Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering Annual Report Annual Report 2016 | Page 13

13 RESEARCH APPLICATIONS Energy Storage | Fuel Cells and Batteries | Multi-Disciplinary Design Analysis and Optimization | Propulsion | Renewable Energy | Thermoelectric & Solar Energy Harvesting | Turbomachinery AREAS OF RESEARCH AND STUDY Aerodynamics | Combustion and Fire Dynamics | Equilibrium Thermodynamics | Fluid Mechanics | Heat Transfer | Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics