Mechanical Engineering
Contact:
Sriram Sundararajan
2025 Black Engineering
515 294-0838
megradinfo@iastate.edu
Iowa State’s mechanical engineering graduate program offers you the opportunity to pursue cutting-edge research directed at addressing global needs that positively impact society and individual lives. You will work closely with our accomplished faculty in state-of-the-art facilities to achieve scientific breakthroughs and innovative engineering solutions in several areas, including fluid flow, biomass and heat transport, materials design and processing, immersive design environments, and biomedical applications. The professional independence, creativity, and leadership you will experience in our program will provide you with a rewarding educational experience highly sought after by industry and academia.
Areas of Specialization
- Biological and nanoscale sciences (including nanomaterials, smart materials, biomaterials, and biomedical applications)
- Clean energy technologies (including alternate energy, biorenewable energy, and building energy)
- Complex fluid systems (including multiphase flows, fuel and chemical production, and biomass and heat transport)
- Design and manufacturing Innovation (including micro/nanomanufacturing, laser and hybrid manufacturing, product design, design synthesis, and optimization)
- Simulation and visualization (including computational mechanics and dynamics, virtual reality, imaging, and graphics)
- Biorenewable resources and technology (interdepartmental)
- Human-computer interaction (interdepartmental)
- Systems engineering (interdepartmental, MEngr only)
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