Mechanical Engineering (ME)

• Mechatronics Control systems
• Unmanned aircraft systems
• Cyber-physical systems
• Applied fractional calculus

• Structural Analysis and Optimization
• Composite Structures
• Energy Harvesting
• Vibrations
• Nonlinear Dynamics

• Engineering systems for agriculture 
• Automation and intelligent machines for production and postharvest of agricultural crops 
• Precision agriculture technology 
• Sensors for biotic and abiotic plant stress detection 
• Mechanical harvesting machines and robotic systems for fruit and nut trees

• Engineering Education
• Experiential Learning
• Structural Mechanics
• Computational Mechanics

• Electrochemical energy conversion and storage (e.g., fuel cells and batteries)
• Next generation non-volatile memory (e.g., resistive switching memory)
• Electrochemical nano-patterning
• Nanoscale electrochemistry
• Nanoscale material interface and surface phenomena
• Scanning probe microscopy based observations

• Tribology: Friction, wear and lubrication

Thermal and electrokinetic transport processes with applications in:

• Thermal management
• Energy storage
• Water purification
• Advanced manufacturing

• Characterization of Biological Materials
• Biotemplating of Natural Materials
• Creation of Advanced Materials Using Natural Components