MAE Highlights
October 17, 2023
Assistant Professor Lisa Poulikakos Named 2023 Packard Fellow for Innovative Nanomaterials Advancements in Imaging Science
Assistant Professor Lisa Poulikakos was named a 2023 Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering, receiving an unrestricted $875,000 research grant over five years. Her groundbreaking work focuses on developing acoustoplasmonic nanomaterials to revolutionize imaging technology.
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.
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.
September 5, 2023
Celebrating Excellence: Endowed Chairs in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
The 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. These three faculty members lauded the department for its supportive and diverse environment, as well as its unwavering commitment to the rigorous pursuit of transformative research and education. This alignment of talent and dedication underscores the department's exceptional contributions to the academic world.
June 15, 2023
In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Alan M. Schneider
University of California, San Diego engineering professor emeritus Alan M. Schneider passed away on February 23rd, 2022, five days short of his 97th birthday.
March 17, 2023
In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Robert E. Skelton
It is with sorrow that we announce the passing of Professor Emeritus Robert (Bob) Eugene Skelton, a member of the National Academy of Engineering and recognized as the principal pioneer in the field of tensegrity, on Feb. 15, 2023, in Fairhope, Alabama. He was 84.
The breadth and depth of Skelton’s impact and his contributions in the field of tensegrity are extensive, ranging from art, to architecture, to biology, physics and medicine, as well as to the building of bridges, large telescopes, space structures, and efficient-wave energy conversion systems in the ocean.
September 14, 2022
Jacobs School faculty, lecturers named Distinguished Teachers
James Friend, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Joe Gibbs Politz, an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, received Distinguished Teaching Awards for Senate Members. Katya Evdokimenko, a lecturer in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, received a Barbara and Paul Saltman Distinguished Teaching Award, Non-Senate Members.