MAE Highlights
April 14, 2021
Professor Miroslav Krstic delivers a keynote lecture "PDE Control: Designs and Applications"
Professor Miroslav Krstic delivers a keynote lecture "PDE Control: Designs and Applications" at the flagship conference in control systems, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, in Los Angeles California, on December 16, 2014, to an audience of about 1,400.
Krstic's lecture covered control design methods for nonlinear systems with delays and for systems modeled by partial differential equations, including examples of implementation of such methods in 3D printing, oil drilling, Lithium-ion batteries, and multi-vehicle deployment.
April 14, 2021
Marc Meyers receives the Charles Barrett Medal Award
Each year the Charles Barrett Medal award honors a selected outstanding engineer, scientist or professor whose contribution has had a significant impact in the materials and metallurgy development.
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 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.
March 15, 2021
Students' Aha Moments; How a professor, a class, even a PowerPoint presentation, can change a life
Derek Chung
Environmental Engineering, UCSD '12
"When I started college, I thought global warming was stupid, trees needed to be cut down, and everything ran on the guiding hand of the market," Derek Chung says. The 23-year-old with mussed-up hair is Skyping from a hostel in Malaysia, the 16th country he's passed through during an eight-month "soul search."
February 8, 2021
In Memoriam: Professor Juan C. Lasheras
Juan C. Lasheras, University of California San Diego distinguished professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Bioengineering, passed away on February 1, 2021 after a brief battle with cancer. He was 69 years old.
January 13, 2021
In Memoriam: Professor Siavouche Nemat-Nasser
University of California San Diego engineering professor emeritus Siavouche "Sia" Nemat-Nasser passed away on January 4, 2021 due to complications of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). He was 84 years old.
Professor Nemat-Nasser was a Distinguished Professor of Mechanics and Materials in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. He officially retired from UC San Diego in 2019 but remained active as a researcher through his Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials (CEAM).
October 8, 2020
In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Shao-chi Lin
It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Professor Emeritus Shao-chi Lin at the age of 95. He is fondly recalled by past students and associates as a skilled and compassionate educator, guide, and investigator, as well as a vibrant contributor to the campus community. Lin achieved global recognition as an engineer of high repute, focusing on the field of gas dynamics.