Mechanical Engineering
We provide innovative mechanical solutions for advanced technology prototypes. Prototypes we have worked on include airborne and space-based laser communications systems, biological agent detectors and identifiers, and large radar antenna systems. We are the Engineering research area's center for 3D computer-aided design with expertise in precision-engineered systems, optomechanical systems, mechanisms, dynamic metrology, composite structures, highly efficient lightweight structures, electronics packaging, and cable design. Our staff are involved in every step of a program's execution from conceptual design all the way to environmental and performance testing.
Featured Projects
disaster relief
Vine Robots for Collapsed Structure Mapping
These robots can navigate difficult urban disaster terrain to help responders locate and access victims for rescue.
weather
TROPICS
A constellation of small satellites is collecting rapidly refreshed weather data to advance studies of hurricane structure and intensity and improve forecasts.
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Laboratory Stories
Even on my first project I was given a good deal of autonomy and responsibility.
Paula Marie Countouris
Mechanical Engineer
Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Advancing Our Research
Featured Publications
HF vector sensor for radio astronomy: ground testing results
Sep 13
AIAA Space 2016 Conf. and Exposition, 13-16 September 2016.
Vector antenna and maximum likelihood imaging for radio astronomy
Mar 5
2016 IEEE Aerospace Conf., 5-12 March 2016.
Development and application of spherically curved charge-coupled device imagers
Apr 1
Appl. Opt., Vol. 54, No. 10, 1 April 2015, pp. 3072-82.
