Meet Dennis Hong’s BALLU: The robot that walks without falling over

Meet Dennis Hong’s BALLU: The robot that walks without falling over

UCLA Engineers, led by Professor Dennis Hong, are developing a balloon-bodied robot that always stays upright. Please read feature article here: Balloon-bodied bipedal bot bounces beautifully | Popular Science Also in BBC News; Gizmodo; Tech Crunch; Motherboard and...
MAE mini solar cars race to the finish!

MAE mini solar cars race to the finish!

The Mechanical Engineering Computer-Aided Design course at UCLA, is a hands-on CAD and product design and realization course. The course consists of 2 hours of lecture plus 4 hours of laboratory each week. Students learn the fundamentals of computer graphics and two-...
Lihua Jin receives the 2016 Haythornthwaite Young Investigator Award

Lihua Jin receives the 2016 Haythornthwaite Young Investigator Award

UCLA MAE Assistant Professor Lihua Jin received the 2016 Haythornthwaite Young Investigator Award. With funding from the Robert M. and Mary Haythornthwaite Foundation, the Executive Committee of the Applied Mechanics Division of ASME established the Haythornthwaite...