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Professor Mitchell Spearrin Awarded 2025 Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award
Professor Mitchell Spearrin has been recognized as the co-winner of the highly competitive Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award for 2025 from the International Combustion Institute. Co-sponsored by The Combustion Institute and Elsevier, the international award...
Congratulations to the Recipients of the MAE Student Awards!
PhD Awards: Vedasri Godavarthi Outstanding PhD Mechanical Engineering Nicholas Kuenning Outstanding PhD Aerospace Engineering MS Awards: Weixuan Liu Outstanding MS Mechanical Engineering Jonathan Gray Outstanding MS Aerospace Engineering BS Awards:...
Assistant Professor Brett Lopez Receives Over $1M Research Grant from the Army Research Laboratory
Brett Lopez, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at UCLA, has received a grant from the Army Research Laboratory worth more than $1.1 million to develop autonomy algorithms for long-duration operations of autonomous vehicles in complex...
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Professor Mitchell Spearrin Awarded 2025 Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award
Professor Mitchell Spearrin has been recognized as the co-winner of the highly competitive Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award for 2025 from the International Combustion Institute. Co-sponsored by The Combustion Institute and Elsevier, the international award...
Congratulations to the Recipients of the MAE Student Awards!
PhD Awards: Vedasri Godavarthi Outstanding PhD Mechanical Engineering Nicholas Kuenning Outstanding PhD Aerospace Engineering MS Awards: Weixuan Liu Outstanding MS Mechanical Engineering Jonathan Gray Outstanding MS Aerospace Engineering BS Awards:...
2025 MAE Faculty Teaching Award: Elisa Franco
The Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department is pleased to announce Professor Elisa Franco as the recipient of the 2025 MAE Faculty Teaching Award. Selected by the department’s Awards and Honors Committee, Professor Franco was recognized for outstanding...
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