News Archives - May 2006

MAE Participates in “Multidisciplinary Engineering for the 21st Century" Research Review

May 10, 2006

    Marking another milestone year of growth, the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science held its 2006 Research Review on Friday, May 5.  Focusing on “Multidisciplinary Engineering for the 21st Century: Convergence of Bio-Nano-Info Technologies,” the review presented research news from faculty across the School’s seven departments including the MAE Dept., and included key speakers from industry and government.

Ann Karagozian chairs Air Force Scientific Advisory Board study

May 10, 2006

Professor Ann Karagozian

    Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Ann Karagozian recently finished chairing an Air Force Scientific Advisory Board study on “Persistence at Near Space Altitudes,” presented as a briefing to the Secretary and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, as well as leadership in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, DARPA, and the National Reconnaissance Office.  Karagozian also is in the process of completing her chairmanship of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board study on “Technology Options for Improved Air Vehicle Fuel Efficiency,” presented to the Undersecretary of the Air Force and the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Science and Technology.  She gave an invited talk at an NSF Workshop on “Research Frontiers for Combustion in the Hydrogen Economy” in Washington, D. C., in March.

Andrew Zillmer elected to American Nuclear Society

May 8, 2006

    MAE graduate student Andrew Zillmer has been elected to the Executive Committee of the Young Members Group of the American Nuclear Society.  His three-year term will begin at the conclusion of the Group’s Executive Committee meeting in Reno, Nevada this June and will expire in June 2009.  For more information, please visit the ANS website.