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Finding an undergraduate research project in Mechanical Engineering starts with some creative shopping around, unless you already have a specific project and supervisor in mind. Start by scanning the interests of the supervisors listed below. Select those that interest you and phone for an appointment. When you call, state whether you are looking for credit or pay, because a supervisor may not have funds. (Although, UROP has limited direct funding for which you can apply.) If you need more guidance, contact the Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Office.
While all of these resources are helpful in finding out about potential research projects, there is no substitute for student initiative. Students seeking research positions should consult these resources and make appointments with potential supervisors to discuss their interests. After the student has reached an agreement to work with a given faculty member, he or she needs to submit an online UROP application (which can be found by following the instructions below). The faculty supervisor and the Department UROP Coordinator need to endorse the agreement.
On-Line UROP Proposal System: For Students
Since UROP is an academic program, you must be a registered undergraduate in order to participate and use the on-line proposal system.
In addition, use of this system requires authentication using MIT web certificates. To obtain certificates, please go to: http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/certificates/, and follow the instructions provided.
Your UROP homepage is available via the following link (https://sisapp.mit.edu/uropweb/home.mit). You will be able to access this page from the ”For Students” section of the UROP website: http://mit.edu/urop/students/index.html
Your UROP Home Page displays options to view your current and past UROP applications or to initiate a new UROP application.
- Prof.
Rohan
Abeyaratne,
3-173,
x3-2201, rohan@mit.edu
- Static
and dynamic
instabilities,
mechanical
models of
micro-scale
phenomena
such as
friction
and granular
flow, phase
transformations
in solids
especially
in shape-memory
alloys.
-
- Prof.
Lallit
Anand,
1-310E,
x3-1635, anand@mit.edu
- Mechanics
and materials,
deformation,
fracture,
fatigue,
processing
of metals,
polymers,
ceramics,
composites.
-
- Prof.
Haruhiko
Asada,
3-350,
x3-6257, asada@mit.edu
- Robotics,
intelligent
control,
machine
design,
mechatronics.
-
- Prof. George
Barbastathis, 3-461C,
x3-1960, gbarb@mit.edu
- Volume
holography
and information
theory applications
to inverse
problems;
imaging
of spatial
and spectral
signatures;
adaptive
optical
nanostructures
and MEMS
with optical
functionalities;
differential
acoustic
imaging.
-
- Prof.
Klaus-J
Bathe,
3-356,
x3-6645, kjb@mit.edu
- Computational
mechanics,
finite element
analysis,
numerical
methods,
continuum
mechanics,
computer
program
development.
-
- Dr.
H. Frederick
Bowman,
E25-518C,
x3-7426, hfbowman@mit.edu
- Applications
of bioheat
and mass
transfer;
biomedical
instrumentation
for measurements
of blood
flow (perfusion),
thermal
properties,
tissue oxygen
concentration,
and temperature;
thermal
dosimetry
for cancer
hyperthermia
therapy
and laser-tissue
thermal
interactions;
applications
in surgery,
cancer therapy,
critical
care monitoring,
burn therapy,
thermal
physiology.
-
- Prof.
Mary
Boyce,
1-304,
x3-2342, mcboyce@mit.edu
- Mechanics
of materials
and manufacturing,
polymers.
-
- Prof.
John
G. Brisson
II,
41-206,
x3-2273, brisson@mit.edu
- Superfluid
Stirling
refrigerator,
cryogenic
engineering,
high amplitude
sound.
-
- Prof.
Louis
Bucciarelli
Jr.,
5-213,
x3-4061, llbjr@mit.edu
- Projects
in the development
of stand-alone
pholtovoltaic
energy systems.
In particular,
the development
of stand-alone
systems
for the
measurement
of the solar
resource
at any place
in the world.
Instrumentation,
hardware
and software
are all
of interest.
