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MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
SELF REVIEW
Henry Samueli School
of Engineering and Applied Science
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1597
November 1, 2007
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
A. INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................4
B. GENERAL INFORMATION....................................................................................................6
B.1 OVERVIEW .....................................................................................................................6
B.2 FACULTY ........................................................................................................................7
B.3 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.......................................................................................9
B.3.1 Overview of Degree Offerings and Student Population.........................................9
B.3.2 Faculty Teaching..................................................................................................10
B.3.3 Nature and Use of Visiting, Adjunct, and Part-Time Faculty..............................10
B.4 RESEARCH....................................................................................................................11
B.4.1 Major Field Research Descriptions......................................................................12
B.4.2 Interdisciplinary and Inter-Institutional Research Activity..................................14
B.5 DIVERSITY AND OUTREACH...................................................................................17
B.6 FACULTY HIRING: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.............................................19
B.7 RESOURCES, STAFFING, AND SPACE ....................................................................21
B.7.1 Budget Overview..................................................................................................21
B.7.2 Instructional Support............................................................................................23
B.7.3 Non-academic Staff..............................................................................................23
B.7.4 Physical Space......................................................................................................25
B.8 RELATIONS WITH CONSTITUENTS ........................................................................25
B.8.1 Relationship to Industry .......................................................................................25
B.8.2 Relationship to Alumni ........................................................................................26
B.8.3 Relationship to Graduate Students .......................................................................27
B.8.4 Relationship to Undergraduate Students..............................................................27
C. UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS.......................................................................................28
C.1 OBJECTIVES AND OVERVIEW.................................................................................28
C.2 B.S. DEGREE PROGRAMS..........................................................................................30
C.2.1 Common Structure of AE and ME Programs.......................................................30
C.2.2 The B.S. in Aerospace Engineering Curriculum..................................................32
C.2.3 The B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum................................................33
C.3 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AND SPECIAL STUDIES
COURSES.......................................................................................................................34
C.4 FACULTY ADVISING ...................................................................................................34
C.5 PROGRAM EVALUATION ...........................................................................................35
C.5.1 Assessment of Objectives and Outcomes.............................................................35
C.5.2 Using Assessment Results to Improve Programs.................................................39
C.6 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT DATA AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT40
C.6.1 Enrollment............................................................................................................40
C.6.2 Student Professional Development ......................................................................41
D. GRADUATE PROGRAMS.....................................................................................................43
D.1 M.S. AND PH.D. DEGREE PROGRAMS ....................................................................43
D.1.1 Major and Minor Fields .......................................................................................46
D.1.2 M.S. and Ph.D. Degree Requirements .................................................................46
D.1.3 Comparison with Other Universities....................................................................47
D.2 GRADUATE STUDENTS, RECRUITMENT, AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT...........48
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D.2.1. Enrollment...........................................................................................................48
D.2.2. Recruitment.........................................................................................................51
D.2.3 Applicants and Admissions..................................................................................51
D.2.4 Fellowship Procedures .........................................................................................52
D.2.5 Financial Support .................................................................................................55
D.2.6 Tracking of Students ............................................................................................56
D.3 CONCLUDING REMARKS..........................................................................................57
E. SUMMARY AND COMPARISON TO THE PREVIOUS REVIEW....................................58
F. CONCLUSION........................................................................................................................62
G. APPENDICES .........................................................................................................................63
G.1 FACULTY RECRUITMENT AND SEPARATIONS...................................................63
G.2 DEPARTMENTAL ANNUAL REPORT ......................................................................65
G.3 TEACHING EVALUATIONS.....................................................................................106
G.4 EXTRAMURAL AWARDS THAT WERE ACTIVE IN 2006-07 .............................171
G.5 STRATEGIC PLANNING DOCUMENTS .................................................................178
G.6 INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS .....................................................196
G.7 INDUSTRIAL AFFILIATES PROGRAM ..................................................................199
G.8 ALUMNI BOARDS .....................................................................................................201
G.9 UNDERGRADUATE ASSESSMENT INFORMATION ...........................................203
G.10 HSSEAS ANNOUNCEMENT (EXCERPT FOR MAE).............................................228
G.11 GRADUATE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS................................................................243
G.12 NEW MS COMPREHENSIVE EXAM POLICY........................................................262
G.13 2006-07 PH.D. THESIS TITLES AND CURRENT POSITIONS OF 2005-06 PH.D.
GRADUATES ..............................................................................................................263
G.14 INSTITUTIONAL AND SENATE DATA SUMMARIES .........................................273
G.15 FACULTY CURRICULUM VITAE ...........................................................................280
G.16 STUDENT COMMENTS ON SELF-REVIEW...........................................................397
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A. INTRODUCTION
The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department defined its mission and goals at a
faculty retreat held in Spring 2002, as follows.
Mission. Our mission is to educate the nation’s future leaders in the science and art of
mechanical and aerospace engineering. Further, we seek to expand the frontiers of engineering
science and to encourage technological innovation while fostering academic excellence and
scholarly learning in a collegial environment.
Goals
• Provide undergraduate students with a sound foundation in the fundamentals essential for
progress in science and engineering and for success in graduate school or industry.
– Provide an appropriate balance of classroom, design, laboratory, and research
experience.
– Develop strong skills in written and oral communication.
– Provide an educational base on which to build a habit of lifelong learning.
– Instill a sense of the importance of professional integrity and public service.
• Provide graduate students with the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of the
engineering sciences and develop the skills needed for independent research.
– Develop the ability for independent and critical thinking.
– Develop strong skills in written and oral communication.
– Facilitate the ability to work on multidisciplinary research.
• Build a research capability that is recognized nationally and internationally as a leading
source of technological innovation.
– Identify promising areas for growth.
– Maintain vibrancy of areas that are currently strong.
• Develop and maintain close ties with industry and government to promote technical
exchange and collaboration on projects with significant potential for future growth and
value.
• Develop a sense of community in which faculty, staff, and students can work together
productively and grow personally and professionally.
In this Self-Review, we will present the many facets of our department which contribute to
achieving our mission and goals: the faculty, research programs, undergraduate and graduate
educational programs, faculty hiring, relations with constituents, etc. The topics covered in this
Self-Review are frequent topics of discussion in faculty meetings and are addressed by various
committees of the department. Therefore, in some sense, the consultation that led to this Self-
Review is an ongoing departmental activity. But the specific consultation process that led to this
report began in a faculty meeting on March 9, 2007. At that meeting and the next, on April 13,
2007, the Chair reminded the faculty of the findings of the previous review; we discussed steps
we had taken to respond to those findings, circumstances that had changed since that time, and
how we might want to describe our current status in the Self-Review report.
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Subsequently, the Chair (Adrienne Lavine) and Vice Chairs for Undergraduate and Graduate
Programs (Robert M’Closkey and Xiaolin Zhong), drafted the Self-Review. The department
manager (Janice Bedig) also contributed to the section on resources and staffing. The first draft
was completed in October, 2007. It was distributed for faculty review and comment and
discussed at a faculty meeting on October 19. Faculty members made suggestions to correct
errors or provide clarification, but no major issues were identified with the content of the selfreview.
A faculty vote was taken to endorse the self-review, with ballots due on October 31.
Twenty-five ballots were returned out of 31 faculty; the vote was unanimously in favor of
endorsement.
Students were also asked to read the self-review and comment on whether it accurately reflects
the state of the department. The Presidents of our three student societies (four individuals, since
one group has two co-Presidents) were asked to review it, as were one Ph.D. student and one
M.S. student in each of our seven major fields. The Presidents of Tau Beta Pi (an engineering
honor society) and the Society of Women Engineers were asked to find students in their
organizations from our department to review it. Of these 20 requests, four students (two
undergraduate and two graduate) actually conducted a review. Three students made comments
to the effect that the self-review accurately reflects the state of our department, and the fourth did
not respond to this specific point. In addition, they provided thoughtful commentary that
covered a wide range of topics. In one instance, their comments led to a change in the final draft
(a brief description of the relationship of student society projects to the content of our
educational programs). All of the comments are included as Appendix G.16.
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B. GENERAL INFORMATION
B.1 OVERVIEW
The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department is one of seven departments in the
Henry Samueli School of Engineering & Applied Science (HSSEAS) at UCLA. The department
offers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degree programs in both Mechanical Engineering (ME) and
Aerospace Engineering (AE) and an M.S. in Manufacturing Engineering. The two disciplines
covered in the name of the department are briefly described as follows:
Mechanical Engineering deals with energy generation, transformation, utilization, and
conservation; mechanisms, machine design, and mechanics; manufacturing systems and material
processes; and design, development, construction, control, operation, and safety of complex
mechanical systems. Mechanical systems are employed in a variety of applications including the
aerospace, chemical, electronics, power, and manufacturing industries.
Aerospace Engineering represents a combination of the areas of aeronautics and astronautics.
Aeronautics deals with the design and construction of vehicles for atmospheric flight such as
aircraft, helicopters, missiles, and other unmanned vehicles used for transportation and defense.
Astronautics involves primarily spacecraft, satellites, and launch vehicles that have applications
for space exploration, communication, defense, earth monitoring and exploration, and utilization
of space.
Because there is a close relationship between the fundamental underpinnings of mechanical and
aerospace engineering (mechanics, thermodynamics, etc.), combining the two disciplines in a
single department allows us to utilize our FTE resources more effectively. With a relatively
small faculty, this arrangement allows maximum utilization of faculty resources and prevents the
course duplication found in some other universities with separate departments in these two
professional fields. Institutions with faculties larger than that of HSSEAS, e.g., MIT, Stanford,
University of Michigan, and Purdue University can afford separate departments, but departments
combining both disciplines are found at several engineering schools with faculties of size more
comparable to that of HSSEAS, e.g., Princeton University, Cornell University, Case Western
Reserve University, and RPI.
Our doctoral programs and faculty research are subdivided into “major fields,” namely
Dynamics (D), Fluid Mechanics (FM), Heat and Mass Transfer (HMT), Manufacturing and
Design (M&D), MEMS/Nanotechnology (M/N), Structural and Solid Mechanics (SSM), and
Systems and Control (S&C). Most of the major fields are common to the two disciplines and the
interests of most faculty members in the department span the two disciplines. The freedom that
exists in choosing applications from either discipline provides for a very stimulating educational
and research environment.
The following table gives some brief statistics concerning the size of our program, including a
comparison to eight years ago. These statistics will be discussed in the following sections.
Diversity statistics will be presented in a separate section.
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Table B.1 Size of Faculty and Student Body
Fall, 2007 1998
Ladder Faculty 31 31
Full 25 24
Associate 1 4
Assistant
Affiliated Faculty
5 3
Joint (0%) 3 —
Adjunct 8 —
Continuing
2 —
Lecturers
Active Emeriti 2 —
Students Total ME% Total ME%
B.S. 710 70% 363 72%
M.S. 139 80% 80 —
Ph.D.
Extramural
115 75% 98 —
Research
Support*
$24 million $17 million
Fellowship and
TAship Support
$1.3 million —
*The research support is total funds available for research in 2006-07 and 1997-98, which
includes both carryforward from previous year and indirect costs. The research expenditures
in 2006-07 were $13 million including indirect costs.
In U.S. News and World Report: America’s Best Graduate Schools 2008 (published in April,
2007), our Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering graduate programs ranked 15 th and 14 th in the
nation, respectively. (Eight years ago they both ranked 15 th .) One can question the methodology
of these rankings, as the rankings of specific degree programs are entirely reputational, based on
surveys of department heads. As a frame of reference, it may be helpful to know that our
Electrical Engineering and our Computer Science programs both rank 13 th , and all of the other
degree programs in HSSEAS rank below 20 th .
B.2 FACULTY
There are 31 ladder faculty in the department (not including 0% joint appointments), exactly the
same number as when we wrote our last Self-Review in June, 1999. This number includes the
recent arrival of Professor Christopher Lynch in Fall, 2007. Since our last review, we have lost
12 faculty (8 to other universities, 3 to retirement or death, and 1 who was not granted tenure),
and we have recruited 12 new faculty members over the same time period (see Appendix G.1 for
more information about hiring and separations). New faculty have been strategically added in
most of our major fields with most new faculty having the emphasis of their research in
mechanical engineering. The faculty are listed within the major fields in our departmental
annual brochure, Appendix G.2.
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Our faculty members have received numerous honors and awards. Three of our ladder faculty
(and three affiliated faculty) are members of the National Academy of Engineering and three
hold endowed chairs. Table B.2 lists major society and agency awards based on research
accomplishments, major international awards, National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER and
Young Investigator Awards, society fellows, and teaching awards. Our faculty members have
won numerous additional society awards not listed here, best paper awards, and other
acknowledgements of their renown.
Award
Table B.2 Major Awards of Faculty
Organization Faculty #
NAE Member National Academy of Engineering 3
Major Technical Society and Agency
Awards
Charles Russ Richards Award ASME and Pi Tau Sigma 1
Dryden Lectureship in Research Amer. Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) 1
Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal NASA 1
F.W. Taylor Medal CIRP (International Acad. for Production Engineering) 1
Heat Transfer Memorial Award ASME 2
Max Jakob Award Amer. Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and
Amer. Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
1
Otto Laporte Award for Fluid Dynamics
Research
American Physical Society (APS) 1
Technomic Award for Excellence in
Composites
American Society for Composites (ASC) 1
Air Force Award for Exceptional Civilian
Service
Major International Awards
U.S. Air Force 1
NAE Member National Academy of Engineering of Korea 1
Ho-Am Prize for Engineering Ho-Am Foundation of Korea 2
Academician Academia Sinica 1
NSF CAREER or Young Investigator
Awards
National Science Foundation, Army Research Office,
Office of Naval Research
Society Fellows
Fellow ASME 9
Fellow AIAA 3
Fellow American Nuclear Society (ANS) 4
Fellow APS 3
Fellow American Society for Composites 1
Fellow American Academy of Mechanics 1
Fellow International Society for Optical Engineering 1
Life Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 1
Teaching Awards
Excellence in Teaching Award (SEAS) TRW 3
Excellence in Teaching Award (SEAS) Northrop Grumman 1
9, incl. 3
current
Assistant
Professors
Our faculty members are very active in the profession. They regularly organize technical
sessions at conferences and serve on the planning committees of national and international
conferences. They are frequently called upon to give keynote and plenary lectures. Several of
the faculty have served or are serving on important advisory committees for various federal
agencies (Air Force Scientific Advisory Board [2 faculty], Advisory Committee on Reactor
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Safeguards, NASA’s Decadal Survey for Civil Aeronautics [2 faculty], NASA Aerospace
Technology Advisory Committee, Army Research Laboratory Technical Advisory Board, JPL
Advisory Council, etc.). Three of our faculty are serving or have served as senior technical
editors of major professional journals (Physics of Fluids, J. Heat Transfer, J. Composite
Materials). Many others serve or have served in the capacity of associate editors or advisory
editors.
Our faculty members have been quite active in shared governance at the department, school, and
campus level. At the school level, faculty serve on the SEAS Faculty Executive Committee and
various committees for space planning, schoolwide teaching awards, etc. Since our last review,
members of our faculty have served in leadership roles in the Academic Senate, as the 2005-06
Academic Senate Chair, the 2006-07 Chair of Committee on Committees, and the 2006-07 Chair
of the Council on Research. We have also had faculty serving as members of various
committees of the Senate, such as the Council on Academic Personnel (CAP), Council on
Planning and Budget, and the Library Committee. Also at the campus level, our faculty serve on
ad hoc committees of CAP, decanal and vice chancellorial search and review committees, and
various Academic Senate standing committees.
B.3 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
B.3.1 Overview of Degree Offerings and Student Population
Undergraduate Degrees and Students. Our Bachelor of Science degrees in AE and ME are
both accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). (ABET
does not accredit graduate degrees.) Our most recent accreditation visit in October, 2006, went
very well and we received the full six-year accreditation. This was the first accreditation
performed under the “Engineering 2000 Criteria,” which requires extensive assessment of
whether objectives for student learning are being met.
As of Fall, 2007, the department had 710 undergraduate students in comparison to 363 in Fall,
1998 (see Table B.1). This almost doubling in the number of undergraduates is in part due to a
commitment by the School to accommodate statewide enrollment needs, and in part due to an
increased popularity of mechanical engineering relative to other disciplines. The students are
split 70%/30% between ME and AE, respectively. It is of interest to note that our enrollment
was 591 in Fall, 2006, therefore we have seen a dramatic increase in undergraduate enrollment in
the last year; this will be discussed further in the section on Undergraduate Programs.
Our undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio is now 22.9. To put this in perspective, the average
undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio for departments ranked higher than ours in US News and
World Report’s graduate rankings is dramatically lower: 12.3 for ME and 15.4 for AE 1 .
1 Enrollments and number of faculty are from the American Society for Engineering Education,
http://www.asee.org/publications/profiles/search.cfm. The undergraduate averages are over those departments that
offer an undergraduate degree in the discipline. As an example, Stanford offers only graduate degrees in Aerospace
Engineering, so they are not included in the undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio.
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Graduate Degrees and Students. The department also offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in the
two disciplines and an M.S. in Manufacturing Engineering. As of Fall, 2007, the department had
254 graduate students in comparison to 178 in Fall, 1998 (see Table B.1). Over the last few
years the graduate enrollment has held fairly steady. At the graduate level, 45% of the students
are in the Ph.D. program whereas the remainder are M.S. students, some of whom intend to go
on to the Ph.D. Approximately 80% of graduate students have stated their degree objective as
Mechanical Engineering. At the graduate level, the main distinction between a mechanical
engineering and an aerospace engineering degree is the research application, rather than the
coursework, therefore students are fairly free to choose between the two degrees. Many choose
mechanical engineering because of its greater flexibility, even if they intend to work in the
aerospace industry.
Our graduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8.2 is substantially larger than that of departments ranked
higher than ours in US News and World Report’s graduate rankings, namely 6.7 for ME and 6.5
for AE 1 .
B.3.2 Faculty Teaching
All faculty members teach both undergraduate and graduate courses. The standard teaching load
is four courses; one course may be satisfied by teaching two quarters of a two-unit graduate
student seminar (MAE 260), in which faculty members meet with their graduate students for
presentation and guidance of their research in a group setting, and to explore current topics
relating to their research. This teaching load is standard in HSSEAS. For a faculty member who
is teaching in all three quarters, a typical distribution of courses would be two undergraduate
courses, one graduate course, and two two-unit graduate seminars. Faculty members must teach
at least one undergraduate course per year, with few exceptions, although many teach more. The
quality of classroom teaching is typically judged by the numerical scores and comments given by
students in their evaluations (see Appendix G.3), as well as from letters solicited from graduate
and undergraduate students at the time of promotions and hurdle steps. The average teaching
score over the entire faculty of the department during the academic year 2006-07 was 7.4/9. In
schoolwide competition, four of our faculty members have won the TRW and Northrup
Grumman Excellence in Teaching Awards, as noted previously in Table B.2. Within the
department, the Henry and Susan Samueli Teaching Award acknowledges the contributions of
faculty members to the educational mission of the department.
B.3.3 Nature and Use of Visiting, Adjunct, and Part-Time Faculty
With 31 filled FTE, we are well below our budgeted faculty strength of 35.5, and we continue to
rely on visiting, adjunct, and part-time faculty (“outside instructors”) to meet a sizeable portion
of our staffing needs. In selecting outside instructors, we generally give first priority to
postdoctoral scholars and other academic visitors who work closely with regular faculty. In this
way we are able to give financial assistance to such individuals while having them available on
campus full-time to provide assistance to the students. The second priority for outside
instructors is individuals employed in local industry; this is the largest pool of outside
instructors, and many are distinguished experts in their fields. The most excellent teachers
among this group have long-term relationships with the department, and five have moved into
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either the continuing lecturer or Adjunct title. Our Industrial Advisory Board has applauded the
use of instructors from industry in our design and other applied courses, and student comments
reflect their appreciation for the industrial perspective these individuals bring. We have a policy
of not retaining outside instructors whose teaching evaluations (in the category “overall rating of
instructor”) are below 7.0 out of 9, although exceptions can be made on a case-by-case basis,
depending on the nature of student comments and the particulars of the course. First-time
instructors whose evaluations fall below 7.0 may be given a second opportunity to bring their
scores up; in this case the department chair would discuss the course with the instructor and
provide advice on teaching.
For the last few years, outside faculty have taught between 40% and 50% of our undergraduate
course sections and 10% to 20% of our graduate courses. Last year (2006-07) was an anomalous
year in which 55% of undergraduate course sections were taught by outside instructors. There
are three main reasons. First, because of increased undergraduate enrollments, we have had to
offer additional sections of a couple of laboratory courses that have upper limits on student
enrollment. Second, the number of sabbaticals was larger than average. Third, because we are
in a period of transition from the “old” to the “new” undergraduate curriculum (to be described
later), we must offer the courses for both curricula. This latter situation should improve in the
next couple of years, and we anticipate being able to return to the 40% to 50% range. For this
coming year (2007-08), the projected percentage of undergraduate courses taught by lecturers is
48%.
In some past ABET accreditation visits, concern has been expressed about our reliance on
outside instructors. However, in our most recent visit this was not raised as an issue. Perhaps it
is because the reviewers were department chairs at large research universities with similar
circumstances to our own. Or it may have to do with the new ABET emphasis on assessing
achievement of student learning objectives; documentation was provided to show the extent to
which each course delivered on its objectives, and the team must have been convinced that
learning objectives were being achieved in courses taught by both regular and outside instructors.
Recall that both our undergraduate and graduate student-to-faculty ratios are larger than the
average for departments ranked higher than ours; our high student enrollments contribute to our
need to use a substantial number of outside instructors.
B.4 RESEARCH
Our faculty’s research is characterized by very high productivity and quality; it is nationally and
internationally recognized. The faculty author on the order of 80 journal publications per year
(Appendix G.2 contains a list of publications for 2006-07)). The department’s available
extramural funding from all sources has increased from $17 million in 1998 to $24 million in
2006-07 (research expenditures were $13 million in 2006-07). As a frame of reference, our per
capita research expenditures place us 5 th among the top 20 Mechanical Engineering programs
ranked in US News and World Report’s graduate rankings (behind Stanford, Pennsylvania State,
Caltech, and University of Michigan) and similarly 5 th among the top 20 Aerospace Engineering
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programs (behind University of Maryland, Texas A&M, Stanford, and MIT) 2 . Appendix G.4
lists extramural awards that were active in 2006-07, for which the PI is a member of our
department.
B.4.1 Major Field Research Descriptions
Major fields are subdivisions of mechanical and aerospace engineering which have been defined
for purposes of research and graduate education. Faculty members elect to belong to one or
more major fields based on their research interests. Below, our research programs are
categorized into the seven major fields. The research interests of individual faculty, and their
major field affiliations, are given in Appendix G.2 (departmental annual brochure).
Dynamics. The research of the faculty in this area covers structural dynamics of stationary and
rotating systems, mechanism design, computer-controlled machines, and computational methods
for direct numerical simulation of strongly nonlinear fluid-structure interaction problems.
Applications include robotics, transonic flutter prediction and clearance for high-speed aircraft,
control of limit cycle flutter, and aeroelastic sound cancellation using simple machines.
Fluid Mechanics. One major emphasis of faculty research in this field is on control of nonreactive
and reactive fluid flows. This includes boundary layer control, control of jet shear layer
flow instabilities, noise control in airbreathing engines, control of flows at the micro- and
nanoscale, and combustion control. Ongoing computational fluid mechanics research includes
the use of Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) and Large Eddy Simulation (LES) to study
turbulent flows; high order methods to study hypersonic non-equilibrium flows as well as
pulsating detonation phenomena; particle methods to explore fluid flow associated with flying
insects and swimming organisms; and stability analysis of shear layer and boundary layer
instabilities. Experimental research involves exploration of microscale and nanoscale
phenomena associated with complex fluids and interfacial systems; exploration of transverse jet
shear layer instabilities; exploration of combustion characteristics of alternative fuels; and
development of in-flight hypersonic test bed capabilities. The fluid mechanics field has added
two new faculty since the last review: Jeff Eldredge and H. Pirouz Kavehpour. Professor
Eldredge’s research focuses on the development of computational tools for understanding fluid
dynamic phenomena, particularly in the contexts of bio-inspired locomotion, flow-acoustic
interactions and hypersonics. Professor Kavehpour’s research focuses on behavior of complex
fluids and their interactions with the surrounding environment using experimental and analytical
techniques.
Heat and Mass Transfer. The research of faculty in this major field encompasses thermal
hydraulics of fusion power systems; MHD flows; free surface heat transfer; interfacial
phenomena with emphasis on foams, colloidal gas aphrons, and self-assembly process; transport
phenomena in heterogeneous media; turbulence modeling; power plant optimization; harvesting
waste heat through direct thermal to electrical energy conversion; heat transfer and energy
conversion processes at the nanometer scale with application to thermal management of
2 Research expenditures and number of faculty are from the American Society for Engineering Education,
http://www.asee.org/publications/profiles/search.cfm. Expenditure data not available for Georgia Tech and
Northwestern University.
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microelectronics; nanotechnology with focus on nanocomposite material synthesis,
characterization, and modeling; radiation transfer with applications to photobiological hydrogen
production, non-invasive sensing of biological tissues, and material processing; boiling and
phase change heat transfer; electronic component cooling; boiling under microgravity conditions;
soils remediation; thermal aspects of manufacturing processes such as grinding, machining and
plasma thermal spray; thermal mechanical behavior of shape memory alloys; convective heat and
mass transfer; perforated plate heat exchangers; and flow and heat transfer in rarified gas flow.
Since the last review, the heat and mass transfer field has added two new faculty: Y. Sungtaek
Ju and Laurent Pilon. Professor Ju’s research focuses on multiscale thermal phenomena in
micro- and nano-fabricated devices and structures, while Professor Pilon brings expertise in
radiation transfer with applications to nanotechnology and biological systems. Both individuals
are strong additions to the ongoing research programs in heat and mass transfer and
MEMS/Nanotechnology.
Manufacturing and Design. The emphasis of faculty research in this major field is on
structural and multifunctional composites design and manufacturing; nanomanufacturing; rapid
prototyping; automation; micromanufacturing including fiber optic sensors; material processing
by plasma and beam sources; robotics including robot design and cooperative robots; design of
intelligent vehicles; CAD/CAM systems, mechanism design; computer controlled machines;
radio frequency identification (RFID) in supply chain and manufacturing; mobile internet and
Web 2.0 for collaboration; and wireless-sensor interfaces. Professor Rajit Gadh is a new
addition to the faculty in Manufacturing and Design since the last review. His research focuses
on modeling, design, data acquisition, and analysis of RFID and wireless and mobile systems as
applied to manufacturing and supply chain.
Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems/Nanotechnology (MEMS/Nano). This is an interdisciplinary
research field focused on the development of micro- and nano-scale transducers for
advancing the physical and biological sciences. MEMS/Nano is a relatively new major field
started about a decade ago and now is ranked number two world-wide in terms of publications
and citations by Thomson Essential Science Indicators. In addition to the microfluidics
technology pioneered by the UCLA MEMS/Nano faculty members, nano-electronics, biomolecular
sensors, and nanoscale heat transfer are the main research thrusts of the faculty in this
field, with applications in a variety of industries including bio-technology and electronics. The
MEMS/Nano field has added two faculty since the last review: Yong Chen and Pei-Yu (Eric)
Chiou. Professor Chen’s research focuses on nanoscale science and technology including
nanofabrication, nano devices/systems, and nanobiotechnology. Professor Chiou’s expertise
focuses on developing photothermal plasmonic devices for minimally invasive single-cell
surgery. Both indiviuals are strong additions to the MEMS/Nano area. Professors Ju and Pilon,
whose work is described under the Heat and Mass Transfer field, also contribute to the
MEMS/Nano field.
Structural and Solid Mechanics. The SSM faculty’s research represents a vibrant and
expanding area within the department. The scope of their research has been recently augmented
with the addition of two new faculty: Chris Lynch and William Klug. Professor Lynch’s
expertise is in understanding the complex response of ferroelectric materials and adds
considerably to the significant ongoing research program in smart materials. Professor Klug’s
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esearch focuses on computational mechanics and represents a strong addition to both solid
mechanics and the evolving area of biomechanics. The highlights of the SSM faculty’s recent
research include the following areas and topics: classical and computational aeroelasticity,
structural dynamics; smart materials and structures, electromagnetoelasticity models,
piezoelectric ceramics, magnetostrictive composites, characterization of thin film shape memory
alloys, fiber optic sensors, design of damage detection systems for structures, ferroelectric
materials, experimental characterization of constitutive behavior under multiaxial loading;
damage and failure of materials in mechanical design, mechanics and physics of material defects
(point defects, dislocations, voids and cracks), material degradation in severe environments,
multiscale modeling; experimental mechanics, mechanics of thin films and interfaces, failure
mechanisms and characterization of composite materials and interface strengths, reliability of
semiconductor devices and packages, ice mechanics; composite materials, multifunctional
materials and structures, nanomechanics, rapid prototyping, information systems,
nanolithography; biomedical engineering, laser-generated acoustic pulses for dissociation of
intercellular and cell-to-Ti bonds for the treatment of arrhythmias and development of efficient
titanium implants, human biomechanics; computational structural and solid mechanics,
computational biomechanics, micro and nanomechanics of biological systems; wave
propagation, nondestructive evaluation, structural health monitoring.
Systems and Control. The interests and research programs of the faculty in this area cover
control design methods, estimation, optimal control, non-linear control, system identification,
adaptive filtering, fault detection and isolation, digital control and real time implementation.
Applications include control of automated flight vehicles and road vehicles, fluid flows,
manufacturing processes, micro-inertial sensors, laser beams, vibrations and acoustic noise.
B.4.2 Interdisciplinary and Inter-Institutional Research Activity
The faculty of the department have many interdisciplinary and inter-institutional research
programs. In meeting the objectives of these programs, faculty collaborate with their
counterparts in other departments within or outside of HSSEAS or with other institutions. The
following is a partial list of our interdisciplinary programs, beginning with the three federally
funded Centers and one MURI (Multi-University Research Initiative) housed in the department:
Center for Scalable and Integrated Nano-Manufacturing (SINAM). This is an NSF
Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, for which Professors Tsao and Ho are leaders of two
of the three interdisciplinary research groups, Professor Lavine is the Associate Director for
Education and Outreach, and Professors Hahn and Chen are additional participants. The Center
also involves faculty members from UCLA’s Electrical Engineering and Chemistry and
Biochemistry Departments, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, Stanford, and University of North
Carolina at Charlotte. Hewlett-Packard Labs in an industrial participant, while several other
companies contribute support. The objective of the Center research is to develop novel
nanomanufacturing processes and enabling system engineering tools. The Center has a
substantial outreach component which is described briefly in Section B.5.
Center for Cell Control (CCC). Professor Ho is the director of this nanomedicine development
center, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The goal is to apply engineering
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control principles and nanotechnology based sensors to direct biological cells toward a desired
destiny for therapeutic intent. Faculty members from UCLA and UC Berkeley in engineering,
life sciences, and medicine are collaborating on this project.
Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration (CMISE). Professor Ho also directs this NASAsupported
University Research, Engineering and Technology Institute. Professors C.J. Kim and
Chiou from our department are participants. Faculty members from engineering, life sciences,
and medicine at UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, Caltech, and Texas A&M are also involved in
this interdisciplinary effort. The mission is to fuse bio-, nano- and information technologies to
advance applications in space exploration.
Manufacturing and Multifunctional Characterization of Load Bearing Energy Harvesting
Structures. Professors Ju and Hahn are leading this effort at UCLA under the Multi-
Disciplinary University Research Initiative of the Department of Defense, along with faculty
from the University of Washington, University of Colorado, and Virginia Tech. The goal is to
develop multifunctional energy harvesting structures for air and space vehicle applications.
Multiscale Modeling of the Deformation of Advanced Ferritic Steels for Generation IV
Nuclear Energy Systems. This research project partners Professor Ghoniem with a faculty
member in the Physics Department at California State University, Northridge. The goal is to use
physically based computer modeling and simulations (in particular, the Multiscale Modeling of
Materials approach), coupled with advanced experimental techniques, to understand the effects
of neutron irradiation on the mechanical properties of high-temperature materials; such
understanding is pivotal to the successful development of reliable, safe, and economical Gen-IV
Nuclear Energy Systems.
Fusion Science and Technology. Professor Abdou is leading this effort to investigate key
physics and engineering science issues for Breeding Blanket and Advanced Power Extraction
Technologies and High Heat Flux Components. The research involves experiments, theory,
modeling, high-speed computation, creative designs, and integrated experiments on the
international fusion facility, ITER, in France. The research involves faculty and students from
our department, along with the Electrical Engineering and Physics Departments at UCLA, and
collaborations with UC San Diego, the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Argonne National
Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Idaho
National Laboratory, and international collaborations with Europe, Japan, Russia, Korea, China,
and India.
Photobiological Hydrogen Production and Carbon Dioxide Mitigation. Professor Pilon
leads an interdisciplinary team of researchers whose goal is to develop a technology able to
simultaneously consume carbon dioxide and produce hydrogen in a sustainable manner using
wild type strains and genetically engineered bacteria and sunlight. The team includes faculty
from UC Berkeley’s Plant Biology Department and UCLA’s Environmental Engineering
Department.
Time-Resolved Fluorescence of Human Skin to Screen and Monitor Diabetes. The objective
of this project is to assemble and test an optometric device to measure the effect of excessive
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exposure of human skin to glucose as a means to screen patients for diabetes and monitor the
effect and clinical treatment of diabetes. The team, led by Professor Pilon, involves researchers
and doctors from the UCLA Medical School and from the Veterans’ Administration Hospital of
Greater Los Angeles. Theoretical and in-vitro studies are performed at UCLA while in-vivo
testing on human subjects takes place primarily at the VA Hospital.
Developing a Minimally Invasive Cell Surgery Tool for High Efficiency Live Stem Cell
Manipulations and Nuclear Transfer. This effort involves Professor Chiou of our department,
along with other faculty in UCLA’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and the UCLA
Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine. The objective of this cross-disciplinary research
project is to develop a live, single-cell somatic and stem cell surgery tool enabling high
efficiency transfer of nuclei and additional intracellular manipulations (such as the delivery of
small molecules and organelles like mitochondria). The long term goal is to enhance capabilities
in stem cell biology for the repair of damaged or worn out tissues due to aging or the ravages of
disease, such as HIV/AIDS, cancer, diabetes, and atherosclerosis.
3-D Nanoarchitectures for Future Electrochemical Power Sources. This research is funded
by the Office of Naval Research and involves Professor C.J. Kim in our department, along with
faculty in UCLA’s Materials Science and Engineering and Chemistry and Biochemistry
Departments. Its goal is to develop micro batteries having 3-D electrode architecture.
EWOD-MALDI for High-Throughput Proteomics. This NIH-funded project, involving
Professor C.J. Kim and faculty in UCLA’s Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, investigates
and develops EWOD microfluidic devices suitable for MALDI-based high-throughput
proteomics applications.
Collaborative Projects between Professor C.J. Kim and the UCLA Medical School.
Microfluidics for Liver Cancer Pre-Screening. Funded by and in collaboration with the UCLA
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, the goal is to develop a digital microfluidic biochip
platform for pre-screening of liver cancer. Development of Shape Encoded Particles. This
project, funded by the Keck Foundation through the UCLA Medical School, partners Professor
C.J. Kim with the Department of Human Genetics at UCLA to develop Shape Encoded Particles
for flexible and high-throughput genetic and cellular identification and analysis. Microfluidic
System for Early Detection of Renal Transplantation Rejection. This project, funded by and in
collaboration with the UCLA Urology Department, seeks to develop a compact system for
patients to detect early signs of rejection after renal transplantation.
Nanostructured Materials for Interconnect and Packaging Technology. Professor Ghoniem
collaborates with faculty in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at UCLA and the
Physics Department at California State University, Northridge to develop nanostructured
materials for interconnect and packaging components that will render unique properties and
advantages in future generations of electronic devices. Intel is an industrial partner.
International collaboration with Germany, Taiwan, and the Ukraine has also been established.
Education and research are integrated by developing two graduate courses on “Mechanical
properties of nanoscale structures” and “Kinetic processes in nanoscale structures.”
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Control of Laser Beams. This research, which is developing new methods for control of laser
beams propagating through the atmosphere, emphasizes adaptive and optimal control and
filtering for compensating wave front error and jitter in laser beams, with applications to
high-energy lasers and laser communications. For the past five years, UCLA has been the lead
institution (directed by Professor Steve Gibson, PI, and Professor T-C Tsao, Co-PI) on a
Multidisciplinary Research Project (MRI) titled “Atmospheric Propagation of High Energy
Lasers: Modeling, Simulation, Tracking, and Control” with research partners Georgia Tech,
Michigan Tech, MZA Associates Corp., Tempest Technologies, and Trex Enterprises. Also,
UCLA is the lead institution (directed by Professor Steve Gibson, PI, and Professor T-C Tsao,
Co-PI) on a new MRI titled “Tactical HEL Weapon Alignment System Architecture
Efficiencies” with research partners MZA Associates Corp., Air Force Institute of Technology,
and Naval Post Graduate School.
Game Changer: Multi-Functional Hybrid Composite Structures for Load Bearing
Antennas. This program is led by Ohio State along with UCLA, University of Michigan, and
University of Minnesota. The Principal Investigator at UCLA is Professor Carman. This three
year multi-disciplinary program focuses on developing new antenna based systems that can be
integrated into structural components of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. The program consists of
electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, aerospace engineers, and materials scientists all
focused on developing, modeling, testing, and understanding a new class of material systems.
B.5 DIVERSITY AND OUTREACH
The table below summarizes the diversity of our faculty and students in federally-defined
categories. It is worth noting that the faculty and graduate student populations are very diverse
in country-of-origin, which we feel is an important element of diversity for engineers who will
be working in an increasingly global environment.
Table B.3: Faculty and Student Diversity
UCLA MAE National Percentages
Ladder Female Underrep.
Female African Hispanic
Faculty
Minority*
American
6.5% 0%
ME
AE
8.5% [1]
7.9% [1]
2.7% [1]
2.5% [1]
3.0% [1]
1.7% [1]
Students Female Underrep. Female Under-Represented
Minority*
Minority*
Undergrad. 15.6% [2] 10.4% [2] 14.2% [3] 10.3% [3]
Graduate 17.6% [2] 6.8% [2] 14.0% [4] 5.5% [4]
*Black, Hispanic, American Indian, or Alaskan Native.
[1] Engineering by the Numbers, American Society for Engineering Education, 2006,
http://www.asee.org/publications/profiles/index.cfm#Online_Profiles.
[2] UCLA Office of Analysis and Information Management Departmental Profiles, 2005-06, at http://www.aim.ucla.edu/enrollment.html.
[3] NSF 2004 Data, http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/gradenrl.htm, Tables C-5 and C-6 for Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
combined. Data are for B.S. degrees granted, not undergraduate enrollment, but should be roughly comparable.
[4] NSF 2004 Data, http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/gradenrl.htm, Tables D-1 and D-2 for Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
combined.
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With respect to our student population, we exceed the national averages for female and
underrepresented minority students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Our female
and minority enrollment and retention has benefited from several efforts, including: the programs
of the Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity, efforts at the school level to admit a
diverse undergraduate student body, fellowships provided by UCLA’s Graduate Division, and
efforts of our faculty (described further below).
With respect to faculty diversity, we have two female faculty members out of a total of 31, or
6.5%. This is somewhat below the national average of 8.5% in ME and 7.9% in AE. One more
woman would put us above the national averages. We have no underrepresented minority
faculty, compared with national averages of 2.7%/2.5% (ME/AE) African American and
3.0%/1.7% (ME/AE) Hispanic. These percentages would correspond to less than one faculty
member in each category with our faculty size of 31. Data for the “expected” number of female
and minority faculty for our department based on availability of Ph.D. recipients 3 give a
comparable picture: 3.4 female, 0.7 African American, 0.8 Hispanic, and 0.1 Native American.
We are not content with the level of diversity of our faculty. The national averages are far too
low and we are slightly below them. We have made an effort recently to post our position
announcements in venues targeted to women, but we have so far concentrated only on venues
that offer free advertising. The cost of placing ads in a number of different publications targeted
to women and particular minority groups has been prohibitive. To solve this problem, the MAE
Chair has proposed to Dean Dhir that the school would place ads in these venues that would
direct attention to a web site with links to all of the departmental ads. This proposal was
accepted and is being implemented this year.
There is no room for complacency when it comes to diversity in engineering, and little to be
gained by competing with other institutions for the too-small number of female and minority
engineering students and graduates available nationally. To address this issue more broadly,
many of our faculty members are involved in efforts to increase the pipeline of women and
minorities in engineering. Two Centers housed in the department have substantial outreach
efforts. SINAM (Center for Scalable and Integrated NanoManufacturing, an NSF-sponsored
Center) and CMISE (Center for Cell-Mimetic Space Exploration, a NASA-sponsored Center)
have both been providing summer research experiences for undergraduate and high-school
students, with a focus on female and underrepresented minority candidates. In addition, SINAM
performs outreach to local middle schools, high schools, and community colleges with large
minority populations, providing classrooms with enrichment experiences aimed at attracting
students into engineering. More than half of our faculty members are involved in efforts to
increase engineering diversity. They provide research opportunities in their labs to high school
students and undergraduates (within and outside UCLA), often coordinated with SINAM,
CMISE, the Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity (CEED), the HSSEAS
Education and Outreach program for high school students, other campus and systemwide
programs (e.g. UC Leadership Excellence Through Advanced Degrees and UCLA Center for
Academic and Research Excellence), as part of an NSF REU (Research Experience for
Undergraduates), etc. Some provide presentations on engineering topics to local schools or
scouting groups, or to CEED’s Engineering Disciplines class. As our efforts join those of
3 UCLA Diversity Statistics, 2006-07, http://faculty.diversity.ucla.edu/06library/data/index.htm.
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engineering faculty nationwide, we hope that the engineering student population will begin to
reflect our nation’s diversity, and that this will be a significant contributing factor to enhancing
faculty diversity.
B.6 FACULTY HIRING: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
Since the last Academic Senate review that was conducted in the academic year 1998-99, we
have continued to recruit faculty in all the major fields. We have been very successful in our
recruitment activity with the diligent efforts of various recruitment committees, cooperation of
the faculty, the support of Dean Dhir, and the commitment of past department chairs. In the last
eight years we have added 12 new faculty. Unfortunately, at the same time we have lost 12 for a
variety of reasons, as explained in Appendix G.1. Eight of these losses were due to faculty being
recruited by other universities. Some had anomalous features, such as the case of Professor
Montemagno; we recruited him into our department, but he almost immediately became Chair of
Bioengineering, and subsequently became Dean at University of Cincinnati. Focusing on the
more typical cases, in particular the five junior to mid-career losses to other universities (Chen,
Frazzoli, Freund, Shamma, Zhang), the reasons were some combination of the perceived higher
quality of the other institution (especially true for MIT and Berkeley), the greater affordability of
the community (especially for Univ. of Illinois and Georgia Tech), proximity to family, and
extremely attractive offers (especially for Georgia Tech, which provided an endowed chair to
Professor Shamma). Retention is a challenge that the department and Dean are continuing to
work on proactively by judicious use of off-scale salaries 4 , mortgage assistance, etc.
Our most recent Strategic Plan was developed over a three-year period. The planning activity
began in the 2003-04 academic year. The committee, chaired by Professor Carman, met
frequently, presented regular progress reports to the faculty, and heard input from the faculty at
these meetings. The planning process culminated in a report (see Appendix G.5) which was
accepted by majority vote of the faculty in June, 2005. The recommendations address the four
areas of Faculty Recruitment, Graduate Education, Undergraduate Education, and Staff Support.
Simultaneous to this effort, and extending beyond it, a second strategic planning committee,
chaired by Professor Speyer, focused in more depth on a plan for hiring in Aerospace
Engineering. This effort culminated in a report in Fall, 2006 (see Appendix G.5).
With respect to faculty hiring, the 2005 MAE Strategic Plan presented an argument that our
department should grow to 43 faculty members, based on comparison with higher ranked
departments:
In general, the consensus of the strategic planning committee was that for continued
advancements within our department we need to add additional faculty. Based on review of
mechanical and aerospace engineering departments with a higher ranking than ours…, the
committee reached the following conclusion. In mechanical engineering, only one department,
Cal Tech which is a private institution, has fewer faculty that was ranked higher than ours. The
average number of faculty in mechanical engineering departments ranked higher than our
department is 43. This number is 13 more faculty than we currently have. In aerospace
4 Within the University of California system, faculty move upward through a series of “steps,” associated with
particular salaries. In recent years the salary scale has lagged the market; off-scale salaries are a means to remain
competitive.
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engineering, all departments ranked higher than ours have larger faculty size… On average, the
aerospace engineering departments with a higher ranking than ours has an average faculty size of
26. Based on this review, the committee’s conclusion was that to continue our advancement
toward being a top 5 department in both mechanical and/or aerospace engineering we need to
increase our total size to at least 43 faculty. That is, our combined Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering department should be comparable in size to the average Mechanical Engineering
department ranked higher than the UCLA mechanical engineering department which would still
put us as a fairly small size mechanical engineering department.
The recommended areas for faculty hiring were:
Energy (2)
Renewable energy resources
Energy for deep space
Aerospace (4)
UAV
Deep space exploration
Multi-scale science from nano to macro (3)
Biosciences (2)
Areas of opportunity (2)
The Aerospace Strategic Plan recommended a broader set of areas in which to hire in the
aerospace field, namely:
Autonomous air vehicle systems with applications to:
• Homeland security
• Enhancement of national airspace system
• Personal mobile systems
Advanced propulsion systems for:
• Access to space (Launch vehicles)
• Deep space exploration (Ion engines, solar sails, etc.)
• High altitude airbreathing propulsion
Supersonic/hypersonic air-breathing vehicles for:
• Global reach
• Commercial transportation
Space Exploration, Remote Sensing, and Formation Flight of Spacecraft
• Crew Return Vehicle
• Remote sensing for satellite missions such as TOPEX/POSEIDON, JASON-1, CHAMP,
and GRACE
• Formation flight for fractionated spacecraft and Terrestrial Planet Finder-Interferometer
Aero-structure-control interactions for:
• Fuel efficient light weight commercial and military aircraft.
Subsequent to developing these strategic plans, we have hired two faculty: Eric Chiou, an
Assistant Professor, who bridges the “Multi-scale science from nano to macro” and
“Biosciences” areas, and Christopher Lynch, a Full Professor, who was an opportunity hire with
expertise in ferroelectric materials. Professor Lynch will contribute to our research program in
smart materials and complement our aerospace program.
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In the most recent hiring cycle, in 2006-07, the faculty decided early in the year to focus our
recruitment efforts on energy and aerospace. For Aerospace Engineering, we focused on a
subset of the areas defined in the Aerospace Strategic plan, namely a) autonomous vehicle
systems, b) orbital mechanics and remote sensing, c) aerospace structures. In the energy area,
extensive discussions occurred in multiple faculty meetings throughout the year to define our
hiring strategy in a manner that would complement existing strengths in our department and
within HSSEAS. Through those discussions and a corresponding ballot, we have defined our
goal: to hire roughly three faculty members, most likely in nuclear energy (fusion and fission)
and/or energy use in transportation (e.g. fuel cells, hybrid vehicles, storage batteries, synthetic
fuels/hydrogen, energy efficiency). Other energy areas are not precluded if opportunities present
themselves. We interviewed 11 individuals during last academic year. While we have not yet
made any offers, some of those cases are still active and may result in hires. In this academic
year (2007-08), we will be continuing to focus on these same two areas. In addition, any major
field can identify opportunity hires; since the Systems and Control field has recently lost two
faculty members, they are likely to bring forward candidates to the department.
B.7 RESOURCES, STAFFING, AND SPACE
B.7.1 Budget Overview
As shown in Table B.4 below, the department’s budget can be roughly categorized into: 1)
operating expenses (staff salaries, general assistance, and supplies and expense), 2) instructional
support (equipment and software for courses, TA salaries, reader salaries, and outside instructor
salaries), and 3) discretionary funds. The table contains 2006-07 data for operating expenses and
instructional support; the discretionary funds can vary widely from one year to the next, and the
numbers shown are averages over the last three years. The table does not include scholarships
and fellowships, with the exception of Industrial Affiliates Fellowships, paid out of our Industrial
Affiliates account, part of the discretionary funds.
Table B.4: Departmental Budget
Category Budget Expenditure Net
Operating Expenses
Staff Salaries 826,000 753,000 73,000
General Assistance 47,000 54,000 -7,000
Supplies and Expense 30,000 120,000 -90,000
Net Operating Expenses 903,000 927,000 -24,000
Instructional Support
Course Equipment & Software 158,000 150,000 8,000
Teaching Assistant Salaries 546,000 546,000 0
Reader Salaries 21,000 36,000 -15,000
Outside Instructor Salaries 544,000 544,000 0
Net Instructional Support 1,269,000 1,276,000 -7000
With respect to Operating Expenses, it can be seen that there is some savings in Staff Salaries
due to a currently unfilled position as well as positions that are occasionally unstaffed during
transitions. There are substantial overdrafts in General Assistance (temporary staffing and work
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study students) and Supplies and Expense. Even after accounting for the savings in Staff
Salaries, we have a significant shortfall in our Operating Expenses, on the order of $24,000. The
inadequacy of our budget is obviously problematic, and we are fortunate to have discretionary
funds to make up the difference. Our dean is a strong advocate for HSSEAS to the campus
administration, nonetheless the budget coming from the campus is inadequate. This situation is
unlikely to be remedied in the near future, given the decline in state funding for higher education
and the needs of many campus constituents.
The category of Instructional Support will be discussed in detail below. Here, we simply note
that the overall budget is approximately adequate for our needs, sometimes ending the year with
a modest overdraft (in this case $7000).
The Discretionary Funds come from three sources. Overhead Return Tax: A portion of the
overhead generated from federal grants is returned to the dean, who returns it to the faculty who
generated it. The department taxes the overhead returns, at a rate determined annually by vote of
the faculty. The tax has recently been 10%. Industrial Affiliates: This is the annual income
from our Industrial Affiliates, which varies somewhat annually. Summer Sessions: The campus
manages summer sessions as a revenue generating activity. We typically teach five summer
undergraduate courses. The revenue from this activity varies from summer to summer, but has
recently been quite small.
The average annual income in discretionary funds for the last three years was $75,000. This is
sufficient to cover the $31,000 overdraft in Operating Expenses and Instructional Support, with a
remainder of around $44,000. This is a rough estimate, since both the overdraft and the income
in Discretionary Funds fluctuate annually. However, we have been fortunate to be able to spend
more than this in recent years because we have an ongoing carryforward in the discretionary
accounts. At the end of 2003-04, we had a carryforward on the order of $200,000 due to at least
three factors: we had particularly good success with Industrial Affiliates that year, we had an
overhead tax of 20% rather than 10% in that year, and in prior years, summer session income had
been very substantial (due to a different revenue model from the campus). We have been
gradually spending down the carryforward. In addition to covering the overdraft of operating
expenses, discretionary funds have been used for such expenses as: annual report, new faculty
visa costs, new faculty office furniture and small office equipment, computers for staff,
department copiers, refurbishment of space, faculty travel related to teaching or fellowships,
prospective graduate students’ travel and lodging for Graduate Student Visit Day, faculty retreat,
advisory board meetings, and Industrial Affiliates Fellowships. Some of these expenses are
essential to the operation of the department and could really be considered operating expenses
(e.g. copiers, staff computers) and others are critical to our continuing excellence (such as the
Graduate Student Visit Day and Industrial Affiliates Fellowships). We must increase the level of
income in discretionary funds in order to cover both essential expenses and initiatives to improve
our department. This will require even greater efforts to expand our Industrial Affiliates
program and perhaps a larger tax on overhead returns.
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B.7.2 Instructional Support
Our undergraduate curricula include several required and elective laboratory or hands-on design
courses (MAE 94, 107L, 131AL, 133AL, 157, 157S, 157A, 162B, 162C, 172, 184, 185, 187L).
To support these laboratory and design courses, as well as instructional computing, we regularly
receive about $163,000/year from the Dean. These funds are used to manage wear and tear and
update of the equipment used in the laboratories, laboratory supplies, purchase of software
licenses, and the salary of a part-time manager of our CAD/CAM laboratory. The budget is
adequate for our needs. This amount does not include substantial funds that have been received
by individual faculty for laboratories used in graduate education and research, some of which
also support undergraduate education.
Currently the department has three technician positions, one of which is unfilled. The
technicians’ first priority is to support the undergraduate instructional laboratories. This activity
generally consumes most of their time, leaving only limited technician support for graduate
students doing experimental work and for assisting the student society projects. Nonetheless, we
have chosen to leave the third position unfilled at the present time because the salary savings are
needed for operational expenses, and can also be used occasionally to purchase experiments for
the laboratory classes.
Teaching assistants are used in support of classroom and laboratory instruction. For the 2006-07
academic year we received 17.5 FTE. This number is equivalent to 35 half-time teaching
assistants per quarter, and is generally sufficient to cover all of our undergraduate courses with
enrollment of more than 30 students. In selecting teaching assistants, preference is given to
domestic students, students who have been at UCLA for at least one year, and incoming
“departmental fellowship” students (whose fellowship includes a one quarter TAship). In
addition to Teaching Assistants, Readers are used for grading of homework in classes with
enrollments over 50 (or between 20 and 30, since those classes are too small for a TA). We are
perennially under-funded for Readers. The allocation has been the same ($21,000) for more than
nine years, but salaries have increased, as have undergraduate enrollments. Last year we spent
$36,000 for Readers; the shortfall is partially offset by some savings in the portion of the Course
Equipment and Software category that is allocated for our CAD/CAM course.
We receive approximately $544,000 annually for outside instructors. This has enabled us to
cover between 40 and 60 courses per year, and is adequate for our needs.
B.7.3 Non-academic Staff
The non-academic staff plays a very important role in assisting faculty and students to meet their
educational and research objectives. At present we have 16 departmental staff positions (down
from 16.5 in 1998 and 18 in 1992), one unfilled. The filled positions include the Management
Services Officer (1), Fund Managers (3 Administrative Analysts), Staff Personnel and Academic
Personnel (2 Administrative Analysts), Instructional Laboratory Management (1 Associate
Development Engineer and 1 Principal Laboratory Mechanician), Student Affairs Officers (2),
Facilities/Equipment and Purchasing (2 Administrative Assistants), Faculty Support (2
Administrative Assistants), and Web and Publications (1 Administrative Specialist). As noted
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earlier, the funds for the unfilled position have been used in recent years to cover expenses in
general funds because we do not receive sufficient funding for supplies and expenses, office
equipment, etc.
The Departmental MSO is providing excellent leadership. Over the years she has assembled a
high quality staff through good hiring decisions and occasional difficult separations. The staff is
now functioning at a high level of effectiveness and providing good service to faculty and
students. The MSO will encourage individuals at the Administrative Assistant level to apply for
vacant positions in the department, for which they are offered training. Supported by the Chair,
she is also proactive in requesting equity increases and above average merits for those who
deserve it. The department has its own staff award once a year, voted on by the faculty, which
rewards excellent performance.
The 2005 Strategic Plan (Appendix G.5) makes a variety of recommendations concerning staff
support, which we have been gradually addressing. The first priority was to improve the quality
of service provided in the fund management area. Since the Strategic Plan was written, there has
been a complete turnover of staff in that area. The quality of service is now substantially
improved, and a recent restructuring (promoting one of the fund managers to supervise the two
other positions) is anticipated to provide enhanced coordination of that office.
While the staff is working effectively, there are several recent developments that have resulted in
increased workloads.
• In the last few years, mandated new systems and procedures have become part of the
daily work tasks required of every staff function. These systems require greater
knowledge and higher levels of accountability than previously. The departmental staff
members have stepped up to these new responsibilities and performed well. Indeed,
some of our staff members have been invited to serve on campus-wide pilot projects
relating to these new systems because of their demonstrated expertise. At the same time,
the new responsibilities have resulted in a higher workload.
• The Web and Publications position is relatively new and has been an important addition.
A high-quality presence on the Internet is essential for academic departments these days.
Additionally, internal Internet-based systems, such as automating our faculty recruitment
process as an interactive paperless system, have become a necessity. The Administrative
Specialist position which addresses these issues was created by replacing another position
(an Administrative Assistant assigned to faculty support) and upgrading it. This has, of
course, resulted in a heavier workload for the two remaining faculty support staff.
• Over the last several years, we have seen increases in our extramural funding, number of
professional research staff and postdoctoral scholars, and frequency of faculty
accelerations. While these are all very positive developments, they do result in increased
staff workload.
• We used to receive around $50,000/year of soft money to be used in the HSSEAS shops,
but this was discontinued about three years ago and we must now pay for shop services
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from our instructional support funds (or faculty research grants, as appropriate). As a
result, the technicians have had to cut down on the amount of labor they ask the shops to
perform, thereby increasing their workload.
To summarize, our staff is functioning well. However, the new responsibilities described above
have resulted in a higher workload, with more staff working overtime and from home on
weekends. The additional workload has not resulted in additional compensation or FTE. The
heavy workload is mitigated to some degree by hiring work study students to assist with clerical
activities, but this contributes to our overdraft in General Assistance. While the present situation
is manageable, we note that there is little or no capacity for further workload increases.
B.7.4 Physical Space
The Department has a total of about 78,000 square feet of space for laboratories, offices, student
cubicles, and seminar rooms. Most of the space is in the Engineering IV building which is about
sixteen years old and contains several clean rooms that are used for microfabrication. At present,
all of the laboratory space has been allotted to faculty (~42,000 sf). As we recruit new faculty,
there will be added pressure on the laboratory space. Thus, in future we will have to devise ways
to use the laboratory space more efficiently or convert student cubicle space or other shared
departmental space to laboratories. Laboratory space is a major challenge for faculty
recruitment, and there is no prospect for the department space to grow until a planned
replacement of an older engineering building takes place, at least a few years from now.
The space available for faculty offices is nearing capacity. We have one vacant office and two
occupied by emeriti, which would accommodate faculty growth up to 34, still below our targeted
number. This problem is more serious in other departments, which are having to subdivide some
of the larger faculty offices as faculty retire.
B.8 RELATIONS WITH CONSTITUENTS
In this section, we describe our relationships to our constituents, namely industry, alumni,
graduate students, and undergraduate students. In recent years, our attention to our
undergraduate curricula, due to both the schoolwide undergraduate curriculum reform and our
accreditation efforts, have resulted in strengthened ties to our industrial, alumni, and
undergraduate constituencies. Plans to similarly strengthen mechanisms for communication with
graduate students are described below.
B.8.1 Relationship to Industry
It is important for us to maintain close ties to industry to ensure that our research and educational
programs remain relevant. The relationship between the department and industry takes five main
forms: (1) industry funding for research, scholarships, fellowships, and student projects, (2)
temporary instructors from industry, (3) Industrial Advisory Board, (4) Industrial Affiliates
Program, (5) Annual Research Review.
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Various companies support faculty research. The support sometimes comes in the form of
contracts, grants, or gifts (totaling approximately $6 million in 2006-07). In addition, companies
often provide letters of support and/or matching funds for proposals to federal and state agencies.
They also provide undergraduate scholarships (approximately $53,000 annually) and donations
in support of our student sections (around $18,000 annually).
As indicated previously, the main source for our temporary instructors is local industry. These
individuals provide a highly valuable industrial perspective to our students.
Our Industrial Advisory Board was established shortly before our previous review. It currently
has 18 participants (see Appendix G.6). The department hosts an annual meeting of the Board to
solicit Board members’ advice on our educational and research programs and hiring priorities.
In preparing for ABET accreditation, we were particularly interested in the Board’s advice
concerning our undergraduate curricula. When we had our ABET site visit, some Board
members generously took time off from work to meet with the visiting team. The ABET
reviewers were impressed with the strength of our ties to industry.
Our Industrial Affiliates Program is designed to provide benefits to companies in return for an
unrestricted monetary gift to the department. The current fee is $10,000 annually. The benefits
of membership are listed in Appendix G.7. In informal discussions, we have learned that the
main motivation for our Affiliates to join the program is enhanced access to our graduates (at all
levels). To this end, we provide our Affiliates with a list of near-term, exemplary undergraduate
(i.e. above a 3.4 GPA) and graduate students with details, such as degree objective, area of
specialization, expected graduation date, advisor’s name, and citizenship status, on a quarterly
basis. The Industrial Affiliates are also given the opportunity to provide an annual seminar to the
department faculty, postdocs, and students for recruitment or other purposes.
For several years, we have held an Annual Research Review at which we present departmental
research to industry members. This event has gone through a transition recently. Before 2004-
05, the department ran the event itself. Beginning in 2005-06, there has been a schoolwide
Annual Research Review. In 2007-08, the schoolwide event will include afternoon sessions run
by each department, in order to showcase both interdisciplinary schoolwide activities and the
departments’ individual strengths.
B.8.2 Relationship to Alumni
We have a healthy number of alumni who remain involved in departmental affairs through two
advisory groups for our department (listings in Appendix G.8). The first of these is the Alumni
Advisory Board, which functions in a manner similar to our Industrial Advisory Board. The
department hosts one or two meetings of the Board annually, at which we present proposed
changes or other issues relating to our curricula and seek the Board’s advice. The Alumni
Advisory Board has been particularly valuable in providing advice relating to our ABET
accreditation effort. Members of the Board met with the ABET visitors during the site visit
(taking time off from work to do so), and left a very favorable impression.
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The second alumni advisory group is the AIAA/ASME/SAE Alumni Advisory Committee,
which advises the officers of the three student groups on their projects, careers, speakers for
meetings, etc. This committee is organized by, and draws its membership from, the Engineering
Alumni Association (EAA). The EAA is another resource for our department to draw on. One
of their most important undertakings is to provide financial support for the projects of the student
societies. In addition, they host an annual event at which the students showcase their projects.
In addition to our engagement with these highly-committed alumni, we solicit input from all
alumni of our undergraduate programs through an annual survey. The survey addresses how
well our departmental objectives for undergraduate education have been met, by asking about
their educational and career trajectories and the value of their UCLA education in their current
position.
B.8.3 Relationship to Graduate Students
Of course, we are actively engaged with our graduate students on a day-to-day basis as they take
courses from us, perform research under our guidance, and serve as Teaching Assistants for our
undergraduate courses. Of all our constituents, this is the group we have the most interaction
with. At the same time, the formal mechanisms for graduate students to provide their advice and
insight to the department are probably insufficient. In years past, some of our departmental
committees did have graduate student members, but that practice did not result in broad
consultation with students. In recent years, graduate students have not been assigned to
departmental committees, probably through simple inattention. There has been graduate student
representation on our Student Advisory Council, which meets approximately once a year and
addresses both undergraduate and graduate programs. To enhance the opportunity for our
graduate students to provide input, the present department chair will, in the coming year, set up a
Graduate Student Advisory Board, with representatives from each of the major fields. This
Board would meet amongst itself, would be responsible for setting up an annual (or as needed)
meeting with the department leadership to offer advice, and would provide representatives to the
relevant departmental committees (Graduate Admissions Committee, Graduate Education
Committee, and perhaps others). Hopefully this structure will provide a sustainable framework
for graduate students to raise issues and suggest enhancements to our graduate programs.
Having recently gone through a period of intense attention to our undergraduate curricula, we do
not anticipate needing to devote unusually large amounts of time to undergraduate matters in the
near future. Accordingly, this would be an excellent time to reexamine our graduate programs.
To this end, a new departmental committee has been formed, entitled the Graduate Education
Committee. Its broad charge is to evaluate the state of our M.S. and Ph.D. programs, including
soliciting input from students, and to determine any needed actions.
B.8.4 Relationship to Undergraduate Students
As part of our accreditation efforts, we developed extensive mechanisms for soliciting input from
undergraduates about our courses, curricula, and program in general. These are: surveys after
each course to ask whether the students learned the course topics, graduating senior survey to ask
about whether our program outcomes were satisfied, and meetings with the Student Advisory
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Council. Of course we also gather input from our students by way of the standard campus
teaching evaluations.
Advising is an important aspect of undergraduate education. Our advising process is described
in the section on Undergraduate Programs.
Each year there are a number of social events at which students and faculty can interact. These
are organized either by the department, the School, or the student societies. The number of such
events and the success in attracting students and faculty varies, in part depending on the drive of
the student leaders. Some undergraduates express a desire to have more social interaction with
the faculty, although the turn-out of students to some events has not been strong; similarly,
faculty numbers are not always high. In the coming year, the department chair will be
implementing a “take a professor to lunch program;” a group of students can invite one or more
professors to lunch, at departmental expense. We believe that smaller groups will be more
conducive to good conversation and getting to know one another.
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C. UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS
C.1 OBJECTIVES AND OVERVIEW
The undergraduate programs in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCLA have two
primary objectives:
• Objective 1: Our students will be able to apply their rigorous undergraduate education to
creatively solve technical problems facing society.
• Objective 2: Our students will be prepared for
o successful and productive careers in aerospace or mechanical or other engineering
fields;
o graduate studies in aerospace or mechanical or other engineering fields;
o further studies in other fields such as medicine, business, and law.
Appendix G.9 contains a detailed list of program outcomes that support these objectives for the
Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering programs. These objectives and outcomes
are published at our website (www.mae.ucla.edu) and in the HSSEAS Announcement
(Appendix G.10), and the objectives are posted in our department suites, along with our mission
statement.
In order to meet the above objectives, the programs emphasize basic sciences and mathematics in
the lower division courses, followed by engineering sciences and engineering design in the upper
division courses. The ME program covers fundamental knowledge in thermodynamics, fluid
mechanics, heat transfer, solid mechanics, dynamics, control, mechanical design, mechanical
systems, manufacturing, and materials. This provides a broad background of the material
important to all mechanical engineers. The AE program provides fundamental knowledge in
thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, dynamics, control, aerodynamics, and
propulsion. The AE program covers subjects important to aeronautical engineers and related
technological fields but is also concerned with the design and construction of spacecraft, and the
exploration and utilization of space.
Beyond the fundamental knowledge needed for Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace
Engineering, students have an opportunity to select courses in areas of special interest to the
them. The selection is implemented through a choice of ME or AE technical electives and the
HSSEAS Technical Breadth Requirement (TBR, described below). Students must also satisfy
the HSSEAS general education requirements in both programs. Courses in the humanities and
social sciences contribute to satisfying the above educational objectives by providing students
with a well-rounded education and the perspective to be able to appreciate the relationship of
engineering to society.
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C.2 B.S. DEGREE PROGRAMS
C.2.1 Common Structure of AE and ME Programs
Table C.1 summarizes the course requirements for the two majors. The fields of aerospace and
mechanical engineering share a common foundation, thus the two programs have common lower
division preparatory courses in mathematics, science, and computer programming (in C++) as
well as common departmental core courses, as shown in the table. The core courses cover the
fundamental areas of statics, strength of materials, dynamics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics,
circuits, and materials. The upper division mathematics course MAE 182A is used extensively
in many of the AE and ME courses, and students are encouraged to take this course as early as
feasible. Additional upper division core courses common to the AE and ME programs are MAE
107/107L (modeling and analysis of dynamic systems) and MAE 171A (introductory controls).
After taking the lower division and departmental core courses, students are prepared for the
mainly upper division AE and ME core courses, which are different for the two majors.
Table C.1. AE and ME Curricula. See Appendix G.10 for Course Names and Descriptions
Units
Lower Division Chemistry and Biochemistry 20A, 20B, 20L 11
Preparatory Courses Mathematics 31A, 31B, 32A, 32B, 33A, 33B 24
Physics 1A, 1B, 1C, 4AL, 4BL
19
Computer Science 31
4
Departmental Core MAE 101, 102, 103, 105A, 107/107L, 171A, 182A 28
Courses
EE 100
4
MSE 104
4
Technical Breadth
Requirement
Three breadth courses selected from an approved list 12
HSSEAS GE Electives As outlined in HSSEAS announcement 33
Major-Specific Core AE: MAE 150A, 150B, 150P, 154A, 154B, 154S, 40
Courses
157A, 157S, 166A, 155 or 161A or 169A
or
or
Major-Specific
ME: EE 110L, MAE 94, 105D, 156A, 157, 162A, 38
162B, 162M, 183, 131A or 133A
AE: Two courses selected from MAE 105D, 131A,
Technical Electives 131AL, 132A, 133A, 133AL, 150C, 150R,
153A, 155, 161A, 161B, 161C, 161D, 162A,
163A, 166C, 168, 169A, 171B, 183
or
ME: Two electives selected from MAE 131AL,
132A, 133AL, 134, CM140, 150A, 150B,
150C, 150P, 150R, 153A, 155, 157A, 161A,
161B, 162C, 163A, 166C, 168, 171B, 172,
174, CM180, CM180L, 181A, 182B, 182C,
184, 185
8
TOTAL AE: 187
ME: 185
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Beyond the departmental core, the requirements for the two majors diverge, but retain a common
structure. Each major has a set of major-specific core courses culminating in a design experience
(described in greater detail in Sections C.2.2 and C.2.3) and a selection of two major-specific
technical electives. Within the major-specific core courses, each major has a junior level
laboratory course: MAE 157 (Basic Mechanical Engineering Laboratory) for MEs and MAE
157S (Basic Aerospace Engineering Laboratory) for AEs. The experiments in these labs are
designed to illustrate principles learned in the departmental core courses, with the appropriate
emphasis on the major. Written communication skills are developed through report-writing in
the laboratory course and design courses, and oral communication skills are practiced through
presentations in the design courses.
Technical Breadth Requirement. All majors within HSSEAS are required to satisfy the
HSSEAS Technical Breadth Requirement, a set of three upper-division courses (12 units)
comprising a coherent technical breadth area. Today’s engineers are increasingly involved in
interdisciplinary projects, so the TBR was created to give the students technical expertise beyond
their traditional program. Every department within the School offers a TBR and all engineering
students are required to take their TBR outside of their major. For example, an AE or ME major
who is interested in control systems can take a TBR from EE that focuses on signal processing.
In addition to the “departmental” TBRs, there are also specialty TBRs such as Nanotechnology,
Technology Management, Engineering Science, and Engineering Mathematics, that combine
courses from multiple departments.
Our majors have a particular feature that affords our students even greater flexibility in satisfying
the TBR than other students. Our majors require two extra-departmental engineering courses
(EE 100 and MSE 104). Since these are both part of the Engineering Science TBR, a student
may satisfy the TBR by taking one more course from that list. This frees up two electives which
the student is allowed to take either within or outside the department. Thus, our students may
take up to five engineering courses outside their major, or may take three engineering courses
outside their major and an additional two electives within the department.
General Education Requirements. Courses in the humanities and social sciences provide an
important opportunity for engineering students to broaden their education and better prepare
themselves for professional practice in industry. These courses also provide students with a
certain flexibility to tailor their programs to meet educational and professional goals. UCLA, as
a large university with considerable strengths in the humanities and social sciences, offers
engineering students an excellent opportunity to meet these goals.
The curriculum requirements in the humanities and social sciences for both the AE and ME
programs coincide with the HSSEAS general education (GE) requirements, which follows the
framework of the campus GE requirements. In addition to English Composition 3, students must
complete four courses from the humanities and social sciences. Two of these courses are from
the Foundations of the Arts and Humanities and will provide our students with the perspectives
and intellectual skills necessary to comprehend and think critically about our situation in the
world as human beings. The remaining two courses are from the Foundations of Society and
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Culture. The aim of these courses is to introduce students to the ways in which humans
organize, structure, rationalize, and govern their diverse societies and cultures over time.
Lastly, one course from the life sciences, covering the Foundations of Scientific Inquiry, is also
required. The objective of this course is to provide a fundamental understanding of how
scientists formulate and answer questions about the operation of both the physical and biological
world. The Writing II requirement must be satisfied by one of the five courses mentioned above.
HSSEAS majors are also required to satisfy an ethics and professionalism requirement by
completing either Engineering 183 (Engineering and Society) or Engineering 185 (Art of
Engineering Endeavors).
ABET Requirements. The ABET “professional component” criteria are met, namely: one year
of mathematics and basic sciences, one and one-half years of engineering topics, a “general
education component that complements the technical content of the curriculum,” and “a major
design experience based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work and
incorporating appropriate engineering standards and multiple realistic constraints.”
C.2.2 The B.S. in Aerospace Engineering Curriculum
The upper division Aerospace Engineering core courses (see Table C.1 above) cover all the basic
disciplines of the field, including fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, aircraft propulsion, aerospace
structures and materials, flight mechanics, aircraft stability and control, astronautics, and space
technology.
The discipline of engineering design is introduced into the aerospace engineering curriculum in a
systematic manner, by exposing the students to open-ended design problems throughout their
aerospace engineering courses. By its very nature, design is an interdisciplinary topic that brings
together different subjects, using tools from mathematics and the engineering sciences. Because
the field of Aerospace Engineering is characterized by a high level of technology in several
different fields, a meaningful major design project cannot be undertaken until the students have
reached a relatively advanced stage in their educational programs. For this reason, the two
required capstone design courses are scheduled to be taken by the students during the last two
quarters in their senior year, at which point they have completed all the prerequisite courses in
aerodynamics, propulsion, aerospace structures, flight mechanics, and stability and control. In
addition, the students have by then also completed most of the courses in mathematics,
humanities, and social sciences, and have reached a level of intellectual maturity necessary to
address and understand the many facets of engineering design, including nontechnical aspects
such as social impact, ethics and professional integrity issues, and the professional responsibility
of the engineer to protect public safety. We believe that this approach to integrating the teaching
of design into the curriculum is close to optimum, since it allows maximum use of the student’s
educational background and also helps prepare the student for the practical aspects of the
profession.
Recent Changes to the AE Program. Over the last three years, the AE and ME undergraduate
programs were reassessed by the department with the objective of streamlining the curricula and
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educing overlap between courses. The streamlining also coincided with integrating the TBR
requirement mandated by the Dean’s office. Overall, the number of units in the AE program
dropped from 191 units to 187 units. The particular changes are as follows: 1) a Matlab-based
programming course was replaced by a C++ course offered by the Computer Science
Department (part of the schoolwide curricular changes), 2) MAE 105D, Transport Phenomena,
was dropped as a requirement for the new AE curriculum although it is still available as a
technical elective, 3) EE 102, Systems and Signals, was dropped as a requirement, but it was
replaced by a new course developed in the department called MAE 107/107L, Introduction to
Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic Systems, 4) MAE 101, Statics and Strength of Materials,
has replaced CEE 108, Introduction to the Mechanics of Deformable Bodies, 5) the lab course
MAE 157, Basic Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, was replaced by the new aerospacefocused
lab course MAE 157S, Basic Aerospace Engineering Laboratory, 6) a mathematics
elective has been dropped from the new AE curriculum, 7) the number of Aerospace Engineering
electives was reduced from four to two, 8) the three course requirement for the TBR was added
to the new curriculum, and 9) the number of HSSEAS GE Elective courses was reduced from
seven to six, although the total number of units remains the same due to a unit adjustment in the
majority of courses offered in the GE area.
C.2.3 The B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum
The core courses in Mechanical Engineering cover all the basic disciplines of the field, including
computer-aided design and drafting, transport phenomena, solid mechanics, mechanisms,
manufacturing, thermodynamics, and thermal sciences.
As in the AE program, students in Mechanical Engineering typically take the two capstone
design courses in their senior year. The students, however, are exposed to some design problems
earlier in their engineering curriculum. This is accomplished by devoting some sections of the
course material and problem assignments in upper division engineering courses to design-related
issues, and to open-ended problems requiring synthesis and/or parametric studies. This
integrated approach allows the student to develop the necessary problem-solving skills and to
master the necessary foundation of engineering science and design before entering the capstone
design courses. The increased scientific and professional maturity of the student also permits the
introduction of more advanced and professionally relevant topics than would otherwise have
been possible if the student had entered the capstone design courses earlier in the curriculum and
with no prior exposure to design topics.
Recent Changes to the ME Program. The ME undergraduate program has also undergone
restructuring over the last few years and the total units for the ME B.S. was reduced from 193 to
185. The major changes are: 1) a Matlab-based programming course was replaced by a C++
course offered by the Computer Science Department (part of the schoolwide curricular changes),
2) MAE 101, Statics and Strength of Materials, has replaced CEE 108, Introduction to the
Mechanics of Deformable Bodies, 3) MAE 107/107L, Introduction to Modeling and Analysis of
Dynamic Systems, has been added, 4) MAE 169A, Introduction to Mechanical Vibrations, has
been eliminated as a requirement, 5) either MAE 131A, Intermediate Heat Transfer, or MAE
133A, Engineering Thermodynamics, is required in the new curriculum (both were required in
the old ME curriculum), 6) the number of Mechanical Engineering elective courses has been
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educed from five to two, 7) the Mechanical Engineering Free Technical Elective has been
eliminated, 8) three courses for the TBR have been added to the new curriculum, and 9) the
number of HSSEAS GE Elective courses was reduced from seven courses to six courses,
although the total number of units remains the same due to a unit adjustment in the majority of
courses offered in the GE area.
C.3 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AND SPECIAL STUDIES
COURSES
Undergraduate students have the opportunity to participate in independent studies of a
specialized nature, under the guidance of a faculty member. This may include research projects,
design projects, or an individual study of a selected topic. Furthermore, the faculty have
involved undergraduate students in their research activities; thus undergraduates benefit from our
active research programs within the department and across interdisciplinary research centers.
The data in Table C.2 demonstrate that a large number of students have undertaken close
interactions with faculty through individual or group studies since 2001. During the past three
years, an average of 69 students per year (more than two per faculty) have completed
independent research/studies under direct faculty guidance. These departmental data, which
cover both ME and AE programs, demonstrate a strong commitment of our faculty to interact
with and educate students outside of the classroom to enrich the students’ educational
experience. These data do not include many instances of students conducting research with
faculty without receiving course credit.
Table C.2. Number of MAE Undergraduate Special Studies 2000-01 to 2006-07
C.4 FACULTY ADVISING
Academic
Year
MAE 199
(Individual
Studies)
MAE 194
(Group
Studies)
2000-01 7 0
2001-02 30 0
2002-03 56 0
2003-04 63 0
2004-05 45 59
2005-06 39 26
2006-07 21 18
The advising process for HSSEAS has two main components: a) meetings with professional
academic counselors who are knowledgeable about the degree requirements and other rules and
regulations, and b) meetings with faculty advisors. Upon entering HSSEAS, each student is
assigned an academic counselor and a faculty advisor from the student’s major department.
Students can find the names and email addresses of their counselor and faculty advisor by
logging into CourseWeb (the HSSEAS course management system). Similarly, faculty members
can click on a link that provides the names and email addresses of all their advisees. Students
may request a change of faculty advisor by simply contacting their academic counselors.
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Students are free to meet with their faculty advisors at any mutually agreed upon time, including
the instructor’s office hours.
The norm in HSSEAS has been for students to be required to meet with their faculty advisors
once, when they begin their upper division courses. Of course, they are welcome to meet at
other times as well. Our department decided several years ago to add a second required advising
period, approximately one year before graduation; the goal is to make sure students are choosing
their electives wisely, are on track to graduate, and have an opportunity to discuss career or
graduate school choices. Each quarter, HSSEAS undergraduate students who have between 36
and 48 units to complete in order to graduate are selected for an advising appointment with their
faculty advisor; letters are mailed to these students asking them to make appointments. Advisors
whose undergraduate advises have been selected are mailed packets that contain a list of the
undergraduate advisees selected to meet with them, a copy of the letter mailed to each student,
and a copy of each student’s degree check. E-mail reminders are sent to all selected students to
ensure the deadlines are met. The student and the advisor are asked to sign the letter confirming
their meeting and to return the signed letter to the Office of Academic and Student Affairs
(OASA). The HSSEAS faculty may contact counselors in OASA with questions about any
aspect of the undergraduate curricula or HSSEAS policies and procedures.
The enforcement procedure for the required advising sessions has been spotty, and as a result the
faculty advising process has not been entirely satisfactory. Our new Associate Dean for
Academic Affairs, Richard Wesel, is gathering input from the Department Vice Chairs in order
to propose some changes to the advising process. The main features under consideration are that
students would be required to meet with faculty twice during their tenure at the university
(bringing HSSEAS up to the MAE standard) and that faculty may choose to meet with students
in a group, including over lunch or dinner (at School expense).
C.5 PROGRAM EVALUATION
Over the past several years, in the context of preparing for ABET accreditation, we have
developed extensive mechanisms for assessing the degree to which our undergraduate programs’
objectives and outcomes are met. Our recent strategic plan recommends the continuing use of
ABET outcomes and assessment to improve our undergraduate curricula. We will begin this
section with a brief description of the assessment mechanisms and end by giving some examples
of how the assessment process has led to curricular change.
C.5.1 Assessment of Objectives and Outcomes
The objectives listed above are achieved through satisfying the program outcomes (Appendix
G.9). Thus, it is important to assess achievement of both the objectives and the underlying
outcomes. In order to assess achievement of program outcomes, we use a largely course-based
approach. Each course has its own course outcomes which relate to the program outcomes. The
relationships between required engineering courses and program outcomes are summarized in
the aerospace and mechanical engineering program matrices (see Appendix G.9). The program
matrix lists the required courses in the left-hand column, and the program outcomes across the
top. The contribution of the course to the program outcome is indicated with a 0 (none or
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insignificant), 1 (some), 2 (moderate), or 3 (strong). The program matrix also shows the
highlighted outcomes, which are identified as shaded boxes in the program matrix. While a
course may contribute to many program outcomes, each course is assigned a subset of these
program outcomes for which it is responsible for assessment. These are its highlighted
outcomes. If each course is satisfying its highlighted program outcomes, the program as a whole
will satisfy all the program outcomes.
With this background, our program assessment is conducted in the following four ways:
1. Course Assessment by Instructors
An essential component of our assessment process is the course assessment and improvement
process. A set of course topics/outcomes are defined for each required undergraduate course.
The course topics/outcomes (or course outcomes for short) are the combination of topics (subject
matter) and other learning outcomes (such as teamwork, communication skills, etc.) that
constitute the goals of a given course. Each course has a website within CourseWeb that is used
both as a resource for the students and instructor and to facilitate assessment. The website
includes an ABET Course Objectives and Outcomes Form, which lists the course objectives, the
course topics/outcomes, and the relationship of the course to the program outcomes. A sample is
given in Figure C.1. By integrating these forms into the course website, the students are clearly
informed of the desired course outcomes.
Figure C.1. Sample Course Objectives and Outcomes Form
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As explained above, each course is assigned a set of highlighted outcomes for which it is
responsible for assessment. Instructors of the course are tasked with a) designing lectures,
course materials, and assignments that provide students the opportunity to learn and practice
these outcomes, b) documenting the degree to which students have learned and satisfied the
outcomes, and c) suggesting improvements for the future. The latter two of these tasks are
organized via CourseWeb. Instructors upload assignments and samples of student work, and
compose assessments for each highlighted outcome at the end of each course offering, by
answering the following questions:
• Which one or two assignments most directly address this program outcome?
• Briefly describe the assignment(s) and explain how they relate to the program outcome.
• What caliber of performance on the assignment(s) would you consider to be evidence of
satisfaction of the outcome?
• How well did students perform on the assignment(s)? What percentage of students
demonstrated satisfaction of the outcome? Discuss the weaknesses displayed by students
who did not satisfy the outcome.
• In the future, how could this course be improved so that students will better satisfy this
outcome?
This procedure places responsibility for achieving the program outcomes and assessing their
satisfaction with each instructor in the department, thereby spreading awareness and ownership
of the process across the entire faculty.
2. Student Surveys of Course Outcomes
At the end of each course offering, a student survey of course outcomes is administered through
CourseWeb. The survey lists the course outcomes and asks students the degree to which they
were satisfied (see Figure C.2 for a sample survey and results).
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Figure C.2. Sample Course Outcome Survey and Results
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3. Exit Surveys
Additional student input regarding satisfaction of program outcomes is solicited through
quarterly exit surveys of graduating students. See Appendix G.9 for the survey and sample
results.
4. Alumni Surveys
We have also conducted alumni surveys regarding satisfaction of program outcomes and
objectives. Note that alumni are asked to report their current occupation and any degrees they
have obtained beyond their UCLA B.S., therefore we have direct evidence of satisfaction of
Objective 2 (preparation for careers and graduate study). See Appendix G.9 for the survey and
sample results.
C.5.2 Using Assessment Results to Improve Programs
By combining all of the input described in the previous section, we are able to evaluate whether
courses are meeting their outcomes, whether the program outcomes are satisfied, and whether
our objectives are being met. Based on this assessment, as well as advice from our industrial and
alumni advisory boards, we have been able to identify areas in need of improvement and make
changes to our curricula. In our self-study for ABET accreditation, we presented an extensive
analysis of the assessment results and how they led to curricular improvement. Here, we will
only present some examples.
Alumni and exit surveys for both aerospace and engineering students were consistently showing
relatively poor performance on outcomes f, g, and h:
f. Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
g. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
h. Broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and
societal context.
Furthermore, there were relatively few courses in our curricula that addressed these outcomes.
These observations, together with similar observations made by the entire faculty of HSSEAS,
led to the adoption of two new schoolwide requirements within General Education, the ethics
and professionalism requirement and the Writing II requirement. For “ethics and
professionalism,” students are now required to take either Engineering 183 (Engineering and
Society) or Engineering 185 (Art of Engineering Endeavors). They must also take a Writing II
course as one of their General Education courses. Writing II courses are courses in the
humanities or social sciences that include an intensive learning experience in written
composition. In the future, we will see whether the ratings on these outcomes improve as a
result of requiring these courses.
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C.6 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT DATA AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
C.6.1 Enrollment
Application, admission, and enrollment trends for freshmen AE and ME majors are shown in
Figures C.3 and C.4. The number of AE applications has increased by around 40% in the past
eight years, while the number of ME applicants has more than doubled. The size of the
engineering school, however, has not grown to the same extent so the admission targets have
been roughly the same from year-to-year with one exception being AY07/08. Historically, the
ME program has admitted about 220 freshmen per year and the AE program approximately 140
students per year. In AY07/08, however, the department received such a large number of highly
qualified candidates that the Associate Dean could not justify denying admission to a group of
students who in fact were more qualified than students admitted to other engineering
departments. Thus, the number of admissions to the ME program jumped almost 50% this past
year to 330. Compounding this issue was the unusually high “take” rate in AY07/08 since
historically approximately 30% of the admits actually enrolled as freshmen. In AY07/08,
though, the take rate was closer to 40% – the largest in the school – thus boosting the freshman
enrollment for ME to 129 and AE to 60. As indicated above, the Associate Dean handles the
admissions for each major, although the astounding take rate in AY07/08 was at least partially a
consequence of the very successful Open House our department hosted for admits and their
families. We also enrolled 61 transfer students at the junior level, 45 ME and 16 AE.
For Fall, 2007, the total undergraduate enrollment in the School of Engineering and Applied
Science was 2782. Of these, 710 were in the MAE department, with 213 AE majors and 497 ME
majors.
Figure C.3. Aerospace Engineering Undergraduate Admissions Statistics
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Figure C.4. Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Admissions Statistics
C.6.2 Student Professional Development
Students are exposed to the important ethical, social, safety, and economic considerations
associated with engineering practice in the capstone design courses MAE 154A and MAE 154B
(AE), and MAE 162B and 162M (ME). These topics are best introduced through specific
examples, thus, wherever feasible, actual case studies are used by the instructor to illustrate the
economic and social consequences of engineering decisions in the design of aircraft, for
example, and in the practice of the engineering profession in general. Experience with the case
study approach suggests that it is a very effective means for teaching social, ethical, and
professional responsibilities of the engineer to protect the public safety.
The department hosts student chapters of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
(AIAA), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and Society of Automotive
Engineers (SAE), all with faculty advisors. These student organizations are provided with
meeting rooms and audiovisual equipment, as required, space for administrative purposes and
often funding for student projects. HSSEAS houses additional student societies, including Tau
Beta Pi and the Society for Women Engineers.
The Los Angeles area offers Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering students a unique
opportunity to interact with engineers in industry. In some cases, adjunct faculty from the local
aerospace industry provide students with valuable exposure and insight into specific aspects of
the profession; in other cases, leaders from industry serve as guest lecturers in courses or as
invited speakers at student chapter meetings, or at local branch meetings. Field trips arranged by
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the student chapters, or as part of a course, provide students with exposure to the local
mechanical and aerospace industry and its engineers.
There are a number of perennial student group projects that are not officially part of the ME or
AE curriculum but nevertheless provide an important mechanism for passing engineering skills
from senior students to their more junior classmates. Current SAE projects include the Mini
Baja off-road racing team and the Supermileage vehicle, which reinforce students’ knowledge of
mechanical design and manufacturing. ASME’s BattleBots robots project expands students’
understanding of computer controlled machinery, and AIAA’s Design/Build/Fly aircraft team
exercises students’ knowledge of aerodynamic analysis. These groups usually compete head-tohead
against other schools in annual tournaments and involve students at all levels who have
voluntarily joined the project teams. Although the projects are usually affiliated with a
professional society, membership in the society is not a prerequisite for joining. The engineering
“memory” that is accumulated by the groups is quite evident in the projects themselves: the
result is a highly optimized and competitive system when the team has had continuous student
membership for many years. These student groups are funded by the department, the
engineering alumni association, and companies, which offer support in the form of cash and
equipment donations.
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D. GRADUATE PROGRAMS
D.1 M.S. AND PH.D. DEGREE PROGRAMS
The MAE Department offers programs leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical
Engineering or Aerospace Engineering, as well as to the M.S. degree in Manufacturing
Engineering. Distinctions between the aerospace and mechanical engineering Ph.D. degree
programs arise from the selection of advanced elective courses, of a particular minor field (see
the description of degree requirements given below), and often by the topic of a student’s
dissertation research.
As stated in the Introduction, the goals of our graduate programs are to:
Provide graduate students with the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of the engineering
sciences and develop the skills needed for independent research.
1. Develop the ability for independent and critical thinking.
2. Develop strong skills in written and oral communication.
3. Facilitate the ability to work on multidisciplinary research.
D.1.1 Major and Minor Fields
The Ph.D. degree program is based on major fields of engineering science that provide support
for the two engineering disciplines. There are seven major fields, which have been previously
described, and two minor fields, Applied Mathematics and Applied Plasma Physics. (The role of
the minor fields will be described in the section on Degree Requirements.) All of these major
and minor fields existed at the time of the 1999 Senate Review. The Micro-Electro-Mechanical
Systems (MEMS) major field in the previous review has been renamed as Micro-Electro-
Mechanical Systems/Nanotechnology (MEMS/Nano) to reflect recent developments in this
dynamic field. Two major fields, namely Manufacturing and Design and MEMS/Nano, were
newly established fields in the 1999 review. Both of these relatively new major fields are now
healthy and successful in attracting students. The MEMS/Nano field, in particular, has become
one of the best such programs in the country in research and education.
Educational aspects of the major fields are now briefly described below.
Dynamics. The research of the faculty in this area covers structural dynamics of stationary and
rotating systems, mechanism design, computer-controlled machines, and computational methods
for direct numerical simulation of strongly nonlinear fluid-structure interaction problems.
Applications include robotics, transonic flutter prediction and clearance for high-speed aircraft,
control of limit cycle flutter, and aeroelastic sound cancellation using simple machines.
Fluid Mechanics. This program includes experimental, numerical, and theoretical studies
related to a range of topics in fluid mechanics such as turbulent flows, hypersonic flows, micro-
and nanoscale flow phenomena, aeroacoustics, bio fluid mechanics, chemically reactive flows,
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chemical reaction kinetics, numerical methods for CFD (computational fluid dynamics), and
experimental methods.
Heat and Mass Transfer. This program includes studies of convection, radiation, conduction,
evaporation, condensation, boiling and two-phase flow, chemically reacting and radiating flow,
instability and turbulent flow, and reactive flows in porous media. Heat and mass transfer is a
fundamental part of any mechanical engineering curriculum. In recent years our program has
been extended to include classes on transport phenomena in support of micro- and nanoscale
thermosciences, energy, bioMEMS/NEMS, and micro/nanofabrication.
Manufacturing and Design. The program is developed around an integrated approach to
manufacturing and design. It includes research on manufacturing and design aspects of
mechanical systems; material behavior and processing; robotics and manufacturing systems;
CAD/CAM theory and applications; computational geometry and geometrical modeling;
composite material and structures; automation and digital control systems; micro- and nanodevices;
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in manufacturing, supply chain and logistics,
wireless sensor networks in automation, RFID/wireless for machine tools, real-time location
systems (RTLS) in manufacturing, active RFID-based geo-fencing, cold-chain tracking in
logistics, RFID/ wireless sensor based remote monitoring, features-based design, feature
recognition, virtual reality-based design, mobile multimedia collaboration and Web 2.0.
Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems and Nanotechnology. This program focuses on the
integration of science, engineering, and technology in the length scale of micrometers and
nanometers, including both experimental and theoretical studies covering fundamentals to
industrial applications. The study topics include science, fabrication technologies, devices,
systems, material processing, intelligent material systems, flow phenomena, heat transfer, and
biotechnologies at the micron/nanometer scales. The program is highly interdisciplinary in
nature and both teaching and research span the MAE and Electrical Engineering departments.
Structural and Solid Mechanics. This program includes two sub programs: solid mechanics
and structural mechanics. The solid mechanics program features theoretical, numerical, and
experimental studies, including fracture mechanics and damage tolerance, micromechanics with
emphasis on technical applications, wave propagation and nondestructive evaluation, mechanics
of composite materials, mechanics of thin films and interfaces, and investigation into coupled
electro-magneto-thermo-mechanical material systems. The structural mechanics program
includes structural dynamics with applications to aircraft and spacecraft, fixed-wing and rotarywing
aeroelasticity, fluid structure interaction, computational transonic aeroelasticity, structural
optimization, finite element methods and related computational techniques, structural mechanics
of composite material components, and analysis of adaptive structures.
Systems and Control. This program features systems engineering principles and applied
mathematical methods of modeling, analysis, and design of continuous and discrete-time control
systems. Emphasis is on modern applications in engineering, systems concepts, feedback and
control principles, stability concepts, applied optimal control, differential games, computational
methods, simulation, and computer process control. Systems and control research and education
in MAE cover a broad spectrum of topics primarily based in aerospace and mechanical
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engineering applications. However, the electrical engineering and chemical engineering
departments also have active programs in control systems, and collaboration across departments
among faculty and students in both teaching and research is common.
In addition to the seven major fields, there are two minor fields, which are briefly described
below.
Applied Mathematics. Students opting for Applied Mathematics as a minor field are
responsible for the body of knowledge contained in a coherent group of courses offered by the
School of Engineering and/or the Mathematics Department. The program must consist of at least
twelve quarter units of graduate study. In addition to the graduate course work, students in this
minor field are expected to be familiar with the basic material in linear algebra, differential
equations, vector calculus, functions of complex variables, and advanced calculus.
Applied Plasma Physics and Fusion Engineering. Research in Applied Plasma Physics and
Fusion Engineering is an appropriate advanced extension of traditional and multidisciplinary
research fields. The program emphasizes fusion as an important future option for energy
production, conversion, and utilization. The minor field offers education and training in plasma
and fusion engineering to supplement the education received via one of the traditional major
fields offered by the department.
Each major field has a syllabus that describes in detail the scope of the major field and the
knowledge to be mastered in order to pass the Ph.D. written qualifying exam (formerly known as
the preliminary exam). Every syllabus has been updated and/or revised since the 1999 review so
that there is a uniform format in syllabus descriptions. The syllabi of all major and minor fields
are available to the students online at the departmental web site. The Field Committee for each
major field, which consists of a group of faculty members in the field, is responsible for the
syllabus and for administering the Ph.D. examinations for the given field. The position of Chair
of a major field rotates amongst the faculty in that field.
Although the major fields were developed for the Ph.D. program, their existence affects the M.S.
program. Most M.S. students concentrate their studies in one of the major field areas in order to
achieve depth in that field. However, such concentration is not obligatory, and some M.S.
students elect to take courses in several major field areas in order to obtain some breadth at an
advanced level in mechanical or aerospace engineering. A new comprehensive examination
option, which will be described later, was adopted in 2006 to allow more flexibility for those
students who prefer to place more emphasis on breadth for their M.S. education. Also, the M.S.
in Manufacturing Engineering program is distinct from the M.S. in ME or AE with an emphasis
on manufacturing and design in that students can take courses in management and computer
science to supplement their courses in the engineering aspects of manufacturing. The M.S. in
Manufacturing Engineering program, however, has seldom been used by our M.S. students in
recent years.
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D.1.2 M.S. and Ph.D. Degree Requirements
The official program requirements are given at the Graduate Division website, so only an
overview will be given here. The reader is referred to Appendix G.11 for more details. It is
understood that all students must fulfill the University requirements in regard to graduate study.
Each student is assigned a faculty adviser upon admission to the department whose initial role is
to give advice concerning course selection. A change of adviser can be easily arranged, e.g., for
a student who intends to complete a thesis under a faculty member other than the initially
assigned adviser. Incoming students are asked to see their advisers as soon as possible and
ongoing students are recommended to see their advisers once each quarter. In order to help
students complete the various forms required for progress towards a degree and other purposes
(e.g., leave of absence), two full-time Graduate Student Affairs Officers are available.
Candidates for the M.S. degree can select the thesis plan or the comprehensive examination plan.
The thesis plan requires seven formal courses and a thesis, which may be written while the
student is enrolled in two additional individual study courses (MAE 598). The comprehensive
examination plan requires nine formal courses and a comprehensive examination. Students have
three options in satisfying the M.S. comprehensive examination requirement: (1) to take and pass
a portion of the Ph.D. major field written qualifying examination, (2) to conduct a research or
design project and submit a final report to the M.S. committee, or (3) to answer and pass specific
exam questions for three graduate courses selected by the student.
The third option, the “distributed comprehensive exam,” is a new format adopted by the
department and approved by the Graduate Division in 2006. In the past, the only true “exam”
option for satisfying the M.S. Comprehensive Exam was to take and pass a portion of the Ph.D.
written qualifying examination. This meant that students had to focus their coursework in one of
our major fields. The new M.S. Comprehensive Exam option allows students to answer
examination questions at the end of three graduate courses chosen by the students. The students
need to pass these questions for three courses in order to pass their comprehensive exam. As a
result, students can take a greater breadth of courses during their M.S. studies. More details of
the new comprehensive examination option can be found in Appendix G.12. The new option
turned out to be popular among those students whose ultimate degree objective is an M.S.
degree. The new option also helps the students to finish their M.S. program sooner. In the MAE
Department, full-time students complete the M.S. program in an average of five terms of study
(i.e., about a year and a half). The new option makes it possible for the students to obtain the
M.S. degree in one academic year.
The Ph.D. program is usually based on one of the seven major fields described previously. For
students whose research fields are not covered by one of the major fields, the program
requirements spell out conditions under which a student can propose an ad hoc major field. An
ad hoc major field must differ substantially from established major fields and satisfy one of the
following two conditions: (1) the field is interdisciplinary in nature; (2) the field represents an
important research area for which there is no established major field in the department. Most
students select an established major field.
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The program of study for the Ph.D. degree requires the student to perform original research
leading to a doctoral dissertation and to master a body of knowledge that encompasses material
from the student’s major field and breadth material from outside the major field. The body of
knowledge should include: (1) six major-field courses, at least four of which must be graduate
courses; (2) three courses for one minor field, at least two of which must be graduate courses;
and (3) any three additional courses, at least two of which must be graduate courses, that enhance
the study of the major or minor field. Note that courses taken toward the M.S. degree can be
used to satisfy these requirements. Satisfaction of the minor-field requirement consists of taking
three courses specified in the syllabus for a major field or for an established minor field (Applied
Mathematics or Applied Plasma Physics and Fusion Engineering). The third requirement (three
additional courses) represents a change from the requirements existing before 1992, when two
minor fields were required generally. The change was instituted in order to allow more
flexibility in selecting courses outside of the major field. The Graduate Advisor signs the form
indicating that the courses are suitable. Selection of an additional minor field automatically
satisfies the requirement.
Students are expected to master the body of knowledge described in the major field syllabus,
which is posted at the departmental web site, and to take the written qualifying examination in
their field. The body of knowledge required for passing the written qualifying exam in each
major field is generally equivalent to the content of three or four basic graduate courses and their
prerequisites. Some major fields also require knowledge contained in more advanced specialized
courses in order to pass the written exam, whereas other fields require only the basic course
material for the exam but then require mastery of additional course material in order to fulfill the
major field requirements. Due to the number and variety of major fields, the faculty believes that
some flexibility is desirable in setting the major field requirements. However, as mentioned
above, all students must demonstrate competence in the core material of their major fields. The
written qualifying examination must be taken within the first two calendar years from the time of
admission to the Ph.D. program. Students may not take an examination more than twice.
Students in an ad hoc major field must pass a written qualifying examination that is
approximately equivalent in scope, length, and level to the written qualifying examination for an
established major field.
After passing the written qualifying examination, the student must take the University Oral
Qualifying Examination within four calendar years from the time of admission to the Ph.D.
program. The nature and content of the University Oral Qualifying Examination are at the
discretion of the doctoral committee, but include a review of the prospectus of the dissertation.
The final oral examination (“defense”) is held at the discretion of the doctoral committee.
Students must complete the requirements for the Ph.D. degree within four calendar years after
passing the University Oral Qualifying Examination or retake the examination. The normative
time from admission to graduate status to award of the Ph.D. degree is 18 quarters (including the
M.S. degree). A list of thesis titles for the 2006-07 academic year is presented in Appendix
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D.1.3 Comparison with Other Universities
The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department encompasses two professional fields
with similar core knowledge (mechanics, thermodynamics, etc.). With a relatively small faculty
(31), this arrangement allows maximum utilization of faculty resources and prevents the course
duplication found in some other universities with separate departments in these two professional
fields. Institutions with faculties larger than that of SEAS, e.g., MIT, Stanford, University of
Michigan, and Purdue University can afford separate departments but departments combining
both disciplines are found at several engineering schools with faculties of size more comparable
to that of SEAS, e.g., Princeton University, USC, Cornell University, Case Western Reserve
University, and RPI.
With a relatively small department, we cover the major traditional Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering research areas, which are roughly grouped by the seven major fields and two minor
fields discussed earlier. We cover relatively fewer research areas than those schools with larger
and separate ME and AE departments, such as Stanford University. On the other hand, we cover
similar research areas as the other universities with a combined MAE department. For example,
there are about 38 ladder faculty members in the MAE Department at Cornell University. The
department consists of six areas of research: Biomedical Mechanics, Dynamics, Systems, and
Controls, Engineering Materials, Fluid Dynamics, Nano-and-Micro Scale Systems, Thermal
Systems. These areas are very similar to our programs, with some exceptions.
At the same time, there are similarities and differences between our M.S. and Ph.D. degree
requirements and exam structures and those of other universities. For the M.S. degree, we give
the students the options of specialization in a particular major field or without such a limitation.
A student can choose either a thesis or comprehensive examination option. As a comparison, at
USC, there is no thesis requirement for an M.S. degree. On the other hand, M.S. degree
candidates need to choose an area of specialization by satisfying core course requirements and a
breadth requirement.
In our MAE department, the Ph.D. qualification examinations are organized by each of the seven
major fields. The requirements and format of the Ph.D. exam for each major field are listed in
the major field syllabus, which is posted at the departmental web site. Most major fields have
similar two-part structures of written qualification exams, where Part I is a closed book exam and
Part 2 is an open book one. This exam structure is similar to those of the other departments in
HSSEAS. At MAE departments in other universities, the Ph.D. qualification examinations are
often offered uniformly at the departmental level. The students can choose areas of
specialization within the exams.
D.2 GRADUATE STUDENTS, RECRUITMENT, AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT
D.2.1. Enrollment
During the five-year period of 2002-06, the average of the Fall total enrollment of graduate
students was 236, with a low of 212 students in Fall 2005 and a high of 265 students in Fall 2003
(see Fig. D.1). This average enrollment is a 16% increase over the average of 203 students in the
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previous review. The enrollments in both the AE and the ME degree programs have been steady
in the last few years, with small fluctuations from year to year. The average enrollments for ME
and AE are 197 and 39 students, respectively.
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Figure D.1 Total graduate enrollment in an eight year period.
With a total of 31 ladder faculty members, the ratio of graduate students to faculty was 8.2 for
Fall 2007, which is considerably higher than the figure of 5.9 reported in the 1999 Senate
Review. It is also substantially larger than that of departments ranked higher than ours in US
News and World Report’s graduate rankings, namely 6.7 for ME and 6.5 for AE. Our total
enrollment has been relatively steady over the last few years. Our steady-state target, which is
set by the dean, is 290. Hence we are slightly under-enrolled at the graduate level.
The pool of domestic applicants to MAE has been steady at around 200. One way of increasing
student enrollment possibly would be to admit more foreign students. Over the last few years,
the percentage of foreign students enrolled has been decreasing gradually, from 48% in 2001-02
to 28% in 2005-06. The main problem with trying to enroll more foreign students has been a
financial one at this time of ever-increasing nonresident tuition. It is also difficult for foreign
students to be hired as TAs because the department cannot afford to pay nonresident tuition to
TAs. At the same time, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to cover the cost of
nonresident tuition from unrestricted funds allocated by Graduate Division. The University of
California has eased the situation for Ph.D. students by eliminating nonresident tuition after
advancement to candidacy. However, a very severe problem remains for foreign students who
have not yet reached this level, which inevitably gives rise to a significantly lower standard of
living for such students relative to students who are residents. Until this problem is addressed
and remedied on a comprehensive basis, it would seem to be very difficult to increase the
number of foreign students substantially.
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The tables below show the distribution of graduate students across the major fields for
continuing students at the present time (Table D.1) and for incoming students over the last seven
years (Table D.2). Table D.1 shows data for all students (M.S. and Ph.D.) and for Ph.D. only.
Note that students are categorized into M.S. and Ph.D. based on their stated ultimate degree goal.
With the exception of dynamics, the long-established major fields have reasonably comparable
enrollments. We feel that the distribution shows good balance between the major fields.
Table D.1: Number of Fall Quarter Students by Major Field for 2007
(Obtained from the University database)
ME continuing AE continuing
Field/Year Total Ph.D. Field/Year Total Ph.D.
Dynamics 7 4 Dynamics 4 2
Fluid Mechanics 24 15 Fluid Mechanics 28 13
Heat & Mass Transfer 20 11 Heat & Mass Transfer 2 1
Manufacturing & Design 38 9 Manufacturing & Design 2 1
MEMS/Nano 48 20 MEMS/Nano 1 0
Structural & Solid
29 12 Structural & Solid
8 4
Mechanics
Mechanics
Systems & Control 31 15 Systems & Control 12 8
total 197 86 total 57 29
Table D.2: Incoming Fall Students by Major Field
(Obtained from the HSSEAS database.)
Field/Year Fall, ‘01 Fall, ‘02 Fall, ‘03 Fall, ‘04 Fall, ‘05 Fall, ‘06 Fall, '07
Dynamics 3 6 4 4 4 6 5
Fluids 3 6 8 11 13 24 21
Heat & Mass Transfer 8 15 9 6 6 9 13
Manufacturing & Design 6 5 26 7 9 18 18
MEMS 16 32 34 17 21 15 13
Structural & Solid Mechanics 4 4 11 12 8 17 16
Systems & Control 5 21 25 17 12 21 18
Total 45 89 117 74 73 110 104
According to the departmental profile, the ten-year average percentage of Ph.D. students,
including both pre- and post-candidacy, among the graduate students is 68%. The percentages of
M.S. students have been increasing in the last several years, from 23.7% in 2001-02 to 49.8% in
the 2005-06 academic years.
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Figure D.2 shows the numbers of M.S. and Ph.D. degrees granted in a five year period. The
average annual production of M.S. graduates has been 59 and of Ph.D. graduates 22 since 2002-
03. With approximately the same number of faculty (31), the production numbers for both M.S.
and Ph.D. are higher than those for the last review, namely 47 and 19, respectively.
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For students graduating in 2005-06, the median time to the doctorate was 5.3 years, whereas the
mean time was 6.0 years. This has remained relatively steady over the last six years.
D.2.2. Recruitment
We actively recruit the best domestic and foreign applicants for our graduate programs. The
MAE Department has a web site that provides applicants with information about the faculty,
academic programs, admission requirements, etc. The students apply to our graduate programs
online via the Graduate Division web site. A departmental brochure is also circulated widely.
Recruitment letters are sent by the department to UCLA undergraduates who qualify for early
admission under the School’s Early Special Admission Program (ESAP) soon after the time
when the Associate Dean sends out his letters of notification. The ESAP program is used to
recruit the best students who graduate from the MAE department with a B.S. degree in ME or
AE with a GPA above 3.5.
In order to increase the take rates of the best students who were offered fellowships by us, the
method of selecting and awarding candidates for fellowships was changed in Fall, 2005. In the
two years since we adopted the new procedure (2005-06 and 2006-07) there was a significant
increase in the take rates of fellowship students. The new procedure and its outcomes will be
described in detail below.
In order to attract more excellent student applicants, we are planning to produce posters to
advertise our graduate programs to prospective new graduate students in other universities.
D.2.3 Applicants and Admissions
Table D.3 shows the number of graduate applicants for a six-year period. The number of
domestic applicants has been steady, while foreign applications are down substantially, perhaps
due to post-9/11 visa restrictions. The table also provides information about graduate admissions
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in the same period. We admit far fewer foreign applicants than we do domestic, because of the
challenge of supporting them (due to large nonresident tuition). Our large admission rate for
domestic applicants is in part due to our willingness to educate many M.S. students.
Applied
Admitted
Enrolled
Table D.3. Graduate Admissions.
02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08
Domestic 150 204 167 197 191 208
Foreign 433 351 239 209 213 231
583 555 406 406 404 439
Domestic 96 170 126 131 160 181
Foreign 94 77 27 54 38 25
190 247 153 185 198 206
Domestic 44 79 56 53 83 87
Foreign 45 38 18 20 28 17
89 117 74 73 111 104
Table D.3 also shows the number of admitted students who enrolled. The percentage of admitted
students who enrolled is up in the last two years, to over 50%. For domestic students, this may
be due in part to our recently implemented Graduate Student Visit Day, and in part due to our
new fellowship procedure described below.
As shown in Table D.4, the quality of applicants as measured by the average GRE scores and
GPA has remained fairly steady over several years. On the other hand, the faculty admissions
committee commented that there were a noteworthy number of high-quality applicants this year.
D.2.4 Fellowship Procedures
Table D.4. Graduate applicant quality measures for a six-year period.
Average Graduate Applicants
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
GRE Verbal 64 62 58 55 56 60
Quantitative 91 87 85 83 84 86
Analytical 80 78 81 80 79 79
GPA 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5
Previous Fellowship Procedure (Fall, 2000-Fall, 2005). Before academic year 2006-07, the
decisions on admissions and departmental fellowships were mainly made by the Graduate
Admissions Committee. The Graduate Admissions Committee is composed of the Vice-Chair
for Graduate Affairs and three to four other faculty members who change on an annual basis.
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The faculty involvement was limited in the process. In late January, applications of domestic
applicants were reviewed by the Graduate Admissions Committee. The main purpose was to
decide upon candidates for fellowship offers but the domestic applications were also processed at
this time in order to send out acceptances to the top students at the same time that fellowship
nominees are notified. About 15 applicants were chosen by the committee either to be offered
fellowships from the unrestricted funds made available by the Graduate Division or nominated
for University Fellowships (Cota-Robles and GOFP). These applicants were the best domestic
students with GPA's ≥ 3.8, GRE quantitative exam scores in the 90 th percentile or higher, and
excellent letters of recommendation. A number of foreign applicants were awarded partial
nonresident tuition fellowships. In each case, the foreign applicants were also offered GSR
appointments by faculty members.
The fellowship acceptance rate by nominees has generally been high amongst UCLA students
and foreign students. However, the rate has been much lower for domestic non-UCLA students,
about 25%. Most of the students who decline our offers elect to go to Stanford, MIT, UC
Berkeley, and, to a lesser extent, Cal Tech. It is felt that the lack of success in recruiting top
fellowship students is partially due to the lack of faculty involvement in the process. This has
led to our adoption of the new procedures described below.
New Fellowship Procedure (Fall, 2006-Fall, 2007). In order to increase the take rate of the
fellowships offered to the best applicants, a new recruitment and fellowship procedure has been
adopted since the 2006-07 recruitment cycle. In the new procedure, each faculty member is
asked to choose and recruit one fellowship student, either domestic or international student, who
will be his or her advisee if the student accepts the offer. The idea is to encourage faculty
involvement in the recruitment process, by actively contacting and recruiting the fellowship
student he or she chooses. Faculty members are also encouraged to add their own additional
support in the form of a GSR and/or nonresident tuition offers. This is expected to make a better
impression on students because of the personal contact, lead to a better match of research
interests between the student and faculty advisor, and result in more competitive offers. The
current recruitment procedure has been implemented two times, for the Fall, 2006 and Fall, 2007
admission cycles. It has led to a marked improvement in the acceptance rate for the fellowship
students in the last two years, as will be shown below.
The details of the new procedure are as follows. In late January, the files of all applications are
reviewed by the Graduate Admissions Committee. The purpose of this review is to make
decisions on acceptances for most domestic and international students. The ESAP students
(those who are graduating from the MAE department with a B.S. degree in ME or AE with a
GPA above 3.5) are automatically accepted under the ESAP program. For Fall, 2006, this task
was completed by February 8. The application files of the students were then made available to
the faculty for them to nominate applicants for fellowship offers. Specifically, each faculty
member is given a fellowship position of $24 K, consisting of a two-quarter $16.5 K stipend plus
one quarter TA-ship for $7.9K. The fellowship portion is funded by the unrestricted fellowship
allocation from the Graduate Division and additional fellowship funds from the Dean of
HSSEAS. In addition, faculty members are encouraged to supplement this fellowship with
additional GSR or NRT offers. They are also encouraged to contact the students before or after
making their offers. The fellowship students are informed that they are expected to conduct
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esearch with the nominating faculty member if they accept the offer to come to UCLA. In order
to make the fellowship offers more competitive for the top students, we also established five
fellowship increments of $10 K for domestic students, and five increments of $15 K (3 quarter
NRT) for out-of-state students or international students. The students who receive the fellowship
increments are chosen by the Graduate Admissions Committee from the pool of fellowship
students nominated by the individual faculty member. As a result, a student who is chosen to
receive the $10 K or $15 K additional fellowship will be offered a total of $34 K or $39 K for a
year, respectively. The five slots of $10 K supplements are funded by the Industrial Affiliate
Funds of the MAE Department. The other five slots of $15 K NRT supplements come from the
fellowship fund from the Graduate Division or the Dean of HSSEAS.
For Fall, 2006, the fellowship offers were sent to the applicants in the first week of March 2007.
We made 50 $24 K fellowship offers to the students nominated by 29 faculty members. Some
faculty members nominated two students in case the first offer was rejected. Out of the 50
fellowship offers, 34 were accepted for a 68% acceptance rate, which is significantly higher than
25% in the last review and 48% in the year before the new procedure went into effect. Among
the 50 fellowship offers, five students were offered a $10 K supplemental stipend ($34 K in
total), two accepted for a 40% acceptance rate; seven other students were offered a $15 K
supplemental NRT ($39 K in total), and three accepted (43%). Among the 29 students accepting
the fellowship offers, 13 stated their ultimate degree goal as M.S. and 16 as Ph.D. In our
experience, some of the M.S. students will likely go on for a Ph.D. There were 15 domestic
and 14 international students. These applicants were domestic and international students with
GPA’s ≥ 3.6, GRE quantitative exam scores in the 96 th percentile or higher, and excellent letters
of recommendation. In addition to the fellowship students, individual faculty also made offers of
GSR support to five other students.
In addition, we also nominated eleven students for University Fellowships (Cota-Robles and
GOFP). The Cota-Robles fellowship is a four-year fellowship for Ph.D. students. It currently
provides a stipend of $18,000 plus registration fees and nonresident tuition (for the first year
only) if necessary. During the student’s second, third, or fourth year, the Graduate Division
provides a second year of support in the form of a Graduate Research Mentorship Award upon
activation of the award by the student and the department. The GOFP fellowship (for M.S.
students) is a one-year fellowship program which provides recipients with a $12,500 stipend plus
registration fees (and nonresident tuition if necessary). Among our nominees, four Ph.D.
students received Cota-Robles fellowships while five M.S. students were awarded the GOFP
fellowship from the university. All but one of these students accepted the offers to come to
UCLA. Four fellowships were also offered to continuing students of two new faculty members
as a part of the faculty members’ start-up packages.
In Fall, 2007, we participated in an HSSEAS-wide Graduate Student Visit Day, which was held
in April 2007. This was the implementation of a recommendation in our 2005 Strategic Plan,
which converged with a schoolwide effort initiated by the dean. A total of 35 students who were
offered fellowships were invited to the event. The department supported part of the travel
expenses of the students. Of those invited, 24 students visited the campus. The students
attended a school-wide event of introduction of the school followed by a departmental event with
presentations by the chairs of our major fields. In addition, they were given tours of several
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esearcher labs and met with interested faculty members. The event was successful and we plan
to continue that in the future.
In the meantime, the Graduate Admissions and Fellowships Committee also reviews all files for
decision for admission. The bulk of the files are reviewed and decided upon by early March, at
which time letters of admission are sent out. However, files that are incomplete at that time are
still reviewed if they become complete by the end of April, at which time the files are closed out.
Once the fellowship nominees are decided upon, acceptance letters are sent to those students
who were accepted without any fellowship offers. Each accepted student is assigned an initial
academic advisor by the Graduate Recruitment Committee. Faculty members can request to be
assigned to certain students. They can also make offers of GSR appointments to the students
who were not offered fellowships.
Foreign applications are considered only for entrance in the Fall Quarter, but domestic applicants
can apply to be admitted at the start of any quarter. For admission to the M.S. program, a 3.0
GPA is required for the junior and senior years, whereas a GPA of 3.25 at the M.S. level is
required for admission to the Ph.D. program. A few students who do not meet these
requirements are admitted each year as Dean’s Special Admits (DSA), but the case for admission
has to be stated clearly in a letter to the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, who
has to approve the admission. Other criteria stated in information sent to applicants concern
percentile scores in the GRE General Test: minimum scores are the 20 th percentile in the verbal
portion, the 85 th percentile in the quantitative portion, and the 75 th percentile in the analytical
portion. According to the HSSEAS database, incoming domestic students in Fall, 2006 had an
average overall GPA of 3.5 whereas the overall average percentile rankings in the GRE were 60
in the verbal part, 86 in the quantitative part, and 79 in the analytical part of the exam. In the
1999 Self-Review, the average overall GPA of incoming students was listed as 3.5, and the
average percentile in the quantitative portion of the GRE was 86.
In Fall, 2005, the percentage of female applicants was about 17.9%, whereas the percentage of
underrepresented minority applicants was about 6.6%. This is comparable with those of
HSSEAS, for which the percentage of female applicants was about 20.6% and the percentage of
underrepresented minorities was about 5.0%. In each of the past few years, we have successfully
nominated minority and female students for the Cota-Robles and GOFP fellowships and have
used unrestricted funds either to augment such fellowships or to provide support when our
nomination has been unsuccessful.
D.2.5 Financial Support
The funding for the department fellow awards comes from the Graduate Division, the Dean’s
office, and department. In Fall, 2006, the funds breakdown was:
Graduate Division: $506 K
Dean’s Office: $165 K
Department Industrial Affiliates Account: $20 K
The Cota-Robles and GOFP fellowships are funded by the Graduate Division.
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As described before, we offer three kinds of fellowships. Most of the fellowship offers involve a
stipend for two quarters as a GSR and one quarter as a TA, and registration fees. Two students
received $10 K supplements in addition to the basic fellowships, and three students, one
domestic and two international students, received nonresident tuition for three quarters. These
fellowships are funded mainly by the unrestricted funds allocated to the department by the
Graduate Division, with the exception that seven students accepted university-wide Cota-Robles
and GOFP fellowships. The remaining funds are allocated by the Dean of HSSEAS and a small
portion is from the departmental industrial affiliate funds for the students who are U.S. citizens.
For Fall, 2006, most of the unrestricted funds were used to cover stipends and registration fees
for incoming fellowship students, whereas $45 K was used to cover nonresident tuition expenses
for the incoming students. All fellowship funds are used for incoming students. As for TA
support, 55% is for ongoing students and 45% is for incoming students. Due to limited funds,
we do not cover nonresident tuition for foreign students who are TAs.
About 65% of the unrestricted funds received from Graduate Division have been used in recent
years for foreign students, mainly in the form of nonresident tuition grants. Even at this rate, it is
becoming increasingly difficult to provide adequate support for the approximately 45% of Ph.D.
students who are foreign. If an even greater percentage of unrestricted funds is used for this
purpose, the department will be unable to offer fellowships to domestic students who have
qualified in the past for fellowships. We are becoming increasingly dependent upon more
funding from the outside, e.g., by local industries through our Industrial Affiliates program.
Another important source of support provided by local industries, e.g., Boeing, TRW, and
Aerospace, consists of their own fellowship programs, which provide their employees with
fellowships to study at UCLA. However, the department does not have figures to document the
extent of this funding.
For 2005-06, 15.0 FTE were allocated for TA support to cover 102 class sections. Support
ranging from 0.085 FTE to 0.50 FTE was given to 58 different individuals. In addition, a TA
appointment is provided by the Office of Instructional Development for the departmental TA
Training Seminar. All foreign students whose native language is other than English must pass a
test of spoken English before being appointed as TAs.
The bulk of support for graduate students comes from extramural funding via research assistant
(GSR) appointments. In Fall, 2006, there were 90 such appointments of registered students.
The net result of all the graduate student support is that, for Fall, 2006, 60% of enrolled students
received financial support at a per capita amount of $18,156, the highest annual amount recorded
in the MAE Department Profile.
D.2.6 Tracking of Students
Of the 73 incoming graduate students in Fall, 2005, 69 registered for the Winter Quarter 2005.
One student transferred to the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, and three
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apparently dropped out. For Spring, 2005, one additional student went on leave of absence. We
feel that this attrition rate is acceptable.
A listing of the current positions of former Ph.D. students who graduated from Summer, 2005 to
Summer, 2006 is provided in Appendix G.13. This is the most recent data available from
Graduate Division. Of the 23 graduates listed, four have tenure track Assistant Professor
positions. Following up on a recommendation in the 2005 Strategic Plan, we intend to
communicate routinely with our graduates.
D.3 CONCLUDING REMARKS
The number of Ph.D. major fields has remained steady at seven since the last review. We are
presently generally satisfied with our major fields and do not anticipate significant changes in the
near future. With the new interests in the field of energy, there has been a push in hiring new
faculty in the area. The MAE faculty had several discussions in the 2005-06 academic year
regarding new faculty recruitment and areas of focus within the broad field of energy. It is
expected that more activities will be developed in this area in the department.
Our graduate aerospace engineering program needs special attention due to loss of personnel and
a smaller student enrollment than in the past. We are actively hiring new faculty in the area. We
feel that our graduate mechanical engineering program is strong. However, we still need to
focus on increasing our pool of domestic applicants and on improving our enrollment success
rate.
We seem to be in a time of considerable research support for RAs but ever-diminishing support
for covering nonresident tuition costs. The department regards this problem as one to be solved
by the University administration. In the short term, however, it seems that an increasing amount
of funds from donor accounts will be needed to cover nonresident tuition.
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E. SUMMARY AND COMPARISON TO THE PREVIOUS REVIEW
Our faculty are more active in research than ever: our per capita research funding places us 5 th
nationally among the top 20 ranked universities in ME and in AE. Our undergraduate and
graduate student-to-faculty ratios of 22.9 and 8.2, respectively, are significantly higher than the
averages for departments ranked higher than ours in US News and World Report’s graduate
rankings. Those averages are 12.7 and 14.8 for ME and AE undergraduates and 6.8 and 6.7 for
ME and AE graduate students, respectively.
We have the same number of faculty as at the time of our last review, but with a turnover of 12,
or more than one-third of the faculty. This has resulted in a younger faculty, with five Assistant
Professors, compared to three at the time of the last review. This bodes well for our future. At
the same time, having lost eight faculty to other universities in the last eight years points out a
continuing retention challenge. We are eager to continue our recruitment efforts in the
aerospace, energy, and controls areas.
The review team from our last review had three main concerns, relating to undergraduate
education, graduate education, and planning activities. We paraphrase their concerns here and
describe how we have addressed each and what our current status is in those areas.
Undergraduate education. The review team felt that the department had insufficient
commitment to undergraduate education and recommended that we increase our teaching loads
and advise undergraduates more regularly.
Since that time, much has changed with respect to our undergraduate programs. As described
above, we (along with HSSEAS) have recently revised our undergraduate curricula, including
the general education requirements. Our department also added a second required faculty
advising session to the one required by the School. This session, scheduled approximately one
year before graduation, focuses on elective selection and career or graduate school choices.
Further schoolwide changes are being implemented to improve faculty advising of
undergraduates. These changes will increase the number of required advising sessions to two
(bringing HSSEAS up to the MAE standard), and will also enable faculty to experiment with
different advising formats, e.g. group or individual, in order to improve the advising experience.
Since the last review, we have undergone two successful ABET accreditations of our
undergraduate programs, each resulting in the full six-year (maximum) accreditation. The most
recent accreditation was under the “Engineering 2000 Criteria,” which place substantial
emphasis on assessment of whether objectives for student learning are being met. Through the
process of preparing for accreditation, we assembled extensive documentation of the
effectiveness of our courses. We developed structures for surveying our students to determine
whether course and program objectives are being met, and we solicited advice from our Alumni
and Industrial Advisory Boards.
With respect to the previous review team’s recommendation to increase our teaching loads, we
disagree that this would be advantageous to our program. We are delivering high quality
undergraduate programs with appropriate use of outside instructors with industrial experience.
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We involve a significant number of our undergraduates in research experiences, bringing the
benefits of a research institution to our undergraduates; higher teaching loads would take away
from faculty time available for this high-value activity. Higher teaching loads would also put us
at a competitive disadvantage in recruitment and retention relative to other engineering
departments that typically have smaller student-to-faculty ratios. We continue to implement our
long-standing policy that all faculty must teach undergraduate courses each year (with occasional
exceptions). The standard teaching load is two undergraduate courses, one graduate course, and
two quarters of a two-unit graduate student seminar. When sabbaticals or course relief reduce
the total number of courses taught by a faculty member, it is often the undergraduate teaching
load that is reduced because it is critical for the faculty member to teach a particular graduate
course. We have found that when the two-undergraduate-course rule is too strictly enforced, we
have had to rely on outside instructors to deliver a substantial portion of our graduate courses; we
felt that the quality of our graduate program suffered as a result. We believe that outside
instructors are more effectively employed in undergraduate courses, where their experience in
engineering practice is particularly valuable. Most graduate courses are more appropriately
taught by faculty who are involved in cutting edge research and can bring that perspective to the
classroom. Therefore, we do allow flexibility in the two-undergraduate-course rule and try to
maintain an appropriate balance between undergraduate and graduate teaching.
Our undergraduate enrollment has increased markedly since the last review, from 363 in Fall,
1998 to 591 in Fall, 2006 to 710 in Fall, 2007. We now have the most undergraduates of any
department in HSSEAS, and the most per faculty member. Higher enrollments lead to larger
class sizes in lecture classes, and require more sections of design and laboratory courses, which
must have limited enrollments. While this places a burden on the faculty and teaching assistants,
and somewhat increases our reliance on outside instructors, we have been able to manage these
enrollment numbers without substantial negative impact on the quality of our undergraduate
programs up until now. However, when the new surge in students starts taking their engineering
classes (roughly in two years), we may have significant challenges in delivering the curriculum.
In this regard, it is relevant to note that the current enrollment is not without precedent; in 1991,
two review periods ago, we had an enrollment of 714 undergraduates.
Graduate education. The review team was concerned that our graduate degree requirements in
the major fields were unclear and non-uniform and that the quality of graduate mentoring was
uneven from one major field to another.
Major field requirements are posted on our web site and have been recently revised to summarize
the requirements in a clear format common to all fields. It is true that there is non-uniformity
with regard to: a) The number of graduate courses which constitute the “body of knowledge” in
the field, which varies from 4 to 6. (The number of undergraduate courses included in the body
of knowledge also varies, but students will likely have had many of these in their undergraduate
programs.) b) Whether the written qualifying exam (formerly “preliminary” exam) covers the
entirety of the body of knowledge or a subset. The number of graduate courses covered on the
exam varies from 3 to 5. c) The format of the exam. In all but one field, the exam is an eighthour
written exam. However, in MEMS/Nanotechnology, the exam is both written and oral.
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In a faculty retreat in Spring, 2006, we discussed whether there should be greater uniformity in
major field requirements. There was a strong consensus that flexibility is healthy and that
uniformity is not an inherently desirable characteristic. As long as students in each field are held
to an appropriately high level of mastery of the body of knowledge, the details of the
requirements can vary from one field to another. Furthermore, flexibility enables innovations
which may then be adopted by other fields if successful. For example, some fields examine
students on a subset of the body of knowledge in order to enable them to take the exam after
approximately one year; this trend has evolved gradually.
With respect to the quality of graduate mentoring, we can examine the results of the doctoral exit
survey administered by the Graduate Division. The response rate for this survey (for our
department) is 95.3% of doctoral students over a ten year period (starting before the last Senate
review), so these results are very representative. The results indicate that 87.8% of respondents
were “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with the “overall quality of faculty mentoring.” This
compares with 85.5% for the graduate division results overall and 89.0% for HSSEAS. These
results give us a significant degree of confidence that our faculty provide a satisfactory quality of
mentoring, comparable with the rest of the campus. Turning attention to the recent survey of all
graduate students in our department (M.S. and Ph.D.), the results are much worse, with 44.2% of
graduate students indicating they are “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with the “overall quality of
faculty mentoring.” To understand the large discrepancy between these surveys, we make two
observations: (1) The response rate for the recent survey is much lower than the doctoral exit
survey, only 17.2%. It is plausible that the respondents may be skewed toward less-satisfied
students. (2) The recent survey includes M.S. students in addition to Ph.D. students. The survey
does not indicate the proportion of M.S. students responding, but for those students who
provided open-ended comments, their degree is indicated; more than half are M.S. students.
Most of our M.S. students choose the comprehensive exam option, which does not involve
conducting research. Therefore, there is less opportunity for mentoring by faculty. It is
interesting to note that 81.5% of respondents “agree” or “strongly agree” that their primary
faculty advisor “is willing to spend the time necessary to advise me on academic matters.” Thus,
the faculty may be appropriately guiding M.S. students in their course selection, etc., but not
“mentoring” them because of the nature of their degree requirements.
As noted earlier, having recently completed a revision of our undergraduate curricula, this is an
excellent time to reexamine our graduate programs. To this end, a new departmental committee
has been formed, entitled the Graduate Education Committee. Its broad charge is to evaluate the
state of our M.S. and Ph.D. programs, including soliciting input from students, and to determine
any needed actions. In addition, we plan to establish a Graduate Student Advisory Board, with
representatives from each of the major fields. This Board would meet amongst itself, would be
responsible for setting up an annual (or as needed) meeting with the department leadership to
offer advice, and would provide representatives to the relevant departmental committees
(Graduate Admissions Committee, Graduate Education Committee, and perhaps others).
Hopefully this structure will provide a sustainable framework for graduate students to raise
issues and suggest enhancements to our graduate programs.
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Planning activities. The review team recommended that we establish an Industrial Advisory
Board to advise us on curriculum development and that we develop a strategic plan that includes
teaching recommendations.
We had established an Industrial Advisory Board before the last review. As described earlier in
the report, that Board has grown and contributes regularly to our curricular development and
strategic planning. Our ties to our alumni constituents have also been strengthened through this
period.
Since the last review, we have undergone a strategic planning activity, as described earlier. The
report (Appendix G.5) makes recommendations in the four areas of Faculty Recruitment,
Graduate Education, Undergraduate Education, and Staff Support. Some of these
recommendations have already been implemented, as noted in this report (e.g. Graduate Student
Visit Day, improving the quality of service in the fund management area, the use of ABET
outcomes and assessment to improve our undergraduate curricula), while some are ongoing
efforts, such as our continuing faculty recruitment and efforts to attract the very best graduate
students.
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F. CONCLUSIONS
The state of our department can be briefly summarized as follows:
• Our undergraduate curricula have been recently revised. Our ABET accreditation in
October, 2006 went very well and resulted in the full six-year accreditation. We have a
rapidly increasing undergraduate student population, which may stress our department to its
limits in the next few years.
• Our graduate curricula are healthy. Our recent efforts to improve graduate recruitment have
been successful, but we still aspire to improve the quality of our graduate student population.
In the coming year, a new Graduate Education Committee will reevaluate our graduate
programs, and a Graduate Student Advisory Council will be formed to provide input to the
department.
• Our research programs are exceptionally strong, very well-funded, and result in a high
productivity of publications and Ph.D. and M.S. degrees awarded. Our faculty are renowned
and have garnered many awards and recognitions.
• We are actively recruiting faculty in Aerospace Engineering, Energy Systems, and Controls.
This activity is a very high priority for the department.
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G. APPENDICES
G.1 FACULTY RECRUITMENT AND SEPARATIONS
The names of the faculty that we have been successful in recruiting, their rank at the time they
were hired, major field affiliations, and hiring date are given below. More information is
provided about their research in Section B.4.
Name Rank Major Field Affiliation(s) Hiring Date
Dr. Yong Chen Professor MEMS/Nano July 1, 2003
Dr. Pei-Yu (Eric) Chiou Assistant Professor MEMS/Nano July 1, 2006
Dr. Jeff Eldredge Assistant Professor Fluid Mechanics July 1, 2003
Dr. Emilio Frazzoli* Assistant Professor Systems and Control
Dynamics
July 1, 2004
Dr. Rajit Gadh Professor Manufacturing and Design July 1, 2000
Dr. Y. Sungtaek Ju Assistant Professor Heat and Mass Transfer
MEMS/Nano
Manufacturing and Design
July 1, 2003
Dr. H. Pirouz Kavehpour Assistant Professor Fluid Mechanics
Heat and Mass Transfer
N/MEMS
July 1, 2003
Dr. William Klug Assistant Professor Structural and Solid Mechanics July 1, 2003
Dr. Christopher Lynch Professor Structural and Solid Mechanics July 1, 2007
Dr. Carlo Montemagno* Professor MEMS/Nano July 1, 2001
Dr. Laurent Pilon Assistant Professor Heat and Mass Transfer
MEMS/Nano
July 1, 2002
Dr. Xiang Zhang* Associate Professor MEMS/Nano Nov. 1, 1999
* These individuals were hired and subsequently left our department since the last review.
In the following table, similar information on the faculty members that have left the department
is given.
Name Rank Reason for Leaving Ending Date
Dr. Satya Atluri Professor Moved to UC Irvine June 30, 2002
Dr. Gang Chen Associate Professor Moved to MIT June 30, 2001
Dr. Emilio Frazzoli Assistant Professor Moved to MIT June 30, 2006
Dr. Jonathan Freund Assistant Professor Moved to Univ. Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign
June 30, 2001
Dr. Peretz Friedmann Professor Moved to Univ. Michigan June 30, 1999
(and retired from UCLA)
Dr. Robert Kelly Professor Retired June 30, 2003
Dr. William Meecham Professor Deceased Mar. 12, 2003
Dr. D. Lewis Mingori Professor Retired June 30, 2003
Dr. Carlo Montemagno Professor Transferred to new UCLA
Bioengineering Dept. as Chair
(retained Joint Appt. in MAE)
June 30, 2002
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Became Dean at
University of Cincinnati
June 30, 2006
Dr. Jeff Shamma Professor Moved to Georgia Tech June 30, 2007
Dr. Zvi Shiller Assistant Professor Was denied tenure, became
Department Head of
Mechanical Engineering-
Mechatronics, The College of
Judea and Samaria, Israel
June 30, 2001
Dr. Xiang Zhang Associate Professor Moved to UC Berkeley June 30, 2004
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G.2 DEPARTMENTAL ANNUAL REPORT
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Henry Samueli School of Engineering & Applied Science
Mechanical & Aerospace
Engineering Department
2006-2007
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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
New Nanomedicine Center
Guided Surgery Tool
Control of Laser Beams
No Slip Overcome by Nanotechnology
Algae and Hydrogen Production
Practical Fusion Energy
World’s Smallest Microhand

