UCLA Samueli
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
48-121 Engineering IV
Xiaolin Zhong
Department Chair
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881
Undergraduate Enrollment -
335
Graduate Enrollment
Latest News
PhD student Pavel Shafirin selected for Best Poster Award at the MRS Spring 2025 Meeting
Each year, the Materials Research Society (MRS) recognizes a select group of outstanding poster presentations at its semi-annual meeting with the Best Poster Award. This Spring, the award was presented to UCLA Ph.D. student Pavel Shafirin for his work on nonlinear...
Distinguished Professor Ann Karagozian awarded the Commander’s Public Service Award
Distinguished Professor Ann Karagozian received the Commander’s Public Service Award from the U.S. Department of the Air Force (DAF) in June, 2024, in recognition of her service as a member of the DAF Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) during 2017-2021. The award was...
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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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 DETAILS
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 DETAILS
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 DETAILS