Below, you will find a sample listing of some of the research projects taking place
within the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department. Use the search box or
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area.
Aerospace Propulsion Outreach Program 25-26
M2M X-Hab 2026 Academic Innovation Challenge - Medical Eyewash Redesign
NSF R2I2: Maximizing resilience to winter weather in future electric power systems
Design and Optimization of Cuttlebone-Inspired Cellular Materials Using Turing Systems
A Machine-to-X Data Standards Playbook for Manufacturers
08 Anti-Mine Ground Penetrator
CAREER: Bayesian Symmetry-Respecting Machine Learning Framework for Predicting Electronic Structures in Materials Design
Support test bed operation, industry taskforces, and engagement on EV interoperability
Energy Storage System Design Based on Ship Electro-Mechanical-Thermo Operational Specifications
Standards Development Center for Automated Driving Systems in Inclement Winter Weather
NSF-DFG/Collaborative Research: Integrated Computational Materials Engineering of Thermoplastic Composites
"Strategies and Technologies for Operationally Resilient and Maximally-available Solar" (STORMS)
Collaborative Research: ISS: Marangoni-Driven Propulsion, Assembly, and Disassembly along Curved Interfaces and Membranes
Computationally-Driven Next Generation Carbon-Carbon Composite Material Development
Improving climate resiliency and economic return of Michigan's labor-intensive produce using low-cost, modular robotic fleets
Modeling of Dark Anticyclonic Vortex Formation on Ice Giant Planets
A Novel Phase-field Approach for Fatigue Damage Prediction in Fiber-reinforced Polymer Composites
Collaborative Research: Very High Heat-flux Cooling through Stable Energy-Efficient Macro-scale Partial Flow-boiling Using Microstructured Surfaces and Ultrasonics
CAREER: Collective Hydrodynamics of Robotic Swimmers and Surfers at High Reynolds Numbers
PREP Gaithersburg: Establishment of a NIST Gaithersburg PREP Program at Michigan Technological University
PFI-RP: A Novel Plastic Waste Recovery, Based on Environmentally Friendly (Green) Solvents
Automatic Shut-Off Study on Vehicles Equipped with Keyless Start
Demonstration of Solvent-Based Plastic Recycling to Extract Pure PP from PCR
Colloidal Transport, Self-Assembly, and Deposition in Evaporating Droplets
