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UCL Mechanical Engineering is home to world-leading research in the Biomechanical, Energy and the Environment, Marine and Materials, Structures and Manufacturing fields. Learn more about our research, including recent news and case studies.

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Two smiling researchers in lab coats in the biomaterials processing lab at UCL

Biomechanical Engineering

Engaging directly with medical clinicians and the biomedical industry, this group applies mechanical engineering principles and materials science to the study of biomedical systems.

Professor Rama Balachandran explains something to a researcher in a thermofluids lab at UCL

Energy and the Environment

From new fuel technologies and IC engines, to turbomachinery and air-conditioning, the Energy and Environment group dedicates itself to numerous fields of transformational research.

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Marine

Applying their specialist expertise to supporting the marine and naval sector, members of the marine research group have won multiple awards for their role as key players in the field.

two researchers testing in a materials and structures lab at UCL Mechanical engineering

Materials, Structures and Manufacturing

Dedicated to developing new materials and structures, this research group prides itself on its strong industrial collaborations and cross-disciplinary awareness.

Professor Peter Lee and Dr Claire Walsh: Imaging with HiP CT

Hierarchical Phase-Contrast Tomography (HiP-CT) is an X-ray technique which promises to decouple field of view and resolution to image anywhere in the human body with cellular (micron) resolution. Professor Peter D Lee and Dr Claire Walsh and other members of the team from UCL MechEng showcase the revolutionarily detailed imaging of human organs, to a live theatre audience.

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Professor Tony Freeth: 'The Antikythera Mechanism' (the 2,000-year-old computer)

Thanks to two storms happening two thousand years apart, the Antikythera Mechanism is now understood to be the world's first analogue computer, forever changing our understanding of Greek technology.

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