Klesse College's Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Industrial Engineering is home to many nationally and internationally-recognized faculty conducting research of critical importance to industry and governmental agencies.
Students are able to conduct research under the direction of faculty as early as their first semester as a Roadrunner. Students are encouraged to explore faculty profiles for research interests and specialties and to contact those they are interested in working with.
Research Labs
Research
- Advanced Materials and Mechanical Systems (AMMS) Lab
- Cardiovascular Biomechanics Lab
- Computational Turbulence and Visualization Lab
- Corrosion Research Lab
- Hypersonics Lab
- Laser Spectroscopy and Chemical Propulsion Laboratory
- Medical Design Innovations Laboratory
- Multiphase Flow Simulation Laboratory
- Vascular Biomechanics and Biofluids Laboratory
Klesse College Centers
Research Areas
Mechanics and Materials
- Ender Finol (Vascular Biomechanics)
- Hai-Chao Han (Cardiovascular Biomechanics)
- Harry Millwater (Mechanics of Materials)
- Brendy Rincon Troconis (Corrosion Engineering)
- Xiaodu Wang (Bone Biomechanics)
- Xiaowei Zeng (Computational Mechanics)
- David Restrepo (Advanced Materials)
- Morteza Seidi (Impact Biomechanics)
Thermal-Fluid & Energy
- Kiran Bhaganagar (Wind Energy and Turbulence Modeling)
- Zhigang Feng (Thermofluids Modeling)
- Ender Finol (Vascular Biomechanics)
- Amir Karimi (Metastable Thermodynamics)
- Randall Manteufel (Energy Conservation)
- Christopher Combs (Hypersonic and Supersonic Flows)
- Daniel Pineda (Spectroscopy and Laser-Based Diagnostics)
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Guillermo Araya (Computational Fluid Dynamics and Visualization
Manufacturing & Systems Engineering
- Adel Alaeddini (Industrial and Systems Engineering)
- Krystel Castillo (Supply Chain Modeling)
- F. Frank Chen (Lean Manufacturing)
- Hungda Wan (Sustainability of Manufacturing Systems)
- Omar Abbaas (Smart Manufacturing)
- Tanveer Bhuiyan (Data-driven optimization and big data analytics)
Robotics, device design & control
- F. Frank Chen (Lean Manufacturing)
- Lyle Hood (Medical Devices)
- Harry Millwater (Mechanics of Materials)
- Hungda Wan (Sustainability of Manufacturing Systems)
- Cody Gonzalez (Design of Actuators, Robotics, and Transducers)
Biomechanics & healthcare Engineering
9
Undergraduate Majors
15
Master's Degrees
6
Doctoral Degrees
8
Certificate Programs
