• Menu
  • Skip to right header navigation
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to secondary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

banner logo

University of California, Berkeley Mechanical Engineering

MENUMENU
  • Prospective Students
  • Industry
  • Contact us
  • Give Now
  • About
    • From the Chair
    • Honors and Rankings
    • Visitor Information
    • Equity and Inclusion
    • 150 Years of Women in ME
    • Make a Gift
    • Contact us
  • People
    • Faculty
      • Faculty by Research Area
      • Faculty Office Hours
      • Faculty Books
    • Staff
      • Administrative
      • Facilities
      • Financial
      • Information Technology
      • Student Services
      • Student Machine Shops
    • Community Spotlight
    • External Advisory Board
    • Open Positions
      • Lecturer Positions
    • Visiting Scholars
  • Undergraduate
    • Degree Requirements
    • Curriculum Flowchart
    • ME + Business
    • ME/MSE Joint Major
    • ME/NE Joint Major
    • Aerospace Engineering Minor
    • ME Minor
    • Fifth Year B.S./M.S. Program
    • Simultaneous Degrees
    • Advising
      • Semesterly Advising
      • Faculty Adviser Assignments
      • Faculty Office Hours
      • Forms
      • Career Planning Maps
    • Admissions
      • Applying to Engineering
      • The Application
      • Junior Transfers
      • Credit from Exams
      • Financial Resources
      • Drake Scholarship
      • Visit Us
    • ME Courses
      • Technical Electives
      • Design Electives
        • Design Course Transition
      • Tentative ME Course Schedule
      • Quantitative Science
      • Humanities & Social Sciences Courses
      • Undergrad Course Syllabi
      • ME DeCal Courses
    • Undergraduate Research
      • Credit for Research
      • Research Samples
    • Awards and Scholarships
      • Past Prize Winners
    • Student Academic Resources
      • Student Life Resources
    • Jobs and Internships
    • Program Objectives and Outcomes (ABET)
  • Graduate Programs
    • Ph.D. & D.Eng.
    • Master of Science
    • Master of Engineering
    • Fifth Year B.S./M.S. Program
      • Degree Requirements
      • 5th Year Masters Program Handbook
    • Special Programs
    • Admissions
      • M.S., Ph.D., D.Eng. & CWO Application
      • MEng Application
      • 5th Year Masters Admissions
      • Application Tips
      • Fees and Financial Support
      • Readmission / Change of Major
    • Graduate Resources
      • Graduate Handbook
      • Graduate Forms
      • Prelim Exams
      • Research Areas and Major Fields
      • Major Field Advisors
      • Grant Writing
      • Grad Division Resources
      • MEGSCo
      • COE Graduate Guide
    • GSI/Reader Information
      • GSI/Reader Forms
    • Course Information
      • Tentative ME course schedule
    • Graduate Course Syllabi
  • Research
    • Research Areas and Major Fields
    • Faculty by Research Area
    • Laboratories
    • Research Centers
  • Resources
    • Student Academic Resources
    • Graduate Resources
    • Student Life Resources
      • ME Student Groups
    • Virtual Career Panel Series
    • Equity and Inclusion
    • Jobs and Internships
    • Room Reservations
    • Key Requests
    • Mail & Office Administration
    • Financial Services
    • IT Services
    • Safety Information
      • Injury & Illness Prevention Program
    • Faculty & Staff Resources
  • ME Shops
    • Services Provided
    • Shop Equipment
    • Shop Training
    • Student Electronics Shop
