Research at the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

We aim to establish a high-quality and attractive research environment for mechanical and materials engineering.

Materials engineering research focuses on creating a sustainable future through materials and technologies for energy, health and industry applications. Our approaches range from multi-scale atomistic simulations, data science and AI to experimental research.

Mechanical engineering research comprises smart systems, laser-based manufacturing processes, thermofluids and energy technology, computational engineering, product development and design.

Industrial Engineering and Management research focuses on sustainable development and sustainability over business lifecycles.

Research at our department

Newest publications

Heavy-duty truck electrification for clean transport: A comprehensive and systematic literature review (2027)

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Cui, Dingsong; Shang, Wen-Long; Li, Xiaohui; Chen, Haibo; Zhan, Weipeng; Zhou, Litao; Liu, Peng; Wang, Shuo; Dorrell, David G.

(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )

Biphasic electrolytes and new chemistries (2026)

Abbasi, Vahid

(G5 Article dissertation )

Process-dependent phase evolution in thermally sprayed Li4Ti5O12 thin-film anodes revealed by synchrotron and surface analysis (2026)

Materials and Design

Hasani, Arman; Salminen, Antti; Joshi, Shrikant; Makowska, Malgorzata Grazyna; Chameh, Behnam; Lehto, Vesa-Pekka; Gidla, Vinay; Goel, Sneha; Angervo, Ilari; Ganvir, Ashish

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Homo‐electronic‐type inner‐ and outer‐wall double‐wall carbon nanotubes for record‐efficiency carbon/silicon heterojunction solar cells (2026)

Advanced Energy Materials

Chang, Xuan; Yang, Xiaofei; Zhang, Donghui; Chen, Keyu; Yang, Xueliang; Zhang, Xuning; Gao, Qing; Li, Han; Yang, Dehua; Chen, Jianhui

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Advancing Wear Resistance of HVOF-Sprayed WC-NiCr Coatings Through Laser Remelting (2026)

Journal of Thermal Spray Technology

Singh, Navneet K.; Siva Rao, S. V. V. N.; Kumar, Vijay; Vinay, Gidla; Singh, Harpreet; Bandyopadhyay, Partha Pratim

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Photovoltaic power modelling in high latitudes with empirical and machine learning models using transfer learning (2026)

Solar Energy

Anttalainen, Väinö; Karttunen, Lauri; Jouttijärvi, Sami; Lindfors, Anders V.; Karhu, Juha A.; Huerta, Hugo; Ranta, Samuli; Lipping, Tarmo; Miettunen, Kati

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Durable Copper Nanowires for Flexible Curvature Sensors (2026)

Gogoi, Rituporn; Broere, Linda; Barua, Amit; Mathews, Nidhin George; Granroth, Sari; Kolpakov, Kristofer; Mohanty, Gaurav; Peltola, Emilia; Sharma, Vipul

(Other publication)

Durable Copper Nanowires for Flexible Curvature Sensors (2026)

Chemical Engineering Journal Advances

Broere, Linda; Gogoi, Rituporn; Barua, Amit; Mathews, Nidhin George; Granroth, Sari; Kolpakov, Kristofer; Mohanty, Gaurav; Peltola, Emilia; Sharma, Vipul

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

The Human-centric knowledge management system in a complex environment (2026)

Ni, Pengcheng

(G5 Article dissertation )

Solvent-based revival of carbon-based perovskite solar cells (2026)

Engineering research express

Akulenko, Elena S; Hadadian, Mahboubeh; Knol, Anna; Jech, Simon; Yli-Paavola, Sirius; Santasalo-Aarnio, Annukka; Miettunen, Kati

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

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Research at the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Research at our department

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Mechanical Engineering

Industrial Engineering and Management

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Newest publications

Heavy-duty truck electrification for clean transport: A comprehensive and systematic literature review (2027)

Biphasic electrolytes and new chemistries (2026)

Process-dependent phase evolution in thermally sprayed Li4Ti5O12 thin-film anodes revealed by synchrotron and surface analysis (2026)

Homo‐electronic‐type inner‐ and outer‐wall double‐wall carbon nanotubes for record‐efficiency carbon/silicon heterojunction solar cells (2026)

Advancing Wear Resistance of HVOF-Sprayed WC-NiCr Coatings Through Laser Remelting (2026)

Photovoltaic power modelling in high latitudes with empirical and machine learning models using transfer learning (2026)

Durable Copper Nanowires for Flexible Curvature Sensors (2026)

Durable Copper Nanowires for Flexible Curvature Sensors (2026)

The Human-centric knowledge management system in a complex environment (2026)

Solvent-based revival of carbon-based perovskite solar cells (2026)

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