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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UCLA Samueli
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
48-121 Engineering IV

Xiaolin ZhongXiaolin Zhong
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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 28, 2025 — 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
MAE DEPARTMENT SEMINAR: 4/28, 11am, 47-124 featuring David Horsely “Systems Based on Ultrasonic MEMS: Commercialization and Future Directions”
47-124 Engineering IV
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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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May 09, 2025 — 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
MAE DEPARTMENT SEMINAR: 05/09, 12pm, BH 8500 featuring Amal El-Ghazaly “Designing Magnetic Manipulation at the Nanoscale”
8500 Boelter Hall Klug Memorial Room
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