    • Safety and Protocols
  • Coronavirus Resources
  • News
    • Alumni Newsletter
    • Mechanical Engineering Seminars
    • Events
    • Videos
MENUMENU
  • About
    • From the Chair
    • Honors and Rankings
    • Visitor Information
    • Equity and Inclusion
    • 150 Years of Women in ME
    • Make a Gift
    • Contact us
  • People
    • Faculty
      • Faculty by Research Area
      • Faculty Office Hours
      • Faculty Books
    • Staff
      • Administrative
      • Facilities
      • Financial
      • Information Technology
      • Student Services
      • Student Machine Shops
    • Community Spotlight
    • External Advisory Board
    • Open Positions
      • Lecturer Positions
    • Visiting Scholars
  • Undergraduate
    • Degree Requirements
    • Curriculum Flowchart
    • ME + Business
    • ME/MSE Joint Major
    • ME/NE Joint Major
    • Aerospace Engineering Minor
    • ME Minor
    • Fifth Year B.S./M.S. Program
    • Simultaneous Degrees
    • Advising
      • Semesterly Advising
      • Faculty Adviser Assignments
      • Faculty Office Hours
      • Forms
      • Career Planning Maps
    • Admissions
      • Applying to Engineering
      • The Application
      • Junior Transfers
      • Credit from Exams
      • Financial Resources
      • Drake Scholarship
      • Visit Us
    • ME Courses
      • Technical Electives
      • Design Electives
        • Design Course Transition
      • Tentative ME Course Schedule
      • Quantitative Science
      • Humanities & Social Sciences Courses
      • Undergrad Course Syllabi
      • ME DeCal Courses
    • Undergraduate Research
      • Credit for Research
      • Research Samples
    • Awards and Scholarships
      • Past Prize Winners
    • Student Academic Resources
      • Student Life Resources
    • Jobs and Internships
    • Program Objectives and Outcomes (ABET)
  • Graduate Programs
    • Ph.D. & D.Eng.
    • Master of Science
    • Master of Engineering
    • Fifth Year B.S./M.S. Program
      • Degree Requirements
      • 5th Year Masters Program Handbook
    • Special Programs
    • Admissions
      • M.S., Ph.D., D.Eng. & CWO Application
      • MEng Application
      • 5th Year Masters Admissions
      • Application Tips
      • Fees and Financial Support
      • Readmission / Change of Major
    • Graduate Resources
      • Graduate Handbook
      • Graduate Forms
      • Prelim Exams
      • Research Areas and Major Fields
      • Major Field Advisors
      • Grant Writing
      • Grad Division Resources
      • MEGSCo
      • COE Graduate Guide
    • GSI/Reader Information
      • GSI/Reader Forms
    • Course Information
      • Tentative ME course schedule
    • Graduate Course Syllabi
  • Research
    • Research Areas and Major Fields
    • Faculty by Research Area
    • Laboratories
    • Research Centers
  • Resources
    • Student Academic Resources
    • Graduate Resources
    • Student Life Resources
      • ME Student Groups
    • Virtual Career Panel Series
    • Equity and Inclusion
    • Jobs and Internships
    • Room Reservations
    • Key Requests
    • Mail & Office Administration
    • Financial Services
    • IT Services
    • Safety Information
      • Injury & Illness Prevention Program
    • Faculty & Staff Resources
  • ME Shops
    • Services Provided
    • Shop Equipment
    • Shop Training
    • Student Electronics Shop
    • Safety and Protocols
  • Coronavirus Resources
  • News
    • Alumni Newsletter
    • Mechanical Engineering Seminars
    • Events
    • Videos
Manufacturing image

