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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
48-121 Engineering IV
Timothy Fisher
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Xiaochun Li: Nanotechnology meets metal fabrication
The Fabricator has published a feature article on MAE Prof. Xiaochun Li's lab technology, "Nanotechnology meets metal fabrication". Excerpt: In late 2018 Travis Widick finished welding a prototype bike frame that looked like any other bike frame, only it wasn’t. The...
Richard Wirz’s Innovative ‘Biplane’ Design Could Lead to Next Generation of Wind Turbines
New shape could make blades lighter, larger and more efficient Biplanes, the fixed-wing aircraft with two wings, one above the other, exist today mostly in aviation museums, World War I movies and black-and-white photos. But thanks to an innovation by UCLA engineers,...
Richard Wirz’s sulfur thermal energy storage research featured in Advances in Engineering
MAE Professor Richard Wirz and his research group had their sulfur thermal energy storage (TES) research featured in Advances in Engineering. From the research summary: Professor Richard Wirz at UCLA proposed a novel high-temperature thermal storage solution...
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Ann R. Karagozian named director of The Promise Armenian Institute
The UCLA International Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of the inaugural director of The Promise Armenian Institute, Ann R. Karagozian, distinguished professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at UCLA.Professor Karagozian is the immediate past...
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Feb 21, 2020 — 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Caltech Prof. Beverley J. McKeon presents “Control of wall shear flows and the potential for ‘designer turbulence’” 38-138 Engineering IV DETAILS