UCLA Me C h A n i C A L An d Ae r o s p A C e en g i n e e r i n g de p A r t M e n t
2006-2007
From the Department Chair
The process of putting together this
annual report has been an opportunity
for me to reflect back on the past
academic year and see the great accomplishments
of our faculty, students,
staff, and alumni. I feel fortunate to be
among this active and dynamic group
Adrienne Lavine
that constitutes the UCLA Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering Department. This year
we have welcomed a new faculty member into this mix,
Christopher Lynch. You can read about him and his work
on page 9.
My colleagues are working on a broad range of exciting
research topics. In these pages you can read about some:
the new Center for Cell Control, an NIH Nanomedicine
Development Center; tools for guided surgery; control
of laser beams; an ultra-slippery nano-engineered surface;
a photobiological system that uses algae to consume
carbon dioxide and produce hydrogen; fusion energy
developments; and a robotic microhand for biological
applications.
You will also see in the awards section that our faculty
have won many accolades. Of particular note, assistant
professor Jeff Eldredge won the National Science Foundation’s
CAREER award for his project on Numerical
Investigations of Biological and Bio-inspired Locomotion.
He joins Laurent Pilon, who received a CAREER award in
2005. Furthermore, as this report went to press, it was
announced that assistant professor H. Pirouz Kavehpour
had won the prestigious Young Investigator Award from
the U.S. Army to support his work on interfacial tension
and contact angle of ionic liquids.
In the 2006-07 academic year, our faculty had $25 million
available to support research. In terms of research
expenditures per faculty member, based on 2005-06 data
from the American Society of Engineering Education, our
department ranked fifth nationally among mechanical engineering
and among aerospace engineering departments
(considering the top 20 rated departments in each field
based on the US News and World Report rankings of
graduate programs).
We welcomed a new “crop” of approximately 100 graduate
students this past year, for a total graduate enrollment
of around 250. Our graduate students gather from around
the world to learn from our renowned faculty and each
other, deepening their understanding of mechanical and
aerospace engineering and conducting original, cuttingedge
research in faculty laboratories. In the 2006-07
academic year, our department granted 24 Ph.D. and 69
M.S. degrees.
We are proud to serve the citizens of California and
beyond by providing a world-class education to our undergraduate
students, as well. Our undergraduates have
excelled in high school and come to us prepared to take
advantage of the challenging educational environment we
provide. Last year, we awarded 123 B.S. degrees. Congratulations
to our newest alumni! You can read about
some of the student society projects they undertook on
pages 17-19.
Our high-quality staff members make possible our research
and educational programs. We are also fortunate to have
strong connections with alumni, industrial affiliates and
advisory board, and other friends. They provide guidance,
crucial financial support, partnerships on technology
initiatives, and jobs for our graduates. We appreciate all
of these contributions greatly.
I recently had the opportunity to attend an inspiring workshop
entitled, “Leading Through Diversity,” for department
chairs in science, engineering, and mathematics within the
southern campuses of the University of California. The
keynote speaker was our new chancellor, Gene Block; he
spoke with passion about the importance of diversity to
university communities and of his commitment to achieving
greater diversity on our campus. In the MAE Department,
I am very proud to say that more than half of our faculty
are involved in programs whose aim is to attract and
retain female and traditionally underrepresented minority
students in engineering. Two such efforts are described
on page 16.
I hope you enjoy this glimpse of UCLA’s vibrant Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering Department.
Microhand cover photo credits: Jeffrey Tseng (microhand detail); Reed Hutchinson (Professor CJ Kim and PhD student Wook Choi).
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Chih-Ming Ho wins new NIH Nanomedicine Development Center
Researchers to Analyze and Control
Body’s Critical Nanoscale Cellular
Molecules to Aid in Curing Disease
An interdisciplinary team of scientists
from the UCLA Henry Samueli School
of Engineering and Applied Science,
the David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA, and UC Berkeley’s College
of Engineering has been awarded a
prestigious federal grant from the
National Institutes of Health Roadmap
Chih-Ming Ho for Medical Research initiative aimed
at improving nanomedical research. Their discoveries
could facilitate the advances of regenerative medicine,
curing diseases like cancer and viral infections at the
molecular scale.
This multimillion dollar nanomedicine grant supports
the new NIH Nanomedicine Development Center for
Cell Control (CCC), led by UCLA Engineering Professor
Chih-Ming Ho. The center will apply advanced engineering
techniques and life science knowledge to control and
investigate how the human body works at the molecular
level. “I am delighted to have the opportunity to lead
this important multidisciplinary and multi-campus effort.
This center boasts a collaborative team with key strengths
in both engineering and medicine — a critical combination
in nanomedicine,” said Ho, who is a member of the
National Academy of Engineering and holder of the Ben
Rich-Lockheed Martin endowed chair. “By taking the
unorthodox approach of directly controlling the molecular
circuitries in cells, we hope to make critical changes in the
treatment of disease.” The center’s research will move
with a fast pace toward clinical applications. Researchers
have developed an efficient search algorithm to determine
the optimal drug cocktail to better manage disease development;
this approach will be used in animal and clinical
tests in the near future.
Besides Ho, a specialist in the use of nanotechnology to
analyze and control biological complex systems, members
of the research team at the David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA include Hong Wu, MD, PhD, professor of
molecular and medical pharmacology and a specialist in
stem cells; Michael Teitell, MD, PhD, associate professor
of pathology and laboratory medicine, chief of pediatric
and developmental pathology and a cancer specialist;
and Genhong Cheng, PhD, professor of microbiology,
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immunology, and molecular genetics and an expert in
studying host defense against infectious diseases. From UC
Berkeley, members include Ming Wu, professor of electrical
engineering and co-director of the Berkeley Sensor and
Actuator Center, and Xiang Zhang, Chancellor’s Professor
in mechanical engineering and Director of the Center for
Scalable and Integrated Nano Manufacturing (SINAM).
The group of investigators has developed a strong track
record of interdisciplinary research collaboration over
the past decade. The team will work with other NIH
nanomedicine development centers toward world-class
advancements in nanomedical research.
“This grant puts UCLA and UC Berkeley among an elite
group of universities that are recognized as leaders in
nanomedicine research,” said UCLA engineering dean
Vijay K. Dhir. “We expect this new center will build upon
UCLA Engineering’s research and education capabilities
and further expand collaborative efforts with medicine to
achieve exciting advances in nanomedicine.”
To learn more, visit the Nanomedicine Development
Center for Cell Control at:
http://CenterForCellControl.org.
-Melissa Abraham
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Greg Carman helps develop guided surgery tool
Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering
and Applied Science, working with laparoscopic
surgeons, have developed a new method of guided surgery
that will permit experienced surgeons to guide surgeries
in remote locations, such as battlefield hospitals.
(Left to right) Professor Greg Carman, Dr. Eric Dutson, computer
science Professor Petros Faloutsos, and MAE graduate researcher
Vasile Nistor.
“Laparoscopic surgery is a specialized field that requires
a lot of practice,” noted Greg Carman, professor of mechanical
and aerospace engineering. “To develop a way
in which the best surgeon in the world can assist with
a surgery remotely holds the potential to revolutionize
the field.”
Laparoscopic surgery is a minimally invasive procedure
in which surgeons use a video camera to view the area
in which they are working. The two-dimensional field of
vision and limited range of movement make it a more
difficult type of surgery.
The new telementoring system developed by the UCLA
Engineering researchers allows highly trained surgeons to
aid battlefield surgeons with laparoscopic procedures using
video conferencing tools to provide live guidance.
“Our system replaces robotic surgery tools, which pose
challenges associated with power supplies, ease of use,
space constraints, and cost,” said mechanical engineering
graduate student researcher Vasile “Lică” Nistor. “Using
this new method, a highly qualified surgeon could provide
guidance from a remote location to an on-site generalist
at a much lower cost.”
Because of the considerable variation from operation to
operation, it’s critical to have an expert surgeon available
who can offer guidance and advice in real time. A modified
video conferencing system offers a way to present
information to the on-site surgeon in a useful way that
does not interrupt the surgery.
“We’ve found that because laparoscopic surgery is 2-D
and not 3-D, it’s analogous to playing video games,” said
computer science graduate student Brian Allen. “We’d like
to find a way to use the graphic technologies that enhance
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The system developed at UCLA also can be used to train
residents and new surgeons in laparoscopic surgery.
To create practice simulations for medical residents, the
team has developed a program to track the movement
of the surgical tools that have been modified with a set of
seamlessly integrated motion tracking sensors. The sensors
measure rotation, position of the instruments, and other
movement. By tracking both the expert and the novice,
they can see where someone learning might have difficulties,
or need more training during the simulations.
“We have been working closely with UCLA surgeon Dr.
Erik Dutson, an expert in laparoscopic surgery,” said computer
science professor Petros Faloutsos. “By recording
his movements, we have an expert benchmark that we
can use for training.”
Dr. Eric Dutson and Professor Greg Carman
The system tracks motion over time, showing both movement
and steadiness in the hand that is not in use.
“It’s very difficult to not move the off-hand,” said Allen, “but
critical since a wrong movement can accidentally cause a
cut in the surrounding tissue out of sight of the camera,
creating a chance of infection.”
To counter what is statistically the major cause of failure
for this type of surgery, the group has added a kinesthetic
force feedback component to the system that will help
constrain accidental movement outside areas designated
by an expert surgeon. A surgeon would feel resistance if
he or she accidentally moved their off-hand into a critical
area, for instance, the liver to one side of a gall bladder.
The guided laparoscopic surgery project is funded by the
U.S. Army’s Telemedicine and Advanced Technologies
Research Center. The UCLA Engineering researchers
are collaborating with members of UCLA’s Center for
Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology (CASIT).
The facility includes a da Vinci surgical robotic surgery system,
a human patient simulator, and laparoscopic surgical
simulators and tools.
– Maryls Amundsen | Images Don Liebig

Control of laser beams
http://beamcontrol.seas.ucla.edu
UCLA’s department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering has established
a comprehensive research program
in high-performance control of laser
beams in directed energy systems and
laser communications. Professors Gibson
and Tsao, along with post-doctoral
Steven Gibson scholars and graduate students, have
developed novel adaptive filtering and control methods
for wave front prediction and correction and precise
pointing of laser beams. These methods are needed to
compensate for the effects of atmospheric turbulence,
platform vibration, target motion, and sensor noise, all
of which degrade the performance of laser weapons and
free-space optical communications systems. Other areas
where precise control of laser beams is important include
Diagram of a directed
energy system
with high energy
laser (HEL). Key
components: adaptive
optics algorithm (AO),
deformable mirror
(DM), wave front
sensor (WFS).
laser etching in
manufacturing and laser surgery. The new beam control
methods correct both higher order wave front errors and
tilt jitter to levels not achievable by classical methods for
adaptive optics and beam steering.
UCLA’s contributions to control of laser beams fall into
two main categories: adaptive control and filtering for
correction of higher-order wave front errors, and adaptive
control of tilt jitter. The two problem categories are
closely related and are both present in adaptive optics
systems. Adaptive control of higher-order wave front
errors usually involves control loops with many, often
hundreds, of channels corresponding to spatially distributed
wave front sensor measurements and deformable
Left: Teledyne’s prototype
liquid crystal device.
Right: UCLA beam control
experiment with the liquid
crystal device used as the
control actuator. Control
sample and hold rate =
3125 Hz.
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mirror actuators; adaptive control of
tilt jitter involves two control channels
and two or more sensor signals, but
usually much higher temporal orders
of the adaptive filter.
High-fidelity wave optics simulations of
directed energy systems have shown Tsu-Chin Tsao
significant performance improvements
with the new adaptive control scheme. These simulations
have been performed not only by UCLA but by
MZA Associates of Albuquerque, NM, a leading defense
contractor for modeling of high energy laser systems.
Also, recent laboratory experiments on adaptive optics
at the Starfire Optical Range at the Air Force Research
Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, have demonstrated
enhanced performance produced by UCLA’s new adaptive
control schemes.
UCLA’s beam control research has enjoyed substantial
extramural funding. For the past five years, UCLA has
been the lead institution (Professor Steve Gibson, PI, and
Professor T.C. Tsao, Co-PI) on a recent Multidisciplinary
Research Project (MRI) titled “Atmospheric Propagation
of High Energy Lasers: Modeling, Simulation, Tracking, and
Control” with research partners Georgia Tech, Michigan
Tech, MZA Associates Corp., Tempest Technologies and
Trex Enterprises. Also, UCLA is the lead institution (Professor
Steve Gibson, PI, and Professor T.C. Tsao, Co-PI)
Diagram of UCLA
beam control
experiment with
Teledyne’s liquid
crystal beam
steering device.
on a new MRI titled “Tactical HEL Weapon Alignment
System Architecture Efficiencies” with research partners
MZA Associates Corp., Air Force Institute of Technology
and Naval Post Graduate School.
An essential feature of UCLA’s research in beam control
is collaboration with the aerospace industry and the Air
Force research laboratory. A prime example is UCLA’s
collaboration with Teledyne Scientific Co. of Thousand
Oaks, CA, to apply feedback and adaptive feedforward
control to Teledyne’s new liquid crystal beam steering
devices. Compared to standard mirrors used for beam
control, the liquid crystal devices have the advantages of
low power consumption and no moving parts.
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Researchers discover no-slip condition can be overcome by
nanotechnology
New Surface Benefits Microfluidic Applications and Cell Studies
Professor Ben Wu, Professor CJ Kim, Chang-Hwan Choi, and
Professor James Dunn
UCLA engineers working on the development of a new
ultra-slippery nano-engineered surface have challenged a
long-held concept in fluid dynamics-the no-slip condition.
Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor CJ Kim
and graduate student Chang-Hwan Choi have proven
that their nano-architectured surface in effect defeats the
fundamental notion of no-slip by a considerable margin,
even in practical flow conditions.
The no-slip condition states that fluids stick to surfaces
past which they flow, and there is no movement where
a fluid touches the surface of a solid. Most challenges to
this condition thus far have come from scientific interests
because the amount of measurable slip has been too small
to be useful. The advent of micro and nano technologies,
however, has refocused attention on slip flows and the
need to measure slip accurately because microfluidic applications
can be affected by even a relatively small slip.
Since the amount of drag reduction caused by the internal
slip surface of a pipe is determined by pipe size
and flow conditions as well as the surface itself, a rather
complex scientific value called slip length should be used
to objectively describe the slip as a pure surface property,
according to Kim.
Until recently, most of the reported slip lengths were less
than one micrometer and prone to measurement errors.
Kim and Choi expected to measure tens of micrometers
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of slip length on their new surface, and so considered a
slip of less than one micrometer as no slip. “We started
with the no-slip assumption on a flat surface in testing our
slip length,” said Choi, “and in most instances it remains
true.”
Consider, for instance, water droplets moving along a glass
surface and along a Teflon surface. Compared to the relatively
sticky (i.e., hydrophilic) glass surface, water beads and
moves more easily on non-stick (i.e., hydrophobic) surface,
such as Teflon. Droplets, which move mostly by a rolling
motion, are unaffected by surface slip, although they move
more easily along a more hydrophobic surface.
The primary question, however, is the movement of liquid
in continuous flows, where it must slip on a surface to flow
more easily. To determine if surface wettability would
make a difference to continuous flow in microchannels,
Choi measured the slip length on a planar hydrophobic
surface while at Brown University, and found it to be about
20-30 nanometers, or thousands of times smaller than the
width of a human hair.
The nano-engineered material Kim and Choi have created
at UCLA has a dense forest of sharply tipped nanoposts,
which greatly limits contact between a liquid and the
surface of the solid. The height of the posts, their shape,
and the large number in a small space combine to create
a thick layer of air beneath the liquid and to keep it from
filling the gaps between the posts
“We’re using surface tension to keep the liquid out of the
gaps, and in most practical flow conditions (e.g., pressurized
flows) those gaps need to be very, very small,” explained
Kim. “So we’ve created a surface with a high density of
sharp-tipped posts - submicron density - and then treated
them to be hydrophobic.”
At the suggestion of their colleague, UCLA mechanical and
aerospace engineering professor Pirouz Kavehpour, Choi
used a rheometer-a commercial tool used to measure
viscosity-to track slip length along their surfaces. Although
reliable and accurate, the rheometer lacks the precision to
measure conventional miniscule slip lengths. But it may
work for the very large slip Kim and Choi have on the
nano-architectured surface.

