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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
48-121 Engineering IV
Timothy Fisher
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Veronica Santos part of team awarded $3M in ONR funding to develop a dexterous, underwater robotic hand with tactile feedback
Above image: Dexterous underwater robot developed by RE2 Robotics for handling dangerous devices. (RE2 Robotics.) UCLA MAE Associate Professor Veronica Santos, along with her University of Washington ME collaborator Professor Jonathan Posner, was awarded part of $3M...
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Chih-Ming Ho’s artificial intelligence-parabolic response surface platform helps researchers to identify faster, more effective drug combination regimens to treat tuberculosis
By Enrique Rivero | UCLA Newsroom link Tuberculosis is a potentially deadly though curable disease. Each year about 10 million people develop active cases, and 1.6 million people die. In addition, about 1.7 billion people around the world are infected with TB...
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UCLA students touch space with a microgravity experiment
Magnetic pump built by Bruin Space launches on Blue Origin reusable rocket By Emmanuel Masongson | UCLA Newsroom link It took only 10 minutes and a ride aboard the Blue Origin New Shepard reusable rocket for 11 students in the Bruin Spacecraft Group to make history....
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UCLA’s Bearospace Rocket Team wins 2019 First Nations AISES Launch Competition
UCLA’s American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Rocket Team, which goes by the name Bearospace, won 1st place among the AISES competitors at the First Nations Launch Competition, held April 25-28, 2019, at the Richard Bong State Recreational Area in...
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