Real machines and structures are needed for our health, prosperity, and happiness. University of Florida mechanical and aerospace engineers research and teach how to design and manufacture such machines and structures. The design and manufacturing techniques and methods that are developed can be applied to many industries and applications.
In today’s diverse energy landscape, next-generation energy conversion and storage technologies are key to ensuring that end users have access to reliable, efficient, resilient and green energy sources.
Fluid dynamics is the study of how fluids (liquids, gases, and plasmas) move and interact with each other and their surroundings, including the generation and propagation of sound waves within them.
In MAEBio, we tackle a broad diversity of biological topics, working at length-scales as large as the human body, as small as single molecules, and at all scales in between.
This group specializes on multiscale modeling and experimentation spanning a broad spectrum of material properties and their behaviors at a range of spatial, temporal, and environmental conditions. Our focus includes mechanical behavior of advanced materials utilizing state-of-the-art experimental and computational approaches.
Autonomy and robotics are fields that are focused on developing systems and devices that can operate independently, without the need for human intervention. Feedback control systems involves the use of feedback from sensors that inform a decision or algorithm that enables a process to achieve a desired outcome. Optimization seeks to maximize or minimize a user defined cost function. Often these fields are combined to form optimal control which involves determining the best action or decision to maximize or minimize a reward.
The MAE Space Research Group pushes the bounds of space technology, from Earth orbits, past the moon and Mars, to the Sun and beyond.
Thermal transport and thermodynamics are among the pillars of the modern civilization that have enabled many technologies the world currently enjoys such as thermal power plants, heating/cooling systems, and engines.