“The rheometer gave us repeatable results, very quickly,”
said Kim. “And it showed that the nano-engineered
surface had a 20-30 micrometer slip length, a thousand
times larger than on a conventional hydrophobic surface.
We were expecting the results in this range based on
our analysis and others’, but were still surprised and very
pleased to see it validated in testing.”
When the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering
and Applied Science researchers published their results
in Physical Review Letters earlier this year, they received
considerable response from the physics community.
“Fluid dynamics is a classical field, and while our results do
not change a long-held belief
about the behavior of moving
liquids where they touch solids,
we have worked around
the assumption by creating
a surface with a minimal
liquid-solid contact,” noted
Kim. “The slip length along
the new surface is far more
than what was previously
assumed possible for flows
under pressure. This degree
of slip is now large enough to
be useful for engineering applications
and not just limited
to the microscale.”
In addition to developing a low-friction surface for use
in fluidic applications such as underwater vehicles and
tools for DNA analysis and real-time, on-site testing and
monitoring for early detection of hazardous materials,
UCLA researchers are exploring new uses for the innovative
surface.
Kim and Choi are working with bioengineering professors
Ben Wu and James Dunn on the fabrication of new
surfaces for cell growth.
“We know cells grow well under certain conditions, but
at the nanoscale most of the changes to date have been
in the chemical conditions; little attention has been paid
to the physical conditions,” said Kim. “We’re approaching
it from a new direction and fabricating different surfaces.
We’re able to make the surface as elaborate as needed,
which is basically a new capability at the nanoscale.”
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In addition to addressing basic scientific questions about
the physical manipulation of cell growth at the nanoscale,
Dunn and Wu hope to use the process for advances in
medicine.
“There are many potential applications for this work,”
explained Dunn, “one is tissue engineering. If we’re able
to change the cells’ orientation using the nano-textured
surface, we can make the cells line up in a particular way
to form the shape and structure of the tissues that we
need.”
Added Wu, “We are currently investigating the molecular
basis of the cells’ interactions on different nanostructures.
If we are successful, we
can use this knowledge
to control the surfaces
to regulate cell behavior.
Our research in this area
is really just the tip of the
iceberg.”
To create the well-regulated
nano-engineered
surfaces, Kim and Choi
use interference lithography
to etch the pattern
on a silicon substrate,
followed by deep reactive
ion etching. To
make sharp tips on the
posts, they heat the silicon, creating silicon oxide, which
is then removed.
The current method of manufacturing is practical for small
area applications, but the UCLA researchers are exploring
polymer as an alternative material to decrease costs
for large volume area applications, as on the surface of
a torpedo. They also are exploring applications for the
silicon material in field emission displays and tips for atomic
force microscopes.
For more information on research in Kim’s lab, please visit
http://cjmems.seas.ucla.edu/.
- Marlys Amundson
Research Highlights
Photos: Don Liebig, UCLA Photography
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Algae and sunlight for carbon capture and hydrogen production
Fossil fuels are finite resources that
currently supply more than 98% of the
world’s energy needs. Their combustion
results in significant carbon dioxide
emissions blamed for global warming
and climate change. The world is
currently facing an unprecedented
Laurent Pilon combination of economic, political,
and environmental challenges as it tries to meet expanding
energy needs without further impacting climate and
the environment. The solution lies in greater reliance on
a combination of fossil fuel-free energy sources and on
new technologies for capturing and converting carbon
dioxide.
Fuel cell technology is one of the most promising environmentally
friendly and energy efficient conversion systems.
Fuel cells are being developed for use in transportation
and power generation systems. In particular, hydrogen
powered proton exchange membrane fuel cells do not
produce carbon dioxide. In fact, they convert hydrogen
and oxygen into electricity and water. However, 96% of
the hydrogen currently produced is from fossil fuels. Thus,
to ensure the long term sustainability of the future hydrogen
economy, renewable resources must be employed
for hydrogen production instead of fossil fuels.
In this framework, Prof. Laurent Pilon and his students are
working on a photobiological system using algae to both
consume carbon dioxide and produce hydrogen.
Algae are the fastest-growing plants in the world. To
grow rapidly, they consume carbon dioxide and harness
sunlight through photosynthesis. The generated biomass
can then be used to produce liquid fuels (ethanol, butanol,
biodiesel) or gas fuel such as methane. Some algae can
even produce hydrogen by further harnessing sunlight in
the absence of oxygen.
Prof. Pilon and his team study ways to improve the energy
efficiency of various algae in converting sunlight into
biomass and hydrogen. Their objective is to make the
technology reliable and economically viable in order to
address some of the world’s most challenging problems
in a sustainable manner. More specifically, they investigate
how sunlight is absorbed and scattered by various
CO 2 consuming and H 2 producing microorganisms. Prof.
Pilon and his PhD student Halil Berberoglu were the first
to assess the effect of genetic engineering on the optical
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properties of the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
genetically “designed” with different pigment concentrations
by Prof. Anastasio Melis’ team at UC Berkeley.
Genetic engineering offers the prospect of bottom-up
design of microorganisms with the desired properties
and performances. Other research projects include the
development of better light delivery solutions in photobioreactors
and improved growth medium compositions.
One of Pilon’s goals is to build an engineering prototype
to consume the carbon dioxide emitted by the UCLA
co-generation power plant. This interdisciplinary effort
is performed in collaboration with Prof. Jennifer Jay from
the UCLA Civil and Environment Engineering Department
and with Prof. Anastasio Melis from UC Berkeley, Plant
and Microbial Biology Department.
Anabaena Variabilis
(cyanobacteria)
Rhodobacter sphaeroides
(purple non-sulfur bacteria)
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
(green algae)
Smokestack photo by Sworm from flickr.com Creative Commons.

Research toward practical utilization of fusion energy
Fusion, where light nuclei fuse together
and give off extraordinary amounts of
energy, is the process that drives the
stars and has the potential to provide
essentially limitless amounts of energy
here on earth. The pursuit of fusion
energy is itself an extraordinary scien-
Mohamed Abdou
tific challenge that has been the dream
and work of physicists and engineers around the world
for decades, including some here at UCLA. Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering Professor Mohamed Abdou,
and the Fusion Science and Technology Center in the
UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied
Science, have been leading the quest in the US to unlock
the complicated phenomena occurring in the plasma
chamber components that surround the burning plasma
where fusion occurs. Many research projects, including
experimental research, development of sophisticated
physical models and simulations codes, and advanced
design with unique materials, are currently being pursued
– a few of which are described below.
The fundamental fluid mechanical behavior of electricallyconducting
liquids interacting with strong magnetic fields
is a key area of research. Fusion blanket systems must
contain lithium in order to “breed” tritium – one of the
essential fuels to keep the fusion fire burning. This lithium
can be introduced into the blanket as a coolant in the form
of a liquid metal or a molten salt. But the same strong
magnetic fields that are used to control and confine the
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fusion plasma also interact with the
moving liquid metals, triggering magnetohydrodynamic
(MHD) phenomena.
These MHD effects can exceed viscous
and inertial forces by 5 or more orders
of magnitude – dominating the flow
behavior and stability, and therefore Neil Morley
controlling the ultimate operating temperature,
pressure, stress fields, and transport properties in
the plasma chamber. Hence, developing an understanding
of liquid metal non-linear MHD phenomena in the
presence of spatially varying nuclear and electromagnetic
fields is important to developing innovative methods to
control the flow of induced electric currents and their
resultant forces.
Professor Abdou and his researchers are also engaged
in analyzing and designing nuclear components for the
new International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor,
or ITER, plasma device whose mission is to demonstrate
and study the fundamental questions of plasma physics
and technology for fusion energy development. This
experimental reactor will be built in France by a consortium
of 7 parties. UCLA Fusion Science and Technology
researchers are providing thermofluid analysis and
design support for the base plasma chamber systems
(in collaboration with Oak Ridge and Sandia National
Laboratories). UCLA is also leading the US effort to
develop Test Module experiments to deploy in ITER,
where full plasma chamber functions including tritium
breeding will be explored and studied in a true multifield
fusion environment.
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CJ Kim creates the world’s smallest robotic
microhand for biological applications
The four tiny “fingers” gently open
and close, like a Venus flytrap collapsing
around its prey. The “bones” are
shiny pieces of silicon; the “muscles,”
polymer balloons connected by narrow
channels through which air is
pumped in or out, allowing research-
Chang-Jin Kim
ers to control the diminutive fist, only
one millimeter wide, by regulating the
air pressure. This “microhand” is a deft manipulator of
tiny objects and one day may be an invaluable tool in
microsurgery.
For now, though, the dexterity of the microhand, the
brainchild of Chang-Jin (CJ) Kim, professor of mechanical
and aerospace engineering at the Henry Samueli School of
Engineering and Applied Science, has been demonstrated
on — of all things — sushi.
The tiny roe of smelt mimic other objects in biological
environments, and the microhand has proven very adept
at delicately capturing and removing a single egg from the
rest of the gooey pack. “When you work in microscale,
stickiness is an issue,” Kim says. “And you’re dealing with
a liquid environment that is very viscous, like honey. Our
hand is able to grab a soft and delicate object and mold
itself around it. Yet it’s very strong.”
Kim laughs when he recalls the origins of his research.
“When I started grad school, MEMS (micro-electromechanical
systems) was a new field,” he says. “I wanted
a micro-robot that could do everything a human could do
if the human were miniaturized,” Kim recalls. Yet he soon
realized that “the technology just wasn’t available. So the
goal got smaller and smaller — from a micro-robot, to a
microhand, to a pair of micro-tweezers.”
When he joined UCLA in 1993, Kim maintained his
“hobby” project. As MEMS science matured, however,
Kim enlisted the help of Ph.D. student Yen-Wen Lu —
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now an assistant professor at Rutgers University — to build
the current generation of hands.
The project attracted the attention of R&D company
Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. (IOS), in Torrance, Calif.,
and government funding has followed. Kim’s current Ph.D.
student, Wook Choi, is working on a larger hand that will
accommodate applications IOS has developed, such as
removing foreign objects from a child’s throat.
“Dreaming is not enough,” Kim says. “You have to put money
into it. We’re using taxpayers’ money, so we can’t just
do it for fun. But this has been a lot of fun. I feel guilty!”
-- Wendy Soderburg, UCLA Magazine
The microhand was covered by news media and was selected
as the coverpage of the journal Applied Physics Letters
(Applied Physics Letters 89, 164101, 16 October 2006).
News Coverage:
* Newsweek, The Tiny Fingers.
* MIT Technology Review, A Tiny Robotic Hand.
* Forbes.com, In Pictures, 13 Amazing New Nanotechnologies.
* SciFiTech, Tiny Robot Hand to Make Subtle Surgery
Easier.
* Nature (UK), Tiny Hand With Tight Grip.
* Yahoo! News, Microscopic Robot Lends Helping Hand.
* Fox News, Microscopic Robot Hand Could Have Wide
Application.
* Livescience.com, Tiny Helping Hand.
* Crunch Gear, RIYL: Tiny Robotic Science Stuff.
* Slashdot.com, World’s Smallest Robotic Hand.
* Physics News Update, A Superhydrophobic Surface.

Meet Christopher Lynch
Professor Lynch served on the faculty
of the Woodruff School of Mechanical
Engineering from September, 1995
through September 2007 at which
point he joined the faculty of the
University of California, Los Angeles
as a professor of Mechanical and
Christopher Lynch
Aerospace Engineering. As an assistant
professor in the Woodruff School he spent nine months
at Georgia Tech Lorraine where he developed research
collaborations with French and German colleagues that
continue to be productive. He was promoted to Associate
Professor in 2000 and accepted the responsibilities as
associate chair of administration of the Woodruff School
in 2002. His accomplishments include the development
of a new international conference, serving as chair of the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Technical Committee
on Adaptive Structures and Materials Systems, and
being honored with the receipt of an NSF CAREER award,
an ONR Young Investigator award, an ASEE educator
award, as a Fellow of ASME, and being nominated by his
students and subsequently awarded the “Faculty Award
for Excellence in Teaching,” one of two such awards given
annually at Georgia Tech.
Professor Lynch’s research has branched into several areas
related to ferroelectric materials including field coupled
fracture mechanics, micro-electro-mechanics, and ferroelectric
device development. Ferroelectric oxides,
like muscle, change shape when a voltage is applied. A
key difference between muscle and a ferroelectric oxide
is the stiffness. Muscle undergoes large
shape changes but produces only a small
force. Ferroelectric oxides produce small
shape changes but very large forces.
Ferroelectric oxide materials were initially
developed for use in sonar systems
(barium titanate and later lead zirconate
titanate). In recent years applications
have grown to include medical ultrasound,
active vibration control, nano-positioning
devices, ultrasonic motors, unimorphs and
bimorphs, lithotripters (for non-invasively
breaking up kidney stones), fuel injectors,
ultrasonic scalpels, and many others.
Over the past decade or so the development
of adaptive structures applications
New Faculty
has resulted in a strong push to produce significantly higher
strain output from these materials while simultaneously
reducing cost. High drive fields can lead to field induced
cracking. An example of electric field induced microcracks
interacting with domains in a single crystal of PMN-PT is
shown below. Actuators are typically constructed from
stacked parallel plate capacitors (stacked flat plates with
metal electrodes). Drive voltages are proportional to layer
thickness. The push toward low cost manufacturing has
led to the adoption of co-firing the electrodes with the
stacks as is done in the manufacturing of low cost ceramic
multilayer capacitors. This approach results in an inhomogeneity
of the electric field around the edge of the internal
electrode. In a capacitor this does not matter much, but in
a ferroelectric there is a strain that is proportional to the
electric field. This has led to the need for the development
of electric field coupled fracture mechanics (experimental,
analytical, and computational). Implementation
of the analytical and computational fracture mechanics
concepts has required a detailed model of the multiaxial
non-linear and hysteretic constitutive behavior. This had
to first be measured for a number of compositions and
then modeled in a manner suitable for implementation in
a finite element code. Professor Lynch’s current research
program continues to focus on constitutive law development
and finite element implementation in support of
numerous sensing and actuation applications.
Interaction of microcracks with domains in a single crystal of PMN-PT.
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MAE News
Northrop Grumman check presented to Greg Carman
(l to r) Donny Wang, Northrop Grumman; Allen Lockyer,
Northrop Grumman; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Professor Gregory Carman; Associate Dean, Research
and Physical Resources, Gregory J. Pottie; Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering Chair Adrienne Lavine.
Ann Karagozian gives invited
talks on aerospace engineering
Ann Karagozian
Mechanical and aerospace engineering
professor Ann Karagozian gave the
Minta Martin Distinguished Lecture at
the Department of Aerospace Engineering
at the University of Maryland
in March. In April, Karagozian gave a
talk as part of the 125th Anniversary
Distinguished Lecture Series at the
Department of Mechanical Engineering
at Ohio State University.
Prof. Karagozian was also one of nine invited alumni
speakers for the Caltech Mechanical Engineering Centennial
Celebration. Karagozian talked about “Fundamental
Research and the Future of Energy and Propulsion
Systems.” She also recently gave the I.T. Distinguished
Seminar in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at
the University of Minnesota, and an invited lecture in the
Pratt & Whitney/Rocketdyne Knowledge Management
Distinguished Seminar Series.
On September 13, 2006, Professor Ann Karagozian testified
on behalf of UCLA’s aerospace engineering programs
and outreach at a hearing held by the California State
Assembly’s Select Committee on Aerospace. Her presentation,
entitled “UCLA’s Contributions to California’s
Aerospace Workforce for the 21st Century”, was given at
the invitation of the committee chair, Assemblyman Ted
Lieu (53rd District, El Segundo).
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Prof. Greg Carman accepted a check in support of his
research from Northrop Grumman’s Allen Lockyer.
The funds will support the development of a compact
mechanical energy harvesting system that converts
mechanical energy into electrical energy for powering
wireless sensor networks. The purpose of the system is
to augment battery power so that the batteries do not
require replacement over the life of the sensor network.
The system is fabricated using MEMS technology and
utilizes the unique properties of piezoelectric materials.
The anticipated power output from the device is on the
order of mW. The approach developed at UCLA has
been submitted as a patent through the UCLA Office of
Intellectual Property.
KAIST-UCLA MAE Joint Workshop
The 4th Annual KAIST-UCLA MAE Joint Workshop was
held on Feb. 21st – 23rd, 2007 in UCLA’s MAE Department.
This year the workshop was entirely student-run and
organized and consisted solely of student presentations.
Participating in the workshop were 24 student speakers
and 3 faculty from KAIST and 17 student speakers and
11 faculty from UCLA. This ongoing series of workshops
has been aimed at developing collaborations between
the two universities and the exchange of information
and experimental techniques to allow both universities
to better develop their respective programs. Because of
this year’s format, more interaction between students was
encouraged which will hopefully increase the transfer of
technology even more. For many of the students from
KAIST, this was also an opportunity to visit the US for the
first time. The presentations and discussion sessions covered
a variety of research areas such as: Heating & Fluidic
Systems, Composite Enhancements and Fabrication, FEA/
Structural Analysis, Systems & Controls, Micro-Devices,
and Nano-Materials.

Rajit Gadh interviewed by ZD-
Net’s Editor-in-Chief; also quoted
on “Wireless Wonder Chip”
Rajit Gadh, Professor of Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering at UCLA,
Director of WINMEC (Wireless
Internet for the Mobile Enterprise
Consortium) and an expert in RFID,
provided a succinct overview of what
is going on with RFID, in a five-minute
Rajit Gadh interview, conducted with him by ZD-
Net’s Editor-in-Chief Dan Farber. The
video can be found at zdnet.com.
Professor Gadh was also quoted on RFID in the July 20,
2006 issue of MIT’s Technology Review:
“It’s hard to predict a killer app until it’s released in the
marketplace,” says Gadh. But he’s encouraged by the
capabilities of the HP chip and expects that one of its
most exciting applications will be for storing and sharing
digital media. “I think this is a very positive development
for the field of RFID,” he says, “with the possibility of
creating new markets, such as media streaming content
over passive RFID.”
I n M e M o r I a M
MAE News
Abdou and Morley establish
TITAN, a new 6-year
collaborative program
Professors Mohamed Abdou and Neil
Morley of the MAE Department have
established a new 6-year collaborative
program between UCLA Fusion Science
and Technology Center, and the
Japanese National Institute of Fusion
Science. This new collaboration, called
TITAN, comes with $1.2M of new Mohamed Abdou
funding to do in-depth experiments on
the magnetohydrodynamic flow control and thermofluid
behavior of liquid metals in fusion-relevant geometries
and flow parameter ranges. These experiments will be
performed in the Fusion Center’s Magneto-Thermofluid
Omnibus Research (MTOR) Laboratory
on the first floor of Engineering-IV,
which was identified by the Japanese
as a unique US facility. Collaborative
teams of professors, researchers, and
graduate students from both the UCLA
Fusion Center and Japanese Universities
will participate in the performance
and interpretation of this work.
Neil Morley
Dr. Joseph Miller
(1937-2007)
Joseph Miller, an adjunct professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department,
and a former vice president and general manager at TRW Applied Technology
Group, died on July 5 in a bicycling accident. He was 70.
Miller was a triple graduate of UCLA Engineering, earning bachelor’s, masters and PhD
degrees (’57, ’58 and ’62). He had a distinguished career in spaceflight engineering, in
high-energy laser research and as an executive at TRW. He returned to the School in
1997 where he taught an undergraduate course on engineering design.
In the 1960s, Miller was the chief development engineer for the Lunar Module Descent
Engine. This powered the Apollo Lunar Excursion Modules as they descended to deliver the first humans to the
Moon’s surface. From 1971 to 1980, Miller served as the chief engineer and program director for TRW’s highenergy
laser projects. He would later become vice president and general manager for TRW’s Applied Technology
Group. In 1991, Miller was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, the highest professional honor for
an American engineer, for his contributions to advanced high-power lasers and optical systems.
After he retired from TRW, Miller joined UCLA in 1997 as an adjunct professor, teaching a course he designed
titled, “The Art of Engineering Endeavors.” In this class, Miller covered the essence of engineering design, along
with the moral, ethical and environmental aspects of engineering design and management. He also emphasized
that great engineering accomplishments were the direct results of great collaboration. He taught the course
twice a year until his death.
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FACULTy AWARDS AND HoNoRS
Mohamed Abdou was the Invited
Keynote Speaker at ToFE-17, in Albuquerque,
NM. He was an invited
Fusion Nuclear Technology lecturer
at the Institute of Plasma Research
in Ahmedabad, India. He was also the
Invited Keynote Speaker at the 13th
International Conference on Emerging
Nuclear Energy Systems (ICENES).
Oddvar Bendiksen was the World-
Class Visiting Researcher at the Air
Force Research Laboratory, Wright-
Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH,
August and September, 2006.
Jiun-Shyan “J.S.” Chen , (joint Civil
and Environmental Engineering and
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Professor) was elected a Fellow
of the International Association for
Computational Mechanics (IACM).
The Fellows of the IACM are elected
worldwide biannually. Chen was elected
along with eight other researchers
from around the world. He has also
been invited to serve as the Editor-in-
Chief of a new Journal “Interaction and
Multiscale Mechanics: an International
Journal (IMMIJ).”
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Pei-Yu Chiou was invited to participate
in the National Academy of
Engineering’s 2007 U.S. Frontiers of
Engineering Symposium.
Jeff Eldredge received the National
Science Foundation’s CAREER Award
for his project “Numerical Investigations
of Biological and Bio-inspired
Locomotion.” It is a five year award
with $419,043 in funding. Some excerpts
from the project summary: The
program will address a need for a highfidelity,
computationally efficient tool
for simulating flows produced by bodies
with moving, deforming surfaces. This
tool will be applicable to a wide range
of fluid dynamical problems of biological
and technological interest, but focus
in this program period will be devoted
to studying the role of flexibility in
biomorphic locomotion in fluids.
Nasr Ghoniem was elected a Fellow
of the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, with the following citation:
“Professor Ghoniem is an educator, inventor,
and R&D leader. After his Ph.D.
from UW, he joined UCLA, where he is
a University of California Distinguished
Professor. During the first 15 years of
his career, he invented a low-activation
class of steels that is recognized as a
breakthrough for structural applications
in fission and fusion energy systems. He
became one of the world leaders in
R&D of radiation-resistant materials for
energy and space applications. In the
next 15 years, he established himself at
the forefront of computational mechanics
and multiscale modeling of materials,
where he developed groundbreaking
models of plasticity.”

Ann Karagozian presented: the
Pratt & Whitney/Rocketdyne Knowledge
Management Distinguished
Seminar; the I.T. Distinguished Seminar
at the Department of Aerospace
Engineering, University of Minnesota;
the Minta Martin Distinguished Lecture
at the Department of Aerospace
Engineering, University of Maryland;
the Special Invited Alumni Lecture at
the Caltech Mechanical Engineering
Centennial; and the 125th Anniversary
Distinguished Lecture at the Department
of Mechanical Engineering, Ohio
State University.
Pirouz Kavehpour won the prestigious
Gallery of Fluid Motion Exhibit
at the annual meeting of the American
Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics
in Tampa, Florida. The exhibit
features award-winning photographs
and videos illustrating both experimental
and numerical investigations
of a wide variety of flow phenomena.
Judged by a panel of distinguished
international referees, winning entries
were selected based upon criteria of
scientific merit, originality, and artistry/
aesthetic appeal.
Chang-Jin Kim received the Guest
Professor of Peking University Award
from the President of Peking University,
China for the period of Nov. 2005 and
Nov. 2007. The award ceremony was
in Dec. 2006.
Bill Klug received the 2006-2007
Susan and Henry Samueli MAE Teaching
Award. from his colleagues in the
MAE Dept. In addition, his recent
paper “Failure of Viral Shells,” which appeared
in Physical Review Letters last
December, was featured in the “News
& Views” section of Nature Physics,
in the article “Biophysics: Pushed to
the limit.”
FACULTy AWARDS AND HoNoRS
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Daniel Yang was elected a Fellow of
the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, with the following citation:
“Professor Daniel Yang has made significant
contributions to the advances
of manufacturing automation and mechanical
design. His most outstanding
accomplishments in research include
the establishments of relationships
between product freeform geometry
and multi-axis machine tools; the development
of parameter/time conversion
for CNC tracking of parametric
curves; the invention of a deviation
function method for the design of new
kinematic pairs; and the investigation
on robot kinematics in workspace and
dexterity.”
Webb Marner, adjunct professor
in MAE, received the Professional
Development Award for Non-Senate
Faculty to attend the 2007 ASME International
Design Engineering Technical
Conference.
David Okrent, professor emeritus
of MAE, received the George C. Laurence
Pioneering Award for Nuclear
Safety. This is in recognition of his
life-long career of major contributions
in the areas of, among others, nuclear
power plant safety, societal risks, and
intergenerational equity pertaining to
energy systems.
Theodore Shugar, lecturer in
MAE, received the Professional Development
Award for Non-Senate
Faculty members from the Office of
the Chancellor, Faculty Diversity, during
AY2006-2007. The award offers
funding to assist with professional
development projects such as curriculum
development, books, software,
or other items. Dr. Shugar’s proposal
was entitled “Finite element teaching
materials for use with commercial
software.”
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NAE
National Academy of Engineering Members
Vijay Dhir
Vijay K. Dhir, Dean of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and professor
of mechanical and aerospace engineering, was elected into the National Academy of Engineering
(NAE) in 2006. Honored for his work on boiling heat transfer and nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics
and safety, Dhir joins five other UCLA mechanical and aerospace engineering faculty who are NAE
members. Dhir has been a faculty member at UCLA since 1974, and leads the Boiling Heat Transfer
Lab, which conducts pioneering work in fundamental and applied research in phase change heat transfer.
A central concern of Dhir’s program has been to understand boiling – one of the most complex processes
providing an efficient means of cooling. In 2004, Dhir was named the recipient of the prestigious
Max Jakob Memorial Award. Bestowed annually to recognize eminent achievement and distinguished service
in the area of heat transfer, the award was established by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and
the American Society of Chemical Engineers to honor Max Jakob, a pioneer in the science of heat transfer.
Chih-Ming Ho
Professor Chih-Ming Ho, director of the Center for Cell Control and director of the Institute for Cell
Mimetic Space Exploration, was elected in 1997 for his contributions to the understanding and control
of turbulent flows. He joined UCLA to lead research in microelectromechanical system (MEMS) in
1991, and served as the founding director of the Center for Micro Systems. UCLA’s MEMS program
has been recognized as one of the top three programs worldwide.
Jason Speyer
Professor Speyer was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2005 for “the development
and application of advanced techniques for optimal navigation and control of a wide range of aerospace
vehicles.” He has pioneered new optimal deterministic and stochastic control, team and differential
game strategies, estimation, and model-based fault detection.
Affiliated Professors
Kuo-Nan Liou
Professor Kuo-Nan Liou, who holds a joint appointment in mechanical and aerospace engineering, was elected
in 1999 for contributions in the theories of radiation transfer and light scattering, with applications to remote
sensing technology and climate modeling.
Joseph Miller (1937-2007)
Adjunct Professor Joseph Miller was elected to the NAE in 1991 in recognition of his record of personal technical
contributions to the design and development of high power lasers and optical systems.
Raymond Viskanta
Adjunct Professor Raymond Viskanta was elected in 1987 for pioneering contributions to thermal radiation
transport and general heat transfer engineering.
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e n d o w e d Ch a I r s
H. Thomas Hahn - Raytheon Company Manufacturing Engineering Chair
Professor H. Thomas Hahn holds the Raytheon Company Chair in Manufacturing Engineering,
established to support a renewed focus on manufacturing engineering at UCLA, and to recognize
excellence in research and education in this field. Hahn joined the UCLA faculty in 1992,
coming from Pennsylvania State University where he was the Harry and Arlene Schell Professor.
He also held a professorship at Washington University in St. Louis and research positions at
the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Air Force Materials Laboratory. Hahn’s
research interests cover a wide spectrum of composites technology ranging from design and
analysis to processing and manufacturing. Hahn served as chair of the UCLA Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering Department from 2002 to 2006.
Chih-Ming Ho - Ben Rich Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Chair
Professor Chih-Ming Ho holds the Ben Rich-Lockheed Martin Chair in Aeronautics, which
honors the late Ben R. Rich (MS ’50), one of the world’s leading aircraft engineering pioneers.
The chair was established to recognize a faculty member conducting advanced research in
aeronautics, including microelectromechanical systems. Ho is the Director of the NASA-funded
Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration at UCLA, an interdisciplinary center focused on
identifying, developing, and commercializing nano-, bio-, and information technologies for space
exploration. He is an internationally renowned researcher in bio-nano technology, micro/nano
fluidics, and turbulence. Ho was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering
and an Academician of Academia Sinica which honors scholars of Chinese origin with exceptional achievements
in liberal arts and sciences.
John Kim - Rockwell International Engineering Chair
Professor J. John Kim holds the Rockwell International Chair in Engineering, which was established
to support exceptional research and educational accomplishments in aerospace and
aeronautical engineering. Kim’s primary research interest is numerical simulation of transitional
and turbulent flows, physics and control of turbulent flows, and numerical algorithms for computational
science. He has been a pioneer in developing direct numerical simulations and large
eddy simulations as a reliable and respected tool for studying physics of turbulence. Kim has
been at the forefront of the application of a new cutting-edge approach to flow control. Kim is
a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and received a NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific
Achievement in 1985, the H. Julien Allen Award from NASA Ames Research Center in 1994, the Otto
Laporte Award from the American Physical Society in 2001, and the Ho-Am Prize in Engineering from the
Ho-Am Foundation in 2002.
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MAE outreach
SINAM: Exposing young minds to nanomanufacturing
The Center for Scalable and Integrated Nanomanufacturing
(SINAM), funded by the National Science Foundation,
is a Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center founded
in 2003 to establish a new manufacturing paradigm that
integrates an array of new nanomanufacturing technologies.
SINAM boasts an exceptional
team of scientists and engineers
from UCLA, UC-Berkeley, UC San
Diego, Stanford, University of North
Carolina Charlotte, and HP Labs.
Professor Adrienne Lavine, SINAM
Associate Director of Education and
Outreach, and KiMi Wilson, SINAM
Education Coordinator, have created
and implemented educational programs
in conjunction with SINAM’s
research. “We believe that exposing pre-college students
to engineering is essential to prepare a well educated diverse
workforce for careers in engineering over the next
10–20 years,” states Wilson.
One of SINAM’s educational programs is an exciting threeday
on-site photolithography experiment conducted with
middle and high school students. This experiment enables
students to fabricate and test their very own circuit board.
During the three-day collaborative experiment, students
are guided through the process of photolithography by
UCLA faculty and graduate students. The photolithography
module built on the successful efforts of CNSI’s
Outreach Program, spearheaded by Sarah Tolbert. “The
experiment is a wonderful hands-on project for students
James Jenkins (Graduate Mentor) and
Jmar Akai Montgomery (SINAM NMSA Participant)
Tino Mingori reaches out to local schools
Tino Mingori
Mechanical and Aerospace Professor
Emeritus D. Lewis (Tino) Mingori, the
first in his family to attend college, is
reaching out to students at his former
high school and middle school.
A graduate of Hamilton High School in
Los Angeles, Mingori was inspired by
his upcoming 50th reunion to visit the
campus.
He recalled, “My parents did not complete high school, but
they always encouraged me to study hard. My teachers
at Louis Pasteur Jr. High (now the Los Angeles Center
for Enriched Studies) and at Hamilton High provided the
knowledge and guidance that brought a university education
within reach. That education began in 1956 when I
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where they see that they really get to make something,
which is the essence of engineering,” states Lavine.
Another educational program is SINAM’s Nanomanufacturing
Summer Academy (NMSA), which provides
undergraduates from various universities
an opportunity to conduct
research in nanomanufacturing
for eight weeks with distinguished
SINAM faculty. The primary goal
of NMSA is to prepare, motivate,
and encourage students to pursue
graduate study in engineering. Hugo
Chiquito, a 2007 NMSA participant
and a Cal State L.A. senior mechanical
engineering student states, “My
research experience here at UCLA with the SINAM program
was incredible. I love the faculty here; my mentor
was accessible and supportive of my research ideas. It was
a privilege being here.”
For Fall 2007, SINAM plans to unveil its new program
for middle and high school students called NanoXperience,
where students will come to the UCLA campus
and explore photolithography, meet faculty, and visit labs.
Also, the SINAM scholars program will build on the work
of NMSA by giving undergraduates an opportunity to
conduct research with faculty during the academic school
year. SINAM is poised to make an impact on increasing
the diversity of engineering one student at a time.
enrolled as a freshman in engineering at UCLA.”
Last fall, Mingori began tutoring students at Hamilton in
math once per week, working with a few students on each
visit. Soon after, he also began tutoring at the Los Angeles
Center for Enriched Studies (LACES).
“In addition to working with the students on their math,
I’m encouraging them to consider attending college and
perhaps studying engineering or science,” Mingori said.
“It’s very rewarding—I feel like I’m making a difference at
a critical time in these students’ lives. At the end of the
semester, one of the students sent an email stating, ‘You
helped me accomplish my goal.’”
- Marlys Amundson | Photo: UCLA Photography

Supermileage Vehicle team takes sixth
The UCLA Supermileage Vehicle team continued its goal of
pushing the limits of fuel efficiency with its 2007 vehicle. Supermileage
is a collegiate design project organized by the Society of
Automotive Engineers. Teams design and build single person,
highly fuel efficient vehicles and compete in a fuel-mileage-based
competition. UCLA Supermileage, in its second year of existence,
competed in the SAE Supermileage competition and the first ever
Shell Eco-Marathon America.
While competing in the first Shell Eco-Marathon America in April,
UCLA took 8th place, reaching 824 mpg. At the SAE Supermileage
competition in June, UCLA took 6th place in mileage with 832
mpg. These performances represent an improvement of over
300% from the efficiency of the 2006 vehicle.
UCLA Supermileage founders and project managers Michael
Raymond and Brian Wilhelm along with sub assembly leaders Ben
Pagliuso and Ed Fong, became the first alumni of the team. Losing
four of the team’s seven core members (when they graduated in
2007) will surely be felt by next year’s team which has already
begun designing the team’s third car. President Brett Rosenthal,
Internal Vice President Jordan Chase, and External Vice President
Alex Chapman hope to break 1000 mpg and recruit a new freshman
class that will keep the team running for years to come.
– Brett Rosenthal
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(clockwise from top) UCLA Supermileage Vehicle team; #19 racing down the track; #19 takes 6th place; #19 with hood off; and being placed on.
Students learn real-world fluid mechanics in race
Every year, teams of
students in Prof. Pirouz
Kavehpour’s Fluid Mechanics
and Aerodynamics
Laboratory (157A)
design and build a boat
to compete in a race at
the end of the quarter.
This year, teams were instructed to create boats with
biologically-inspired propulsion systems. No propellers
were allowed; instead, teams used fins, flippers, and tails to
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power their boats up and
down the length of a 20’
x 10’ pool. In addition to
the challenge of designing
unconventional methods
of locomotion, teams
also had to contend with the difficulties that come when
converting designs and theory into actual, working boats.
Despite these obstacles, the students
enthusiastically dove in and produced
six swimming boats that were ready
to compete by race day.
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UCLA Design/Build Fly team takes ninth
The Los Blue Angeles, UCLA’s entry into the 2006-2007
Design/Build/Fly (DBF) competition, placed 9th of 36
teams at the fly-off in Tucson, Ariz., the weekend of April
20, 2007. The DBF, hosted by the American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Cessna Corp., and
Raytheon Missile Systems, is an annual contest that aims to
provide undergraduates with the opportunity to engage
a real-world design problem. Student teams from across
the globe must design and manufacture a radio-control
airplane to meet given performance specifications, as well
as submit an accompanying 60-page design report.
Improved construction methods were instrumental to
the UCLA team’s 9th place ranking, the best finish a
UCLA DBF team has ever had in the contest. Equally
critical to the team’s success was a much-improved design
report score, which ranked 11th among the teams that
participated in the April fly-off. At the 2005-2006 DBF,
UCLA finished 24th overall with a report score ranked
20th of a field of 49.
Although high final ranking is a great achievement in itself,
the DBF contest provides the additional benefit of challenging
undergraduates to take the description of a desired
product from design to manufacture to implementation.
This introduces students to the difficulties of team building,
resource management, and fundraising—problems that
are less technical in nature, but are equally important.
The contest rules, which change each year, also allow
students to test for themselves the theoretical knowledge
from their classes.
Certainly, senior members must draw upon lessons
learned in MAE 154S (Flight Mechanics, Stability, and
Control of Aircraft) to effectively size the aircraft’s wing
UCLA DBF team members complete the fuselage
skinning. From left to right, Kevin Archibald (junior,
chief design engineer), Matt Wong (junior), and Eric
Chrisman (sophomore, project manager).
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and empennage for the prescribed missions. To support
the associated aerodynamic loads, other team members
must then utilize their understanding of the behavior of
various materials and structures. Knowledge gained from
such classes as MAE 101 (Statics and Strength of Materials)
and MAE 166A (Analysis of Flight Structures) allows
both younger and older students to assist in the structural
design of the wings and fuselage. Thus, the project enables
undergraduates at different points in their college education
to make useful contributions.
– Gerard Toribio
The UCLA DBF
contest aircraft
completes the
360-degree loop
required by the
flight pattern.
UCLA DBF team members pose with the airplane after the
contest in Arizona. Top (left to right): Tom Wiltse (soph), Jeff
Jonokuchi (soph), Gaurav Bansal (frosh), Eric Chrisman (soph,
project manager), Alex Kroll (junior), Matt Wong (junior), Ian
Schultz (soph). Bottom (left to right): Viet Nguyen (junior), Alex
Capecelatro (frosh), Jerry Huang (junior), Sara Wales (junior), Kevin
Archibald (junior, chief design engineer), Gerard Toribio (junior).

UCLA’s Mars Rover Challenge takes third at competition
Andrew arrived at 3am Saturday, June 1st, and stayed
up all night preparing the rover. Andrew and
his brother rendezvoused with one of the
judges at 7am, who led them from the hotel
to the MDRS site. Upon arrival, Andrew’s
brother began a frantic setup operation of
the equipment while Andrew did his best
to prep and debug the communications and
control systems. The competition time slot
rolled around at 8am, and the rover met
with mixed results. 45 minutes into the run, after the
rover had been responding to all commands, the rover
UCLA Battlebots
ASME has competed in Combat Robotics events for the
last two years and grown dramatically as a result. In 2006,
we sent one robot to ROBOGAMES in San Francisco,
competing against many of the same robots that were
famous on the original BattleBots TV show.
In 2007, we competed with three:
Our featherweight (30lb) team was composed
of engineers Mike Elbogen, Chris
Coffman, and Tom Wiltse – none of whom
had much, if any, experience in robotics.
They designed and built a wedge-lifter that
won its first fight at ROBOGAMES. The bot,
“BruClaw”, survived vicious hits by hammers
and blades that ripped sections of Lexan armor
off, but it returned from the event in complete running
condition.
The lightweight (60lb) robot “UBRuined” was built by returning
member Robert Glidden, and competed at COM-
UCLA Mini-Baja
Unlike many years in the past, UCLA’s Society of Automotive
Engineers experienced zero mechanical problems
and finished their day with their car intact. Scores for the
days events were: 57th for acceleration, 46th for hill climb,
43rd for maneuverability, and 39th for rock
crawl. The competition concluded with the 4
hour endurance race. With 101 cars on the
track all at once, the day proved exciting and
unpredictable. The course featured many
drop offs, jumps, downhill slaloms, and full
speed straight-aways; it was not uncommon
to see cars flying through the air, hitting tree
branches, spinning off course, or landing on
their roofs. The UCLA vehicle proved extremely reliable
after the first hour and a half. After changing drivers, the
car began having fuel delivery problems due to a torn
o-ring in the gas line. After resolving some of these
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unexpectedly shut down.
There was one more event to compete in.
After rebuilding the rover no fewer than 6
times, Andrew and his brother got it working
in time to compete in a second run, which
was successful. The day ended with the
awards ceremony, where the judges awarded
points for missions completed, as well as their
impressions of the teams. Andrew was honored
to receive a personal invitation to join
the Mars Society’s Engineering Team.
– Andrew Boggeri
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BOTS. A shell-spinner with steel claws, it won its first
fight by KO, delivering a single jarring blow that knocked
its opponent’s electronics loose. It subsequently lost to
a flamethrower that shot a 6-foot flame into UBRuined’s
vulnerable underside.
Returning from 2006 was ASME’s flagship
robot, the middleweight (120lb) “DracU-
CLA”, designed by returning member Jeff
O’Donohue. After a complete redesign
from the 2006 version, the 2007 DracUCLA
sported a front-mounted steel drum 50%
larger and heavier than the previous year’s
one. DracUCLA took the most abuse in the
arena by far, absorbing hits that flung it several feet in the
air and coming back for more. Even a bent weapon axle
did not prevent it from fighting, and it came back from
ROBOGAMES in running condition.
-Rob Glidden
issues, the team also noticed some welds beginning to
crack and some bolts becoming loose in the suspension
systems. These were fixed quickly enough and the car
was able to get back on the course. The final problem
that ended the day proved to be a bit ambiguous:
broken parts within the belt clutch
prevented the car from climbing hills, but
did not cause problems on flat ground. The
problem wasn’t diagnosed until the judges
black flagged the team for having to be
helped up hills too many times, and with that
the day ended. UCLA SAE clocked about
2 and a half hours on the track, which was
good enough for 46th place. All together they scored
496 out of a possible 1000 points, and placed 47th overall
out of 101 entries.
-Nick Herron
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Audrey Pool O’Neal
Audrey Pool O’Neal / Photo: UCLA Graduate Quarterly
Audrey Pool O’Neal was just 14 when she built a truss
out of balsa wood that held 80 pounds of bricks. Her
I-beam design “wasn’t the most aesthetically pleasing—
the others were much prettier,” she admits, “but my truss
held the most bricks.” As a result, she won first prize for
her project in a Purdue University program for promising
high school students. The rest—her college degree, a job
at General Motors, a PhD in engineering at UCLA, and
her work in a program much like the one in which she
excelled—all of that became more or less inevitable.
Audrey went home to Inkster, Michigan, knowing what
she wanted to be when she grew up. “The only thing that
wavered was what kind of engineer I would be,” she says.
Ironically, perhaps, it was a teacher of English rather than
science or mathematics who set Audrey on her course.
Deciding that Audrey “should be an engineer,” Martha
Petroski not only arranged the Purdue opportunity but
two summers later sent Audrey off to the University of
Wisconsin for a similar but more intensive and longer
program.
Audrey turned down a subsequent scholarship from
Wisconsin to accept an offer from the General Motors
Institute (now Kettering University), a small private college
that provided plenty of face time with professors and was
less than two hours from home. For five years, Audrey
studied mechanical engineering for 12 weeks, then worked
12 weeks in GM’s Powertrain division, which designs and
manufactures engines and automatic transmissions for all
GM products. Her thesis involved a simplified process for
welding high carbon steel directly with low carbon steel
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to make a material that was both hard and flexible.
Where she grew up, just about everyone worked for one
of the automakers. “Many, many family members [including
her father] worked for Ford,” she says, “so I was going to
be the rebel and go to GM.” Her father had his revenge,
however. “To make sure I didn’t forget where I came
from,” she says, “when I graduated from high school, he
bought me a brand new Ford, which I had to drive to the
GM lot every day.”
After she got her bachelor’s degree, Audrey continued
working at GM for more than a decade. In 1996, GM
sent Audrey to UCLA for a master’s degree in Mechanical
Engineering, specializing in fluid mechanics, preparing her to
work on “the engine side” of its operations. Audrey didn’t
go back, however, but stayed on for doctoral studies.
In the next few months, she’ll receive her PhD in mechanical
engineering. Working in the Multifunctional
Composites Lab, Audrey has developed a way to embed
a nanocomposite barium titanate into the materials used
to build machines that need capacitors to store and then
release power. Barium titanate is a dielectric ceramic
material, which does not conduct electricity but has the
ability to support an electrostatic field while dissipating
minimal energy in the form of heat. Structures built using
her material won’t need separate capacitors— “You could
save the weight and embed that functionality into the skin
of an aircraft, for example,” she explains.
Engineering may be her oldest love. “I always liked taking
things apart and putting them back together, even before I
realized there was a field of engineering,” she says. “Sometimes
I’d get it right and sometimes not exactly.”
Her newest love is teaching. There’s “that light bulb moment,”
she says, “when you look at the face of a student
and see that they get it. There’s something about that I
enjoy too much”—at least too much to go back to GM
or any job in industry. Instead, she’d “like to help students
become engineers.” While she finishes her dissertation
work, she’s been getting some practice in that arena at
UCLA’s Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity
(CEED), which offers a variety of pre-college programs to
orient K-12 students toward engineering and computing,
as well as undergraduate programs and services focused
on the personal, academic, and career development of
economically disadvantaged and underrepresented Engineering
and Computer Science students at UCLA.
-- Jacqueline Tasch, UCLA Graduate Quarterly

The Darfur stove
Brian Y. Tachibana (BS ‘03, mechanical engineering)
has spent nearly three months in Khartoum, Sudan’s
capital, helping to develop fuel-efficient cooking stoves
for the internally displaced people living in the refugee
camps. As project engineer for an international volunteer
collaborative effort, Tachibana is
responsible for on-site production of
the cook stoves.
“I feel very fortunate that I have the
freedom, both financially and personally,
to participate in a project like this, an
extremely worthwhile cause,” he said.
“My first responsibility was to oversee
the manufacturing and distribution of 50
metal cook stoves, which are currently
being used and evaluated by some of
the displaced people.”
The Darfur conflict, an ongoing armed conflict in the
Darfur region of western Sudan, has led to the deaths
of more than 400,000 people, and more than 2.2 million
people have been forced from their homes and now live
in refugee camps.
These camps, scattered across Darfur, are
in areas that have limited wood available
for fuel. This shortage requires women
and children in the camps to go farther
and farther from camp to find wood
for cooking, putting them at increased
danger of attack.
Nearly all of the Darfur refugees cook on
three-stone fires, which require twice as
much firewood as the new metal stoves,
according to the Lawrence Berkeley
National Lab researchers. The more efficient
metal stoves, which use the same fuel, pots,
and cooking methods used by those in the camps, would
reduce the amount of fuel needed, and also help ensure
that refugee families would have less need to trade or sell
limited food rations to purchase wood for fuel.
Feedback from those using the stoves in the camps will
allow the team to address any technical or usability issues
before moving forward with production of 5,000 stoves
early next year.
“I live and work in CHF International’s compound, so my
work day tends to run from when I wake up to when I
go to sleep,” explained Tachibana. “When I first arrived,
my days were almost completely filled with hunting down
materials and information, identifying appropriate workshops,
coordinating manufacturing activities, etc. Evenings
were spent processing the information, exchanging details
with the team, and planning for the next day.”
Brian Y. Tachibana
Women living in refugee camps
in Darfur are shown how to use
the new metal cookstoves.
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Following distribution of the first 50 stoves in the camps,
Tachibana’s focus has shifted to working on program
details and managing the team’s activities in Darfur.
“In the U.S. you can usually answer a question by hopping
on Google, shooting off an e-mail, or placing a phone
call,” Tachibana said. “Khartoum is still a place where
good, old-fashioned legwork reins supreme. Persistency
is also important. On more than one
occasion I’ve been told that certain
things can’t be done or certain things
aren’t available just to realize I was
asking the wrong person or the wrong
question.”
Ken P Chow, engineering project manager
for Engineers Without Borders
- San Francisco Professionals, noted,
“Brian’s been doing a super job for the
project. Everyone from our project
leader - Ashok Gadgil - to the CHF-Sudan country director
has been very impressed with him. The progress of the
project has been exceptional once he arrived in Sudan.”
Although the project takes most of Tachibana’s time, he
has found time for fun, as well. “NGO employees seem
to be a pretty hard working bunch, but I have found
myself involved in some unexpected
leisure activities, including Salsa lessons
from a Sudanese instructor who lived in
Cuba, happy hours at the U.S. Embassy’s
Recreational Facility, and ‘lawn’ tennis on
dirt courts.”
UC Berkeley Professor Ashok Gadgil and
Christina Galitsky, a principal research
associate at Lawrence Berkeley National
Lab, were the driving forces behind the
project. The cook stove’s design was
further improved in a class taught by Gadgil,
one similar to UCLA’s mechanical project
design course (162B). Engineers Without Borders - San
Francisco later reworked the design for manufacturability
in Sudan.
“This project fits into my vision for my engineering career,”
reflected Tachibana. “As much as I can control it, I’d like
to continue working on projects that I have a personal
connection to or that I feel are helping the world. I’ve
noticed that I tend to draw the deepest satisfaction from
situations like that.”
The Darfur cook stoves project is sponsored by CHF
International (http://www.chfhq.org/). Lawrence Berkeley
National Lab and Engineers Without Borders-San
Francisco Professionals are providing engineering and
fundraising support in the States.
For more about the stoves and the project, please visit
http://darfurstoves.lbl.gov/.
-- Marlys Amundson | Photos CHF International.
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Alumni and Student News
Tak-Sing Wong, a Ph.D.
candidate in the Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering
Department of UCLA, has
been awarded a prestigious
Intel Foundation Ph.D. Fellowship
for the academic year
2007–08. The Intel Foundation
Ph.D. Fellowship Program is
a highly competitive program
with approximately 40 fellowships awarded nationwide
per annum. This year, there were 140 finalists from 23
participating universities and 30 students were selected
from 14 universities.
The Program awards two-year fellowships to Ph.D. candidates
pursuing leading-edge work in fields related to
Intel’s business and research interests. Fellowships are
available at select U.S. universities, by invitation only, and
focus on Ph.D. students who have completed at least
one year of study.
Kancy K. Lee has been awarded
the 2007 Harry Showman Prize from
UCLA. The prize is awarded to
“those who most effectively communicate
the achievements, research,
results or social significance of any
aspect of Engineering to a student
audience, the engineering professions,
or the general public”. Kancy
has been working in Laurent Pilon’s
lab as an undergraduate student
researcher. She is continuing for her
PhD next academic year.
Marianne So is the first
recipient of the MAE Spirit
Award. This award was
inspired by her exuberance
and dedication to the
students, faculty, and staff
of MAE, and all her efforts
to make MAE a community.
Marianne graduated in June
2007. On behalf of the MAE
Department and the Honors and Awards Committee,
we congratulate Marianne So on being the first recipient
of this award!
A. Marm Kilpatrick BS ‘95 had his paper, “Predicting the
global spread of H5N1 avian influenza,” published in the
December 19, 2006 issue of PNAS. Because of his findings,
he was interviewed on NPR and ABC News, and was
featured in a New York Times article, “Scientists Criticize
Bird Flu Search,” in the December 4, 2006 issue.
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Engineering student organizations for generations to come
will benefit from the newly established Richard Gay
Endowment Fund for Student Projects. The fund honors
three-time alumnus Richard Gay (BS ’73, MS ’73, PhD
’76), a tireless supporter of engineering student organizations
at UCLA.
Each year, dozens of UCLA engineering groups receive financial
support from the Alumni Fund for Student Projects.
This new fund will provide much-needed supplementary
support for engineering student activities and allow additional
students to gain hands-on engineering experience
through extracurricular activities.
“Our engineering student organizations offer a variety of
ways for our students to gain real-world experience in
design, project management, and teamwork,” said UCLA
Engineering Dean Vijay K. Dhir. “This endowment will
provide critical support to our students.”
The Jonathan David Wolfe
Memorial Endowed Undergraduate
Scholarship in Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering
was established by the Wolfe
family to honor Jonathan Wolfe,
a three-time mechanical and
aerospace engineering alumnus
(BS ’94, MS ’94, PhD ’01).
“His life was closely intertwined
with UCLA – he was a part
of the School for nearly half
of his life,” recalled his mother, Elaine Wolfe. “After he
graduated, he worked in Professor Jason Speyer’s lab
as a researcher. He loved UCLA – and he really loved
learning new things. We hope the scholarship will help
students to pursue their dreams and continue despite any
financial difficulty.”
Three of Chih-Ming Ho’s students were in the news.
Chien Sun received the Best Ph.D. Award from the
BME Dept. Tak-Sing Wong was a awarded a prestigious
Intel Foundation Ph.D. Fellowship (see top left paragraph).
Robert Lam, an undergraduate working in Prof. Ho’s
lab, received a 5-year scholarship from Northwestern
University.
The student winners of the 2006-2007 HSSEAS Student
Awards were Kancy Kitshan Lee (BS), Elena Adriana
Garcia (BS), Carlos Castrejon Jr (BS), Qian
(Nataly) Chen (BS), Jian Gong (PhD), Efren Vasquez
(BS), Hann-Shin Mao (BS), Takane Usui (BS), Juliett
Davitian (MS), Kevin Christopher Chu (MS), Jason
Robert Marden (PhD), and Ratnesh Kumar Shukla
(PhD).

Industrial Advisory Board
MAE’s Industrial Advisory Board met in the Rice Room
on 5/25/07, to discuss MAE’s plans for the next few years.
Attending from industry were John Armenian (TechFinity),
Rick Baker (Lockheed Martin), Gaurang Choksi (Intel),
Natalie Crawford (RAND), Patrick Fitzgerald (Raytheon),
Dan Goebel (JPL), Wayne Goodman (Aerospace Corporation),
Jason Hatakeyama (The Boeing Company),
Asad Madni (Crocker Capital), Roger Murry (Honeywell
Engines, Systems & Services), Kevin Petersen (NASA
Dryden Flight Research Center), Shawn Phillips (Air Force
Research Laboratory/Propulsion Space Engine), and Munir
Sindir (Pratt Whitney), Chair of the Board. Attending from
UCLA were William Goodin (UNEX), Vijay Dhir (Dean of
the School), Adrienne Lavine (Chair of the MAE Dept.),
and Profs. Karagozian, M’Closkey, Zhong, and Carman of
the MAE Dept. Student groups were also in attendance.
Topics of discussion included: graduate and undergraduate
programs; Industrial Affiliates program; student society
projects; systems engineering; and faculty recruitment.
Alumni Advisory Board
ADVISoRy BoARDS
CURRENT PARTNERSHIPS
• Aerospace Corporation
• BEI Technologies
• Boeing
• Capstone Turbine
• Conoco Philips
• Crocker Capital
• Honeywell Engines
• Intel
• JPL
• Lockheed Martin
• NASA
• Northrop Grumman
• Pratt & Whitney
• RAND Corporation
• Raytheon
• TechFinity
• USAF
The MAE Alumni Advisory Board advises the department on curriculum and alumni issues. Since many of the board
members are recent alumni, their comments on specific courses have been helpful to the chair and vice chair for undergraduate
studies. They also provided feedback on the new on-line MS degree, with respect to how it may be relevant
to their own careers, and their companies’ support for it.
June 6, 2007 meeting: First Row, Marianne So (Honeywell),
Michelle Yi (Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems), Christine
Garity (HDR Architecture, Inc.), Margaret Motagally (HDR
Architecture, Inc.), Cathy Leong (Boeing); Second Row, Robert
Glidden, Garett Chang (B&M Racing & Performance Products),
William R. Goodin (Chair, Department Liaison, UCLA Engineering
Alumni Association), James Sharp (SySense), Greg Glenn
(SySense), Alex Diaz (Boeing), Nathan Kwok (C&D Zodiac),
Prof. Bob M’Closkey, Eliza Sheppard (Northrop Grumman Space
Technology), David Lee (Northrop Grumman Space Technology),
Prof. Adrienne Lavine.
Not pictured: Enrique Baez, Jr. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Myles Baker (M-4 Engineering, Inc.), Karen Baumgartner (Raytheon Space and
Airborne Systems), Jennifer Bursch (Boeing), Jeff DeFazio (Northrop Grumman Space Technology), Vincent Gau (GeneFluidics), Alfredo Lopez
(Boeing), David H. Miller (General Motors Advanced Technology Center), Yuri Nosenko (ExxonMobil Refining and Supply), Charisse Pua
(United Technologies), Kirk A. Williams (Accenture Financial Services).
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Faculty Engineering
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DyNAMICS
Oddvar O. Bendiksen
FLUID MECHANICS
Classical and computational aeroelasticity,
structural dynamics and
unsteady aerodynamics.
Associate Fellow, AIAA, 1995
James S. Gibson
Control and identification of
dynamical systems. Optimal and
adaptive control of distributed
systems, including flexible structures
and fluid flows. Adaptive filtering,
identification, and noise cancellation.
Jeff. D Eldredge
Fluid mechanics and acoustics, interaction
of fluid flow and sound, control
of acoustically-driven instabilities, and
fluid particle-based computational
techniques.
Ann R. Karagozian
Fluid mechanics of combustion systems,
with emphasis on acoustically
controlled reacting flows, detonation
phenomena, high speed combustion
systems, and microgravity combustion.
Fellow, AIAA, 2004
Fellow, American Physical Society, 2004
H. Pirouz Kavehpour
Microfluidics and biofluidics, biofuel
cells, cardiovascular flow, complex fluids,
interfacial physics, micro-tribology,
non-isothermal flows, drug delivery
systems, and artificial organs.
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Daniel C. H. Yang
Robotics and mechanisms; CAD/
CAM systems, computer controlled
machines.
Fellow, ASME, 2007
John Kim
Numerical simulation of transitional
and turbulent flows, turbulence and
heat-transfer control, numerical algorithms
for computational physics.
Fellow, American Physical Society, 1989
Owen I. Smith
Combustion and combustion-generated
air pollutants, hydrodynamics
and chemical kinetics of combustion
systems, semi-conductor chemical
vapor deposition.
Xiaolin Zhong
Computational fluid dynamics, hypersonic
flow, hypersonic boundary
layer stability and transition, numerical
simulation of transient hypersonic
flow with nonequilibrium real gas
effects, numerical simulation of micro
two-phase flow, MHD control of
hypersonic boundary layers, highorder
numerical methods for flow
simulation.
Associate Fellow, AIAA, 2004

HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
Mohamed A. Abdou
Fusion, nuclear, and mechanical
engineering design, testing, and system
analysis; thermomechanics; thermal
hydraulics; neutronics, plasma-material
interactions; blankets and high heat flux
components; experiments, modeling
and analysis.
Fellow, American Nuclear Society, 1990
Associate Fellow, TWAS, 1989
Ivan Catton
Heat transfer and fluid mechanics,
transport phenomena in porous media,
nucleonics heat transfer and thermal
hydraulics, natural and forced convection,
thermal/hydrodynamic stability,
turbulence.
Fellow, ASME, 1989
Fellow, American Nuclear Society, 1999
Vijay K Dhir
Two-phase heat transfer, boiling and
condensation, thermal and hydrodynamic
stability, thermal hydraulics of
nuclear reactors, microgravity heat
transfer, soil remediation.
Member, National Academy of Engineering,
2006
Fellow, ASME, 1989
Fellow, American Nuclear Society, 1997
Y. Sungtaek Ju
Micro- and nanoscale thermosciences,
energy, bioMEMS/NEMS, nanofabrication.
H. Pirouz Kavehpour
Microfluidics and biofluidics, biofuel
cells, cardiovascular flow, complex fluids,
interfacial physics, micro-tribology,
non-isothermal flows, drug delivery
systems, and artificial organs.
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Adrienne Lavine
Thermal control of nanoscale manufacturing,
thermomechanical behavior
of shape memory alloys, thermal
aspects of manufacturing processes including
machining and plasma thermal
spray, natural and mixed convection
heat transfer.
Fellow, ASME, 1999
Anthony F. Mills
Convective heat and mass transfer,
condensation heat transfer, turbulent
flows, ablation and transpiration cooling,
perforated plate heat exchangers.
Laurent G. Pilon
Radiation transfer, biomedical optics,
photobiological hydrogen production,
energy conversion, foam, nanoporous
media.
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MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN
Mohamed A. Abdou
Fusion, nuclear, and mechanical
engineering design, testing, and system
analysis; thermomechanics; thermal
hydraulics; neutronics, plasma-material
interactions; blankets and high heat flux
components; experiments, modeling
and analysis.
Fellow, American Nuclear Society, 1990
Associate Fellow, TWAS, 1989
Gregory P. Carman
Electromagnetoelasticity models,
piezoelectric ceramics, magnetostrictive
composites, characterizing thin
film shape memory alloys, fiber optic
sensors, design of damage detection
systems for structures.
Fellow, ASME, 2003
Rajit Gadh
Radio frequency identification (RFID),
middleware for RFID networks, wireless
internet of artifacts, RFID in supply
chain/logistics/manufacturing, reconfigurable
wireless network sensors, wireless
internet architectures for enterprise,
wireless multimedia - video/imaging/
graphics, digital rights management for
multimedia content, CAD/visualization.
Nasr M. Ghoniem
Damage and failure of materials in
mechanical design; mechanics and physics
of material defects (point defects,
dislocations, voids and cracks); material
degradation in severe environments (e.g.
nuclear, fusion, rocket engines, etc.);
plasma and laser processing; materials
non-equilibrium, pattern formation and
instability phenomena; radiation interaction
with materials (neutrons, electrons,
particles, laser & photons).
Fellow, American Nuclear Society, 1994
Fellow, ASME, 2006
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H. Thomas Hahn
Nanocomposites, multifunctional composites,
nanomechanics, rapid prototyping,
information systems, nanolithography,
energy harvesting/storage structures.
Fellow, ASME, 1993
Fellow, American Society for Composites
1996
Y. Sungtaek Ju
Micro- and nanoscale thermosciences,
energy, bioMEMS/NEMS, nanofabrication.
Daniel C. H. Yang
Robotics and mechanisms; CAD/CAM
systems, computer controlled machines.
Fellow, ASME, 2007
Tsu-Chin Tsao
Modeling and control of dynamic
systems with applications in mechanical
systems, manufacturing processes,
automotive systems, and energy
systems, digital control; repetitive and
learning control, adaptive and optimal
control, mechatronics.

MEMS AND NANoTECHNoLoGy
Gregory P. Carman
Electromagnetoelasticity models, piezoelectric
ceramics, magnetostrictive composites,
characterizing thin film shape
memory alloys, fiber optic sensors,
design of damage detection systems for
structures.
Fellow, ASME, 2003
Yong Chen
Nanofabrication, nanoscale electronic
materials and devices, micro-nano
electronic/optical/bio/mechanical
systems, ultra-scale spatial and temporal
characterization.
Pei-Yu Chiou
Biophotonics, nanophotonics, BioMEMS/
NEMS, electrokinetics, microfluidics and
biofluidics, guided self-assembly, high
throughput single cell analysis.
Vijay Gupta
Experimental mechanics, fracture of engineering
solids, mechanics of thin films
and interfaces, failure mechanisms and
characterization of composite materials,
ice mechanics.
Fellow, ASME, 2005
Chih-Ming Ho
Molecular fluidic phenomena, nano/
micro-electro-mechanical-systems, direct
handling of macro molecules, bio-nano
technologies, DNA based micro sensors.
Member, National Academy of Engineering,
1997
Fellow, American Physical Society, 1989
Fellow, AIAA, 1994
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Y. Sungtaek Ju
Micro- and nanoscale thermosciences,
energy, bioMEMS/NEMS, nanofabrication.
H. Pirouz Kavehpour
Microfluidics and biofluidics, biofuel
cells, cardiovascular flow, complex fluids,
interfacial physics, micro-tribology, nonisothermal
flows, drug delivery systems,
and artificial organs.
Chang-Jin Kim
Microelectromechanical systems
(MEMS), surface-tension-based
microactuation, nanotechnology for
surface control, microdevices including
microfluidic applications, full spectrum of
micromachining technologies.
Laurent G. Pilon
Radiation transfer, biomedical optics,
photobiological hydrogen production,
energy conversion, foam, nanoporous
media.
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STRUCTURAL AND SoLID MECHANICS
Oddvar O. Bendiksen
Classical and computational aeroelasticity,
structural dynamics and
unsteady aerodynamics.
Associate Fellow, AIAA, 1995
Gregory P. Carman
Electromagnetoelasticity models,
piezoelectric ceramics, magnetostrictive
composites, characterizing thin
film shape memory alloys, fiber optic
sensors, design of damage detection
systems for structures.
Fellow, ASME, 2003
Nasr M. Ghoniem
Damage and failure of naterials in
mechanical design; mechanics and physics
of material defects (point defects,
dislocations, voids and cracks); material
degradation in severe environments (e.g.
nuclear, fusion, rocket engines, etc.);
plasma and laser processing; materials
non-equilibrium, pattern formation and
instability phenomena; radiation interaction
with materials (neutrons, electrons,
particles, laser & photons).
Fellow, American Nuclear Society, 1994
Fellow, ASME, 2006
Vijay Gupta
Experimental mechanics, fracture of engineering
solids, mechanics of thin films
and interfaces, failure mechanisms and
characterization of composite materials,
ice mechanics.
Fellow, ASME, 2005
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H. Thomas Hahn
Nanocomposites, multifunctional
composites, nanomechanics, rapid
prototyping, information systems, nanolithography,
energy harvesting/storage
structures.
Fellow, ASME, 1993
Fellow, American Society for Composites
1996
William Klug
Computational structural and solid
mechanics, computational biomechanics,
and micro/nanomechanics of biological
systems.
Christopher Lynch
Ferroelectric materials including experimental
characterization of constitutive
behavior under multiaxial loading.
Ajit K. Mal
Mechanics of solids, fractures and failure,
wave propagation, nondestructive
evaluation, composite materials,
structural health monitoring, biomechanics.
Fellow, ASME, 1994
Fellow, American Academy of Mechanics,
1994
Fellow, International Society for optical
Engineering, 2005

SySTEMS AND CoNTRoL
James S. Gibson
Control and identification of
dynamical systems. Optimal and
adaptive control of distributed
systems, including flexible
structures and fluid flows.
Adaptive filtering, identification,
and noise cancellation.
Robert T. M’Closkey
Nonlinear control theory and
design with application to
mechanical and aerospace
systems, real-time implementation.
Jeff S. Shamma
Feedback control and systems
theory.
Fellow, IEEE, 2006
Jason Speyer
Stochastic and deterministic optimal
control and estimation with
application to aerospace systems;
guidance, flight control, and flight
mechanics.
Member, National Academy of Engineering,
2005
Life Fellow, IEEE, 2004
Fellow, AIAA, 1985
Tsu-Chin Tsao
Modeling and control of dynamic
systems with applications in
mechanical systems, manufacturing
processes, automotive systems,
and energy systems, digital control;
repetitive and learning control,
adaptive and optimal control,
mechatronics.
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Kono, Lance Facilities Manager
Lebon, Abel Student Affairs Officer
Lozano, Miguel Senior Laboratory Mechanician
Padilla, Alicia Fund Manager
Shatto, David Administrative Assistant
Terranova, Marcia Academic Personnel/Payroll
Tran, Vivien Administrative Assistant
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Graduates 2006-2007
Commencement, June 2007.
Ali Ahmed Abou-Sena: “Experimental
Measurements of the Effective Thermal
Conductivity and Interface Thermal Conductance
of a Lithium Ceramic Pebble Bed”
(Prof. Abdou)
Ibrahim Ali Odeh Al-Shyoukh: “Online-
Information-Based Learning and Decision
Making under Uncertainty” (Prof. Shamma)
Gokcay Altin: “Damping Properties of
Terfenol-D Composites” (Prof. Carman)
Zhiyong An: “Numerical and Experimental
Studies on Thermal Deformation of Ceramic
Breeder Pebble Systems” (Prof. Abdou)
Arnaud Benahmed: “Band-Gap Assisted
Surface Plasmon Sensing” (Prof. Ho)
Branden Brough: “Molecular Mechanics:
The Integration of Synthetic and Natural
Molecules into Nanomechanical Systems”
(Prof. Ho)
Grayson Bush: “The Influence of Effective
and Magnetoelectric Coupling on the Elastic
and Wave Mechanics of Linear Multiferroic
Continua” (Prof. Carman)
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DoCToR oF PHILoSoPHy
Fardad Chamran: “Fabrication of Three-
Dimensional Microbatteries” (Prof. C.J. Kim)
Chang-Hwan Choi: “Nanoengineered
Surfaces: Design, Fabrication, and Applications
to Microfluidics and Tissue Engineering”
(Prof. C.J. Kim)
Eric Gans: “Characterizing Ni-Mn-Ga Bulk
and Composites for Actuation and Damping”
(Prof. Carman)
Benjamin Zed Hayes: “Experimental
Study of the Effect of Channel Orientation
and Flow Oscillations on Nucleate Boiling
Heat Transfer and the Critical Heat Flux”
(Prof. Dhir)
Ming-Tsung Hung: “Heat Transport in
Polymer Thin Films for Micro/Nano-Manufacturing”
(Prof. Ju)
Amit Jain: “Strength/Moisture Relationship
for Interfaces and Joints for Robust Prediction
of Reliability” (Prof. Gupta)
Jason Robert Marden: “Learning in
Large-Scale Games and Cooperative Control”
(Prof. Shamma)
Pawel Konrad Orzechowski: “High-
Performance Adaptive Control of Optical
Jitter in Laser Beam Systems” (Profs. Gibson
and Tsao)
Sung Sik Park: “Magnetic Nanocomposites:
A New Synthesis Method and Microwave
Absorption Properties” (Prof. Hahn)
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Pei-Wen Seah: “Because We Are Egocentric”
(Prof. Shamma)
Tadej Semenic: “High Heat Flux Removal
Using Biporous Heat Xenon Flashlamp
Induced Oxygen Fluorescence” (Prof. Catton)
Ratnesh Kumar Shukla: “Effect of
Brownian Motion on Thermal Conductivity of
Nanofluids” (Prof. Dhir)
Werayut Srituravanich: “Plasmonic
Nanolithography” (Prof. Zhang)
Xiaoyong Su: “On the Creation of Radio
Frequency Identification (RFID) Based
Automatic Identification and Data Capture
Infrastructure” (Prof. Gadh)
Junqing Wang: “Linear Time Varying
Repetitive Control and its Applications” (Prof.
Tsao)
Xiaowen Wang: “Numerical Simulations
of Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Stability and
Receptivity” (Prof. Zhong)
Jia Yan: “On the Design of Deviation-Function
Based Gerotors-Theory and Algorithm”
(Prof. Yang)

Graduates 2006-2007 MASTER oF SCIENCE
Commencement, June 2007.
M.S.
Thesis Plan
Marcus George: Closed Loop Control
of Transverse Jet Instabilities (Prof.
M’Closkey)
Nathan Kwok: Resistance Heating For
Self-Healing Composites (Prof. Hahn)
Satyashree Srikanth: Peptide-Based
Capture Probe To Detect Bacteria (Prof.
Ho)
Jonathan Gordon Sugar: Photovoltaic
Performance of Amorphous Silicon
Flexible Solar Modules under Mechanical
Loading (Prof. Hahn)
Commencement, June 2007.
M.S.
Comprehensive Exam Plan
Angel Cortez Aleman (Prof. Hahn)
Omar Sabah Alquaddoomi (Prof.
Zhong)
Hamarz Aryafar (Prof. Kavehpour)
Adam Baker (Prof. Speyer)
Natasha Christine Barra (Prof. Abdou)
Ethan Andrew Baumann (Prof. Speyer)
Leiana Michele Brito (Prof. Eldredge)
Michael Andrew Calkins (Prof. Eldredge)
Anthony Sean Chen (Prof. Mal)
Ken Jian Chen (Prof. Tsao)
Wai Ho Chu (Prof. Tsao)
Kevin Christopher Chu (Prof. Tsao)
Juliett Davitian (Prof. Karagozian)
Ian Brady Dunbar-Hall (Prof. Speyer)
Michael Cheng Feng (Prof. Carman)
Ed Fong (Prof. Smith)
Samuel Edgar Glidden (Prof. Frazzoli)
Wen Guo (Prof. Abdou)
Anna Haudenschild (Prof. Hahn)
Sally Hoo (Prof. Ju)
David Samuel Hu (Prof. Mal)
Soojung Hur (Prof. Pilon)
Dane Allen Johnson (Prof. Carman)
Benjamin Gregory Kalenik (Prof. Mal)
Konstantinos George Karpodinis (Prof.
Ju)
Genevieve Victoria Kayat (Prof. Karagozian)
Chad Scott Lillian (Prof. J. Kim)
Christopher Lim (Prof. Tsao)
Michael Jonathan Lopez (Prof. Catton)
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Kevin Lu (Prof. Kavehpour)
Hiram Lucena (Prof. Gibson)
Kristen Samuel Magowan (Prof. Gibson)
Daniel P. McDonald (Prof. Gibson)
Kenneth McKell (Prof. Shamma)
Paul Coleman Merrill (Prof. Pilon)
Salman Monirabbasi (Prof. Gibson)
David Andrew Musgrove (Prof. Frazzoli)
David Nguyen (Prof. Ghoniem)
Vasile Nistor (Prof. Carman)
Jason Marcus Nunez (Prof. Bendiksen)
Sang-Joon Park (Prof. Abdou)
Kenneth Howard Parker (Prof. Eldredge)
Katherine Pensader (Prof. M’Closkey)
Saul Perez (Prof. Hahn)
John Thomas Rieman (Prof. Shamma)
Albert Joseph Robinson (Prof. Eldredge)
Thomas James Ronacher (Prof. Eldredge)
Michael Edward Rynne (Prof. Bendiksen)
Karin H. Salha (Prof. Yang)
Piyush Sharma (Prof. Dhir)
Teruaki Shimojo (Prof. M’Closkey)
Ann Stephanie Shreck (Prof. Gibson)
Jason Yu-Hene Siu (Prof. Zhong)
Michelle Alice Styczynski (Prof. Carman)
Yu Tajima (Prof. Abdou)
Junichi Takeuchi (Prof. Abdou)
Benjamin Tam (Prof. Yang)
Jonathan Andrew Tesch (Prof. M’Closkey)
Yuk Hay Tham (Prof. Gibson)
Cynthia Aylan Thung (Prof. Gadh)
Ryan Michael Tiraschi (Prof. Ju)
Felipe Torres (Prof. Klug)
Sean Michael Tully (Prof. Zhong)
Santi Udomkesmalee (Prof. Bendiksen)
Pedran Vaghefinazari (Prof. Shamma)
David Wei-Min Wang (Prof. Zhong)
Kenneth Wei (Prof. Zhong)
Andrew Otto Weil (Prof. Bendiksen)
Jason Tomas Wilson (Prof. Tsao)
William Warren Wood (Prof. Chen)
Biao Zhou (Prof. Yang)
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32
Publications
Journal Articles
Fluid Mechanics
He, X. and Karagozian, A.R., “Pulse Detonation Engine
Simulations with Alternative Geometries and Reaction
Kinetics,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, vol. 22, no.
43, pp. 852-861, July 2006.
Eldredge, J. D., ``Numerical simulations of undulatory
swimming at moderate Reynolds number,” Bioinspiration
& Biomimetics, vol. 1, 2006.
Eldredge, J.D., “Numerical Simulation of the Fluid Dynamics
of 2D Rigid Body Motion with the Vortex Particle
Method,” Journal of Computational Physics, vol. 221, no.
6, pp. 626-648, 2007.
Eldredge, J.D., “The Dynamics and Acoustics of Viscous
Two-Dimensional Leapfrogging Vortices,” Journal of Sound
and Vibration, vol. 301, no. 7, pp. 74-92, 2007.
Alves, L.S. de B., Kelly, R.E., and Karagozian, A.R., “Local
Stability Analysis of an Inviscid Transverse Jet,” Journal
of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 581, no. 44, pp. 401-418, 2007.
K. Lu, E. E. Brodski, and H. P. Kavehpour, “Shear-weakening
of the transitional regime for granular flow,” J. Fluid
Mech., vol. 587, no. 7, pp. 347-372, 2007.
H. Aryafar and H. P. Kavehpour, “Electrocoalescence,”
Phys. Fluids, vol. 19, no. 8, 2007.
Bhaganagar, K., Coleman, G. and Kim, J., “Effect of roughness
on pressure fluctuations in a turbulent channel flow,”
Phys. Fluids, vol. 19, no. 76, 2007.
Kim, J. and Bewley, T.R., “A Linear Systems Approach to
Flow Control,” Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech., vol. 39, no. 75, pp.
383-417, 2007.
Zhong, X., “A New High-Order Immersed Interface
Method for Solving Elliptic Equations with Imbedded Interface
of Discontinuity,” Journal of Computational Physics,
vol. 225, no. 28, pp. 1066-1099, 2007.
Tumin, A., Wang, X. and Zhong, X., “Direct numerical
simulation and the theory of receptivity in a hypersonic
boundary layer,” Physics of Fluid, vol. 19, no. 29, pp. 1-14,
2007.
Shukla, R.K. and Zhong, X., “Very high-order compact finite
difference schemes on non-uniform grids for incompressible
Navier-Stokes,” Journal of Computational Physics, vol.
224, no. 30, pp. 1064-1094, 2007.
Heat and Mass Transfer
Smolentsev, S., Morley, N., Abdou, M., “Magnetohydrodynamics
and Thermal Issues of the SiCf/SiC Flow Channel
Insert,” Fusion Science & Technology, vol. 50, no. 254,
pp. 107-119, July 2006.
Randrianalisoa, J., Baillis, D., and Pilon, L., “Modeling
Radiation Characteristics of Semitransparent Media
Containing Bubbles or Particles,” Journal of the Optical
Society of America A, vol. 23, no. 21, pp. 1645-1656, July
2006.
Yin, J. and Pilon, L., “Efficiency Factors and Radiation
Characteristics of Spherical Scatterers in an Absorbing
Medium,” Journal of the Optical Society of America - A,
vol. 23, no. 22, pp. 2784-2796, November 2006.
Randrianalisoa, H., Baillis, D., and Pilon, L., “Improved
Inverse Method for Radiative Characteristics of Closed-Cell
Absorbing Porous Media,” Journal of Thermophysics and
Heat Transfer, vol. 20, no. 23, pp. 871-883, December
2006.
Kim, D.S., Dutton, B.C., Hrma, P.R., and Pilon, L., “Effect
of Furnace Atmosphere on E-Glass Foaming,” Journal of
Non-Crystalline Solids, vol. 352, no. 24, pp. 5287-5295,
December 2006.
Abou-Sena, A., Ying, A., Abdou, M., “Experimental Measurements
of the Effective Thermal Conductivity of a
Lithium Titanate (Li2TiO3) Pebbles-Packed Bed,” Journal
of Materials Processing Technology, vol. 181, no. 256, pp.
206-212, 2007.
An. Z, Ying, A., Abdou, M., “Numerical Characterization of
Thermo-Mechanical Performance of Breeder Pebble
Beds,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. , no. 257, pp.
1-18, 2007.
Son, G., Dhir, V.K., “Three Dimensional Simulation of
Salinated Filan Boiling on a Horizontal Cylinder,” International
Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. , no. 134,
2007.
Li, D., Dhir, V.K., “Numerical Study of a Single Bubble
Sliding on a Downward Facing Heated Surface,” Journal
of Heat Transfer, vol. 129, no. 135, pp. 877-883, 2007.
Li, D., Dhir, V.K., “Numerical Study of Single Bubble Dynamics
During Flow Boiling,” Journal of Heat Transfer, vol.
129, no. 136, 2007.
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Son, G., Dhir, V.K., “A Level Set Method for Analysis of
Film Boiling on an Immersed Solid Surface,” Numerical
Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, vol. 52, no. 137,
2007.
Shukla, R., Dhir, V.K., “Effect of Brownian Motion on
Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids,” Journal of Heat
Transfer, vol. 129, no. 132, 2007.
Wu, J., Dhir, V.K., Qian, J., “Numerical Simulation of
Subcooled Nucleate Boiling by Coupling Level Set Method
with Moving Mesh Method,” Numerical Heat Transfer, Part
B: Fundamentals, vol. 51, no. 133, 2007.
Mills, A.F.,Comment on “Navier Stokes Revisited,” no. 83,
2007.
Hung, M.T. and Ju, Y.S., “Process Dependence of the
Thermal Conductivity of Image Reversal Photoresist Layers,”
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, vol.
25, no. 27, pp. 224-228, 2007.
Garahan, A., Pilon, L., Yin, J., “Effective Optical Properties
of Absorbing Nanoporous and Nanocomposite Thin Films,”
Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 101, no. 25, pp. 014320-
1-014320-9, January 2007.
Altin, G., Carman, G.P., Henry, C.P., Ho, K.K., “Static
properties of crystallographically aligned terfenol-D/polymer
composites,” Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 101, no.
82, pp. 033537-033543, February 1, 2007.
Lee, D.G., Shin, D.D., Carman, G.P., “Large flow rate/high
frequency microvalve array for high performance actuators,”
Sensors and Actuators A-Physical, vol. 134, no. 83,
pp. 257-263, February 29, 2007.
Smith, K.D, Katika, K.M., and Pilon, L., “Maximum Time-
Resolved Hemispherical Reflectance of Absorbing and
Isotropically Scattering Media,” Journal of Quantitative
Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, vol. 104, no. 26, pp.
384-399, April 2007.
Katika, K.M. and Pilon, L., “Feasibility Analysis of an
Epidermal Glucose Sensor Based on Time-Resolved
Fluorescence,” Applied Optics, vol. 46, no. 27, pp. 3359-
3368, June 2007.
Manufacturing and Design
Yan, J., Tong, S.H. and Yang, D.C.H., “On The Generation
of Analytical Noncircular Multi-lobe Internal Pitch Pairs,”
no. 54, December 2006.
Hu, Q., Ghoniem, N.M., and Walgraef, D., “Influence of
Substrate-Mediated Interactions on the Self-Organization
of Adatom Clusters,” Physical Review B, vol. 75, no. 178,
2007.
V. Yong and H.T. Hahn, “Moisture Absorption Modeling
Using Design of Experiments,” Journal of Applied Polymer
Science, vol. 103, no. 134, pp. 1539-1543, 2007.
Y. Chang, Y. S. Ahn, H. T. Hahn, and Y. Chen, “Sub-micrometer
patterning of proteins by electric lithography,”
Langmuir, vol. 23, no. 36, pp. 4112-4114, March 15,
2007.
Harish Ramamurthy, B. S. Prabhu, Rajit Gadh and Asad
Madni, “Wireless Industrial Monitoring and Control using
a Smart Sensor Platform,” IEEE Sensors Journal, 7(5),
611-618, May 2007.

