Our research

The School of Mechanical Engineering is internationally recognised for high quality fundamental and applied research covering many aspects of Mechanical Engineering Science and Practice.

The School achieved an impressive 75% of staff rated internationally excellent or World leading in the UK Government Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), placing the School in the top 5 in the UK.

All academic staff within the School are active in research, and our annual research spend is over £2 million.

Our research is designed to influence, respond to and engage in industrial, societal and legislative initiatives and drivers. These drivers include energy efficiency, sustainability, environmental impact, emissions, safety, healthcare, and challenges of an ageing population. To help us achieve this we have three Research Institutes and a Doctoral Training Centre:

• Institute of Engineering Systems and Design - Next generation healthcare devices; Energy efficient vehicles; Affective engineering design; Design sciences
• Institute of Engineering Thermofluids, Surfaces and Interfaces - Combustion; Thin films; Tribology; Corrosion; Engineering optics/metrology; Biomimetics; Spray Dynamics
• Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering - Joint replacement; Tissue re-engineering; Cardiac imaging and modelling; Cartilage tissue substitution; Spine Biomechanics
• Doctoral Training Centre in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.

We are actively seeking research students to work on key projects. As a School we recruit approximately 30 research students a year from around the world, with over 100 overall across all years of their study.