Students pursuing a doctoral degree or a master's degree with financial support from The University must meet the TFS Area Research Requirements. Both master's and doctoral students are expected to establish a relationship with a TFS Area Faculty member for supervision of their research within their first semester in the graduate program.

The Mechanical Engineering Department provides the TFS Area with an abundance of Research Resources and Research Facilities. The Department, along with the entire College of Engineering and the University of Texas at Austin are recognized as premier research institutions in the world. The cornerstone of our Department is the excellent research talent marshalled here.

Our primary facilities are located on campus in the ten-story Engineering Teaching Center II and on the J.J. Pickle Research Campus. These resources offer everything from wood shops to electron micropes, and microcomputers to an active teaching nuclear reactor.

 

TFS AND AFFILIATED RESEARCH LABS

FEMTOLAB: The FemtoLab at The University of Texas at Austin is led by principal investigator Dr. Adela Ben-Yakar. The lab works in femtosecond laser nanosurgery, two photo imagin, plasmonic surgery and imaging, and imaging, micromachining, microfuidics.

INVERSE DESIGN of ENERGY APPLICATIONS (IDEA) LAB: The IDEA Lab is dedicated to providing design, measurement and control tools for energy systems to industry. IDEALab research is based on the use of inverse analysis methods. These methods start with specifying the desired outcome of the design (what temperatures and heat fluxes are needed to meet the design requirements for steady-state or transient heating of an object such as a semiconductor wafer, coated object to be dried or cured, material to be processed, etc.).

NANO MATERIALS AND THERMO-FLUIDS LABORATORY: The Nano Materials and Thermo-Fluids Laboratory at The University of Texas at Austin is led by principal investigator Dr. Li Shi. The mission of this lab is to advance energy, materials, and biomedical technologies.

NANO-OPTO-BIO ENGINEERING LAB: The Nano-Opto-Bio Engineering Lab at The University of Texas at Austin is led by principal investigator Dr. Shaochen Chen. The Chen Group focuses on Nanophotonics, Nanomanufacturing, Biomaterials and BioMEMS, Microfluidics, Femtosecond Science and Engineering for biomedical and life sciences applications.

SOLAR ENERGY LABORATORY: The Solar Energy Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin resides within the Mechanical Engineering Department. The Solar Energy Laboratory was established in 1982 and is located in the ETC II Building. It includes space and equipment for solar energy related projects and research.

 

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