See http://pvbase.mit.edu/index for
a pv monitoring
station
atop building
1. Projects
also in
the development
of interactive
exercises
for open
courseware
for courses
1.050 and
1.105. (Note:
I am on
leave generally
for three
months in
the spring
but willing
to advise
electronically
from afar.)
-
- Prof.
Wai
K. Cheng,
31-165,
x3-4531, wkcheng@mit.edu
- Instrumentation,
combustion,
optical
diagnostics,
internal
combustion
engines.
-
- Prof.
Jung-Hoon
Chun,
35-233,
x3-1759, jchun@mit.edu
- Manufacturing,
materials
processing,
new processes,
process
modeling.
-
- Prof.
Ernest
G. Cravalho,
41-208,
x3-1414, ecravalho@comcast.net
- Biomedical
engineering,
organ transplantation,
lasers in
medicine
and surgery,
crybiology,
heat transfer,
thermodynamics,
energy conversion.
-
- Prof.
Martin
Culpepper,
35-209,
x2-2395, culpepper@mit.edu
- Design,
manufacturing,
biomedical instruments,
nanopositioning, MEMS.
-
- Prof.
C. Forbes
Dewey
Jr.,
3-254,
x3-2235, cfdewey@mit.edu
- Biomedical
fluid mechanics,
biological
experiments
to determine
the influence
of mechanical
forces on
individual
cells, biological
modeling
and image
processing,
and information
systems
technology
for biological
and medical
databases.
- Prof. Daniel Frey, 3-449D, x4-6133, danfrey@mit.edu
- Mechanical design, statistics, robust design.
- Dr.
Stanley
B. Gershwin,
35-331,
x3-2149, gershwin@mit.edu
- Modeling
and analysis
of manufacturing
systems,
effects
of random
machine
failures
and other
disruptions,
real-time
scheduling,
simulation.
-
- Prof.
Ahmed
P. Ghoniem,
3-342,
x3-2295, ghoniem@mit.edu
- Computational
methods
in fluid
mechanics,
thermodynamics
and heat
transfer;
application
to propulsion
and engine
combustion.
-
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- Prof.
Leon
R. Glicksman,
5-418F,
x3-2233, glicks@mit.edu
- Energy
efficient
buildings;
sustainable
building
design;
building
materials;
design,
construction
and testing
of innovative
super insulations;
new designs
and experimental
measurements;
indoor ventilation
improvements;
fluidized
beds; fluid
flow and
heat transfer;
experimental
and computational
studies.
-
- Prof.
David
Gossard,
3-336,
x3-4465, gossard@mit.edu
- Computer-aided
design,
interactive
graphics,
geometric
modeling,
knowledge-based
systems.
-
- Prof.
Alan
J. Grodzinsky,
38-377,
x3-4969, alg@mit.edu
- Tissue
engineering
for cartilage
repair and
disease;
Mechanobiology:
effects
of mechanical
forces on
cell metabolism,
synthesis
and degradation
of normal
and arthritic
cartilage;
Molecular
mechanics:
mechanical
and electromechanical
properties
of biomolecules
and biopolymeric
gels.
-
- Prof.
Timothy
G. Gutowski,
35-232,
3-2034, gutowski@mit.edu
- Research
on the topic
of "Environmentally
Benign Manufacuring".
-
- Prof.
David
E. Hardt,
35-132,
x3-2252, hardt@mit.edu
- Systems
dynamics,
control
systems,
machine
design;
application
to manufacturing
systems,
specifically,
forming
and welding
processes.
- Prof.
Kimberly
Hamad-Schifferli,
56-341C,
x2-2385, schiffer@mit.edu
- Nanoparticles in biology: synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles, magnetic field heating of nanoparticles, bioconjugation of nanoparticles to proteins, DNA, encapsulation in polymers and liposomes, uptake of nanoparticles by cells.
- Prof.
Douglas
P. Hart,
3-231,
x3-2178, dphart@mit.edu
- Applied
fluid mechanics,
multiphase
and multicomponent
flows, cavitation
and vortical
flow phenomena
for environmental,
chemical
processing,
combustion,
power generation,
and propulsion.
