Mechanical Engineering Research

The research activity in the department covers applied and basic research, cuts across disciplines, and offers students both breadth and depth. We invite you to browse our research areas in more depth by clicking on the areas below. The research within the Department of Mechanical Engineering is typically classified into the following areas:

• Advanced Manufacturing
• Aerospace
• Energy and Sustainability
• Materials
• Mechanics
• MEMS and Nanotechnology
• Robotics and Control
• Thermofluid Sciences

In many cases, this research has strong collaborations with centers or other institutions in the Boston area. Research centers bring together a number of faculty from different departments in the College of Engineering, as well as from other schools and colleges at Boston University.