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UCLA Samueli
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
48-121 Engineering IV
Timothy Fisher
Department Chair
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Undergraduate Enrollment - 279
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Our Latest Research News
Elisa Franco receives three new grants
UCLA MAE Associate Professor Elisa Franco has received three new grants: A three-year NSF award ($720k); A one-year award from the Broad Stem Cell center at UCLA ($250k, shared with 2 coPIs in the medical school); A UCOP grant that will support 2 summer exchange...
Research team led by Pirouz Kavehpour to develop breathalyzer-like diagnostic test for COVID-19
National Science Foundation has awarded a $150,000 grant to support the work A research team led by Pirouz Kavehpour, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, is developing an inexpensive and fast breathalyzer-like...
Khalid Jawed: UCLA and Carnegie Mellon Researchers Develop First Real-Time Physics Engine for Soft Robotics
Motion picture animation and video games are impressively lifelike nowadays, capturing a wisp of hair falling across a heroine’s eyes or a canvas sail snapping crisply in the wind. Collaborators from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Carnegie Mellon...
Department Announcements
Recipients of 2019-20 MAE Outstanding TA awards and related recognitions
On behalf of the MAE Awards and Honors Committee, MAE is pleased to announce the following graduate students as co-recipients of our Outstanding Teaching Assistant awards: Stephen Schein and Colin Togashi. Both Stephen and Colin have demonstrated the highest level of...
