Laurent Pilon

Laurent Pilon

PROFESSOR
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
BIOENGINEERING

37-132, Eng IV

Email: pilon@seas.ucla.edu
Phone: (310) 206-5598
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RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
  • Biophotonics for biomedical applications
  • Photobiological processes for energy applications
  • Materials
  • Electrochemistry
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
EDUCATION
  • B.S., Applied Physics, Grenoble Institute of Technology, France, 1997
  • M.S., Physics and Energy Engineering, Grenoble Institute of Technology, France, 1997
  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2002
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
  • 2023 Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Award, Purdue University, School of Mechanical Engineering
  • 2021 ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award
  • 2018 Elected member - Scientific Council of the International Center for Heat and Mass Transfer
  • 2015 Elected ASME Fellow
  • 2014 Raymond Viskanta Fellowship, Purdue University, IN.
  • 2013-2015 Research Chair for Junior Scientist, Région Pays de la Loire, France
  • 2011 Elected SPIE Senior Member
  • 2011 Henry and Susan Samueli Teaching Award from UCLA Mechanical and Aerospace Eng. Dept.
  • 2009 JQSRT Young Scientist Award in Radiation Transfer
  • 2008 ASME Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award in Heat Transfer
  • 2005 Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award
  • 2005 NSF CAREER Award
  • 2003 UCLA Faculty Career Development Award