Research – UH Manoa Mechanical Engineering

DEPARTMENT RESEARCH AREAS

Thermal and fluid sciences – heat and mass transfer, thermodynamics, biotechnology, alternative energy conversions, sustainability, boiling and two-phase flow, combustion, multidisciplinary design and analysis optimization, and high-performance computing;
Materials/manufacturing – nanotechnology, composite and smart structures, electrochemistry and corrosion, precision machining, and joining of dissimilar materials;
Mechanics, systems, and controls – robotics, mechanical design, mechatronics, control systems, dynamical systems, space and ocean science & exploration, biomedical engineering, rehabilitation engineering, and renewable energy systems.

ME Faculty Research Facilities
acoustics adaptive structures and devices alternative energy conversions autonomous systems biomedical engineering biotechnology boiling and two-phase flow combustion composites manufacturing computational fluid dynamics control systems		corrosion and electrochemistry mechanical design dynamical systems heat and mass transfer high-performance computing materials joining & manufacturing mechatronics multidisciplinary design and analysis optimization nanotechnology nanocomposites		precision machining rehabilitation engineering renewable energy systems robotics & surgical robots smart materials and intelligent structures space and ocean science & exploration (UAV, UAS, AUV, etc.) surface phenomena sustainability thermodynamics