ME Department Research

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Combustion and Heat Transfer

ESE student, Virginia Rivas-Zambrano burns coal on an open flame in laboratory during research on clean coal

Dr. Belmont and grad student compare carbon samples from research in laboratory

This area of focus delves into concepts of turbulent mixing, turbulent combustion, radiative heat transfer, combustion simulation, laser diagnostics, convective heat transfer, turbulent fluid dynamics, syngas production, alternative fuels, biomass gasification, laser diagnostics, reactive flows and CFD.

Associated faculty: Erica Belmont, Michael Stoellinger

Aerodynamics, Fluid Mechanics and Wind Energy

This research has applications in experimental fluid dynamics and aerodynamics and computational fluid dynamics.

Associated faculty: Dimitri Mavriplis, Jonathan Naughton

computer graphic depicting air flow over a turbine blade

Mechanics and Materials

grad student does research in the composites laboratory

Discover more about materials science, physics-based multiscale modeling of material failure, mechanics of materials and computational methods of materials science.

Associated faculty: Ray Fertig, Xiang Zhang

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Mechanical Engineering

Engineering Building Room 2052

Postal: Dept. 3295 1000 E. University

Courier (FEDEX, UPS, etc); 16th & Gibbon

Laramie, WY 82071

Phone: 307.766.2122

Email: me.Info@uwyo.edu