With nearly NT$ 54 million annually in external funding, faculty, researchers, and students at the Department of Mechanical Engineering conduct research in more than 40 different areas. The department is committed to educating new generations of researchers, to expanding its research partnerships with government agencies and with industry, and to working closely with other departments across the College of Engineering and the University in cross-disciplinary research efforts. The major areas of research at the Department of Mechanical Engineering are listed below:

1. Solid Mechanics and Design
2. Advanced Materials and Precision Manufacturing
3. Thermal Science, Fluid Dynamics and Energy Systems
4. System Engineering
5. Opto-Mechatronics
6. Biomedical Engineering

There are a wide variety of labs in the department covering all major areas of mechanical engineering research. For more information, browse our complete index of labs in each major research area listed above and check out our directory of faculty.