RESEARCH

The faculty and students of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at USF are committed to conducting research as a means of improving society, increasing the nations prosperity, and maintaining up-to-date teaching instruction.

The faculty are constantly involved in externally and internally funded research activities.

Our main areas of research include - Biosensors, Biofluids, Biomedical Engineering, Composite Materials and Solid Mechanics; System Dynamics and Vibrations; Mechanical Design; Engineering Education Research; Fluid Dynamics; Thermal Energy Systems; Microelectronic Device Thermal Management; Clean Energy Technologies; Micro and nano scale materials, systems and analysis, MEMS; Robotics; Rehabilitation Engineering Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities.

Grants and research contracts sponsors include federal sources, state and local agencies, and industry.

Research activities are constantly changing; therefore we recommended that you visit the home pages of the individual faculty to find details of current activities or take the departmental research tour

Tour of the departmental research

List of sponsored research grants

List of Theses and dissertations

Laboratories

Faculty