MEMS and Nanotechnology
Moon, H., Wheeler, A., Garrell, R., Loo, J., and Kim, C.J.,
“Integrated Digital Microfluidic Chip for Multiplexed Proteomic
Sample Preparation and Analysis by MALDI-MS,”
Lab on a Chip, vol. 6, no. 44, pp. 1213-1219, July 2006.
Tsai, J., Chen, F., Nelson, S., and Kim, C.J., “Selective
Surface Treatment of Micro Printing Pin and Its Performance,”
Applied Physics Letters, vol. 89, no. 48, pp.
083901-083903, August 2006.
Yi, U.-C., and Kim, C.J., “Characterization of Electrowetting
Actuation on Addressable Single-Side Coplanar Electrodes,”
J. Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 16,
no. 45, pp. 2053-2059, August 2006.
Choi, C.H., Ulmanella, U., Kim, J., Ho, C.M., and Kim, C.J.,
“Effective slip and friction reduction in nanograted Superhydrophobic
microchannels,” Physics of Fluids, vol. 18,
no. 46, pp. 087105-, August 2006.
Shen, W., Edwards, R. T., and Kim, C.J., “Electrostatically-Actuated
Metal-Droplet Microswitches Integrated on
CMOS Chip,” J. Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 15,
no. 47, pp. 879-889, August 2006.
Choi, C.H. and Kim, C.J., “Reply to Comment for Large
slip of aqueous liquid flow over a nano-engineered superhydrophobic
surface,” Physics Review Letters, vol. 97, no.
49, September 2006.
S. Patil, Q. Lai, F. Marchioni, M. Jung, Z. Zhu, Y. Chen,
and F. Wudl, “Dopant-configurable polymeric materials for
electrically switchable devices,” J. Mater. Chem., vol. , no.
38, pp. 4160-4164, September 7, 2006.
Choi, C.-H. and Kim, C.J., “Fabrication of Dense Array of
Tall Nanostructures over a Large Sample Area with
Sidewall Profile and Tip Sharpness Control,” Nanotechnology,
vol. 17, no. 50, pp. 5326-5333, October 2006.
Lu, Y.W. and Kim, C.J., “A Microhand for Biological Applications,”
Applied Physics Letters, vol. 89, no. 51, pp.
164101-164103, October 2006.
D. Choi, A. Fung, H. Moon, D. Ho, Y. Chen, E. Kan, Y.
Rheem, B. Yoo, N. Myung, “Transport of living cells with
magnetically assembled nanowires,” Biomed Microdevices,
vol. 9, no. 39, pp. 143-148, November 17, 2006.
Ok, J., Lu, Y.W., and Kim, C.J., “Pneumatically Driven
Microcage for Microbe Manipulation in a Biological Liquid
Environment,” J. Microelectromechanical Systems, vol.
15, no. 52, pp. 1499-1505, December 2006.
Lee, Y.K., Shih, C., Tabeling, P., and Ho, C.M., “Experimental
Study and Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Time-
Periodic Micro Chaotic Mixers,” J. Fluid Mech., vol. 575,
no. 103, pp. 425-448, 2007.
Lin, Y., Wong, T.S., Bhardwaj, U., Chen, J.M., Ho, C.M.,
and McCabe, E., “Formation of High Electromagnetic
Gradient through Particle-based Microfluidic Approach,”
Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 17,
no. 104, pp. 1299-306, 2007.
Brough, B., Christman, K.L., Wong, T.S., Kolodziej, C.M.,
Forbes, J.G., Wang, K., Maynard, H.D. and Ho, C.M.,
“Surface Initiated Actin Polymerization from Top-down
Manufactured Nanopatterns,” Soft Matter, vol. 3, no. 105,
pp. 541-546, 2007.
Benahmed, A., Lam, R., Rechner, N. and Ho, C.M., “Period
and Height Control during the Microcontact Printing
of Alkoxysilane for Optical Grating,” Journal of Microlithography,
Microfabrication, and Microsystems, vol. 6, no. 106,
2007.
Benahmed, A. and Ho, C.M., “Bandgap-Assisted Surface-
Plasmon Sensing,” Applied Optics, vol. 46, no. 107, pp.
3369-3375, 2007.
Hu, L., Gruner, G., Gong, J., Kim, C.J., and Hornbostel,
B., “Electrowetting Devices with Transparent Single-Walled
Carbon Nanotube Electrodes,” Applied Physics Letters,
vol. 90, no. 53, pp. 1-3, February 2007.
Ohta, T.A., Chiou, P.Y., Phan, H.L., Sherwood, S. W.,
Yang, J.M., Lau, A.N.K., Hsu, H.Y., Jamshidi, A., Wu, M.C.,
“Optically Controlled Cell Discrimination and Trapping
Using Optoelectronic Tweezers,” Journal of Selected
Topic in Quantum Electronics, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 235-243,
March 2007.
Choi, C.H., Hagvall, S., Wu, B., Dunn, J., Beygui, R., and
Kim, C.-J., “Cell Interaction with Three-Dimensional Sharp-
Tip Nanotopography,” Bimaterials, vol. 28, no. 54, pp.
1672-1679, March 2007.
He, R. and Kim, C.J., “On-Wafer Monolithic Packaging by
Surface Micromachining with Porous Polysilicon Shell,” J.
Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 16, no. 55, pp.
462-472, April 2007.
Cho, S. K., Zhao, Y., and Kim, C.J., “Concentration and
Binary Separation of Micro Particles for Droplet-Based
Digital Microfluidics,” Lab on a Chip, vol. 7, no. 56, pp.
490-498, April 2007.
Ohta, A.T., Chiou, P.Y., Wu, M.C., “Dynamic Microparticle
Control via Optoelectronic Tweezers,” Journal of Microelectromechanical
Systems, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 491-499,
June 2007.
X F Liang, Y Chen, L Shi, J Lin, J Yin, and Z G Liu, “Resistive
switching and memory effects of AgI thin film,” J. Phys.
D: Appl. Phys., vol. , no. 40, pp. 4767-4770, June 25,
2007.
Structural and
Solid Mechanics
Klug, W.S., Bruinsma, R.F., Michel, J.P., Knobler, C.M.,
Ivanovska, I.L., Schmidt, C.F., and Wuite, G.J.L., “Failure
of Viral Shells,” Physical Review Letters, 97, pp. 1-4,
2006.
Feng, F. and Klug, W.S., “Finite Element Modeling of
Lipid Bilayer Membranes,” Journal of Computational Physics,
220, pp. 394-408, 2006.
D. Shin, D. Lee, K. Mohanchandra, & G.P. Carman, “Thin
Film NiTi Microthermostat Array,” Sensors & Actuatorss
A, vol. 130-131, no. 77, pp. 37-41, August 2006.
Chatterjee, S., Chen, J., Lee, D.G., Lei, S., Ujihara, M.,
Carman, G.P., “Spray etching 2mu m features in 304
stainless steel,” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering,
vol. 16, no. 79, pp. 2585-2592, December
2006.
Panduranga, M.K., Shin D.D., Carman, G.P., “Shape
memory behavior of high temperature Ti-Ni-Pt thin films,”
Thin Solid Films, vol. 515, no. 80, pp. 1938-1941, December
5, 2006.
Chaplya, P.M., Mitrovic, M., Carman, G.P., Straub, F.K.,
“Durability properties of piezoelectric stack actuators under
combined electromechanical loading,” Journal of Applied
Physics, vol. 100, no. 81, pp. 124111-124124, December
15, 2006.
Gibbons, M.M. and Klug, W.S., “Mechanical Modeling of
Viral Capsids”, Journal of Materials Science, vol. 42, no.
2, pp. 8995-9004, 2007.
E. Bekyarova, E.T. Thostenson, A. Yu, H. Kim, J. Gao, J.
Tang, H.T. Hahn, T.W. Chou, M.E. Itkis, and R.C. Haddon,
“Multiscale Carbon Nanotube-Carbon Fiber Reinforcement
for Advanced Epoxy Composites,” Langmuir, vol. 23, no.
136, pp. 3970-374, 2007.
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Publications
Z. Guo, S. Park, H. T. Hahn, S. Wei, M. Moldovan, A. B.
Karki, and D. P. Young, “Giant Magnetoresistance Behavior
of an Iron/Carbonized Polyurethane Nanocomposite,”
Journal of Applied Physics Letters, vol. 90, no. 139,
2007.
H. Kim, H.T. Hahn, L.M. Viculis, S. Gilje, R.B. Kaner,
“Electrical Conductivity Of Graphite/Polystyrene Composites
Made From Potassium Intercalated Graphite,” Carbon,
vol. 45, no. 140, pp. 1578-1582, 2007.
Y. Chang, Y.S. Ahn, H.T. Hahn, and Y. Chen, “Sub-Micrometer
Patterning of Proteins by Electric Lithography,”
Langmuir, vol. 23, no. 135, pp. 4112-4114, 2007.
Z. Guo, S. Wei, B. Shedd, R. Scaffaro, T. Pereira, and H.
T. Hahn, “Particle Surface Engineering Effect on the Mechanical,
Optical and Photoluminescent Properties of ZnO/
Vinyl-Ester-Resin Nanocomposites,” Journal of Materials
Chemistry, vol. 17, no. 137, pp. 806-813, 2007.
G.C. Wu, J.M. Yang, and H.T. Hahn, “The impact Properties
and Damage Tolerance of Bidirectionally Reinforced
Fiber Metal Laminates,” Journal of Materials Science, vol.
42, no. 138, pp. 948-957, 2007.
Melissa M. Gibbons and William S Klug, “Nonlinear Finite
Element Analysis of Nanoindentation of Viral Capsids,”
Physical Review E, vol. 75, no. 8, pp. 1-11, 2007.
Banerjee, S., Ricci, F., Shih, F. and Mal, A.K., “Health
Monitoring of Composite Structures Using Ultrasonic
Guided Waves,” Advanced Ultrasonic Methods for Material
and Structure Inspection, vol. , no. 98, pp. 43-86,
2007.
Mal, A., Banerjee, S. and Ricci, F., “An Automated Damage
Identification Technique Based on Vibration and Wave
Propagation Data,” Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, vol. 365, no. 97,
pp. 479-493, 2007.
Systems and Control
Liberatore, S., Speyer, J.L., and Hsu, A.C., “Application of
a Fault Detection Filter to Structural Health Monitoring,”
Automatica, vol. 42, no. 126, July 2006.
Chichka, D.F., Speyer, J.L., Fanti, C., and Park, C.G.,
“Peak-Seeking Control for Drag Reduction in Formation
Flight,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics,
vol. 29, no. 127, pp. 1221-1230, September 2006.
Chen, R.H., Williamson, W.R., Speyer, J.L., Youssef, H.,
and Chowdry, R., “Optimization and Implementation of
Periodic Cruise for a Hypersonic Vehicle,” AIAA Journal
of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 29, no. 128,
September 2006.
Ng., H.K., Chen, R.H., and Speyer, J.L., “A Vehicle Health
Monitoring System Evaluated Experimentally on a Passenger
Vehicle,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems
Technology, vol. 14, no. 129, pp. 854-870, September
2006.
Perez Arancibia, Nestor O., Chen, Neil Y., Gibson, James
S., and Tsao, Tsu-Chin, “Variable-order adaptive control
of a microelectromechanical steering mirror for suppression
of laser beam jitter,” Optical Engineering, vol. 45, no.
44, pp. 1-12, October 2006.
Perez Arancibia, N.O., Chen, N., Gibson, J.S., and Tsao,
T.-C., “Variable-order Adaptive Control of a MEMS Steering
Mirror for Suppression of Laser Beam Jitter,” Optical
Engineering, no. 32, pp. 1-11, November 2006.
Williamson, W.R., Abdel-Hafez, M.F., Rhee, I., Song, E.J.,
Wolfe, J., Cooper, D., Chichka, D.F., and Speyer, J.L., “An
Instrumentation System Applied to Formation Flight,” IEEE
Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 15, no.
131, pp. 75-85, January 2007.
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34
Publications
Conference Papers
Fluid Mechanics
Davitian, J., Megerian, S., Alves, L., and Karagozian, A.R.,
“Control of Transverse Jet Shear Layer and Instabilities,”
AIAA Paper AIAA-2006-4976, 42nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/
ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 9.
2006.
Gaitonde, D., Kimmel R., Jackson, D. and Zhong, X., “CFD
Analysis in Development of Flight Test Article for Basic
Research,” AIAA paper 2006-8085, November 2006.
Zhong, X., “Numerical Simulation of Surface Roughness
Effects on Receptivity of Hypersonic Flow over Blunt
Cones,” AIAA paper 2007-0944, January 2007.
Rodriguez, J. I., Smith, O. I., and Karagozian, A. R.,
“Acoustically Coupled Droplet Combustion with Alternative
Fuels,” Paper G09, 5th U.S. National Combustion Meeting,
pp. 1-20, March 2007.
S. F. Rehman and J. D. Eldredge, “Numerical investigation
of a bias-flow perforated liner for damping of thermoacoustic
instabilities,” ASME Turbo Expo 2007, Montreal, pp.
1-10, May 2007.
J. Eldredge, D. Bodony and M. Shoeybi, “Numerical Investigation
of the Acoustic Behavior of a Multi-perforated
liner,” 13th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Rome,
pp. 1-12, May 2007.
Wang, X. and Zhong, X., “Numerical Simulation of Hypersonic
Boundary-Layer Receptivity to Two and Three-dimensional
Wall Perturbations,” AIAA paper 2007-0946,
June 2007.
Heat and Mass Transfer
Nakaharai, H., Takeuchi, J., Yokomine, T., Kunugi, T.,
Satake, S., Morley, N., Abdou, M., “Measurement of
Temperature Distribution of High Prandtl Number Fluid
Flow under High Magnetic Field,” 13th International Heat
Transfer Conference (IHTC), August 2006.
Ni, M., and Abdou, M., “Projection and SIMPLE-Type
Method for Unsteady Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations,”
13th International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC),
August 2006.
Semenic, T., Catton, I., “Boiling and Capillary Limit Enhancement
of a Heat Pipe Wick Using Biporous Capillary
Structure,” August 13, 2006.
Vadnjal, A., Catton, I.,, “Heat Removal Model for a Thin
Bi-porous Wick,” Proceedings of the IHTC-13, Sydney,
Australia, August 13, 2006.
Garahan, A., Pilon, L., Yin, J., and Saxena, I., “Optical
Properties of Nanocomposite Thin-films and Nanofluids,,”
ASME International Mechanical Congress and Exposition,
Chicago, IL, November 2006.
Manufacturing and Design
H. Seo, H.T. Hahn, and J.M. Yang, “Impact Damage
Tolerance and Fatigue Durability of GLARE Laminates for
Aircraft Structures,” Proc. 12th US-Japan Conference on
Composite Materials, September 2006.
El-Awady, J.A., Ghoniem, N.M., and Mughrabi, H., “Dislocation
Modeling of Localized Plasticity in Persistent Slip
Bands,” Proc. of the 136th TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition,
Materials Processing and Manufacturing Division
Symposium: Mechanics and Materials Modeling and
Materials Design Methodologies, 2007.
Xiaoyong Su, Chi-Cheng Chu, B.S. Prabhu, Rajit Gadh,
Brandi Schmitt, “SpecimenTrak: A Demonstration of the
Anatomical Specimen Tagging and Tracking,” University
of California, Los Angeles, UCLA-WINMEC, 24th Annual
Scientific Session of the American Association of Clinical
Anatomists, Las Vegas, Jun 17-20, 2007.
Rohit Chaudhri, Yang Yu, Silviu Chiricescu, Loren J. Rittle
(Motorola Labs, USA), Rajit Gadh (UCLA), “Mobile Device-
Centric Exercise Monitoring with an External Sensor
Population,” Intl Conference on Distributed Computing in
Sensor Systems (DCOSS), Poster presentation, DCOSS
‘07, Santa Fe, New Mexico. June 18-20, 2007.
MEMS and Nanotechnology
Ohta, A.T., Chiou, P.Y.,Jamshidi, A., Hsu, H.Y., Wu, M.C.,
“Optically Controlled Manipulation of Live Cells using Incoherent
Light Driven Optoelectronic Tweezers,” Proceedings
of SPIE-the International Society for Optical Engineering,
pp. 63261701-63261711, July 2006.
Theriot, J., Prakash, N., Mitsuyama, S., Ju, Y. S., and Toga,
A. W., “Application of a Semi-Transparent Multi-Electrode
Array to Examine the Coupling between Optical Intrinsic
Signals and Field Potentials in Rat Somatosensory Cortex,”
presented at Neuroscience 2006, Atlanta, GA, October 18,
2006.
Kim, J. and Ju, Y. S., “Characterization of the Viscosity
and Mass Diffusivity of Liquids Using Brownian Microscopy
of Microchannel Flows,” Proceedings of the 2006
ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and
Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, USA, November 2006.
Theriot, J., Prakash, N., Toga, A., and Ju, Y.S., “Development
of a Microfabricated Electrode Array Compatible with
in vivo Optical Imaging of Intrinsic Signals,” Proceedings
of the 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering
Congress and Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, USA, November
2006.
Gong, J. and Kim, C.J., “Real-Time Feedback Control of
Droplet Generation for EWOD Digital Microfluidics,” Proc.
Micro Total Analysis System, pp. 1046-1048, November
2006.
Jamshidi, A., Pauzauskle, P.J., Ohta, A.T., Chiou, P.Y.,
Hsu, H.Y., Yang, P., Wu, M.C., “Semiconductor Nanowire
Manipulation Using Optoelectronic Tweezers,” Proceedings
of IEEE 19th Annual International Conference on
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS ‘07), January
2007.
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Chamran, F., Min, H.S., Dunn, B., and Kim, C.J., “Zinc-Air
Microbattery with Electrode Array of Zinc Microposts,” IEEE
Conf. MEMS, pp. 871-874, January 2007.
Sen, P. and Kim, C.J., “A Fast Liquid-Metal Droplet Switch
Using EWOD,” IEEE Conf. MEMS, pp. 767-770, January
2007.
Yun, K.-S. and Kim, C.J., “Low-Voltage Electrosatic Actuation
of Droplet on Thin Superhydrophobic NanoTurf”,”
IEEE Conf. MEMS, pp. 139-142, January 2007.
Meng, D.S. and Kim, C.J., “Embedded Self-circulation of
Liquid Fuel for a Micro Direct Methanol Fuel Cell,” IEEE
Conf. MEMS, pp. 85-88, January 2007.
Hsu, H.Y., Ohta, A.T.,Chiou, P.Y., Jamshidi, A., Wu, M.C.,
“Phototransistor based optoelectronic tweezers for cell
manipulation in highly conductive solution,” in Proceedings
of IEEE International Conference on Solid-State Sensors,
Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers 2007), June
2007.
Shah, G.J., Pierstorff, E., Ho, D., and Kim, C.J., “Meniscus-
Assisted Magnetic Bead Trapping On EWOD-Based Digital
Microfluidics for Specific Protein Localization,” Proc. Int.
Conf. Solid State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems
(Transducers ’07), pp. 707-710, June 2007.
Structural and
Solid Mechanics
Bush, G. and Carman, G.P., “The Influence of Coupling in
the Propagation of Waves in Linear Ferroelectro-magnetic
Continua,” Proceedings of 5th International Conference on
Mechanics and Materials in Design, Porto, Portugal, July
24, 2006.
H. Kim, H.T. Hahn, L.M. Viculis, and R.B. Kaner, “Graphite
Nanoplatelet (GNP)/Polymer Nan composites based on
Potasium-Benzene-Intercalation Compounds,” Proc.
American Society for Composites, 21st Technical Conference,
September 2006.
Ho, K, Mohanchandra, K..P., and Carman, G.P., “Sputter
Deposition of Thin Film NiTi/Terfenol Multilaminates for
Vibration Damping,” International Confernece on Adaptive
Structures and Technologies, ICAST 2006, October
2006.
T. Duenas, E. Bolanos, E. Murphy, A. Mal, F. Wudl, C.
Schaffner, Y. Wang, H.T. Hahn, T.K. Ooi, A. Jha, and R.
Bortolin, “Multifunctional Self-Healing and Morphing Composites,”
Proc. 25th Army Science Conference, November
2006.
Carman, G.P., Lee, D.G., Tieck, R.M., “Electrical Energy
Harvesting Using a Mechanical Rectification Approach,”
Proceedings of IMECE2006 2006 ASME International
Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November
2006.
Z. Guo, S. Park, and H.T. Hahn, “Nanocomposite Fabrication
Through Particle Surface Initiated Polymerization,”
Proc. 26th American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual
Meeting, November 2006.

Z. Guo, X. Liang, B. Shedd, R. Scaffaro, and H.T. Hahn,
“An Investigation of Polymeric Nanocomposite: Surface
Functionalization and Nanofiller Effect,” Proc. 26th
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting,
November 2006.
Nistor, V., Allen B., Dutson E., Faloutsos P. and Carman
G.P., “Immersive training and mentoring for laparoscopic
surgery,” Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated
Systems 2007, pp. 1-11, 2007.
Kerrigan, C., Hok., Mohanchandra, K.P.,& Carman G.P.,
“Microscale damping using thin film active materials,” SPIE
Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated
Systems 2007, pp. 1-12, March 2007.
Y. Wang, E. Bolanos, F. Wudl, H.T. Hahn, and N. Kwok,
“Self-healing Polymers and Composites Based on Thermal
Activation,” Proc. of the SPIE, March 2007.
Z. Guo, S. Wei, S. Park, M. Moldovan, A. Karki, D. Young,
and H.T. Hahn, “An Investigation on Granular-Nanocomposite-Based
Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR) Sensor
Fabrication,” Proc. of the SPIE, March 2007.
Systems and Control
Perez Arancibia, N.O., Chen, N., Gibson, J.S., and Tsao,
T.C., “Adaptive Control of Jitter in Laser Beam Pointing
and Tracking,” SPIE Conference on Advanced Wavefront
Control, San Diego, CA, August 2006.
Rhoadarmer, T.A., Klein, L.M., Gibson, J.S., Chen, N., and
Liu, Y.T., “Adaptive Control and Filtering for Closed-loop
Adaptive-optical Wavefront Reconstruction,” SPIE Conference
on Advanced Wavefront Control, San Diego, CA,
August 2006.
Orzechowski, P. K. ; Tsao, Tsu-Chin; and Gibson, James
Steve, “109. The effect of computational delay on performance
of adaptive control systems,” American Society of
Mechanical Engineers, Dynamic Systems and Control
Division (Publication) DSC, Proceedings of 2006 ASME
International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition,
IMECE2006 - Dynamic Systems and Control
Division, pp. 1-7, November 2006.
Wilson, Jason T.; Lin, Chi-Ying; Tsao, Tsu-Chin, “Design
and control of a fast tool servo for boring engine piston pin
holes,” American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Dynamic
Systems and Control Division (Publication) DSC,
Proceedings of 2006 ASME International Mechanical
Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2006 - Dynamic
Systems and Control Division, pp. 1-6, November
2006.
Orzechowski, P.K.; Chen, C.; Gibson, S.; Tsao, TC.,
“Optimal Jitter Rejection In Laser Beam Steering with
Variable-Order Adaptive Control,” 45th IEEE Conference
on Decision and Control, pp. 2057-2062, December
2006.
Herrick, D., Orzechowski, P., Gibson, J.S., Tsao, T.C.,
Mahajan, M., and Wen, B., “An Alternative Beam Alignment
Approach for Tactical Systems,” Directed Energy Systems
Symposium: Beam Control Conference, DEPS, Monterey,
CA, March 2007.
Orzechowski, P.K., Gibson, S, Tsao TC., Herrick,
D.,Mahajan, M.; and Wen, B, “Adaptive suppression of
optical jitter with a new liquid crystal beam steering device,”
Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 6569, 65690V, May 2007.
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Books and
Book Chapters
Moon, H. and Kim, C.J., Chapter 15. Electrowetting:
Thermodynamic Foundation and Application to Microdevices,
Microfluidic Technologies for Miniaturized Analysis
Systems, 2007.
Xiaoyong Su, Chi-Cheng Chu, B. S. Prabhu, Rajit Gadh,
On the creation of Automatic Identification and Data
Capture infrastructure via RFID and other technologies,
The Internet of Things: from RFID to the Next-Generation
Pervasive Networked Systems, Lu Yan, Yan Zhang,
Laurence T. Yang, Huansheng Ning (eds.), Auerbach
Publications, Taylor & Francis Group, 24 pp. (accepted
Feb. 2007).
Swarup, A. and Speyer, J.L., Handling Partial and Corrupter
Information, edited by A. Kott and W.M. McEneaney,
Adversarial Reasoning, 2007.
Patents
Publications
Kim, C.J. and Gong, J., “Small Object Moving on Printed
Circuit Board, UC Case No. 2006-010-2”, U.S. Serial No.
60/702,367; UC Case No. 2006-010-2, July 26, 2006.
Carman, Gregory P., “Energy Harvesting Using Frequency
Rectification”, PCT/US2006/036708, September
2006.
C.J. Kim and J. Gong, “On-Chip Real-Time Feedback
Control for Electrical Manipulation of Droplets”, UCLA Case
No. 2007-244-1, U.S. Provisional Application No.
60/864,061, November 11, 2006.
P. Sen and C.J. Kim, “High-Speed Switching of Droplet by
Electric Meniscus Actuation”, UCLA Case No. 2007-386,
U.S. Provisional Application No., January 19, 2007.
C.J. Kim and K.S. Yun, “Low-Voltage Actuation of Fluid
Packets on Nano-Structured Surfaces”, UCLA Case No.
2007-387, U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/885,812,
January 19, 2007.
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Overview
Faculty and Staff
Ladder Faculty: 31
Joint Faculty: 3
Emeritus Faculty: 15
Adjunct Faculty: 8
Lecturers: 36
Research Staff: 26
Administrative Staff: 23
Research Facilities
Department contributes to three Research Centers:
CCC
CMISE
CNSI
SINAM
Laboratories and Research Groups: 32
Facilities square footage: 32,743 sq. ft.
Department square footage: 76,918 sq. ft.
State
$0.5M (2%)
Recognitions
Society Fellows: 23
CAREER or Young Investigator Awards: 9
NAE members:
Regular Faculty: 3
Affiliated Faculty: 2
Emeriti: 3
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Federal
$18.3M (72%)
University & Endowment
$2.4M (10%)
Publications
Journal Articles: 83
Conference Papers: 46
Books and Book Chapters: 3
Patents: 5
Fiscal Year 2006-2007 Sponsored Research Budget - Total $25M
(Fiscal year 2006-2007 Sponsored Research Expenditures - Total $13M)
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Undergraduate Students
Students Enrolled: 591
Applicants: 1953
Admitted: 471 (24%)
New Students Enrolled: 156 (33%)
Average Freshman GPA: 3.84/4.0
AE & ME Degrees Conferred 2006-2007
AE 05-06 06-07
ME 05-06 06-07
BS MS PhD
Totals: 123 69 24
Graduate Students
Students Enrolled: 239
Applicants (MS and PhD): 439
Admitted: 206 (47%)
New Students Enrolled: 92 (45%)
Average GPA: 3.40/4.0
Canada: 2
Overview
Graduate Enrollment for Fall 2006
By country of origin (120 total)
United States: 83
Taiwan: 5
Department Fellowships and Teaching Assistantships
Graduate Division $ 569,142.00
TA Funding $ 539,235.00
HSSEAS $ 176,000.00
Cota-Robles Fellowship $ 61,863.50
GOFP Fellowship $ 41,571.00
NSF Graduate Fellowship $ 38,285.56
Research Mentorship Prog. $ 25,785.50
Chancellor’s Prize Fellowship $ 10,000.00
Total $1,461,882.56
Iran: 3
Japan: 4
India: 5
The Department gratefully acknowledges the UC Atkinson Archives, UCLA Photography,
and the UCLA Office of External Affairs for permission to use many of the images in this report.
Design and layout by Alexander Duffy.
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South Korea: 7
China: 5
other: 6*
*(Brazil, France,
Hong Kong, Italy,
Lebanon, U.A.E.)
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G.4 EXTRAMURAL AWARDS THAT WERE ACTIVE IN 2006-07
(In reverse chronological order by start date)
MAE
Total Award
Request
Faculty PI Project Title
Environmental Characterization
Sponsor
Amount Start Date End Date
M'Closkey of Silicon Disk Resonator Gyro Boeing
Atomistic-Dislocation Dynamics
Modeling of Fatigue
$ 134,268 6/1/2007 12/31/2007
Microstructure and Crack USAF/Office of
Ghoniem Initiation
Optimization of Heat
Scientific Research $ 342,000 6/1/2007 5/31/2010
Catton Exchangers
Exploratory Experiments in the
Tribological Behavior of
Engineering Surfaces with
Nano-Coating Using a Tribo-
US Dept of Energy $ 488,015 6/1/2007 5/31/2010
Kavehpour Rheometer
Numerical Simulation of Pulse
Detonation Rocket-Induced
MHD-Elector (PDRIME)
Concepts for Advanced
Air Force $ 30,000 4/15/2007 3/31/2008
Karagozian Propulsion Systems
High-Cycle RF Switches with
EWOD-Driven Liquid-Metal
Air Force $ 47,062 4/1/2007 11/30/2007
Kim, CJ Interface
Reconfiguration of the UCLA
Navy $ 900,000 3/1/2007 10/25/2008
Kim, CJ Microhand as Artificial Hand
Nanoporous Pyroelectric
Materials for Direct Energy
IOS/NIH $ 30,035 3/1/2007 11/30/2007
Conversion of Waste Heat into U.S. Navy/Office of
Pilon Electricity
Career: Numerical
Naval Research $ 113,514 2/27/2007 5/31/2008
Investigations of Biological and National Science
Eldredge Bio-Inspired Locomotion
Numerical Simulation of
Hypersonic Boundary Layer
Receptivity, Transient Growth
Foundation $ 419,043 2/15/2007 1/31/2012
and Transition with Surface USAF/Office of
Zhong Roughness
Shear-Coaxial Jets in a
Transverse Acoustic Field at
Scientific Research $ 106,951 2/1/2007 11/30/2007
Karagozian High Pressures Air Force
UC Discovery Grant-
$ 92,229 2/1/2007 11/30/2008
GMR Sensor Based on Electron
Conductive Polymer
Manufacturing & New
Hahn Nanocomposite
GMR Sensors Based on
Conducting Polymer
Material $ 30,479 2/1/2007 1/31/2008
Hahn Nanocomposites
Design of Polyurea-Bonded
Quantumsphere, Inc. $ 37,210 2/1/2007 1/31/2008
Gupta Steel/E-Glass Composite Joints Navy $ 308,169 1/15/2007 1/14/2010
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under Dynamic and
Hygrothermal Loads
Time Resolved Photometric Diabetes Action
Device for Detecting and Research and
Pilon Monitoring Diabetes
Design of Artificial Hand for
Minimanipulation with visual
Education Foundation $ 15,000 1/1/2007 12/31/2007
Kim, CJ Feedback
Digital Microfluidic Systems for
IOS/NSF $ 20,000 1/1/2007 6/30/2007
Kim, CJ Roll-to-Roll Printing
EWOD-Driven Digital
Microfluidic Chip with Local
KIMM $ 1,300,000 1/1/2007 12/31/2015
Kim, CJ Temperature Control KITECH $ 77,467 1/1/2007 12/31/2007
WINMEC RFID Executive UC Discovery Grant-
Gadh Forum: Streamlining Business Digital Media
Numerical Investigations of
Transitional and Turbulent Flow
$ 15,000 1/1/2007 12/31/2007
Physics in Hypersonic NASA/Shared
Eldredge Boundary Layers
Services Center
Sandia National
$ 524,702 1/1/2007 12/31/2009
Abdou ITER Design/CFD Analysis
FEA Modeling and Modal
Testing for SIDRG Vibration
Laboratories $ 180,000 11/8/2006 10/31/2007
M'Closkey Sensitivity Study
A Phased Array Magnetometer
Boeing $ 35,000 11/1/2006 1/31/2007
Carman of Sensing IED
Integrating Collision Avoidance
and Tactical Air Traffic Control
Air Force $ 133,000 11/1/2006 10/30/2007
Speyer Tools
Collaborative Research:
Stanford/NASA $ 425,000 10/1/2006 9/30/2009
Adaptive Hierarchical Multiscale
Framework for Modeling the
Deformation of Ultra-Strong National Science
Ghoniem Nano-Structured Materials
The Center for Systemic
Foundation $ 199,000 10/1/2006 9/30/2009
Ho Control of Cyto-Networks NIH $ 1,069,450 9/30/2006 9/29/2011
Simulations of Turbulent Flows US/Department Of
with Strong Shocks and Density Energy/Chicago
Zhong Variations
Two-Phase Flow and Heat
Operations Office $ 147,000 9/15/2006 9/14/2008
Dhir Transfer in Offset Strip Fins
A Mechanistic Study of
Nucleate Boiling Heat Transfer
Honeywell $ 40,302 8/24/2006 6/29/2007
Dhir under Microgravity Conditions
On-Line System Identification
and Control Strategies for
Improving the Performance of
NASA $ 200,000 7/10/2006 7/9/2007
M'Closkey Inertial MEMS
A Joint Session of the 3rd US-
Korea Workshop on
Nanoelectronics & the 5th US-
Korea Workshop on
NSF $ 210,000 7/1/2006 6/30/2009
Nanostructured Materials & USAF/Office Of
Hahn Nanomanufacturing
Scientific Research $ 42,633 6/1/2006 11/30/2006
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Gadh
Developing a Compact
Piezoelectric Hydraulic Pump
for Aerospace Applications
UCLA-WINMEC Annual Forum
2006
Periodic Control of Turbulent
CA Space Grant
Foundation
UC Discovery Grant-
$ 100,000 6/1/2006 12/31/2007
Digital Media $ 15,000 5/23/2006 6/30/2007
Speyer boundary Layers
Alternative Supersonic-
Hypersonic Platforms for Air-
Launched Small Missile Flight
Air Force $ 479,510 5/15/2006 11/30/2008
Karagozian Testbed
Numerical Simulation of
Planetary Reentry Aeroheating
over Blunt Bodies with Non-
AERO Institute/NASA $ 170,000 5/1/2006 4/30/2008
Equilibrium Chemistry, California Space
Zhong Transpiration, and Ablation
Manufacturing and
Multifunctional Characterization
Grant Foundation $ 80,000 5/1/2006 12/31/2007
of Load Bearing Energy Univ. Washington/Air
Ju Harvesting Structures
Miniturized Platform for the
Force $ 986,125 5/1/2006 4/30/2011
Chen Detection of Toxin
Evaluation of Embedded Fiber
UCI/NIH $ 130,000 5/1/2006 4/30/2007
Bragg Sensors in Aerospace CA Space Grant
Carman Composite Structures
Survival and Reliability
Assessment of Chamber
Structure Materials for High-
Foundation $ 100,000 5/1/2006 12/31/2007
Average Power Laser Systems U.S. Navy/Office of
Ghoniem (HAPL)
Naval Research $ 533,250 4/21/2006 4/20/2009
Out of Autoclave Process Northrop Grumman
Hahn Development
Multiscale Modeling of the
Corp $ 40,000 4/1/2006 6/19/2007
Deformation of Advanced US/Dept of Energy-
Ferritic Steels for Generation IV Idaho Falls Operations
Ghoniem Nuclear Energy
Office $ 494,999 3/13/2006 3/12/2009
Experimental Wear Studies of Electric Power
Catton Foreign Objects
Development of Energy
Research Institute $ 230,205 3/1/2006 2/21/2008
Carman Harvesting Systems PowerMEMS $ 45,000 2/1/2006 2/1/2007
Engineering Biometric Corneal Northeastern
Kavehpour Constructs
Direct Numerical Simulation
and Experimental Validation of
Univ./NIH $ 49,253 1/23/2006 10/31/2009
Hypersonic Boundary-Layer USAF/Office of
Zhong Receptivity and Instability
Open-Loop and Closed-Loop
Testing of Packed and
Unpacked SIDRGs and
Characterization of Companion
Scientific Research $ 235,000 1/1/2006 12/31/2006
M'Closkey Accelerometer
Evaluation and Development of
Solid Freeform Fabrication
Boeing $ 158,211 1/1/2006 12/31/2006
Hahn Systems and Materials LION CHEMTECH $ 70,000 12/1/2005 11/30/2007
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Yang
3 Dimensional Nano-Scale
Reinforcement Architecture for
Advanced Composite
Structures: Process-Structure-
Property Relations
Subcount and Velocity Filtering
and Estimation for BEI/Newall
Carbon Solutions, Inc. $ 94,907 11/1/2005 10/31/2006
Linear Encoder BEI Technologies, Inc. $ 94,400 10/1/2005 12/31/2006
CFD-Based Nonlinear
Aeroelasticity with Large
Bendiksen Structural Motion
Distributed Adaptive Systems:
Feedback Control with
Shamma Evolutionary Games
Morphology of Colloidal Gas
Aphrons: Is There an Aqueous
Pilon Shell?
Jet Control Studies for UAV
Aerodynamic Control - Fellow:
Karagozian
NASA/Dryden Flight
Res Ctr $ 133,740 10/1/2005 9/30/2007
National Science
Foundation $ 239,997 9/15/2005 6/30/2007
American Chemical
Society $ 35,000 9/1/2005 8/31/2007
Juliett Davitian
ITR: Collaborative Research
NASA $ 48,000 9/1/2005 10/31/2007
Efficient Resource Management
for Controlled-Mobility Wireless
Frazzoli Networks
Demonstration of Air-Powered
Assist Engine Technology for
Clean Combustion and Direct
Univ. Illinois/NSF $ 170,000 9/1/2005 8/31/2007
Tsao Energy Recovery
Career: Synthesis,
Characterization and Modeling
of Closed-Cell Nanoporous
Mack Trucks/DOE $ 271,692 7/1/2005 11/30/2008
Pilon Media
Reliable RF Switches with
Electric-Field-Driven Liquid-
NSF $ 400,132 7/1/2005 6/30/2010
Kim, CJ Metal Droplets
Exploration and Control of
Transverse Jet Shear Layer
Navy $ 777,181 7/1/2005 2/28/2007
Karagozian Instabilities NSF
UC Discovery Grant-
$ 311,000 7/1/2005 6/30/2008
Gadh WINMEC RFID Industry Forum
Honeywell Engineering
Digital Media $ 15,000 7/1/2005 9/30/2006
Hahn Internship Program
Pacific-Southwest Center for
Biodefense and Emerging
Honeywell $ 525,000 6/13/2005 6/16/2008
Chen Infectious Diseases Research
Biomimetic Multifunctional
Composites for Autonomic
UCI/NIH $ 2,752,541 5/20/2005 4/30/2009
Hahn Aerospace Structures University of Illinois $ 465,215 5/15/2005 10/14/2007
Application of Flibe Chamber Sandia National
Abdou Clearing Data to Z-Pinch IFE
Control Theoretic Modeling for
Laboratories $ 190,000 5/10/2005 2/28/2007
Uncertain Cultural Attitudes and USAF/Office Of
Shamma Unknown Adversarial Intent Scientific Research $ 534,000 4/1/2005 11/30/2007
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Speyer
Chen
Chen
Frazzoli
Frazzoli
Frazzoli
Pilon
Ju
Hahn
Hahn
Chen
Shamma
Speyer
Carman
Gupta
Development of Nanoplatelet USAF/Office Of
Reinforced Composites (NRC)
Computational Methods for
Feedback Flow Controllers in
Scientific Research $ 428,174 4/1/2005 9/30/2007
Aerodynamic Applications
Nanoscale Configurable
Electronic Devices and Circuits
Clear Science Corp $ 231,653 3/15/2005 9/14/2007
from Organic Materials
Nanoscale Configurable
Electronic Devices and Circuits
UC Discovery $ 113,839 1/25/2005 1/24/2007
from Organic Materials
Cooperative Networked Control
of Dynamical Peer-to-Peer
Hewlett Packard $ 380,082 1/24/2005 1/24/2007
Vehicle Systems
Career: High-Confidence
Software for Embedded
Univ. Illinois/Air Force $ 155,957 1/1/2005 9/30/2007
Aerospace Systems
Career: High-Confidence
Software for Embedded
NSF $ 118,711 12/31/2004 6/30/2007
Aerospace Systems NSF $ 202,008 12/1/2004 6/30/2007
Biosolar Conversion of Carbon San Diego State
Dioxide into Hydrogen via University
Bacteria Embedded in Colloidal Foundation/California
Gas Aphrons
Characterization of Heat
Transport Properties of
Polymers for Nanoscale
Energy Commission $ 74,948 11/1/2004 8/31/2006
Thermal Processing
Air Transportation Center of
NSF $ 288,028 10/1/2004 9/30/2007
Excellence on Advanced U.S. DOT/Federal
Materials
Graduate Assistance in Areas
of National Need (GAANN)
Aviation Agency $ 225,584 9/1/2004 8/31/2007
Program of Mechanical U.S. Department of
Engineering
NIRT: Nanoscale
Electromolecular Lithography
Education $ 581,940 8/15/2004 8/14/2007
(NEL)
Designing Complex Adaptive
NSF $ 1,300,000 8/15/2004 7/31/2008
Systems Using Feedback U.S. Army Research,
Control for Learning in Washington D.C.
Multiagent Games
Flight Management of Air
Office $ 299,999 8/1/2004 7/31/2007
Vehicle Systems
Thin Film SMA/FSMA Passive
Damping Approaches for Micro
Systems in Phase Array
NASA $ 240,000 6/14/2004 1/14/2007
Antennas and Advanced
Construction, Mechanical
Characterization, and Reliability
of Steel E-Glass Composite
Sections Joined by
Elastrometric Polyurea
Army $ 225,001 5/15/2004 5/14/2007
Coatings Navy $ 300,002 3/15/2004 3/14/2007
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Catton
Use of Vaporization Heat
Transfer in Biporous Media to
Achieve High Heat Flux Over
Large Areas Navy $ 499,701 2/1/2004 12/31/2006
Carman Modeling Multiferroic Materials Air Force
Center for Scalable and
Integrated nano Manufacturing
$ 270,001 2/1/2004 1/31/2007
Zhang (SINAM)
Post CHF Heat Transfer and
NSF $ 13,638,803 10/1/2003 9/30/2008
Dhir Hydrodynamics
Development of Robust IFE
Purdue University $ 313,622 9/29/2003 7/31/2007
Laser Mirrors and Multi-Scale US/Department of
Modeling of Pulsed Radiation Energy/Chicago
Ghoniem Effects
A Stress Wave-Induced Direct
Pattern Transfer Procedure for
Efficient Manufacturing ICS and
Operations Office $ 256,000 8/15/2003 9/14/2007
Gupta MEMS Devices
Multiscale Modeling of
NSF $ 299,974 7/15/2003 6/30/2007
Deformation, Fracture and US/Department of
Failure of Fusion Materials and Energy/Chicago
Ghoniem Structures
Fault Detection, Identification,
Reconstruction and Fault
Tolerant Estimation for a
Operations Office $ 1,746,999 7/15/2003 11/14/2007
Speyer Satellite and Satellite Cluster
Adaptive Filtering and System
NASA $ 360,001 7/1/2003 12/31/2006
Gibson Identification
Micro-Engineered Surfaces for
Air Force $ 229,511 7/1/2003 12/31/2006
High Average Power Laser U.S. Navy/Naval
Ghoniem (HAPL) Chambers
Modeling the Deformation of
Research Laboratory $ 465,000 3/22/2003 9/30/2007
Nano-Layered Structures by USAF/Office of
Ghoniem Computer Simulations
Atmospheric Propagation of
High Energy Lasers: Modeling,
Simulation, Tracking, and
Scientific Research $ 359,999 1/3/2003 12/31/2006
Gibson Control
Center for Cell Mimetic Space
Air Force $ 8,005,219 12/26/2002 10/31/2007
Ho Exploration (CMISE) NASA $ 11,749,966 9/1/2002 8/31/2007
Nanocomposites for Structural USAF/Office of
Hahn Integrity
Flibe Thermofluid Flow
Scientific Research $ 557,465 8/1/2002 7/31/2006
Simulation and SIC System Oak Ridge National
Abdou Thermomechanics R&D
ITR/AP (MPS): Collaborative
Research on Large- Scale
Dislocation Dynamics
Simulations for Computational
Laboratory $ 978,189 11/15/2001 7/19/2007
Design of Semiconductor Thin National Science
Ghoniem Film Systems
High Voltage Generator
Engergized by a MEMS Based
Foundation $ 327,895 8/15/2001 8/31/2006
Ho Chemical-Thermal Reactor DOD $ 2,342,949 7/1/2001 1/31/2007
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Shamma
Abdou
Cooperative Control of
Distributed Autonomous
Vehicles in Adversarial USAF/Office of
Environments
Scientific Research $ 4,978,664 5/1/2001 10/31/2006
Predictive Capabilities, Analysis
& Experiments for Fusion
Chamber Technology: and
ITER R&D US Dept of Energy $ 22,057,158 11/1/1991 1/31/2008
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G.5 STRATEGIC PLANNING DOCUMENTS
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Strategic Plan
July 1, 2005
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Vision
Our vision is to be a world-class department in providing the highest quality education and
research in mechanical and aerospace engineering by forming partnerships with alumni, industry,
government, and parents. We seek to provide an environment where our faculty, students and
staff can realize their fullest potential.
Mission
Our mission is to educate the nation’s future leaders in the science and art of mechanical and
aerospace engineering. Further, we seek to expand the frontiers of engineering science and to
encourage technological innovation while fostering academic excellence and scholarly learning
in a collegial environment.
Objectives
1. Provide undergraduate students with a sound foundation in the fundamentals essential for
progress in science and engineering and for success in graduate school, industry,
government, or society in general.
a. Provide an appropriate balance of classroom, design, laboratory, and research experience.
b. Develop strong skills in written and oral communication.
c. Provide an educational base on which to build a habit of lifelong learning.
d. Instill a sense of the importance of professional integrity and public service.
2. Provide graduate students with the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of the engineering
sciences and develop the skills needed for independent research.
a. Develop the ability for independent and critical thinking.
b. Develop strong skills in written and oral communication.
c. Facilitate the ability to work on multidisciplinary research.
3. Build a research capability that is recognized nationally and internationally as a leading
source of technological innovation.
a. Identify promising areas for growth
b. Maintain vibrancy of areas that are currently strong.
4. Develop and maintain close ties with industry and government to promote technical
exchange and collaboration on projects with significant potential for future growth and value.
5. Develop a sense of community in which faculty, staff, and students can work together
productively and grow personally and professionally.
Strategies
Faculty and Research
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Our desire to move into the top 5 departments in the country makes it imperative to grow the size
of the department to 43 full time ladder faculty. This conclusion is based partially on the 03 US
News & World Report and comparing our departments to our peer institutions (see Figures 1 and
2). Considering our current faculty size of 30 members as of Fall 2005, we propose to hire
addtional 13 faculty members into our department. The addition of these 13 new faculty
members should be distributed between aerospace and mechanical engineering subdisciplines.
ME SCHOOLS Faculty
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 65
Stanford University (CA) 35
University of California–Berkeley 48
California Institute of Technology 14
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 54
University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 51
Cornell University (NY) 33 Combined with AE
Georgia Institute of Technology 80
Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN) 52
Princeton University (NJ) 30 Combined with AE
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 36
Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 23
Northwestern University (IL) 37
Penn State University–University Park 45
Figure 1. Mechanical Engineering graduate departmental rankings from high to low with the associated
number of faculty in each department (March 2004).
AE SCHOOLS Faculty
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 37
Stanford University (CA) 26
California Institute of Technology 11
Georgia Institute of Technology 46
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 20
Princeton University (NJ) Combined with ME (30)
Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN) 24
University of Texas–Austin 32
Cornell University (NY) Combined with ME (33)
University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 21
University of Maryland–College Park 24
Penn State University–University Park 15
Figure 2. Aerospace Engineering graduate departmental rankings from high to low with the associated
number of faculty in each department (March 2004).
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These subdisciplines are recommended on the basis of a number of factors including current
departmental strengths, UCLA location, and perceived long term vision of the UCLA campus.
Based on funding levels, the department enjoys significant activities in nuclear power, mechanics
of materials, MEMS, and controls. Thus it is imperative to hire and continue to build upon these
strengths to foster fundamental research activities within the department. In addition to these
strengths, UCLA is at the epicenter of the aerospace industry. As such we should take advantage
of this location and attempt to build a substantially stronger aerospace component in our
department than currently exists. The suggestion of building a substantially larger aerospace
department is further supported by the fact that the University of California system does not have
an accredited aerospace department in the top 10 aerospace graduate ranking categories. It is
noted that UC Berkley is ranked in the top 10 aerospace graduate programs; however, they do
not offer accredited degree in this discipline. Finally, based on recent California State Initiatives
associated with the UC campuses, it is perceived that the future efforts should also focus on both
bio and nano type of research activities. In the following paragraphs we outline suggested hiring
areas as well as a timetable to add the 13 additional faculty suggested in this document. A
summary of these suggestions are provided in Figure 3. It is important to realize that the hiring
areas are thought to represent general guidelines and should not be considered as constraints
imposed upon the dynamic events that surround faculty hiring, especially at the full professor
levels.
Area No. of Hires Timeline
Energy
Renewable energy resources
Energy for deep space
Aerospace
UAV
Deep space exploration
Multi-scale Science
From nano to macro
1
1 Senior
1 Senior / 1 Junior
1 Senior / 1 Junior
2 Senior / 1 Junior
Year 1*: 1 Senior
Year 2: 1
Year 1: 1 Senior
Year 2: 1
Year 1: 1 Senior
Year 2: 1**
Biosciences 1 Senior / 1 Junior Year 1: 1 Senior
Year 2: 1**
Areas of Opportunity 2
Total 13 (6 Senior / 4 Junior / 3 Unspecified) Year 1: 4 Senior
Year 2: 3
Year 3: 3
Year 4: 3
*Year 1 = AY 05-06
**1 in Multiscale Science or Bioscience
Figure 3. Proposed hiring scenario for MAE department.
Of the 8 aerospace engineering faculty, few individuals are committed full time to the aerospace
engineering curriculum, that is, most of these faculty hold part-time research activities in both
aerospace and mechanical engineering as defined by the ABET review. Therefore, it is
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imperative to substantially hire faculty focused mainly on building the aerospace area within the
department. We have reviewed several potential areas for hiring new faculty, and based on
discussion with both in-house and external researchers came up with the following
recommendations. We believe that the long term future of aerospace engineering research
activities are related to deep space explorations. The deep space exploration is today what the
moon was to the 1940’s and the flight was to the late 1800’s. Therefore, it is imperative to hire
and build a team of researchers for deep space exploration to position ourselves for research
activities in the 2010-2030 timeframe. This conclusion is supported by the recent redirection of
NASA by the US government toward missions aimed at the moon and subsequently MARS. In
addition to deep space explorations, it appears that research in atmospheric flight will continue to
have moderate growth activities in the area of unmanned vehicle activities, unmanned being
defined as autonomous flight with or without passengers on both small and large scale platforms.
The unmanned flight activities represents a near term research focus (2005-2015) as compared to
long term commitments related to deep space exploration. Thus a full professor and a
assistant/associate professor should be hired for each of the two areas, that is, deep space and
unmanned aerospace vehicles. This represents a total of 4 new faculty of the proposed 13. The
timings for these hires will be discussed at the end of this section.
In addition to aerospace, we have noted that based on dollars brought into the department we
have a strong program in fusion engineering; however, we have only one faculty conducting
research. This, combined with the assumption that energy research will play a dominant role in
the future of our civilization, dictates that we should continue to support and extend this area to
focus on energy production. Energy production includes clean energy concepts and power
concepts for deep space exploration, a topic that has received little attention but will be required
to make deep space travel successful. Therefore, our committee concluded that two additional
hires should be made: one in the area of clean energy and the other in deep space energy
approaches with position levels to be determined. We do note that a substantial research activity
exists on fuel cells at UC Riverside.
The department also has very strong activities in the area of nano and micro systems engineering.
Currently we have at least 5 faculty actively involved in this particular area. We believe that this
area should remain strong and grow in the context of a new multi-scale initiative. The multiscale
adjective describes individuals who span the gap from nano up to macro and includes both
experimentalists and theoreticians. A possible illustration of this span is provided in Figure 4. A
major focus of this effort might be in self assembly of structures that span the gap. We suggest
that a total of three new faculty: 2 at the full professor level and 1 at the junior professor level be
hired in this area.
The state, the university, and our school recently made biotechnologies a fairly high priority in
the area of research endeavors. In our department we have several faculty involved in studying
topics related to biotechnologies and the School has established a new Bioengineering
Department. An illustrative figure of this array and some comments associated are shown in
Figure 5. As such, we feel it important to hire two new faculty in the area of biosciences. One
faculty should be at the full professor level and may represent a hire of a faculty member who is
beginning to transition to the area of biological studies. In previous successful hires at UCLA,
this has proven to be a successful approach if the appropriate individual can be found. In
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addition to hiring a full professor, a junior professor should be hired to continue building this
area. Hires in this area should not be competitive with the Bioengineering Department
endeavors but should focus on a complimentary role.
Figure 4. Illustration of bridging the gap between nano structures and macro structures, i.e. multi-scale
initiative.
Based on the above, there are a total of 11 new positions described and a total of 13 positions
proposed. We feel it is imperative to have two slots dedicated to opportunities that come
unannounced in the next 5 years. These opportunities, as we have found in the past, are not
something that can be planned for but may appear unexpectedly on the horizon as unique
opportunities.
• Bioengineering combines biology, the other sciences, … and various engineering areas
into a synthetic whole
• Growing relevance of bioengineering: needs to be reflected in engineering schools
• Just as the emergence of chemical engineering impacted the engineering profession, so
too will biology-based engineering.
Figure 5. Illustration of bioscience initiative proposed for MAE department
Summarizing, the MAE department should increase its faculty size by 13 over the next 5 years.
Two questions that arise concerning this issue are space and financial support. In regards to
space allocation, with the extended space that is becoming available within the Henry Samueli
School of Engineering and Applied Science based on current constructions efforts including the
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CNSI, Engineering I, and CENS as well as other construction planned for the future, the space
allocation will be available. This will also help the School educate the administration at UCLA
about the importance of expanding our department and subsequently our School. In addition to
new space that may come on line, we believe that tax revenue will accelerate in the state
providing additional funding to the UC campuses in the near future. This accelerated tax
revenue will lead to additional funding at the campus level. The additional funding should be
taken advantage of before it materializes, especially given the current increase in rankings of
both our department and our school. Therefore, we believe that both the space and the funding
will materialize for these 13 new faculty over the next 5 years.
The time table shown in Figure 3 provides a plan for hiring the 13 new faculty by year. In year
one, the department should appoint four committees in the areas of energy, aerospace, multiscale
science, and biosciences with the charter to hire a full professor with excellent credentials
in each of these areas. While the strategic planning committee has spelled out general research
areas, the four committees should have sufficient flexibility to hire the best individuals upon
consultation with the department chair. The committee and department chair should be provided
with considerable flexibility in hiring world class researchers in each of the four areas or
associated areas. In year 2, we should hire three additional faculty members in the areas of
aerospace engineering, multi-scale science, and biosciences. In year 3 we should hire three
additional faculty members in the areas of aerospace engineering, energy, and multi-scale
science. In year 4 and 5, we should focus in on hiring the remainder of the faculty to fill out our
department to the 43 size.
Graduate Education
The ability of our department to conduct world class research depends to a large extent on our
ability to attract the best and brightest students in the world. In addition to attracting students,
we need to guide them toward PhD activities and ensure job placement at the end of their
program. It is also important to keep diversity amongst our student population. This includes
but is not limited to an appropriate balance between foreign national and domestic students as
well as a balance between the various foreign countries. In addition to cultural diversity, it is
important to balance genders and races within the graduate population. While all of these are
difficult to achieve it is believed that the current balance between foreign and comestic students
(i.e. 60/40) represents an appropriate mix. In regards to diversity amongst foreign students, it
appears we have students from around the globe. The department still lacks significant diversity
amongst the races and genders but is going in a direction consistent with other universities
struggling with this issue. Therefore, in the following paragraphs we focus on recruitment
activities in general as well as placement and tracking issues. It should be noted that the
following paragraphs focus on PhD activities and should be read within the context of dedicating
resources to support this. For example, the funds supporting teaching assistants should be
granted to those students intending upon pursuing a PhD.
Over the years our department has attempted to attract better quality students through a variety of
mechanisms, including but not limited to offering more money and direct contact by phone with
the students. In general, these previous approaches have not led to a successful solution to
attracting better students. After consultation with other successful departments in the country
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including Ga. Tech and University of Michigan, we plan to implement a Graduate Day to recruit
the best and brightest students. We believe that bringing together the students on a common day
promotes competition for our available slots between the students we are recruiting. A common
theme amongst the best and brightest students is that they are a competitive group and this
competition may lead to better recruitment activities. In addition to competition, the students are
simultaneously exposed to our research activities within the department. The committee believes
that this new approach may provide a successful solution to recruiting better students, at least
amongst domestic students. This approach should be tried for a minimum of one year and then a
committee should be formed to review the cost benefits provided by the program.
In addition to attracting the best students, the department should be more proactive in the job
placement activity. To a certain degree, maybe quite large, our reputation is dependent upon the
success of our graduate population. Therefore, it is important that these students get placed in
the best positions available. A job placement activity can be folded into the duties of the current
staff jobs within the department with minimal impact. It is not expected that this is a full time
position but initially represents merely a collection point for job opportunities for our graduate
students to access. This should be a proactive and not passive position, that is we should, on a
quarterly basis, contact specific institutions to determine if positions are open and have a
continuing subscription to magazines that offer jobs reflective of our graduate student
population. A primary focus should be placing graduate students at other academic institutions
across this country. Regarding the department reputation, this maybe one of the more important
factors in determining our success. While the job opportunities can be listed in a folder, the
faculty need to be proactive in preparing our students for academic positions. Each year the
department wll provide a competitive one year postdoc funding to the graduating PhD class.
This one year of funding is associated with a title of visiting assistant professor and provides
bridging opportunities for students desiring to obtain a university faculty position.
Our department also needs to begin better tracking of our graduate students after graduation both
from a reporting standpoint and a contribution standpoint. We should strive to ensure that our
graduate students continue to feel that the MAE department is their home that will continue to
impact the rest of their lives. Of course, the reverse is also true that our students have a
continuing impact on our department for the rest of their lives. With this family atmosphere, the
students should be encouraged to participate in our job placement activities, both from a
recruiting activity, and if needed from a job search for their own personal activities. The
students should be contacted on a yearly basis through email or hard mail (preferably email) and
updated on departmental activities. Following through on this, the students should be
encouraged to donate and support the ongoing education of our current students.
Finally, the department remains fragmented into various subdiscplines that impose arbitrary
boundaries. With today’s educational environment moving toward multi-disciplinary research
activities amongst departments, it would appear that the department should move toward a more
multi-disciplinary approach within its broader boundaries. This topic has been discussed within
the department for the last decade with little progress. While a continued discussion may not
lead to a successful implementation of a new approach, it is imperative that this discussion
continue. To date, graduate students are still confused about the varying requirements for the
preliminary and qualifying exams. We will develop a more uniform approach.
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Undergraduate Education
In general, our school attracts some of the best and brightest undergraduate students in the
country. The diversity in gender and race is increasing but continued diligence in this area is
required. In addition to attracting great students, the department has recently made changes in
the curricula to aide the students in their quest for graduating in 4 years without compromising
quality. Based on all of these factors we believe that the undergraduate curriculum is a healthy
and vibrant activity within the department.
In order to improve our curricula continually, we will use the ABET outcomes as the assessment
criteria, Figure 6. Assessments will be done by our constituencies, i.e., students, alumni, and
industry on a continuing basis. Results will then be used to revise our curricula.
a. An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering.
b. An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data.
c. An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs.
d. An ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams.
e. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
f. An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
g. An ability to communicate effectively.
h. The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global
and societal context.
i. A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning.
j. A knowledge of contemporary issues.
k. An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for
mechanical and/or aerospace engineering practice.
l. Knowledge of aerodynamics, aerospace materials, structures, propulsion, flight mechanics,
and stability and control (AE)
m. Knowledge of some topics from orbital mechanics, space environment, attitude
determination and control, telecommunications, space structures, and rocket propulsion (AE)
n. Design competence, which includes integration of aeronautical or astronautical topics (AE)
o. Knowledge of chemistry and calculus-based physics with depth in at least one (ME)
p. Ability to apply advanced mathematics through multivariate calculus and differential
equations to mechanical engineering problems (ME)
q. Familiarity with statistics and linear algebra (ME)
r. Ability to work professionally in both thermal and mechanical systems areas including the
design and realization of such systems (ME)
Staff Support
Figure 6. ABET assessment criteria
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We believe that our department’s staff has a major impact on our department’s success at all
levels. A critical question concerning this matter is “Is the customer (i.e. faculty) satisfied with
our staff performance?” Answers to this question vary depending upon specific staff or areas
within the department. Some of the lower rated areas that need attention are in the
accounting/proposal areas and in the student support areas. We believe that the general faculty-
staff relations need to be improved to help support our departmental efforts. In the following
paragraphs we propose some concepts to improve the staff and its relation with faculty.
A customer friendly survey form will be provided on yearly basis to all faculty to assess the
effectiveness of the staff support. The goal is to improve the overall faculty satisfaction on a
continuing basis. The results of the staff support review will be discussed at a faculty meeting to
minimize any misunderstandings and to provide constructive suggestions to the staff. At present,
both the faculty and staff do not have in place any formal mechanism to determine and improve
customer (faculty) satisfaction with staff support although faculty input is solicited for each staff
performance evaluation.
In addition to the survey, the duties and skills of each staff will be made more transparent to the
faculty by posting the more detailed staff responsibilities on the department web. For areas that
overlap, contingency plans for staff absences will be provided. For example, when a staff
member is absent, his/her alternate will be clearly indicated. All of these are considered to be
critical features for improving customer satisfaction.
A critical global assessment of the department staff is important at this point in time of our
department and in the context of this strategic plan (i.e. growing the faculty substantially). Two
philosophical approaches will be used to provide this critical assessment. The first and most
painless is to develop an external review committee to review the staff support of the faculty.
The external review committee should consist of MSO’s or MSP’s from other departments
comparable in size to our department and which are deemed to be “running smoothly.” If
possible, this external committee may receive an honorarium for meeting and discussing
opportunities for our department staff over a period of a week to a month. A faculty committee
will be formed to interact with this external committee. This review will be conducted regularly.
The goal of the staff assessment is to improve the faculty-staff relationship and thus the
productivity of both our staff and faculty.
Summary
In summary the MAE department has several vibrant research activities and is currently rated
highly by the US News & World report. To make further progress in this particular rating, it is
necessary to increase the size of the faculty substantially, and our strategic plan calls for a
desired size of 43 faculty. Hiring should focus mainly on senior level faculty in the fields of
aerospace (deep space & unmanned air vehicles), energy systems, multi-scale science, and
biosciences. To support the research in the department we need to begin new recruiting
philosophies to attract the best and brightest students, e.g., by having a Graduate Day when all
best qualified graduates students are invited to the campus. Finally, relationships between the
staff and faculty are healthy but should be improved with special attention to the areas of
accounting and proposals.
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Acknowledgements
The strategies in the present strategic plan are mostly based on the report from the ME Strategic
Planning Committee, which comprises Profs. Greg Carman (Chair), Yong Chen, Laurent Pilon,
and Xiang Zhang. An appreciation is extended to the Committee members for their dedicated
service.
Appendix
Strategic Planning Process
The Chair of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) Department appointed a
Mechanical Engineering Strategic Planning Committee consisting of Professors Greg Carman
(Chair), Yong Chen, Laurent Pilon, and Xiang Zhang during the 03-04 academic year. The
committee met frequently during the academic year, with the exception of Professor Zhang who
was transitioning to UC Berkley. The committee also presented progress reports on the strategic
plan to the department faculty during each quarter including the faculty retreat. During the initial
faculty presentation, the faculty suggested and the committee adopted that aerospace be included
into the strategic planning document. At the final faculty presentation of the 03-04 academic
year, the committee presented a formalized report which forms the basis of the present strategic
plan. The report was voted on in June 2005 and subsequently accepted by a majority vote: 14
ayes, 6 nays, 9 no returns, and 1 abstention (Chair).
In the report the committee provided a brief background on the rationale for the department’s
strategic plan. This rationalization was followed by the committee’s recommendations which
were divided into four concentration areas (i.e. Faculty and Research, Graduate Education,
Undergraduate Education, and Staff Support). In general, the contents of the report is based on
the premise that Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering research and education program wishes
to be one of the best available in the country and to be so recognized throughout the community.
During the initial review of the department the strategic planning committee looked at faculty
numbers, faculty research directions, and departmental rankings. As of Fall 2004, The MAE
department has 23 full professors (excluding the Dean and the Chancellor), 1 associate professor,
and 6 assistant professors for a total of 30 faculty. Based on the most recent ABET review, the
MAE department regards these 30 faculty positions to be proportionally divided between
aerospace with 9 faculty and mechanical with 21 faculty. Based on total research dollars
brought into the department over a three year period, the top areas of research within the
department are Fusion Energy, MEMS, Smart Materials, and Controls. In general, the
conclusion of the strategic planning committee was that there are a number of areas of research
within our department that are considered to be very strong and vibrant. The committee believed
this assumption was confirmed by the recent US News & World Report of our graduate
programs. A copy of the rankings for both aerospace and mechanical engineering graduate
programs rated higher than UCLA’s is shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2. In the US New & World
Report published in March 2005, our graduate mechanical engineering is ranked 14 and our
graduate aerospace program is 13. These rankings are good but should be improved to place us
within the top ten in light of our strong faculty research.
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In general, the consensus of the strategic planning committee was that for continued
advancements within our department we need to add additional faculty. Based on review of
mechanical and aerospace engineering departments with a higher ranking than ours (see Figures
1 and 2), the committee reached the following conclusion. In mechanical engineering, only one
department, Cal Tech which is a private institution, has fewer faculty that was ranked higher than
ours. The average number of faculty in mechanical engineering departments ranked higher than
our department is 43. This number is 13 more faculty than we currently have. In aerospace
engineering, all departments ranked higher than ours have larger faculty size as can be seen in
Figure 2. On average, the aerospace engineering departments with a higher ranking than ours
has an average faculty size of 26. Based on this review, the committee’s conclusion was that to
continue our advancement toward being a top 5 department in both mechanical and/or aerospace
engineering we need to increase our total size to at least 43 faculty. That is, our combined
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department should be comparable in size to the average
Mechanical Engineering department ranked higher than the UCLA mechanical engineering
department which would still put us as a fairly small size mechanical engineering department.
Given that our department has made substantial increases in our rankings during the last several
years, it would make sense to increase the faculty size as quickly as possible to capitalize on the
momentum. This represents a critical and key conclusion of the committee report.
During the committee deliberations, the committee believed that in addition to faculty
recruitment, three other areas were important to increasing the statue of our department in the
future. The three other areas of interest are graduate education, undergraduate education, and
staff support. The committee report provides suggestions for the department in each of the four
areas and forms the basis of the present strategic plan in the section on strategies.
Currently, the Aerospace Engineering Strategic Committee chaired y Prof. Jason Speyer is
working on an addendum for aerospace engineering. Their report will be incorporated into the
present strategic plan once it is discussed and approved by the department faculty.
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1 Introduction
Aerospace Strategic Planning
2005-2006
Committee:
Bendiksen, Frazzoli, Karagozian, Kim, Speyer (Chair), Zhong
September 25, 2006
We begin this strategic plan by defining, somewhat tersely, aerospace engineering. Aerospace engineering
involves the analysis, design, and development of air and space vehicles, platforms, and
systems. These include satellites, manned and unmanned air and space systems, launch vehicles, etc.
These air and space vehicles can operate individually or in concert forming what is called, “a systemof-systems,”
such as a cluster of satellites producing a large sparse aperture for remote sensing. Nevertheless,
the analysis and design of these systems reside within the aerospace core disciplines.
• Aerodynamics
• Propulsion and Thermal Sciences
• Structures and Materials
• Guidance, Navigation, Control, and Dynamics
The contributions of aerospace engineering to societal needs and goals are of enormous consequences.
Professor Sheila Widnall, former Secretary of the Air Force and currently Institute Professor,
MIT, made the observation that the aerospace industry serves the public interest by significant
contributions to four core missions:
• Enabling the global movement of people and goods.
• Enabling the global acquisition and dissemination of information and data.
• Advancing national security interests.
• Providing a source of inspiration by pushing the boundaries of exploration and innovation.
It is with in this context that we are guided to meet these challenges and formulate our strategic plan.
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2 Results from the Previous Aerospace Strategic Plan
From the previous Aerospace Strategic Plan, four general areas were identified to be strengthened and
developed. These research areas are listed below along with the new faculty we have attracted:
• Fundamental Technical Disciplines for Aerospace Technology. Clearly, all our new hires contribute
to this aspect of the Department needs.
• Computational Methods for Design. The new faculty, Professors Eldredge and Klug, contribute
significantly through their efforts in computational fluid, structural, and solid mechanics.
• Vehicle System of Systems. Professor Frazzoli is a significant researcher in this new field
contributing in the area of decision and control architectures for complex networked and autonomous
systems.
• Experimental and Concept Demonstrations. The efforts of Professor Kavehpour in experimental
activity in microfluidics fall to a large part in this research area.
Unfortunately, we have not recovered from the aerospace faculty that we have lost: Professor
Friedmann, whose research area is aeroelasticity, Professor Mingori in dynamics, Professor Kelly
in aerodynamics, and Professor Atluri in Computational Solid Mechanics. Aerospace engineering
is seriously lacking in critical mass and this adverse trend continues with the recent resignation of
Professor Frazzoli.
3 Focus of the 2005-2006 Strategic Plan
We recommend that future hires in aerospace engineering be in the following research areas:
• Autonomous air vehicle systems with applications to:
– Homeland security
– Enhancement of national airspace system
– Personal mobile systems
• Advanced propulsion systems for:
– Access to space (Launch vehicles)
– Deep space exploration (Ion engines, solar sails, etc.)
– High altitude airbreathing propulsion
• Supersonic/hypersonic air-breathing vehicles for:
– Global reach
– Commercial transportation
• Space Exploration, Remote Sensing, and Formation Flight of Spacecraft
– Crew Return Vehicle
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– Remote sensing for satellite missions such as TOPEX/POSEIDON, JASON-1, CHAMP,
and GRACE
– Formation flight for fractionated spacecraft and Terrestrial Planet Finder-Interferometer
• Aero-structure-control interactions for:
– Fuel efficient light weight commercial and military aircraft.
3.1 Autonomous air vehicle systems:
The design of high confidence control systems for complex multiple aircraft/spacecraft systems is
a great challenge for the system and control engineer. High confidence requires the ability of the
system to continue to perform in the presence of significant system faults to the sensors, actuators and
plant. This is still a research area for a single vehicle. The challenge is even greater for a system of
cooperating vehicles. On the other hand, the development of strategies for safe cooperation among
a vehicle system even without faults requires new algorithmic paradynes. This technology will find
application in:
• Safety in complex multiple aircraft/spacecraft systems in a mixed air space.
• Performance in complex multiple aircraft/spacecraft systems
Another research area that is very important to aerospace engineering is the development of
avionic systems in complex multiple aircraft/spacecraft systems. Avionics, although having a significant
percentage of all aerospace products, is not significantly addresses within the Department.
Today, the integration of communication systems, control, and instrumentation will define many of
the aerospace products of the future. We suggest bringing in faculty with expertise in the following
technologies into the aerospace program.
• Communications and networks
• Navigation - GPS, INS, etc.
• Real-time computation
An example of the integration of the above technologies is the formation flight of a group of aircraft
for induced drag reduction.
3.2 Advanced Propulsion Systems:
The major thrusts for advanced propulsion systems will be in highly efficient and reliable air and
space transportation systems. Such systems figure prominently in strategic planning put forth by
NASA and the defense agencies, as propulsion is deemed to be a “long pole in the tent” (i.e., a
significant technical challenge area) for most major aerospace systems.
With respect to rocket-based propulsion, advances in chemical propellants, e.g., advanced cryogenic
hydrocarbon fuels and high energy density materials for launch systems will be crucial as the
U.S. works to recover its dominant position in worldwide space launch. Advanced propulsion systems
for spacecraft (e.g., for stationkeeping) are also critical to future U.S. space systems. Among the
more promising are advanced ion propulsion systems, but solar arrays and fuel cells may play a key
role in the future.
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With respect to air-breathing propulsion, critical areas of interest in an climate of rising fuel prices,
concerns about the environment, and limited domestic sources of fossil fuels are increased engine efficiency
and reduced emissions. Alternative aviation (and other) fuels, that is, those derived from
non-fossil fuel sources, will dominate the interests of government for the foreseeable future, and the
implications for current and future air vehicles could be profound. With respect to military aircraft,
unmanned and possibly manned high altitude, long endurance surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft
will require further advances in air breathing propulsion systems for operation at low pressures
and temperatures.
3.3 Supersonic/Hypersonic Vehicles:
Hypersonic research funding over the past decades has been quite cyclical. However, the military need
for fast response and global reach has induced a sequence of projects; the latest being the DARPA
Falcon project. Some of the important research issues are:
• Supersonic/hypersonic aerodynamic-structure-propulsion interaction.
• Supersonic aerodynamic tailoring for low drag and shock waves.
• Hypersonic vehicle configuration for efficient steady state or periodic cruise.
• Hypersonic transition prediction and laminar flow control for hypersonic global access vehicles.
• Thermal Protection System design
• Trajectory shaping for extending laminar flow
• Plasma environment around vehicle/communications blackout
3.4 Space Exploration, Remote Sensing, and Formation Flight of Spacecraft:
It is believed that the current initiative to go to Mars and Moon will not be sustained. However, the
development of the Crew Exploration Vehicle, which is the Shuttle replacement, will continue to be
a NASA focus. This effort is a significant development program, but has no research component.
In the area of remote sensing, a series of satellite missions such as TOPEX/POSEIDON, JASON-
1, CHAMP, and GRACE have been well funded and contain both engineering research and science
components. Remote sensing and other orbital science missions are activities, sponsored and directed
through JPL and NASA Goddard, that new Aerospace faculty could target. Another emerging space
activity is that of formation flight. Proposer missions are the Terrestrial Planet Finder-Interferometer,
large spatial arrays forming a large aperture, precision formation flight (proposed under the ST-9 New
Millennium Program) and fractionated spacecraft (a DARPA initiative). JPL is a leader in this activity
and UCLA has a JPL Strategic University Research Partnership in the area of Formation Flight.
Currently, UCLA activities in formation flight are distributed analytic redundancy management and
the use of Pulsars for relative navigation between spacecraft. It is believed that these activities could
be expanded by new Aerospace faculty.
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3.5 Aero-Structure-Control Interactions:
• Active control of highly flexible nonlinear aircraft structures to reduce aero-structure instabilities
is an important research activity. Applications include:
– HALE (High Altitude Long Endurance) aircraft
– Micro-air vehicles
– High performance military aircraft
– UCAV
• Adaptive and morphing wings for enhanced performance over large flight conditions. Current
activities are sponsored by DARPA.
– Real-time static optimization of aerodynamic performance
– Combined trajectory and aerodynamic performance optimization.
Finally, this department has significant capability in control of fluid processes. For example, our
faculty has made significant progress in the control of turbulent boundary layers and controlled mixing
for efficient combustion. It is suggested that we build on this area of excellence.
4 Conclusions
With a focused effort we believe that we can attract outstanding faculty in these and related areas. We
hope that in each area we can hire two senior and two junior faculty. It is especially important to hire
senior faculty who can establish a research program and mentor the junior faculty.
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G.6 INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
MAE Industrial Advisory Board Members
H. K. John Armenian
Technology Lead
TechFinity
Rick Baker
General Manager, VP
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics—Palmdale
Gaurang N Choksi
Manager, Core Competency Development
Assembly Technology Development
Intel
Natalie W. Crawford
Vice President and Director, Project AIR FORCE
RAND Corporation
Pat Fitzgerald
Sr. Manager, Low Band Mechanical RF Department Mechanical
& Optics
Engineering Center Space & Airborne Systems-Engineering
Raytheon Electronic Systems
Dan M. Goebel, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Gary Ervin
Vice President and Deputy, Air Combat Systems
Northrop Grumman
Herschel R. Evans
Engineering Supervisor
Conoco Phillips
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Wayne H. Goodman
General Manager, Launch Vehicle Engineering and Analysis
Aerospace Corporation
Jason Hatakeyama
Director, Structures Technology---Southern California
Boeing Phantom Works
Asad Madni
Retired President & Chief Operating Officer
BEI Technologies Inc.
Executive Managing Director & Chief Technical Officer
Crocker Capital
Roger Murry
Chief Engineer for Environmental Control Systems
Honeywell Engines, Systems & Services
James S. Paulsen
SSME Program Manager
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Inc.
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Kevin L. Petersen
Center Director
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
Shawn Phillips
Chief, Engine Branch
Air Force Research Laboratory / Propulsion Space Engine
Munir M. Sindir
Director, Advanced Analysis Processes
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Inc.
Geoffrey Turner
Manager, Product Engineering Center
Northrop Grumman Space Technology
Jeff Willis
Senior Vice-President of Engineering
Capstone Turbine
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G.7 INDUSTRIAL AFFILIATES PROGRAM
UCLA's Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Industrial Affiliates Program
As university faculty members we accept an obligation to contribute to the well being of society
in two ways: (1) by creating knowledge and fostering technological progress through
fundamental and applied research, and (2) by educating students who are prepared to be the
technological leaders of tomorrow. Companies that produce the technological wealth of this
country rely, in part, on our graduates and on the research contributions coming out of our
offices and labs. The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department recognizes that to do
our job effectively we must maintain close relationships with the industrial firms who, along
with government, are consumers of what we do. A strong university-industry partnership is
essential in order to have a first rate engineering school.
To foster such a partnership, the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department has in
place an Industrial Affiliates Program. This program is currently directed by Professor Greg
Carman who is the departmental Industrial Liaison. Membership in the Industrial Affiliates
Program starts at $10,000 which is recommended for smaller companies. Our recommended
level of membership for large corporations is the gold level, which allows the organization to be
considered an Industrial Partner of the MAE department. A yet higher-level of membership is
our Platinum level for those companies that wish to establish a Strategic Partner relationship with
us. The success of this university-industry partnership revolves around active participation,
commitment, contribution and involvement from both industry and university.
The potential benefits to industrial participants include the following:
Industrial Affiliates benefits
• The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department will designate one faculty
member as a liaison with the Industrial Affiliate to facilitate interactions and
accommodate requests between the Industrial Affiliate and the department.
• The Industrial Affiliate may place one representative on the department’s Industrial
Advisory Board.
• The department will provide the Industrial Affiliate’s contact person with a list of nearterm,
exemplary undergraduate (i.e. above a 3.4 GPA) and graduate students with details,
such as degree objective, area of specialization, expected graduation date, advisor’s
name, and citizenship status, on a quarterly basis.
• The Industrial Affiliate will be given the opportunity to provide an annual seminar to the
department faculty, postdocs, and students for recruitment or other purposes.
• Advance notice of management and technical conferences, seminars, and colloquia of
specific interest will be provided by the department to the Industrial Affiliate.
• Technical research papers, working papers, pre-publication reprints, and other
publications from the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department at UCLA will
be made available whenever such copies are requested.
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• The department will provide two paid admissions to the Schoolwide Annual Research
Review in which students and faculty make presentations on current research work and
includes tours of engineering and science laboratories of interest.
• The department will provide the Industrial Affiliates with a copy of the annual review,
technical periodicals, newsletters, etc.
• The department will provide the Industrial Affiliates “in-building use” of the facilities
and collection of the University’s libraries, in accordance with the University’s
established policy.
The corresponding benefits to the university include:
• Funding for scholarships, fellowships, student chapters of professional organizations,
special projects and special infrastructure needs.
• Input from industrial affiliates on increasing the relevance of educational and research
programs.
• Input from industrial affiliates on important current trends, future directions and their
strategic needs.
• Assistance in student placement.
• Access to reports, publications, equipment and research facilities (if available).
• Tech-transfer of state-of-the art research into industry and accompanying high-tech
opportunities for graduating students.
• Funding opportunities for research projects at UCLA.
We believe that industrial organizations and universities have critical and interrelated roles in
shaping the future of our society. It is therefore natural that we should work together to make
this future all that we hope for. We invite your participation in the MAE Industrial Affiliates or
Industrial Partners Program. In return, we promise to do our part to provide the knowledge and
talent needed to advance the theory and practice of mechanical and aerospace engineering.
For further information, please contact the MAE Department Administrator, Janice Bedig, at
(310)825-2559 or jbedig@ea.ucla.edu, or the Industrial Liaison Professor, Greg Carman, at
(310)825-6030 or carman@seas.ucla.edu.
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G.8 ALUMNI BOARDS
William R. Goodin, (MS '71, PhD '75, ME '82),
Chair
Department Liaison, UCLA Engineering Alumni
Association
Director, Short Course and Technical Management
Programs
UCLA Extension
Enrique Baez, Jr. (BS ’02)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Design Engineer
Myles Baker (BS ’91, MS ’92, PhD ’96)
President
M-4 Engineering, Inc.
Karen Baumgartner (BS ’02)
Mechanical Engineer
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems
Jennifer Bursch (BS ’04)
Engineer
Boeing
Garett Chang (BS ’03)
Design Engineer
B&M Racing & Performance Products
Jeff DeFazio (BS ’06)
Northrop Grumman Space Technology
Alejandro R. Diaz (BS ’98, MA ‘04)
Engineer/Scientist Specialist
Extravehicular & Crew Systems
Boeing
Christine Garity (BS ’05)
HDR Architecture, Inc.
Vincent Gau (MS 98, PhD ’01)
Founder and CEO
GeneFluidics
Greg Glenn (BS ’03, MS ‘06)
SySense
Robert Glidden (BS’07)
UCLA Graduate Student
Nathan Kwok (BS ’04, MS ‘06)
Lean Design Manager
C&D Zodiac
ALUMNI ADVISORY BOARD
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David E. Lee (BA ’85, MS ’90, PhD ’98)
Staff Engineer, Space Vehicle System Engineering
Northrop Grumman Space Technology
Cathy Leong (BS ’05)
Boeing
Alfredo Lopez (BS ‘03, MS ‘04)
Engineer
Boeing
David H. Miller (BS ‘05)
Project Engineer
General Motors Advanced Technology
Margaret Motagally (BS ’05)
Mechanical Project Coordinator
HDR Architecture, Inc.
Yuri Nosenko (BS ’06)
Engineer
ExxonMobil Refining and Supply
Charisse Pua (BS ’03, MS ‘06)
Engineer/Scientist, Space Shuttle Main Engine
United Technologies
James Sharp (BS ’03, MS ‘06)
SySense
Eliza Sheppard (MS ’05)
Northrop Grumman Space Technology
One Space Park
Marianne So (BS ‘07)
Engineer
Honeywell
Kirk A. Williams (BS ’96)
Senior Manager
Accenture Financial Services
Michelle Yi (BS ’03)
Mechanical Engineer
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems

