PhD in Mechanical Engineering in Ithaca United States | Cornell University

The program focuses on fundamental mechanical sciences to equip students for the varied challenges in cutting-edge research and industrial applications. The department boasts exceptional expertise in areas including biomechanical engineering, fluid dynamics, turbulence, combustion, thermal systems, multiphase flows, energy systems, microgravity transport processes, mechanical design, robotics, space structure dynamics, materials mechanics, microgravity materials science, and computational mechanics. Biomechanical engineering: Designing and analyzing biomechanical systems for orthopedic applications, creating computer-assisted techniques for bone-implant systems, studying skeletal adaptation and bone mechanics, and investigating human/animal motion dynamics. Combustion: Studying energy conversion combustion processes, computational methods for turbulent combustion, waste incineration, microgravity combustion, granular flow simulations, pneumatic transport modeling, laser-based turbulent combustion imaging, and developing laser tomography for combustion diagnostics.