Graduate students pursuing the Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees work closely with faculty in advancing the frontiers of knowledge in the following focused research thrusts:

	Advanced Materials Processing: Properties of ceramic and metallic materials and coatings, optical ceramics, photonic crystals, optical fibers, thin films, polymer and composite materials processing, microfabrication processes. Affiliated Institute: Institute of Materials Science Faculty: Bergman, Cassenti, Cetegen, Chiu, Huang, Jordan
	Fluid Mechanics and Combustion: Basic studies of turbulent flows and vortices, flows in micro channels and capillaries, flows in turbomachinery, experimental and computational studies of chemically reacting flows including diffusion and premixed flames, flame propagation, stability and extinction, non-intrusive optical and laser diagnostics of flows. Faculty: Barber, Cetegen, Choi, Faghri, Lu, Renfro, Sung
	Dynamics, Sensing and Control: smart materials for control and sensing, advanced sensors, vibration suppression, new perspectives in time-delayed systems and stability, high-speed machining chatter, non-linear vibrations, real-time detection and on-line monitoring. Faculty: Cao, Gao, Murphy, Olgac, Tang, Zhang
	Fuel Cell Science and Technology: multidisciplinary science to systems research on PEM, solid oxide and direct methanol fuel cells, applied research in fuel cell design, operation and fuel reforming. Affiliated Center: Center for Clean Energy Engineering Faculty: Bergman, Cetegen, Chiu, Faghri, Pasaogullari, Renfro
	Computational Shape Modeling and Design: geometric modeling, computational design, geometric reasoning, design methodologies for complex mechanisms, gear systems and structures. Faculty: Byzmek, Ilies, Kazerounian, Zhang
	Micro and Nano-scale Systems: experimental, computational and theoretical studies on fluid and heat transport in micro devices, Micro electro-mechanical systems, mechanics of structures at nanometer length scales, nano-structured materials synthesis, carbon nanotubes. Faculty: Chiu, Faghri, Fan, Huang, Jordan, Lykotrafitis, Murphy, Zhang
	Biomedical Related Applications: Cellular and biomedical micro-manipulations, cell membrane mechanics and transport, modeling of protein motion, human skeletal motion analysis. Faculty: Fan, Olgac, Ilies, Kazerounian, Kotha, Lykotrafitis, Sun