Mechanical engineers work with material properties, understand the nature of forces, project the flow of heat and fluids, and design products to improve people's lives. Mechanical engineers work in design and analysis, product development, teaching and research; they even become high-level managers such as the CEOs of IBM, Hewlett Packard, and Chrysler. In a broad sense, mechanical engineers are problem-solvers. An education from Santa Clara University prepares our students to tackle challenging problems, making a positive impact on society.
The Mechanical Department is comprised of nine tenure stream faculty, three full-time lectures and a number of working professionals as adjunct faculty. We are proud that our program provides a balanced education between theory and practice. The Mechanical Engineering B.S. program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org. The graduate program provides a Master and Doctoral degree as well as certificates and an Engineer degree.
Submissions from 2017
Static and Modal Analysis of Low Porosity Thin Metallic Auxetic Structures Using Speckle Interferometry and Digital Image Correlation, Luca Francesconi, Michael Taylor, K. Bertoldi, and A. Baldi
Submissions from 2016
Numerical and Experimental Eigenmode Analysis of Low Porosity Auxetic Structures, Luca Francesconi, Michael Taylor, Katia Bertoldi, and A. Baldi
Peridynamic Modeling of Ruptures in Biomembranes, Michael Taylor, Irep Gözen, Samir Patel, Aldo Jesorka, and Katia Bertoldi
Submissions from 2015
A comparative analysis of numerical approaches to the mechanics of elastic sheets, Michael Taylor, Benny Davidovitch, Zhanlong Qiu, and Katia Bertoldi
Submissions from 2014
Combined Bending, Stretching, and Wrinkling of Thin Sheets, Katia Bertoldi, Michael Taylor, and Benny Davidovitch
An assessment of acoustic contrast between long and short vowels using convex hulls, Erin F. Haynes and Michael Taylor
Effect of Wrinkles on the Surface Area of Graphene: Toward the Design of Nanoelectronics, Zhao Qin, Michael Taylor, Mary Hwang, Katia Bertoldi, and Markus J. Buehler
Spatial resolution of wrinkle patterns in thin elastic sheets at finite strain, Michael Taylor, Katia Bertoldi, and D. J. Steigmann
Low porosity metallic periodic structures with negative Poisson's ratio, Michael Taylor, Luca Francesconi, Miklós Gerendás, Ali Shanian, Carl Carson, and Katia Bertoldi
Submissions from 2013
A two-dimensional peridynamic model for thin plates, Michael Taylor and D. J. Steigmann
Numerical Simulation of the Combined Bending, Stretching, and Wrinkling of Thin Sheets, Michael Taylor, D. J. Steigmann, and Katia Bertoldi
Submissions from 2009
Simulation of Laminated Thermoelastic Membranes, Michael Taylor and D. J. Steigmann
Submissions from 2008
Numerical simulation of thermo-elasticity, inelasticity and rupture inmembrane theory, Michael Taylor
Submissions from 2006
Entropic thermoelasticity of thin polymeric films, Michael Taylor and D. J. Steigmann