Greg Glenn (BS ’03, MS ‘06) Chair
SySense
Enrique Baez, Jr. (BS ’02)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Design Engineer
Karen Baumgartner (BS ’02)
Raytheon Systems Company
Douglas W. Caldwell (BS/MS ’86, PhD ’98)
Vice President, Engineering
Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation
Garett Chang (BS ’03)
Design Engineer
B&M Racing & Performance Products
Aaron Cohen (BS '58)
Vice Chairman & Founder
National Technical Systems
Jon Elgas (BS ’00)
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems
Anthony C. Eng (BS ’04)
Northrop Grumman
Herschel R. Evans (BS ’91)
Consulting Engineer
ConocoPhillips
Matthew Frost (BS ’02)
Mechanical Engineer III
Evolution Robotics
Eliza Honey (MS ’05)
Northrop Grumman Space Technology
Marlena M. Hu (BS ’03)
Marisa Huey (BS ’04)
Manufacturing Engineer
Northrop Grumman
Cathy Leong (BS ’05)
Boeing
Wayne P. Liu (BS ’96)
Consultant
Webb Marner
Past Member, Board of Governors, ASME
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - retired
MAE STUDENT SOCIETY ALUMNI ADVISORY BOARD
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Steve Mazor (BS ’78)
Past President, Southern California Chapter SAE
Principal Automotive Engineer
Automobile Club of Southern California
David H. Miller (BS ‘05)
Project Engineer
General Motors Advanced Technology Center
Roger Murry (BS ’73, MS ’76)
Engineering Supervisor
Honeywell International Inc.
Avi Okon (BS ’03)
Robotics Engineer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Bryan Posner (BS ’02)
Raytheon Systems Company
Charisse Pua (BS ’03, MS ‘06)
Engineer/Scientist
Pratt & Whitney
Shara Senior (BS ’01)
MBA Student
University of Michigan
James Sharp (BS ’03, MS ‘06)
SySense
Jaime Sipila (MS ’97, ENG ’00)
Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder
Interneer Inc.
Ny Sou Tang (BS ’02)
HW/SW Attitude Control Subsystem Engineering
Boeing Satellite Systems
Damien Vanderpool (BS ’06)
UCLA Graduate Student
Michelle Yi (BS ’03)
Mechanical Engineer
Raytheon
William R. Goodin (MS '71, PhD '75, ME '82)
Department Liaison, UCLA Engineering Alumni
Association; Director, Short Course and Technical
Management Programs
UCLA Extension
Grace Coopman
Director, Alumni Relations, UCLA HSSEAS

G.9 UNDERGRADUATE ASSESSMENT INFORMATION
Outcomes for Aerospace Engineering Program
a. Ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering.
b. Ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data.
c. Ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs.
d. Ability to function as a productive member of a team, which considers multiple aspects of an
engineering problem.
e. Ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
f. Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
g. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
h. Broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and
societal context.
i. Recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning.
j. Knowledge of contemporary and emerging issues.
k. Ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering
practice and research.
l. Knowledge of aerodynamics, aerospace materials, structures, propulsion, flight mechanics,
and stability and control.
m. Knowledge of some topics from orbital mechanics, space environment, attitude
determination and control, telecommunications, space structures, and rocket propulsion.
n. Design competence, which includes integration of aeronautical or astronautical topics.
Outcomes for Mechanical Engineering Program
a. Ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering.
b. Ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data.
c. Ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs.
d. Ability to function as a productive member of a team, which considers multiple aspects of an
engineering problem.
e. Ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
f. Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
g. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
h. Broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and
societal context.
i. Recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning.
j. Knowledge of contemporary and emerging issues.
k. Ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering
practice and research.
o. Knowledge of chemistry and calculus-based physics with depth in at least one.
p. Ability to apply advanced mathematics through multivariate calculus and differential
equations to mechanical engineering problems.
q. Familiarity with statistics and linear algebra.
r. Ability to work professionally in both thermal and mechanical systems areas including the
design and realization of such systems.
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Aerospace Engineering Program Matrix
Course\Outcome a b c d e f g h i J k l m n
CS 31 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2
EE 100 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
MAE 101 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
MAE 102 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MAE 103 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2
MAE M105A 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0
MAE 107 3 1 2 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 3 0
MAE 107L 3 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 0
MAE 150A 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0
MAE 150B 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0
MAE 150P 3 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0
MAE 154A 3 1 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 3 3 0 3
MAE 154B 3 1 3 3 3 2 3 0 1 2 3 3 0 3
MAE 154S 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 3
MAE 157A 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 1 1 2 2 3 0 3
MAE 157S 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MAE 161A 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
MAE 166A 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0
MAE 169A 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 2
MAE 171A 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0
MAE 182A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MSE 104 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
a b c d e f g h i J k l m n
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Mechanical Engineering Program Matrix
Course\Outcome a b c d e f g h i J k o p q r
CS 31 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0
EE 100 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
EE 110L 2 3 3 3 3 1 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0
MAE 94 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0
MAE 101 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
MAE 102 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MAE 103 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2
MAE M105A 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0
MAE 105D 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
MAE 107 3 1 2 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 3 0 0
MAE 107L 3 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0
MAE 131A 3 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 2
MAE 133A 3 1 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 1 2
MAE 156A 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 2
MAE 157 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MAE 162A 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MAE 162B 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 3 2 1 3 3
MAE 162M 3 0 3 3 3 1 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 3
MAE 171A 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 3 2 0
MAE 182A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
MAE 183 3 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0
MSE 104 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
a b c d e f g h i j k o p q r
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Sample Aerospace Engineering Graduating Senior (Exit) Survey
Title Aerospace Engineering ABET/CSAB Exit Survey
Sub Title For HSSEAS Graduating Seniors (Spring 2006)
Description
Status Ended
The following survey will be used by the school to find out where the
graduating seniors will be going after their undergraduate years and how
successful the school was in preparing them.
Fill Ratio 39.3% (11/28)
indicates required field
N/F indicates response was "Not Found"
1. Where are you going?
1. What are your post-graduation plans?
Unknown at this time 1
(9.1%)
Attend graduate school.
(Please indicate 7
University/Field/Degree (63.6%)
objective below)
Be employed as an
engineer. (Please
indicate company
below)
Be employed, not as an
engineer. (Please
indicate company
below)
Other. (Please indicate
below)
2
(18.2%)
1
(9.1%)
0 (0%)
2. Please use this space to fill in details about your post-graduation plans.
2. ABET Evaluation
chart
chart
3. The following is a list of abilities expected of engineering graduates, in accordance with
the guidelines of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). Please
rate each one on the following measure:
A) How important do you think the following will be to achieving success in your career?
Not Somewhat
Very Extremely
Important
Important Important
Important Important N/F
a. Ability to apply 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (9.1%) 4 (36.4%) 6 (54.5%) 0
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knowledge of
mathematics, science,
and engineering
b. Ability to design
and conduct
experiments, as well
as to analyze and
interpret data
c. Ability to design a
system, component,
or process to meet
desired needs
d. Ability to function
as a productive
member of a team,
which considers
multiple aspects of an
engineering problem
e. Ability to identify,
formulate, and solve
engineering problems
f. Understanding of
professional and
ethical responsibility
g. Ability to
communicate
effectively, both
orally and in writing
h. The broad
education necessary
to understand the
impact of engineering
solutions in a global
and societal context
i. Recognition of the
need for, and an
ability to engage in,
life-long learning
j. Knowledge of
contemporary and
emerging issues
k. Ability to use the
techniques, skills, and
modern engineering
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (9.1%) 4 (36.4%) 6 (54.5%)
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (18.2%) 5 (45.5%) 4 (36.4%)
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 6 (54.5%) 5 (45.5%)
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (9.1%) 5 (45.5%) 5 (45.5%)
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (18.2%) 5 (45.5%) 4 (36.4%)
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 3 (27.3%) 2 (18.2%) 6 (54.5%)
0 (0%) 3 (27.3%) 4 (36.4%) 1 (9.1%) 3 (27.3%)
0 (0%) 1 (9.1%) 2 (18.2%) 4 (36.4%) 4 (36.4%)
0 (0%) 2 (18.2%) 3 (27.3%) 4 (36.4%) 2 (18.2%)
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (9.1%) 6 (54.5%) 4 (36.4%)
207
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)

tools necessary for
engineering practice
and research
l. Knowledge of
aerodynamics,
aerospace materials,
structures,
propulsion, flight
mechanics, and
stability and control
m. Knowledge of
some topics from
orbital mechanics,
space environment,
attitude determination
and control,
telecommunications,
space structures, and
rocket propulsion
n. Design
competence, which
includes integration
of aeronautical or
astronautical topics
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (18.2%) 6 (54.5%) 3 (27.3%)
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 6 (54.5%) 2 (18.2%) 3 (27.3%)
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 4 (36.4%) 5 (45.5%) 2 (18.2%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
4. For the same items as the last question, please now rate each one on the following
measure:
B) How well do you believe your UCLA education (both within and outside of HSSEAS)
prepared you in this area?
Not
Prepared
Somewhat
Prepared
Prepared Well
Prepared
Very Well
Prepared
a. Ability to apply
knowledge of
mathematics, science,
and engineering
b. Ability to design
and conduct
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (9.1%) 5 (45.5%) 5 (45.5%) 0 (0%)
experiments, as well
as to analyze and
interpret data
c. Ability to design a
1 (9.1%) 0 (0%) 1 (9.1%) 6 (54.5%) 3 (27.3%) 0 (0%)
system, component,
or process to meet
desired needs
0 (0%) 1 (9.1%) 3 (27.3%) 3 (27.3%) 4 (36.4%) 0 (0%)
d. Ability to function 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (18.2%) 6 (54.5%) 3 (27.3%) 0 (0%)
208
N/F

as a productive
member of a team,
which considers
multiple aspects of an
engineering problem
e. Ability to identify,
formulate, and solve
engineering problems
f. Understanding of
professional and
ethical responsibility
g. Ability to
communicate
effectively, both
orally and in writing
h. The broad
education necessary
to understand the
impact of engineering
solutions in a global
and societal context
i. Recognition of the
need for, and an
ability to engage in,
life-long learning
j. Knowledge of
contemporary and
emerging issues
k. Ability to use the
techniques, skills, and
modern engineering
tools necessary for
engineering practice
and research
l. Knowledge of
aerodynamics,
aerospace materials,
structures,
propulsion, flight
mechanics, and
stability and control
m. Knowledge of
some topics from
orbital mechanics,
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 5 (45.5%) 6 (54.5%) 0 (0%)
0 (0%) 4 (36.4%) 1 (9.1%) 2 (18.2%) 4 (36.4%) 0 (0%)
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (18.2%) 5 (45.5%) 4 (36.4%) 0 (0%)
0 (0%) 4 (36.4%) 1 (9.1%) 3 (27.3%) 3 (27.3%) 0 (0%)
0 (0%) 2 (18.2%) 1 (9.1%) 4 (36.4%) 4 (36.4%) 0 (0%)
1 (9.1%) 3 (27.3%) 2 (18.2%) 2 (18.2%) 3 (27.3%) 0 (0%)
0 (0%) 1 (9.1%) 2 (18.2%) 5 (45.5%) 3 (27.3%) 0 (0%)
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 5 (45.5%) 5 (45.5%)
1
(9.1%)
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (9.1%) 7 (63.6%) 3 (27.3%) 0 (0%)
209

space environment,
attitude determination
and control,
telecommunications,
space structures, and
rocket propulsion
n. Design
competence, which
includes integration
of aeronautical or
astronautical topics
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (18.2%) 5 (45.5%) 4 (36.4%) 0 (0%)
210

Sample Mechanical Engineering Graduating Senior (Exit) Survey
Title Mechanical Engineering ABET/CSAB Exit Survey
Sub Title For HSSEAS Graduating Seniors (Spring 2006)
Description
Status Ended
The following survey will be used by the school to find out where the
graduating seniors will be going after their undergraduate years and how
successful the school was in preparing them.
Fill Ratio 41.5% (17/41)
indicates required field
N/F indicates response was "Not Found"
1. Where are you going?
1. What are your post-graduation plans?
Unknown at this time 1
(5.9%)
Attend graduate school.
(Please indicate 9
University/Field/Degree (52.9%)
objective below)
Be employed as an
engineer. (Please
indicate company
below)
Be employed, not as an
engineer. (Please
indicate company
below)
Other. (Please indicate
below)
7
(41.2%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
2. Please use this space to fill in details about your post-graduation plans.
2. ABET Evaluation
chart
chart
3. The following is a list of abilities expected of engineering graduates, in accordance with
the guidelines of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). Please
rate each one on the following measure:
A) How important do you think the following will be to achieving success in your career?
Not Somewhat
Very Extremely
Important
Important Important
Important Important N/F
a. Ability to apply 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (11.8%) 3 (17.6%) 12 (70.6%) 0
211

knowledge of
mathematics, science,
and engineering
b. Ability to design
and conduct
experiments, as well
as to analyze and
interpret data
c. Ability to design a
system, component,
or process to meet
desired needs
d. Ability to function
as a productive
member of a team,
which considers
multiple aspects of an
engineering problem
e. Ability to identify,
formulate, and solve
engineering problems
f. Understanding of
professional and
ethical responsibility
g. Ability to
communicate
effectively, both
orally and in writing
h. The broad
education necessary
to understand the
impact of engineering
solutions in a global
and societal context
i. Recognition of the
need for, and an
ability to engage in,
life-long learning
j. Knowledge of
contemporary and
emerging issues
k. Ability to use the
techniques, skills, and
modern engineering
0 (0%) 1 (5.9%) 3 (17.6%) 6 (35.3%) 7 (41.2%)
0 (0%) 1 (5.9%) 1 (5.9%) 6 (35.3%) 9 (52.9%)
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (5.9%) 5 (29.4%) 11 (64.7%)
0 (0%) 1 (5.9%) 1 (5.9%) 7 (41.2%) 8 (47.1%)
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (5.9%) 7 (41.2%) 9 (52.9%)
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (11.8%) 3 (17.6%) 12 (70.6%)
0 (0%) 2 (11.8%) 5 (29.4%) 3 (17.6%) 7 (41.2%)
0 (0%) 1 (5.9%) 3 (17.6%) 6 (35.3%) 7 (41.2%)
0 (0%) 1 (5.9%) 4 (23.5%) 5 (29.4%) 7 (41.2%)
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 4 (23.5%) 5 (29.4%) 8 (47.1%)
212
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)

tools necessary for
engineering practice
and research
o. Knowledge of
chemistry and
calculus-based
physics with depth in
at least one
p. Ability to apply
advanced
mathematics through
multivariate calculus
and differential
equations to
mechanical
engineering problems
q. Familiarity with
statistics and linear
algebra
r. Ability to work
professionally in both
thermal and
mechanical systems
areas including the
design and realization
of such systems
2 (11.8%) 4 (23.5%) 2 (11.8%) 6 (35.3%) 3 (17.6%)
1 (5.9%) 4 (23.5%) 5 (29.4%) 4 (23.5%) 3 (17.6%)
2 (11.8%) 3 (17.6%) 4 (23.5%) 4 (23.5%) 4 (23.5%)
0 (0%) 2 (11.8%) 3 (17.6%) 6 (35.3%) 6 (35.3%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
4. For the same items as the last question, please now rate each one on the following
measure:
B) How well do you believe your UCLA education (both within and outside of HSSEAS)
prepared you in this area?
a. Ability to apply
knowledge of
mathematics, science,
and engineering
b. Ability to design
and conduct
experiments, as well
as to analyze and
interpret data
c. Ability to design a
system, component,
or process to meet
Not
Prepared
Somewhat
Prepared
Prepared
Well
Prepared
Very Well
Prepared N/F
0 (0%) 1 (5.9%) 1 (5.9%) 9 (52.9%) 6 (35.3%)
0 (0%) 2 (11.8%) 7 (41.2%) 6 (35.3%) 2 (11.8%)
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 6 (35.3%) 8 (47.1%) 3 (17.6%)
213
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)

desired needs
d. Ability to function
as a productive
member of a team,
which considers
multiple aspects of an
engineering problem
e. Ability to identify,
formulate, and solve
engineering problems
f. Understanding of
professional and
ethical responsibility
g. Ability to
communicate
effectively, both
orally and in writing
h. The broad
education necessary
to understand the
impact of engineering
solutions in a global
and societal context
i. Recognition of the
need for, and an
ability to engage in,
life-long learning
j. Knowledge of
contemporary and
emerging issues
k. Ability to use the
techniques, skills, and
modern engineering
tools necessary for
engineering practice
and research
o. Knowledge of
chemistry and
calculus-based
physics with depth in
at least one
p. Ability to apply
advanced
mathematics through
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (5.9%) 13 (76.5%) 3 (17.6%)
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 4 (23.5%) 9 (52.9%) 4 (23.5%)
1 (5.9%) 3 (17.6%) 5 (29.4%) 6 (35.3%) 2 (11.8%)
0 (0%) 1 (5.9%) 4 (23.5%) 9 (52.9%) 3 (17.6%)
1 (5.9%) 3 (17.6%) 7 (41.2%) 5 (29.4%) 1 (5.9%)
1 (5.9%) 0 (0%) 8 (47.1%) 5 (29.4%) 3 (17.6%)
3 (17.6%) 2 (11.8%) 5 (29.4%) 5 (29.4%) 2 (11.8%)
0 (0%) 2 (11.8%) 6 (35.3%) 6 (35.3%) 3 (17.6%)
0 (0%) 1 (5.9%) 5 (29.4%) 10 (58.8%) 1 (5.9%)
1 (5.9%) 0 (0%) 7 (41.2%) 6 (35.3%) 3 (17.6%)
214
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)

multivariate calculus
and differential
equations to
mechanical
engineering problems
q. Familiarity with
statistics and linear
algebra
r. Ability to work
professionally in both
thermal and
mechanical systems
areas including the
design and realization
of such systems
1 (5.9%) 2 (11.8%) 9 (52.9%) 4 (23.5%) 1 (5.9%)
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 4 (23.5%) 10 (58.8%) 3 (17.6%)
215
0
(0%)
0
(0%)

Aerospace Engineering Alumni Survey
Title Recent Alumni Survey
Sub Title For Aerospace Engineering Alumni
Description
Status Ended
The following survey will be used by the school to find out where the recent
alumni went after their undergraduate years and how successful the school
was in preparing them. You should only fill out this survey if your
undergraduate degree at UCLA was Aerospace Engineering.
Fill Ratio 17% (18/106)
indicates required field
N/F indicates response was "Not Found"
1. What are you currently doing?
1. What is your current occupation?
Attending graduate
school. (Please indicate 4
University/Field/Degree (22.2%)
objective below)
Employed as an
engineer. (Please
indicate company
below)
Employed, not as an
engineer. (Please
indicate company
below)
Other. (Please indicate
below)
N/F
10
(55.6%)
1
(5.6%)
0 (0%)
3
(16.7%)
2. Please use this space to fill in details about your current occupation.
3. Did you obtain any additional degrees beyond your
UCLA undergraduate degree?
Yes. (Please indicate
University/Field/Degree 3
below for all additional (16.7%)
degrees.)
chart
No 12 chart
chart
chart
chart
216

N/F
(66.7%)
3
(16.7%)
4. Please use this space to fill in details about your additional degree(s).
2. Major Related Questions
5. Indicate your level of agreement with the following statements:
a. My undergraduate
education prepared
me to creatively solve
technical problems
facing society.
b. My undergraduate
education prepared
me for a successful
and productive career
in mechanical or
aerospace or other
engineering fields.
c. My undergraduate
education prepared
me for graduate
studies in mechanical
or aerospace or other
engineering fields.
d. My undergraduate
education prepared
me for further studies
in other fields such as
medicine, business,
and law.
Strongly
disagree
chart
Disagree Agree
Strongly
agree
N/F
1 (5.6%) 4 (22.2%) 11 (61.1%) 2 (11.1%) 0 (0%)
1 (5.6%) 4 (22.2%) 9 (50%) 4 (22.2%) 0 (0%)
1 (5.6%) 0 (0%) 14 (77.8%) 3 (16.7%) 0 (0%)
2 (11.1%) 9 (50%) 6 (33.3%) 1 (5.6%) 0 (0%)
6. How important have the following been in achieving success in your career?
a. Ability to apply
knowledge of
mathematics, science,
and engineering
b. Ability to design
and conduct
experiments, as well
Not
Important
Somewhat
Important
Important
Very
Important
Extremely
Important N/F
0 (0%) 3 (16.7%) 6 (33.3%) 6 (33.3%) 3 (16.7%)
4 (22.2%) 2 (11.1%) 3 (16.7%) 4 (22.2%) 5 (27.8%)
217
0
(0%)
0
(0%)

as to analyze and
interpret data
c. Ability to design a
system, component,
or process to meet
desired needs
d. Ability to function
as a productive
member of a team,
which considers
multiple aspects of an
engineering problem
e. Ability to identify,
formulate, and solve
engineering problems
f. Understanding of
professional and
ethical responsibility
g. Ability to
communicate
effectively, both
orally and in writing
h. The broad
education necessary
to understand the
impact of engineering
solutions in a global
and societal context
i. Recognition of the
need for, and an
ability to engage in,
life-long learning
j. Knowledge of
contemporary and
emerging issues
k. Ability to use the
techniques, skills, and
modern engineering
tools necessary for
engineering practice
and research
l. Knowledge of
aerodynamics,
aerospace materials,
1 (5.6%) 4 (22.2%) 2 (11.1%) 8 (44.4%) 3 (16.7%)
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (11.1%) 5 (27.8%) 11 (61.1%)
1 (5.6%) 1 (5.6%) 4 (22.2%) 7 (38.9%) 5 (27.8%)
1 (5.6%) 3 (16.7%) 5 (27.8%) 5 (27.8%) 4 (22.2%)
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 8 (44.4%) 10 (55.6%)
5 (27.8%) 2 (11.1%) 5 (27.8%) 5 (27.8%) 1 (5.6%)
1 (5.6%) 1 (5.6%) 7 (38.9%) 5 (27.8%) 4 (22.2%)
1 (5.6%) 3 (16.7%) 8 (44.4%) 6 (33.3%) 0 (0%)
1 (5.6%) 1 (5.6%) 7 (38.9%) 4 (22.2%) 5 (27.8%)
0 (0%) 5 (27.8%) 4 (22.2%) 5 (27.8%) 4 (22.2%)
218
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)

structures,
propulsion, flight
mechanics, and
stability and control
m. Knowledge of
some topics from
orbital mechanics,
space environment,
attitude determination
and control,
telecommunications,
space structures, and
rocket propulsion
n. Design
competence, which
includes integration
of aeronautical or
astronautical topics
2 (11.1%) 3 (16.7%) 6 (33.3%) 5 (27.8%) 2 (11.1%)
1 (5.6%) 3 (16.7%) 5 (27.8%) 5 (27.8%) 4 (22.2%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
7. How well do you believe your UCLA education (both within and outside of HSSEAS)
prepared you in this area?
a. Ability to apply
knowledge of
mathematics, science,
and engineering
b. Ability to design
and conduct
experiments, as well
as to analyze and
interpret data
c. Ability to design a
system, component,
or process to meet
desired needs
d. Ability to function
as a productive
member of a team,
which considers
multiple aspects of an
engineering problem
e. Ability to identify,
formulate, and solve
engineering problems
Not
Prepared
Somewhat
Prepared
Prepared Well
Prepared
Very Well
Prepared
0 (0%) 3 (16.7%) 9 (50%) 4 (22.2%) 1 (5.6%)
3 (16.7%) 3 (16.7%) 8 (44.4%) 3 (16.7%) 0 (0%)
2 (11.1%) 6 (33.3%) 7 (38.9%) 1 (5.6%) 1 (5.6%)
0 (0%) 3 (16.7%) 8 (44.4%) 4 (22.2%) 2 (11.1%)
1 (5.6%) 1 (5.6%) 11 (61.1%) 2 (11.1%) 2 (11.1%)
219
N/F
1
(5.6%)
1
(5.6%)
1
(5.6%)
1
(5.6%)
1
(5.6%)

f. Understanding of
professional and
ethical responsibility
g. Ability to
communicate
effectively, both
orally and in writing
h. The broad
education necessary
to understand the
impact of engineering
solutions in a global
and societal context
i. Recognition of the
need for, and an
ability to engage in,
life-long learning
j. Knowledge of
contemporary and
emerging issues
k. Ability to use the
techniques, skills, and
modern engineering
tools necessary for
engineering practice
and research
l. Knowledge of
aerodynamics,
aerospace materials,
structures,
propulsion, flight
mechanics, and
stability and control
m. Knowledge of
some topics from
orbital mechanics,
space environment,
attitude determination
and control,
telecommunications,
space structures, and
rocket propulsion
n. Design
competence, which
5 (27.8%) 7 (38.9%) 4 (22.2%) 1 (5.6%) 0 (0%)
2 (11.1%) 7 (38.9%) 4 (22.2%) 1 (5.6%) 3 (16.7%)
6 (33.3%) 3 (16.7%) 6 (33.3%) 1 (5.6%) 1 (5.6%)
5 (27.8%) 5 (27.8%) 6 (33.3%) 0 (0%) 1 (5.6%)
6 (33.3%) 5 (27.8%) 6 (33.3%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
5 (27.8%) 2 (11.1%) 8 (44.4%) 1 (5.6%) 1 (5.6%)
0 (0%) 2 (11.1%) 9 (50%) 3 (16.7%) 3 (16.7%)
2 (11.1%) 2 (11.1%) 9 (50%) 2 (11.1%) 2 (11.1%)
5 (27.8%) 4 (22.2%) 6 (33.3%) 0 (0%) 2 (11.1%)
220
1
(5.6%)
1
(5.6%)
1
(5.6%)
1
(5.6%)
1
(5.6%)
1
(5.6%)
1
(5.6%)
1
(5.6%)
1
(5.6%)

includes integration
of aeronautical or
astronautical topics
221

Mechanical Engineering Alumni Survey
Title Recent Alumni Survey
Sub Title For Mechanical Engineering Alumni
Description
Status Ended
The following survey will be used by the school to find out where the recent
alumni went after their undergraduate years and how successful the school
was in preparing them. You should only fill out this survey if your
undergraduate degree at UCLA was Mechanical Engineering.
Fill Ratio 18.5% (51/275)
indicates required field
N/F indicates response was "Not Found"
1. What are you currently doing?
1. What is your current occupation?
Attending graduate
school. (Please indicate 8
University/Field/Degree (15.7%)
objective below)
Employed as an
engineer. (Please
indicate company
below)
Employed, not as an
engineer. (Please
indicate company
below)
Other. (Please indicate
below)
N/F
25
(49%)
10
(19.6%)
4
(7.8%)
4
(7.8%)
2. Please use this space to fill in details about your current occupation.
3. Did you obtain any additional degrees beyond
your UCLA undergraduate degree?
Yes. (Please indicate
University/Field/Degree 20
below for all additional (39.2%)
degrees.)
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No 27 chart
chart
chart
chart
222

N/F
(52.9%)
4
(7.8%)
4. Please use this space to fill in details about your additional degree(s).
2. Major Related Questions
5. Indicate your level of agreement with the following statements:
a. My undergraduate
education prepared
me to creatively solve
technical problems
facing society.
b. My undergraduate
education prepared
me for a successful
and productive career
in mechanical or
aerospace or other
engineering fields.
c. My undergraduate
education prepared
me for graduate
studies in mechanical
or aerospace or other
engineering fields.
d. My undergraduate
education prepared
me for further studies
in other fields such as
medicine, business,
and law.
Strongly
disagree
Disagree Agree
Strongly
agree
N/F
1 (2%) 8 (15.7%) 29 (56.9%) 13 (25.5%) 0 (0%)
3 (5.9%) 5 (9.8%) 30 (58.8%) 13 (25.5%) 0 (0%)
2 (3.9%) 6 (11.8%) 26 (51%) 17 (33.3%) 0 (0%)
5 (9.8%) 18 (35.3%) 24 (47.1%) 4 (7.8%) 0 (0%)
6. How important have the following been in achieving success in your career?
a. Ability to apply
knowledge of
mathematics, science,
and engineering
b. Ability to design
and conduct
experiments, as well
Not
Important
Somewhat
Important
Important
Very
Important
Extremely
Important N/F
1 (2%) 6 (11.8%) 9 (17.6%) 21 (41.2%) 14 (27.5%)
0 (0%) 10 (19.6%) 7 (13.7%) 22 (43.1%) 12 (23.5%)
223
0
(0%)
0
(0%)

as to analyze and
interpret data
c. Ability to design a
system, component,
or process to meet
desired needs
d. Ability to function
as a productive
member of a team,
which considers
multiple aspects of an
engineering problem
e. Ability to identify,
formulate, and solve
engineering problems
f. Understanding of
professional and
ethical responsibility
g. Ability to
communicate
effectively, both
orally and in writing
h. The broad
education necessary
to understand the
impact of engineering
solutions in a global
and societal context
i. Recognition of the
need for, and an
ability to engage in,
life-long learning
j. Knowledge of
contemporary and
emerging issues
k. Ability to use the
techniques, skills, and
modern engineering
tools necessary for
engineering practice
and research
o. Knowledge of
chemistry and
calculus-based
3 (5.9%) 6 (11.8%) 5 (9.8%) 19 (37.3%) 18 (35.3%)
1 (2%) 1 (2%) 7 (13.7%) 12 (23.5%) 30 (58.8%)
1 (2%) 5 (9.8%) 9 (17.6%) 22 (43.1%) 14 (27.5%)
0 (0%) 6 (11.8%) 11 (21.6%) 15 (29.4%) 19 (37.3%)
0 (0%) 0 (0%) 5 (9.8%) 12 (23.5%) 34 (66.7%)
4 (7.8%) 11 (21.6%) 19 (37.3%) 11 (21.6%) 6 (11.8%)
1 (2%) 4 (7.8%) 15 (29.4%) 15 (29.4%) 16 (31.4%)
3 (5.9%) 9 (17.6%) 17 (33.3%) 16 (31.4%) 6 (11.8%)
2 (3.9%) 6 (11.8%) 15 (29.4%) 17 (33.3%) 11 (21.6%)
7 (13.7%) 16 (31.4%) 12 (23.5%) 10 (19.6%) 6 (11.8%)
224
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)

physics with depth in
at least one
p. Ability to apply
advanced
mathematics through
multivariate calculus
and differential
equations to
mechanical
engineering problems
q. Familiarity with
statistics and linear
algebra
r. Ability to work
professionally in both
thermal and
mechanical systems
areas including the
design and realization
of such systems
13 (25.5%) 16 (31.4%) 10 (19.6%) 5 (9.8%) 7 (13.7%)
7 (13.7%) 14 (27.5%) 10 (19.6%) 12 (23.5%) 8 (15.7%)
8 (15.7%) 6 (11.8%) 10 (19.6%) 20 (39.2%) 7 (13.7%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
7. How well do you believe your UCLA education (both within and outside of HSSEAS)
prepared you in this area?
a. Ability to apply
knowledge of
mathematics, science,
and engineering
b. Ability to design
and conduct
experiments, as well
as to analyze and
interpret data
c. Ability to design a
system, component,
or process to meet
desired needs
d. Ability to function
as a productive
member of a team,
which considers
multiple aspects of an
engineering problem
Not
Prepared
Somewhat
Prepared
Prepared
Well
Prepared
Very Well
Prepared N/F
1 (2%) 5 (9.8%) 6 (11.8%) 28 (54.9%) 11 (21.6%)
0 (0%) 9 (17.6%) 18 (35.3%) 15 (29.4%) 9 (17.6%)
3 (5.9%) 8 (15.7%) 15 (29.4%) 19 (37.3%) 6 (11.8%)
0 (0%) 8 (15.7%) 17 (33.3%) 16 (31.4%) 10 (19.6%)
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(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)

e. Ability to identify,
formulate, and solve
engineering problems
f. Understanding of
0 (0%) 8 (15.7%) 16 (31.4%) 12 (23.5%) 15 (29.4%)
professional and
ethical responsibility
g. Ability to
4 (7.8%) 9 (17.6%) 26 (51%) 9 (17.6%) 3 (5.9%)
communicate
effectively, both
orally and in writing
h. The broad
education necessary
3 (5.9%) 16 (31.4%) 12 (23.5%) 12 (23.5%) 8 (15.7%)
to understand the
8 (15.7%) 14 (27.5%) 21 (41.2%)
impact of engineering
solutions in a global
and societal context
i. Recognition of the
5 (9.8%) 3 (5.9%)
need for, and an
ability to engage in,
life-long learning
j. Knowledge of
5 (9.8%) 14 (27.5%) 15 (29.4%) 10 (19.6%) 7 (13.7%)
contemporary and
emerging issues
k. Ability to use the
techniques, skills, and
12 (23.5%) 14 (27.5%) 15 (29.4%) 8 (15.7%) 2 (3.9%)
modern engineering
tools necessary for
engineering practice
and research
o. Knowledge of
chemistry and
1 (2%) 10 (19.6%) 16 (31.4%) 21 (41.2%) 3 (5.9%)
calculus-based
physics with depth in
at least one
p. Ability to apply
advanced
mathematics through
2 (3.9%) 12 (23.5%) 16 (31.4%) 11 (21.6%) 10 (19.6%)
multivariate calculus
and differential
equations to
mechanical
engineering problems
3 (5.9%) 13 (25.5%) 14 (27.5%) 14 (27.5%) 7 (13.7%)
q. Familiarity with
statistics and linear
3 (5.9%) 12 (23.5%) 16 (31.4%) 14 (27.5%) 6 (11.8%)
226
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)

algebra
r. Ability to work
professionally in both
thermal and
mechanical systems
areas including the
design and realization
of such systems
3 (5.9%) 7 (13.7%) 20 (39.2%) 16 (31.4%) 5 (9.8%)
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The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering offers the Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Manufacturing Engineering, the Master of Science
(M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Mechanical Engineering, and the Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in
Aerospace Engineering.
Aerospace Engineering
Admission
Program Name
Address
Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace Engineering is a major offered by the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.
48-121 Engineering IV
Box 951597
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1597
Phone (310) 825-7793
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Leading to the degree of M.S., Ph.D.
Admission Limited to
Fall
Deadline to apply January 5th
Consult department regarding other quarters.
GRE (General and/or Subject), TSE, TWE GRE: General (and Subject in Engineering, Math, or related field for F1 or J1 visa holders)
Letters of Recommendation 3
Other Requirements
Master's Degree
Advising
In addition to the University's minimum requirements and those listed above, applicants to the M.S. and
Ph.D. programs are expected to submit the departmental supplement, and a statement of purpose.
Ph.D.: In addition to the requirements listed above, applicants are expected to have completed requirements
for the master's degree with at least a 3.25 grade-point average and have demonstrated creative ability.
Normally the M.S. degree is required for admission to the Ph.D. program; exceptional students, however, can
be admitted to the Ph.D. program without having the M.S. degree.
Each department in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has a graduate adviser. A current list of graduate advisers can be obtained
from the Office of the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, 6426 Boelter Hall, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Students are assigned a faculty adviser upon admission to the School. Advisers may be changed upon written request from the student. All HSSEAS faculty
serve as advisers.
New students should arrange an appointment as early as possible with the faculty adviser to plan the proposed program of study toward the M.S. or Ph.D.
degree. Continuing students are required to confer with the adviser during the time of enrollment each quarter so that progress can be assessed and the study
list approved.
Based on the quarterly transcripts, student records are reviewed at the end of each quarter by the departmental graduate adviser and Associate Dean for
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Academic and for Student Affairs. Special attention is given if students are on probation. If their progress is unsatisfactory, students are informed of this in writing
by the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs.
Students are strongly urged to consult with the departmental student services office staff and/or the School's Office of Academic and Student Affairs regarding
procedures, requirements and the implementation of policies. In particular, advice should be sought on advancement to candidacy for the M.S. degree, on the
procedures for taking Ph.D. written and oral examinations, if the Ph.D. degree is the ultimate degree objective, and on the use of the Filing Fee.
Areas of Study
Dynamics; fluid mechanics; heat and mass transfer; micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS); structural and solid mechanics; systems and control.
Foreign Language Requirement
None.
Course Requirements
At least nine courses are required, of which at least five must be graduate courses. For the thesis plan, seven of the nine must be formal courses, including at
least four from the 200 series. The remaining two may be 598 courses involving work on the thesis. For the comprehensive examination plan, no units of
500-series courses may be applied toward the minimum course requirement. The courses should be chosen so that the breadth requirements and the
requirements at the graduate level are met. The breadth requirements are only applicable to students who do not have a B.S. degree from an ABET-accredited
aerospace or mechanical engineering program.
Undergraduate Courses. No lower division courses may be applied toward graduate degrees. In addition, the following upper division courses are not applicable
toward graduate degrees: Chemical Engineering 102A, 199; Civil Engineering 106A, 108, 199; Computer Science M152A, 152B, M171L, 199; Electrical
Engineering 100, 101, 102, 103, 110L, M116L, 199; Materials Science and Engineering 110, 120, 130, 131, 131L, 132, 140, 141L, 150, 160, 161L, 199;
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 101, 102, 103, 105A, 105D, 188, 194, 199.
Breadth Requirements. Students are required to take at least three courses from the following four categories: (1) Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 154A
or 154B or 154S; (2) 150B or 150P; (3) 155 or 166A or 169A; (4) 161A or 171A.
Graduate-Level Requirement. Students are required to take at least one course from the following: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 250D, 253B, 254A,
255B, 256F, 263B, 269D, or 271B. The remaining courses can be taken to gain depth in one or more of the several specialty areas covering the existing major
fields in the department.
Teaching Experience
Not required.
Field Experience
Not required.
Comprehensive Examination Plan
The comprehensive examination is offered in either written or oral format. A committee to administer the examination consists of the academic adviser as chair
and two other faculty members; at least two members must be from within the department. Students may, in consultation with their adviser and the master's
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committee, select one of the following options for the examination: (1) take and pass the first part of the doctoral written qualifying examination as the master's
comprehensive examination; (2) conduct research or design a project and submit a final report to the master's committee; (3) take and pass three extra
examination questions offered separately from each of the final examinations of three graduate courses, to be selected by the committee from a set of common
department courses; or (4) take and pass an oral examination administered by the M.S. committee. In case of failure, students may be reexamined once with the
consent of the graduate adviser.
Thesis Plan
The thesis must describe some original piece of research that has been done under the supervision of the thesis committee. Students would normally start to
plan the thesis at least one year before the award of the M.S. degree is expected. There is no examination under the thesis plan.
Time-to-Degree
The average length of time for students in the M.S. program is five quarters. The maximum time allowed for completing the M.S. degree is three years from the
time of admission to the M.S. program in the School.
Doctoral Degree
Advising
Each department in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has a graduate adviser. A current list of graduate advisers can be obtained
from the Office of the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, 6426 Boelter Hall, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Students are assigned a faculty adviser upon admission to the School. Advisers may be changed upon written request from the student. All HSSEAS faculty
serve as advisers.
New students should arrange an appointment as early as possible with the faculty adviser to plan the proposed program of study toward the M.S. or Ph.D.
degree. Continuing students are required to confer with the adviser during the time of enrollment each quarter so that progress can be assessed and the study
list approved.
Based on the quarterly transcripts, student records are reviewed at the end of each quarter by the departmental graduate adviser and Associate Dean for
Academic and Student Affairs. Special attention is given if students are on probation. If their progress is unsatisfactory, students are informed of this in writing by
the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs.
Students are strongly urged to consult with the departmental student services office staff and/or the School's Office of Academic and Student Affairs regarding
procedures, requirements and on the implementation of the policies. In particular, advice should be sought on advancement to candidacy for the M.S. degree, on
the procedures for taking Ph.D. written and oral examinations, and on the use of the Filing Fee.
Major Fields or Subdisciplines
Dynamics; fluid mechanics; heat and mass transfer; manufacturing and design (Mechanical Engineering only); micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS);
structural and solid mechanics; systems and control.
Ph.D. students may propose ad hoc major fields. An ad hoc major field must differ substantially from established major fields and satisfy one of the following two
conditions:
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(1) the field is interdisciplinary in nature;
(2) the field represents an important research area for which there is no established major field in the department. This condition most often applies to recently
evolving research areas or to areas for which there are too few faculty to maintain an established major field.
Students in an ad hoc major field must be sponsored by at least three faculty members, at least two of whom must be from the department.
Foreign Language Requirement
None.
Course Requirements
The basic program of study for the Ph.D. degree is built around major and minor fields. The established major fields are listed above, and a detailed syllabus
describing each Ph.D. major field can be obtained at the Student Affairs Office.
The program of study for the Ph.D. degree requires the student to perform original research leading to a doctoral dissertation and to master a body of knowledge
that encompasses material from the student's major field and breadth material from outside the major field. The body of knowledge should include (1) six
major-field courses, at least four of which must be graduate courses; (2) one minor field; (3) any three additional courses, at least two of which must be graduate
courses that enhance the study of the major or minor field.
The major field syllabus advises the student as to which courses contain the required knowledge, and a student usually prepares for the written qualifying
examination (formerly referred to as the preliminary examination) by taking these courses. However, a student can acquire such knowledge by taking similar
courses at other universities or even by self-study.
A minor field embraces a body of knowledge equivalent to three courses, at least two of which must be graduate courses. Minor fields are often subsets of major
fields, and minor field requirements are then described in the syllabus of the appropriate major field. Established minor fields with no corresponding major field
can also be used such as applied mathematics, and applied plasma physics and fusion engineering. Also, an ad hoc field can be used in exceptional
circumstances, such as when certain knowledge is desirable for a student's program of study that is not available in established minor fields.
Grades of B- or better, with a grade-point average of at least 3.33 in all courses included in the minor field, and the three additional courses mentioned above are
required. If the student fails to satisfy the minor field requirements through coursework, a minor field examination may be taken (once only).
For information on completing the Engineer degree, see Engineering Schoolwide Programs in Program Requirements for UCLA Graduate Degrees.
Teaching Experience
Not required.
Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations
Academic Senate regulations require all doctoral students to complete and pass University written and oral qualifying examinations prior to doctoral
advancement to candidacy. Also, under Senate regulations the University oral qualifying examination is open only to the student and appointed members of the
doctoral committee. In addition to University requirements, some graduate programs have other pre-candidacy examination requirements. What follows in this
section is how students are required to fulfill all of these requirements for this doctoral program.
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After mastering the body of knowledge defined in the major field, the student takes a written qualifying (preliminary) examination covering this knowledge. The
student must have been formally admitted to the Ph.D. program or admitted subject to completing the M.S. degree by the end of the quarter following the quarter
in which the examination is given. This examination must be taken within the first two calendar years from the time of admission to the Ph.D. program. The
student must be registered during the quarter in which the examination is given and be in good academic standing (minimum grade-point average of 3.25). The
student's major field proposal must be completed prior to taking the examination. Students may not take an examination more than twice. Students in an ad hoc
major field must pass a written qualifying examination that is approximately equivalent in scope, length, and level to the written qualifying examination for an
established major field.
After passing the written qualifying examination, the student must take the University Oral Qualifying Examination within four calendar years from the time of
admission to the Ph.D. program. The nature and content of the University Oral Qualifying Examination are at the discretion of the doctoral committee, but include
a review of the prospectus of the dissertation. The examination may include a broad inquiry into the student's preparation for research. A doctoral committee
consists of a minimum of four members. Three members, including the chair, are inside members and must hold appointments at UCLA in Aerospace
Engineering. The outside member must be a UCLA faculty member who does not hold an appointment in the student's department.
Advancement to Candidacy
Students are advanced to candidacy upon successful completion of the written and oral qualifying examinations.
Doctoral Dissertation
Every doctoral degree program requires the completion of an approved dissertation that demonstrates the student's ability to perform original, independent
research and constitutes a distinct contribution to knowledge in the principal field of study.
Final Oral Examination (Defense of Dissertation)
Not required for all students in the program. The decision as to whether a defense is required is made by the doctoral committee.
Time-to-Degree
From admission to graduate status (includes M.S. degree) to award of the Ph.D. degree: 18 quarters (normative time to degree).
Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination
University Policy
A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for termination of graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from
continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required
by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack
of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are
subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing termination of graduate students, including the
appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.
Special Departmental or Program Policy
A recommendation for termination is reviewed by the School's Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs.
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Master's
In addition to the standard reasons noted above, a student may be recommended for termination for
(1) Failure to maintain a grade point average of 3.0 in all courses and in those in the 200 series.
(2) Failure to maintain a grade point average of 3.0 in any two consecutive terms.
(3) Failure of the comprehensive examination.
(4) Failure to complete the thesis to the satisfaction of the committee members.
(5) Failure to satisfy the breadth and graduate-level requirements.
(6) Failure to complete the requirements for the M.S. degree within the three-year time limit.
Doctoral
In addition to the standard reasons noted above, a student may be recommended for termination for:
(1) Failure to maintain a grade point average of 3.25 in all courses and in those in the 200 series.
(2) Failure in the major field written qualifying examination, or failure to take the major field written examination within two calendar years from the time of
admission to the Ph.D. program.
(3) Failure in a written minor field examination after failure to attain a grade point average of 3.33 in the minor field course work.
(4) Failure of the University Oral Qualifying Examination, or failure to take the University Oral Qualifying Examination within four calendar years from the time of
admission to the Ph.D. program.
(5) Failure to complete the requirements for the Ph.D. within four calendar years after passing the University Oral Qualifying Examination and failure to take this
examination again.
(6) Failure in the final oral examination (defense of the dissertation).
(7) Failure to obtain permission to repeat an examination from an examining committee.
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48-121 Engineering IV
Box 951597
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1597
Phone (310) 825-7793
Email maeapp@ea.ucla.edu
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Letters of Recommendation 3
Other Requirements
Master's Degree
Advising
GRE: General
Applicants who expect to hold F1 or J1 visas must also take the subject test in Engineering, Math, or a related field.
In addition to the University's minimum requirements and those listed above, all applicants to the M.S. and
Ph.D. Programs are expected to submit the departmental supplement and a statement of purpose.
Ph.D.: In addition to the requirements listed above, applicants are expected to have completed requirements
for the master's degree with at least a 3.25 grade-point average and have demonstrated creative ability.
Normally the M.S. degree is required for admission to the Ph.D. program; exceptional students, however, can
be admitted to the Ph.D. program without having the M.S. degree.
Each department in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has a graduate adviser. A current list of graduate advisers can be obtained
from the Office of the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, 6426 Boelter Hall, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Students are assigned a faculty adviser upon admission to the School. Advisers may be changed upon written request from the student. All HSSEAS faculty
serve as advisers.
New students should arrange an appointment as early as possible with the faculty adviser to plan the proposed program of study toward the M.S. or Ph.D.
degree. Continuing students are required to confer with the adviser during the time of enrollment each quarter so that progress can be assessed and the study
list approved.
Based on the quarterly transcripts, student records are reviewed at the end of each quarter by the departmental graduate adviser and Associate Dean for
Academic and for Student Affairs. Special attention is given if students are on probation. If their progress is unsatisfactory, students are informed of this in writing
by the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs.
Students are strongly urged to consult with the departmental student services office staff and/or the School's Office of Academic and Student Affairs regarding
procedures, requirements and the implementation of policies. In particular, advice should be sought on advancement to candidacy for the M.S. degree, on the
procedures for taking Ph.D. written and oral examinations, if the Ph.D. degree is the ultimate degree objective, and on the use of the Filing Fee.
Areas of Study
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Dynamics; fluid mechanics; heat and mass transfer; micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS); structural and solid mechanics; systems and control.
Foreign Language Requirement
None.
Course Requirements
At least nine courses are required, of which at least five must be graduate courses. For the thesis plan, seven of the nine must be formal courses, including at
least four from the 200 series. The remaining two may be 598 courses involving work on the thesis. For the comprehensive examination plan, no units of
500-series courses may be applied toward the minimum course requirement. The courses should be chosen so that the breadth requirements and the
requirements at the graduate level are met. The breadth requirements are only applicable to students who do not have a B.S. degree from an ABET-accredited
aerospace or mechanical engineering program.
Undergraduate Courses. No lower division courses may be applied toward graduate degrees. In addition, the following upper division courses are not applicable
toward graduate degrees: Chemical Engineering 102A, 199; Civil Engineering 106A, 108, 199; Computer Science M152A, 152B, M171L, 199; Electrical
Engineering 100, 101, 102, 103, 110L, M116L, M171L, 199; Materials Science and Engineering 110, 120, 130, 131, 131L, 132, 140, 141L, 150, 160, 161L, 199;
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 101, 102, 103, 105A, 105D, 107, 107L, 188, 194, 199.
Breadth Requirements. Students are required to take at least three courses from the following five categories: (1) Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 162A
or 169A or 171A; (2) 150A or 150B; (3) 131A or 133A; (4) 156A, (5) 162B.
Graduate-Level Requirement. Students are required to take at least one course from the following: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 231A, 231B, 231C,
250A, 255A, M256A, M256B, M269A, or 271A, 294 or 297. The remaining courses can be taken to gain depth in one or more of the several specialty areas
covering the existing major fields in the department.
Teaching Experience
Not required.
Field Experience
Not required.
Comprehensive Examination Plan
The comprehensive examination is offered in either written or oral format. A committee to administer the examination consists of the academic adviser as chair
and two other faculty members; at least two members must be from within the department. Students may, in consultation with their adviser and the master's
committee, select one of the following options for the examination: (1) take and pass the first part of the doctoral written qualifying examination as the master's
comprehensive examination; (2) conduct research or design a project and submit a final report to the master's committee; (3) take and pass three extra
examination questions offered separately from each of the final examinations of three graduate courses, to be selected by the committee from a set of common
department courses; or (4) take and pass an oral examination administered by the M.S. committee. In case of failure, students may be reexamined once with the
consent of the graduate adviser.
Thesis Plan
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The thesis must describe some original piece of research that has been done under the supervision of the thesis committee. Students would normally start to
plan the thesis at least one year before the award of the M.S. degree is expected. There is no examination under the thesis plan.
Time-to-Degree
The average length of time for students in the M.S. program is five quarters. The maximum time allowed for completing the M.S. degree is three years from the
time of admission to the M.S. program in the School.
Doctoral Degree
Advising
Each department in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has a graduate adviser. A current list of graduate advisers can be obtained
from the Office of the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, 6426 Boelter Hall, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Students are assigned a faculty adviser upon admission to the School. Advisers may be changed upon written request from the student. All HSSEAS faculty
serve as advisers.
New students should arrange an appointment as early as possible with the faculty adviser to plan the proposed program of study toward the M.S. or Ph.D.
degree. Continuing students are required to confer with the adviser during the time of enrollment each quarter so that progress can be assessed and the study
list approved.
Based on the quarterly transcripts, student records are reviewed at the end of each quarter by the departmental graduate adviser and Associate Dean for
Academic and Student Affairs. Special attention is given if students are on probation. If their progress is unsatisfactory, students are informed of this in writing by
the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs.
Students are strongly urged to consult with the departmental student services office staff and/or the School's Office of Academic and Student Affairs regarding
procedures, requirements and on the implementation of the policies. In particular, advice should be sought on advancement to candidacy for the M.S. degree, on
the procedures for taking Ph.D. written and oral examinations, and on the use of the Filing Fee.
Major Fields or Subdisciplines
Dynamics; fluid mechanics; heat and mass transfer; manufacturing and design (Mechanical Engineering only); micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS);
structural and solid mechanics; systems and control.
Ph.D. students may propose ad hoc major fields. An ad hoc major field must differ substantially from established major fields and satisfy one of the following two
conditions:
(1) the field is interdisciplinary in nature;
(2) the field represents an important research area for which there is no established major field in the department. This condition most often applies to recently
evolving research areas or to areas for which there are too few faculty to maintain an established major field.
Students in an ad hoc major field must be sponsored by at least three faculty members, at least two of whom must be from the department.
Foreign Language Requirement
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None.
Course Requirements
The basic program of study for the Ph.D. degree is built around major and minor fields. The established major fields are listed above, and a detailed syllabus
describing each Ph.D. major field can be obtained at the Student Affairs Office.
The program of study for the Ph.D. requires the student to perform original research leading to a doctoral dissertation and to master a body of knowledge that
encompasses material from the student's major field and breadth material from outside the major field. The body of knowledge should include (1) six major-field
courses, at least four of which must be graduate courses; (2) one minor field; (3) any three additional courses, at least two of which must be graduate courses
that enhance the study of the major or minor field.
The major field syllabus advises the student as to which courses contain the required knowledge, and a student usually prepares for the written qualifying
examination (formerly referred to as the preliminary examination) by taking these courses. However, a student can acquire such knowledge by taking similar
courses at other universities or even by self-study.
A minor field embraces a body of knowledge equivalent to three courses, at least two of which must be graduate courses. Minor fields are often subsets of major
fields, and minor field requirements are then described in the syllabus of the appropriate major field. Established minor fields with no corresponding major field
can also be used such as applied mathematics, and applied plasma physics and fusion engineering. Also, an ad hoc field can be used in exceptional
circumstances, such as when certain knowledge is desirable for a student's program of study that is not available in established minor fields.
Grades of B - or better, with a grade-point average of at least 3.33 in all courses included in the minor field, and the three additional courses mentioned above
are required. If the student fails to satisfy the minor field requirements through coursework, a minor field examination may be taken (once only).
For information on completing the Engineer degree, see Engineering Schoolwide Programs in Program Requirements for UCLA Graduate Degrees.
Teaching Experience
Not required.
Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations
Academic Senate regulations require all doctoral students to complete and pass University written and oral qualifying examinations prior to doctoral
advancement to candidacy. Also, under Senate regulations the University oral qualifying examination is open only to the student and appointed members of the
doctoral committee. In addition to University requirements, some graduate programs have other pre-candidacy examination requirements. What follows in this
section is how students are required to fulfill all of these requirements for this doctoral program.
After mastering the body of knowledge defined in the major field, the student takes a written qualifying (preliminary) examination covering this knowledge. The
student must have been formally admitted to the Ph.D. program or admitted subject to completing the M.S. degree by the end of the quarter following the quarter
in which the examination is given. This examination must be taken within the first two calendar years from the time of admission to the Ph.D. program. The
student must be registered during the quarter in which the examination is given and be in good academic standing (minimum grade-point average of 3.25). The
student's major field proposal must be completed prior to taking the examination. Students may not take an examination more than twice. Students in an ad hoc
major field must pass a written qualifying examination that is approximately equivalent in scope, length, and level to the written qualifying examination for an
established major field.
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After passing the written qualifying examination, the student must take the University Oral Qualifying Examination within four calendar years from the time of
admission to the Ph.D. program. The nature and content of the University Oral Qualifying Examination are at the discretion of the doctoral committee, but include
a review of the prospectus of the dissertation. The examination may include a broad inquiry into the student's preparation for research. A doctoral committee
consists of a minimum of four members. Three members, including the chair, are inside members and must hold appointments at UCLA in Aerospace
Engineering. The outside member must be a UCLA faculty member who does not hold an appointment in the student's department.
Advancement to Candidacy
Students are advanced to candidacy upon successful completion of the written and oral qualifying examinations.
Doctoral Dissertation
Every doctoral degree program requires the completion of an approved dissertation that demonstrates the student's ability to perform original, independent
research and constitutes a distinct contribution to knowledge in the principal field of study.
Final Oral Examination (Defense of Dissertation)
Not required for all students in the program. The decision as to whether a defense is required is made by the doctoral committee.
Time-to-Degree
From admission to graduate status (includes M.S. degree) to award of the Ph.D. degree: 18 quarters (normative time to degree).
Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination
University Policy
A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for termination of graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from
continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required
by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack
of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are
subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing termination of graduate students, including the
appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.
Special Departmental or Program Policy
A recommendation for termination is reviewed by the School's Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs.
Master's
In addition to the standard reasons noted above, a student may be recommended for termination for
(1) Failure to maintain a grade point average of 3.0 in all courses and in those in the 200 series.
(2) Failure to maintain a grade point average of 3.0 in any two consecutive terms.
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(3) Failure of the comprehensive examination.
(4) Failure to complete the thesis to the satisfaction of the committee members.
(5) Failure to satisfy the breadth and graduate-level requirements.
(6) Failure to complete the requirements for the M.S. degree within the three-year time limit.
Doctoral
In addition to the standard reasons noted above, a student may be recommended for termination for:
(1) Failure to maintain a grade point average of 3.25 in all courses and in those in the 200 series.
(2) Failure in the major field written qualifying examination, or failure to take the major field written examination within two calendar years from the time of
admission to the Ph.D. program.
(3) Failure in a written minor field examination after failure to attain a grade point average of 3.33 in the minor field course work.
(4) Failure of the University Oral Qualifying Examination, or failure to take the University Oral Qualifying Examination within four calendar years from the time of
admission to the Ph.D. program.
(5) Failure to complete the requirements for the Ph.D. within four calendar years after passing the University Oral Qualifying Examination and failure to take this
examination again.
(6) Failure in the final oral examination (defense of the dissertation).
(7) Failure to obtain permission to repeat an examination from an examining committee.
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Letters of Recommendation 3
Other Requirements
Master's Degree
Advising
GRE: General
Applicants who expect to hold F1 or J1 visas must also take the subject test in Engineering, Math, or a related field.
In addition to the University's minimum requirements and those listed above, all applicants are expected to
submit the departmental supplement and a statement of purpose.
Each department in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has a graduate adviser. A current list of graduate advisers can be obtained
from the Office of the Associate Dean for Student Affairs, 6426 Boelter Hall, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Students are assigned a faculty adviser upon admission to the School. Advisers may be changed upon written request from the student. All HSSEAS faculty
serve as advisers.
New students should arrange an appointment as early as possible with the faculty adviser to plan the proposed program of study toward the M.S. or Ph.D.
degree. Continuing students are required to confer with the adviser during the time of enrollment each quarter so that progress can be assessed and the study
list approved.
Based on the quarterly transcripts, student records are reviewed at the end of each quarter by the departmental graduate adviser and Associate Dean for
Academic and Student Affairs. Special attention is given if students are on probation. If their progress is unsatisfactory, students are informed of this in writing by
the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs.
Students are strongly urged to consult with the departmental student services office staff and/or the Office of Academic and Student Affairs regarding
procedures, requirements and on the implementation of the policies. In particular, advice should be sought on advancement to candidacy for the M.S. degree, on
the procedures for taking Ph.D. written and oral examinations if the Ph.D. is the ultimate degree objective, and on the use of the Filing Fee.
Areas of Study
Consult the department.
Foreign Language Requirement
None.
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Course Requirements
At least nine courses are required, of which at least five must be graduate courses. In the thesis plan, seven of the nine must be formal courses, including at
least four from the 200 series. The remaining two may be 598 courses involving work on the thesis. In the comprehensive examination plan, no units of
500-series courses may be applied toward the minimum course requirement. Choices may be made from the following major areas:
Undergraduate Courses. No lower division courses may be applied toward graduate degrees. In addition, the following upper division courses are not applicable
toward graduate degrees: Chemical Engineering 102A, 199; Civil Engineering 106A, 108, 199; Computer Science M152A, 152B, M171L, 199; Electrical
Engineering 100, 101, 102, 103, 110L, M116L, 199; Materials Science and Engineering 110, 120, 130, 131, 131L, 132, 140, 141L, 150, 160, 161L, 199;
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 101, 102, 103, 105A, 105D, 107, 107L, 188, 194, 199.
Upper Division Courses. Students are required to take at least three courses from the following: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 163A, M168, 174, 183,
184, 185.
Graduate Courses. Students are required to take at least three courses from the following: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 263A, 263C, 263D, CM280,
293, 294, 295A, 295B, 296A, 296B, 297.
Additional Courses. The remaining courses may be taken from other major fields of study in the department or from the following: Mathematics 120A, 120B;
Computer Science 241A, 241B; Architecture and Urban Design M226B, M227B, 227D; Management 240A, 240D, 241A, 241B, 242A, 242B, 243B, 243C.
Teaching Experience
Not required.
Field Experience
Not required.
Comprehensive Examination Plan
The comprehensive examination is offered in either written or oral format. A committee to administer the examination consists of the academic adviser as chair
and two other faculty members; at least two members must be from within the department. Students may, in consultation with their adviser and the master's
committee, select one of the following options for the examination: (1) take and pass the first part of the doctoral written qualifying examination as the master's
comprehensive examination; (2) conduct research or design a project and submit a final report to the master's committee; (3) take and pass three extra
examination questions offered separately from each of the final examinations of three graduate courses, to be selected by the committee from a set of common
department courses; or (4) take and pass an oral examination administered by the M.S. committee. In case of failure, students may be reexamined once with the
consent of the graduate adviser.
Thesis Plan
The thesis must describe some original piece of research that has been done under the supervision of the thesis committee. Students would normally start to
plan the thesis at least one year before the award of the M.S. degree is expected. There is no examination under the thesis plan.
Time-to-Degree
The average length of time for students in the M.S. program is five quarters. The maximum time allowed for completing the M.S. degree is three years from the
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time of admission to the M.S. program in the School.
Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination
University Policy
A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for termination of graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from
continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required
by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack
of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are
subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing termination of graduate students, including the
appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.
Special Departmental or Program Policy
A recommendation for termination is reviewed by the school's Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs.
Master's
In addition to the standard reasons noted above, a student may be recommended for termination for:
(1) Failure to maintain a grade point average of 3.0 in all courses and in those in the 200 series.
(2) Failure to maintain a grade point average of 3.0 in any two consecutive terms.
(3) Failure of the comprehensive examination.
(4) Failure to complete the thesis to the satisfaction of the committee members.
(5) Failure to complete the requirements for the M.S. degree within the three-year time limit.
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G.12 NEW MS COMPREHENSIVE EXAM POLICY
MS Distributed Comprehensive Exam Procedure
Information for students:
1) The distributed comprehensive exam (DCE) procedure is one option for satisfying the
MS Comprehensive Exam. Students can satisfy the Comprehensive Exam by obtaining
passing scores on an exam question in each of three graduate classes, approximately
during finals week.
2) The DCE question can be given either as a part of the final exam by identifying a
question of the final exam as the comprehensive exam question, or in the form of a
separate question which is not a part of the final exam. The instructor decides which
format to use for his or her course.
3) All MAE Graduate courses are valid for the DCE option.
4) Students should obtain the MS Comprehensive form from Abel Lebon (department
Student Affairs Officer) before the first time they take a DCE question, and fill it out
listing three to six courses in which they expect to take the DCE.
5) Students are required to discuss with their advisors the choice of courses for the DCE.
6) Students should inform the instructor that they plan to use that particular course toward
the DCE option at the beginning of each quarter.
7) Students have a total of six attempts to pass three DCE questions in three different
courses.
8) Should the student pass the course but not the DCE question, the student can then opt to
re-take the DCE question the next time that course is offered, without repeating the
course. However, students should be aware that if a different instructor is teaching the
course, the course material may be somewhat different.
9) Upon successful completion of three DCE questions, students will complete the MS
Comprehensive form indicating which course he/she took and the quarter the DCE
questions were passed.
Information for faculty and outside instructors:
1) The DCE questions are to be given in written form.
2) If the DCE question is not a part of the final exam, time should be given outside of the
regular final exam period to answer the questions. (If desired, the department can set up
a time when multiple DCE questions can be proctored.) Take-home exams are
acceptable.
3) If the DCE question is a part of the final exam, the required question should be included
in the final exam of a course, must be in written form and be identified as a DCE
question. The required question also serves as a regular final-exam question answered by
all students.
4) At the end of each quarter, instructors should submit electronically to Abel Lebon the
names of students who took the DCE question and whether they passed or failed. The
course number and quarter should be identified. The instructors should also submit paper
or electronic copies of the DCE question and the students’ work to Abel Lebon.
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GRADUATES
Advisor: Abdou
NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON THERMAL DEFORMATION OF CERAMIC BREEDER
PEBBLE BED SYSTEMS
EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS OF THE EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY AND INTERFACE
THERMAL CONDUCTANCE OF A LITHIUM CERAMIC PEBBLE BED
Advisor: Carman
DAMPING PROPERTIES OF TERFENOL-D COMPOSITES
THE INFLUENCE OF EFFECTIVE AND MAGNETOELECTRIC COUPLING ON THE ELASTIC AND WAVE
MECHANICS OF LINEAR MULTIFERROIC CONTINUA
CHARACTERIZING NI-MN-GA BULK AND COMPOSITES FOR ACTUATION AND DAMPING
Advisors: Catton
HIGH HEAT FLUX REMOVAL USING BIPOROUS HEAT XENON FLASHLAMP INDUCED OXYGEN
FLUORESCENCE
Advisors: Dhir
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF CHANNEL ORIENTATION AND FLOW OSCILLATIONS
ON NUCLEATE BOILING HEAT TRANSFER AND THE CRITICAL HEAT FLUX
EFFECT OF BROWNIAN MOTION ON THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF NANOFLUIDS
Advisor: Gadh
ON THE CREATION OF RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) BASED AUTOMATIC
IDENTIFICATION AND DATA CAPTURE INFRASTRUCTURE
Advisor: Gibson / Tsao
HIGH-PERFORMANCE ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF OPTICAL JITTER IN LASER BEAM SYSTEMS
Advisor: Gupta
STRENGTH/MOISTURE RELATIONSHIP FOR INTERFACES AND JOINTS FOR ROBUST PREDICTION OF
RELIABILITY
Advisor: Hahn
MAGNETIC NANOCOMPOSITES: A NEW SYNTHESIS METHOD AND MICROWAVE ABSORPTION
PROPERTIES
RESISTANCE HEATING FOR SELF-HEALING COMPOSITES
Advisor: Ho
PEPTIDE-BASED CAPTURE PROBE TO DETECT BACTERIA
MOLECULAR MECHANICS: THE INTEGRATION OF SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL MOLECULES INTO
NANOMECHANICAL SYSTEMS
BAND-GAP ASSISTED SURFACE PLASMON SENSING
Advisor: Ju
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NANOENGINEERED SURFACES: DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND APPLICATIONS TO MICROFLUIDICS
AND TISSUE ENGINEERING
Advisor: Kim, J.
NANOENGINEERED SURFACES: DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND APPLICATIONS TO MICROFLUIDICS
AND TISSUE ENGINEERING
Advisor: M'Closkey
CLOSED LOOP CONTROL OF TRANSVERSE JET INSTABILITIES
Advisor: Shamma
BECAUSE WE ARE EGOCENTRIC
ONLINE-INFORMATION-BASED LEARNING AND DECISION MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY
LEARNING IN LARGE-SCALE GAMES AND COOPERATIVE CONTROL
Advisor: Tsao
LINEAR TIME VARYING REPETITIVE CONTROL AND ITS, APPLICATIONS
Advisor: Yang
FABRICATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL MICROBATTERIES
ON THE DESIGN OF DEVIATION-FUNCTION BASED GEROTORS-THEORY AND ALGORITHM
PLASMONIC NANOLITHOGRAPHY
Advisor: Zhang
PLASMONIC NANOLITHOGRAPHY
Advisor: Zhong
NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF HYPERSONIC BOUNDARY-LAYER STABILITY AND RECEPTIVITY
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UCLA MASTER PLANNING (MP) TABLES
Organization: Engineering and Applied Science
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Department Code: 0205
HEADCOUNT MAJORS, 3-QUARTER AVERAGE
1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
Lower Division
Upper Division
Undergraduate Subtotal
Graduate 1
Graduate 2 9 qtrs
Graduate Subtotal
Total Headcount Majors
139
209
349
148
19
0
167
516
186
214
400
144
23
0
167
566
195
260
455
148
24
1
173
628
COURSE LEVEL STUDENT CREDIT HOURS (UNITS), 3-QUARTER AVERAGE
1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
Lower Div Major
Upper Div Major
Graduate Major
Major Total
Lower Div Service
Upper Div Service
Graduate Service
Service Total
Total Lower Div
Total Uppder Div
Total Graduate
Total
187
1,912
1,526
3,624
29
503
69
601
216
2,415
1,595
4,226
216
2,080
1,544
3,840
36
596
37
669
252
2,676
1,581
4,509
231
2,507
1,592
4,330
27
586
66
679
257
3,093
1,659
5,009
STUDENT LEVEL STUDENT CREDIT HOURS (UNITS), 3-QUARTER AVERAGE
1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
Lower Division
Upper Division
Graduate 1
Graduate 2 9 qtrs
Graduate Subtotal
Total
273
2,248
1,449
251
4
1,704
4,226
356
2,464
1,419
270
0
1,689
4,509
331
2,926
1,463
281
7
1,751
5,009
173
310
483
140
30
0
169
653
232
3,008
1,691
4,931
52
672
115
839
284
3,680
1,805
5,769
330
3,538
1,544
357
0
1,901
5,769
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358
510
172
33
2
207
717
241
3,329
1,852
5,421
36
775
71
882
277
4,103
1,923
6,303
252
3,970
1,671
380
29
2,081
6,303
161
378
540
222
27
1
250
790
288
3,670
2,279
6,237
27
751
107
885
315
4,421
2,386
7,122
258
4,233
2,274
349
8
2,631
7,122
166
377
543
189
35
2
226
769
242
3,619
2,105
5,965
41
672
115
829
283
4,291
2,220
6,794
307
4,139
1,875
451
22
2,348
6,794
156
390
545
160
44
1
205
750
227
3,812
1,917
5,957
69
547
105
722
296
4,360
2,022
6,678
258
4,214
1,663
539
4
2,206
6,678
155
425
580
175
56
0
232
812
217
4,084
2,413
6,714
56
586
95
738
273
4,671
2,508
7,451
209
4,513
2,048
677
4
2,729
7,451

