Complex Cyber-Physical Systems Research
Complex Cyber-Physical Systems (CCPS) research in the School of MIME focuses on the design, modeling, analysis, and operation of cyber-physical systems where a large number components interact at multiple levels and disciplines. Many engineered systems today consist of a large number of heterogeneous subsystems whose interactions are both crucial for the system to meet its design objective and potential sources of failure.

Energy and Sustainability Research
Engineers in the mechanical, industrial, and manufacturing disciplines will be vital to creating technologies that generate, distribute, store, consume, and recycle energy and materials in a clean and efficient manner. Energy and sustainability (ES) research addresses the challenges in developing systems and products that meet the needs of society by considering societal, environmental, and economic/industrial aspects.

Human Systems Engineering
Human Systems Engineering (HSE) research in the School of MIME focuses on the analysis and design of systems where human performance and human experience is a primary consideration. HSE uses engineering methods and knowledge from the physical, biological, information, social, and management sciences to design, implement, operate, evaluate, and improve human-machine, human–human, human–environment, and human–organization systems.

Manufacturing, Production, and Service Systems Research
Research in the Manufacturing, Production, and Service Systems (MPSS) area encompasses all of the steps involved in the delivery of products and services to customers. Customers may be individuals, companies, government, or separate units within the same organization depending on the particular research topic.

Materials Science and Biomaterials Research (MSBR)
Materials science is inherently interdisciplinary involving fundamental aspects of chemistry, physics, biology, geoscience, agricultural science, mathematics, and engineering.  Reflecting this character, research in materials science at Oregon State University is spread over nine departments in three different colleges. Within the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering, six faculty members are actively engaged in materials research in the areas of structural materials, biomaterials, electronic ceramics, energy materials, sensors, and bulk and thin film materials processing.

Micro- and Nanoscale Processes Research
Micro- and nanoscale processes (MNSP) research in the School of MIME is both experimental and computational and spans the disciplines of industrial and manufacturing engineering, thermal and fluid sciences, and materials science and engineering.

Robotics and Autonomous Systems Research
The focus of the robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) research cluster is the design, modeling and control of systems that observe, move within, interact with, and act upon their environment. Such systems include mobile robots, micro-aerial vehicles and large active sensor networks. The application domains within this research cluster include bipedal and hexapedal robot locomotion,  winged and rotor-based micro-aerial vehicle control, robot navigation, multi-robot coordination, and distributed sensor network optimization.

College of Engineering Research Clusters