MAE Highlights
April 15, 2021
Professor Miroslav Krstic Awarded Honorary Professorships from the Northeastern University (Shenyang, China) and Chongqing University
Professor Miroslav Krstic has been awarded Honorary Professorships at two universities in China. The Northeastern University in Shenyang is home to China’s #1 ranked College of Automation. The Chongqing University, in China’s seventh largest city (Chongqing has a population of over 17 million) also boasts a premier College of Automation with an enrollment of over 1,000 students and internationally prominent faculty.
April 15, 2021
Professor de Callafon helps build cyber-infrastructure to aid wildfire hazard assessment and response
Three research organizations at the University of California, San Diego, have been awarded a multi-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to build an end-to-end cyberinfrastructure to perform real-time data-driven assessment, simulation, prediction, and visualization of wildfire behavior. Read full story here.
April 14, 2021
Three faculty members in MAE at UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Congratulations to Michael Baskes, Juan Lasheras and Robert Skelton for being elected into the National Academy of Engineering.
“Election to the National Academy of Engineering is one of the highest professional honors accorded an engineer. I am very pleased that the research contributions of four engineers affiliated with the Jacobs School have been recognized by the academy this year,” said Frieder Seible, Dean of the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego. (PDF Announcement)
April 14, 2021
Researchers Create a Wave Frozen in Time
San Diego, CA, July 22, 2013 -- Scientists at the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M) and the University of California, San Diego have created, in a laboratory, a static “pipeline wave,” with a crest that moves neither forward nor backward. This research, published in the journal Experiments in Fluids, could lead to improvements in boat and seaport designs as well as analyses of how carbon dioxide exchange between the ocean and the atmosphere occurs. (This story is adapted from one written by the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M))
April 14, 2021
Researchers discover cool-burning flames in space that could lead to better engines here on earth
A team of international researchers has discovered a new type of cool burning flames that could lead to cleaner, more efficient engines for cars. The discovery was made during a series of experiments on the International Space Station by a team led by Professor Forman Williams. Researchers detailed their findings last month in the journal Microgravity Science and Technology. Read More Here
April 14, 2021
Professor Joe Goddard named recipient of the 2012 G.I. Taylor Medal of the Society of Engineering Science
"The prize, awarded annually for outstanding research contributions in either theoretical or experimental Fluid Mechanics or both, will be presented at the 49th annual meeting of the Society at the Georgia Institute of Technology, October 10-12, 2012.
The Society of Engineering Science is an organization of leading engineers, scientists and mathematicians from around the world which focuses upon the interface between engineering, science and mathematics."
April 14, 2021
Liane Matthes is a 2015 recipient of the Sheldon Schultz Prize for Excellence in Graduate Student Research
Liane Matthes, a doctorate student of Professor Frank Talke in the MAE Department, is the 2015 recipient of the Sheldon Schultz Prize for Excellence in Graduate Student Research. The Schultz Prize is intended to recognize graduate students in the Center for Magnetic Recording Research (CMRR) who have distinguished themselves through the creativity of their research and the impact of their publications. The selection of the recipient is based upon the recommendation of a committee consisting of CMRR faculty members, with input from selected experts in information storage technology.
April 14, 2021
Marc Meyers honored with 2013 TMS Educator Award
"For having taught thousands of students, written textbooks and conducted seminal research on the mechanical behavior of materials.
April 14, 2021
Bishakhdatta Gayen receives the 2013 Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Award in Fluid Dynamics
Congratulations to Bishakhdatta Gayen who has received the 2013 Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Award in Fluid Dynamics!
Citation: "Turbulence and internal waves in tidal flow over topography."