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INSTRUCTIONAL FTE (YEAR TOTAL)
1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
Faculty—Budgeted
Faculty—Actual
TAs—Budgeted
TAs—Actual
38.44
33.52
6.00
9.49
37.95
31.26
6.00
10.14
39.22
32.26
6.00
12.41
DEGREES AWARDED—SUMMER THROUGH SPRING TOTAL
1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
Bachelor
First Professional
Masters
Doctoral
C.Phil and Other
Total
79
0
38
9
1
127
68
0
29
18
1
116
Actual Faculty FTE data for years prior to 1997-98 have not been fully corrected for sabbatical leaves.
Summaries for historical data have been recalculated to reflect the current organizational structure.
SCH excludes Graduate Visitors and International Exchange SCH; Major SCH includes double and triple majors.
WORKLOAD MEASURES
Unweighted FTE stduents
Weighted FTE students
WORKLOAD RATIOS
Unweighted FTE std/Bud Fac
Unweighted FTE std/Act Fac
Weighted FTE std/Bud Fac
Weighted FTE std/Act Fac
Unweighted UG FTE/Bud TA
Unweighted UG FTE/Act TA
DEGREE-FACULTY RATIOS
Bachelors/Actual Faculty FTE
First Prof/Actual Faculty FTE
Masters/Actual Faculty FTE
Doctoral/Actual Faculty FTE
CPhil, Other/Actual Faculty
64
0
24
15
0
103
44.53
34.41
9.00
14.53
81
0
36
16
0
133
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43.41
31.54
9.00
15.00
106
0
31
18
2
157
41.52
32.72
9.00
16.74
105
0
56
26
0
187
43.00
34.19
6.00
14.57
136
0
105
13
0
254
40.43
32.74
6.00
16.61
1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
308
612
329
646
363
702
416
801
453
876
516
1,010
1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
8.02
9.19
15.93
18.27
28.01
17.71
8.68
10.53
17.03
20.67
31.33
18.54
9.25
11.24
17.91
21.77
36.19
17.50
9.35
12.09
17.99
23.28
28.65
17.75
10.44
14.37
20.18
27.78
31.27
18.76
12.43
15.78
24.32
30.86
33.27
17.89
488
948
11.35
14.27
22.06
27.74
49.40
20.35
130
0
62
23
0
215
480
938
11.88
14.67
23.19
28.64
49.69
17.95
1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
2.36
0.00
1.13
0.27
0.03
2.18
0.00
0.93
0.58
0.03
1.98
0.00
0.74
0.46
0.00
2.35
0.00
1.05
0.46
0.00
275
3.36
0.00
0.98
0.57
0.06
3.21
0.00
1.71
0.79
0.00
3.98
0.00
3.07
0.38
0.00
3.97
0.00
1.89
0.70
0.00
123
0
72
24
0
219
542
1,089

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FTE
All Degrees/Actual Faculty FTE
3.79 3.71 3.19 3.87 4.98 5.72 7.43 6.57
Workload Measures - Computation of FTE by Student Level
These Calculations are identical to those used by the Office of the President for Bud getary Purposes
NOTE: University of California System CSS Third-Week Enrollment and Degrees Files
University of California System CSS Third-Week Class Extract
Instructional Research Information System Extract
Office of Academic Planning and Budget (Instructional FTE)
Unweighted FTE Students = Lower Division Student Credit Hours /15
+ Upper Division Student Credit Hours/15
+ Graduate 1 Student Credit Hours/12
+ Graduate 2 Headcount

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COURSE LEVEL: LOWER UPPER UD TOTAL TOTAL GRAD TOTAL
DIV. DIV. TUTOR UD UG GRAD TUTOR GRAD TOTAL
PAGE: 12
COURSE ENROLLMENTS:
+_____________________
PRIMARY:LOWER DIV. STUDENTS 26 29 0 29 55 0 0 0 55
UPPER DIV. STUDENTS 58 1061 2 1063 1121 0 0 0 1121
GRADUATE-1 2 71 0 71 73 353 85 438 511
GRADUATE-2 0 1 0 1 1 65 59 124 125
TOTAL PRIMARY SECT ENROLL 86 1162 2 1164 1250 418 144 562 1812
SECONDARY SECTION ENROLL 83 934 0 934 1017 22 0 22 1039
0
COURSE SUBJECTS & SECTIONS:
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# PRIMARY COURSE SUBJECTS 3.0 28.0 1.0 29.0 32.0 11.0 7.0 18.0 50.0
# PRIMARY COURSE SECTIONS 3.0 30.0 1.0 31.0 34.0 39.0 84.0 123.0 157.0
# PRIMARY CRSES W/SEC SECTS 2.0 18.0 0.0 18.0 20.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 21.0
# SECONDARY SECTIONS 2.0 26.0 0.0 26.0 28.0 4.0 0.0 4.0 32.0
# PRIMARY M-COURSE SUBJECTS 0 2 0 2 2 6 0 6 8
# PRIMARY M-COURSE SECTIONS 0 2 0 2 2 6 0 6 8
# PRIMARY C-COURSE SUBJECTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
# PRIMARY C-COURSE SECTIONS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
PRIMARY COURSE SIZE (EXCL. M/C)
+___________________
MINIMUM CLASS SIZE 3 2 2 1 1
MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE 49 100 2 34 6
MEAN CLASS SIZE 29 38 2 8 2
# COURSES ENROLLING 1 - 3 1 2 1 3 4 8 76 84 88
4 - 7 0 1 0 1 1 15 8 23 24
8 - 11 0 1 0 1 1 6 0 6 7
12 - 25 0 4 0 4 4 4 0 4 8
26 - 50 2 12 0 12 14 3 0 3 17
51 - 100 0 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 9
101 - 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
201 OR MORE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 STUDENT CREDIT HOURS:
+ ____________________
LOWER DIV. STUDENTS
MAJOR 88 92 92 180 180
SERVICE 16 24 24 40 40
TOTAL 104 116 116 220 220
UPPER DIV. STUDENTS
MAJOR 190 3648 6 3654 3844 3844
SERVICE 40 470 470 510 510
TOTAL 230 4118 6 4124 4354 4354
GRADUATE-1 STUDENTS
MAJOR 4 266 266 270 1262 482 1744 2014
SERVICE 16 16 16 55 55 71
TOTAL 4 282 282 286 1317 482 1799 2085
GRADUATE-2 STUDENTS
MAJOR 4 4 4 200 448 648 652
SERVICE 30 30 30
TOTAL 4 4 4 230 448 678 682
TOTAL STUDENTS
MAJOR 282 4010 6 4016 4298 1462 930 2392 6690
SERVICE 56 510 510 566 85 85 651
TOTAL 338 4520 6 4526 4864 1547 930 2477 7341
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1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06
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(1) Instructional Workload FTE Students 327 361 414 452 515 490 480
% Lower Division Instruction 5 5 5 4 4 4 4
% Upper Division Instruction 54 57 59 61 57 58 61
% Graduate Instruction 40 38 36 35 39 38 35
(2) Lower Division Primary Classes 5 5 7 7 7 8 9
Upper Division Primary Classes 71 71 73 76 72 80 89
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
LD Enrollment per Class 38 39 31 31 35 29 28
UD Enrollment per Class 26 30 34 37 42 37 34
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
% LD Enrollments w Discussion Section 100 100 95 92 93 86 82
% UD Enrollments w Discussion Section 63 63 63 59 60 55 60
(3) Lower Division Discussion Sections 7 7 7 6 6 6 6
Upper Division Discussion Sections 45 44 53 46 46 46 46
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
LD Enrollment per Section 27 28 30 33 38 34 35
UD Enrollment per Section 28 33 32 39 43 39 43
(4) Undergraduate Tutorial Enrollment 3 15 18 45 54 36 30
Graduate Tutorial Enrollment 366 390 378 387 357 345 336
(5) Lower Division Spring Course Grades 80 82 94 86 86 81 96
Upper Division Spring Course Grades 652 839 973 1040 1164 1094 1181
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
LD Average Grade Point 2.90 3.27 3.46 3.17 3.39 3.19 3.28
UD Average Grade Point 2.95 3.00 3.00 3.14 3.28 3.20 3.13
(6) Budgeted FTE Faculty 37.95 39.22 44.53 43.41 41.52 43.00 40.43
Budgeted Teaching Assistants 6.00 6.00 6.00 9.00 9.00 6.00 6.00
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
FTE Students per Budgeted FTE Faculty 8.6 9.2 9.3 10.4 12.4 11.4 11.9
(7) Filled FTE Regular-Rank Positions 30.00 31.00 31.00 31.00 30.00 30.00 30.00
(8) Fall Total Undergraduate Majors 411 477 506 525 556 570 577
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
% Transfer to UCLA 9 10 12 12 14 15 16
% Double Major 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
% Women 17 17 17 18 16 17 15
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
% Underrepresented Minority 15 12 9 9 9 10 10
% Asian and Pacific Islander 40 41 40 39 40 41 40
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% Caucasian 36 37 39 40 38 38 38
% All Other Ethnicity/Citizenship 7 8 10 10 11 9 10
(9) Fall Total Graduate Students 182 188 170 208 251 226 205
Graduate Students % of All Students 31 28 26 29 32 29 27
(10) Baccalaureate Degrees Granted 61 63 87 106 102 135 123
% Transfer to UCLA 26 14 21 22 17 22 25
(11) Degrees to Students Entering
from High School to UCLA 45 54 69 83 85 105 92
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
% Double Major 0 1 1 7 2 5 1
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
% Four Year Graduation 22 22 26 37 38 43 39
% Fifth Year Graduation 64 68 60 50 49 48 54
% Sixth Year Graduation 4 9 13 8 9 5 4
% Beyond Six Years 8 0 0 3 2 1 2
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Avg Registered Quarters at UCLA 14.4 14.0 13.8 13.7 13.7 13.1 13.2
Avg Units Attempted per Quarter 13.8 13.9 14.1 14.0 14.0 14.3 14.1
Avg Units Attempted at UCLA 199 195 195 191 191 187 187
Avg Units on Transcript at Graduation 212 218 211 222 217 224 228
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Avg UC Grade Point Average 3.00 3.17 3.06 3.17 3.07 3.23 3.25
(12) Degrees to Students Entering
as Transfers to UCLA 16 9 18 23 17 30 31
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
% Double Major 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
% Two Year Graduation 12 11 33 26 11 19 9
% Third Year Graduation 75 66 61 73 76 66 77
% Fourth Year Graduation 12 22 0 0 11 9 3
% Beyond Four Years 0 0 5 0 0 3 9
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Avg Registered Quarters-to-Degree 8.1 8.8 8.0 7.7 7.9 8.0 8.2
Avg Units Attempted per Quarter 13.9 13.3 14.5 14.1 13.8 14.3 14.6
Avg Units Attempted at UCLA 113 117 116 109 109 114 119
Avg Units on Transcript at Graduation 223 221 224 224 224 230 225
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Avg UC Grade Point Average 3.13 3.22 3.39 3.30 3.29 3.17 3.29
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G.15 FACULTY CURRICULUM VITAE
Degrees
MOHAMED A. ABDOU
Distinguished Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
Jun 1967 B.S. University of Alexandria Nuclear Engineering
Jan 1971 M.S. University of Wisconsin Nuclear Engineering
Jul 1973 Ph.D. University of Wisconsin Nuclear Engineering (Minor in Physics)
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Mar 1983 Appointment to Professor
years of service: 24
Employment History
start end position institution
1983 present Professor MAE Department, School of Engineering and
Applied Science, UCLA
1981 1983 Branch Manager Nuclear Engineering & Materials Branch,
Fusion Engineering D
1981 1983 Participant and Group Chairman Int'l Tokamak Reactor (INTOR) Project,
International Atomic
1981 1983 Technical Manager Int'l Tokamak Reactor (INTOR) Nuclear
Systems, Office of Fus
1981 1993 Lead Technical Expert Joint U.S./Japan Cooperative Program on
Fusion Neutronics, E
1979 1983 Associate Director Fusion Power Program, Argonne National
Laboratory
1979 1983 Section Head Applied Physics Division, Argonne National
Laboratory
1978 1979 Associate Professor School of Nuclear Engineering Georgia
Institute of Technology
1974 1978 Nuclear Engineer Applied Physics Division, Argonne Nat'l Lab
1973 1974 Research Associate (Postdoctoral Fellow) Nuclear Engineering Dept., Univ. of Wisconsin
1969 1973 Research Assistant Nuclear Engineering Dept., Univ. of Wisconsin
1967 1969 Teaching Fellow Nuclear Engineering Dept., Univ. of Alexandria
Other Professional Activities
start end description
Oct 2007 Session Chair, ISFNT-8 Session "Fusion Beyond ITER" (Germany)
Jun 2007 Keynote Speaker, 13th International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems (ICENES)
"Overview of Fusion Technology"
Jun 2007 Oct 2008 Member, TOFE-18, San Francisco, CA, October 2008
Jan 2007 Invited Guest Lecturer, Institute of Plasma Research, Ahmedabad, India. Delivered a series of
lectures on the principles and challenges of Fusion Nuclear Technology.
2007 2007 Member, ISEM 2007 International Steering Committee
2007 2007 Member, JAPMED-5 International Steering Committee
Nov 2006 Invited Talk, US ITER Blanket Program (TOFE-17)
Nov 2006 Session Chair, TOFE-17, Albuquerque, NM
May 2006 Invited Guest Lecturer, Peking University, Beijing, China
May 2006 Invited Seminar Speaker, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
May 2006 Invited Seminar Speaker, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
2006 Member, Program Advisory Committee, Ceramic Breeder Blanket Interactions Workshop (CBBI-14)
2006 Member, Test Blanket Working Group High Level Ad Hoc Delegation Head Group
2006 Reviewer, Reviewer for US Dept of Energy, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences: Renewal of University
Advanced Studies Program Grant
2006 2007 Chair, Cairo 10th International Conference on Energy and Environment
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2006 2007 Member, International Conference Committee, International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy
Systems, Istanbul, Turkey
Dec 2005 Co-Chair, ICFRM-12 Session "Test Blanket Modules for ITER"
Dec 2005 Invited Panelist, ICFRM Discussion Session: "Materials Challenges for ITER-TBM and Beyond"
Jun 2005 Jun 2007 Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, First International Conference on Energy and
Sustainability (Energy 2007)
May 2005 Session Chair, ISFNT-7, Tokyo, Japan
2005 Member, International Steering Committee, International Society of Electromagnetics Conference
2005 Member, Program Advisory Committee, Ceramic Breeder Blanket Interactions Workshop (CBBI-13)
2005 2006 Member, International Scientific Committee, 6th International Conference on Role of Engineering
Towards a Better Environment (RTBE'06)
2005 2007 Co-Chair, Conference Co-Chair, 10th International Cairo Conference on Energy and Environment,
Egypt
04/27/2004 Invited series of seminars, Korean Basic Science Institute (KBSI) and Korea Atomic Energy Research
Institute (KAERI), a seminar series on "the state of fusion nuclear technology" given to scientists,
engineers, industry and decision makers preparatory to Korea's joining the International Project,
ITER, and initiating a new program in fusion technology.
04/25/2004 Invited keynote speaker, Korean Nuclear Society (KNS) meeting, Seoul, Korea
Apr 2004 Invited international guest lecture on fusion technology, Dong-Eui University, Busan, Korea
Feb 2004 Dec 2004 Chairman : Fusion Engineering Science Priorities for Next Decade, Department of Energy Advisory
Committee
2004 present Director, UCLA Center for Energy Science & Technology Advanced Research (CESTAR)
2003 Member, Advisory Committee, First International Conference on Sustainable Energy, Planning &
Technology in Relationship to the Environment , Halkidiki, Greece, May 2003.
May 2002 Keynote Speaker, International Symposium on SiC/SiC Composite Materials R&D and It's Application
to Advanced Energy Systems (CREST)
Apr 2002 Chair, Closing Session of the 6th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT),
San Diego, CA.
Apr 2002 Invited Speaker, 6th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT)
2002 Member, ALPS Steering Committee
2002 2003 Member, Appointed to the Fusion Development Path Panel by the US Dept of Energy (DOE)-Fusion
Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC). The panel was charged with the development and
delivery of "A Plan for the Development of Fusion Energy."
2002 2003 Member, FESAC Development Path Panel
2002 present Ex-Officio, International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology
2002 present Member, Basic Energy Science Advisory Committee (BESAC)
Sep 2001 Invited seminar, Daejeon University
Sep 2001 Invited seminar, Kyung-hee University
Apr 2001 Member, Executive Committee, Burning Plasma Experiments
2001 2003 Co-Chair, International Steering Committee: 2nd International Symposium on Free Surface Flow and
Interfacial Transport Phenomena
2001 2003 Member, International Scientific Committee: International Conference on Energy and the Environment
2001 2003 Member, International Steering Committee, 11th International Symposium on Applied
Electromagnetics and Mechanics (ISEM), Versailles, France, May 2003.
2001 2003 Member, International Steering Committee, Free Surface Flow and Interfacial Transport Phenomena
2001 present Leader, Fusion Technologies (Chamber, Safety, Tritium, Remote Maintenance, etc.) Virtual
Laboratory for Technology, Department of Energy
2001 present Leader, Fusion Technology, Department of Energy, Virtual Laboratory for Technology
Nov 2000 Nov 2004 Member, Fusion Power Associates Board of Directors
Aug 2000 May 2001 Member, International Steering Committee, 10th International Symposium on Applied
Electromagnetics and Mechanics (ISEM).
Jul 2000 Jul 2003 Member, Executive Committee, University Fusion Associates
Apr 2000 present Member, International Standing Committee, International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics
and Mechanics
2000 2001 Co-Founder and Co-Chair, International Steering Committee: 1st International Symposium on Free
Surface Flow and Interfacial Transport Phenomena
2000 present Leader, Thermofluids and Thermomechanics, US-Japan Collaboration: Jupiter-II Program
1999 2002 Chair, International Standing Committee for Fusion Nuclear Technology
Jan 1998 2001 Leader, Advanced Technology, Virtual Laboratory for Technology, Department of Energy
Jan 1998 2001 Leader, Department of Energy, Advanced Technology, Virtual Laboratory for Technology
Oct 1997 present Leader, Department of Energy, APEX Study for Advanced Power Extraction
Aug 1997 present Leader, International Study on Advanced Power Extraction, Department of Energy
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Apr 1997 2002 Chairman, International Standing Committee for Fusion Technology (ISFNT)
1997 present Director, UCLA Fusion Science & Technology Center
1993 2002 Member, International Standing Committee, International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology
1990 present Member, Review Committee for DOE Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
May 1989 present Member, US-China Coordinating Committee for Collaboration on Fusion Technology
Mar 1989 present Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
1989 present Associate Fellow, The Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
1984 present U.S. Technical Coordinator, U.S./Japan Collaborative Program on Fusion Neutronics Experiments,
Department of Energy
1983 present Professor, MAE Department, School of Engineering and Applied Science, UCLA
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
Oct 2007 Sep 2008 Haci Mehmet-Sahin, Gazi University (Ankara, Turkey)
Sep 2007 Sep 2007 Tomoaki Kunugi, Kyoto University
Sep 2007 Dec 2007 Hulin Huang, Nanjing University of Aeronautic and Astronautics (China)
Aug 2007 Aug 2007 Motoo Fumizawa, Shonan Institute of Technology (Japan)
Aug 2007 Sep 2007 Shinji Ebara, Kyushu Univeristy (Japan)
Jul 2007 Jul 2007 Yasumasa Ito, Kyoto University
Jul 2007 Aug 2007 Shinichi Satake, Tokyo University of Science
Jul 2007 Sep 2007 Nicola Zaccari, University of Pisa (Italy)
Jul 2007 Sep 2007 Yoshitaka Ueki, Kyoto University
Mar 2007 Jun 2007 Masaaki Satake, Tohoku University
2007 Research Mentor, RISE-UP Program (Research Intensive Series in Engineering for Underrepresented
Populations) Research Mentor for Mr. Alfredo Rueda
2007 Research Mentor, UC LEADS Program (Leadership Excellence through Advanced Degrees )
Research Mentor for Mr. Dinh Truong
Nov 2006 Hidetoshi Hashizume, Tohoku University
Aug 2006 Sahin, Sumer, Gazi University
Aug 2006 Sep 2006 Yamamoto, Yoshinobu, Nagoya University
Aug 2006 Sep 2006 Yokomine, Takehiko, Kyushsu University
Jul 2006 Buhler, Leo, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, IKET
Jul 2006 Mistrangelo, Chiara, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, IKET
Jul 2006 Aug 2006 Malang, Siegfried, Fusion Science & Technology Expert
Jul 2006 Aug 2006 Nakaharai, Hiroyuki, Kyushu University
Jun 2006 Shin-ichi Satake, Tokyo University
2006 M135, Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering
Dec 2005 Feb 2006 Yoon, Han-Ki, Dong-eui University, Korea
Nov 2005 Nov 2005 Malang, Siegfried, Fusion Science & Technology Expert
Nov 2005 Dec 2005 Moreau, René, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble
Sep 2005 Dec 2005 Nakaharai, Hiroyuki, Kyushu University, Japan
Sep 2005 present Messadek, Karim, Research Engineer
Aug 2005 Aug 2005 Satake, Shin-ichi, Tokyo University
May 2005 May 2005 Allam, Mahmoud, Nile University
Apr 2005 Apr 2005 Sheffield, John, University of Tennessee
Apr 2005 Jun 2005 Cuevas, Sergio, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Feb 2005 Mar 2005 Malang, Siegfried, Fusion Science & Technology Expert
Jan 2005 Feb 2005 Yokomine, Takehiko, Kyushu University, Japan
Jan 2005 Apr 2005 Nakaharai, Hiroyuki, Kyushu University, Japan
Nov 2004 Nov 2004 Kunugi, Tomoaki, Kyoto University
Nov 2004 Dec 2004 Moreau, René, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble
Oct 2004 Oct 2004 Sharma, Amit Raj, Institute for Plasma Research, India
Sep 2004 Sep 2004 Enoeda, Mikio, JAERI
Sep 2004 Sep 2004 Sato, Satoshi, JAERI
Aug 2004 Sep 2004 Satake, Shin-ichi, Kyoto University
Jul 2004 Jul 2004 Mamalis, Thanos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Jun 2004 Jun 2004 Jun, Insoo, NASA JPL
Jun 2004 Jun 2004 Lee, G.S., Korea Basic Sciences Institute
May 2004 May 2004 Hong, B.G., Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
May 2004 May 2004 Miya, Kenzo, International Institute of Universality
Apr 2004 Mar 2006 Calderoni. Pattrick, Research Engineer
Mar 2004 Mar 2004 Malang, Siegfried, Fusion Science & Technology Expert
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Feb 2004 Feb 2004 Satou, Manabu, Tohoku University
2004 present Chair, Heat and Mass Transfer Major Field Committee
Jul 2003 Jul 2003 Sze, Dai Kai, UC San Diego
Aug 2002 Aug 2004 Miraghaie, Reza, Associate Research Engineer, University of California, Los Angeles
Jul 2002 Aug 2002 Yuki, Kazuhisa, Research Associate, Tohoku University
Jul 2002 Jul 2003 Cuevas, Sergio, Sr. Researcher, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Oct 2001 Jan 2002 Tajima, Yu, Visiting Researcher, Tohoku University
Sep 2001 present Ni, Mingjiu, Asst. Development Engineer, Univ of Cal-Los Angeles
Aug 2001 Oct 2001 Yamaoka, Nobuo, Visiting Researcher, Osaka University
Jul 2001 Aug 2001 Ichimiya, Koichi, Visiting Researcher,(Professor, Yamanashi University)
Jul 2001 present Morley, Neil, Adjunct Professor/Assoc. Research Engineer
Apr 2001 Oct 2001 Sreenivasan, Binod, Associate Development Engineer, Univ. of California, Los Angeles
Jan 2001 present Smolentsev, Sergey, Senior Development Researcher
2000 present Chair, Applied Plasma Physics Major Field
Apr 1999 Jan 2003 Huang, Hulin, Staff Research Associate, University of California, Los Angeles
1999 2002 UCLA Advisor for National Magnetic Fusion Fellowship Program
1997 Jun 2001 Morley, Neil, Asst. Research Engineer
1996 present Member, Manufacturing and Design Major Field
1995 present Member, Heat and Mass Transfer Major Field
Jan 1991 present Undergraduate Advisor
Feb 1988 present Ying, Alice, Specialist
1985 present Advisor for Graduate Students
Sep 1983 present Youssef, Mahmoud Z., Senior Research Engineer
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
Jun 2007 Invited Keynote Speaker at the 13th International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems (ICENES),
ICENES
Jan 2007 Invited to deliver a series of lectures on the principles and challenges of Fusion Nuclear Technology., Institute of
Plasma Research, Ahmedabad, India
Nov 2006 Invited Keynote Speaker, TOFE-17, Albuquerque, NM, TOFE
May 2006 Invited Lecture on Fusion, ITER, and Technology Development, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
May 2006 Invited Seminar Speaker on Fusion Nuclear Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
May 2006 Invited Seminar Speaker, "Overview of Fusion Technology", Xi'an Jiaotong University
May 2006 Invited Seminar Speaker: "Fusion Technology and the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor",
Chinese Academy of Sciences - Shanghai Institute o
Jan 2006 Invited Keynote Speaker, 2nd International Conference on Thermal Engineering and Applications, Al Ain, United
Arab Emirates, ICTEA
2006 Invited membership in Emerging Energy Technologies Committee of ASCE, American Society of Civil Engineers
2006 Invited to serve on the Editorial Board, ASCE Journal of Energy Engineering
2006 Technical Advisor to US Government on international negotiations for ITER Technology Testing, DOE
May 2005 Invited keynote speaker at ISFNT-7, Tokyo, Japan, May 2005 ("Fusion Nuclear Technology: Grand Challenges and
Exciting Opportunities for Young Researchers"), Int'l Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology
Mar 2005 "To Prof. Mohamed A. Abdou for his seminal and pioneering contributions to fusion science and technology; and
for his dedication to promoting international collaboration in science and technology", 9th Int'l Conf. on Energy and
Environment Award
Mar 2005 Invited keynote speaker: "Fusion: The Energy Source for the XXI Century", 9th Int'l Cairo Conference on Energy
and Environme
Apr 2004 Invited by DEU as an international guest lecturer on fusion technology., Dong-Eui University, Korea
Apr 2004 Invited by KBSI and KAERI to give a series of seminars to scientists, engineers, industry, and decision makers on
"the state of fusion nuclear technology" in preparation for Korea's joining the International Project, ITER, and
initiating a new program in fusion technology., Korean Basic Science Institute and Korean Atomic E
Apr 2004 Invited keynote speaker to 19th KNS meeting, Seoul, Korea, Korean Nuclear Society
Jun 2003 Invited Seminar Speaker, "Fusion Nuclear Technology Development and the Role of CTF toward DEMO, Joint
European Torus
Feb 2003 Invited Seminar Speaker, "Fusion Nulcear Technology Development and the Role of CTF toward DEMO", MIT
Dec 2002 Invited Seminar Speaker, General Atomics
May 2002 Keynote Speaker, International Symposium on SiC/SiC Composite Materials R&D and Its Applications to Advanced
Energy Systems (CREST), Kyoto, Japan., CREST
Apr 2002 Keynote Speaker, "Recent Advances in Chamber Science and Technology", 6th International Symposium on
Fusion Nuclear Technology, San Diego, CA.
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2002 Appointed to the Fusion Development Path Panel by the US Dept of Energy (DOE)-Fusion Sciences Advisory
Committee (FESAC). The panel was charged with the development and delivery of "A Plan for the Development of
Fusion Energy.", DOE, Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee
May 2001 Keynote Speaker, "Liquid Walls Science & Technology", International Symposium on Free Surface Flow and
Interfacial Transport Phenonmena, Japan.
May 2001 Keynote Speaker, International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Tokyo, Japan, May 12-
14, 2001.
Mar 2001 Invited Speaker, "Moving Beyond Prediction to Control", Dept of Energy Science Seminar, Washington DC, March
13, 2001.
2001 International Award established by ISFNT as the Miya-Abdou Award for Outstanding Technical Contributions to the
Field of Fusion Nuclear Technology.
10/21/2000 American Muslim Achievement Award-to recognize members of the Muslim community who have made
outstanding contributions in their field of work, and to our community...for the betterment of humankind. The ICSC
is very proud to honor...Prof. Mohamed Abdou in recognition of his outstanding contributions to society.
Oct 2000 The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Ceritificate - "In recognition of your outstanding contributions and
selfless dedication to the citizens of Los Angeles County. Your distinguished work has truly touched the lives of
countless individuals."
Apr 2000 Member, International Standing Committee, Tenth International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and
Mechanics, Tokyo, Japan
Sep 1999 Keynote Speaker, Fifth International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, Rome, Italy.
Nov 1998 Technology Leader, Fusion Summer Study, Snowmass, CO, July 1999
Oct 1997 Chairman, Design Materials Interface and ITER Session, Eighth International Conference on Fusion Reactor
Materials, Japan
Aug 1997 Leader, Multidisciplinary, Multi-Institutional Study on Advanced Power Extraction(APEX), Department of Energy
May 1997 Invited Plenary Speaker, Sixth All-Russian Conference on Engineering Problems of Thermonuclear Reactors, May
27-29, 1997, St. Petersburg, Russia
1997 Co-Chairman, International Program Committee, Fifth International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology
Dec 1996 Senior Fusion Technology Representative, Fusion Community Retreat, Leesburg
1996 FPA Leadership Award, for outstanding leadership qualities in accelerating the development of fusion; "In selecting
you the Board recognizes the outstanding job you have done over many years to provide vision, leadership and
direction to the US and World Fusion technology programs. We recognize both your prolific technical contributions
and your leadership of several multi-institutional technical and planning studies..."
1996 Keynote Speaker on Fusion, Tenth Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference, Japan.
Jan 1995 Finalist, Superior Teaching Award, Student Section of American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1995 Chairman, World Bank International Committee on Science and Technology
1995 Member, International Standing Committee, Fourth International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology
1994 Chairman, International Working Group for ITER Technology Testing (1994-1995). The selection was made by the
Heads of the World Program upon the recommendation of the technical community in Europe, Japan, the USA and
the Russian Federation. The TPWG was responsible for Technology Testing on the ITER, which is an 8 billion
dollar international facility
1994 Leader, International Study on High Volume Plasma-Based Neutron Sources. Selected by the Heads of the World
Programs to lead the study under the auspices of the International Energy Agency (IEA) in 1994-1995. Major
participants included Europe, Japan, and USA. The study conducted a technical evaluation and recommended a
new facility (VNS) at a cost of 2 billion dollars
1993 Chairman, International Test Program Working Group for ITER
1993 Distinguished Lecturer, Japanese Atomic Energy Society "...for Developing Volumetric Neutron Source Concept"
1993 Who's Who in American Education, 4th Edition
Jun 1991 Co-Chairman, International Workshop on Fusion Neutronics, Karlsruhe, Germany
1991 Chairman, International Standing Committee for Fusion Nuclear Technology
1991 Chairman, Review Panel for the R&D of Plasma-Facing Components for the International Thermonuclear
Experimental Reactor, Department of Energy
1991 General Chairman, Third International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology
1991 Member, Nuclear Science Advisory Committee Review Panel; National Science Foundation and Department of
Energy
1990 American Nuclear Society Fellow - "For his outstanding contributions to fusion science and engineering and the
development of fusion nuclear technology including pioneering research in fusion neutronics, blanket, and shielding
analysis, and for exceptional leadership of several reactor design studies and fusion nuclear engineering research
projects."
1990 Chairman, US-Japanese Universities Workshop on Near-Term R&D for Nuclear Technology, Chicago, IL, October
12, 1990
1990 Member, US Steering Committee for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
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Oct 1989 Keynote Speaker on Fusion Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics (NURETH-4) International
Conference on October 12, 1989, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Oct 1989 Leader, Session 24 of the Fourth International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics, NURETH-
4 Conference, Karlsruhe, FRG
Sep 1989 Member, Special Panel on "Comparison and Assessment of Soviet, European, and Japanese Fusion Programs
and Comparison to US Program", Foreign Applied Science Center, and Office of Energy Research
Jul 1989 Co-Chairman, Scientific Program Committee for the Second International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear
Technology
Apr 1989 Leader, US Delegation to IEA Specialist Meeting on Fusion Nuclear Technology in Cadarache, France
1989 Elected Associate Fellow to the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS).
1989 General Chairman, Testing Group for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (IAEA)
Nov 1988 Certificate of Appreciation from the Department of Energy
1988 American Nuclear Society Outstanding Achievement Award - "The Outstanding Achievement Award is the most
prestigious award of the Fusion Energy Division of the ANS. It is presented to an ANS member in recognition of
exemplary individual achievement requiring professional excellence and leadership of high caliber in the area of
fusion science and engineering"
1988 Chairman, JAERI-USDOE Workshop on Fusion Neutronics, October 4-6, 1988, UCLA
1988 Chairman, Testing Requirements, Int'l Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), ITER Workshop on Testing,
Garching, FRG, July 1988
1988 Chairman, Workshop on Blankets for the Int'l Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, 18-19 April 1988, Tokyo,
Japan
1988 Dept. of Energy Distinguished Associate Award - (awarded by the Secretary of Energy) "This award is in
recognition of your exceptional leadership of the Technical Program Analysis activity. Your efforts have resulted in
the first comprehensive & detailed technical plan for the development of fusion energy. This body of work will serve
as a solid foundation for both long-term planning in the U.S. Magnetic Fusion Energy Program ...
1987 Co-Chairman, Int'l Steering Committee for the Int'l Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, held 10-19 April
1988, Tokyo, Japan
1986 Chair, Fusion Nuclear Technology and Materials Session, IAEA 4th Technical Workshop on Fusion Reactor Design
and Technology, held 2-6 June, 1986, in Yalta, USSR
1986 Head, U.S. Delegation to IAEA 4th Technical Committee Meeting and Workshop on Fusion Reactor Design and
Technology, held 26 May-6 June, 1986, in Yalta, USSR
1985 Chairman and Organizer, Nuclear Testing Session, American Nuclear Society 7th Meeting on the Technology of
Fusion Energy
1985 Chairman, Steering Committee for Magnetic Fusion Technology Technical Planning Activity, Department of Energy
1985 International Who's Who of Intellectuals
1985 Special Recognition from Japan Atomic Energy Society for Distinguished Contributions to the World Fusion
Program
1984 Department of Energy Special Recognition of Outstanding Contribution - "Outstanding contribution toward more
effective U.S./Japan fusion cooperation . . . His internationally recognized stature as a technical authority on the
substance of the collaborative program and the leadership which he personally brought to bear . . . his style of
excellence which brings credit to himself and to . . . UCLA
1984 General Chairman, International Workshop on Fusion Technology Testing and Facilities, Department of Energy
1984 Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology
1983 Member and Chairman, Technical Assessment Group, High Heat Flux Materials and Component Development
Task Group, Department of Energy
1982 American Nuclear Society Young Members Engineering Achievement Award - "For recognition of outstanding
contributions to fusion technology and engineering including pioneering developments in fusion neutronics and
shielding analysis, leadership in the STARFIRE tokamak reactor conceptual design, and direction of the nuclear
systems and materials analysis for the U.S. Fusion Engineering Device (FED) Program and Int'l. Tokamak Reactor
(INTOR) Project."
1982 Department of Energy Certificate of Appreciation - For personal commitment to the progress of fusion through
service as a member of the Fusion Engineering Design Center team as well as for significant scientific
contributions to the definition of the Fusion Engineering Devices."
1980 Leader, U.S. Nuclear Systems (Tritium, Blanket, First Wall, Impurity Control, Safety), International Tokamak
Reactor (INTOR) Study, Department of Energy and International Atomic Energy Agency
1980 Who's Who in Nuclear Engineering
1979 Chairman, Review Committee for Nuclear Systems, Engineering Test Facility (ETR) Study, Department of Energy
1979 Outstanding Young Men of America
1977 Best Technical Paper Award on Fusion, 5th Int'l Conf. on Reactor Shielding
1962 Fellowship for Undergraduate Excellence Program, Alexandria Univ.
1959 Ministry of Education Fellowship Nat'l Award for Outstanding Young Students
1957 Best Young Author Nat'l Award
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University Service
start end committee type description
2007 present Department Member, Distinguished Seminar Committee
2007 present Department Member, Heat and Mass Transfer Ph.D. Major Field Committee
2006 present Department Chair, Energy Recruitment Committee
2006 present Department Member, Ad-Hoc Committee: Tenure
2005 2005 Department Member, Ad-Hoc Committe - Appraisal
2005 2006 Department Chair, Ad Hoc Committee - Promotion to Step VI
2005 2006 Department Member, Faculty Recruitment Committee
2005 2006 Department Member, Industrial Liaison Committee
2005 2007 Department Chair, Heat and Mass Transfer Ph.D. Major Field Committee
2005 present Department Chair, Ad Hoc Committee - Promotion to Adjunct Professor
2005 present Department Chair, Applied Plasma Ph.D. Major Field Committee
2005 present Department Member, Manufacturing and Design Ph.D. Major Field Committee
2004 2005 Department Chair, Applied Plasma Physics Ph.D. Major Field Committee
2004 2005 Department Chair, Heat & Mass Transfer Ph.D. Major Field Committee
2004 2005 Department Member, Graduate Curriculum Reform Committee
2004 2005 Department Member, Industrial Liaison Committee
2004 2005 Department Member, Manufacturing and Design Ph.D. Major Field Committee
2003 2004 Department Chair, Space Allocation Committee
2003 2004 Department Member, Ad Hoc Committee - Recruitment
2003 2004 Department Member, Ph.D. Field Committee: Applied Plasma Physics
2003 2004 Department Member, Ph.D. Field Committee: Heat & Mass Transfer
2003 2004 Department Member, Ph.D. Field Committee: Manufacturing & Design
2003 2005 University Wide Member, Merit Increase Committee
2003 present University Wide Director, Center for Energy Science and Technology Advanced Research
(CESTAR)
2002 2002 Department Chair, Ad Hoc Committee - Advancement
2002 2002 Department Member, Ad Hoc Committe: Merit
2002 2002 University Wide Mentor, UCLA Center for Academic and Research Excellence (CARE)
Program
2002 2003 Department Chair, Space Allocation Committee
2002 2003 Department Member, Ph.D. Major Field Committee: Applied Plasma Physics
2002 2003 Department Member, Ph.D. Major Field Committee: Heat and Mass Transfer
2002 2003 Department Member, Ph.D. Major Field Committee: Manufacturing and Design
2002 present University Wide Dept. Representative, Engineering I Bldg. Committee
2001 2002 Department Chair, Ph.D. Major Field Committee: Applied Plasma Physics
2001 2002 Department Member, MAE Faculty Recruitment Committee
2001 2002 Department Member, Ph.D. Major Field Committee: Heat and Mass Transfer
2001 2002 Department Member, Ph.D. Major Field Committee: Manufacturing and Design
2001 present University Wide Member, Executive Board, Institute of Plasma Science and Technology
Sep 2000 Aug 2001 University Wide Member, Courses and Curricula Committee
Sep 2000 Aug 2001 University Wide Member, Faculty and Student Awards and Honors Committee
Sep 2000 Aug 2001 University Wide Member, Ph.D. Field Committee: Heat & Mass Transfer
2000 2001 Department Chair, Ph.D. Field Committe: Applied Plasma Physics
2000 2001 Department Member, Courses and Curricular Committee
2000 2001 Department Member, Faculty and Students Awards and Honors Committee
2000 2001 Department Member, Ph.D. Field Committee: Heat & Mass Transfer
2000 2001 Department Member, Ph.D. Field Committee: Manufacturing & Design
2000 2001 University Wide Chair, Ph.D. Field Committee: Applied Plasma Physics
2000 2001 University Wide Member, Ph.D. Field Committe: Manufacturing and Design
1997 present University Wide Director, Fusion Science & Technology Center
Sep 1995 present University Wide Coordinator, Department of Energy Fusion Fellowship(for Physics and
Engineering)
Jun 1987 present University Wide Principal Coordinator, UCLA-Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
Cooperative Program
Community Service
start end description
Sep 2007 Member, International Committee, 13th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and
Mechanics (ISEM), East Lansing, MI
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Dec 2006 Member, International Scientific Committee, 6th International Conference on Role of Engineering
Towards a Better Environment (RTBE'06)
Nov 2006 Session Chair, TOFE-17, Albuquerque, NM
2006 Invited Talk, American Nuclear Society (TOFE-17), Overview of the US ITER Test Blanket Program
2006 Member, Editorial Board, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Invited editorial board
membership, Journal of Energy Engineering
2006 Reviewer, US Dept of Energy, Office of Fusion Energy Science, Renewal of University of Wisconsin
Advanced Studies Program Grant
2006 2006 Member, Program Advisory Committee, Ceramic Breeder Blanket Interactions Workshop (CBBI-14)
2006 2006 Mentor, Center for Excellence in Engineering & Diversity, RISE-UP (Research Intesive Series in
Engineering for Underrepresented Populations) mentor to Ms. Claudia Cisneros
May 2005 Invited Keynote Speaker, Int'l Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, Invited keynote speaker at
ISFNT-7, Tokyo, Japan, May 2005 ("Fusion Nuclear Technology: Grand Challenges and Exciting
Opportunities for Young Researchers")
May 2005 Session Chair, ISFNT-7, Tokyo, Japan
Mar 2005 Invited Keynote Speaker, 9th Cairo Conference on Energy and Environment, Invited Keynote
Speaker ("Fusion: The Energy Source for the XXI Century")
2005 2005 Member, Program Advisory Committee, Ceramic Breeder Blanket Interactions Workshop (CBBI-13)
Apr 2004 Invited Keynote Speaker, Dong-eui University, Invited by DEU as an international guest lecturer on
fusion technology., Dong-Eui University, Korea
Apr 2004 Invited Keynote Speaker, Korean Nuclear Society, 19th KNS meeting, Seoul, Korea
Apr 2004 Invited Seminar Speaker, KBSI and KAERI, Invited by KBSI and KAERI to give a series of seminars
to scientists, engineers, industry, and decision makers on "the state of fusion nuclear technology" in
preparation for Korea's joining the International Project, ITER, and initiating a new program in fusion
technology., Korean Basic Science Institute and Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute
2004 2005 Member, International Steering Committee, International Society for Electromagnetics Conference
2003 Reviewer, Energy & Environment Conference, Greece, May 2003.
2003 Session Chair, APS/DPP meeting
2003 Speaker, General Atomics Seminar: Fusion Nuclear Technology Development and the Role of CTF
Toward DEMO
2003 present US Representative, ITER Test Blanet Working Group
Jul 2002 Member, Fusion Development Path, Snowmass Community Retreat, Colorado
2002 Session Chair, Fast Neutron Physics Workshop, Dresden, Germany, Sept. 2002.
May 2001 Co-Chair, "International Symposium on Free Surface Flow and Interfacial Transport Phenomena",
Atomic Energy Society of Japan
May 2001 Member, Editorial Board of the 10th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and
Mechanics
May 2001 Member, Organizing Committee, "The Burning Plasma Workshop", San Diego.
2001 Member, Evaluation Committee for FPA "David Rose Excellence in Fusion Engineering" Award
2001 present Member, Board of Directors, Egyptian American Organization
2000 2001 Member, Program Advisory Committee to 10th International Workshop of Ceramic Breeder Blanket
Interactions
2000 2003 Member, Fusion Power Associates Board of Directors
1996 present Member, Town Hall
1995 present Member, World Affairs Council
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
2006 present Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
2005 present Member and Senior Advisor, International Standing Committee for Fusion Nuclear Technology
2001 2003 Member, Executive Committee, University Fusion Association
2001 present Member, American Physical Society (APS) - California Division
1997 2002 Chair, International Standing Committee for Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT)
1997 present Member, American Association of University Professors
1997 present Member, The American Physical Society (APS)
1997 present Member, The American Physical Society (APS) - Division of Plasma Physics
1995 1998 Member, Engineering Sciences and Technologies Membership Selection Committee, Third World
Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
1994 present Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
1991 1995 Chair, International Standing Committee for Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT)
1990 present Fellow, American Nuclear Society (ANS)
1989 present Fellow, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) (elected)
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1989 present Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
1987 present Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1987 present Regional Representative, Fusion Power Associates (FPA)
1985 present Member, New York Academy of Sciences
1985 present Professional Member, University Fusion Association (UFA)
1985 present Member, Local ANS Section, Los Angeles
1983 1985 Member, Committee for International Relations, Fusion Energy Division
1983 1988 Member, Executive Committee, Fusion Energy Division, ANS
1982 present Member, Fusion Power Associates (FPA)
1978 1985 Member, Panel on Reference Nuclear Data, ANS
1976 1980 Member, Technical Review Committee, Fusion Energy Division, ANS
1970 present Member, American Nuclear Society (Fellow since 1990)
Editorial Services
start end description
2006 Editor, Special Issue on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT-7), Fusion Engineering & Design
2006 present Editorial Board, ASCE Journal of Energy Engineering (invited)
2006 present Reviewer, Annals of Nuclear Energy
2004 Editor, Special Issue on Innovative High Power Density Concepts for Fusion Plasma Chambers,
Fusion Engineering and Design
1999 present Reviewer, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
1994 present Editor, Fusion Engineering and Design
1974 present Reviewer, J. of Nuclear Materials
1972 present Reviewer, Nuclear Science and Engineering
Consulting Activities
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2003 present Hypercomp
2003 present Meta Hueristics
2000 present General Atomics
1999 2005 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, (Inertial Fusion)
1995 1996 Energy Science Applications, Inc.
1995 1996 World Bank (Science and Technology)
1995 1999 Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Lab., (Magnetic Fusion)
1991 1993 General Atomics (GA)
1989 1994 McDonnell Douglas Missile Systems Company
1988 1989 Oak Ridge Nat'l Lab.
1988 1991 Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
1987 1994 Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Lab.
1985 1989 GA Technologies, Inc.
1984 The Univ. of Texas, at Austin
1983 1989 TRW, Inc.
1983 1992 Argonne Nat'l Lab
1981 1983 Physics Section, Int'l Atomic Energy Agency
1978 EURATOM Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
1978 Max-Planck Institut fur Plasmaphysik, Garching, FRG
1978 Nuclear Data Section, Int'l Atomic Energy Agency
1978 1979 Argonne Nat'l Lab
1978 1979 Oak Ridge Nat'l Lab
Recent Publications
Books, Chapters in Books and Editorships
Abdou, M., Morley, N., Sawan, M., (Eds.), Special Issue on Innovative High-Power Density Concepts for Fusion Plasma
Chambers Fusion Engineering and Design, 72(1-3):1-326 (2004)
Abdou, M.A. (Ed.), Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT-7) Fusion
Engineering and Design, 81(Parts A and B):1-1706 (2006)
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Abdou, M.A., The APEX Team, On the Exploration of Innovative Concepts for Fusion Chamber Technology Fusion Engineering
and Design, 54(2):181-247 (Feb 2001)
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Calderoni, P., Ying, A., Sketchley, T., Abdou, M., Description of a Facility for Vapor Clearing Rates Studies of IFE Reactors Flibe
Liquid Chambers Fusion Technology, 39(2):711-715 (Mar 2001)
Ying, A.Y., Huang, H., Abdou, M.A., Lu, Z., Effects of Thermal Expansion Mismatch on Solid Breeder Blanket Pebble Bed and
Structural Clad Thermomechanics Interactions Fusion Technology, 39(2, part 2):617-623 (Mar 2001)
Abelson, R.D., Abdou, M.A., Experimental Measurement of the Interface Heat Conductance Between Nonconforming Beryllium
and Type 316 Stainless Steel Surfaces Subjected to Nonuniform Thermal Deformations Fusion Technology, 39(2):157-188 (Mar
2001)
Quan, S., Morley, N.B., Abdou, M., Exploration of the Fundamental 'Damage Limit' Light Flux for Grazing Incidence Liquid Metal
Mirrors Fusion Technology, 39(2, part 2):697-701 (Mar 2001)
Ying, A.Y., Abdou, M., Smolentsev, S., Huang, H., Kaita, B., Maingi, R., Morley, N., Nelson, B., Sketchley, T., Ulrickson, M.,
Woolley, R., MHD and Heat Transfer Issues and Characteristics for Li Free Surface Flows Under NSTX Conditions Fusion
Technology, 39(2, part 2):739-745 (Mar 2001)
Lu, Z., Abdou, M., Ying, A., 3-D Micromechanical Modeling of Packed Beds Journal of Nuclear Materials, 299(2):101-110 (Nov
2001)
Calderoni, P., Ying, A., Sketchley, T., Abdou, M.A., Design Considerations for a Laboratory Condensation Chamber to
Investigate Issues of IFE Liquid Walls Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications 2001, Elsevier Science Publishing, Paris,
France, 730-733 (2002)
Smolentsev, S., Abdou, M., Kunugi, T., Morley, N., Satake, S., Ying, A., Modeling of Liquid Walls in APEX Study International
Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, 2001/2002., 13(1-4):373-379 (2002)
Smolentsev, S., Abdou, M., Morley, N., Ying, A., Kunugi, T., Application of the K-E Model to Open Channel Flows in a Magnetic
Field" International Journal of Engineering Science, 40(6):693-711 (Mar 2002)
Huang, H., Ying, A., Abdou, M., 3D MHD Free Surface Fluid Flow Simulation Based on Magnetic-Field Induction Equations
Journal of Fusion Engineering Design, 63-64:361-368 (Dec 2002)
Konkachbaev, A., Morley, N., Abdou, M., Effect of Initial Turbulence Intensity and Velocity Profile on Liquid Jets for IFE Beamline
Protection Journal of Fusion Engineering and Design, 63-64:619-625 (Dec 2002)
Smolentsev, S., Freeze, B., Morley, N., Abdou, M., Experimental Study of Turbulent Supercritical Open Channel Water Flow as
Applied to the CLiFF Concept Fusion Engineering & Design, 63-64:397-403 (Dec 2002)
Freeze, B., Dagher, M., Sketchley, T., Morley, N., Smolentsev, S., Abdou, M., FliHy Experimental Facilities for Studying Open
Channel Turbulent Flows and Heat Transfer Journal of Fusion Engineering and Design, 63-64:391-395 (Dec 2002)
Ying, A., Huang, H., Abdou, M., Numerical Simulation of Ceramic Breeder Pebble Bed Thermal Creep Behavior Journal of
Nuclear Materials, 307-311:827-831 (Dec 2002)
M. Ni, M. Abdou, S. Komori, A variable-density projection method for interfacial flows Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B, 44:553-
574 (2003)
Goldston R, Abdou M, Baker C, Campbell M, Chan V, Dean S, Hubbard A, Iotti R, Jarboe T, Lindl J, Logan BG, McCarthy K,
Najmabadi F, Craig O, Prager S, Sauthoff N, Sethian J, Sheffield J, Zinkle S, A plan for the development of fusion energy
Journal of Fusion Energy, 21(2):61-111 (Jun 2003)
Abou-Sena, A., Ying, A., Abdou, M., Experimental Investigation and Analysis of the Effective Thermal Properties of Beryllium
Packed Beds Fusion Science and Technology, 44(1):79-84 (Jul 2003)
Luo, X., Ying, A., Abdou, M., Experimental and Computational Simulation of Free Jet Characteristics Under Transverse Field
Gradients Fusion Science and Technology, 44(1):85-93 (Jul 2003)
Freeze, B., Smolentsev, S., Morley, N., Abdou, M., Characterization of the Effect of Froude Number on Surface Waves and Heat
Transfer in Inclined Turbulent Open Channel Water Flows International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 46(20):3765-3775
(Sep 2003)
Ni, M., Abdou, M., Temporal Second-Order Accuracy SIMPLE-Type Method for Unsteady Incompressible Flows Numerical Heat
Transfer B, 46:529-548 (2004)
Ying, A., Yokomine, T. Shimizu, A., Abdou, M., Kohyama, A., Impact of Material System Thermomechanics Performance on He-
Cooled Ceramic Breeder Blanket Designs with SiCf/Sic Journal of Nuclear Materials, 329-333(Part 2):1605-1609 (Aug 2004)
Ying, A., Abdou, M., Morley, N., Sketchley, T., Woolley, R., Burris, J., Kaita, R., Fogarty, P., Huang, H., Lao, X., Narula, M.,
Exploratory studies of flowing liquid metal divertor options for fusion relevant magnetic fields in the MTOR facility Fusion
Engineering and Design, 72(1-3):35-62 (Nov 2004)
Morley, N., Smolentsev, S., Munipalli, R., Ni, M., Gao, D., Abdou, M., Progress on the modeling of liquid metal, free surface,
MHD flows for liquid walls Fusion Engineering and Design, 72(1-3):3-34 (Nov 2004)
Smolentsev, S., Morley, N., Freeze, B., Miraghaie, R., Nave, J.C., Banerjee, S., Ying, A., Abdou, M., Thermofluid Modeling and
Experiments for Free Surface Flows of Low-Conductivity Fluid in Fusion Systems Fusion Engineering and Design, 72(1-3):63-81
(Nov 2004)
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Smolentsev, S., Morley, N., Abdou, M., Code Development for Analysis of MHD Pressure Drop Reduction in a Liquid Metal
Blanket using Insulation Technique based on a Fully Developed Flow Model Fusion Engineering & Design, 73:83-93 (2005)
Smolentsev, S., Abdou, M., Open-surface MHD flow over a curved wall in the 3-D thin-shear-layer approximation Applied
Mathematical Modeling, 29:215-234 (2005)
Konkachbaev, A., Morley, N., Abdou, M., Three-Dimensional Modeling of Slab Liquid Jets used for Heavy-Ion Fusion Beam Line
Protection Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, 544:337-341 (2005)
Schmitz, L., Calderoni, P., Ying, A., Abdou, M., A Novel Diagnostic for Time-Resolved Spectroscopic Argon and Lithium Density
Measurements Journal of Nuclear Materials, 337-339:1096-1100 (Mar 2005)
Narula, M., Ying, A., Abdou, M., A Study of Liquid Metal Film Flow, under Fusion Relevant Magnetic Fields Fusion Science &
Technology, 47(3):564-568 (Apr 2005)
Wong, C., Malang, S., Smolentsev, S., Majumdar, S., Merril, B., Sze, D., Morley, N., Sharafat, S., Dagher, M., Peterson, P.,
Zhao, H., Zinkle, S., Abdou, M., Youssef, M., Assesment of First Wall and Blanket Options with the use of Liquid Breeder Fusion
Science & Technology, 47(3):502-509 (Apr 2005)
Morikawa, T., Ying, A., Burris, J., Abdou, M., Experimental Analysis of Soaker Hose Concept for First Wall/Divertor Application
Fusion Science & Technology, 47(3):713-717 (Apr 2005)
Smolentsev, S., Miraghaie, R., Abdou, M., MHD Effects on Heat Transfer in a Molten Salt Blanket Fusion Science & Technology,
47(3):559-563 (Apr 2005)
Abdou, M., Sze, D., Wong, C., Sawan, M., Ying, A., Morley, N., Malang, S., U.S. Plans and Strategy for ITER Blanket Testing
Fusion Science & Technology, 47(3):475-487 (Apr 2005)
Abou-Sena, A., Ying, A., Abdou, M., Effective thermal conductivity of lithium ceramic pebble beds for fusion blankets: a review
Fusion Science & Technology, 47(4):1094-1100 (May 2005)
Ying, A., Sharafat, S., Youssef, M., An, Z., Hunt, R., Rainsberry, P., Abdou, M., Engineering Scaling Requirements for Solid
Breeder Blanket Testing Fusion Science & Technology, 47(4):1031-1037 (May 2005)
An, Z., Ying, A., Abdou, M., Experimental and numerical study of ceramic breeder pebble bed thermal deformation behavior
Fusion Science & Technology, 47(4):1101-1105 (May 2005)
Luo, X., Ni, M.-J., Ying, A., and Abdou, M., Modeling for free surface flow with phase change Fusion Science & Technology,
47(4):1187-1191 (May 2005)
Calderoni, P., Ying, A., Smith, L., Abdou, M., Sketchley, T.,, Vapor Condensation Study for HIF Liquid Chambers Nuclear
Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, 544(1-2):111-116 (May 2005)
Abdou, M., Morley, N., Ying, A., Smolentsev, S., Calderoni, P., Overview of Fusion Blanket R&D in the US over the Last Decade
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 37(5):401-422 (Oct 2005)
Luo, X., Ni, M., Ying, A., Abdou, M., Numerical Modeling for Multiphase Incompressible Flow with Phase Change Numerical Heat
Transfer B, 48(5):425-444 (Nov 2005)
Smolentsev, S., Morley, N., Abdou, M., Moreau, R., Current approaches to modeling MHD flows in the dual coolant lithium-lead
blanket Magnetohydrodynamics, 42(2-3):225-236 (2006)
Cuevas, S., Smolentsev, S., Abdou, M., On the flow past a magnetic obstacle Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 553:227-252 (2006)
Cuevas, S., Smolentsev, S., Abdou, M., Vorticity Generation in Localized Magnetic Fields Magnetohydrodynamics, 42(2-3):199-
206 (2006)
Smolentsev, S., Morley, N., Abdou, M., Magnetohydrodynamics and Thermal Issues of the SiCf/SiC Flow Channel Insert Fusion
Science & Technology, 50(1):107-119 (Jul 2006)
Abou-Sena, A., Ying, A., Abdou, M., Experimental Measurements of the Effective Thermal Conductivity of a Lithium Titanate
(Li2TiO3) Pebbles-Packed Bed Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 181:206-212 (2007)
An. Z, Ying, A., Abdou, M., Numerical Characterization of Thermo-Mechanical Performance of Breeder Pebble Beds Journal of
Nuclear Materials, 1-18 (2007)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Sze, D.K., Brooks, J., Abdou, M., Smolentsev, S., Youssef, M., Rognlien, T., Nelson, B., Sawan, M., A Sn-CLIFF Concept
Assessment Proceedings of the 10th ISEM: JSAEM Studies in Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics: Applied
Electromagnetics and Mechanics, 9:181-182 (2001)
Morley, N., Burris, J., Abdou, M., Experimental Studies of Liquid Metal Free Surface Flows Proceedings of the 10th ISEM:
JSAEM Studies in Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics: Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, 9:573-574 (2001)
Huang, H., Ying, A., Morley, N., Smolentsev, S., Abdou, M., Extension of a VOF Based CFD Code to MHD Free Surface Flows
Proceedings of the 10th ISEM: JSAEM Studies in Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics: Applied Electromagnetics and
Mechanics, 9:183-184 (2001)
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Smolentsev, S., Abdou, M., Kunugi, T., Morley, N., Satake, S., Ying, A., Modeling of Liquid Walls in APEX Study Proceedings of
the 10th ISEM: JSAEM Studies in Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics: Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, 9:179-
180 (2001)
Abdou, M.A., Research on Liquid Walls for Fusion Systems Proceedings of the 10th ISEM: JSAEM Studies in Applied
Electromagnetics and Mechanics: Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, 9:151-152 (2001)
P. Calderoni, A. Ying, M.A. Abdou, Experimental and numerical study of transient condensation of lithium fluoride excited vapors
for IFE systems Proc. 20th IEEE Sympocium on Fusion Energy, San Diego, CA, (Oct 2003)
A. Abou-Sena, A. Ying, M. Abdou, A comparative study on the effective thermal conductivity of a single size beryllium packed
bed 11th Int'l Workshop on Ceramic Breeder Blanket Interactions (CBBI-11), Tokyo, Japan, (Dec 2003)
Z. An, A.Y. Ying, M. Abdou, Contact models for ceramic pebble bed systems with thermal creep 11th Int'l Workshop on Ceramic
Breeder Blanket Interactions (CBBI-11), Tokyo, Japan, (Dec 2003)
M. Narula, A. Ying, M.A. Abdou, A study of liquid metal film flow under fusion relevant magnetic fields Proc. 16th Topical Meeting
on Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE-16), Madison, WI, (Sep 2004)
Wong, C., Malang, S., Smolentsev, S., Majumdar, S., Merrill, B., Sze, D., Morley, N., Sharafat, S., Dagher, M., Peterson, P.,
Zhao, H., Zinkle, S., Abdou, M., Youssef, M., Assesment of First Wall and Blanket Options with the use of Liquid Breeder Proc.
of the 16th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE-16), Madison, WI, (Sep 2004)
Wong, C., Malang, S., Sawan, M., Smolentsev, S., Majumdar, S., Merrill, B., Sze, D., Morley, N., Sharafat, S., Dagher, M.,
Peterson, P., Zhao, H., Zinkle, S., Abdou, M., Assessment of Liquid Breeder First Wall and Blanket Options for the Advanced
Reactor Design 16th Topical Meeting on Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE-16), Madison, WI, (Sep 2004)
Abdou, M., et al., Blanket Testing Issues and Requirements Proc. 16th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy
(TOFE-16), Madison, WI, (Sep 2004)
Abou-Sena, A., Ying, A., Abdou, M., Effective Thermal Conductivity of Lithium Ceramic Pebble Beds for Fusion Blankets: A
Review Proc. of the 16th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE-16), Madison, WI, (Sep 2004)
Ying, A., Sharafat, S., Youssef, M., An, Z., Hunt, R., Rainsberry, P., Abdou, M., Engineering Scaling Requirements for Solid
Breeder Blanket Testing Proc. of the 16th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE-16), Madison, WI, (Sep
2004)
T. Morikawa, A. Ying, J. Burris, M. Abdou, Experimental analysis of soaker hose concept for first wall/divertor application Proc.
16th Topical Mtg on Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE-16), Madison, WI, (Sep 2004)
An. Z., Ying, A., Abdou, M., Experimental and Numerical Study of Ceramic Breeder Pebble Bed Thermal Deformation Behavior
Proceedings of the 16th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energey (TOFE-16), Madison, WI, (Sep 2004)
Smolentsev, S., Miraghaie, R., Abdou, M., MHD effects on heat transfer in a molten salt blanket Proc. 16th Topical Meeting on
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE-16), Madison, WI, (Sep 2004)
Luo, X., Ni, M., Ying, A., Abdou, M., Modeling for Free Surface Flow with Phase Change Proceedings of the 16th Topical
Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE-16), Madison, WI, (Sep 2004)
Wong, C., Abdou, M., Sze, D.K., and the US Blanket Team, US Liquid Breeder Blanket Program Proc. 16th Topical Meeting on
the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE-16), Madison, WI, (Sep 2004)
Abdou, M., Sze, D., Wong, C., Sawan, M., Ying, A., Morley, N., US Plans and Strategy for ITER Blanket Testing Proc. 16th
Topical Meeting on Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE-16), Madison, WI, (Sep 2004)
A. Ying, M. Abdou, A. Abou-Sena, et al., Recent efforts on solid breeder blanket thermomechanics and ITER TBM activities
Proc. 12th Int'l Workshop on Ceramic Breeder Blanket Interactions, Karlsruhe, Germany, (09/17/2004)
Wong, C., Abdou, M., Sze, D.K., and the US Blanket Team, US Liquid Breeder Blanket Program Proc. IEA Intl Workshop on
Fusion Neutronics, Florence, Italy, (09/21/2004)
P. Calderoni, A. Ying, M. Abdou, Chamber clearing study relevance to Z-pinch power plants 3rd IAEA Technical Meeting on
Physics and Technology of Inertial Fusion Energy Targets and Chambers, Daejeon, Korea, (Oct 2004)
Luo, X., Ni, M.-J., Ying, A., Abdou, M., Numerical Analysis on Hydrodynamics of Multiphase Flow 17th AIAA Computational Fluid
Dynamics Conference, Toronto, Canada, (2005)
Abdou, M., Recent Advances in Fusion Energy Proc. 2nd Int'l Conf on Exergy, Energy and Environment (IEEES2), Kos, Greece,
(2005)
Luo, X., Ni, M.-J., Ying, A., Abdou, M., A Variable-Density Projection Method for Free Surface Flow with Phase Change, 43rd
AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, (Jan 2005)
Wong, C., Malang, S., Sawan, M., Dagher, M., Smolentsev, S., Merrill, B., Youssef, M., Reyes, S., Sze, D., Morley, N., Sharafat,
S., Calderoni, P., Sviatoslavsky, G., Kurtz, R., Fogarty, P., Zinkle, S., Abdou, M., An Overview of Dual Coolant Pb-17L Breeder
First Wall and Blanket Concept Development for the US ITER-TBM Design Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium
on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT-7), Tokyo, Japan, (May 2005)
291

Ying, A., Abdou, M., Wong, C., Malang, S., Morley, N., Sawan, M., Merrill, B., Sze, D., Kurtz, R., Willms, S., Ulrickson, M., Zinkle,
S., An Overview of U.S. ITER Test Blanket Module Program Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Fusion
Nuclear Technology (ISFNT-7), Tokyo, Japan, (May 2005)
Luo, X., Ni, M., Ying, A., Abdou, M., Application of the Level Set Method for Multi-Phase Flow Computation in Fusin Engineering
Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT-7), Tokyo, Japan, (May 2005)
Giancarli, L., Chuyanov, V., Abdou, M., Akiba, M., Hong, B.G., Lasser, R., Pan, C., Strebkov, Y., and TBWG, Breeding Blanket
Modules Testing in ITER: An International Program on the Way to DEMO Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium
on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT-7), Tokyo, Japan, (May 2005)
Calderoni, P., Ying, A., Sketchley, T., Abdou, M., Experimental Study of the Interaction of Ceramic Breeder Pebble Beds with
Structural Materials under Thermo-Mechanical Loads Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear
Technology (ISFNT-7), Tokyo, Japan, (May 2005)
Narula, M., Abdou, M., Ying, A., Morley, N., Ni, M., Miraghaie, R., Burris, J., Exploring Liquid Metal Plasma Facing Componenet
(PFC) Concepts--Liquid Metal Film Flow Behavior under Fusion Relevant Magnetic Fields Proceedings of the Seventh
International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT-7), Tokyo, Japan, (May 2005)
Guo, W., Ying, A., Ni, M., Abdou, M., Influence of 2D and 3D Convection-Diffusion Flow on Tritium Permeation in Helium Cooled
Solid Breeder Blanket Units Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT-7),
Tokyo, Japan, (May 2005)
Smolentsev, S., Abdou, M., Morley, N., Sawan, M., Malang, S., Wong, C., Numerical Analysis of MHD Flow and Heat Transfer in
a Poloidal Channel of the DCLL Blanket with a SiCf/SiC Flow Channel Insert Proceedings of the Seventh International
Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT-7), Tokyo, Japan, (May 2005)
Luo, X., Ying, A., Abdou, M., Numerical Study of MHD Effect onLiquid Metal Free Jet under Complex Magnetic Fields
Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT-7), Tokyo, Japan, (May 2005)
Morley, N., Abdou, M., Anderson, M., Calderoni, P., Kurtz, R., Nygren, R., Raffray, R., Sawan, M., Sharpe, P., Smolentsev, S.,
Willms, S., Ying, A., Overview of Fusion Nuclear Technology in the U.S. Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on
Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT-7), Tokyo, Japan, (May 2005)
Sawan, M., Abdou, M., Physics and Technology Conditions for Attaining Tritium Self-Sufficiency for the DT Fuel Cycle
Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT-7), Tokyo, Japan, (May 2005)
Ying, A., Abdou, M., Calderoni, P., Sharafat, S., Youssef, M., An, Z., Abou-Sena, A., Kim, E., Reyes, S., Willms, S., Kurtz, R.,
Solid Breeder Test Blanket Module Design and Analysis Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Fusion
Nuclear Technology (ISFNT-7), Tokyo, Japan, (May 2005)
Takeuchi, J., Satake, S., Miraghaie, R., Yuki, K., Yokomine, T., Kunugi, T., Morley, N., Abdou, M., Study of Heat Transfer
Enhancement/Suppression for Molten Salt Flows in a Large Diameter Circular Pipe: Part I: Benchmarking Proceedings of the
Seventh International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT-7), Tokyo, Japan, (May 2005)
Ni, M., Munipalli, R., Morley, N., Abdou, M., Validation Strategies of HIMAG in Interfacial Flow Computation for Fusion
Applications Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT-7), Tokyo, Japan,
(May 2005)
Smolentsev. S., Morley, N., Abdou, M., Moreau, R., Current Approaches to Modeling MHD Flows in the Dual Coolant Lead
Lithium Blanket Proc. of the Joint 15th Riga and 6th PAMIR International Conference on Fundamental and Applied MHD, Riga,
Latvia, (Jun 2005)
An, Z., Ying, A., Abdou, M., Experimental and Numerical Study on the Thermomechanical Properties of Ceramic Pebble Bed
Structure 2005 Joint ASME/ASCE/SES Conference on Mechanics and Materials (McMat 2005), (Jun 2005)
Narula, M., Ying, A., Moreau, R., and Abdou, M., Liquid Metal Free Surface Flow through a Non-Uniform Magnetic Field: an
Experimental Study Joint 15th Riga / 6th PAMIR Conference on MHD, (Jun 2005)
S. Smolentsev, N.B. Morley, M. Abdou, R. Moreau, Current approaches to modeling MHD flows in the dual coolant lead-lithium
blanket Joint 15th Riga and 6th PAMIR International Conference, Riga Jurmala, Latvia, (Jul 2005)
Smolentsev, S., and Abdou, M., Effect of a magnetic field on heat transfer in liquid metal channel flows under conditions of a
fusion power reactor, 4th Int'l Conf. on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT2005), Cairo, Egypt, (Sep
2005)
Smolentsev, S., and Abdou, M., MHD Flows in a Lithium-Lead Blanket of a Fusion Power Reactor, 4th Japanese-Mediterranean
Workshop on Applied Electromagnetic Engineeing for Magnetic, Superconducting and Nano Materials (JAPMED4), Cairo, Egypt,
(Sep 2005)
A. Ying, X.Y. Luo, M.J. Ni, M. Abdou, Numerical efforts on the application of the level set method for free surface flow with phase
change in fusion engineering Proc. 4th Int'l Conf on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT 2005), Cairo,
Egypt, (Sep 2005)
Luo, X., Ni, M.-J., Ying, A., Abdou, M., Numerical study on splash conditions of an integrated droplet-type divertor 21st
IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE-2005), Knoxville, TN, (Sep 2005)
292

J. Takeuchi, S. Satake, N.B. Morley, T. Yokomine, T. Kunugi, M.A. Abdou, PIV measurements of turbulence statistics and nearwall
structure of fully developed pipe flow at high Reynolds number 6th Int'l Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry,
Pasadena, CA, (Sep 2005)
Z. An, A. Ying, M. Abdou, Thermo-mechanical analysis of ITER test unit cell under pulse operation Symposium on Fusion
Engineering (SOFE 2005), Knoxville, TN, (Sep 2005)
Giancarli, L., Chuyanov, M., Abdou, M., Akiba, M., Hong, B.G., Lasser, R., Pan, C. Strebkov, Y., Objectives and Progress of the
ITER Test Blanket Working Group Activities Proc. of the 20th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Portland, ME, (Nov 2005)
Smolentsev, S., Miraghaie, R., Abdou, M., Surface Phenomena in Inclined Open Channel Turbulent Water Flows at Fr>>1 Proc.
of the 20th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Portland, ME, (Nov 2005)
S. Satake, J. Takeuchi, T. Yokomine, N.B. Morley, M.A. Abdou, MHD effect on turbulent pipe flow of FLiBe simulant Proceedings
of the Annual Meeting of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan, (May 2006)
H. Nakaharai, J. Takeuchi, T. Yokomine, T. Kunugi, S. Satake, N.B. Morley, M.A. Abdou, Turbulent heat transfer in circular pipe
under strong magnetic field Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan, Oarai, Japan, (May
2006)
Nakaharai, H., Takeuchi, J., Yokomine, T., Kunugi, T., Satake, S., Morley, N., Abdou, M., Measurement of Temperature
Distribution of High Prandtl Number Fluid Flow under High Magnetic Field 13th International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC),
(Aug 2006)
Ni, M., and Abdou, M., Projection and SIMPLE-Type Method for Unsteady Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations 13th
International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC), (Aug 2006)
293

