UCLA Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 101

The applications of mechanical and aerospace engineering include aircraft, spacecraft, automobiles, energy and propulsion systems, robotics, machinery, manufacturing and materials processing, microelectronics, biological systems, and more.
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UCLA Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 101

The applications of mechanical and aerospace engineering include aircraft, spacecraft, automobiles, energy and propulsion systems, robotics, machinery, manufacturing and materials processing, microelectronics, biological systems, and more.
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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Xiaolin ZhongXiaolin Zhong
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Does Cell Nucleus Size Matter in Gene Activity? Researchers Say Yes

Does Cell Nucleus Size Matter in Gene Activity? Researchers Say Yes

This article was originally published by UCLA Samueli Newsroom A group of UCLA researchers has discovered that the size of a cell, especially its nucleus that holds the DNA can determine which genes are turned on or off. This breakthrough helps explain how cells...

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UCLA Aerospace Engineering Ranked Among Top 10 Programs by US News

The 2025 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools Rankings place UCLA Aerospace Engineering at #9 and...

Multiple Assistant Professor Positions in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Multiple Assistant Professor Positions in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering The Department of...

Jeff Eldredge selected for UCLA’s 2024 Distinguished Teaching Award

It gives us great pleasure to inform everyone that the Distinguished Teaching Award Selection...

Events

Apr 18, 2025 — 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
MAE DEPARTMENT SEMINAR: 4/18, 11am, 38-138 featuring Joost Vlassak “Calorimetry: Revisiting an Old Tool at the Nano-scale – with Applications from Materials to Bio-energetics”
38-138 Engineering IV
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Apr 18, 2025 — 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
MAE DEPARTMENT SEMINAR: 4/18, 12:15pm, BH 8500 featuring Mark Mueller ” Hardware/controls co-design to overcome challenges for aerial robots”
8500 Boelter Hall Klug Memorial Room
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May 02, 2025 — 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
MAE FLUID MECHANICS SEMINAR: 05/02, 12pm, BH 8500 featuring Rui Ni “The Wrath of the Small: Fragmentation of Bubbles in Turbulence by Small Eddies”
8500 Boelter Hall Klug Memorial Room
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