COVID-19
Effective 11:59 p.m. on March 20, UCLA Samueli has suspended all non-essential operations, with minimum staffing to support essential research. Remote learning will continue through the end of spring quarter. Student resources remain available online.
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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Timothy Fisher
Department Chair
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Our Latest Research News
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...
Pirouz Kavehpour’s new paper is chosen as Editor’s Pick for Physics of Fluids
UCLA MAE Professor Pirouz Kavehpour's new paper "Closed-form theoretical model of the secondary drop size in partial coalescence—Capturing pertinent timescales and viscous forces" was chosen as Editor's Pick for the journal Physics of Fluids. The paper was written...
Department Announcements
2020 MAE Departmental Student Awards Winners!
The MAE Department is pleased to announce the following student award recipients for 2019-20: Outstanding BS in Aerospace Engineering (co-recipients): Mia Reyes and Louis Blaya Outstanding BS in Mechanical Engineering (co-recipients): Simon Rufer and Jimmy Penaloza...