Degrees
ODDVAR O. BENDIKSEN
Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
Sep 1968 B.S. Northrop Institute of Technology, Inglewood, Los
Angeles, California
Jun 1975 M.S. University of California, Los Angeles, California
Mar 1980 Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, California
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 1988 Appointment to Associate Professor
Jul 1994 Promotion to Professor
years of service: 19
Employment History
start end position institution
07/01/1988 06/30/1994 Associate Professor University of California, Los Angeles
1981 06/30/1988 Assistant Professor Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
1980 1981 Assistant Professor University of Southern California, Los Angeles,
CA
1977 1980 Director of Project Engineering Pacific Airmotive Corporation, Burbank, CA
1976 1977 Director of Engineering Pacific Airmotive Corporation, Burbank, CA
1975 1976 Senior Project Engineer Pacific Airmotive Corporation, Burbank, CA
1972 1975 Project Engineer Pacifcic Airmotive Corporation, Burbank, CA
1970 1972 Engineering Systems Analyst Pacific Airmotive Corporation, Burbank, CA
1969 1970 Powerplant Engineer Trans World Airlines
1968 1969 Engineering Systems Analyst The Fluor Corporation, Los Angeles, CA
Other Professional Activities
start end description
07/01/1994 present Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
1993 2002 Faculty Advisor, AIAA Student Branch
1988 present Undergraduate Advisor
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
Aug 2006 World-Class Visiting Researcher, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH,
August and September, 2006
Aug 2005 Distinguished Scholar, Gas Turbine Research Esatablishment, Bangalore, India, invited to give a special Lecture
Series on Computational Aeroelasticity, Nonlinear Transonic Flutter and Unsteady Aerodynamics, and
Turbomachinery Aeroelasticity, August 2005
2005 Recipient of the 2005 Henry & Susan Samueli Teaching Award, for outstanding contributions to the teaching
mission of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department
2005 Who's Who in America
2004 Recipient of the British Institution of Mechanical Engineers Aerospace Industries Division's Kenneth Harris James
Prize for 2004, for the paper "Modern Developments in Computational Aeroelasticity," published in the Journal of
Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 218, No. G3, 2004.
2004 Recipient of the British Institution of Mechanical Engineers' Thomas Hawksley Gold Medal for 2004, for the paper
"Modern Developments in Computation Aeroelasticity." The Thomas Hawksley Gold Medal is the premiere award
of the Institution for the best original paper published during the preceding year.
Apr 2000 Invited to give special Lecture Series on Computational Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics, Technical
University, Aachen, Technical University of Stuttgart, Technical University of Braunschweig, University of Trier, and
DLR Institute of Aeroelasticity, Gottingen
Sep 1997 Invited to give special Lecture Series on Computational Aeroelasticity, Technical University of Aachen, Germany
1995 Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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1992 Recipient of the 1992 ASME Aerospace Structures and Materials Award for the paper "A New Approach to
Computational Aeroelasticity", which was judged "an outstanding contribution to the Engineering Profession..."
1990 Recipient of the 1990 ASME Aerospace Structures and Materials Award for the paper "A Numerical Study of
Vibration Localization in Disordered Cyclic Structures", which was judged "an outstanding contribution to the
Engineering Profession..."
1985 Invited Lecturer, Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BIAA), People's Republic of China
1985 Invited expert to Teltech Resource Network.
1975 Manager of the Month, PAC Division of The Purex Corporation.
1968 B.S. with high honors.
University Service
start end committee type description
2006 2007 Department Chairman, Dynamics Ph.D. Field Committee
2006 present Department Chairman, Aerospace Engineering Recruitment Committee
2006 present Department Member, Graduate Admission and Fellowship Committee
07/01/2005 02/28/2007 Department Vice Chairman, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
2005 Department Member, Departmental Ad Hoc Review Committee
2005 2006 Department Chairman, Dynamics Ph.D. Field Committee
2005 2006 Department Member, ABET Accreditation Committee
2005 present Academic Senate Legislative Assembly Representative
2005 present Academic Senate Member, Regents Scholarship/Committee on Honors, Awards, and Prizes
2005 present Department Legislative Assembly Representative
2005 present Department Member, Department ABET Representative
2005 present Department Member, Regents Scholarship/Committee on Honros, Awards, and Prizes
2004 Department Chairman, Departmental Ad Hoc Review Committee
2004 2005 Department Chairman, Dynamics Ph.D. Field Committee
2004 2006 Department Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Reform Committee
2004 present Department Member, Aerospace Strategic Planning Committee
2003 Department Member, Departmental Ad Hoc Review Committee
2003 2004 Department Member, Courses and Curricula Committee
2003 2004 Department Member, Faculty Recruitment Committee
2002 Department Departmental Ad Hoc Review Committee
2002 2004 Department Member, Graduate Admissions and Fellowship Committee
2002 present Department Member, Courses and Curricula Committee
2002 present Department Member, MAE Graduate Admissions and Fellowship Committee
2001 Department Departmental Ad Hoc Review Committee
2000 2001 Department Chairman, Dynamics Ph.D Field Committee
2000 2001 Department Member, Aerospace Engineering Curriculum Review Committee
1993 2002 Department Faculty Advisor, AIAA Student Chapter
1993 2002 Department Member, Committee on Undergraduate Curriculum Reform
1989 present Department Member, Aerospace Engineering Accreditation Committee
1988 present Department Member, Dynamics Ph.D. Field Committee
1988 present Department Member, Structural and Solid Mechanics Ph.D. Field Committee
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
1998 Invited participant to the NASA Langley Workshop on Nonlinear Aeroservoelasticity
1995 present Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
1993 2002 Student Advisor, AIAA Student Chapter at UCLA
1986 present Member, ASME Structural Dynamics Committee
1977 1995 Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Member, ASME Structural Dynamics Committee
Member, United States Air Force Advisory/Workshop Group on Aeroelasticity and Fluid-Structure
Interaction Problems
Editorial Services
start end description
2002 present Reviewer, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
1993 present Reviewer, International Journal of Solids and Structures
1990 present Reviewer, ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics
1990 present Reviewer, Journal of Sound and Vibration
1988 present Reviewer, AIAA Journal of Aircraft
295

1987 present Reviewer, Journal of Fluids and Structures
1986 present Reviewer, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics
1984 present Reviewer, ASME Journal for Gas Turbines and Power
1982 present Reviewer, ASME Conf. on Mechanical Vibrations and Noise
1981 present Reviewer, AIAA Journal
1981 present Reviewer, ASME International Gas Turbine Conference
Consulting Activities
start end description
Aug 2005 GTRE(Bangalore, India), Supersonic and transonic compressor blade flutter; blade vibration data
review for Kaveri jet engine
2003 present Technical Expert, Bozeman, Jenkins & Matthews, Hughes 369HS tail rotor coupling failure; crash and
failure investigation
1993 1994 Byrne, Kiely & White
1992 1993 Work & Center
1991 1992 Magana, Cathcart & McCarthy
1989 1990 Mendelsohn, Heidelberg, Longoria & Beer
1988 1988 Scott Paper Company
1987 1988 Orbital Engineering
1987 1993 Continuum Dynamics, Inc.
1986 present Speiser & Krause
1984 1985 Educational Testing Service
1984 1992 Teltech Resource Network
1983 1984 Urea Technologies
1983 1985 United Technologies Research Center
1982 1982 Agusta Helicopters/Speiser & Krause
1982 1982 Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
1978 1980 Caterpillar Tractor Company, Turbine engine design and development - critical review
1976 1980 Olympic Airways, B 747 jet engine performance analysis and diagnostics
1975 1976 Federal Express, Engine selection - new jet aircraft
1975 1980 Korean Airlines, B 747 jet engine performance analysis and diagnostics
1974 1976 Quantas, B 747 jet engine performance analysis and diagnostics
1972 1976 American Airlines, B 747 engine testing; failure investigations; performance analysis diagnostics
Alaska Airlines, Spectrometic Oil Analysis Program - SOAP
AlliedSignal Aerospace, Supersonic fan blade flutter and forced response
Boeing, Supersonic fan blade flutter and forced response
Continental Airlines, B 747 engine testing; failure investigations; performance analysis and
diagnostics
Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris, 1st stage turbine blade failure - flow induced vibrations
Flying Tigers, B 747 engine testing; failure investigations; performance analysis and diagnostics
Hawaiian Airlines, Spectrometric Oil Analysis Program - SOAP
Kreindler & Kreindler, Bell UH-1N main drifshaft failure investigation
Mack, Hazelwood & Franecke, Bell UH-1N main driveshaft failure investigation
NASA, B 747 engine modifications for Space Shuttle ferry
Northwest Jet/John H. Ernster, Turboprop engine maintenance practices
Piper, Marbury, Rudnick & Wolfe, AH-1W helicopter crash investigation and technical expert
testimony
Screening Systems, Analysis of vibration testing machines
World Airways, Spectrometric Oil Analysis Program - SOAP
Licenses
date title board license no.
1968 FAA Airframe and
Powerplant License
Recent Publications
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Bendiksen, O.O., Energy Approach to Flutter Suppression and Aeroelastic Control Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics,
24(1):176-184 (Jan 2001-Feb 2001)
Bendiksen O.O., Modern Developments in Computational Aeroelasticity Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Proceedings of the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G, 218(3):157-178 (Jun 2004) (invited paper)
296

Bendiksen, O.O., Nonlinear Mode Interactions and Period-Tripling Flutter in Transonic Flow Journal of Fluids and Structures,
19:591-606 (Jun 2004)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Bendiksen, O.O., Transonic Flutter and the Nature of the Transonic Dip Proc. IFASD 2001, Madrid, Spain, 273-286 (Jun 2001)
Bendiksen, O.O., Transonic Flutter Prediction Proc. CEAS/AIAANVvL International Forum on Structural Dynamics and
Aeroelasticity (IFASD 2003), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 4-6, 2003, (Oct 2003)
297

Degrees
GREGORY P. CARMAN
Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
Mar 1985 B.S. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, (in
Engineering Science & Mechanics)
Dec 1988 M.S. University of Alabama, (in Metallurgical and Materials
Engineering)
Dec 1991 Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, (in
Engineering Mechanics)
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Nov 1992 Appointment to Assistant Professor
Jul 1997 Promotion to Associate Professor
Jul 2001 Promotion to Professor
years of service: 15
Employment History
start end position institution
07/01/2001 present Professor University of California, Los Angeles
Jul 1997 06/30/2001 Associate Professor University of California, Los Angeles
Nov 1992 Jun 1997 Assistant Professor University of California, Los Angeles
Dec 1991 Oct 1992 Visiting Assistant Professor Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University
Other Professional Activities
start end description
2006 present Board of Directors Member, Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology
1999 2006 Program Committee Active Mechanics and Materials Symposium (SPIE)
1999 present International Organizing Committee ICAST Conf.
1998 present Proposal Review for ARO
1994 present Program Committee Member for Smart Structures Conference, SPIE
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
Mar 2000 Mar 2001 Short Course, Smart Structures (AIAA)
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
Oct 2005 Help develop a 10 year plan for Civil Aeronautical research in NASA, Member of Decadal Survey of Civil
Aeronautics
2004 ASME Adaptive Structures & Material Systems Prize
2004 Presentor National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering
2003 Fellow of ASME
2002 Best Paper Award (out of 1000), ASME Adaptive Materials and Structures
2002 Honorary Professor, Baotou University of Iron and Steel
1996 Best Paper Award, ASME Active Material Systems
1995 Northrop-Grumman Young Faculty Research Award
University Service
start end committee type description
Aug 2007 Aug 2010 University Wide Council on Research (Member), Consult regularly with the Vice Chancellor for
Research and with the various Directors within the research administration as
required, to advise on issues pertinent to the faculty research mission
Aug 2006 Department Chair Industrial Liason Committee
2006 University Wide Member SCALE working committee, The Working Committee is responsible
for identify R&D projects of interest to consortium (UCLA, Northrop Grumman,
Cal Tech, USC, & UC Irvine)
2005 2006 Department Chair, Faculty Funding Drive
298

2005 2006 Department Chair, Graduate Reform Committee
2005 2006 Department Member, Mechanical Strategic Planning Committee
2005 2006 Department Member, Merit Increase Committee
2005 2006 Department Member, Space Allocation Committee
2003 2004 Department Chair, Recruitment Committee
2003 2004 Department Chair, Strategic Planning Committee
2003 2004 University Wide Member, School Space Planning Committee
Jul 2002 Jul 2004 Department Chair, Structural and Solid Mechanics PhD Field Committee
2002 2003 Department Chair, Structural & Solid Mechanics Ph.D. Field Committee
2002 2003 University Wide Member, CAP Review Committee for Promotion
Sep 2000 Jun 2001 Department Member, ABET Accreditation Committee
Sep 1998 present Department Member, MEMS Ph.D. Field Committee
Sep 1995 present Department Member, Manufacturing and Design Ph.D. Field Committee
Jan 1992 present Department Member of Structural and Solid Mechanics Ph.D. Field Committee
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
May 2005 Organizer, Army Research Office Workshop "Active Thin Films"
2001 2003 Chairman, Adaptive Structures & Material Systems Committee (ASME)
1998 2001 Vice Chairman, Adaptive Structures & Material Systems Committee (ASME)
1998 2004 Chairman, Functional Composites Division of ASC
1995 present Faculty Liason, Tau Beta Pi
1994 1998 Chairman of the Smart Materials Division for the Society of Experimental Mechanics
1993 2000 Member, American Society for Composites
1993 present Member, Academy of Mechanics
1993 present Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineering
1993 present Member, International Society for Optical Engineering
1992 2000 Member, Composite Committee of ASME
1991 present Member, Adaptive Structures and Materials Systems Technical Committee of ASME
1983 present Member, Tau Beta Pi
Editorial Services
start end description
2007 Reviewer, Journal Nature Materials
2006 Editorial Board, International Journal of Optomechatronics
2001 present Editorial Board, Journal of Composite Materials
1996 present Associate Editor, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems & Structures
Consulting Activities
start end description
1998 1999 MER Corporation
Patents
date patent number
Jul 2004 "Thin Film Shape Memory Alloy Reflector" 6,775,046
02/10/2004 "Bimorphic, Compositionally-Graded, Sputter-Deposited, Thin Film Shape Memory US6689486
Device"
ENERGY HARVESTING USING FREQUENCY RECTIFICATION PCT/US2006/036708
Energy harvesting using a thermoelectric material 20050205125
Recent Publications
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Gans, E., Henry, C., and Carman, G.P., Reduction in Required Magnetic Field to Induce Twin-Boundary Motion in Ferromagnetic
Shape Memory Alloys Journal of Applied Physics, 95(11):6965-6967 (06/01/2004)
Nersessian, N., Or, S.W., Carman, G.P., McCall, S.K., Choe, W., Radousky, H.B., McElfresh, M.W., Percharsky, V.K. and
Percharsky, A.O., Gd5Si2Ge2 Composite for Magnetostrictive Actuator Applications Applied Physics Letters, 84(23):4801-4803
(06/07/2004)
Nersessian, N., Or, S.W., Carman, G.P., Choe, W. and Radousky, H.B., Hollow and Solid Spherical Magnetostrictive Particulate
Composites, Journal of Applied Physics, 96(6):3362-3365 (09/15/2004)
Li, B., Chen, Q., Lee, D.-G., Woolman, J., and Carman, G.P., Development of Large Flow Rate, Robust, Passive Micro Check
Valves for Compact Piezoelectrically Actuated Pumps, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 117:325-330 (2005)
299

Cole, M.W., Nothwang, W.D., Hirsch, S., Mohanchandra, K.P., Demaree, J.D., and Carman, G.P., Integration of Active Thin
Films with Silicon Compatible Materials and Process Science Protocols for MEMS Scale Vibration Damping Applications
Integrated Ferroelectrics, 71:81-98 (2005)
Ho, K.K., Luna, O., Carman, G.P., Duenas, T.A., Stoichiometric Study of Arcmelted Tb(x)Dy(1-x)Fe2 for Passive Damping,
Integrated Ferroelectrics, 71:241-248 (2005)
Bush, G.J., and Carman, G.P., The Analysis of Linear Ferroelectro-Magnetic Continua and Their Couplings, Integrated
Ferroelectrics, 71:181-191 (2005)
Stewart, A., Carman, G., and Richards, L., Health Monitoring Technique for Composite Materials Utilizing Embedded Thermal
Fiber Optic Sensors, Journal of Composite Materials, 39:199-213 (Feb 2005)
Shin, D.D., Mohanchandra, K.R., and Carman, G.P., Development of Hydraulic Linear Actuator Using Thin Film SMA Sensors
and Actuators A-Physical, 119(1):151-156 (03/28/2005)
Mohanchandra, K.P., Shin, D., and Carman, G.P., Deposition and Characterization of Ti_Ni-Pd and Ti-Ni-Pt Shape Memory
Alloy Thin Films Smart Materials and Structures, 14(5):312-316 (Oct 2005)
Or, S.W., and Carman G.P., Dynamic Magnetoelastic Properties of Epoxy-Bonded Terfenol-D Particulate Composite with a
Preferred [112] Crystallographic Orientation, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 41(10):2790-2792 (Oct 2005)
Stepan, L. , Levi, D., and Carman, G.P., A Thin Film Nitinol Heart Valve, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 127(6):915-918
(Nov 2005)
Levi, D.S., Raff, E., Stepan, L., Liu, J., Williams, R.J., Moore, J.W., and Carman, G.P., Use of a Covered Stent Modification to
Produce a Transcatheter Valve: Laboratory and Animal Testing, ASAIO 2005, 51(6):719-724 (Nov 2005)
Ho, K.K., Henry, C.P., Atlin, G., and Carman, G.P., Crystallographically aligned terfenol-D/polymer composites for a hybrid sonar
device Integrated Ferroelectrics, 83:121-138 (2006)
Gans, E., Carman, G.P., Cyclic Actuation of Ni-Mn-Ga Composites, Journal of Applied Physics, 99(8):084905-084909
(04/15/2006)
Shin, D., Lee, D., Mohanchandra, K., and Carman, G.P., Thin Film NiTi Microthermostat Array Sensors & Actuatorss A, 130-
131:37-41 (Aug 2006)
Chatterjee, S., Ujihara, M., Lee, D.G., Chen, J., Lei, S., and Carman, G.P., Spray etching 2um features in 304 stainless steel
Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 16(12):2585-2592 (Dec 2006)
Panduranga, M.K., Shin D.D., Carman, G.P., Shape memory behavior of high temperature Ti-Ni-Pt thin films Thin Solid Films,
515(4):1938-1941 (12/05/2006)
Chaplya, P.M., Mitrovic, M., Carman, G.P., Straub, F.K., Durability properties of piezoelectric stack actuators under combined
electromechanical loading Journal of Applied Physics, 100(12):124111-124124 (12/15/2006) No. 124111
Altin, G., Ho, K.K., Henry, C.P., and Carman, G.P., Static properties of crystallographically aligned terfenol-D/polymer
composites Journal of Applied Physics, 101(3):033537-033543 (02/01/2007) No. 033537
300

Degrees
IVAN CATTON
Distinguished Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
1959 B.S. University of California Los Angeles
1966 Ph.D. University of California Los Angeles
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 1967 Appointment to Assistant Professor
Jul 1973 Promotion to Associate Professor
Jul 1974 Promotion to Associate Professor
Jul 1977 Promotion to Professor
years of service: 40
Employment History
start end position institution
Jul 1967 Jun 1974 Assistant Professor University of California Los Angeles
Nov 1963 Sep 1967 Supervisor Douglas Aircraft Company, Santa Monica, CA
Feb 1962 Sep 1963 Research Assistant University of California Los Angeles
Mar 1959 Feb 1962 Group Engineer Douglas Aircraft Company, Santa Monica, CA
Sep 1958 Mar 1959 Engineering Aide University of California Los Angeles
Jun 1957 Sep 1957 Civil Engineer Department of Water and Power, Los Angeles,
CA
May 1956 Sep 1956 Junior Civil Engineer C.F. Braun Company, Alhambra, CA
Jun 1954 May 1956 SP-3 (Petroleum Lab Technician) U.S. Army
Other Professional Activities
start end description
10/02/2004 10/06/2005 Member, Technical Program Committee, ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL TOPICAL MEETING ON
NUCLEAR REACTOR THERMAL HYDRAULICS, NURETH 11, AVIGNON, FRANCE
09/05/2004 09/08/2005 Member, Program Committee for The International Conference - Nuclear Energy for New Europe
06/13/2004 06/16/2004 Member, Organizing Committee for the INTERNATIONAL THERMAL SCIENCE SEMINAR-ITSS II,
ASME-ZSIS, Grand Hotel Toplice, Bled, Slovenia
Jul 1977 present Professor, University of California Los Angeles
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
1967 present Graduate Advising
1967 present Undergraduate Advisor
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
1999 Fellow of American Nuclear Society
1989 ASME Heat Transfer Division Best Paper Award
1989 Fellow of the ASME
1984 Listed in Men of Achievement
1984 Who's Who in Frontiers of Science and Technology
1983 Listed in International Who's Who in Engineering
1983 Listed in Leading Consultants in Technology
1983 Listed in Who's Who in California
1981 1981 ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award for "his remarkable contributions to the permanent Heat Transfer
literature on a wide variety of topics and his unique ability to develop basic knowledge and use it in the solution of
important practical problems"
1971 Listed in American Men and Women of Science
University Service
start end committee type description
2001 2002 Department MAE Search Committee
301

1999 2001 Department SEAS Faculty
1970 present University Wide Contribute to ad hoc promotional committees
Sep 1968 present Department Heat and Mass Transfer Ph.D. Field Committee
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
1999 Fellow, of the American Nuclear Society
1973 present American Nuclear Society, Member
1968 1970 ASME - Member, Natl. Environmental Heat Transfer Committee
1968 1970 ASME - University Coordinator, Los Angeles Section of Heat Transfer Division
1967 1968 ASME - Member, Program Committee, Los Angeles Section of Heat Transfer Division
1967 1973 Royal Meteorological Society, Foreign Member
1967 present American Physical Society, Member
1966 present American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Member
1966 present American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fellow
Editorial Services
start end description
Jan 2005 present Editorial Board, International Journal of Dynamics of Fluids (IJDF), ISSN 0973-1784
2004 Editorial Board, International Journal of Dynamics of fluid Mechanics
1994 present Other, International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research
1985 present Reviewer, J. Applied Physics
1984 present Editorial Board, J. of Nuclear Engineering & Design
1984 present Reviewer, Solar Energy
1982 present Reviewer, U.S. Department of Energy, Dept. of Basic Energy Sciences
1981 present Reviewer, Chemical Engineering J.
1981 present Reviewer, Nuclear Safety
1981 present Reviewer, Nuclear Technology
Consulting Activities
start end description
Jan 1984 1989 Science Applications, Inc., Hermosa Beach
Jan 1983 1984 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA
May 1982 1989 Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, NY
Jun 1975 1982 Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
1975 1989 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, U.S. Nucl. Reg. Comm.
Sep 1967 1991 McDonnell-Douglas Corporation, Santa Monica, CA
Jun 1967 1981 RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA
Patents
date patent number
1965 "Cyclic Liquid Transfer Technique to Prevent Gas Ingestion," with J.B. Blackmon
and E.C. Cady.
Licenses
date title board license no.
1976 Registered Nuclear
Engineer
State of California No. NU 1658
1966 Registered Mechanical
Engineer
State of California No. M13826
Disclosure, Douglas Aircraft
Company, Inc., Patent
Department Docket No. 4-
2424.
Recent Publications
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Wang, J. and Catton, I., Enhanced Evaporation Heat Transfer in Triangular Grooves Covered with a Thin Fine Porous Layer
Journal of Applied Thermal Engineering, 21(17):1721-1737 (2001)
Wang, J. and Catton, I., Evaporation Heat Transfer in Thin Biporous Media Journal of Heat Mass Transfer, 37(2):275-281 (2001)
Travkin, V.S. and Catton, I., Transport Phenomena in Heterogeneous Media Based on Volume Averaging Theory Advances in
Heat Transfer, 34:1-144 (2001)
302

Horvat, A., Catton, I., An Analysis of Conjugate Heat Transfer in the Heat Sink of an Electronic Chip Journal of Mechanical
Engineering, 9:482-490 (2002)
Catton, I. and Stroes, G.R., A SemiAnalytical Model to Predict the Dryout Point in Heated Inclined Triangular Capillary Grooves
Journal of Heat Transfer, 124(10):162-168 (Feb 2002)
Horvat, A. and Catton, I., Application of Galerkin Method to Conjugate Heat Transfer Calculation Num. Heat Transfer, Part B:
Fundamentals, 44:509-531 (2003)
Horvat, A. and Catton, I., Numerical Technique for Modeling Conjugate Heat Transfer in an Electronic Device Heat Sink Int. J.
Heat Mass Transfer, 46:2155-2168 (2003)
Paul, M.R. and Catton, I., The relaxation of two-dimensional rolls in Rayleigh-Benard convection Physics of Fluids, 16(5):1262-
1266 (2004)
Catton, I., Transport Phenomena In Heterogeneous Media Based On Volume Averaging Theory (2004)
Horvat, A., Mavko, B. and Catton I., The Galerkin Method Solution of the Conjugate Heat Transfer Problems for the Cross-Flow
Conditions Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 51(7-8):527-533 (2005)
Catton, I., Transport Phenomena in Heterogeneous Media Based on Volume Averaging Theory Heat and Mass Transfer,
42:537-551 (2006)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Catton, I., Mendoza, M., and Azzazy, M., A Xenon Flashlamp Induced FluorescenceMethod to Measure Flowfield Temperature
and Pressure Proceedings of the Summer Heat Transfer Conference HT2003-47303, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, (07/21/2003)
Catton, I., Alquaddoomi, O., Adinolfi, P., Fuild Induced Structural Vibrations in Steam Generators and Heat Exchangers
(09/08/2003)
Vadnjal, A. and Catton, I., Sound Attenuation in Heterogenous Porous Media Due to Viscous Effects IMECE2003-411496,
Proceedings of the IMECE'03 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Washington, D.C.,
(11/16/2003)
Horvat, A., Mavko, B., and Catton, I., The Galerkin Method Solution of the Conjugate Heat Transfer Problems for the Cross-Flow
Conditions Proceedings of the ASME-ZSIS International Thermal Science Seminar ITSS II, Bled, Slovenia, 951-957
(06/13/2004)
Catton, I., Transport Phenomena in Heterogenous Media Based on Volume Averaging Theory Invited Paper, Proceedings of the
ASME-ZSIS International Thermal Science Seminar ITSS, Bled, Slovenia, 79-90 (06/13/2004)
Semenic, T., Lin, Y.Y., and Catton, I., Biporous Sintered Copper for a Closed Loop Heat Pipe Evaporator, ASME International
Mechanical Engineering Congress, (2005)
Vadnjal, A. and Catton, I., Modelling Heat Transfer Performance of a Thin Bi-Porous Evaporator for a Heat Pipe, Proceedings of
NHTC 2005 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, NHTC05-72241, San Francisco, CA, (07/17/2005)
Lin, Y.Y., Semenic, T., and Catton, I., Thermophysical Properties of Monoporous Sintered Copper, Proceedings of NHTC 2005
Summer Heat Transfer Conference, NHTC05-72239, San Francisco, CA, (07/17/2005)
Semenic, T., Lin, Y.Y., and Catton, I., Use of Liquid Film Evaporation in Biporous Media to Achieve High Heat Flux Over Large
Areas, Proceedings of NHTC 2005 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, NHTC05-72238, San Francisco, CA, (07/17/2005)
Fabbri, M., Catton, I and Merilo, E, Flow Patterns and Pressure Drop in Two Phase Mixture of Nitrogen and Water Proceedings
of the ECI International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Microscale, Castelvecchio Pascoli, (09/25/2005)
Vadnjal, A., Catton, I., Semenic, T., and Lin, Y.Y., High Heat Flux Removal Using Biporous Wicks, Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow
in Microscale, II Ciocco, Castelvecchio, Pascoli (Tuscany), Italy, (09/25/2005)
Catton, I., Wulff, W., Zuber, N. and Rohatgi, U.S., Application of Fractional Scaling Analysis to Loss of Coolant Accidents
(LOCA), Part 3. Component Level Scaling for Peak Clad Temperature, Proc. of the 11th International Topical Meeting on
Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-11), Popes' Palace Conference Center, Avignon, France, (10/02/2005)
Zuber, N., Catton, I., Rohatgi, U.S. and Wulff, W., Application of Fractional Scaling Methodology (FSM) to Loss of Coolant
Accidents (LOCA), Part 1. The Fractional Scaling Methodology, Proc. of the 11th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear
Thermal-Hydraulics (NURETH-11), Popes' Palace Conference Center, Avignon, France, (10/02/2005)
Wulff, W., Zuber, N., Rohatgi, U.S. and Catton, I., Application of Fractional Scaling Methodology (FSM)to Loss of Coolant
Accidents (LOCA), Part 2. System Level Scaling for System Depressurization, Proc. of the 11th International Topical Meeting on
Nuclear Thermal-Hydraulics (NURETH-11), Popes' Palace Conference Center, Avignon, France, (10/02/2005)
Alquaddoomi, O.S., Catton, I., and Adinolfi, P., The Onset of Fluid Elastic Instability in Rod Bundles in Single Phase Flow, Proc.
of the 11th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-11), Popes' Palace Conference Center,
Avignon, France, (10/02/2005)
Semenic, T., Lin, Y.,Y., Catton, I, Biporous Sintered Copper for a Closed Loop Heat Pipe Evaporator ASME International
Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, (11/05/2005)
303

Lin, Y.,Y. ,Semenic, T., Catton, I, Thermophysical Properties of Biporous Sintered Copper ASME International Mechanical
Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, (11/05/2005)
Vadnjal, A. and Catton, I., Optimization of Absorption in Porous Media, Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical
Engineering Congress, IMECE2004-60140, Anaheim, CA, (11/13/2005)
Semenic, T., Catton, I., Boiling and Capillary Limit Enhancement of a Heat Pipe Wick Using Biporous Capillary Structure
(08/13/2006)
Vadnjal, A., Catton, I.,, Heat Removal Model for a Thin Bi-porous Wick Proceedings of the IHTC-13, Sydney, Australia,
(08/13/2006)
304

Degrees
YONG CHEN
Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
1985 B.S. Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China (in Physics)
1988 M.S. Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China (in Physics)
1994 M.S. University of California, Berkeley (in Materials
Science/Electrical Engineering)
1996 Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (Materials
Science/Electrical Engineering)
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 2003 Appointment to Professor
years of service: 4
Employment History
start end position institution
1996 present Master Scientist, Senior Scientist, Scientist Quantum Science Research, Hewlett-Packard
Laboratories
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
07/01/2005 ongoing Satish Patil (PD) supervised jointly with Prof. Fred Wudl in Chem Dept
05/01/2005 ongoing Qianfei Xu (PD)
Apr 2005 MAE187L/287L: Nanoscale fabrication, characterization, and biodetection
Feb 2005 ongoing Dean Ho (PD)
Jan 2005 MAE 287: Nano Science and Technology
Dec 2004 ongoing Haixiong Ge (Vis Prof) supervised jointly with Prof. Tom Hahn
10/01/2004 ongoing Wenjiang Shen (PD)
10/01/2003 ongoing Dr. Zuhua Zhu (Senior Scientist)
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
2002 Named as Research Leader by Scientific American 50
2002 Research Project, "Molecular Electronics," named as "Technology of the Year" by IndustryWeek
University Service
start end committee type description
Jul 2005 ongoing Other Chair, Engineering Schoolwide Screening Committee for Faculty Appointments
in Multi-disciplinary Areas
Sep 2004 ongoing Department Member, MAE Faculty Recruiting Committee
Sep 2004 ongoing Department Member, MAE Strategic Committee
Sep 2003 Jul 2004 Department Member, MAE Department Graduate Recruiting Committee
Community Service
start end description
Oct 2003 ongoing Discuss and develop nano courses with Dr. Moreno at LA Trade Tech College.Invited summer
college students to UCLA lab to perform experiments
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
Jun 2003 ongoing Member of MSME
2003 ongoing Reviewer of grant applications for NSF, DARPA, DOE
2002 ongoing Member of APS
2002 ongoing Member of IEEE
Oct 1997 ongoing Reviewer of scientific articles for Science, PRL, PRB, APL, JAP, Surface Sci, etc.
1992 ongoing Member of MRS
305

Editorial Services
start end description
01/01/2003 ongoing Editorial Board, Applied Physics A
Consulting Activities
start end description
10/01/2003 ongoing Consultant, Hewlett-Packard Co., Consultant for technical issues in the areas of nano fabrication,
nano devices, and nano circuits
01/01/2003 ongoing Member, Board of Editors for Applied Physics A
Patents
date patent number
11/09/2004 Nano optical sensors via molecular self-assembly 6,815,706
03/02/2004 Method for making nanoscale wires and gaps for switches and transistors 6,699,779
12/02/2003 Method to grow self-assembled epitaxial nanowires 6,656,573
Buried Reflectors for Light Emitters in Epitaxial Material 6046465
Configurable Nanoscale Crossbar Electronic Circuits Made By Electrochemical 6518156
Reaction
Epitaxial Facet Formation for Laser Diodes 6240115
Fabrication of Molecular Electronic Circuits by Imprinting 6432740
Low-Voltage-Drop Electrical Contact for Gallium (Aluminum, Indium) Nitride 6100586
Method for Relieving Lattice-Mismatch Stress in Semiconductor Devices 6211095
Method for Relieving Stress in GaN Devices 6113685
Nanoscale Patterning for the Formation of Extensive Wires, A 6294450
Nanoscale Patterning for the Formation of Extensive Wires, B 6407443
Optical Cross-Connect Utilizing Metal/Hydride Mirrors 6317531
Optical Element Having Electrically Controllable Refractive 6259853
Reduction of Threading Dislocations by Amorphization and Recrystallization 5927995
VCSEL Using Buried Bragg Reflectors and Method 6376269
Recent Publications
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Pelto, C.M., Chang, Y.A., Chen, Y., and Williams, R.S., Issues Concerning the Preparation of Ohmic Contacts to n-GaN, Solid
State Elec., 45:1597-1600 (2001)
Chen, Y., Ohlberg, D.A.A., Medeiros-Ribeiro, G., Chang, Y.A., and Williams, R.S., Growth and Evolution of Epitaxial Erbium
Disilicides Nanowires on Si(001), Appl. Phys., A75:1-6 (2002)
Chen, Y., Ohlberg, D.A.A., and Williams, R.S., Nanowires of Four Epitaxial Hexagonal Silicides Grown on Si(001), J. Appl.
Phys., 91:3213-3218 (2002)
Chen, Y., Jung, G., Ohlberg, D.A.A., Li, X., Stewart, D., Jeppesen, J.O., Nielsen, K.A., Stoddart, J.F., and Williams, R.S.,
Nanoscale Molecular-Switch Crossbar Circuits, Nanotechnology, 14:462-468 (2003)
Chen, Y., Ohlberg, D.A.A., Li, X., Stewart, D., and Williams, R.S., Nanoscale Molecular-Switch Devices Fabricated by Imprint
Lithography, Appl. Phys. Lett., 82:1610-1612 (2003)
Jung, G.Y., Ganapathiappan, S., Ohlberg, D.A.A., Olynick, D.L., Chen, Y. Tong, W.M., and Williams, R.S., Fabrication of a
34x34 Crossbar Structure at 50 nm Half-Pitch by UV-based Nanoimprint Lithography Nano Letters, 4(7):1225-1229 (2004)
Li, Z., Chen, Y., Li, X. Kamins, T.I., Nauka, K. and Williams, R.S., Sequence-Specific Label-Free DNA Sensors Based on Silicon
Nanowires Nano Letters, 4(2):245-247 (2004)
Jung, G.-Y., Li, Z., Wu, W., Chen, Y., Olynick, D.L., Wang,S.-Y., Tong, W.M., and Williams, R.S., Vapor-Phase Self-Assembled
Monolayer for Improved Mold Release in Nanoimprint Lithography Langmuir, 21:1158-1161 (2005)
Shen, W., Chen, Y., Pei, Q., Electric Lithography by Electrochemical Polymerization Applied Physics Letter, 87:124106-124108
(Sep 2005)
S. Patil, Q. Lai, F. Marchioni, M. Jung, Z. Zhu, Y. Chen, and F. Wudl, Dopant-configurable polymeric materials for electrically
switchable devices J. Mater. Chem., 4160-4164 (09/07/2006)
D. Choi, A. Fung, H. Moon, D. Ho, Y. Chen, E. Kan, Y. Rheem, B. Yoo, N. Myung, Transport of living cells with magnetically
assembled nanowires Biomed Microdevices, 9:143-148 (11/17/2006)
Y. Chang,Y. S. Ahn, H. T. Hahn, and Y. Chen, Sub-micrometer patterning of proteins by electric lithography Langmuir, 23:4112-
4114 (03/15/2007)
X F Liang, Y Chen, L Shi, J Lin, J Yin, and Z G Liu, Resistive switching and memory effects of AgI thin film J. Phys. D: Appl.
Phys., 4767-4770 (06/25/2007)
306

L. Chen, Y. Xia, X. Liang, K. Yin, J. Yin, and Z. Liu, Y. Chen, Nonvolatile memory devices with Cu2S and Cu-Pc bilayered films
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 91:073511-073513 (08/14/2007)
N. P. Kobayashi, L. VJ and M. S. Islam, X. Li, J. Straznicky, S.Y. Wang, R. S. Williams, and Y. Chen, Hydrogenated
microcrystalline silicon electrodes connected by indium phosphide nanowires Appl. Phys. Lett., 91:113116-113119 (09/14/2007)
S. Huang, E. Schopf, and Y. Chen, Dynamically Configurable Biomolecular Nanoarrays Nano Lett, (09/21/2007)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Ho, D. and Chen, Y., Interfacing Cellular Systems with Abiotic Materials using Composite Collagen-block Copolymer Thin Films,
The First International Conf. on Bio-Nano-Information Fusion 4pp., (Jul 2005)
307

Degrees
PEI-YU CHIOU
Assistant Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
1998 B.S. National Taiwan University, Taiwan Mechanical Engineering
2004 M.S. University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Electrical Engineering
2005 Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 2006 Appointment to Assistant Professor
years of service: 1
Employment History
start end position institution
02/07/2006 07/01/2006 Postdoc Reseacher University of California at BerkeleyElectrical
Engineering and Computer Sciences
Department
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
2005 2005 Research Mentor, Assist the summer students with microfabrication, design, measurement and
analysis of optoelectronic devices at UC Berkeley
2005 2005 Teaching Assistant, Lead the lab sections and assist students with microfabrication and testing of IC
and MEMS devices at UC Berkeley
2003 2003 Research Mentor, Assist the summer student with software programming for image analysis at UCLA
2002 2002 Teaching Assistant, Assist students with simulation tools, homework solutions and grade exams at
UCLA
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
2007 Invited to participate in the National Academy of Engineering's 2007 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
2006 Invention "Optoelectronic Tweezers" is selected by R&D Magazine and MICRO/NANO Newsletter as
representative of the best 25 micro- and nano- technology of 2006
2005 Best Poster Award in Berkeley BSAC IAB meeting in spring 2005
2005 Best Presentation in Berkeley BSAC IAB meeting in spring 2005
2004 Finalist in National Collegiate Invention Competition, Akron, Ohio
2004 UC GREAT Fellowship (Graduate Research and Education in Adaptive bio-Technology Training Program
2002 IBM Student Fellow in 8th National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering Meeting
1998 Second Place in International Micro Robot Maze Contest, Nagoya, Japan
1997 President's Award, National Taiwan University
University Service
start end committee type description
09/01/2006 08/31/2007 Department Award and Honor Committee
09/01/2006 08/31/2007 Department Library Liason
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
09/18/2007 OSA member, provide professional services
07/01/2006 IEEE Member
Editorial Services
start end description
2004 Reviewer, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
2004 Reviewer, Sensors & Actuators A
308

Patents
date patent
Chiou, P.Y., Hsu, H.Y., Jamshidi, A., Ohta, A.T., Wu, M.C., Single-sided lateral
electric field optoelectronic tweezers and phototransistor bases optoelectronic
number
tweezers, patent disclosure submitted to UC Berkeley-Office of Intellectual Property
Chiou, P.Y., Kalim, S., Teitell, M., Tseng, P.Y., Wu, T.H., A single-cell surgery tool
based on photothermal effects of metal nanoparticles, UCLA-Office of Intellectual
property decided to file this patent disclosure
Chiou, P.Y., Ohta, A.T., Wu, M.C., Optoelectronic Tweezers for Microparticle and PCT/ US2005/012416
Cell Manipulation
Recent Publications
Chiou, P.Y., Pan, C., Park, S., Teitell, M., Floating Electrode Optoelectronic
Tweezers (FEOET) platform for optical manipulation of oil-immersed droplets,
patent disclosure submitted to UCLA-Office of Intellectual Property
Chiou, P.Y., Wu, M.C., Systems and Methods for Optical Actuation of Microfluid
based on Opto-Electrowetting
US Patent: 6958132
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Chiou, P.Y., Moon, H., Kim, C.J., Toshiyoshi, H., Wu, M.C., Light actuation of liquid by optoelectrowetting Sensors & Actuators
A-Physical, 104:222-228 (May 2003)
Chiou, P.Y., Ohta, A.T., Wu, M.C., Massively parallel manipulation of single cells and microparticles using optical images Nature,
436:370-372 (Jul 2005)
Ohta, T.A., Chiou, P.Y., Phan, H.L., Sherwood, S. W.,Yang,J.M., Lau, A.N.K., Hsu, H.Y., Jamshidi, A., Wu, M.C., Optically
Controlled Cell Discrimination and Trapping Using Optoelectronic Tweezers Journal of Selected Topic in Quantum Electronics,
13:235-243 (Mar 2007)
Ohta, A.T., Chiou, P.Y., Wu, M.C., Dynamic Microparticle Control via Optoelectronic Tweezers Journal of
Microelectromechanical Systems, 16:491-499 (Jun 2007)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Chiou, P.Y., Moon, H., Kim, C.J., Toshiyoshi, H., Wu, M.C., Optical Actuation of Microfluidics based on Opto-Electrowetting
Proceedings of Solid-State Sensor, Actuator, amd Microsystems Workshop (HH '02), 269-272 (Jun 2002)
Chiou, P.Y., Chang, Z., Wu, M.C., Light Actuated Microfluidic Devices Proceedings IEEE 16th Annual International Conference
on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS '03), 355-358 (2003)
Chiou, P.Y., Chang, Z., Wu, M.C., Pico Liter Droplet Manipulation based on a Novel Continuous Opto-Electrowetting Mechanism
Proceedings IEEE twelfth International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and MIcrosystems (Transducers '03), 468-
471 (Jun 2003)
Chiou, P.Y., Chang, Z., Wu, M.C., A Novel optoelectronic Tweezer Using Light Induced Dielectrophoresis Proceedings
IEEE/LEOS International Conference on Optical MEMS and Their Applications (OMEMS '03), 8-9 (Aug 2003)
Chiou, P.Y., Wong, W., Liao, J.C., Wu, M.C., Cell Addressing and Trapping Using Novel Optoelectronic Tweezers Proceedings
IEEE 17th Annual International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS '04), 21-24 (Jan 2004)
Ohta, A.T., Chiou, P.Y., Wu, M.C., Dynamic DMD-Driven Optoelectronics Tweezers for Microscopic Particle Manipulation
Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics/International Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO '04), (May 2004) 3 pages
Ohta, A.T., Chiou, P.Y., Wu, M.C., Dynamic Array Manipulation of Microscopic Particles via Optoelectronic Tweezers
Proceedings of Solid-State Sensor, Actuator, and Microsystems Workshop (HH '04), 216-219 (Jun 2004)
Chiou, P.Y., Ohta, A.T., Wu, M.C., Toward all optical lab-on-a-chip system: optical manipulation of both microfluid and
microscopic particles Proceedings of SPIE- the International Society for Optical Engineering, AM266, (08/02/2004)
Chiou, P.Y., Ohta, A.T., Wu, M.C., Continuous Optical Sorting of HeLa Cells and Microparticles Using Optoelectronic Tweezers
Proceedings IEEE/LEOS International Conference on Optical MEMS and Their Applications (OMEMS'05), 83-84 (2005)
Chiou, P.Y., Ohta, A.T., Wu, M.C., Microvision Activated Automatic Manipulation for Microscopic Particles Proceedings IEEE
18th Annual International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS '05), 682-685 (2005)
Ohta, A.T., Chiou, P.Y.,Han, T.H.,Liao, J.C.,Bhardwaj, U., McCabe, E.R.B., Yu, F., Sun, R., Wu, M.C., Manipulation of live red
and white blood cells via Optopelectronic Tweezers Proceedings of The International Conference on Bio-Nano-Informatics (BNI)
Fusion, (Jul 2005) 3 pages
Chiou, P.Y., Ohta, A.T., Wu, M.C., Optical Sorting Mechanism in Dynamic Electric Field Induced by Optoelectronic Tweezers
Proceedings of The International Conference on Bio-Nano-Informatics Fusion, (Jul 2005) 3 pages
309

Shah, G.J., Chiou, P.Y.,Gong,J., Ohta, A.T., Chou, J.B., Wu, M.C.,Kim, C.J., Integrating Optoelectronic Tweezers for Individual
Particle Manipulation with Digital Microfuidics Using Electrowetting-on-Dielectric (EWOD) Proceedings IEEE 19th Annual
International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS '06), 130-133 (Jan 2006)
Chiou, A.T., Chou, J.B., Hsu, H.Y., Jamshidi, A., Ohta, A.T., Wu, M.C., Light Actuated AC Electroosmosis for Optical
Manipulation of Nanoscale Particles Proceedings of Solid-State Sensor, Actuator, and Microsystems Workshop (HH '06), 56-59
(Jun 2006)
Ohta, A.T., Chiou, P.Y.,Jamshidi, A., Hsu, H.Y., Wu, M.C., Optically Controlled Manipulation of Live Cells using Incoherent Light
Driven Optoelectronic Tweezers Proceedings of SPIE-the International Society for Optical Engineering, 63261701-63261711 (Jul
2006) (Invited Paper)
Ohta, A.T., Chiou, P.Y., Jamshidi A.,Hsu, H.Y., Wu, M.C., Spatial Cell Discrimination Using Optoelectronic Tweezers
Proceedings of IEEE/LEOS Summer Tropical on Optofluidics, 23-24 (Jul 2006)
Jamshidi, A., Pauzauskle, P.J., Ohta, A.T., Chiou, P.Y., Hsu, H.Y., Yang, P., Wu, M.C., Semiconductor Nanowire Manipulation
Using Optoelectronic Tweezers Proceedings of IEEE 19th Annual International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical
Systems (MEMS '07), (Jan 2007) 4 pages
Hsu, H.-Y., Ohta, A. T.,Chiou, P. Y., Jamshidi, A., Wu, M. C., Phototransistor based optoelectronic tweezers for cell manipulation
in highly conductive solution in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and
Microsystems (Transducers 2007), (Jun 2007) 4 pages
Wu, T.H.,Tseng P.Y., Kalim, S., Teitell, M., Chiou, P.Y., A Novel Single-Cell Surgery Tool Using Photothermal Effects of Metal
Nanoparticles IEEE/LEOS International Conference on Optical MEMS and Their Applications (OMEMS '07), 43-44 (Aug 2007)
Park, S., Pan, C.,Kalim, S., Wu, T.H., Teitell, M.,Chiou, P.Y., Floating Electrode Optoelectronic Tweezers (FEOET): A Novel
Mechanism Enabling Optical Manipulation of Oil Immersed Aqueous Droplets The 11th International Conference on Miniaturized
Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (uTAS) in Paris, France, (Oct 2007) 3 pages
310

Degrees
VIJAY K. DHIR
Distinguished Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
Jul 1965 B.Sc. Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, India Mechanical Engineering
Aug 1968 M.Tech. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
Dec 1972 Ph.D. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 1975 Appointment to Assistant Professor
Jul 1978 Promotion to Associate Professor
Jul 1982 Promotion to Professor
years of service: 32
Employment History
start end position institution
07/01/1974 06/30/1975 Assistant Professor-in-Residence University of California, Los Angeles
08/01/1973 12/31/1973 Lecturer University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
08/01/1972 08/31/1974 Research Associate and Lecturer University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
08/01/1969 07/31/1972 Research Assistant University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
02/01/1969 07/31/1969 Post Graduate Engineer Engineering Research Center, Tata
Engineering and Locomotive
10/01/1968 01/31/1969 Assistant Development Engineer Jyoti Pumps Ltd., Baroda, India
Other Professional Activities
start end description
2004 Co-Chair, Science Working Group of NASA
May 2001 Panelist, Microgravity Two Phase Flow: What have we learned? 4th International Conference on
Multiphase Flow, New Orleans
May 2001 Panelist, New Horizons for Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics, 4th International Conference on Multiphase
Flow, New Orleans
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
06/01/2001 2004 Dr. Wancum Jia, Post Doctoral Scholar
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
2006 Best Paper Award with past student A. Mukherjee for a paper published in the ASME Journal of Heat Transfer in
2004.
2006 Member, National Academy of Engineering
2005 Technical Achievement Award, Thermal Hydraulic Division, American Nuclear Society, The citation reads "in
recognition for his outstanding contributions to phase change heat and mass transfer, two phase flow and thermal
hydraulics of nuclear systems through the study of hydrodynamic theory of the peak heat flux in boiling, two phase
flow in porous media and coolability of heat generating porous beds, the quenching of Zircaloy clad rod bundles,
the modeling of reflood heat transfer...surface."
2004 Inducted into the College of Engineering, University of Kentucky Hall of Distinction
2004 Max Jakob Memorial Award of ASME and AIChE. The citation reads "For seminal contributions with lasting impact
over a broad range of thermal and fluid mechanical problems, together with important professional contributions the
Max Jakob Memorial Award is presented to Vijay K. Dhir"
2003 IIT Kanpur West Coast Alumni Leadership Award
2002 Keynote Lecturer, Assembly of International Heat Transfer Conference, Grenoble, France
2000 A. R. Ramachandran Chair Professor in Heat Transfer, I.I.T. Madras, Chennai, India
2000 Who's Who in America
1999 Best Paper Award with past student, D. Banerjee for a two-part paper published in the ASME Journal of Heat
Transfer, given by the Heat Transfer Division of ASME.
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1999 Donald Q. Kern Award of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). The citation reads: "The 1999
Donald Q. Kern Award is bestowed upon Vijay K. Dhir in recognition of his significant basic and applied research
contributions to phase change heat and mass transfer, two phase flow and to thermal hydraulics of nuclear power
systems."
1999 Hawkins Memorial Lecture at Purdue University
1997 Fellow, American Nuclear Society
1992 ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award in the Science Category. Citation reads: "for ingenuity in performing
experiments and analyses of the most untractable problems with energy and a systematic approach that has
resulted in a number of significant scientific findings."
1990 Keynote Lecturer, Assembly of International Heat Transfer Conference, Jerusalem, Israel
1989 Fellow, ASME
1984 American Men & Women of Science
1984 Who's Who in Engineering
1979 Who's Who in Technology
1978 Men of Achievement
1978 Who's Who in the West, Marquis Publication, 1978.
University Service
start end committee type description
Mar 2003 present University Wide Dean, Henry Samueli School of Engineering & Applied Science
Feb 2002 Feb 2003 University Wide Interim Dean, Henry Samueli School of Engineering & Applied Science
Jul 2001 Feb 2002 University Wide Associate Dean, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
07/01/2000 present American Institute of Chemical Engineers
07/01/1992 present American Society of Engineering Education
07/01/1991 present American Nuclear Society
07/01/1976 present American Society of Mechanical Engineers
07/01/1975 06/30/1977 American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics
07/01/1972 06/30/1974 Society of Sigma Xi
Editorial Services
start end description
2005 2006 Associate Editor, International Journal of Multiphase Flow
2000 2005 Other, Senior Technical Editor, ASME Jour. Heat Transfer
Consulting Activities
start end description
Jul 1993 present FSR Technologies, Las Vegas, Nevada
Jul 1993 present Hughes Aircraft and Communications, El Segundo, CA
Jul 1991 present Energy Research, Inc., Rockville, MD
Jul 1991 present Nuclear Regulatory Commission (ACRS)
Jul 1990 Jun 1993 Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico
Jul 1988 Jan 1989 Battelle Northwest Laboratories, Richland, Wash.
Jul 1988 Jun 1991 Physical Research Inc., Torrance, CA
Jul 1987 Jun 1988 Rand Corporation, Santa Monica
1987 1988 General Electric, San Jose
Jul 1985 present National Institute of Standards and Technology
Jul 1985 present Science Applications Inc., Redondo Beach
1983 1990 Rockwell International, Canoga Park
1981 1982 General Public Utilities Services, Parsipanny, NJ
1980 present Pickard Lowe and Garrick, Irvine, CA
1979 1980 Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, IL
1979 1980 Seabulk Corp., Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1978 present Technical Advisory Service, PA
present Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc., El Segundo, CA
present Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York
present Department of Energy, Washington, DC
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Patents
date patent number
03/08/1994 Dhir, V.K., "Heat Transfer Enhancement Using Tangential Injection" Patent No. 5,291,943
Recent Publications
Books, Chapters in Books and Editorships
Dhir, V.K., Boiling, in Year Book of Science and Technology, McGraw Hill, New York, (2001)
Dhir, V.K., Condensation, in Year Book of Science and Technology, McGraw Hill, New York, (2001)
Dhir, V.K., Abarajith, H.S., Warrier, G.R., From Nano to Micro to Macro Scales in Boiling NATO Science Series II: Mathematics,
Physics and Chemistry, Kulwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, S. Kakac, L.L. Vasiliev, Y. Bayazitoglu, Y. Yener,
193:197-216 (2005)
Fabbri, M., Jiang, S., Warrier, G.R., Dhir, V.K., Heat Removal using Narrow Channels, Sprays and Microjets NATO Science
Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Kulwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, S. Kakac, L.L. Vasiliev, Y.
Bayazitoglu, and Y. Yener, 193:231-254 (2005)
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Dhir, V.K., Numerical Simulations of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer, AIChE Journal, Vol. 47(4):pp. 813-834 (2001)
Banerjee, D., and Dhir, V.K., Study of Subcooled Film Boiling on a Horizontal Disc - Part I, Analysis, Journal of Heat Transfer,
Vol. 123:pp. 271-284 (2001)
Pesse, A.V., Warrier, G.R., Dhir, V.K., An Experimental Study of the Gas Entrapment Process in Closed-end Microchannels
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 48:5150-5165 (2005)
Warrier, G.R., Dhir, V.K., Heat Transfer and Wall Heat Flux Partitioning during Subcooled Flow Nucleate Boiling - A Review
Journal of Heat Transfer, 128(6):1243-1256 (2006)
Dhir, V.K., Mechanistic Prediction of Nucleate Boiling Heat Transfer - Achievable or a Hopeless Task? Journal of Heat Transfer,
128:1-12 (2006)
Son, G., Dhir, V.K., A Level Set Method for Analysis of Film Boiling on an Immersed Solid Surface Numerical Heat Transfer, Part
B: Fundamentals, 52:153-177 (2007)
Dhir, V.K., Abarajith, H.S., Li, D., Bubble Dynamics and Heat Transfer during Pool and Flow Boiling Heat Transfer Engineering,
28(7):608-624 (2007)
Wu, J., Dhir, V.K., Qian, J., Numerical Simulation of Subcooled Nucleate Boiling by Coupling Level Set Method with Moving
Mesh Method Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 51:535-563 (2007)
Li, D., Dhir, V.K., Numerical Study of Single Bubble Dynamics During Flow Boiling Journal of Heat Transfer, 129:864-876 (2007)
Li, D., Dhir, V.K., Numerical Study of a Single Bubble Sliding on a Downward Facing Heated Surface Journal of Heat Transfer,
129:877-883 (2007)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Dhir, V.K., Abarajith, H., Li, D., Bubble Dynamics and Heat Transfer During Pool and Flow Boiling Proceedings of 4th
International Heat, Fluids and Thermodynamics Conference, Cairo, Egypt, (09/18/2005)
Meduri, P.R., Warrier, G., Dhir, V.K., Inverted Annular Flow Film Boiling on a Vertical Flat Plate at Different Subcoolings and
Flow Velocities Proceedings of the 13th International Heat Transfer Conference, Sydney, Australia, (Aug 2006)
Dhir, V.K., Son, G., Some Unexplored Aspects of Pool and Flow Boiling Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on
Multiphase Flow, Leipzig, Germany, (07/09/2007)
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Degrees
JEFFREY D. ELDREDGE
Assistant Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
May 1996 B.S. Cornell University Mechanical Engineering
Jun 1997 M.S. California Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering
Jun 2002 Ph.D. California Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 2003 Appointment to Assistant Professor
years of service: 4
Employment History
start end position institution
Sep 2001 Aug 2003 Post-doctoral research associate Cambridge University Department of
Engineering
Oct 2000 Feb 2001 Research Assistant California Institute of Technology
Sep 1999 Aug 2001 Ph.D. Student, Teaching Assistant Caltech, Pasadena, CA
Sep 1994 Aug 1995 Co-op student researcher Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore,
California
Other Professional Activities
start end description
Jun 2007 Session Co-chair, 37th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference
May 2007 ongoing Member, AIAA Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee
04/07/2007 Symposium Organizer and Chair, Southern California Symposium on Flow Physics
07/07/2006 08/04/2006 Participant, 2006 Summer Program, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University
Jul 2006 Organizer and Chair, Minisymposium on Numerical Simulation of the Fluid Dynamics of Flying and
Swimming, 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Los Angeles
Jun 2006 Invited participant, AFOSR Workshop on Biologically-Inspired Micro Air Vehicles, Denver, CO
Jun 2006 Session Co-Chair, 2006 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, San Francisco
Nov 2005 Session Chair, American Physical Society, 2005 Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Chicago
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
Sum1 2006 Advisor, Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity, UCLA, Developed and supervised
undergraduate research project for CEED student
2006 MAE 259A (MAE 150D) Fluid Dynamics of Biological Systems, Organized undergraduate-level
course for intermediate study of fluid dynamics in context of biological systems
05/20/2005 Outreach to Marquez Charter School, Visited local grade school and spoke to 5th-grade students
about engineering, and had interactive discussion about airplane and insect flight
Fall 2003 ongoing Advisor, undergraduate research students, Supervised 6 undergraduate research students
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
02/15/2007 NSF Faculy Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation
Jun 2006 Susan and Henry Samueli MAE Teaching Award, MAE Department, UCLA
Jun 2002 Richard Bruce Chapman Memorial Award for distinguished research by a graduate student in hydrodynamics,
Caltech
Jun 2000 Graduate Student Council Teaching Assistant Award, Caltech
Sep 1996 Graduate Research Fellow, National Science Foundation
1996 ASME Student of the Year, Cornell University
1992 National Science Scholar
University Service
start end committee type description
Wntr 2006 present Department Initiator, Thermo/Fluids Research Seminar Series, Weekly forum for MAE
students and outside speakers to present research on Fluid Mechanics and
Thermal Sciences
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Sep 2005 present Department Awards and Honors Committee, MAE Department
Jan 2005 06/30/2007 Other FEC Representative, Represent the MAE department in the Faculty Executive
Committee of the School of Engineering and Applied Science
Jan 2005 present Department Undergraduate Curriculum Reform Committee, MAE Department
Jul 2004 ongoing Department Thermo/Fluids Undergraduate Curriculum Reform Committee, MAE
Department
Sep 2003 Jun 2005 Department Graduate Admission Committee, MAE Department
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
2002 present Associate member, Acoustical Society of America
2000 present Member, AIAA
1997 present Member, American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics
1994 present Member, ASME
present Point of contact, University Turbine Systems Research Program of the South Carolina Institute for
Energy Studies
Editorial Services
start end description
2006 present Reviewer, Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics
2006 ongoing Reviewer, Journal of Computational Physics
2005 present Reviewer, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
2005 present Reviewer, Journal of Fluids and Structures
2005 present Reviewer, Journal of Sound and Vibration
2005 present Reviewer, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
2003 present Reviewer, AIAA Journal
2002 present Reviewer, Physics of Fluids
Consulting Activities
start end description
Unpaid consulting in Acoustics for several members of the community
Recent Publications
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Eldredge, J.D., Colonius, T. and Leonard, A., A Dilating Vortex Particle Method for Compressible Flow, Journal of Turbulence,
3(36):1-10 (2002)
Eldredge, J.D., Leonard, A. and Colonius, T., A General Deterministic Treatment of Derivatives in Particle Methods, Journal of
Computational Physics, 180(2):686-709 (2002)
Eldredge, J.D., Colonius, T. and Leonard, A., A Vortex Particle Method for Two-Dimensional Compressible Flow, Journal of
Computational Physics, 179(2):371-399 (2002)
Eldredge, J.D. and Dowling, A.P., The Absorption of Axial Acoustic Waves by a Perforated Liner with Bias Flow, Journal of Fluid
Mechanics, 485:307-335 (2003)
Eldredge, J.D., On the Interaction of Higher Duct Modes with a Perforated Liner System with Bias Flow, Journal of Fluid
Mechanics, 510:303-331 (2004)
Eldredge, J.D., Numerical Simulations of Undulatory Swimming at a Moderate Reynolds Number Bioinspiration and Biomimetics,
1:1-7 (2006)
Shukla, R. K. and Eldredge, J. D., An inviscid model for vortex shedding from a deforming body Theoretical and Computational
Fluid Dynamics, 21(5):343-368 (2007)
Eldredge, J.D., Numerical Simulation of the Fluid Dynamics of 2D Rigid Body Motion with the Vortex Particle Method Journal of
Computational Physics, 221(2):626-648 (2007)
Eldredge, J.D., The Dynamics and Acoustics of Viscous Two-Dimensional Leapfrogging Vortices, Journal of Sound and
Vibration, 301:74-92 (2007)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Eldredge, J., Colonius, T., and Leonard, A., A Vortex Particle Method for Compressible Flows, AIAA Paper 2001-2641, 1-9 (Jun
2001)
Eldredge, J.D., Colonius, T. and Leonard, A., A Dilating Vortex Particle Method for Compressible Flow, Presented at the 4th
International Workshop on Vortex Flows and Related Numerical Methods, Santa Barbara., (03/17/2002-03/21/2002)
315

Eldredge, J.D. and Dowling, A.P., Acoustic Absorption by a Perforated Liner with Mean Bias Flow, presented at the Fifth
Euromech Fluid Mechanics Conference, Toulouse, (08/24/2003-08/28/2003)
Eldredge, J.D., The Acoustics of Two-Dimensional Leapfrogging Vortex Interactions, presented at ICTAM 2004, Warsaw, Paper
#12180, 1-2 (08/15/2004)
Eldredge, J.D., Efficient Tools for the Simulation of Flapping Wing Flows, 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit,
Reno, NV, 1-10 (01/10/2005)
Eldredge, J.D., The Acoustics of Two-Dimensional Leapfrogging Vortices, 11th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (26th
AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference), Monterey, CA, 1-15 (05/23/2005)
Mendez, S., Eldredge, J.D., Nicoud, F., Poinsot, T., Shoeybi, M. and Iaccarino, G., Numerical Investigation and Preliminary
Modeling of a Turbulent Flow over a Multi-Perforated Plate Proceedings of the 2006 Summer Program, 1-16 (2006)
Eldredge, J., Shoeybi, M. and Bodony, J., Numerical Investigation of the Acoustic Behavior of a Multi-perforated Liner
Proceedings of the 2006 Summer Program, 1-7 (2006)
Toomey, J. and Eldredge, J.D., Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Role of Flexibility in Flapping Wing Flight 36th
Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, 1-14 (2006)
J. Eldredge, D. Bodony and M. Shoeybi, Numerical Investigation of the Acoustic Behavior of a Multi-perforated liner 13th
AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Rome, 1-12 (May 2007)
S. F. Rehman and J. D. Eldredge, Numerical investigation of a bias-flow perforated liner for damping of thermoacoustic
instabilities ASME Turbo Expo 2007, Montreal, 1-10 (May 2007)
316

