Research & Scholarship
A national reputation for research — since 1950, we have been the No. 1 university in the nation in aerospace research. We're the No. 1 Catholic university in nonmedical research. In the state of Ohio, we lead the way in research and development sponsored by the Department of Defense, and we're No. 2 in nonmedical research.We offer basic and applied research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students — conducting research on and off campus in collaboration with government, industry and other universities.
We focus our research in 12 primary areas: advanced manufacturing techniques and systems; combustion and fuels; computational design and optimization; electro-optical devices and systems; energy systems; environmental systems; nanophotonics; building and industrial energy efficiency; renewable energy systems; processing and properties of materials; advanced digital systems; and signal and image processing.
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Research & Scholarship2006
Download the School of Engineering Scholarship Report (pdf).