机械工程系拥有一个活跃的研究生课程，包括动力学和控制，流体力学和传热，材料科学与工程以及理论和计算力学等主要领域的高级研究。当前的研究主题包括：适用于循环系统和海上平台动力学的计算流体动力学，控制复杂系统（例如发动机尾气后处理，绕行航天器）以及由智能材料建造的结构，健康监测和设计等优化适用于从微型设备到桥梁的一系列结构，涉及生物传感的生物医学研究，微型生物反应器和心血管系统的健康预测，以及能量系统中发生的湍流和微尺度两相流的实验研究热交换器。
The Department of Mechanical Engineering has an active graduate program encompassing advanced study and research in the major areas of dynamics and controls, fluid mechanics and heat transfer, materials science and engineering, and theoretical and computational mechanics. Current research topics include:<br><br> computational fluid dynamics applied to problems ranging from the circulatory system and to the dynamics of offshore platforms,<br> control of complex systems such as engine exhaust after-treatment, orbiting spacecraft, and structures built from smart materials,<br> health monitoring and design optimization applied to a range of structures from micro-scale devices to bridges,<br> biomedical research into biosensing, micro-scale bioreactors and health prognostics of the cardiovascular system,<br> experimental studies of turbulent flows occurring in energy systems and two-phase flows in micro-scale heat exchangers.