Manufacturing

You are here: Home / Research Areas and Major Fields / Manufacturing

There has been a resurgence of  manufacturing nationwide and our program reflects a program that is extremely flexible and reflects this dynamically-changing field, which encompasses several sub-disciplines. Manufacturing covers a broad range of processes and modeling/simulation/experimentation activities all focused on the conversion of materials into products. Typical processes range from conventional material removal by cutting to semiconductor and nanomaterial processing techniques such as chemical mechanical planarization to additive processes such as 3D printing and spray processing. Modeling and simulation attempts to predict the behavior of these processes to insure efficient and optimal performance. A companion set of activities in sensors and process monitoring, automation, internet based design to manufacturing, cyber-physical infrastructure, quality control, reliability are part of manufacturing. Manufacturing is receiving special attention at the moment in the United States as a driver of innovation and competitiveness and a major contributor to employment.

Overall, manufacturing combines classical topics in design, controls and materials processing. The activity in manufacturing today is built on a long history of fundamental research and education by pioneers such as Erich Thomsen and Shiro Kobayashi. Recent activities have moved away the more traditional areas of metal forming and plasticity to design and advanced manufacturing integration, new manufacturing technologies, specially for energy reduction and alternate energy technologies, precision manufacturing, computational manufacturing and sustainable manufacturing. Much of the research includes development of tools for engineering designers to include the impact of manufacturing in the design process as well as, more recently, the life cycle impacts for the product. Education and research in manufacturing is exceptionally well integrated with industry in terms of internships, research support and student placement. The Mechanical Engineering manufacturing group consists of a number of core faculty, whose primary interest and activity is in manufacturing, along with a number of closely affiliated faculty whose work overlaps significantly with manufacturing processes or technologies.

Ongoing collaborations with our colleagues in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Materials Science and Engineering and the Haas School of Business (e.g. the Center for Responsible Business for research collaboration on sustainable manufacturing) continue to be a vital part of our program. There is a wide range of courses that a student can take, due to the nature of the discipline. Members of the manufacturing group teach the following courses:

Undergraduate Courses: E 25, E 26, E 27, ME C85/CEE C33, ME 101, ME 104, ME 122, MEC 180, CEE C133

Graduate Courses: ME C201/MSE C286, MEC 202C/MSE C287, ME 220,  ME 280A, ME 290D, ME 290 I, ME 290L, ME 290R

We also strongly encourage students to take courses outside of the group, to expose them to the wide range applications that are critical components of a well-rounded education.

Manufacturing continues to be a critical field for research and industrial development over many sectors. All future energy, transport, medical/health, life style, dwelling, defense and food/water supply systems will be based on increasingly precise elements and components produced from increasingly challenging materials and configured in complex shapes with demanding surface characteristic. This includes manufacturing products for an energy and environmentally aware consumer (such as autos, consumer products, buildings, etc.), manufacturing alternate energy supply systems (e.g. fuel cells, solar panels, wind energy systems, hybrid power plants, etc.), machine tools and the “machines that build the products” requiring less energy, materials, space and better integrated for efficient operation and efficient factory systems and operation. This is all required in an environment of increasing regional, national and international government regulations covering all aspects of the manufacturing enterprise. This means that for the foreseeable future, the field is expected to be well supplied with challenges to drive innovation in research and education.

In summary, modern manufacturing can be characterized by three basic processing strategies – additive, subtractive and near-net shape. These are somewhat self explanatory in their names. Near-net shape, aka forming/forging and molding techniques. Subtractive, for example, machining, is the “old standby” process used extensively in basic machine construction but is quite limited as applied to higher technology products. Additive manufacturing, ranging from deposition processes to the more recent rapid prototyping approaches, is an area that offers much future potential for both accurate and fast creation of complex products. Additive manufacturing (AM) and Rapid-Prototyping (RP) have received a great deal of attention for a number of years. In particular, the idea of 3-D Printing (3DP) has received quite a large amount of press. According to ASTM, AM is defined as the “process of joining materials to make objects from  3D model data, usually layer upon layer, as opposed to subtractive manufacturing methodologies.” In many cases, this process is referred to as additive- fabrication, processes, techniques, layer manufacturing and freeform fabrication. The basic term is used in conjunction with the product life cycle from rapid-prototyping pre-production to full scale production.  The core faculty (McMains, Taylor, Wright, Yamazaki and Zohdi) are directly involved in the modeling, simulation and implementation of these techniques, with significant funding from a wide array of agencies and companies.

The Major Field Advisors for each research area are listed here.

