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UCLA Samueli
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
48-121 Engineering IV
Timothy Fisher
Department Chair
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Our Latest Research News
Lihua Jin Receives NSF CAREER Award
Lihua Jin, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, the agency’s highest honor for faculty members in the early stages of their teaching and...
DNA Nanotechnology Creates Dynamic Cytoskeleton for Artificial Cells
Study provides a toolkit for custom nanoscale materials that mimic lifelike functions in synthetic cells. Using DNA and RNA molecules, UCLA engineers have built a tiny artificial molecular scaffolding system that resembles the complex network of interlinking protein...
Reinventing Solar Sail Technology to Push Space Exploration Boundaries
Improvements may enable propulsion five times faster than record held by Voyager 1 space probe. Enhancement on spacecraft propulsion technology “solar sails” will likely lead to novel interstellar missions. UCLA Engineering professor Artur Davoyan led a team of...
Department Announcements
In Memoriam: Robert E. Kelly, Professor Emeritus Who Specialized in Fluid Mechanics
Robert E. Kelly, a professor emeritus of mechanical and aerospace engineering who joined the UCLA faculty in 1967, died peacefully July 11 after a months-long battle with cancer of the esophagus. He was 86. Known as Bob to his friends and colleagues, Kelly’s research...
