The department currently offers the master of science and doctor of philosophy degrees in mechanical engineering. The department does not have a language requirement for the Ph.D. degree.<br><br>The program of courses and research for both the master's and doctoral degrees is tailored to the background, needs and interests of the individual student.<br><br>Current areas of research include:<br><br> Smart, active, and soft materials: sensing and actuation, stimuli-responsive shape-programmable matter, artificial muscles, biomimetic and soft robotics<br> Advanced manufacturing and materials processing: 3D printing and bioprinting, laser processing, composite materials and structures, tribology and surface science, micro-/nanomanufacturing<br> Micro-/nanoscale transport, energy conversion and storage<br> Theoretical and computational mechanics: micromechanics, multi-scale modeling of material electrical, chemical, thermal, and mechanical properties, continuum mechanics<br> Experimental mechanics: in situ microscale mechanical testing, plasticity and fatigue of high-strength, light-weight alloys<br> Elasticity, dynamics, and control of structures: fluid-structure interaction, atomic force microscopy<br> Data-driven and nonlinear control, bioinspired sensory integration<br> Advanced multi-phase turbomachinery