Mechanical Engineering - Stanford University
Mechanical EngineeringMECHANICAL ENGINEERINGCourses offered by the Department of Mechanical Engineering are listedunder the subject code ME on the Stanford Bulletin's ExploreCourses website.The programs in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME)emphasize a mix of applied mechanics, biomechanical engineering,computer simulations, design, and energy science and technology.Since mechanical engineering is a broad discipline, the undergraduateprogram can be a springboard for graduate study in business, law,medicine, political science, and other professions where understandingtechnology is important. Both undergraduate and graduate programsprovide technical background for work in biomechanical engineering,environmental pollution control, ocean engineering, transportation, andother multidisciplinary problems that concern society. In all programs,emphasis is placed on developing systematic procedures for analysis,creating innovative solutions to complex problems, communication ofwork and ideas, practical and human-centered and aesthetic aspects indesign, and responsible use of technology.Mission of the Undergraduate Program inMechanical EngineeringThe mission of the undergraduate program in Mechanical Engineeringis to provide students with a balance of intellectual and practicalexperiences that enable them to address a variety of societal needs.The curriculum encompasses elements from a wide array of disciplinesbuilt around the themes of biomechanical engineering, computationalengineering, design, energy, materials, and multiscale engineering.Course work may include mechatronics, computational simulation, solidand fluid dynamics, microelectromechanical systems, biomechanicalengineering, energy science and technology, propulsion, sensing andcontrol, nano- and micro-mechanics, and design. The program preparesstudents for entry-level work as mechanical engineers and for graduatestudies in either an engineering discipline or another field where a broadengineering background is useful.Learning Objectives (Undergraduate)These outcomes are operationalized through learning objectives, whichstudents are expected to demonstrate:1. Graduates of the program will have the scientific and technicalbackground for successful careers in diverse organizations.2. Graduates of the program will be leaders, and effectivecommunicators, both in the profession and in the community.3. Graduates of the program will be motivated and equipped tosuccessfully pursue postgraduate study whether in engineering, or inother fields.4. Graduates of the program will have a professional and ethicalapproach to their careers with a strong awareness of the socialcontexts in which they work.Learning Outcomes (Graduate)The purpose of the master’s program is to provide students with theknowledge and skills necessary for a professional career or doctoralstudies. This is done through course work providing depth in onearea of specialization and breadth in complementary areas. Areasof specialization range from automatic controls, energy systems,fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and solid mechanics to biomechanicalengineering, MEMS, and design.The Ph.D. is conferred upon candidates who have demonstratedsubstantial scholarship and the ability to conduct independent research.1Through course work and guided research, the program preparesstudents to make original contributions in Mechanical Engineering andrelated fields.Graduate Programs in MechanicalEngineeringAdmission and Financial AssistanceMechanical engineering is a varied profession, ranging from primarilyaesthetic aspects of design to highly technical scientific research.Disciplinary areas of interest to mechanical engineers includebiomechanics, energy conversion, fluid mechanics, materials, nuclearreactor engineering, propulsion, rigid and elastic body mechanics,systems engineering, scientific computing, thermodynamics, robotics,and controls, to name a few. Our graduate programs provide advanceddepth and breadth in the field.Graduate degree programs and admission Master of Science (M.S.) in Mechanical Engineering Master of Science (M.S.) in Engineering — Design Impact Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mechanical EngineeringTo be eligible for admission to graduate study to the department, astudent must have a B.S. degree in engineering, physics, or a comparablescience program. M.S. and Ph.D. applications must be received by thefirst Tuesday in December, and admitted students must matriculate inthe following Autumn. In rare circumstances, with the support of an MEfaculty member who is a potential Ph.D. adviser, Ph.D. applications fromstudents who have completed or are currently in an M.S. program arereviewed for Winter or Spring Quarter start. In addition, M.S. applicantseligible for the Honors Cooperative Program (on-campus courses requiredfor Mechanical Engineering) can apply in Autumn, Winter, or Springquarters.Additional degree programs available to currently enrolled students Master of Science (M.S.) in Engineering — Biomechanical Engineering