Lihua Jin Receives Young Investigator Medal from the Society of Engineering Science
Lihua Jin, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a 2025 Huajian Gao Young Investigator Medal from the Society of Engineering Science. The medal honors early-career researchers who have...
MAE EVENT: 11/10, 5:30pm, Mong; The Wings Club and Aviation Week Network present “Career Opportunities in the Aerospace Industry”
Please join The Wings Club, in partnership with the Aviation Week Network and UCLA’s Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) Department, for an in-person event focusing on Career Opportunities in the Aerospace Industry. 5:30 pm: Check-in begins 6:00 – 7:30 pm:...
UCLA Hosted a Symposium at ASME Conference Honoring Vijay Dhir’s Legacy in Heat Transfer Research
The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering proudly hosted the ASME Symposium Celebrating Professor Vijay K. Dhir during the 2025 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference in Westminster, Colorado, recognizing his extraordinary scientific and professional contributions to the...
UCLA Samueli Mechanical Engineering Professor Hopkins, Jonathan wins ASME Leonardo Da Vinci Award for New Invention
Jonathan Hopkins, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, recently won the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Leonardo Da Vinci Award for his foundational work in inventing mechanical neural networks....
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...
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...
2025 MAE Staff Award Recipient: Persida Radu
The Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department is proud to recognize Ms. Persida Radu as the recipient of the 2025 MAE Staff Award. This year’s selection process was especially competitive, with many outstanding staff members nominated. Ms. Radu stood out for...