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Nasr Ghoniem, a Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been honored with a dedicated special article collection published by Springer Nature. This distinction celebrates his pioneering contributions and landmark achievements in the fields of radiation effects in materials, plastic deformation, and computational materials scie…

Tiwei Wei, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received the 2026 IEEE EPS – IEEE Electronics Packaging Society “Exceptional Technical Achievement Award” for contributions to thermal management in 2.5D and 3D system integration, including multi-physics modeling, electronic cooling, and thermal packaging materials. The …

As the academic year draws closer to an end, the UCLA Design Build Fly (DBF) team finishes off a historic season for the club, its best showing ever in the International DBF competition. Facing off against nearly 100 universities from across the world, UCLA cemented itself as a top team in the competition with its first […]

The MAE department welcomed 23 members from its MAE Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) to the UCLA campus for its annual in-person IAB meeting on Friday, March 6, 2026. Representatives from a range of industrial organizations, government labs, and FFRDCs (Federally Funded Research and Development Centers) attended the all-day event, which included presentations, a poster session, […]

Apr 29, 2026 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Just as the human body relies on organs such as the heart or liver for essential functions, cells depend on their own tiny organs, or organelles, to carry out vital tasks, including transporting nutrients, removing waste and regulating genetic activity. Now, a team of UCLA researchers has developed a […]

Design Build Fly (DBF) is an annual competition hosted by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Every year, there is a new set of missions that challenge teams to design, manufacture, and test an electric-powered, radio-controlled aircraft. The 2026 AIAA DBF competition featured missions inspired by bush-plane businesses that charter passengers and tow […]

The MAE department welcomed 23 members from its MAE Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) to the UCLA campus for its annual in-person IAB meeting on Friday, March 6, 2026. Representatives from a range of industrial organizations, government labs, and FFRDCs (Federally Funded Research and Development Centers) attended the all-day event, which included presentations, a poster session, […]

Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. student Mohammadreza Bahramian won first place at the UCLA Department of Medicine Research Day poster competition, receiving a $3,000 award for his poster presentation highlighting an innovative bioelectronic sensing platform. The award-winning work has also been recently published in the prestigious journal Science Translational Medicine, further underscoring its sci…

IEEE International Conference on Green Energy & Smart Systems (IEEE GESS 2025) PRESENTS THE BEST PAPER AWARD (2nd place) IN POWER SYSTEMS TO: Xiaojie Tao, Yaoyu Fan, Zhaoyi Ye, and Rajit Gadh (Smart Grid Energy Research Center, USA) FOR THE PAPER TITLED: Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicles Contribution for Frequency Response in Power Systems with V2G: This […]

Jonathan B. Hopkins, Ph.D., is a Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Director of the Flexible Research Group. He has been elected a Fellow of the American Society for Precision Engineering (ASPE) in recognition of his outstanding educational outreach and his development of the Freedom and […]

Tiwei Wei, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received an ASME Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division (EPPD) Early Career Engineer award, which honors recognize a young engineer with significant technical achievements in the career in the area of electronic and photonic packaging demonstrated through papers, […]

Lihua Jin, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a 2025 Huajian Gao Young Investigator Medal from the Society of Engineering Science. The medal honors early-career researchers who have already made an impact on a field within the engineering sciences. Jin, one of two honorees […]

Please join The Wings Club, in partnership with the Aviation Week Network and UCLA’s Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) Department, for an in-person event focusing on Career Opportunities in the Aerospace Industry. 5:30 pm: Check-in begins 6:00 – 7:30 pm: Presentations and panel discussion with Q&A 7:30 – 8:30 pm: Refreshments and informal discussion Registration is required by [&#823…

MAE EVENT: 11/10, 6pm Wings Club and Aviation Week Network host “Career Opportunities in the Aerospace Industry Oct 9, 2025

The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering proudly hosted the ASME Symposium Celebrating Professor Vijay K. Dhir during the 2025 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference in Westminster, Colorado, recognizing his extraordinary scientific and professional contributions to the field of thermal and multiphase transport. The event opened with welcome remarks by UCLA Samueli Dean Ah-Hyung “Alissa” Park, who co…

Jonathan Hopkins, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, recently won the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Leonardo Da Vinci Award for his foundational work in inventing mechanical neural networks. The award, given by ASME’s Design Engineering Division, honors the invention or design of a product with universally […]