MAE Highlights
April 14, 2021
Dr. Frank Talke has received the 2012 ASME/ISPS Distinguished Institution Award
Dr. Frank Talke, Distinguished Professor of MAE, has received the 2012 ASME/ISPS Distinguished Institution Award for his dedication to the information storage and processing Systems Division and for excellence in research and contributions to the data storage industry.
April 14, 2021
James Friend receives the Carl Hellmuth Hertz mid-career achievement award
James Friend received the Carl Hellmuth Hertz mid-career achievement award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers at its annual International Ultrasonics Symposium held in Taipei Taiwan 20-24 October 2015,
"For substantial contributions to understanding the interactions between acoustic waves and fluids and the myriad applications arising from these interactions", in recognition of his years of effort in this discipline that has led to its establishment as a major research activity across the world.
April 14, 2021
Coordinated Robotics Lab's MIP toy featured as cover story in Design World Magazine
MIP, a small Segway-like robotics toy developed in a close partnership between the UCSD Coordinated Robotics Lab and WowWee Toys, is being announced this week at the Dallas Toy Fair. MIP is featured as the cover story of this month's issue of Design World Magazine. Click here for the story.
April 14, 2021
Marc Meyers publishes a new book, "Biological Materials Science"
"Biological Materials Science" is written by Po-Yu Chen and Professor Marc Meyers and is intended to be a text that will introduce the fertile field of Biology to Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering.
April 14, 2021
UC San Diego engineering undergraduates one step closer to lunar orbit
Congratulations to The Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) Cubesat Team for placing third in a NASA satellite design competition. Read this exciting story here.
April 14, 2021
Professor Eric Lauga receives the MAE Best Teaching Award and is the 2012 recipient of the Faculty Mentorship Award
Dean Seible recently presented Eric Lauga with the Best MAE Teaching Award for 2011.
The Graduate Student Community Awards Selection Committee has also named Dr. Lauga a 2012 recipient of the Faculty Mentorship Award.
Congratulations Professor Lauga!
April 14, 2021
UCSD Coordinated Robotics Lab Provides Key Technology for Consumer Robot
UCSD rings up sale in toy market
Thomas Bewley, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and the director of the coordinated robotics lab at UCSD, developed much of the technology that powers, balances and controls MiP, a toy robot that's being introduced by WowWee. — Howard Lipin
UC San Diego is learning that making money can be child’s play.
April 14, 2021
Former UCSD Coordinated Robotics Lab student wins BIG in DARPA Robotics Challenge
Professor Bewley's former student, Dr. Chris Schmidt Wetekam, the first PhD graduate of the UCSD Coordinated Robotics Lab, and now a member of the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC), was an integral member of the IHMC Atlas team that placed second at the DARPA Robotics Challenge in Pomona, winning $1M in prize money. 23 teams teams competed. More info here: http://www.ihmc.us
April 14, 2021
Professor Graeve elected a Fellow of The American Ceramic Society
Congratulations to Olivia Graeve who was elected a Fellow of The American Ceramic Society.
April 13, 2021
Dr. Chris McGuffey awarded Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Program Grant
Dr. McGuffey's project, titled Dynamics of high-intensity laser-driven proton beam transport in solid density materials was among 42 nationwide selected for funding by the program. Dr. McGuffey is a member of High Energy Density Physics Group led by Professor Farhat Beg in the Jacobs School of Engineering. The project will investigate transport of proton beams produced by high intensity lasers.