Innovative Teaching and Research Programs

Teaching Programs: Some of the programs are specific for our main mechanical and materials science disciplines. However, several of our teaching programs have been built in collaborations with other units of campus, namely the division of Natural Science and Mathematics and the Daniels School of Business, allowing our students to take advantage of the truly interdisciplinary educational nature of the University. One of the unique features of our teaching is that our classes are small, with the student to faculty ratio of about 12:1, allowing very thorough individual faculty attention. We offer quality teaching both on campus and on various industrial sites around Denver, such as our highly successful teaching program with Lockheed Martin.

Research Programs: The technological advances of the last century have contributed tremendously to the quality of life for society, and have set the stage for a spectacular expansion in the potential of engineering to profoundly impact the global community. Our mission in the MME Department is to lead the development of research programs to seize the opportunities presented by evolving and emerging technologies. The accelerating convergence of disciplines is producing new fields for investigation. Therefore, our researchers are using interdisciplinary perspectives to anticipate new realities and opportunities.

In our research, we regularly involve undergraduate and graduate students, exposing you to various modern engineering problems. You will be educated in our classrooms, machine shop fabrication facilities, and our research laboratories, obtaining substantial hands-on experience. This combination of educational efforts will allow you to develop unique skills, making you greatly competitive on the global job market.

Some current areas of research in the MME Department include:

Mechanical Engineering
nanotechnology, mechanics of materials, fatigue, and fracture mechanics; spray atomization; super critical fluid behavior; pharmaceutical processing; biomechanics; computational mechanics; atmospheric environment; instrumentation; thermodynamics; mechanisms and mechanics; intelligent controls; smart structures; robotics; biomedical devices; sensors and actuators; electric power systems; health monitoring

Materials Science
micro mechanics of materials; nondestructive evaluation of high-tech materials; acoustic emission; advanced polymer matrix composites; high-voltage materials; biomaterials; nano materials; MEMS and NEMS

Please feel free to contact individual faculty members for additional information on their research programs. We look forward to having you join us in our research efforts.