MAE Highlights
Sonia Martinez and Jorge Cortes receive an ARPA-E grant, "Distributed Grid Control of Flexible Loads and DERs for Optimized Provision of Synthetic Regulating Reserves"
A new project on the coordination of distributed energy resources that has MAE Prof. Sonia Martinez (as PI) and Prof. Jorge Cortes (as co-PI) has been selected for a competitive award of $2.34 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Other team members include William Torre (CER, UC San Diego), Prof. Tajana Simunic-Rosing (CSE, UC San Diego), and Byron Washom (RMP, UC San Diego), Prof. Alejandro Dominguez (University of Illinois), and Prof. Peter Sauer (University of Illinois).
MAE Student Department Awards for 2014-2015
MAE is pleased to announce the MAE Student Award recipients for 2014-2015!
July 22, 2015
Drs. Richert and Han selected as inaugural recipients of the Robert E. Skelton Systems and Control Dissertation Award
Drs. Dean Richert (PhD ’14, advisor J. Cortes) and Seung Hak Han (PhD ’15, advisor William McEneaney) have been selected as the inaugural recipients of the Robert E. Skelton Systems and Control Dissertation Award, established by the Cymer Center for Control Systems and Dynamics. The dissertation award, to be given annually, is established to honor the research contributions of doctoral alumni in the Center and in recognition of Bob Skelton for his legacy as the founder of the dynamic systems and control group in UCSD’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
Symposium on The Application of Mechanics to Geophysics January 17-18, 2015, EBUII Rm. 479
Symposium on The Application of Mechanics to Geophysics
Supported by Co-Chairs:
The National Science Foundation Yuri Fialko and Xanthippi Markenscoff
& The Green Foundation
UCSD Controls Faculty featured in IEEE Control Systems Magazine
Professors Bill McEneaney and Jorge Cortes were recently interviewed in the control field's premier professional publication - the IEEE Control Systems Magazine, whose subscription pool is about 10,000. They were asked how they chose to specialize in controls, about graduate courses they teach at UCSD, their books, and their views on the opportunities for the controls field. Read it here.
Joanna McKittrick has been named a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society
Congratulations to Joanna McKittrick who has been named a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society.
Carlos Coimbra and Alison Marsden are receipients of this year's Faculty Mentorship Award
Carlos Coimbra and Alison Marsden were selected by the Graduate Student Association 2014 Community Awards Selection Committee as the recipients of this year's Faculty Mentorship Award. Congratulations!
Miroslav Krstic elected Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Congratulations to Miroslav Krstic who has been elected Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
IET is the successor of the UK Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE), founded in 1871 (before the predecessor institutions of the USA's IEEE).
July 2, 2013
UCSD Coordinated Robotics lab wins infrared imaging competition
MAE students Daniel Yang, Yuncong Chen, and Will Warren of the UCSD Coordinated Robotics Lab won $10K for the Best Overall Project in the Student Infrared Imaging Competition sponsored by DRS technologies. There work has relevance to the deployment of small robotic vehicles for reconnaissance in burning buildings to assist in firefighting operations. For a brief description of their work, click here.