Graduate Focus Areas
These focus areas are designed to help guide graduate coursework. You can find more information about each focus area below.
Advanced Manufacturing
Examining materials produced using innovative technologies, and the leveraging of innovative technologies to create existing and new products.
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Biomechanical Engineering
Applying mechanics to biological systems, including the study of how the human body responds to the application of force.
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Computational Mechanics in Mechanical Engineering
Developing mathematical models to represent physical phenomena and applying modern computing methods to analyze these phenomena.
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Data Science in Mechanical Engineering
Developing and applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to generate new models and learn governing equations using simulated or physical data sets.
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Environmental Fluid Dynamics
Studying the properties of the Earth’s atmosphere and its relation to the science of fluid dynamics, including large scale simulations and field experiments.
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Micro/Nano
Investigating problems related to micro/nano scale materials, devices, biological systems, and phenomena occurring at the micro/nano scales.
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Robotics
Researching design, construction, operation, and use of robots with strong collaboration between Computing and Mechanical Engineering.
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Solid Mechanics
Characterizing, designing, and predicting mechanics of soft and hard structures.
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Sustainable Energy
Developing clean energy systems, including direct energy production, energy storage, and the integration of energy efficient technologies.
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Thermal Science
Studies of thermodynamics and heat transfer physics in a wide range of length and time scales that impact engineering and biological applications.
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Custom Focus Area
Focus areas that don’t match with the areas above can be approved on a case-by-case basis. You can find out more about that process here.