MAE Highlights
October 18, 2023
UC San Diego Alumnus Receives APS 2023 Stix Award for Pioneering Work in Plasma Photonics
David 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.
October 17, 2023
Associate Teaching Professor Huihui Qi Leads NSF-Funded Initiative to Empower Engineering Students as Self-Regulated Learners
Associate 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 17, 2023
Assistant Professor Sylvia Herbert and Associate Professor Sicun (Sean) Gao Win the 2023 Robocup Best Paper Award
Assistant 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 17, 2023
Assistant Professor Lisa Poulikakos Named 2023 Packard Fellow for Innovative Nanomaterials Advancements in Imaging Science
Assistant 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, 2023
NASA Awards $750,000 Grant to Assistant Professor John Hwang for Cutting-Edge Aircraft Design Advancements
Assistant 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, 2023
Assistant Professor Aaron Rosengren Secures Grant for Cutting-Edge Cislunar Space Research and Space Domain Awareness
Assistant 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 9, 2023
Celebrating Professor Meyers: A Legacy of Excellence and Two Prestigious Awards
Professor Meyers, a principal member of the Jacobs School of Engineering for nearly four decades, was recently involved with two outstanding awards.
October 9, 2023
Robert Conn Receives 2023 Simon Ramo Founders Award
UC 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
October 9, 2023
UC San Diego Team Receives $5.7M for Climate Action Projects
A team including multiple Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering faculty members received a $5.7 million climate action seed grant from the University of California.
October 9, 2023
Mechanical Engineering at UC San Diego Ranks #3 in the Nation
Mechanical Engineering at UC San Diego ranked #3 in the nation and #8 worldwide in the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects for 2022. Our exceptional faculty, brilliant students, and dedicated staff are consistently driving innovation forward through groundbreaking research and cutting-edge design to propel us into the future.