Mechanical Engineering Research Brochure (pdf)

Researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, in collaboration with industry and government, are successfully pursuing theories and supplying applications in high demand. Current annual support for sponsored research exceeds $3 million.

Support is provided in part by major grants from the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Defense, the North American Trade Organization and the W. M. Keck Foundation. Close associations with local consulting firms and pharmaceutical, power, chemical, petroleum, and manufacturing companies also provide support and supply a wide variety of state-of-the-art equipment and CAD/CAM systems as well.

Current faculty research areas include: biological systems, computational modeling of complex physical systems, continuum mechanics, design, synthesis and demanufacturing, energetic materials, environmental engineering, fluids, image processing, kinematics and dynamics, micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), micro-fluidics, multi-phase flows, nonequilibrium thermodynamics, nanotechnology, nontraditional machining, particulate technologies, plastics, rheology, robotics and system integration, tribology and vibrations of structures.

 Articles about Mechanical Engineering Research at NJIT

• Research in High Places, NJIT Alumni Magazine, spring 2004 (PDF)
• A New Phase in Fighting Terrorism, NJIT Alumni Magazine, fall 2003 (PDF)
• Electro-hydrodynamics at Zero-G, NJIT 2003 Annual Report