UCLA Samueli
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
48-121 Engineering IV
Jeff Eldredge
Department Chair
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818
Undergraduate Enrollment -
335
Graduate Enrollment
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Prof. Jonathan Hopkins has been elected as a Fellow of the American Society for Precision Engineering
Jonathan B. Hopkins, Ph.D., is a Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Director of the Flexible Research Group. He has been elected a Fellow of the American Society for Precision Engineering (ASPE) in...
Tiwei Wei receives the ASME Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division (EPPD) Early Career Engineer
Tiwei Wei, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received an ASME Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division (EPPD) Early Career Engineer award, which honors recognize a young engineer with...
Lihua Jin Receives Young Investigator Medal from the Society of Engineering Science
Lihua Jin, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a 2025 Huajian Gao Young Investigator Medal from the Society of Engineering Science. The medal honors early-career researchers who have...
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Dec 05, 2025 — 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm MAE DEPARTMENT SEMINAR: 12/5, 12pm, 47-124 featuring Andrew Akerson “Optimal Design for Soft Responsive Actuation” 47-124 Engineering IV DETAILS











