The University of Dayton is a teaching institution offering basic and applied research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. Research opportunities are available on campus as well as in collaboration with government, industry and other universities.
Since 1950, we have earned a national reputation for research —
- UD is the number one university in Ohio conducting research and development sponsored by the Department of Defense.
- UD is the number one university in Ohio conducting aerospace research.
- UD is the number one Catholic university in the nation conducting nonmedical research. We rank second among Ohio universities in nonmedical research.
- UD is 27th in the nation in receiving Department of Defense contracts and grants for basic and applied research.
We focus our research in ten areas —
- Advanced manufacturing techniques and systems
- Combustion and fuels
- Computational design and optimization
- Electro-optical devices and systems
- Energy systems
- Environmental systems
- Nanophotonics
- Phase change heat transfer and interfacial phenomena
- Processing and properties of materials
- Signal and image processing
To learn more, visit one of the academic programs related to your research area of interest.
