MAE Highlights
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 awarded a grant from the University Consortium Research Opportunity to tackle critical issues in space operations and domain awareness within the cislunar realm, stretching beyond the geostationary belt.
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 to enhance engineering students' self-regulation and learning skills. Collaborating with a diverse UC San Diego team, her research will focus on integrating course-based interventions to nurture cognitive and metacognitive abilities, bridging the gap in fostering successful, 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, along with 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 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 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.
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.
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.