Core Faculty:
Grace Gu

Grace X. Gu

McMains-Sara

Sara McMains

Hayden Taylor

Hayden Taylor

Kazuo Yamazaki

Kazuo Yamazaki

Tarek Zohdi

Tarek I. Zohdi

The following affiliated faculty also conduct research in manufacturing or work that impacts manufacturing: David M. Auslander, Homayoon Kazerooni, Kyriakos Komvopoulos, Liwei Lin, and Xiang Zhang.

 

Manufacturing Labs:
Computational Manufacturing and Materials Research Laboratory

Computational Manufacturing and Materials Research Laboratory

Research themes: (1) Modeling and simulation of advanced manufacturing and 3D printing systems; (2) Modeling and simulation of multiphase/composite material ...
Read More
Design for Nanomanufacturing

Design for Nanomanufacturing

Our research spans the invention, modeling and simulation of micro- and nano-scale manufacturing processes. We are particularly focused on processes ...
Read More
Gu Research Group

Gu Research Group

The Gu Research Group works at the intersection of mechanics, additive manufacturing, materials, and computer science. We aim to make additive ...
Read More

 

Berkeley Manufacturing Research in the News:
Berkeley Researchers Use 3D Printer to Make Stronger, Greener Concrete

Berkeley Researchers Use 3D Printer to Make Stronger, Greener Concrete

UC Berkeley Team Partners in New $20M AI Food Systems Research Center

UC Berkeley Team Partners in New $20M AI Food Systems Research Center

UC Berkeley Team Advances Food Systems Research in New $20M NSF Center

UC Berkeley Team Advances Food Systems Research in New $20M NSF Center

ME Assistant Professor Grace X. Gu Selected as 2020 SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer

ME Assistant Professor Grace X. Gu Selected as 2020 SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer

ME Assistant Professor Grace X. Gu to Receive 2020 SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award

ME Assistant Professor Grace X. Gu to Receive 2020 SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award

Capstone Project Profile: Reducing Temperature Gradients to Minimize Defects in 3D Parts Using Genetic Algorithms

Capstone Project Profile: Reducing Temperature Gradients to Minimize Defects in 3D Parts Using Genetic Algorithms

Design for Nanomanufacturing Research Group Reaches the Finals at the 2019 IET Innovation Awards

Design for Nanomanufacturing Research Group Reaches the Finals at the 2019 IET Innovation Awards

ME PhD Student Brian Salazar Receives Best Poster Presentation Award at ICPT 2019

ME PhD Student Brian Salazar Receives Best Poster Presentation Award at ICPT 2019

ME Assistant Professor Grace Gu Receives 2019 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award

ME Assistant Professor Grace Gu Receives 2019 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award

Interview: Grace X. Gu, UC Berkeley, Developer of a Self-Correcting 3D Printer

Interview: Grace X. Gu, UC Berkeley, Developer of a Self-Correcting 3D Printer

These 6 University Researchers Are Ready to Change the World With Their Inventions

These 6 University Researchers Are Ready to Change the World With Their Inventions

New 3D printer uses rays of light to shape objects, transform product design

New 3D printer uses rays of light to shape objects, transform product design

Berkeley Mechanical Engineers & LLNL Researchers Invent Real-Life "Replicator"

Berkeley Mechanical Engineers & LLNL Researchers Invent Real-Life “Replicator”

Heidari - Shark Tank

ME PhD Student Hossein Heidari Wins Shark Tank Award at BASF Innovent 2018

DoD Announces Award of New Advanced Robotics Manufacturing ARM Innovation Hub

DoD Announces Award of New Advanced Robotics Manufacturing ARM Innovation Hub

President Obama Announces Winner of New Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute Competition

President Obama Announces Winner of New Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute Competition

ME Professor David Dornfeld to be Honored at ASME's 2015 IMECE

ME Professor David Dornfeld to be Honored at ASME’s 2015 IMECE

 

Primary Sidebar

  • Research Areas and Major Fields
  • Laboratories
  • Research Centers
  • Faculty by Research Area
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • UC Berkeley
  • Berkeley Engineering
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Copyright © 2021 UC Berkeley Mechanical Engineering · All Rights Reserved ·