| Laboratory facilities in traditional research areas of acoustics, automation and robotics, automotive engineering, clean air vehicle research, computer-aided design, computer-aided manufacturing, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and turbomachinery support research work. In addition, the MicroDevices Laboratory (MDL) supports research programs aimed at applying traditional Mechanical Engineering approaches to emerging areas such as NEMS/MEMS and nanotechnology. Centered around a 600 sq. ft class 100 clean room microfabrication facility, capabilities include NEMS/MEMS device design and simulation and device characterization including a Zyvex KZ100 system designed for in situ nanomanipulation within a scanning electron microscope (SEM). Areas of Current Research
Acoustics and Vibration
Studies on acoustical source idealization of vibrating structures, noise control in commercial and industrial locations, studies in duct acoustics and muffler systems, acoustic source characterization, studies on nonlinear vibrations, numerical methods for noise and vibration studies. Air Pollution
Instrumentation and diagnostics for monitoring submicron particulates, acoustic agglomeration, partitioning of heavy metals in incinerator emission. Automotive Engineering
Alternative fuel characteristics in automotive vehicle engines, energy efficiency and pollutant emission, performance analysis of automotive engines. Combustion
Fluidized-bed combustion, alternative fuels, generation of particulates. Computer-Aided Design
Simultaneous optimization of kinematic and dynamic characteristics of mechanisms, computer-aided synthesis of mechanisms, finite-element methods, interactive computer graphics and software development, modeling of biomechanical systems. Computer-Aided Manufacturing
Development of databases for manufacturing systems, design for manufacturability, modeling of noise control and vibrations in machinery, performance analysis of automated machinery, software development for computer-aided manufacturing systems, concurrent
engineering. Fluid Dynamics and Theoretical Mechanics
Experimental studies on flow past bluff bodies, computational fluid mechanics, modeling of non-Newtonian flows, turbulence, 3-D turbulent boundary layers, separated flows, studies on constitutive equations, hydrodynamic stability, fluid dynamics in porous media. Fracture Mechanics and Failure Prediction
Brittle fracture, elastic-plastic fracture, mechanics of composite materials, creep failure, corrosion and fatigue. Nano and Microtechnology
Research groups in nano/microscale science and engineering within the Department include the Nanomechanics and Nanomaterials Lab, the Nano and Microfluidics Laboratory, the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, and the Nano/Micro Structures and Devices Engineering Laboratory. These groups also actively collaborate within the Nanotechnology Graduate Program at Stevens.
Robotics and Control Theory
Parameter sensitivity reduction in control systems, control of robot end effectors, studies on dynamic balancing, microprocessor applications for a variety of system control applications, time domain analysis and synthesis of robust controllers. Solid Mechanics and Design
Finite-element methods; studies on plasticity, modeling of materials with nonlinear characteristics, composites, design optimization, machine design. Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
Computational heat transfer, hydrodynamic stability of convective systems, thermal design and analysis in electronic packaging, thermal convection in rotating systems, double-diffusive convection, heat transfer in manufacturing processes, thermal convection in porous media, thermo photovoltaic energy conversion. Turbomachinery
Dynamic behavior and flutter of rotating blades, behavior of highly loaded cascaded rotor/airfoils in unsteady flow, compressor labyrinth seal excitations, modeling of fluid flow in turbomachines, experimental studies on stall characteristics of turbomachinery, aeroelastic tailoring of turbine/compressor blades, analysis of compliant airfoils. | 
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It involves the development of integrated design and manufacturing technology for industry and lies at the interface between the commercial and academic worlds. It provides students with both design and production experience and an opportunity to work with industrial representatives while pursuing their degree objectives. The facility includes a design center, full-scale production services, a state-of-the-art high-speed computer facility, and a quality assurance laboratory. A variety of special-purpose software packages are used to perform a multitude of production services involving computer modeling, process applications, and structural analysis for polymers, composites, and conventional materials. DMI's primary focus is the development and commercialization of the Automated Concurrent Engineering Software (