WPI Mechanical Engineering - Research Research in the Mechanical Engineering Department is diverse and students are directly exposed to the multidisciplinary nature of modern mechanical engineering. Current research activity includes theoretical, numerical, and experimental work in rarefied gas and plasma dynamics, electric propulsion, multiphase flows, turbulent flows, fluid-structure interactions, structural analysis, nonlinear dynamics and control, random vibrations, biomechanics, microgravity combustion, materials processing, mechanics of granular materials, laser holography, MEMS, and engineering design.
Funding is provided by a wide range of government and industry sources.