Oct 6, 2017
UCLA MAE Associate Professor Richard Wirz was quoted in the LA Times article “Book the next rocket to New York? What it’ll take to realize Elon Musk’s bizarre travel plan.” From the article: The computer-generated animation also shows the...
Oct 3, 2017
UCLA MAE Professor Laurent Pilon was interviewed by France-Amérique Magazine in the article “This French Engineer Has a Plan to Make L.A. Sustainable.” Excerpted from the article: What are some examples of ways to reduce food, energy and water waste in...
Aug 17, 2017
MAE-affiliated heat energy storage startup Element 16 Technologies won a $1,500,000 grant from the California Energy Commission to build and install a pilot plant. The Element 16 pilot plant will provide electricity, heating, and cooling on demand to a commercial...
Aug 14, 2017
MAE Assistant Professor Jonathan Hopkins, and UCLA Flexible Research Group Ph.D. candidates Ali Hatamizadeh and Yuanping (Adam) Song were award the Theoretical Contributions in Compliant Mechanisms Award, received at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)...
Aug 9, 2017
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor Eric Chiou has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in the United Kingdom. To be eligible for fellow status, members of the Royal Society of Chemistry must have a minimum of five years of professional...
