MEMS devices and microscale processes are investigated from the design and modeling stages to the fabrication and testing stages. 

Researchers explore areas like nanomanufacturing, soft materials for robotics, micro-sized robots, DNA origami, and more. 

Faculty involved: Maarten de Boer, Reeja Jayan, Carmel Majidi, Metin Sitti, Burak Ozdoganlar, Rahul Panat, Rebecca Taylor

Our faculty analyze experimental measurements and high-fidelity modeling of the transport of charge, heat, mass, and momentum. 

They are building efficient fuel cells, creating droplets of medication less than a micrometer in size, and developing better technologies for solid state lighting and solar energy conversion. They use machine learning to predict the physical phenomena pertinent to mechanical engineering.

Faculty involved: Amir Barati Farimani, Shawn Litster, Jonathan Malen, Alan McGaughey, Sheng Shen 

Faculty investigate the characterization and modeling of small-scale phenomena that impact global systems.

Microscale laboratory methods and computational modeling focus on developing and optimizing energy-related processes while monitoring the physicochemical properties of the atmosphere.

Faculty involved: Ryan Sullivan