biomaterials Design Lab
Materials Modeling and Computation
- Computational Lab for Materials and Manufacturing Design
- Materials Simulation Lab
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