The staff at the DTU Mechanical Engineering conducts teaching and research in basic mechanics, advanced design tools, product development, energy systems, coastal hydrodynamics and marine technology.

DTU Mechanical Engineering is a newly formed Department formed by staff from the previous Department of Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering, Energetics, Solid Mechanics, Control and Engineering Design, and Applied Engineering Design and Production, Hydrodynamics and Water Resources, and Structural Engineering and Materials.

The Department covers the fundamental engineering disciplines within the field of mechanics, including mechanical properties of materials, strength and vibration analyses, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, safety theory and control engineering.

While forming a solid scientific foundation for the Department’s applied research and teaching activities, the work undertaking within these areas also serves the purpose of contributing at an international level to the development of new methods for examining and dimensioning structures and mechanical systems.

The Department’s energy research is centered on efficient exploitation of renewable energy resources such as biomass, wind and waves; efficient energy transformation in combustion systems, engines and power plants; energy transport in district heating systems; and energy consumption, including refrigerating and air-conditioning plants and indoor environment optimization.

Within the design and product development areas, the Department develops the basis for design of new land based and marine structures and industrial products which take safety, economy, environmental impact, aesthetics and durability into account. The Department of Mechanical Engineering attaches great importance to integrated product development and the development of rational design principles for structures.

The Department contributes to both the basic and higher levels of instruction in the fields of mechanics, advanced design tools, product development, energy systems and marine technology. It is responsible for essential parts of the Mechanical Engineering line of the BSc program, and for coordination of the preliminary four-semester programs in Mechanical Engineering and Energy Technology and of the study fields of Energy and of Design and Mechanics for the MSc program at DTU.

DTU Mechanical engineering has a scientific staff of about 100 persons, 50 ph.d. students and a staff of 50 technical or administrative persons.