Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Research

The Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Glasgow have a long tradition of cross-departmental research  collaboration and interdisciplinary research. Academic staff are involved in a wide range of world-leading research activities and the departments offer an excellent research environment and research facilities.

The two departments support five major cross-departmental research groupings:

• Dynamics
  • Applied dynamics
  • Flight dynamics
  • Space systems
  • Power ultrasonic
• Fluid Dynamics
  • Rotorcraft aeromechanics
  • Computational fluid dynamics
  • Unsteady experimental aerodynamics
  • Thermofluids
  • Flow control
  • Wind energy and industrial fluid dynamics
• Materials
  • Fracture mechanics
  • Composites
  • Biomaterials
  • Corrosion/erosion 
• Rehabilitation Engineering
  • Functional electrical stimulation
  • Nonlinear dynamic modeling, robust feedback control
• Systems and Control
  • Process monitoring
  • Applied control
  • Vehicle control and simulation
  • Laser-based system 

  
  

  The results of the recent Research Assessment Exercise have judged 85% of research activity in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering as being of international quality and, in particular, over 95% of  our research outputs achieved international quality ratings.