CJ Kim wins the 2021 IEEE EDS Robert Bosch Micro and Nano Electro Mechanical Systems Award
UCLA MAE Professor CJ Kim has received the 2021 IEEE EDS Robert Bosch Micro and Nano Electro Mechanical Systems Award. Established in 2015, this is the highest honor in the field of MEMS. This award is to recognize and honor advances in the invention, design, and/or...
UCLA Engineering Professor Dennis Hong Appointed Honorary Ambassador of Seoul
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering professor and world-renowned robotics engineer, Dennis Hong, has been appointed an honorary ambassador to Seoul by the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG). Hong, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, is also the...
CJ Kim named 2021 IEEE Fellow
Chang-Jin “CJ” Kim, distinguished professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, bioengineering and UCLA’s Volgenau Chair in Engineering, was elected a 2021 IEEE Fellow for research of surface-tension-based microelectromechanical systems. IEEE is the world’s...
MAE alum Tony Huang elected NAI Fellow
Dr. Tony Jun Huang, UCLA MAE alumnus, was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Huang received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2005. Huang is the William Bevan...
Rajit Gadh speaks at 3rd Global Re-Invest Expo on California’s state bill 100
(Mentioned in Saurenergy.) https://www.saurenergy.com/solar-energy-news/govt-role-hydrogen-in-focus-at-plenary-on-future-of-re-at-reinvest Rajit Gadh, Professor, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, UCLA spoke on California’s state bill 100 which...
The Future of Aerospace Technology and Industry in Greater Los Angeles
Online Webinar Tuesday, December 1, 2020 | 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. PT Southern California has played a significant role in shaping the nation’s aviation and aerospace industry. Its beginning dates back to the 1920s when the region served as home base to dozens of...
MAE alumna Kathy McCarthy (Ph.D. ’89) named Associate Lab Director at ORNL
On October 1, 2020, MAE alumna Kathy McCarthy (Ph.D. '89) became an Associate Lab Director (ALD) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). She is a former student of MAE Prof. Mohamed Abdou. Dr. McCarthy received her Ph.D. in 1989 in Nuclear Engineering with a...
Mechanical Engineering Alum is Sudsing His Way to Success
“I should have started my own business years ago,” said Mike Raymond (’07), a mechanical engineering alum who spent more than a decade in management consulting and corporate development before starting Color Clean Soap earlier this year. “I had a great grasp of the...
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...