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 2024
Structured Isosurface Mapping of 3-D Scalar Fields While Seeking Extremum With Mobile Sensor Networks, Robert K. Lee, Christopher A. Kitts, and Michael A. Neumann
Submissions from 2023
Low-Cost, Minimal-Power Marine Vertical Profilers for Lakes and Coastal Shallows, Jeffrey Ke, Steven Reimer, Jenny Huynh, Anshuman Sahu, Katharine Ott, and Michael Alan Neumann
Spiral Search Pattern for Scalable Assemblages of Uncrewed Surface Vehicles, Max Woolsey, Michael A. Neumann, and Christopher A. Kitts
Submissions from 2022
Structured Isosurface Mapping of 3D Scalar Fields with Mobile Sensor Networks, Robert K. Lee, Christopher A. Kitts, and Michael A. Neumann
Gradient-based Adaptive Navigation of Multiple Diving Autonomous Surface Vehicles, Max Woolsey, Christopher A. Kitts, and Michael A. Neumann
Submissions from 2021
Multiple UAV Adaptive Navigation for Three-Dimensional Scalar Fields, Robert K. Lee, Christopher A. Kitts, Michael A. Neumann, and Robert T. McDonald
Submissions from 2020
UAV Image Processing Algorithms for Analyzing Reforestation Efforts in Tanzania, Steven Bucher, Christopher A. Kitts, Michael A. Neumann, and J. Michael Tritchler
3-D Adaptive Navigation: Multirobot Formation Control for Seeking and Tracking of a Moving Source, Robert K. Lee, Christopher A. Kitts, Michael A. Neumann, and Robert T. McDonald
Navigation of Scalar Fronts With Multirobot Clusters in Simulation and Experiment, Robert T. McDonald, Matthew Condino, Michael A. Neumann, and Christopher A. Kitts
Submissions from 2019
Initial Study of Multirobot Adaptive Navigation for Exploring Environmental Vector Fields, Ryan Cooper, Danop Rajabhandharaks, Robert T. McDonald, Michael A. Neumann, and Christopher A. Kitts
Robotics Simulator for Development and Verification of Swarm Behaviors, Shae T. Hart, Nathan J. Metzger, Maximilian E. Reese, Robert T. McDonald, Michael Alan Neumann, and Christopher A. Kitts
Experimental Implementation and Verification of Scalar Field Ridge, Trench, and Saddle Point Maneuvers Using Multirobot Adaptive Navigation, Robert T. McDonald, Christopher A. Kitts, and Michael Alan Neumann
Indoor Testbed for Vector Field Multirobot Adaptive Navigation: Feasibility Study, Danop Rajabhandharaks, Robert T. McDonald, Michael A. Neumann, and Christopher A. Kitts
Submissions from 2018
Adaptive Navigation Control Primitives for Multirobot Clusters: Extrema Finding, Contour Following, Ridge/Trench Following, and Saddle Point Station Keeping, Christopher A. Kitts, Robert T. McDonald, and Michael A. Neumann
A low-cost indoor testbed for multirobot adaptive navigation research, Scot Tomer, Christopher A. Kitts, Michael A. Neumann, Robert T. McDonald, Samuel Bertram, and Ryan Cooper
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
TextTETEA — An SMS-based education service, Michael A. Neumann and Keegan Wincewicz
Submissions from 2016
Numerical and Experimental Eigenmode Analysis of Low Porosity Auxetic Structures, Luca Francesconi, Michael Taylor, Katia Bertoldi, and A. Baldi
A Hybrid Multirobot Control Architecture for Object Transport, Michael A. Neumann and Christopher A. Kitts
Peridynamic Modeling of Ruptures in Biomembranes, Michael Taylor, Irep Gözen, Samir Patel, Aldo Jesorka, and Katia Bertoldi
Submissions from 2015
An underwater robotic testbed for multi-vehicle control, Christopher A. Kitts, Thomas Adamek, Michael Vlahos, Anne Mahacek, Killian Poore, Jorge Guerra, Michael Alan Neumann, Matthew Chin, and Mike Rasay
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