Master of Science (M.S.) in Engineering — Individually DesignedMajor Engineer in Mechanical EngineeringFor additional information about these programs, see the MechanicalEngineering Department Graduate Handbook.Financial AssistanceThe department annually awards, on a competitive basis, a limitednumber of fellowships, teaching assistantships, and researchassistantships to incoming graduate students. For M.S. students,limited financial aid in the form of fellowships and short-term researchassistantships are provided at the time of admission, and courseassistantships can sometimes be arranged with individual courseinstructors after admission. All Ph.D. students receive financial supportfor the duration of their program, given satisfactory degree progress.Post-Master's Degree ProgramsThe department offers two post-master’s degrees: Engineer and Doctorof Philosophy. Post-master’s research generally requires some evidencethat a student has research potential before a faculty member agrees tosupervision and a research assistantship appointment. It is most efficientto carry out preliminary research during the M.S. degree program, ifinterested in a post-master's degree.Departmental GroupsThe department has five groups: Biomechanical Engineering; Design;Flow Physics and Computation; Mechanics and Computation; andThermosciences. Each maintains its own labs, shops, and offices.Stanford Bulletin 2020-21
2Mechanical EngineeringThe Biomechanical Engineering (BME) Group has teaching and researchactivities which focus primarily on musculoskeletal biomechanics,neuromuscular biomechanics, cardiovascular biomechanics, andrehabilitation engineering. Research in other areas including hearing,ocean, plant, and vision biomechanics exists in collaboration withassociated faculty in biology, engineering, and medicine. The group hasstrong research interactions with the Mechanics and Computation andthe Design groups, and the departments of Neurology, Radiology, andSurgery in the School of Medicine.The Design Group is devoted to the imaginative application of science,technology, and art to the conception, visualization, creation, analysisand realization of useful devices, products, and objects. Courses andresearch focus on topics such as bio-inspired design, kinematics,haptics, applied finite elements, micro-electricalmechanical systems(MEMS), medical devices, fatigue and fracture mechanics, dynamicsand simulation, rehabilitation, optimization, high-speed devices, productdesign, vehicle dynamics, experimental mechanics, robotics, creativity,idea visualization, computer-aided design, manufacturing technology,design analysis, and engineering education.The Flow Physics and Computational Engineering Group (FPCE) The FlowPhysics and Computational Engineering Group (FPCE) blends researchon flow physics and modeling with algorithm development, scientificcomputing, and numerical database construction. FPCE is contributingnew theories, models and computational tools for accurate engineeringdesign analysis and control of complex flows (including multi phaseflows, micro-fluidics, chemical reactions, acoustics, plasmas, interactionswith electromagnetic waves and other phenomena) in aerodynamics,propulsion and power systems, materials processing, electronics cooling,environmental engineering, and other areas. A significant emphasisof research is on modeling and analysis of physical phenomena inengineering systems.The Mechanics and Computational Group covers biomechanics, continuummechanics, dynamics, experimental and computational mechanics, finiteelement analysis, fluid dynamics, fracture mechanics, micromechanics,nanotechnology, and simulation based design. Qualified students canwork as research project assistants, engaging in thesis research inassociation with the faculty director and fellow students. Projectsinclude analysis, synthesis, and control of systems; biomechanics; flowdynamics of liquids and gases; fracture and micro-mechanics, vibrations,and nonlinear dynamics; and original theoretical, computational, andexperimental investigations in the strength and deformability of elasticand inelastic elements of machines and structures.The Thermosciences Group conducts experimental and analytical researchon both fundamental and applied topics in the general area of thermaland fluid systems. Research strengths include high Reynolds numberflows, microfluidics, combustion and reacting flows, multiphase flowand combustion, plasma sciences, gas physics and chemistry, laserdiagnostics, microscale heat transfer, convective heat transfer, andenergy systems. Research motivation comes from applications includingair-breathing and space propulsion, bioanalytical systems, pollutioncontrol, electronics fabrication and cooling, stationary and mobile energysystems, biomedical systems, and materials processing. Emphasis ison fundamental experiments leading towards advances in modeling,optimization, and control of complex systems.FacilitiesThe department groups maintain modern laboratories that supportundergraduate and graduate instruction and graduate research work. Apartial listing can be