The Department of Applied Mechanics was founded in the beginning of year 2008 from the units of Aeronautical Engineering, Marine Technology and Technical Mechanics and a part of Energy Technology.
The department has 7 professors and total personnel of about 105. The professors are:
Aeronautical Engineering - Olli Saarela (Head)
Fluid Dynamics - Timo Siikonen (Head)
Marine Technology - Pentti Kujala (Head), Jerzy Matusiak and Jani Romanoff
Mechanics of Materials - Jukka Tuhkuri (Head) and Gary Marquis