Mechanical Engineering

Additive Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing of Metals

Laboratory/Faculty: Center for Additive Manufacturing of Metals / Dr. Brett Ellis
Opening Type: PhD or MS Student
Topics: Characterization of Process-Structure-Property-Performance (PSPP) Relations, Development of Analytical and Numerical PSPP Models, and Design of 3D-Printed Metal Parts

Thermal Science and Engineering

Computational Modeling of Nanoscale Thermal Radiation

Laboratory/Faculty: Thermal Radiation Laboratory / Dr. Sheila Edalatpour
Opening Type: PhD / MS Project
Topics: Thermal radiation, nanoscale heat transfer, computational modeling

Experimental Measurement of Thermal Radiative Heat Transfer Between Two Media

Laboratory/Faculty: Thermal Radiation Laboratory / Dr. Sheila Edalatpour
Opening Type: Undergraduate Research Project
Topics: Heat transfer, thermal radiation

Thermal Process Modeling for High Efficiency Air Separation

Laboratory/Faculty: Solar Thermal Energy Laboratory (Dr. Justin Lapp)
Opening Type: PhD Research Project
Topics: Thermodynamics, Systems Analysis, Process Modeling, Renewable Energy

Numerical Heat Transfer Modeling of a Solar Particle Receiver

Laboratory/Faculty: Solar Thermal Energy Laboratory (Dr. Justin Lapp)
Opening Type: PhD Research Project
Topics: Heat Transfer, Numerical Modeling, Solar Energy, Thermodynamics