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| Contact Information for College of Engineering | |
|---|---|
| Phone | (775) 784-6925 |
| Fax | (775) 784-4466 |
| engineering@unr.edu | |
| Location |
Scrugham Engineering and Mines
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| Address | 1664 N. Virginia Street Reno, NV 89557-0256 |
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Mechanical Engineering Research
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For detailed information on faculty research interests, please visit our department website.
Our faculty focus on three broad research areas:
- Thermals, fluids and renewable energy
- Solid mechanics and materials
- Systems and dynamics
Research Facilities
Bioelectromagnetics Lab
Primary Contact: Carlos Martino
Major focus: Bioelectromagnetics, electrodynamics of continua
Biomechanics Lab
Primary Contact: Eric Wang
Major Focus: Emphasizes biomechanics, design of sports equipment and vehicle dynamics.
BioMedical Lab
Primary Contact: Cahit Evrensel
Major Focus: Emphasizes solid/liquid and solid/vapor interactions in bio-systems such as fluid mechanics issues in pulmonary airways.
Composite and Intelligent Materials Lab (CIML)
Primary Contact: Faramarz Gordaninejad
Major Focus: Basic and applied research in the areas of advanced materials, structures and systems.
Electroactive Systems and Control Lab (EASY)
Primary Contact: Kam K. Leang
Major Focus: Advanced control, mechatronics, and dynamic systems modeling and their applications to scanning probe microscopy, nanopositioning, and micro-autonomous systems.
Heat Transfer and Materials Lab
Primary Contact: Richard Wirtz
Major Focus: Research on novel heat transfer materials, equipment and thermal processes.
Mechanical Behavior Lab
Primary Contact: Yanyao Jiang
Major Focus: Dedicated to the experimental investigation of mechanical behavior of materials. Equipped with state-of-the-art servohydraulic material testing systems with computer controls and data acquisition, extensometry, metallurgical optical microscope and more.
Nuclear Materials Operational Safety Lab
Primary Contact: Miles Greiner
Major Focus: Development and experimental benchmark of computational tools to predict the thermal response of spent nuclear fuel transport and storage casks during normal and fire accident conditions.
Polymer MicroSystems Laboratory (Plµs)
Primary Contact: Emil Geiger
Major Focus: Polymer microsystems, microfluids, soft MEMS.
Re-formable Tooling System Lab(RTS)
Primary Contact: Shen-Yi Luo
Major Focus: Dedicated to developing and evaluating novel tooling systems for quick composite fabrication.
Sustainable Energy Laboratory (SEL)
Primary Contact: Chanwoo Park
Major Focus: Research on two-phase heat transfer (capillary-driven boiling and condensation), thermal processes and renewable energy systems.