-
- Prof.
John
B. Heywood,
3-340,
x3-2277, heywood@mit.edu
- Internal
combustion
engine processes,
vehicle
technology
assessment,
transportation
environmental
impacts
and energy.
-
- Prof.
Neville
Hogan,
3-146,
x3-2277, neville@mit.edu
- Integrated
design,
modelling
and control
of mechanical
systems.
Applications
in robotics,
biomechanics,
neuroscience.
-
- Prof.
Ian
Hunter,
3-154,
x3921, ihunter@mit.edu
- Bioengineering,
micro- and
nano-technologies,
biomimetic
materials
and systems.
- Dr.
Yukikazu
Iwasa,
NW14-3101,
x3-5548, iwasa@jokaku.mit.edu
- Acoustic
emission
in superconducting
magnets,
mechanical
disturbances
(frictional,
cracking,
debonding)
in superconducting
magnet windings;
quench propagation,
magnet protection,
AC losses
in super-conductors,
low temperature
heat transfer,
magnetic
refrigeration,
cryogenic
engineering,
design and
operational
issues for
high-temperature
(~77K) super-conducting
magnets.
- Dr. Lynette Jones, 3-137, x3-3973, ljones@mit.edu
- Haptic, tactile and thermal displays, wearable sensors and communication systems, analysis of human vestibular and proprioceptive systems, biomechanics of hands
- Prof.
Roger
D. Kamm,
3-260,
x3-5330, rdkamm@mit.edu
- Biological engineering, tissue engineering, molecular and cell biomechanics.
Prof. Rohit Karnik, 3-461A, x4-1155, karnik@mit.edu
Microfluidic and nanofluidic flows, sensing and sorting of cells and molecules, synthesis of nanoparticles for drug delivery
Prof. Patrick J. Keenan, 5-317, X 3-4341, pkeenan@mit.edu
Naval Architecture
- Prof.
Matthew
J. Lang,
NE47-221,
x2-2631, mjlang@mit.edu
- Biomolecular
mechanics,
biological
motors,
optical
tweezers
and single
molecule
fluorescence.
- Prof. John Leonard, 5-214, x3-5305, jleonard@mit.edu
- Mobile Robotics, Marine Robotics, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, Autonomous Surface Vehicles.
- Prof.
John
H. Lienhard,
3-162,
x3-3790, lienhard@mit.edu
- Heat and
mass transfer,
fluid mechanics,
convection,
electronics
thermal
management.
-
- Prof.
Seth
Lloyd,
3-160,
x2-1803, slloyd@mit.edu
- Characterization
and control
of complex
systems,
quantum
computation.
-
- Prof.
Frank
A. McClintock,
1-304,
x3-2219
- Materials,
fracture,
computer-aided
stress analysis,
applied
mechanics.
-
- Prof.
Borivoje
Mikic,
3-166,
x3-2242, mikic@mit.edu
- Heat transfer,
energy,
biomedical
engineering.
- Prof. Anthony Patera, 3-266, x3-8122, patera@mit.edu
- Computational methods, continuum mechanics, fluid dynamics and heat transfer.
- Prof.
Derek
Rowell,
3-142,
x3-6206, drowell@mit.edu
- Biomedical
engineering,
medical
imaging
and image
processing,
computers,
computer
applications,
controls,
design.
-
- Prof.
Emanuel
Sachs,
35-136,
x3-5381, sachs@mit.edu
- Rapid
fabrication
of prototype
parts, user
interfaces
for CAD.
- Prof. Yang Shao-Horn, 3-156, x3-4529, shaohorn@mit.edu
- Materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion, understanding and altering the crystal, surface and electronic structures of thin films and nanomaterials, and design new materials for lithium storage and electrocatalysis of small molecules such as oxygen reduction, water splitting and methanol oxidation.
- Prof.
