MAE Highlights
October 19, 2023Assistant Professor Lisa Poulikakos Named 2023 Packard Fellow for Innovative Nanomaterials Advancements in Imaging ScienceAssistant Professor Lisa Poulikakos has been named a 2023 Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, securing a prestigious five-year, unrestricted research grant of $875,000. |
October 17, 2023NASA Awards $750,000 Grant to Assistant Professor John Hwang for Cutting-Edge Aircraft Design AdvancementsAssistant Professor John Hwang is spearheading a team of researchers in a groundbreaking project funded by NASA with a $750,000 grant. Over the next three years, they will be pioneering new computational methods for hybrid and turbo-electric aircraft design. |
October 17, 2023Assistant Professor Aaron Rosengren Secures Grant for Cutting-Edge Cislunar Space Research and Space Domain AwarenessAssistant Professor Aaron Rosengren has been honored with a grant from the University Consortium Research Opportunity to tackle critical research and educational obstacles concerning operations and space domain awareness in the cislunar (Earth-Moon-Sun system) space beyond the geostationary belt. |
October 17, 2023Associate Teaching Professor Huihui Qi Leads NSF-Funded Initiative to Empower Engineering Students as Self-Regulated LearnersAssociate Teaching Professor Huihui Qi has secured a three-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant aimed at empowering engineering students to become more effective and self-regulated learners. |
October 9, 2023Celebrating Professor Meyers: A Legacy of Excellence and Two Prestigious AwardsProfessor Meyers, a principal member of the Jacobs School of Engineering for nearly four decades, was recently involved with two outstanding awards. |
October 5, 2023Assistant Professor Sylvia Herbert and Associate Professor Sicun (Sean) Gao Win the 2023 Robocup Best Paper AwardAssistant Professor Sylvia Herbert and Associate Professor Sicun (Sean) Gao, alongside Ph.D. students Hongzhan Yu, Chiaki Hirayama, and Chenning Yu, have been honored with the Robocup Best Paper Award at the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). |
October 2, 2023UC San Diego Alumnus Receives APS 2023 Stix Award for Pioneering Work in Plasma PhotonicsDavid Turnbull, an alumnus of UC San Diego, was honored with The American Physical Society (APS) 2023 Thomas H. Stix Award for his groundbreaking achievements in plasma photonics and his significant contributions to laser-plasma applications, such as Raman amplification, inertial confinement fusion, and plasma optics. He completed his undergraduate studies with a B.S. |
September 28, 2023Robert Conn Receives 2023 Simon Ramo Founders AwardUC San Diego's Emeritus Faculty member, Robert "Bob" Conn, has been bestowed with the prestigious 2023 Simon Ramo Founders Award, a highly distinguished recognition presented by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Conn is one of four UC San Diego faculty members to receive the award in the past 25 years, and he served a |
September 5, 2023Celebrating Excellence: Endowed Chairs in Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringThe Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering takes pride in its exceptional faculty, which features three esteemed endowed chairs: Professor Carlos Coimbra, Professor Farhat Beg, and Professor Jorge Cortes, each with over a decade of dedicated service. |
August 31, 2023Team Internship Program (TIP) Success: Interview with Engineer Matt MyrhumEmployers today seek engineers who possess not only technical expertise but also the capacity to collaborate effectively within a team. The Team Internship Program (TIP) through the UC San Diego Corporate Affiliates Program is crafted to enrich students' educational journey by immersing them in real-world engineering experiences within a team dynamic. |