UCLA Samueli
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
48-121 Engineering IV
Jeff Eldredge
Department Chair
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39
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39
Research Labs & Centers -
818
Undergraduate Enrollment -
335
Graduate Enrollment
Latest News
UCLA Engineer Neil Lin Receives $2.1M DOD Grant to Develop AI “Digital Twins” Targeting Treatment-Resistant Prostate Cancer
About 1 in 8 American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime, and 1 in 44 will die of the disease. While early detection and treatment have cut the mortality rate by about half over the last 30 years, it remains the second-leading cause of cancer...
UCLA-Led Team Discovers Metallic Material with Record Thermal Conductivity
Jan 16, 2026 UCLA Samueli Newsroom A UCLA-led, multi-institution research team has discovered a metallic material with the highest thermal conductivity measured among metals, challenging long-standing assumptions about the limits of heat transport in metallic...
Springer Nature Recognizes UCLA Distinguished Professor Nasr Ghoniem with Special Article Collection
Nasr Ghoniem, a Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been honored with a dedicated special article collection published by Springer Nature. This distinction celebrates his pioneering...
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Oct 16, 2026 — 10:00 am - 11:00 am MAE SEMINAR: 10/16, 10am, 47-124 featuring Youngsoo Choi “From Foundation Models to Data-Driven Finite Elements” 47-124 Engineering IV DETAILS
Oct 16, 2026 — 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Department Seminar: 10/16, 12pm, 47-124 featuring Jeonghyun Kim “Mechanobiology of 3D Bone Spheroids: Mechanical Regulation of Mineralization and Cell Function” 47-124 Engineering IV DETAILS
Oct 16, 2026 — 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm MAE DEPARTMENT SEMINAR: 10/16, 12pm, 8500 BH featuring Maria Sakovsky “Mechanical Intelligence for Deployable and Adaptive Space Structures” 8500 Boelter Hall Klug Memorial Room DETAILS