Jean-Jacques
E. Slotine,
3-338,
x3-0490, jjs@mit.edu
- Robot
control,
applied
nonlinear
control.
-
- Prof.
Joseph
L. Smith
Jr.,
41-204,
x3-2296, jlsmith@mit.edu
- Thermodynamics,
heat transfer,
power generation,
stirling
engines,
applications
of superconductivity,
cryogenic
engineering.
-
- Prof.
Myron
Spector,
Brigham & Womens
Hospital,
732-6702, 3-336
- mspector@rics.Bwh.Harvard.edu
- Biomaterials,
tissue regeneration
and remodeling,
cell and
molecular
interactions
with materials.
- Prof. Alexandra H. Techet, 5-326C, x2-2266, ahtechet@mit.edu
- Experimental marine hydrodynamics focusing on unsteady flow control, biomimetic propulsion, and fluid-structure interactions. Projects include studies of fluid-structure interactions, specifically vortex-induced-vibrations and their impact on offshore structures; vorticity control, for drag reduction and propulsion in surface and underwater vehicles; and boundary layer control, through fish-like swimming motion. These research interests also extend to other areas of fluid dynamics such as boundary layers and wakes, internal flows, and geological and environmental flows. In addition, development of flow measurement and visualization methods, including particle image velocimetry (PIV), stereoscopic PIV, and MEMS based micro sensing devices, for the ocean environment, is underway.
- Dr.
Mehmet
Toner,
Shriners-BI,
(617)
374-5617, mtoner@sbi.org
- Cryopreservation
of biomaterials,
bioartificial
organs,
thermal
and electrical
trauma,
video microscopy
of alive
cells, heat
and mass
transport
in biological
systems.
- Prof. Michael S. Triantafyllou, 5-226, x3-4335, mistetri@mit.edu
- Dynamics and control of marine systems; flow-structure interaction; generation and control of vorticity to manage the flow around swimming bodies. Biomimetic robotics for the development of systems capable of emulating animal function and performance. Work performed in the Testing Tank Facility and the Propeller Tunnel.
- Prof.
David
L. Trumper,
35-016,
x3-3481, trumper@mit.edu
- Research
in the design
and control
of mechatronic
systems,
e.g., systems
which incorporate
electromechanical
actuators,
sensors,
mechanical
design,
system dynamics,
and precision
measurement
machines.
-
- Prof.
David
Wallace,
3-455B,
x3-2655, drwallac@mit.edu
- Product
design,
computer-aided
design,
environmentally-conscious
design.
- Prof. Evelyn N. Wang, 3-461b, x4-3311, enwang@mit.edu
- Micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), micro-/nanotechnologies for electronics cooling, energy conversion, water desalination, and biotechnologies.
- Prof.
James
H. Williams
Jr.,
3-360,
x3-2221, jhwill@mit.edu
- Composite
materials
and nondestructive
evaluation.
-
- Prof.
Ioannis
V. Yannas,
3-332,
x3-4469, yannas@mit.edu
- Tissue and Organ Regeneration, Peripheral Nerve Regeneration, Biochemical and Cell Biological Mechanisms of Organ Regeneration
- Prof.
Kamal
Youcef-Toumi,
3-332,
x3-4469, youcef@mit.edu
- Systems
dynamics
and controls,
machine
and sensor
design;
applications:
design and
control
of manipulators,
high precision
systems
and flexible
fixturing
systems
for manufacturing
automation.
Prof. Dick K.P. Yue, 5-321, x3-6823, yue@mit.edu
Theoretical and computational hydrodynamics, marine fluid mechanics and ocean engineering. Ocean and coastal wave dynamics, fluid-structure interactions, motions and loads on ships and offshore structures. Hydrodynamics of fish swimming. Vortical and turbulent flows at the air-sea interface. Immediate UROP openings for pay or credit at all levels in the Vortical Flow Research Laboratory (http://web.mit.edu/vfrl/www/).
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