The O/OREOS mission—Astrobiology in low Earth orbit, Pascale Foing Ehrenfreund, Antonio J. Ricco, David Squires, Christopher A. Kitts, Elwood F. Agasid, Nathan Bramall, Kathryn L. Bryson, Julie D. Chittenden, Cassie Conley, Amanda M. Cook, Rocco L. Mancinelli, Andrew L. Mattioda, Wayne L. Nicholson, Richard C. Quinn, Orlando Santos, George Tahu, Mary A. Voytek, Christopher C. Beasley, L. Bica, Millan F. Diaz-Aguado, Charles R. Friedericks, Michael B. Henschke, David Landis, Ed Luzzi, Diana Ly, Nghia N. Mai, Giovanni Minelli, M. Mclntyre, Michael Alan Neumann, Macarena P. Parra, Matthew E. Piccini, Richard Mike Rasay, Robert D. Ricks, Aaron Schooley, E. Stackpole, Linda Timucin, Bruce D. Yost, and A. Young
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 2012
The O/OREOS Mission: First Science Data from the Space Environment Viability of Organics (SEVO) Payload, Andrew Mattioda, Amanda Cook, Pascale Ehrenfreund, Richard Quinn, Antonio J. Ricco, David Squires, Nathan Bramall, Kathryn Bryson, Julie Chittenden, Giovanni Minelli, Elwood Agasid, Lou Allamandola, Chris Beasley, Roland Burton, Greg Defouw, Millan Diaz-Aguado, Mark Fonda, Charles Friedericks, Christopher A. Kitts, David Landis, Mike McIntyre, Michael Alan Neumann, Mike Rasay, Robert Ricks, Farid Salama, Orlando Santos, Aaron Schooley, Bruce Yost, and Anthony Young
Submissions from 2011
Initial On-Orbit Engineering Results from the O/OREOS Nanosatellite, Christopher A. Kitts, Mike Rasay, Laura Bica, Ignacio Mas, Michael Alan Neumann, Anthony Young, Giovanni Minelli, Eric Stackpole, Elwood Agasid, Christopher Beasley, Charlie Friedericks, David Squires, Pascale Ehrenfreund, Wayne Nicholson, Rocco Mancinelli, Orlando Santos, Richard Quinn, Nathan Bramall, Andrew Mattioda, Amanda Cook, Julie Chittenden, Katie Bryson, Matthew Piccini, and Macarena Parra
The O/OREOS Mission: First Science Data from the Space Environment Survivability of Living Organisms (SESLO) Payload, Wayne L. Nicholson, Antonio J. Ricco, Elwood Agasid, Christopher Beasley, Millan Diaz-Aguado, Pascale Ehrenfreund, Charles Friedericks, Shakib Ghassemieh, Michael Henschke, John W. Hines, Christopher A. Kitts, Ed Luzzi, Diana Ly, Nghia Mai, Rocco Mancinelli, Michael McIntyre, Giovanni Minelli, Michael Alan Neumann, Macarena Parra, Matthew Piccini, R. Mike Rasay, Robert Ricks, Orlando Santos, Aaron Schooley, David Squires, Linda Timucin, Bruce Yost, and Anthony Young
Submissions from 2010
O/OREOS Nanosatellite: A Multi-Payload Technology Demonstration, Giovanni Minelli, Antonio Ricco, Christopher Beasley, John Hines, Elwood Agasid, Bruce Yost, David Squires, Charlie Friedericks, Matthew Piccini, Greg Defouw, Mike McIntyre, Robert Ricks, Macarena Parra, Millan Diaz-Aguado, Linda Timucin, Mike Henschke, Matthew Lera, Ming Tan, Mike Cohen, Karolyn Ronzano, Ed Luzzi, Nghia Mai, Aaron Schooley, Dianna Ly, Eric Stackpole, Jeffrey Lin, John Tucker, Pascale Ehrenfreund, Rocco Mancinelli, Andrew Mattioda, Wayne Nicholson, Richard Quinn, Orlando Santos, Nathan Bramall, Kathryn Bryson, Julie Chittenden, Cindy Taylor, Amanda Cook, David Landis, Christopher A. Kitts, Mike Rasay, Ignacio Mas, Michael Alan Neumann, Anne Mahacek, Anthony Young, and Laura Bica
Initial Flight Results for an Automated Satellite Beacon Health Monitoring Network, Anthony Young, Christopher A. Kitts, Michael A. Neumann, Ignacio Mas, and Mike Rasay
Submissions from 2009
Initial Flight Results from the PharmaSat Biological Microsatellite Mission, Christopher A. Kitts, Karolyn Ronzano, Richard Rasay, Ignacio Mas, Jose Acain, Michael Alan Neumann, Laura Bica, Paul Mahacek, Giovanni Minelli, Erin Beck, Steve Li, Brian Gamp, Seamus Agnew, John Shepard, John Hines, Elwood Agasid, Charlie Friedericks, Matthew Piccini, Macarena Parra, Linda Timucin, C. Beasley, Mike Henschke, Ed Luzzi, Nghia Mai, Mike McIntyre, Robert Ricks, Antonio Ricco, David Squires, Bruce Yost, Greg Defouw, Aaron Schooley, Diana Ly, Millan Diaz-Aguado, Eric Stackpole, Orlando Diaz, and Tammy Doukas
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
Submissions from 2004
Control of Two Holonomic Robots Using a Camera-Referenced Specification of Motion, Michael A. Neumann and Christopher A. Kitts