Mechanical Engineering Research and Laboratories
Faculty Research Areas
Department Head
Dr. James Newman III
Mechanical Engineering: Department Head, Professor
Email: [email protected]
Research Areas:
- Computational fluid dynamics
- Hypersonic vehicles
- Fluid structure interaction
Faculty
Dr. Murat Barisik
Mechanical Engineering: Director, UTC Nanoengineering Center, Guerry Associate Professor, Joint Faculty, Oak Ridge Innovation Institute
Email: [email protected]
Research Areas:
- Nanotechnology in Engineering
- Advanced Materials
- Machine Learning Applications
- Multiscale Modeling
- Micro/Nanoscale Fluid and Heat Transport
- Molecular Modeling
- Quantum Chemistry
Dr. Trevor Elliott
Mechanical Engineering: UC Foundation Professor
Email: [email protected]
Research Areas:
- Additive manufacturing
- Alternative energy and building efficiency design
- Automotive engineering
- Battery characterization
- Engineering design
- Injection driven flows
- Propulsion systems and two-phase combustion
- stability modeling and simulation
Dr. Ronald Goulet
Mechanical Engineering: Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Research Areas:
• Bio materials
Dr. Mohammad Mahtabi
Mechanical Engineering: Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Research Areas:
- Additive manufacturing
- Fatigue and fracture mechanics
- Shape memory alloys
- Computational mechanics
- Multiscale modeling of materials
- Mechanical behavior of materials
Dr. Charles Margraves
Mechanical Engineering: Professor, Graduate Program Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Research Areas:
- Conventional and alternative energy systems
- Zero+ energy buildings
- Air quality sensors
- Engineering education
Dr. Reetesh Ranjan
Mechanical Engineering: Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Research Areas:
- Computational fluid dynamics and combustion
- Turbulence modeling
- Reduced order modeling
- Uncertainty quantification
• High-performance computing
Dr. Kidambi Sreenivas
Mechanical Engineering: Professor, Computational Science: PhD Program Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Research Areas:
- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) applied to complex geometry / complex physics problems
- High performance computing
- High-order methods
- Rotating machinery
Dr. Cecelia Wigal
Mechanical Engineering: UC Foundation Professor
Email: [email protected]
Research Areas:
- Engineering education
Laboratories
Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (ECS 105 & 106)
This laboratory supports the ENME 3070L, Fluid Mechanics Laboratory. This space contains a three Transition Flow TQH215, AC duct heat pipe, Armfield Water Tunnel, a LabVIEW Closed Flow Loop, a Reynolds Number and Transitional Flow Demonstration Apparatus and a supersonic tunnel.
Engineering Shop (ECS 111 & 111A)
The shop supports all projects, design courses, and research within the College of Engineering. This space contains all the major pieces of equipment that is shared among all the disciplines. The shop contains a Trump CNC mill, a Colchester manual lathe, a Clausing milling machine, a sheet metal shear and bender, two drill presses, a Kiln, a table saw, a Haas CNC mill and CNC lathe, and a ShopBot CNC cutter as well as many power tools, hand tools, and benches.
Baja and Automotive Projects (ECS 114 & 114A)
This lab supports the UTC Mini Baja Team and automotive projects. This lab contains a Grizzly Mill and Lathe, two Fisher Hamilton fume hoods, and two welders. There is also a variety of other minor equipment in this lab.
Senior Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (ECS 123 & 124)
This lab supports the ENME 4470 Course, Mechanical Engineering Experimentation. Major equipment includes the Didatech Vibrations apparatus, Refrigeration loop, AeroLab Tunnel, TQ Journal Bearing, and a Hilton Turbine Heat Exchanger, Static and Dynamic Balancing apparatus, Wind Turbine and Rankine Cycler.
Interdisciplinary Design (ECS 131)
This laboratory supports Interdisciplinary Design Project II (ENME 4850). This lab has no major equipment, but does contain minor equipment and computers to support the build phase of the Interdisciplinary Project.
Freshman Engineering Laboratory (ECS 424)
This laboratory supports ENME 1030L, Freshman Engineering Laboratory. This laboratory contains computers, data acquisition modules, photo gate sensors, rotary motion sensors, motion detector sensors, dynamics track and carts, force sensors, and projectile motion launchers.