UCSB机械工程系的热科学和流体力学课程强调对与实际工程问题（例如能源和材料加工与制造）相关的热力学和传热的各个基本方面的理解。在能源领域，正在进行的项目包括一项关于使用聚合物溶液和表面活性剂作为添加剂以提高大规模冷却和加热系统效率的可行性研究。进行了高温气体/颗粒散射系统中辐射传热的数值模拟，以提高大型工业炉的能源效率。教职员工和研究生正在收集液-液系统中直接接触传热的测量数据，这对提高地热发电厂的效率非常有用。与化学工程系合作，我们的教师正在对与核反应堆安全性有关的各种热水力现象进行基础研究。
The Thermal Sciences and Fluid Mechanics program in the UCSB Mechanical Engineering department emphasizes the understanding of various fundamental aspects of thermodynamics and heat transfer related to practical engineering problems, such as energy and materials processing and manufacturing. In the area of energy, ongoing projects include a feasibility study on the use of polymeric solutions and surfactants as additives to improve the efficiency of large-scale cooling and heating systems. Numerical modeling of radiative heat transfer in a high-temperature gas/particle scattering system is conducted to improve the energy efficiency of large-scale industrial furnaces. Faculty and graduate students are collecting measurement data of direct-contact heat transfer in liquid-liquid systems that will be valuable in improving the efficiency of geothermal power plants. In collaboration with the Department of Chemical Engineering(link is external), our faculty are carrying out fundamental studies of various thermal hydraulic phenomena related to the safety of nuclear reactors.