The Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering seeks to meet the needs of our profession and society with distinction and integrity through education, research, and service; to educate engineers who will become leaders in their fields; to generate new knowledge that will strengthen the engineering profession and respond to societal needs; and to foster effective professional and public service.

   Research in the department is broadly based, following the diverse disciplines of mechanical engineering and industrial engineering as well as exploring emerging areas. These research directions reflect the interests and creativity of the faculty and students. Education of new generations of researchers is integral to the department's research mission.

   The generation of new knowledge remains central to the mission of the department. The application of new knowledge and technology transfer are also driving factors in the department's research commitments. The faculty is committed to meeting the needs of the state of Illinois and the nation.

   The department is committed to expanding its cooperative research with state and federal government agencies and its outreach to industry. Several departmental center initiatives focus on research and technology transfer: the Consortium on Novel Energetic Materials to Stabilize Rockets, the Continuous Casting Consortium, the Fracture Control Program, the Institute for Competitive Manufacturing, the Machine Tool Agile Manufacturing Research Institute, the Manufacturing Research Center, two National Science Foundation industry/university cooperative centers, the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center and the Center for Machine-Tool Systems Research, and two major DARPA-funded programs, the Integrated Mesoscopic Cooler Circuits Project and the Mesoscopic Thermo-Mechanical Water Purifier Project.

   The department is strongly committed to cross-disciplinary research and works closely with other departments across the College of Engineering. The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, the Materials Research Laboratory, and other campus resources add strength and diversity to the department's research.

• AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS
• BIOENGINEERING
• COMBUSTION AND PROPULSION
• COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
• CONTROL SYSTEMS
• DESIGN METHODOLOGY AND TRIBOLOGY
• DYNAMIC SYSTEMS
• ENERGY SYSTEMS AND THERMODYNAMICS
• ENGINEERING MECHANICS
• ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
• FLUID DYNAMICS
• HEAT TRANSFER
• HUMAN FACTORS
• MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
• MATERIALS BEHAVIOR
• MATERIALS PROCESSING
• MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS)
• OPERATIONS RESEARCH
• PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
• JOURNALS AND BOOKS
• PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA
• THESES
• AWARDS AND HONORS