found below. More information is available at thedepartment's Labs and Centers (http://me.stanford.edu/research/labsand-centers/) website.The d’Arbeloff Undergraduate Research and Teaching Lab supportsundergraduate research and teaching in the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment. In this unique facility, the department holds undergraduateStanford Bulletin 2020-21project-based classes, and offers its students the opportunity to buildand collaborate.The Structures and Composites Laboratory, a joint activity with theDepartment of Aeronautics and Astronautics, studies structures made offiber-reinforced composite materials. Equipment for fabricating structuralelements includes autoclave, filament winder, and presses. X-ray,ultrasound, and an electron microscope are available for nondestructivetesting. The lab also has environmental chambers, a high speed impactor,and mechanical testers. Lab projects include designing compositestructures, developing novel manufacturing processes, and evaluatingenvironmental effects on composites.Experimental facilities are available through the interdepartmentalStructures and Solid Mechanics Research Laboratory, which includesan electrohydraulic materials testing system, a vehicle crash simulator,and a shake table for earthquake engineering and related studies,together with highly sophisticated auxiliary instrumentation. Facilitiesto study the micromechanics of fracture areas are available in theMicromechanics/Fracture Laboratory, and include a computer-controlledmaterials testing system, a long distance microscope, an atomic forcemicroscope, and other instrumentation. Additional facilities for evaluationof materials are available through the Center for Materials Research,Center for Integrated Circuits, and the Ginzton Laboratory. Laboratoriesfor biological experimentation are accessible through the School ofMedicine. Individual accommodation is available for the work of eachresearch student.Major experimental and computational laboratories engaged inbioengineering work are located in the Biomechanical Engineering Group.Other Biomechanical Engineering Group activities and resources areassociated with the Rehabilitation Research and Development Centerof the Veterans Administration Palo Alto Health Care System. Thismajor national research center has computational and prototypingfacilities. In addition, the Rehabilitation Research and DevelopmentCenter houses the Electrophysiology Laboratory, Experimental MechanicsLaboratory, Human Motor Control Laboratory, Rehabilitation DeviceDesign Laboratory, and Skeletal Biomechanics Laboratory. Thesefacilities support graduate course work as well as Ph.D. student researchactivities.Computational and experimental work is also conducted in variousfacilities throughout the School of Engineering and the School ofMedicine, particularly the Advanced Biomaterials Testing Laboratory ofthe Department of Materials Science and Engineering, the OrthopaedicResearch Laboratory in the Department of Functional Restoration,and the Vascular Research Laboratory in the Department of Surgery.In collaboration with the School of Medicine, facilities throughout theStanford Medical Center and the Veterans Administration Palo AltoHealth Care System conduct biological and clinical work.The Design Group has facilities for lab work in experimental stressanalysis. Design Group students also have access to the StanfordNanoFabrication Facility (SNF) and characterization facilities at theStanford Nano Shared Facilities (SNSF).The Automotive Innovation Facility houses the Volkswagen AutomotiveInnovation Lab (VAIL) which provides a state-of-the-art vehicle researchfacility and community space where interdisciplinary teams workon projects that move vehicle technology forward by focusing onhuman-centered mobiling solutions. High-profile Stanford projectsaccommodated in the building include research on drive-by-wire and driveassistance systems, and the interaction of drivers with vehicles (via thefull–scale driving simulator).The Design Group also maintains the Product Realization Laboratory(PRL), a multi-site teaching facility offering students integratedexperiences in market definition, product design, and prototypemanufacturing. The PRL provides coaching, design manufacturing
Mechanical Engineeringtools, and networking opportunities to students interested in productdevelopment. The PRL’s Room 36 offerings include laser cutters, 3Dprinters, sewing machines, and equipment for work with electronics andhotwire foam cutting, The ME 310 Design Project Laboratory has facilitiesfor CAD, assembly, and testing of original designs by master’s students inthe engineering design program. The Smart Product Design Laboratorysupports microprocessor application projects.The Center for Design Research (CDR) is a unique doctoral-levelresearch community that studies the dynamics of science, engineering,management, and design teams in academic and worldly settingsinternationally. This closely knit group studies human/machineinteractions from both technology and human performance points ofview: why did the