MIE faculty are involved in conducting research in a wide variety of research areas that include:

• Material Science and Engineering
• Energy Recovery, Resources Management, Process Engineering
• Fluids Mechanics and Computational Fluid Dynamics
•   System Dynamics, Robotics and Control
• Solar Energy and Heat Transfer  Desalination
• Engineering Management, Ergonomics and Safety
• Machine Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics
•   Manufacturing Systems and Design
• Mechanical  Profile Control
• Solid Mechanics a nd Finite element Methods

The Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering has several laboratories for teaching and research. These Laboratories are equipped to conduct experiments covering major areas of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, namely Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Mechanical Systems, Automatic Control, Machine Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic, Material Testing, Metrology, and CIM. Many equipment have computerized data acquisition systems.