Our graduate program is ranked 49th in the nation among doctoral-granting mechanical engineering departments by the 2014 US News & World Report: America’s Best Graduate Schools.
The National Science Foundation ranks the Department of Mechanical Engineering–Engineering Mechanics as 22nd for research expenditures among all mechanical engineering departments in the US.
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SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge
For the 11th year, the Keweenaw Research Center and the Department of Mechanical Engineering–Engineering Mechanics at Michigan Tech will host the 2014 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge—this year, from March 3 to March 8.
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The Richard and Elizabeth Henes Chair Professor in Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Robinett specializes in nonlinear control and optimal system design of energy, robotics, and aerospace systems.
Of particular interest in the energy arena is the distributed, decentralized nonlinear control and optimization of networked microgrids with up to 100% penetration of transient renewable energy sources (i.e., photovoltaics and wind turbines). At 100% penetration, the optimal design of energy storage systems is critical to the stability and performance of networked microgrids because all of the . . .
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Mahdi Shahbakhti
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
Contact
906-487-3405
mahdish@mtu.edu
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering–Engineering Mechanics
Dr. Shahbakhti joined MTU in August of 2012. Prior to this appointment, he was a post-doctoral scholar for two years in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of California, Berkeley. He worked in the automotive industry for 3.5 years on R&D of powertrain management systems for gasoline and natural gas vehicles. Some of . . .
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Ron & Elaine Starr Professor in Energy Systems, Mechanical Engineering–Engineering Mechanics
Dr. Naber joined MTU in August of 2004. Prior to joining MTU, he worked in the automotive industry on R&D of engine-management-systems for gasoline and diesel engines. He also worked at Sandia National Laboratories, CRF investigating sprays and combustion processes of diesel, natural gas, and hydrogen engines utilizing laser based . . .
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