robot (autonomous car; surgical robot; instructor) dothat? Why is the team doing that? Smart technical systems are neversmart enough at the interface with humans and the human environment.Stanford courses, especially ME 310, often serve as laboratories for theresearchers. The CDR collaborates closely with other disciplines andlaboratories, especially Computer Science (AI, big data), the behavioralsciences (VR, AR), and the School of Medicine (haptics, neurosciences,fMRI, fNIRS).The Nanoscale Prototyping Laboratory addresses fundamental issueson energy conversion and storage at the nanoscale. It employs a widerange of nano-fabrication technologies to build prototype fuel cells andcapacitors with induced topological electronic states. It tests theseconcepts and novel material structures with the help of atomic layerdeposition, scanning tunneling microscopy, impedance spectroscopyand other technologies. In addition, it uses atomic scale modeling togain insights into the nature of charge separation and recombinationprocesses.The Design Group also maintains The Loft, in which students in theDesign Impact Program develop graduate thesis projects.The Flow Physics and Computation Group has a 32 processor Origin2000, 48-node and 85-node Linux cluster with high performanceinterconnection and an array of powerful workstations for graphicsand data analysis. Several software packages are available, includingall the major commercial CFD codes. FPC is strongly allied with theCenter for Turbulence Research (CTR), a research consortium betweenStanford and NASA, and the Center for Integrated Turbulence Simulations(CITS), which is supported by the Department of Energy (DOE) underits Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI). The Center forTurbulence Research has direct access to major national computingfacilities located at the nearby NASA-Ames Research Center, includingmassively parallel super computers. The Center for Integrated TurbulenceSimulations has access to DOE’s vast supercomputer resources.The intellectual atmosphere of the Flow Physics and ComputationGroup is greatly enhanced by the interactions among CTR’s and CITS’spostdoctoral researchers and distinguished visiting scientists.The Mechanics and Computation Group has a Computational MechanicsLaboratory that provides an integrated computational environment forresearch and research-related education in computational mechanics andscientific computing. The laboratory houses Silicon Graphics, Sun, andHP workstations and servers, including an 8-processor SGI Origin2000and a 16-processor networked cluster of Intel-architecture workstationsfor parallel and distributed computing solutions of computationallyintensive problems. Software is available on the laboratory machines,including commercial packages for engineering analysis, parametricgeometry and meshing, and computational mathematics. The laboratorysupports basic research in computational mechanics as well as thedevelopment of related applications such as simulation-based designtechnology.3of turbulent flows and high performance energy conversion systems. Thelaboratory includes two general-purpose wind tunnels, a pressurized highReynolds number tunnel, two supersonic cascade flow facilities, threespecialized boundary layer wind tunnels, and several other flow facilities.Extensive diagnostic equipment is available, including multiple particleimage velocimetry and laser-Doppler anemometry systems.The High Temperature Gas Dynamics Laboratory includes researchon sensors, plasma sciences, cool and biomass combustion and gaspollutant formation, and reactive and non-reactive gas dynamics.Research facilities include diagnostic devices for combustiongases, a spray combustion facility, laboratory combustors includinga coal combustion facility and supersonic combustion facilities,several advanced laser systems, a variety of plasma facilities, apulsed detonation facility, and four shock tubes and tunnels. TheThermosciences Group and the Design Group share the MicroscaleThermal and Mechanical Characterization laboratory (MTMC). MTMCis dedicated to the measurement of thermal and mechanical propertiesin thin-film systems, including microfabricated sensors and actuatorsand integrated circuits, and features a nanosecond scanning laserthermometry facility, a laser interferometer, a near-field opticalmicroscope, and an atomic force microscope. The activities at MTMC areclosely linked to those at the Heat Transfer Teaching Laboratory (HTTL),where undergraduate and master’s students use high-resolution probestations to study thermal phenomena in integrated circuits and thermallyactuated microvalves. HTTL also provides macroscopic experiments inconvection and radiative
Master of Science (M.S.) in Mechanical Engineering Master of Science (M.S.) in Engineering — Design Impact Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mechanical Engineering To be eligible for admission to graduate study to the department, a student must have a B.S. degree in engineering, physics, or a comparable science program.
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