Established in 1983, the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (OCIMAE) combines the research strengths of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ottawa and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Carleton University. The main areas of research include Thermal and fluid engineering, Solid mechanics and design, Materials and manufacturing, Controls and robotics, Biomedical engineering, and Aeronautical and space engineering.