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Research Areas
Cutting-edge research activities by innovative Mechanical Engineering faculty across six broad research areas:
Research Sponsors
Faculty directed research is sponsored by federal agencies, state agencies and industrial sponsors:
Research Centers
Center for Environmental Research (CE-CERT)
Working closely with industry to transition to broad application technologies such as autonomous vehicles, biofuels, engines that use alternative fuels and computer models of highway air quality
Winston Chung Global Energy Center (WCGEC)
Focusing on the development of materials and devices for energy storage, which could dramatically increase the range of electric vehicles, enabling their widespread use with all its beneficial effects with respect of pollution and air quality
UC Riverside Stem Cell Center
Developing devices for the precise manipulation of stem cells, thus offering new engineering tools to enable the development of regenerative medicine techniques