Research
Research in the School is organised into a number of research centres, but there are many overlaps and links between these.
Research themes
The research interests in our School cover a wide range of areas:
- Aerodynamics
- Biomedical engineering
- Ceramics and metals
- Electric and hybrid vehicles
- Engineering materials
- Fluid dynamics
- Functional materials
- Nanotechnology
- Neural interfacing
- Polymers
- Robotics
- Sensors and fluid measurement
- Structural integrity
- Surface and interfaces reactions
- Vehicle dynamics
- Virtual reality.
Research centres
Research groups
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Research excellence
In the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) 80 per cent of our combined mechanical engineering research was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent, placing Surrey in 22nd place out of 106 institutions submitted in the Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials category.