Degrees
RAJIT GADH
Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
1984 B.S. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
1986 M.S. Cornell University
1991 Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 2000 Appointment to Professor
years of service: 7
Employment History
start end position institution
Aug 1999 Mar 2001 Professor University of Wisconsin - Madison
Aug 1998 Director, CAD-IT Consortium University of Wisconsin - Madison
Aug 1998 Aug 1999 Associate Professor University of Wisconsin - Madison
Jul 1992 Aug 1998 Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin - Madison
Aug 1991 Jul 1992 Visiting Researcher/Faculty University of California, Berkeley
Nov 1990 Aug 1991 Senior Engineer - II / Project Leader Carnegie Group, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
Aug 1989 Nov 1990 Senior Engineer - I Carnegie Group, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
Feb 1988 Aug 1989 Design / Software Engineer Formtek, Inc., a Lockheed Company,
Pittsburgh, PA
Other Professional Activities
start end description
05/15/2006 05/19/2006 Program Committee, IADIS Virtual Multi-Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems,
MCCSIS2006
04/27/2006 04/29/2006 Program Committee, Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS) 2004, Pomona, CA
01/08/2006 01/12/2006 International Advisory Committee, International Conference on Software in Communications
(SoftComs), New Delhi, India
11/17/2005 Lecturer and Organizer, 1st ReWINS: Asset Monitor Track Live Demonstration, UCLA
10/26/2005 Organizer & Chair, 3rd RFID Industry Forum, UCLA
10/25/2005 Lecturer and Organizer, The 3rd RFID Hands on Experience Workshop, UCLA
09/24/2005 09/28/2005 Local Arrangement Committee, 2005 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference and
Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Long Beach, CA
06/07/2005 Lecturer and Organizer, The 2nd RFID Hands on Experience Workshop, UCLA
04/28/2005 04/30/2005 Program Committee, Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS) 2004, Pomona, California
04/25/2005 Sub-Committee Chair, Technology - for THE MAYOR'S WIFI & BEYOND EXECUTIVE ADVISORY
PANEL
03/07/2005 03/09/2005 Organizer & Chair, 2nd WINMEC CIO Forum, 7th Wireless Internet Forum, and 2nd RFID Executive
Forum, UCLA
Mar 2005 Scientific Committee, IADIS Telcommunications, Networks and Systems 2005 Conference within the
IADIS Virtual Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS 2005)
Conference
01/25/2005 Lecturer and Organizer, The First RFID Hands-on Experience Workshop, UCLA
01/06/2005 Program Committee, CCNC (Consumer Communications and Network Conference), Second
Workshop on Digital Rights Management Impact on Consumer Communications, Las Vegas, NV,
USA
10/12/2004 Organizer & Chair, The First WINMEC RFID Forum, UCLA
09/21/2004 09/23/2004 Technical Program Committee, 9th Intl. Conference on Personal Wireless Communications, IFIP
(International Federation on Information Processing), Sponsored by the IFIP WG 6.8 - Mobile and
Wireless Communications, Delft - The Netherlands
Jun 2004 present Advisory Committee, ACM Computers in Entertainment
05/26/2004 05/28/2004 Program Committee, The Eighth International Conference on CSCW in Design, Xiamen, P.R. China
05/14/2004 05/15/2004 Program Committee, Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS) 2004, Pomona, California
05/04/2004 05/05/2004 Organizer & Chair, 6th Wireless Internet - Data and Enterprise Applications, Sunset Village, UCLA
02/18/2004 Organizer & Chair, The CIO Perspective - Servicing Today's Mobile and Global Enterprise, UCLA
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10/29/2003 10/30/2003 Organizer & Chair, 5th Wireless Internet - Data and Enterprise Applications, Sunset Village, UCLA
05/19/2003 05/20/2003 Organizer & Chair, Wireless Internet - Data and Enterprise Applications, Sunset Village, UCLA
May 2003 Organizer, Chair, and Session Moderator, The Entrepreneur Conference, The Anderson School at
UCLA
2003 present Higher Education Advisor, Diamondhead Ventures
2003 present Reviewer of Research Grant Proposals, Hong Kong Governments Research Grants Council
11/27/2002 Session Chair, Virtual Manufacturing-1, ASME-International Mechanical Engineering Conference and
Exposition (IMECE), New Orleans
09/25/2002 09/27/2002 Program Committee, The Seventh International Conference on CSCW in Design, Rio de Janiero
05/06/2002 05/07/2002 Organizer & Chair, Wireless Internet - Data and Enterprise Applications, Sunset Village, UCLA
2002 2002 Review Panelist, UCLA Anderson School of Business, FEMBA program, "Wireless Products and
Services"
2002 Feb 2006 Scientific Advisor, Telemark Group, NY
10/28/2001 11/02/2001 Conference Co-chair, Intelligent Systems and Advanced Manufacturing (Newton, Massachusetts
USA)
Mar 2001 present University of California, Los Angeles
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
Oct 2005 present Dr. Choong Sup Yoon, Visiting Scholar
12/22/2004 "Wireless Internet of Artifacts," Distinguished Lecture, EE Seminar Hall, EE Department IIT, Mumbai
12/16/2004 "The internet of Artifacts -My Vision for the Future of RFID," Taiwan SoC Consortium, Taiwan
Aug 2004 Feb 2005 Dr. Dhananjay Lal, Post Doctoral Scholar
Jun 2004 "Wireless Internet", education grant from Lockheed Martin $6,000
Dec 2003 Aug 2004 Dr. Shu, Wang
06/01/2003 present Dr. Chi-Cheng Chu
Feb 2003 Feb 2004 Hwang, Nam Seong
01/17/2003 "Learning in the Palm of your Hand, " Workshop at UC-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
09/23/2002 "Industry Leaders Roundtable Event, " Invited Panelist, Center for Telecom Management at the
University of Southern California, M-Commerce: What Lies Ahead in the Global Marketplace, USC,
Los Angeles, CA.
Jun 2002 "Wireless Internet", Invited talk at Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Centro Congressi Unione
industriale, Torino, Italy
Jun 2002 Dec 2002 Yanagisawa, Hideyoshi
Jun 2002 May 2003 Wireless Campus Project (jointly with Mario Gerla, sponsored by HP), making UCLA's wireless
education plan a reality, $223,000
2002 2003 Grant from UCLA OID ($14,400)
Oct 2000 Oct 2002 Prabhu, B.S., Postdoctoral Scholar
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
04/20/2005 Invited Opening Keynote Speaker, MIT Enterprise Forum "WinRFID - Middleware for RFID-based Tracking" hosted
by Central Coast Division of MIT Enterprise Forum, Thousand Oaks, CA
12/22/2004 Tata Infotech Ltd. Distinguished Lecture Series, "Wireless Internet of Artifacts," IIT, Mumbai, India
06/04/2004 Keynote Speaker, "Wireless Internet Research at UCLA-WINMEC," at the 2004 BEI Technologies Engineering
Conference, Los Angeles, CA
May 2004 Second Prize in Excellence for Applied Research Paper Presentation, at IEEE Wireless Telecommunications
Symposium (WTS 2004)
04/22/2004 Invited Keynote, Third Annual Wireless Ventures Conference, by Dow Jones VentureWire, published by Dow
Jones Financial Information Services, a unit of Dow Jones Newswires, Redwood City, CA
04/08/2004 Boeing Distinguished External Researcher and Scholar Technical Seminar, Certificate of Appreciate for
Exceptional Presentation, "Wireless Internet Technologies - Present and Future"
2004 Invited by the Mayor of LA to Participate on an Executive Advisory Panel for City of LA entitled "Mayor's WiFi and
Beyond Executive Advisory Panel" to come up with a plan for Wireless for the City of Los Angeles
09/03/2003 Invited Keynote Speaker, LOMA Emerging Technology Conference, Boston, MA
Dec 1997 Invited Keynote, "New Research Paradigms - Virtual Design and Prototyping," 8th Nat'l. Conference on Machines
and Mechanisms, NACOMM-97, IIT, Kanpur, India
Sep 1997 NSF / Lucent Industrial Ecology Fellow
Nov 1996 AT&T / Lucent Industrial Ecology Fellow
Jun 1995 National Science Foundation / Faculty Early Career Development Grant
Aug 1994 Engineering Foundation - Research Initiation Award
Aug 1994 National Science Foundation - Research Initiation Award
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Apr 1994 ALCOA Science Support Scholar, ALCOA Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA
Sep 1993 Eastman Kodak - ASME Best Technical Paper Award, Proceedings of ASME Design Automation Conference,
Albuquerque, NM
Apr 1993 ALCOA Science Support Scholar, ALCOA Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA
Mar 1993 Ralph R. Teetor Research and Educational Award, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
University Service
start end committee type description
Jan 2006 present University Wide Member, Ad-hoc Committee for Betsy Knapp Professorship, Anderson School
2005 Department Member, Ad-hoc Committee for Professor Promotion
2005 2006 Department Chair and Member, Industrial Liaison Committee for MAE
2005 2006 Department Chair, Manufacturing and Design, MAE
2005 2006 Department Member, Faculty Recruitment Committee for MAE
2005 2006 University Wide Member, College-wide Committee on Annual Research Review (ARR 2006),
Liaison with Departmental ILC
Jun 2004 University Wide Reviewer for Proposals, UC Discovery Grant Program
2004 2005 Department Chair and Member, Space Allocation Committee for MAE
2004 2005 Department Chair, Manufacturing and Design, MAE
2004 2005 Department Member, Industrial Liaison Committee for MAE
2004 2005 University Wide Chair, College-wide Task Force Committee on Plans for Integrated
Engineering Research and Techonology Review
2003 2004 Department Chair and Member, Industrial Liaison Committee
2002 2003 Department Chair and Member, MAE Departmental Industrial Liaison
2002 2003 Department MAE Departmental Computing Liaison for SEAS
2001 2002 Department Member, Industrial Relations Committee
Community Service
start end description
09/20/2006 09/22/2006 Program Committee, 11th IFIP International Conference on PErsonal Wireless Communications,
Albacete, Spain
04/25/2005 Assisted with development of Policy Document for City of Los Angeles on "Fast and Easy, The Future
of Wi-Fi and Beyond In the City of Los Angeles," Prepared by the Mayor's Wi-Fi and Beyond
Executive Advisory Panel
2005 Local Arrangement Committee, ASME DETC/CIE Conference, Long Beach, CA
2005 Program Committee, International Program Committee of CSCWD2005, Coventry, UK
2005 Chair, Sub Committee on Technology, Mayor's WIFI & Executive Advisory Panel (Los Angeles)
05/14/2004 05/15/2004 Program Committee, Wireless Telecommunication Symposium, Pomona, CA
May 2004 Program Committee, International CAD Conferences and Exhibitions, Pattaya Beach, Thailand
04/12/2004 04/16/2004 International Program Committee, TMCE 2004, Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering, 5th
International Symposium, Lausanne, Switzerland
10/24/2003 10/27/2003 Member, Program Committee, 3rd Int'l Conf. on Electronic Commerce Engineering (ICeCE 2003),
Hanzhou, Zhejiang, China
2003 present Reviewer, Hong Kong Research Grants Council
11/17/2002 11/22/2002 Cochair, Virtual Manufacturing Session, Int'l Mech. Eng. Congress and Exposition 2002 Speaker of
Digital Media Wire Presents: "M-Commerce: What Lies Ahead"
09/05/2002 09/27/2002 Member, Program Committee, 7th Int'l Conference on CSCW in Design, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
07/23/2002 Speaker, Digital Media Wire Presents: "M-Commerce: What lies ahead", M-Commerce to the Max
Industry Leaders Roundtable Event, USC Marshall School of Business
Jul 2002 Member, International Committee, 2nd Int'l. Conference on Responsive Manufacturing, Gaziantep,
Turkey
Jun 2002 Member, Int'l Advisory Board, 2nd Int'l Conf. on Responsive Manufacturing, Gaziantep, Turkey
04/22/2002 04/26/2002 Member, Int'l Program Committee, 4th Int'l Symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive
Engineering (Knowledge Transfer in the Globalized World)
Apr 2002 International Program Committee, TMCE 2002, Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering, 4th
International Symposium, Wuhan, P.R. China
Apr 2002 Member, International Committee, Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering 2002 4th Annual
Symposium
09/16/2001 09/18/2001 Member, Program Committee, International Conference on eCommerce Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong
University, Xi'an Shaanxi 710049, China
08/20/2001 08/22/2001 Member, Program Committee, CAD/Graphics'2001, Kunming, China, Sponsored by Chinese
Computer Federation, Organized by Zhejiang University and Yunnan University
07/12/2001 07/14/2001 Member, Program Committee, 6th Int'l Conf. on CSCW in Design, London, Ontario, Canada
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Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
1997 1999 Chair, ASME - Design for Manufacturing Technical Committee
1996 present Member, Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
1995 present Member, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
1995 present Member, Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
1994 1994 Member, SAE Governing Committee on Concurrent Engineering for Heavy Industries
1994 present Member, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
1993 1996 Member, Virtual Reality Association for Students and Professionals (VRASP)
1993 present Member, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
1991 1992 Executive Committee, ASME San Francisco Section
1991 1992 Member of Executive Council, ASME, Berkeley Chapter, Awards Committee
1991 1999 Member, ASME - Design for Manufacturing Committee
1988 1991 Member, American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
1988 present Member, Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
1984 present Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME)
Editorial Services
start end description
Jun 2004 present Reviewer, Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Computers in Entertainment Advisory Board
2002 Reviewer, UCLA Anderson School of Business, FEMBA program, review panelist for session
"Wireless Products and Services"
2001 present Editorial Board, CAD Journal
1994 2002 Reviewer, ASME Manufacturing Review Journal
1994 2003 Reviewer, ASME Transactions: Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Journal of
Mechanical Design
1994 2003 Reviewer, IIE (Institute of Industrial Engineers) Transactions
1992 2002 Reviewer, Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications
1992 present Reviewer, Computer-Aided Design Journal
Consulting Activities
start end description
2003 present Reviewer of Research Grants Proposal for Hong Kong Governments Research Grants Council.
Reviewed over 15 grant proposals to date
Jan 1999 Pratt and Whitney, West Palm Beach
Jan 1998 Dec 1998 Marquip Inc., Madison
04/05/1997 04/06/1997 Assistant NSF in determining directions for Design Research - NSF Open Workshop on Decision
Based Design, 3rd Face-to-Face Meeting, Kissimmee, FL
Jan 1996 CMI Technologies, Detroit
05/25/1995 Invited to the NSF Strategic Planning Workshop on Design Engineering Show and Conference,
Chicago, IL
Patents
date patent number
Apr 2004 "Assembly and Disassembly Sequences of Components in Computerized
Mulitcomponent Assembly Models"
U.S. Patent 6,725,184
Sep 2003 "Methods and Apparata for Rapid Computer-Aided Design of Objects in Virtual
Reality and Other Environments"
U.S. Patent 6,629,065
Feb 2003 "Network-Based Viewing of Images of Three-Dimensional Objects" U.S. Patent 6,525,732
Gadh, Rajit, Prabhu, Shivanand, Su, Xiaoyong, Ramamurthy, Harish "A Generic (Patent Pending) UCLA Case
Transducer Interface"
No. 2005-245-1
Prabhu, Shivanand, Ramamurthy, Harish, Gadh, Rajit "RFID Assisted Media (Patent Pending) UCLA Case
Protection, Tracking and Life Cycle Management"
No. 2005-070-1
Ramamurthy, Harish, Prabhu, Shivanand, Gadh, Rajit "Application of Generic (Patent Pending) UCLA Case
Reconfigurable Wireless Interface for Industrial Automation Scenarios"
No. 2006-002-1
Su, Xiaoyong, Prabhu, Shivanand, Chu, Chi-Cheng, Gadh, Rajit "Low-Cost RFID- (Patent Pending) UCLA Case
Based Positioning System for Inventory Management"
No. 2006-257
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Recent Publications
Books, Chapters in Books and Editorships
Miza, J.H., Bollinger, J.G., Caudill, R.J., Eberts, R.E, Fox, M.S., Gadh, R., Greenstein, D., Hodgson, T.J., Kegg, R.L., Neal, R.E.,
Nightingale, D.S., Ruckman, J.L., and Wright, P.K., Munitions Manufacturing A Call for Modernization Committee to Evaluate the
Totally Integrated, Munitions Enterprise (TIME) Program, Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design, Division on
Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., Assisted in Editing
it Along with Other Time Committee Members, 1-193 (2002)
Kong, J., Gerla, M., Prabhu, B.S., and Gadh, R., An Overview of Network Security in Wireless Local Area Networks, Invited
Chapter in "Handbook of Wireless Local Area Networks: Applications, Technology, Security, and Standards", Mahgoub, I. and
Ilyas, M., CRC Press, 479-499 (Apr 2005)
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Jayaram, S., Vance, J., Gadh, R., Jayaram, U. and Srinivasan, H., Assessment of VR Technology and its Applications to
Engineering Problems ASME Transactions Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 1(1):72-83 (Mar 2001)
Lu, Y., Gadh, R., and Tautges, T.J., Feature Based Hex Meshing Methodology: Feature Recognition and Volume Decomposition
Computer-Aided Design, 33(3):221-232 (Mar 2001)
Shyamsundar, N., and Gadh, R., Internet-Based Collaborative Product Design With Assembly Features and Virtual Design
Spaces Computer-Aided Design, 33(9):637-651 (Aug 2001)
Srinivasan, H., and Gadh, R., A Non-Interfering Selective Disassembly Sequence for Components with Geometric Constraints
IIE Transactions, 34(4):349-361 (Apr 2002)
Chu, C.-C., Mo, J., and Gadh, R., A Quantitative Analysis on Virtual Reality-Based Computer Aided Design System Interfaces
ASME Transactions Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 2(3):216-223 (Sep 2002)
Shyamsundar, N., and Gadh R., Collaborative Virtual Prototyping of Product Assemblies Over the Internet Computer-Aided
Design, 34(10):755-768 (Sep 2002)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Kong, J., Gerla, M., Prabhu, B.S., and Gadh, R., Providing Multi-Layer Security Support for Wireless Communications Across
Multiple Trusted Domains ACM Workshop on Wireless Security (WiSe) in conjuction with ACM MobiCom 2002, 1-15 (Sep 2002)
(Poster Paper)
Chu, C.C., and Gadh, R., A Quantitative Analysis on Virtual Reality-Based Computer Aided Design System Interfaces
Proceedings of 2002 ASME IMECE Manufacturing Engineering Division Symposium: Virtual Manufacturing, New Orleans,
Louisiana, CD-ROM Proceedings, 1-9 (11/17/2002-11/22/2002)
Koura, M.M., Elewa, I.M., Gadh, R., Prabhu, B.S. and Mohamed, K.A., Feature-Based Geometric Dimension and Tolerance
Modeling System, The Third Assiut University International Conference on Mechanical Engineering Advanced Technology for
Industrial Production (MEATIP3), 432-445 (12/24/2002)
Mo, J., Chu, C.-C., Prabhu, B.S., and Gadh, R., On the Creation of a Unified Modeling Language Based Collaborative Virtual
Assembly/Disassembly System Proceedings of DETC'03 ASME 2003 Design Engineering Technical Conferences and
Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1-9 (09/02/2003) DETC2003/DFM-48160, 9
pages
Li, Z., Gadh, R., Yujin, F., and Prabhu, B.S., Study of Potential of Wireless Internet Technologies in Manufacturing, The Third
International Conference on Electronic Commerce Engineering, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China, 426-428 (10/24/2003)
Su, X., Prabhu, B.S., Chu, C.-C., and Gadh, R., Middleware for Multimedia Mobile Collaborative System, IEEE Wireless
Telecommunications Symposium (WTS2004), Cal Poly Pomona, CA, (05/14/2004)
Ramamurthy, H., Prabhu, B.S., and Gadh, R., Reconfigurable Wireless Interface for Networking Sensors (ReWINS),
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Personal Wireless Communications (PWC 2004), Delft, The Netherlands,
LNCS, 3260:215-229 (09/21/2004)
Ramamurthy, H., Lal, D., Prabhu, B.S., and Gadh, R., ReWINS: A Distributed Multi-RF Sensor Control Network for Industrial
Automation, 4th IEEE Annual Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS 2005), Pomona, CA, 24-33 (04/29/2005)
Kumar, P., Sridhar, G., Sridhar, V., Gadh, R., DMW - A Middleware for Digital Rights Management in Peer-to-Peer Networks
16th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, 246-250 (08/26/2005)
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Degrees
NASR M. GHONIEM
Distinguished Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
Jun 1971 B.S. Alexandria University, Egypt
Aug 1974 M.Eng. Mc Master University, Canada
Dec 1975 M.S. University of Wisconsin, Madison
Sep 1977 Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 1977 Appointment to Assistant Professor
Jul 1982 Promotion to Associate Professor
Jul 1986 Promotion to Professor
years of service: 30
Employment History
start end position institution
07/01/1986 present Professor University of California, Los Angeles
07/01/1981 06/30/1986 Tenured Associate Professor University of California, Los Angeles
Jul 1977 06/30/1982 Assistant Professor University of California, Los Angeles
May 1974 Aug 1974 Reactor Analysis Branch Research Engineer Whiteshell Canadian Nuclear Research
Establishment (Canada)
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
Sep 2003 259B, Advanced Topics in Solid Mechanics, Nano- and Micro-Mechanics
Sep 2002 Compiled Web-based Manual for Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (MAE157)(with A. Mills)
Jun 2002 Awarded Classroom Instruction Improvement Grant ($10,000) for Improvement of the Mechanical
Engineering Design Lab
Mar 2002 Co-developed (with A. Lavine) Web-based class-notes for MAE 296B (Thermo-Chemical Processing
of Materials)
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
2006 Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
2002 Faculty Staff Partnership Award
2000 Royal Society of London Kan Tong Po Visiting Professorship in Hong Kong
1999 Research Fellowship of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
1998 Outstanding Achievement Award of ANS
1994 Fellow, American Nuclear Society
University Service
start end committee type description
Sep 2002 present Department Chairman, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department Admissions
Committee
Sep 2002 present Department Chairman, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department Curriculum
Reform Committee
Jul 2002 present Academic Senate Member, Independent Substantive, Review Committee (ISRC) - appointed by
Vice-Chancellor
Jul 2002 present Department Vice-Chairman, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department
Apr 2002 present Department Member, Ad-hoc School Committee for Nippon Sheet Glass Chair
Jul 2001 Jun 2002 Academic Senate Member, Senate Review Committee of the Department of Middle Eastern
Studies
Jul 2001 Jun 2002 Department Chairman, Major Field in Manufacturing and Design
Jul 2001 2003 University Wide Vice Chair, HSSEAS Faculty Executive Committee
Sep 2000 Jun 2001 Department Chairman, Major Field in Structural & Solid Mechanics
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Community Service
start end description
Oct 2004 General Chair, Second Internatioal Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling (MMM-2), Los
Angeles, CA
Jun 2003 Co-Organizer, Symposium on Dislocation Mechanics, 7th US National Congress on Computational
Mechanics (USNCCM), Albuquerque, NM
Jun 2002 Co-Organizer, First International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling (MMM-1), London,
United Kingdom
Jul 2001 Co-Organizer, Third International Symposium and Applied Plasma Science, Fairbanks, Alaska
1996 present Member, Advisory Committee to the Chair of the Nuclear Engineering Department, UCB
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
1997 present Member, American Physical Society
1994 present Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1992 present Member, American Academy of Mechanics
1988 present Member, Materials Research Society (MRS)
1978 present Member, American Nuclear Society (ANS)
Editorial Services
start end description
2002 Guest Editor, Vacuum, Special Volume on Applied Plasma Science, Vol. 65, (No. 3-4)
2002 present Guest Editor, Special Volume on Nano-and Micro-Mechanics, Philosophical Magazine
Jul 2001 Editorial Board, Computational Methods in Engineering Science
Jul 2001 present Editor, Third International Symposium on Applied Plasma Science
Nov 1999 present Editorial Board, J. Nucl. Mater.
1999 present Reviewer, J. Comp.-Aided Materials Design
1996 present Associate Editor, Diffusion and Defect Data: Part A: Defect and Diffusion Forum, Part B: Solid State
Phenomena, Scitec Publications Ltd.
1996 present Reviewer, Phys. Rev. Lett.
Consulting Activities
start end description
1989 present Ultramet Inc.
Patents
date patent number
11/11/1986 "Low Activation Ferritic Alloys," Inventors: David Gelles, Nasr M. Ghoniem, and
Rodger W. Powell
U.S. Patent #4,622,067
Recent Publications
Books, Chapters in Books and Editorships
Ghoniem, N.M., A Perspective on Dislocation Dynamics, Handbook of Materials Modeling, Yip, S., Published by Kluwer-
Springer, the Netherlands, 2:2871-2877 (2005)
Ghoniem, N.M. and Kioussis, N., Hierarchial Models of Nanomechanics and Micromechanics, Handbook of Theoretical and
Computational Nanotechnology, Rieth, Michael and Schommers, Wolfram, American Scientific Publisher, 1:1-97 (2005)
Ghoniem, N.M., Modeling the Dynamics of Dislocation Ensembles, Handbook of Materials Modeling, Yip, S., Published by
Kluwer-Springer, the Netherlands, 2:2269-2286 (2005)
Ghoniem, N.M., The Role of Theory and Modeling in the Development of Materials for Fusion Energy, Handbook of Materials
Modeling, Yip, S., Published by Kluwer-Springer, the Netherlands, 2:2269-2286 (2005)
Ghoniem, N.M. and Walgraef, D., Instabilities and Self-Organization in Materials, Volume I, Fundamentals of Nanoscience, (Nov
2007)
Ghoniem, N.M. and Walgraef, D., Instabilities and Self-Organization in Materials, Volume II, Applications in Materials Design and
Nanotechnology, (Nov 2007)
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Ghoniem, N.M., Huang, J.M., Wang, Z.Q., Affine Covariant-contravariant Vector Forms for the Elastic Field of Parametic
Dislocations in Isotropic Crystals Phil. Mag. Lett., 82(2):55-63 (2002)
Walgraef, D. and Ghoniem, N.M., Effects of Glissile Interstitial Clusters on Microstructure Self-organization in Irradiated
Materials, Phys. Rev. B, B67:064103-1-064103-10 (2003)
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Sharafat, S., Kobayashi, A. and Ghoniem, N.M., Application of High-Power Plasma Gun for Thermal Cycle Testing of Refractory
Foams, Vacuum, 73:475-480 (2004)
Wen, M., Ghoniem, N.M., and Singh, B., Dislocation Decoration and Raft Formation in Irradiated Materials, Phil. Mag.,
85(22):2561-2580 (2005)
Ghoniem, N.M. and Xueli, H., Dislocation Motion in Anisotropic Multi-layer Materials, Phil. Mag., 85(24):2809-2830 (2005)
Han, X. and Ghoniem, N.M., Stress Field and Interaction Forces of Dislocations in Anisotropic Multilayer Thin Films Phil. Mag.,
85(11):1205-1225 (2005)
Wang, Z. and Ghoniem, N.M., A Parallel Algorithm for 3D Dislocation Dynamics, Journal of Computational Physics, 219:608-621
(2006)
Noronha, S.J. and Ghoniem, N.M., Dislocation Simulation of Brittle - Ductile Transition in Ferritic Steels, Metallurgical and
Materials Transactions A, 37A:539-544 (2006)
Hu, Q. and Ghoniem, N.M., The Early Stages of Quantum Dot Self-Assembly: A Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation, Journal of
Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 3:1-6 (2006)
Ghoniem, N.M. and Huang, J., The Elastic Field of General-Shape 3-D Cracks, Phil. Mag., 86(27):4195-4212 (2006)
Hu, Q., Ghoniem, N.M., and Walgraef, D., Influence of Substrate-Mediated Interactions on the Self-Organization of Adatom
Clusters, Physical Review B, 75(7): (2007)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Wang, Z., Ghoniem, N.M., Swaminarayan, S., and Lesar, R., Implementation of Massively-Parallel Computer Simulation of
Single Crystal Plasticity, Proc. of The 2nd International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling (MMM-2), Los Angeles, CA,
U.S.A., Ghoniem, N.M., 162-164 (10/11/2004-10/14/2004)
Hu, Q., Ghoniem, N.M., and Walgraef, D., Multiscale Modelling of Self-Organized Mono-layer Surface Atomic Clusters, Proc.
Nano Technology 2005, Anaheim, CA, U.S.A., (2005)
El-Awady, J.A., Ghoniem, N.M., and Mughrabi, H., Dislocation Modeling of Localized Plasticity in Persistent Slip Bands, Proc. of
the 136th TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Materials Processing and Manufacturing Division Symposium: Mechanics and
Materials Modeling and Materials Design Methodologies, edited by B. Adams and A. Garmestani, (2007)
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Degrees
JAMES S. GIBSON
Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
Dec 1970 B.S. University of Texas, Austin
Aug 1972 M.S. University of Texas, Austin
May 1975 Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 1977 Appointment to Assistant Professor
Jul 1982 Promotion to Associate Professor
Jul 1989 Promotion to Professor
years of service: 30
Employment History
start end position institution
1976 1977 Assistant Professor Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Univ.
1975 1976 Assistant Professor University of Texas at Austin
1974 1975 Teaching Assistant (3 semesters) University of Texas at Austin
1973 1974 Assistant Instructor (2 semesters) University of Texas at Austin
Other Professional Activities
start end description
Jul 1989 present Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
2005 present Liu, Yu-Tai, Postdoc Scholar
Jun 2002 Jul 2003 Kim, B.-S., Postdoc Scholar
Jan 2002 present Chen, Neil, Postdoc Scholar
Sep 1997 present Chen, Y.-C., Postdoc Scholar
University Service
start end committee type description
2006 2007 Department Chair of Systems and Control PhD Major Field
2006 2007 Department Graduate Admissions Committee
2006 2007 Department SEAS Faculty Executive Committee
2005 2006 Department MAE Courses and Curricula Committee Service
2004 2005 Academic Senate Review Committee
2004 2005 Department MAE Courses and Curricula Committee
2004 2005 Department Chair, MAE Personnel Ad Hoc Committee
2002 2003 Department Chair, Dynamics PhD Field Committee
2002 2003 Department Member, Graduate Admissions Committee
2002 2003 Department Member, Recruiting Ad Hoc Committee
2001 2002 Department Chair, Department Awards Committee
2000 2001 Academic Senate Ad Hoc Campus Review Committee
2000 2001 Department Chair, Ad Hoc Committee
2000 2001 Department Chair, Courses and Curricula Committee
2000 2001 Department Chair, Dynamics Ph.D. Field
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
1984 present Member, IEEE
1979 present Member, Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Editorial Services
start end description
1985 present Reviewer, Automatica
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1982 present Reviewer, IEEE Trans. Automatic Control
1979 present Reviewer, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization
Consulting Activities
start end description
1984 1993 Consultant to Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena
1983 1984 Consultant to H.R. Textron Inc.
1982 1988 Consultant to Institute for Computer Applications in Science and E, NASA-Langley
Recent Publications
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Chen, S.-J. and Gibson, J.S., Feedforward Adaptive Noise Control with Multivariable Gradient Lattice Filters IEEE Transactions
on Signal Processing, 49(3):511-520 (Mar 2001)
M'Closkey, R.T., Gibson, J.S. and Hui, J., System Identification of a MEMS Gyroscope ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems,
Measurement, and Control, 123:201-210 (Jun 2001)
Perez Arancibia, N.O., Chen, N., Gibson, J.S., and Tsao, T.-C., Variable-order Adaptive Control of a MEMS Steering Mirror for
Suppression of Laser Beam Jitter Optical Engineering, 1-11 (Nov 2006)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Gibson, J.S., Chang, C.-C. and Chen, N., Adaptive Optics with a New Modal Decomposition of Actuator and Sensor Spaces
American Control Conference, Arlington, VA, (Jun 2001)
Mal, A.K., Ricci, F., Gibson, J.S. and Banerjee, S., Damage Detection in Structures from Vibration and Wave Propagation Data
SPIE International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, CA, 1-9 (Mar 2003)
Kim, B.-S., Gibson, S. and Tsao, T.-C, Adaptive Control of a Tilt Mirror for Laser Beam Steering 2004 American Control
Conference, Boston, MA, 3417-3421 (Jun 2004)
Liu, Y.-T. and Gibson, S., Adaptive Optics with Adaptive Filtering and Control 2004 American Control Conference, Boston, MA,
3176-3179 (Jun 2004)
Chen, N. Y.-N. and Gibson, S., Subspace System Identification Using a Multichannel Lattice Filter 2004 American Control
Conference, Boston, MA, 855-860 (Jun 2004)
Perez Arancibia, N.O., Gibson, S., and Tsao, T.-C., Adaptive Control of MEMS Mirrors for Beam Steering IMECE2004
Conference, ASME, Anaheim, CA, 1-10 (Nov 2004)
Orzechowski, P.K., Gibson, S., and Tsao, T.-C., Disturbance Rejection by Optimal Feedback Control in a Laser Beam Steering
System, IMECE2004 Conference, ASME, Anaheim, CA, 1-8 (Nov 2004)
Orzechowski, P.K., Gibson, J.S., Tsao, T.-C., Optimal Disturbance Rejection by LTI Feedback Control in a Laser Beam Steering
System, 2004 Conference on Decision and Control (IEEE), The Bahamas, 1-6 (Dec 2004)
Perez Arancibia, N.O., Chen, N., Gibson, S., and Tsao, T.-C., Adaptive Control of a MEMS Steering Mirror for Suppression of
Laser Beam Jitter, 2005 American Control Conference, Portland, OR, 1-6 (Jun 2005)
Liu, Y.-T., Chen, N., and Gibson, S., Adaptive Filtering and Control for Wavefront Reconstruction and Jitter Control in Adaptive
Optics, 2005 American Control Conference, Portland, OR, 1-4 (Jun 2005)
Perez Arancibia, N.O., Chen, N., Gibson, J.S., Tsao, T.-C., Adaptive Control of a MEMS Steering Mirror for Free-Space Laser
Communications Optics and Photonics 2005, SPIE, San Diego, CA, (Aug 2005)
Orzechowski, P., Gibson, J.S., and Tsao, T.-C., Adaptive Control of Jitter in a Laser Beam Pointing System American Control
Conference, IEEE, Minneapolis, MN, (Jun 2006)
Rhoadarmer, T.A., Klein, L.M., Gibson, J.S., Chen, N., and Liu, Y.-T., Adaptive Control and Filtering for Closed-loop Adaptiveoptical
Wavefront Reconstruction SPIE Conference on Advanced Wavefront Control, San Diego, CA, (Aug 2006)
Perez Arancibia, N.O., Chen, N., Gibson, J.S., and Tsao, T.-C., Adaptive Control of Jitter in Laser Beam Pointing and Tracking
SPIE Conference on Advanced Wavefront Control, San Diego, CA, (Aug 2006)
Orzechowski, P., Tsao, T.-C., and Gibson, J.S., The Effect of Computational Delay on Performance of Adaptive Control Systems
IMECE, ASME, Chicago, IL, (Nov 2006)
Orzechowski, P., Chen, N., Gibson, J.S., and Tsao, T.-C., Optimal Jitter Rejection in Laser Beam Steering with Variable-Order
Adaptive Control Conference on Decision and Control, IEEE, San Diego, CA, (Dec 2006)
Herrick, D., Orzechowski, P., Gibson, J.S., Tsao, T.-C., Mahajan, M., and Wen, B., An Alternative Beam Alignment Approach for
Tactical Systems Directed Energy Systems Symposium: Beam Control Conference, DEPS, Monterey, CA, (Mar 2007)
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Degrees
VIJAY GUPTA
Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
Aug 1985 B.Tech. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
Feb 1987 M.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dec 1989 Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 1995 Appointment to Professor
years of service: 12
Employment History
start end position institution
Jan 1990 06/30/1995 Assistant Professor Dartmouth College, Thayer School of
Engineering
Jan 1986 Jan 1990 Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering Dept. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sep 1985 Dec 1985 Research Assistant, Civil Engineering Dept. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Other Professional Activities
start end description
11/13/2004 11/19/2004 Session Chair, Processing, Dynamic Behavior of Nanophased Composites. At the 2004 ASME
International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R & D Expo, Anaheim, California
03/02/2004 03/03/2004 Reviewer, NSF Proposal Panel, Washington D.C.
09/01/2003 09/05/2003 Session Chair, Plasma Sources, Plasma Processing, at the 4th International Symposium on Applied
Plasma Science, Kyoto, Japan
2003 present Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Materials Division Composites and
Heterogeneous Materials Committee
11/17/2002 11/22/2002 Session Chair, Failure Prediction in Composite Materials and Composite Structures-III, ASME
International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana
2002 present Professor, Joint Appointment, UCLA, Dept. of Materials Science & Engr.
1996 present Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Electronics Materials Committee
1996 present Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Fracture Mechanics Committee
1996 present Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Wave Propagation Committee
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
2004 Guided a set of Anderson School Students for a term project dealing with the commercialization of a
MEMS technology that was developed in our research group
2001 Developed a module on Biomechanics for the Freshman Seminar Course, (Winter 2001)
2001 2002 Taught 2 weeks of "Biomechanics Module" in the Freshman Seminar Course (during Winter Quarters
each year)
Oct 1999 2003 Kireev, Vassili, Post Doctoral Scholar
1997 present Professor of Biomedical Engineering IDP, Teaching Introduction to Biomechanics and continuously
guiding students in the Department of Bioengineering
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
2005 Elected Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers
2005 Who's Who in Engineering Education
2003 Member of the Executive Committee of the 4th International Symposium on Applied Plasma Science, Kyoto, Japan
Nov 2001 Junior Achievement Award from the American Academy of Mechanics
2001 Member of Advisory Committee - Second International Conference on Theoretical, Applied, Computational and
Experimental Mechanics (ICTACEM 2001), India
2001 Who's Who in America
Nov 2000 Theodore Tromovich Award from the American College of Mohs Micrographic Surgery
1994 International Scientific Committee, for organizing "High Performance Composites: Commonalty of Phenomenon,"
Symposium for the TMS Society
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1994 Who's Who in Asian Americans
09/04/1993 Week-long Invited Lectures, Tohuko University, Sendai, Japan - "Interface Engineering"
Sep 1993 Outstanding Young Scientist and Engineer Award from the International Union of Materials Research Societies.
1985 Institute Silver Medal, Best scholastic performance in Civil Engr. at I.I.T. Bombay
1985 J.N. Tata Scholarship, Outstanding Engineering Graduates in India
University Service
start end committee type description
2005 University Wide Member, Cap Ad Hoc Committee
2005 2006 Department Member, Recruitment Committee
2004 Department Chair, Industrial Affiliates Committee
2004 2005 Department Member, Two Ad Hoc Promotion Review Committees
2004 present Department Chair, Structural and Solid Mechanics Field Committee
2002 Department Chair, Academic Personnel Case
2002 2004 Department Member, Departmental Space Committee
2002 2005 Department Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Reform Committee
2002 present University Wide Member, Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Relations with School
2000 2002 Department Admissions Committee
1999 present Department Member, Ph.D. Field Committee, MEMS
1998 2001 Department Member, Admissions and Fellowship Committee
1998 2002 Department Co-Chair, Biomechanics, Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Division of the
Interdepartmental Biomedical Engr. Program
1995 present Department Member, Ph.D. Field Committee, Solid and Structures
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
1994 Full Member of Sigma Xi
1992 present Full Member of the American Academy of Mechanics
1988 Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honorary Society
1986 present Member of the American Society for Mechanical Engineers
1986 present Member of the Materials Research Society
1980 1993 Metallurgical Society of AIME
Member of the American Ceramic Society
Member of the American Society for Composites
Editorial Services
start end description
1997 present Reviewer, ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology
1997 present Reviewer, Composites Science and Technology
1995 present Reviewer, Experimental Mechanics
1995 present Reviewer, Journal of Materials Research
1993 present Reviewer, International Journal of Solids and Structures
1993 present Reviewer, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
1993 present Reviewer, Mechanics of Materials
1992 present Reviewer, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics
1992 present Reviewer, Journal of American Ceramic Society
1992 present Reviewer, Journal of Applied Physics
1992 present Reviewer, Journal of Composite Materials
1990 present Reviewer, Acta Metallurgica et Materialia
Consulting Activities
start end description
2002 2005 Texas Instruments, Reliability of solder joints
2001 2003 Sandia National Laboratories, Adhesion of polymer coatings to Si surfaces
2000 Jet Propulsion Laboratories, Ice adhesion issues on telescopes
1999 2001 Boeing Corporation, Adhesion issues in multilayer paint assembly
1999 2002 Hitachi, Adhesion issues in packages and devices
1998 Ferro Technical Center, Ceramic coating adhesion to stainless steel substrates
1998 1999 Intel Corporation, Characterization of in-situ adhesion in devices and packages
1998 2001 Delphi Corporation, Evaluation of underfill adhesion in packages
1997 Kirtland Packard Law Offices
1997 Pacesetter, Inc.
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1997 Pratt & Whitney
1997 Westinghouse Corporation
1997 2000 Dow Corning Corporation, Adhesion/Chemistry Relationship for Silane Coatings
1996 E.I. Du Pont
1996 Hughes Research Laboratory
1996 LG Gould, Korea, Evaluation of glass/ceramic interfaces
1996 1997 Dow Corning Corporation
1996 1997 Intel Corporation
1996 1997 Law Offices of Arthur Martinez
1996 1997 Novellus Systems Inc.
1995 Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan
1994 Bell Laboratories, New Jersey
1994 CMS Systems, Inc., Connecticut
1994 1996 Baxter International Inc., Adhesion issues in manufacturing plastic bottles
1993 Digital Equipment Corporation, Massachusetts
1993 Hershenson, Carter, Scott, McGee and Gray, Norwich, Vermont
1993 Slypner Horse Shoes, Claremont, New Hampshire
1992 Kaiser Aerotech, Oakland, CA
Patents
date patent number
10/18/2002 Glass-Modified Stress Waves for Adhesion Measurement of Ultra Thin Films and PCT/US2005/007304 (in
Nanoelectronics Device Fabrication, filed UCLA off. of Int. Prop. Admin.
process)
08/01/1995 A United States Patent was issued on August 1, 1995 covering the above three
inventions.
1. Measurement of Thin Film Interface Strength by using a Laser Spallation
Technique
2. Interferometry on Diffuse Surfaces in High Velocity Measurements
3. Nanosecond Rise-Time Laser-Produced Stress Pulses with no Asymptotic
Decay
5,438,402
Laser Generated Stress Waves for Stiction Repair PCT/US2005/007311 (in
process)
Measurement of the Tensile Strength of Solder Joints Using Laser-Generated Provisional Application UC05-
Stress Waves
451-1 filed 2/23/05
Recent Publications
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Somlo, B. and Gupta, V., A Hydrophobic Self-Assembled Monolayer with Improved Adhesion to Aluminum for Deicing
Application Mechanics of Materials, 33:471-480 (2001)
Gupta, V., Hernandez, R., and Charconnet, P., Effect of Humidity and Temperature on the Tensile Strength of Polyimide/Silicon
Nitride Interface and its Implications for Electronic Device Reliability J. of Materials Science and Engineering, A317:249-256
(2001)
Gupta, V. and Bergstrom, J.S., A Progressive Damage Model for Failure by Shear Faulting in Polycrystalline Ice Under Biaxial
Compression Intl. Journal of Plasticity, 18:507-530 (2002)
Gupta, V., Kireev, V., Yoshida, H., and Akahoshi, H., Glass-Modified Stress Waves for Adhesion Measurement of Ultra Thin
Films for Device Applications Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 51:1395-1412 (2003)
Gupta, V., Kireev, V., Basu, S.N., and Wu, H., In-situ Intrinsic Interface Strength Measurement at Elevated Temperatures and its
Relationship to Interfacial Structure Interface Science, 11:359-368 (2003)
Kuwahara, K., Gladstone, H.B., Gupta, V., Kireev, V., Neel, V., and Moy, R.L., Rupture of Fat Cells Using Laser-generated Ultra
Short Stress Waves Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 32:279-285 (2003)
Basu, S.N., Wu, H., Gupta, V., and Kireev, V., The Effect of Structure and Chemistry on the Strength of FeCrAl(Y)/Sapphire
Interfaces: I. Structure of Interfaces, Materials Science and Engineering, A349:248-255 (2003)
Basu, S.N., Wu, H., Gupta, V., and Kireev, V., The Effect of Structure and Chemistry on the Strength of FeCrAl(Y)/Sapphire
Interfaces: II. Strength of Interfaces Materials Science and Engineering, A349:265-271 (2003)
Gupta, V., Snow, R., Wu, M.C., Jain, A., and Tsai, J., Recovery of Striction-failed MEMS Structures Using Laser-Induced Stress
Waves J MEMS, 13(4):696-700 (2004)
Kobayashi, A., Jain, A., Gupta, V., and Kireev, V., Study of the Interface Strength of Zirconia Coatings by a Laser Spallation
Technique Vacuum, 73:533-539 (2004)
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Gupta, V. and Posner, B., Trauma to Long Thoracic Nerve and Associated Scapula Winging in a Low-Velocity Rear End
Automobile Collision: Case Report J. of Trauma, 57(2):1-3 (2004)
Jain, A., Gupta, V., Basu, S.N., A Quantitative Study of Moisture Adsorption in Polyimide and its Effect on the Strength of the
Polyimide/Silicon Nitride Interface, Acta Materialia, 53:3147-3153 (2005)
Wang, X., Gupta, V., Basu, S.N., Effects of Substrate Orientation and Metal Film Thickness on the Intrinsic Strength, Intrinsic
Fracture Energy, and Total Fracture Energy of Tantalum-Sapphire Interfaces, Journal of the American Ceramics Society,
88(7):1909-1913 (2005)
Kirsch, B.L., Chen, X., Richman, E.K., Gupta, V., Tolbert, S.H., Probing the Effects of Nanoscale Architecture on the Mechanical
Properties of Hexagonal Silica/Polymer Composite Thin Films, Advanced Functional Materials, 15:1319-1327 (2005)
Wang, X. and Gupta, V., Construction and Characterization of Chemically Joined Stainless Steel/E-Glass Composite Sections,
Mechanics of Materials, 37(12):1198-1209 (Sep 2005)
Potter, D., Gupta, V., Chen, X., and Tian, J., Mechanisms-based Failure Laws for AS4/3502 Graphite/Epoxy Laminates Under
In-plane Biaxial Compression, Composites Science and Technology, 65:2105-2117 (Sep 2005)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Gandhi, B. and Gupta, V., Transient Dynamic Response in a Surrogate Hip Model During a Simulated Lateral Fall, 4th Annual
Bioengineering Symposium, University of California San Diego, Abstract #58: (06/22/2003-06/23/2003)
Gupta, V., Tian, J., Hartfield, C., Zeng, K., Chiu, C., Stierman, R., Measurement of Solder Joint Strength and its Dependence on
Thermal Aging in Freestanding and Board-mounted Packages using a Laser Spallation Technique, Proc. of the 30th
International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis, Worcester, Massachusetts, (11/14/2004-11/18/2004)
Mal, A., Banerjee, S., Shim, J., Hagerman, E., Wu, B., Gupta, V., Measurement of Thin Film Interfacial Properties using a
Nanosecond Laser Source, The 2nd International Symposium on Mechanical Science based on Nanotechnology, Japan, (2005)
Gupta, V., Novel Applications of Laser-Generated Stress Waves in Manufacturing of MEMS and ICs on Plastics, Proc. of the
2005 NSF DMII Grantees Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, (01/03/2005-01/06/2005)
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Degrees
H T. HAHN
Distinguished Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
Apr 1964 B.S. Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Mar 1968 M.S. Pennsylvania State University, University Park,
Pennsylvania
Aug 1971 Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, University Park,
Pennsylvania
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Nov 1991 Appointment to Professor
years of service: 16
Employment History
start end position institution
1986 12/31/1991 Professor Pennsylvania State University
1981 1986 Professor Washington University
1980 Visiting Scientist (Summer 1980) German Aerospace Research Establishment
(DFLVR)
1979 1981 Associate Professor Washington University
1978 1979 Mechanical Engineer Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
1977 1978 Materials Research Engineer Air Force Materials Laboratory
1974 1977 Research Engineer University of Dayton, Research Institute
1972 1974 Resident Research Associate Air Force Materials Laboratory, National
Research Council
1971 1972 Postdoctoral Fellow McMaster University
Other Professional Activities
start end description
06/04/2007 06/05/2007 Co-Chair, Advisory Committee, 6th US-Korea Workshop on Nanostructured Materials & 4th US-
Korea Workshop on Nanoelectronics, Seoul National Univ., Korea
2007 2011 Member, Elsevier Composites Award Selection Committee, American Society for Composites
09/01/2006 08/31/2008 Member, Global Advisory Board for Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Systems Engineering,
KAIST
08/08/2006 08/09/2006 Co-Chair, 5th US-Korea Workshop on Nanostructured Materials and Nanomanufacturing & 3rd US-
Korea Workshop on Nanoelectronics, UCLA
08/01/2006 08/04/2006 Chair, Review Panel for School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University
08/29/2005 08/30/2005 Member, Program Review Panel, Aerospace Corp
06/15/2005 06/17/2005 Member, NRL Structural Materials Program Review Panel
06/07/2005 06/08/2005 Member, NSF NSEC Review Panel, Northwestern Univ.
04/25/2005 04/26/2005 Honorary Co-Chair, 4th US-Korea Workshop on Nanostructured Materials and Nanomanufacturing &
1st US-Korea Workshop on Nanoelectronics, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
05/10/2004 05/11/2004 Co-Chair, 3rd US-Korea Workshop on Nanostructured Materials and Nanomanufacturing, Hanyang
University, Seoul, Korea
10/26/2003 10/30/2003 Member, AF Science Advisory Board Review Panel for AFRL/ML Directorate
08/09/2003 Co-Chair, 2nd US-Korea Workshop on Nanostructured Materials and Nanomanufacturing, Caltech
07/14/2003 07/18/2003 Co-Chair, 14th International Conference on Composite Materials, San Diego, CA
2002 Co-Chair, Organizing Committee, U.S.-Korea Workshop on Nanostructured Materials and
Nanomanufacturing, Seoul, Korea, July 11
2001 2004 Member, Industrial and Professional Advisory Council, College of Eng., Penn State Univ.
1999 2001 IPA/Program Manager, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
2007 present Dr. Suying Wei, Postdoc
2007 present Dr. Zhe Wang, Postdoc
2006 2007 Dr. Hyochan Kim, Postdoc
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2006 present Dr. Sang-Eui Lee, Postdoc
2005 2005 Dr. Haixiong Ge, Visiting Scholar, Nanjing Univ., China
2005 2006 Prof. Gae-Myung Lee, Visiting Professor from Jeju Univ., Korea
2005 2006 Prof. Qianning Guan, Visiting Professor from Guanxi Univ., China
2005 2007 Dr. Ying Wang, Postdoc
2005 present Dr. Zhanhu Guo, Postdoc
2004 2004 Dr. Dong Soo Kim, Visiting Scholar, Korea Inst. of Machinery & Materials, Korea
2003 2004 Dr. Koji Yamaguchi, Postdoc
2003 2004 Dr. Seung-Ho Kim, Postdoc.
2003 2005 Dr. Hyuncheol Kim, Visiting Scholar, LG Chemical, Korea
2002 Prof. Frank Ko, Visiting Professor
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
06/14/2006 Faculty/Staff Partnership Award, UCLA Staff Association
06/02/2006 Centennial Fellow, Eng. Sci. & Mech. Dept., Penn State University
10/24/2005 3rd Place Best Paper Award, SAMPE ISTC Conference
09/18/2005 Hahn Symposium on Composites, American Society for Composites
2002 Raytheon Chair in Manufacturing Engineering (Changed from Hughes Chair), UCLA
2000 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award, College of Engineering, Seoul National Univ., Korea
1999 Ho-Am Prize for Engineering, Ho-Am Foundation, Korea
1999 Member, National Academy of Engineering of Korea
1999 Technomic Award for Excellence in Composites, Am. Soc. for Composites
1998 Charles Russ Richards Award, Pi Tau Sigma and ASME
1997 Advisory Professor, Harbin Inst. of Tech., Harbin, China
1996 Fellow, American Society for Composites
1996 Medal of Excellence in Composite Materials, Univ. of Delaware Center for Composite Materials
1993 Fellow, ASME
1992 Hughes Aircraft Co. Chair in Manufacturing Engineering, UCLA
1991 Harry and Arlene Schell Professorship, Penn State University
1991 Outstanding Research Award (given to Penn State Engineering Faculty for outstanding research), Penn State
Engineering Spciety
University Service
start end committee type description
2007 2007 University Wide Member, Ad Hoc Committee, Review of the Asian-American Studies Center
2004 2006 Other Member, Advisory Committee for UCLA Eng. Bulletin
2002 2006 University Wide Chair, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department
2002 present Other Member, UCLA Plasma Science & Technology Inst.
1994 present Department Member, Solids and Structures Ph.D. Major Field Committee
Community Service
start end description
1999 2001 Member, Board of Directors, Korean Education Foundation in Los Angeles, Inc.
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
2005 2007 President, International Committee for Composite Materials
2001 2002 President, Korean-American University Professors Association
1999 2000 President, Korean-American Society Engineers Association
1996 1997 President, American Society for Composites
1992 1994 Chairman, Composites Committee of Materials Division, ASME
1989 present Member, American Society for Engineering Education
Editorial Services
start end description
1993 present Editorial Board, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Thermal Plastic Composite Materials
1981 present Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Composite Materials
Consulting Activities
start end description
1998 1999 TRW
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1990 1993 Dow Chemical, MI
1989 Conoco, OK
Jul 1988 Aug 1988 Korea Institute of Machinery and Metals, United Nations Development Programme
1988 1989 Hexcel, California
1987 1988 United Nations Development Programme
Licenses
date title board license no.
Recent Publications
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
J. Park, M.K. Kang, and H.T. Hahn, Composite Material Based Laminated Object Manufacturing (LOM) Process Simulation
Advanced Composite Letters, 10:237-245 (2001)
Yong, V., Hahn, H.T., Processing and Properties of SiC/Vinyl Ester Nanocomposites Nanotechnology, 15:1338-1343 (2004)
Shin, D.D. and Hahn, H.T., Compaction of Thick Composites: Simulation and Experiment, Polymer Composites, 25(1):49-59
(Feb 2004)
Shin, D.D., Hahn, H.T., Thermal Control System for Thick Composite Laminates Based on Forecasting, Polymer Composites,
25(1):37-48 (Feb 2004)
Viculis, L.M., Mack, J.J., Mayer, O.M., Hahn, H.T., Kaner, R.B., Intercalation and Exfoliation Routes to Graphite Nanoplatelets
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 15:974-978 (2005)
Yang, C.H., Huh, H., Hahn, H.T., Investigation of Effective Material Properties in Composites with Internal Defect or
Reinforcement Particles International Journal of Solids and Structures, 42:6141-6165 (2005)
Mack, J.J., Viculis, L.M., Ali, A., Luoh, R., Yang, G., Hahn, H.T., Ko, F.K., Kaner, R.B., Graphite Nanoplatelet Reinforcement of
Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile Nanofibers Advanced Materials, 17(1):77-80 (Jan 2005)
Y. Wang and H.T. Hahn, AFM Characterization of the Interfacial Properties of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites
Subjected to Hygrothermal Treatments Composite Science and Technology, 67:92-101 (2006)
Luoh, R., Hahn, H.T., Electrospun Nancomposite Fibermats as Gas Sensors Composite Science and Technology, 66:2436-2441
(2006)
J.H. Song, H. Huh, S.H. Kim, and H.T. Hahn, Finite Element Analysis of Room Temperature Nanoimprint Lithography Process
with Rate Dependent Plasticiey Materials Science Forum, 505:85-90 (2006)
Guo, Z., Pereira, T., Choi, O., Wang, Y., Hahn, H.T., Finite element Analysis of Room Termperature Nanoimprint Lithography
Surface Functionalized Alumina Nanoparticle Filled Polymertic Nancomposites with Enhanced Mechanical Properties Journal of
materials Chemistry, 16:2800-2808 (2006)
Hung, M.T., Choi, O., Ju, Y.S., Hahn, H.T., Heat Conduction in Graphite-Nanoplatelet-Reinforced Polymer Nanocomposites
Applied Physics Letters, 89:023117 (2006)
Stuart, C., Xu, Q., Tseng, R.J., Yang, Y., Hahn, H.T., Chen, Y., Nanofabrication Module Integrated with Optical Aligner Journal of
Vacuum Science and Technology, B24:539-542 (2006)
T. Pereira, R. Scaffaro, S. Nieh, J. Arias, Z. Guo, and H.T. Hahn, Performance of Thin-Film Li-ion Batteries Under Flexural
Deflection Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 16:2712-2721 (2006)
V. Yong and H.T. Hahn, Rheology of SiC/Vinyl Ester Nanocomposites Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 102:4365-4371
(2006)
V. Yong and H.T. Hahn, Rheology of Silicon Carbide/Vinyl Ester Nan composites Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 102:4365-
4371 (2006)
S.H. Kim and H.T. Hahn, Size Effect in Particulate Metal Matrix Composites: an Analytical Approach Advanced Composite
Materials, 15:175-191 (2006)
H. Kim, H.T. Hahn, L.M. Viculis, S. Gilje, R.B. Kaner, Electrical Conductivity Of Graphite/Polystyrene Composites Made From
Potassium Intercalated Graphite Carbon, 45:1578-1582 (2007)
Z. Guo, S. Park, H. T. Hahn, S. Wei, M. Moldovan, A. B. Karki, and D. P. Young, Giant Magnetoresistance Behavior of an
Iron/Carbonized Polyurethane Nanocomposite Journal of Applied Physics Letters, 90(5):053111 (2007)
V. Yong and H.T. Hahn, Moisture Absorption Modeling Using Design of Experiments Journal of Applied Polymer Science,
103:1539-1543 (2007)
E. Bekyarova, E.T. Thostenson, A. Yu, H. Kim, J. Gao, J. Tang, H.T. Hahn, T.W. Chou, M.E. Itkis, and R.C. Haddon, Multiscale
Carbon Nanotube-Carbon Fiber Reinforcement for Advanced Epoxy Composites Langmuir, 23:3970-374 (2007)
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Z. Guo, S. Wei, B. Shedd, R. Scaffaro, T. Pereira, and H. T. Hahn, Particle Surface Engineering Effect on the Mechanical,
Optical and Photoluminescent Properties of ZnO/Vinyl-Ester-Resin Nanocomposites Journal of Materials Chemistry, 17:806-813
(2007)
Y. Chang, Y.S. Ahn, H.T. Hahn, and Y. Chen, Sub-Micrometer Patterning of Proteins by Electric Lithography Langmuir, 23:4112-
4114 (2007)
G.C. Wu, J.M. Yang, and H.T. Hahn, The impact Properties and Damage Tolerance of Bidirectionally Reinforced Fiber Metal
Laminates Journal of Materials Science, 42:948-957 (2007)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Sasa, L.A., Hahn, H.T. and Higgins, J., Effect of Graphite Nanoplatelet Loading on the Microcrack Mitigation Capabilities of
Composite Structures AIAA-2005-2151, AIAA 46th SDM Conference, 1-7 (Apr 2005)
Yamaguchi, K. and Hahn, H.T., The Improved Ply Cracking Resistance of Thin-Ply Laminates Proc. of 15th International
Conference on Composite Materials (CD-ROM), 1-10 (Jun 2005)
Lui, M., Hahn, H.T., Nanoparticle-Based Mitigation of fiber Print-Through in Composite Mirrors Proc. American Society for
Composites, 20th Technical Conference, CD ROM: (Sep 2005)
Choi, O., Hahn, H.T., Gilje, S., Kaner, R.B., Graphite Nanoplatelet Reinforced Epoxy Composites: The Effect of Exfoliation and
Surface Treatment SAMPE ISTC Vol. 37, CD ROM: (Oct 2005)
Song, J.H., Huh, H., Kim, S.H., Hahn, H.T., Finite element Analysis of Room Termperature Nanoimprint Lithography Process
with Rate Dependent Plasticity Materials Science Forum, 505-507:85-90 (2006)
Wang, Y., Hahn, H.T., AFM Characterization of the Hygroscopic and Thermal Treatment Effects on Carbon Fiber/Epoxy
Composites SAMPE 2006 Proc., CD ROM: (May 2006)
Choi, O., Gilje, S., Hahn, H.T., Kaner, R.B., Graphite Nanoplatelet Composites SAMPE 2006 Proc., CD ROM: (May 2006)
Gilje, S., Choi, O., Kaner, R.B., Hahn, H.T., Graphite Particle Size Effects on Mechanical Properties of Epoxy Composites
SAMPE 2006 Proc., CD ROM: (May 2006)
Sakota, Z., Hahn, H.T., Lackman, L., Out of Autoclave Curing of Composites SAMPE 2006 Proc., CD ROM: (May 2006)
Guo, Z., Choi, O., Wang, Y., Pereira, T., Hahn, H.T., Surface Functionalized Nanparticle Filled Polymeric Nancomposite with
Enhanced Mechanical Property SAMPE 2006 Proc., CD ROM: (May 2006)
H. Kim, H.T. Hahn, L.M. Viculis, and R.B. Kaner, Graphite Nanoplatelet (GNP)/Polymer Nan composites based on Potasium-
Benzene-Intercalation Compounds Proc. American Society for Composites, 21st Technical Conference, (Sep 2006)
H. Seo, H.T. Hahn, and J.-M. Yang, Impact Damage Tolerance and Fatigue Durability of GLARE Laminates for Aircraft
Structures Proc. 12th US-Japan Conference on Composite Materials, (Sep 2006)
Z. Guo, X. Liang, B. Shedd, R. Scaffaro, and H.T. Hahn, An Investigation of Polymeric Nanocomposite: Surface
Functionalization and Nanofiller Effect Proc. 26th American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, (Nov 2006)
T. Duenas, E. Bolanos, E. Murphy, A. Mal, F. Wudl, C. Schaffner, Y. Wang, H. T. Hahn, T. K. Ooi, A.Jha, and R. Bortolin,
Multifunctional Self-Healing and Morphing Composites Proc. 25th Army Science Conference, (Nov 2006)
Z. Guo, S. Park, and H.T. Hahn, Nanocomposite Fabrication Through Particle Surface Initiated Polymerization Proc. 26th
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, (Nov 2006)
Z. Guo, S. Wei, S. Park, M. Moldovan, A. Karki, D. Young, and H.T. Hahn, An Investigation on Granular-Nanocomposite-Based
Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR) Sensor Fabrication Proc. of the SPIE, 6526:65260U (Mar 2007)
Y. Wang, E. Bolanos, F. Wudl, H.T. Hahn, and N. Kwok, Self-healing Polymers and Composites Based on Thermal Activation
Proc. of the SPIE, 6526:65261I (Mar 2007)
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Degrees
CHIH-MING HO
Distinguished Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
1967 B.S. National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Mechanical Engineering
1974 Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Mechanics and Materials
Science
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 1991 Appointment to Professor
years of service: 16
Employment History
start end position institution
Jul 1991 present Professor University of California, Los Angeles,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
2006 present Director of Center for Cell Control University of California, Los Angeles
2002 present Director of Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Explortion University of California, Los Angeles
2001 2005 Associate Vice Chancellor for Research University of California, Los Angeles
1985 Jun 1991 Professor University of Southern California, Department
of Aerospace Engineering
1981 1985 Associate Professor University of Southern California, Department
of Aerospace Engineering
1976 1981 Assistant Professor University of Southern California, Department
of Aerospace Engineering
1975 1976 Adjunct Assistant Professor and Research Associate University of Southern California, Department
of Aerospace Engineering
1974 1975 Associate Research Scientist The Johns Hopkins University, Department of
Mechanics and Materials Science
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
07/13/2007 09/30/2007 Goniva, Christoph, Visiting Scholar, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
07/13/2007 09/30/2007 Heinisch, Martin, Visiting Scholar, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
07/10/2007 09/15/2007 Tseng, Fan-gang Kevin, Visiting Scholar, National Tsing Hua University
Apr 2007 Jul 2007 Hocq, Julien, Visiting Scholar
03/15/2007 09/01/2007 Blin, Antoine, Visiting Scholar
12/15/2006 08/17/2007 Benahmed, Arnaud, Post-doc, UCLA
Nov 2006 present Yang, Jian, Visiting Scholar, Zhejiang University
09/11/2006 present Wei, Fang, Post-doc from Peking University
Jul 2006 Sep 2006 Ding, Xianting, Visiting Scholar, Zhejiang University
05/01/2006 02/28/2007 Kumar, A. Senthil, Visiting Scholar, National University of Singapore
04/01/2006 07/31/2006 Nicolas Lechocinski, Visiting Scholar, Institut de Formation d'Ingenieurs, Orsay, France
07/12/2005 present Yue, Zhicao, Post-doc from University of Southern California
07/01/2005 09/30/2005 Rechner, Nikolaus, Visiting Scholar, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
07/01/2005 09/30/2005 Steineder, Peter, Visiting Scholar, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
07/05/2004 10/04/2004 Bruckner, Martin, Visiting Scholar, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
07/05/2004 10/04/2004 Hackl, Benjamin, Visiting Scholar, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
07/01/2004 09/30/2004 Alberer, Daniel, Visiting Scholar, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
07/01/2004 09/30/2004 Berger, Achim, Visiting Scholar, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
07/01/2004 09/30/2004 Maier, Florian, Visiting Scholar, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
01/01/2004 07/31/2004 Balachandran, Wamadeva, Visiting Professor from Brunel University, West London
Oct 2003 Jan 2004 Lee, Bor-Shiunn, Visiting Scholar from National Taiwan University
Sep 2003 Dec 2003 Chang, Yen-Chung, Visiting Scholar from National Tsing Hua University
Sep 2003 present Ma, Yanbao Martin, Post-doc from UCLA
03/13/2003 07/31/2003 Zhang, Feng-Yuan, Post-doc from Stanford University
02/27/2003 05/02/2003 Vosseler, Michael, Visiting Scholar, IMTEK - Institut für Microsystemtechnik, Albert-Ludwigs
Universität Freiburg
01/10/2003 07/06/2004 Lu, Weixing, Post-doc from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
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01/01/2003 06/30/2003 Saniei, Nader, Visiting Professor from Southern Illinois University
01/01/2003 06/30/2003 Wu, Mingming, Visiting Professor from Occidental College Physics Department
10/02/2002 04/30/2004 Dorrer, Christian, Visiting Scholar, Institut fuer MikrosystemtechnikLehrstuhl für
Anwendungsentwicklung
07/01/2002 09/30/2002 Bauer, Walter, Visiting Scholar, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
07/01/2002 09/30/2002 Brandstetter, Michael, Visiting Scholar, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
07/01/2002 09/30/2002 Ravecker, Richard, Visiting Scholar, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
04/08/2002 07/20/2002 Benahmed, Arnand, Visiting Scholar, Ecole Polytechnique, France
02/07/2002 03/31/2002 Suzuki, Hiroaki, Visiting Scholar, Tokyo University
01/16/2002 01/16/2005 Cubaud, Thomas, Post-doc from Paris XI University & ESPCI, France
01/10/2001 06/30/2002 Jacobson, Bruce, Visiting Scholar
Sep 2000 Jun 2001 Liao, Joseph, Visiting Scholar from Urology Department, UCLA.
08/01/2000 06/30/2001 Fang, Xin, Visiting Professor, LNM, Institute of Mechanics, Beijing, China
11/15/1999 04/30/2001 Masset, Sylvain, Visiting Scholar, Nouvelle Formation d'Ingenieur en Optronique, Univ. of Paris
1991 present Undergraduate Advisor
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
2005 IEEE ROBIO International Conference Annual Chih-Ming Ho Best Paper Award
2004 K.T. Lee Honorary Chair Professor, National Cheng Kung University
2001 Kuo-Nien Chair Professor, National Tsinghua University
1998 Academician, Academia Sinica, Academia Sinica
1998 Honorary Professor of Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1997 Member, National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Engineering
1996 UCLA Ben Rich-Lockheed Martin Professor
1994 Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
1989 Fellow of the American Physical Society
1985 Honorary Professor of Nanjing Aeronautical Institute, China
Who's Who in America
Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology
Who's Who in Science and Engineering
Who's Who in Technology Today
Who's Who in the West
Who's Who in the World
Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America
University Service
start end committee type description
2003 Department Member, MAE Curriculum Committee
2002 2005 University Wide Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Associate Vice Chancellor for
Research
2002 present Department Member, Department of Biomedical Engineering Advisory Committee
2002 present Department Member, SEAS Alumni Magazine Editorial Committee
2002 present University Wide Director, Institute of Cell Mimetic Space Exploration
2001 present Department Member, CNSI Executive Committee
2001 present Department Member, Engineering Dean Search Committee
1999 present Department Member, Faculty Advisory Committee for the IDP in Biomedical Engineering
Community Service
start end description
1982 present Chinese-American Engineer and Scientist Association of Southern California
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
2002 2002 Chair, Director, Search Committee, Institute of Allied Science and Engineering, Academia Sinica
2002 present Member, Advisory Committee, Institute of MEMS, National Tsinghua University, Hsingchu, Taiwan
2002 present Member, Advisory Committee, Institute of Nano Technology, National Jiao-tung, Hsingchu, Taiwan
2002 present Member, Advisory Committee, Institute of Nanotechnology, National Taiwan University
2002 present Member, Advisory Committee, Institute of Nanotechnology, National Tsinghua University, Beijing,
China
2002 present Member, Advisory Committee, National Cheng-Kung University
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2002 present Member, Advisory Committee, School of Life Science, National Tsinghua University, Hsingchu,
Taiwan
1999 present Academic Advisory Committee, Institute of Allied Science and Engineering, Academia Sinica
1998 present Academician, Academia Sinica
1997 Chair, Physics of Fluids Editor Search Committee
1997 1999 Committee on Materials, Structures and Aeronautics for Uninhibited Air Vehicles, National Research
Council
1997 present Member, National Academy of Engineering
1996 1997 Chair, Physics of Fluids Editor Search Committee
1996 1997 Past-Chair, APS Division of Fluid Dynamics
1996 2002 Summerfield Award Committee, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
1995 1996 Chair, APS Division of Fluid Dynamics
1994 1995 Chair-elected, APS Division of Fluid Dynamics
1994 present Fellow, AIAA
1993 1994 Vice-Chair, APS Division of Fluid Dynamics
1992 1994 Chair, Aviation Technology Advisory Committee Center for Aviation and Space Technology Industrial
Technology Research Institute, Taiwan, Rep. of China
1990 present Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineering
1989 present Fellow, American Physical Society
1987 1989 Advisory Committee, Advisor to Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng-Kung
University, Tainan, Taiwan
1987 present Member, Phi Tau Phi
1984 present Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
1980 1984 Advisory Committee, Technical Committee of Aeroacoustics, American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics
1976 present Member, American Physical Society
1974 present Member, Phi Beta Kappa
1974 present Member, Sigma Xi
1974 present Member, Tau Beta Pi
Editorial Services
start end description
2001 Reviewer, Microscale Thermophysical Engineering
1996 present Editorial Board, Transactions of the Aeronautical and Astronautical Society of the Republic of China
1976 present Reviewer, AIAA Journal
1976 present Reviewer, Experiments in Fluids
1976 present Reviewer, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
1976 present Reviewer, Journal of Fluids Engineering
1976 present Reviewer, National Science Foundation
1976 present Reviewer, Physics of Fluids
Consulting Activities
start end description
2001 present Genefluidics, Inc.
1999 Microinjector
1998 present Academia Sinica, Academician Academia Sinica
1989 1991 Consultant, Ransco, Oxnard, California
1987 1991 Consultant, International Technology, Rolling Hills, California
1985 1989 Consultant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
1984 Consultant, United Technologies, Sunnyvale, California
1984 1985 Consultant, Brunswick Co., Costa Mesa, California
1982 1990 Consultant, Flow Industries, Inc., Kent, Washington
1980 1983 Consultant, Rockwell International, Inc., Canoga Park, California
1977 1985 Consultant, Dynamics Technology, Inc., Torrance, California
Patents
date patent number
06/07/2005 "Micro-Chaotic Mixer" U.S. Patent No. 6,902,313
08/15/2000 "Apparatus and Method for Using Bubble as Virtual Valve in Microinjector to Eject
Fluid"
U.S. Patent Number, 6,102,530
06/06/2000 "Flexible Skin Incorporating MEMS Technology" U.S. Patent Number, 5,071,819
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03/18/1999 "Method for Aligning and Forming Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
Contouring Surfaces"
U.S. Patent No. 5,905,007
03/16/1999 "Micromachined Hot-Wire Shear Stress Sensor" U.S. Patent No. 5,883,310
05/13/1997 "Electromagnetically Actuated Micromachined Flap" U.S. Patent No. 5,629,918
05/28/1985 "Mixing Apparatus Using a Noncircular Jet of Small Aspect Ratio" U.S. Patent No. 4,519,423
06/19/1979 "Optical Pressure Transducer Randomly Distributed Fiber Optics" U.S. Patent No. 4,158,310
"Control Devices for Evaporative Chemical Mixing/Reaction" Patent Pending
"Electrochemical Detection of Mismatch in Nucleic Acids (EDEMNA)" Patent Pending
"Electronics Integrated With Bio-Reactor/Channel For Detection Or Fabrication of
Bio-Materials"
Patent Pending
"Ultrasenitive Molecular Detection of Urinary Pathogens"
Intelligent Response-Dependent Stimulation of Cells for Basic Research and Drug
Discovery Applications
Patent Pending
Recent Publications
Books, Chapters in Books and Editorships
Ho, C.M., Ho, D. and Garcia, D., Bio-Nano Information Fusion Lynn E. Foster, 209-222 (2006)
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Gau, J.J., Lan, E.H., Dunn, B. and Ho, C.-M., A MEMS Based Amperometric Detector for E.Coli Bacteria Using Self-Assembled
Monolayers Journal of Biosensor and Bioelectronics, 9(12):745-755 (2001)
Hsiai, T.K., Cho, S.K., Reddy, S., Hama, S., Navab, M., Demer, L.L., Honda, H.M. and Ho, C.-M., Pulsatile Flow Regulates
Monocyte Adhesion to Oxidized Lipid-Induced Endothelial Cells Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol., 21:1770-1776 (2001)
Pornsin-sirirak, T.N., Tai, Y.C., Nassef, H. and Ho, C.-M., Titanium-Alloy MEMS Wing Technology for a Micro Aerial Vehicle
Application Sensors and Actuators A:Physical, 89(1-2):95-103 (2001)
Yang, J.M., Ho, C.-M., Yang, X., and Tai, Y.C., Micromachined Particle Filter with Low Power Dissipation Transactions of ASME,
Journal of Fluids Engineering, 123:899-908 (Dec 2001)
Huang, T.J., Liu, M., Knight, L.D., Grody, W.W., Miller, J.F., and Ho, C.-M., An Electrochemical Detection Scheme for
Identification of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Using Hairpin-forming Probes Nucleic Acids Research, 30(12):1-6 (2002)
Hsiai, T.K., Cho, S.K., Honda, H.M., Hama, S., Navab, M., Demer, L.L. and Ho, C.-M., Endothelial Cell Dynamics Under
Pulsating Flows: Significance of High Versus Low Shear Stress Slew Rates Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 30:1-11 (2002)
Hsiai, T.K., Ing, M., Hwang, J., Salazar, A., Cho, S.K., Wong, P.K., Ho, C.-M., Navab, M., Endothelial Cells: The Living Sensors
and Actuators International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation, 3(4):169 (Aug 2002)
Tseng, F.-G., Kim, C.-J. and Ho, C.-M., A High-Resolution High-Frequency Monolithic Top-Shooting Microinjector Free of
Satellite Drops - Part I: Concept, Design, and Model Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 11(5):427-436 (Oct 2002)
Hsiai, T.K., Cho, S.K., Yang, J.M., Yang, X., Tai, Y.-C., Ho, C.-M., Pressure Drops of Water Flow Through Micromachined
Particle Filters Journal of Fluids Engineering, 124(4):1053-1056 (Dec 2002)
Wong, P.K., Lee, Y.-K., and Ho, C.-M., Deformation of DNA Molecules by Hydrodynamic Focusing Journal of Fluid Mechanics,
497:55-65 (2003)
Suzuki, H., Nakano, M., Kasagi, N., and Ho, C.-M., Particle Tracking Velocimetry Measurement of Chaotic Mixing in a Micro
Mixer JSME, 397-402 (2003)
Ho, S., Nassef, H., Pornsinsirirak, N., Tai, Y.-C. and Ho, C.-M., Unsteady Aerodynamics and Flow Control for Flapping Wing
Flyers J. of Progress of Aerospace Sciences,, 39(8):635-681 (2003)
Xu, Y., Jiang, F., Newbern, S., Huang, A., Ho, C.-M., and Tai, Y.-C, Flexible Shear-Stress Sensor Skin and its Application to
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 105(3,15):321-329 (Aug 2003)
Hsiai, T.K., Cho, S.K., Wong, P.K., Ing, M., Salazar, A., Sevanian, A., Navab, M., Demer, L.L., Ho, C.-M., Monocyte Recruitment
to Endothelial Cells in Response to Oscillatory Shear Stress The FASEB Journal, 17:1648-1657 (Sep 2003)
Xu, Y., Tai, Y.-C., Huang, A., and Ho, C.-M., IC-Integrated Flexible Shear-Stress Sensor Skin Journal of Microelectromechanical
Systems, 12(5):740-747 (Oct 2003)
Deval, J., Umali, T.A., Lan, E.H., Dunn, B., and Ho, C.-M., Reconfigurable Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Surfaces in
Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 14:91-95 (2004)
Deval, J., Umali, T.A., Lan, E.H., Dunn, B., and Ho, C.-M., Reconfigurable Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Surfaces in
Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 14(1):91-95 (Jan 2004)
Hsiai, T.K., Cho, S.K., Wong, P.K., Ing, M.H., Salazar, A., Hama, S., Navab, M., Demer, L.L., and Ho, C.-M., Micro Sensors:
Linking Real-Time Oscillatory Shear Stress with Vascular Inflammatory Responses Ann Biomed Eng., 32(2):189-201 (Feb 2004)
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Wong, P.K., Wang, T.-H., Deval, J.H. and Ho, C.-M., Electrokinetics in Micro Devices for Biotechnology Applications IEEE/ASME
Transactions on Mechatronics, 9(2):366-376 (Jun 2004)
Wu, M., Cubaud, T., and Ho, C.-M., Scaling Law in Liquid Drop Coalescence Driven by Surface Tension Physics of Fluids,
16(7):L51-L54 (Jul 2004)
Lin, Q., Jiang, F., Wang, X.-Q., Xu, Y., Han, Z., Tai, Y.-C., Lew, J., and Ho, C.-M., Experiments and Simulations of MEMS
Thermal Sensors for Wall Shear-stress Measurements in Aerodynamic Control Applications J. of Micromechanics and
Microengineering, 14:1640-1649 (Aug 2004)
St. John, M.A.R., Li, Y., Zhou, X., Denny, P., Ho, C.-M., Montemagno, C., Shi, W., Qi, F., Wu, B., Sinha, U., Jordan, R.,
Wolinsky, L., Park, N.-H., Liu, H., Abemayor, E., and Wong, D.T.W, Interleukin 6 and Interleukin 8 as Potential Biomarkers for
Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg.,, 130:929-935 (Aug 2004)
Huang, A., Lew, J., Xu, Y., Tai, Y.-C. and Ho, C.-M., Microsensors and Actuators for Macrofluidic Control IEEE Sensors Journal,
4(4):494-502 (Aug 2004)
Suzuki, H., Ho, C.-M., and Kasagi, N., A Chaotic Mixer for Magnetic Bead-Based Micro Cell Sorter Journal of
Microelectromechanical Systems, 13(5):779-790 (Oct 2004)
Huang, T.J., Tseng, H.-R., Sha, L., Lu, W., Brough, B., Flood, A.H., Yu, B.-D., Celestre, P.C., Chang, J.P., Stoddart, J.F., and
Ho, C.-M., Mechanical Shuttling of Linear Motor-Molecules in Condensed Phases on Solid Substrates Nano Letters, 4(11):2065-
2071 (Oct 2004)
Huang, T.J., Brough, B., Ho, C.-M., Liu, Y., Flood, A.H., Bonvallet, P.A., Tseng, H.-R., Stoddart, J.F., Baller, M., Magonov, S., A
Nanomechanical Device Based on Linear Molecular Motors Applied Physics Letters, 85(22):5391-5393 (Nov 2004)
Wong, P.K., Chen, C.-Y., Wang, T.-H. and Ho, C.-M., Eletrokinetic Bioprocessor for Concentrating Cells and Molecules
Analytical Chemistry, 76(23):6908-6914 (Dec 2004)
Wong, P.K., Ulmanella, U., and Ho, C.-M., Fabrication Process of Microsurgical Tools for Single-Cell and Intracytoplasmic
Injection Journal of Microelectromechanical System, 13(6):940-946 (Dec 2004)
Cubaud, T. and Ho, C.-M., Transport of Bubbles in Square Microchannels Physics of Fluids, 16(12):4575-4585 (Dec 2004)
Wang, T.-H., Peng, Y., Zhang, C., Wong, P.K., and Ho, C.-M., Single-Molecule Tracing on a Fluidic Microchip for Quantitative
Detection of Low-Abundance Nucleic Acids Journal of the American Chemical Society, 127(15):5354-5359 (Mar 2005)
Wong, P.K., Tan, W., and Ho, C.-M., Cell Relaxation After Electrodeformation: Effect of Latrunculin A on Cytoskeletal Actin
Journal of Biomechanics, 38:529-535 (Apr 2005)
Lin, Q., Xu, Y., Jiang, F., Tai, Y.-C., and Ho, C.-M., A Parametrized Three-Dimensional Model for MEMS Thermal Shear-Stress
Sensors Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 14(3):625-633 (Jun 2005)
Liu, Y., Flood, A.H., Bonvallet, P.A., Vignon, S.A., Northrop, B.H., Tseng, H.-R., Jeppensen, J.O., Huang, T.J., Brough, B.,
Baller, M., Magonov, S., Solares, S.D., Goddard, W.A., Ho, C.-M., and Stoddart, J. F., Linear Artificial Molecular Muscles J. Am.
Chem. Soc., 127(27):9745-9759 (Jun 2005)
Li, Y., Denny, P., Ho, C.-M., Montemagno, C., Shi, W., Qi, F., Wu, B., Wolinsky, L., and Wong, D.T., The Oral Fluid
MEMS/NEMS Chip (OFMNC): Diagnostic & Translational Applications Adv Dent Res, 18:3-5 (Jun 2005)
Yang, C.-Y., Brooks, E., Li, Y., Denny, P., Ho, C.-M., Qi, F., Shi, W., Wolinsky, L., Wu, B., Wong, D.T.W., and Montemagno,
C.D., Detection of Picomolar Levels of Interleukin-8 in Human Saliva by SPR Lab Chip, 5:1017-1023 (Aug 2005)
Brough, B., Northrop, B., Schmidt, J., Tseng, H., Houk, K., Stoddart, F., and Ho, C.M., Evaluation of Synthetic Linear Motor-
Molecule Actuation Energetics Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, 103:8583-8588 (2006)
Huang, P.H., Wong, T.S., and Ho, C.M., Silicone Polymer Chemical Vapor Sensors Fabricated by Direct Polymer Patterning on
Substrate Technique (DDPOST) Sensors and Actuators B, Chemical, 116:2-10 (2006)
Ho, D., Garcia, D. and Ho, C.M., Nanomanufacturing and Characterization Modalities for Bio-Nano-Informatics Systems Journal
of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 6(4):875-891 (Apr 2006)
Benahmed, A. and Ho, C.M., Bandgap-Assisted Surface-Plasmon Sensing Applied Optics, 46(16):3369-3375 (2007)
Lee, Y.K., Shih, C., Tabeling, P., and Ho, C.M., Experimental Study and Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Time-Periodic Micro
Chaotic Mixers J. Fluid Mech., 575:425-448 (2007)
Lin, Y., Wong, T.S., Bhardwaj, U., Chen, J.M., Ho, C.M., and McCabe, E., Formation of High Electromagnetic Gradient through
Particle-based Microfluidic Approach Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 17:1299-306 (2007)
Benahmed, A., Lam, R., Rechner, N. and Ho, C.M., Period and Height Control during the Microcontact Printing of Alkoxysilane
for Optical Grating Journal of Microlithography, Microfabrication, and Microsystems, 6(2): (2007)
Brough, B., Christman, K.L., Wong, T.S., Kolodziej, C.M., Forbes, J.G., Wang, K., Maynard, H.D. and Ho, C.M., Surface Initiated
Actin Polymerization from Top-down Manufactured Nanopatterns Soft Matter, 3:541-546 (2007)
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Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Lee, Y.K., Deval, J., Tabeling P., and Ho, C.-M., Chaotic Mixing in Electrokinetically and Pressure Driven Micro Flows IEEE 14th
International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS 2001), Interlaken, Switzerland, 483-486 (2001)
Pornsin-Sirirak, T.N., Tai, Y.C., Nassef, H., and Ho, C.-M., Flexible Parylene Actuator for Micro Adaptive Flow Control
Proceedings of IEEE International MEMS Workshop, Interlaken, Switzerland, January, 511-514 (2001)
Ho, C.-M., Fluidics - The Link Between Micro and Nano Sciences and Technologies Technical Digest of the 14th IEEE
International MEMS Conference (ISBN-0-7803-6251-9), Interlaken, Switzerland, 375-384 (2001)
Huang, A., Folk, C., Ho, C.-M., Liu, Z., Chu, W.W., Xu, Y. and Tai, Y.C., Gryphon M3 System: Integration of MEMS for Flight
Control Proc. of SPIE, 4559:85-94 (2001)
Wang, T.H., Masset, S. and Ho, C.-M., A Zepto Mole DNA Micro Sensor IEEE Int. Conf. Micro Electro Mechanical Systems,
Interlaken, Switzerland, 431-434 (Jan 2001)
Huang, P.H., Folk, C., Silva, C., Christensen, B., Chen, Y.F., Ho, C.-M., Jiang, F., Grosjean, C., Lee, G.B, Chen, M., Newbern,
S., and Tai, Y.C., Applications of MEMS Devices to Delta Wing Aircraft From Concept Development to Transonic Flight Test
AIAA Paper No. 2001-0124, Reno, Nevada, 1-11 (01/08/2001-01/11/2001)
Folk, C. and Ho, C.-M., Micro-Actuators for Control of Delta Wing with Sharp Leading Edge 39th AIAA Aerospace Sciences
Meeting, AIAA-2001-0121, Reno, NV, 1-8 (01/08/2001-01/11/2001)
Liu, Z., Chu, W., Huang, A., Folk, C., and Ho, C.-M., Mining Sequence Patterns from Wind Tunnel Experimental Data for Flight
Control Proc. 5th Pacific-Asia Conf. on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (PAKDD), Hong Kong, China, (Apr 2001)
Pornsin-Sirirak, T., Tai, Y.C., Ho, C.-M. and Keennon, M., Microbat: A Palm-Sized Electrically Powered Ornithopter 2001
NASA/JPL Woprkshop on Biomorphic Robotics, Pasadena, CA, (Aug 2001)
Deval, J., Tabeling, P. and Ho, C.-M., A Dielectrophoretic Chaotic Mixer 15th IEEE International Conference on MEMS (MEMS
2002), Technical Digest (ISBM-0-7803-7187-9), Las Vegas, Nevada, 36-39 (2002)
Suzuki, H. and Ho, C.-M., A Magnetic Force Driven Chaotic Micro-Mixer 15th IEEE International Conference on MEMS, Las
Vegas, Nevada, 40-43 (2002)
Wang, T.H., Wong, P.K. and Ho, C.-M., Electrical Molecular Focusing for Laser Induced Fluroescence Based Single DNA
Detection Technical Digest (ISBN-0-7803-7185-2) of the 15th IEEE International Conference on MEMS (MEMS 2002), Las
Vegas, Nevada, 15-18 (2002)
Pornsin-Sirirak, N., Liger, M., Tai, Y.C., Ho, S. and Ho, C.-M., Flexible Parylene-Valved Skin for Adaptive Flow Control Technical
Digest (0-7803-7185-2) Fifteenth IEEE Intl. Conf. on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS'02), Las Vegas, NV, 101-104
(01/20/2002-01/24/2002)
Wong, P.K. and Ho, C.-M., Direct Manipulation of DNA Molecules using Hydrodynamic Force Nanoscale/Molecular Mechanics
Conference, Hawaii, USA, (05/12/2002-05/17/2002)
Xu, Y., Tai, Y.C., Huang, A. and Ho, C.-M., IC-Integrated Flexible Shear-stress Sensor Skin Technical Digest, Solid State Sensor
and Actuator and Microsystems Workshop (SSAW'02), Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, 354-357 (Jun 2002) Hilton Head
Island, South Carolina
Liger, M., Pornsin-Sirirak, N., Tai, Y.C., Ho, S. and Ho, C.-M., Large-Area Electrostatic-Valved Skins for Adaptive Flow Control
on Ornithopter Wings Technical Digest, Solid State Sensor and Actuator Workshop (SSAW'02), Hilton Head Island, South
Carolina, 247-250 (Jun 2002)
Wong, P.K., Wang, T-H., and Ho, C.-M., Optical Fiber Tip Fabricated by Surface Tension Controlled Etching Proceedings of
Solid-State Sensor, Actuator and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, 94-97 (06/02/2002-06/06/2002)
Ho, S., Nassef, H., Pornsin-Sirirak, N., Tai, Y.C. and Ho, C.-M., Flight Dynamics of Small Vehicles 23rd Congress of the Intl.
Council for the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS 2002), Toronto, Canada, 551.1-551.10 (09/08/2002-09/13/2002)
Hsiai T.K., Cho, S.K., Wong P.K., Ing, M., Navab, M., Reddy, S., Demer, L.L., and Ho, C.-M., Bio-MEMS Sensors for Real-Time
Shear Stress on Endothelial Cell Dynamics Proceedings of the Second Joint Meeting of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and
Biology and the Biomedical Engineering Society, Houston, USA, (Oct 2002)
Wong, P.K., Kwong, C.H., Hsiai, T., and Ho, C.-M., Cell Tracking Velocimetry for Monocyte/Endothelial Cell Interactions 2nd
Joint Meeting of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society and Biomedical Engineering Society, Houston, Texas, 1:343-
344 (Oct 2002)
Hsiai, T.K., Cho, S.K., Ing, M., Navab, M., Reddy, S., Ho, C.-M., Microsensors to Characterize Shear Stress Regulating
Inflammatory Responses in the Arterial Bifurcations Proceedings of the Second Joint Meeting of the IEEE Engineering in
Medicine and Biology and the Biomedical Engineering Society, Houston, USA, (Oct 2002)
Wong, P.K., Chun, L.J., and Ho, C.-M., Multi-Color Single Filter Photobleaching Analysis for Measuring Gene Expression 2nd
Joint Meeting of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society and Biomedical Engineering Society, Houston, Texas,
(Oct 2002)
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Suzuki, H., Kasagi, N., and Ho, C.-M., Chaotic Mixing of Magnetic Beads in Micro Cell Separator Proc. 3rd International
Symposium Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomema, Sendai, Japan, 817-822 (2003)
Ulmanella, U., Wong, P.K., Deval, J.H, Lan, E.H., Dunn, B., and Ho, C.-M., Flow Control and Particle Manipulation in Lab-on-a-
Chip The 1st International Meeting on Microsensors and Microsystems, L2, Taiwan, (01/12/2003-01/14/2003)
Wong, P.K., Ulmanella, U., and Ho, C.-M., Fabrication of Microsurgical Tools for Single-Cell Intracytoplasmic Injection IEEE
MEMS 2003, Kyoto, Japan, 359-362 (01/19/2003-01/23/2003)
Wong, P.K., Chen, C.-Y., Wang, T.-H. and Ho, C.-M., An AC Electroosmotic Processor for Biomolecules 12th International
Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators (Transducers '03), Boston, MA, (06/08/2003-06/12/2003)
Huang, T.J., Flood, A., Chu, C.-W., Kang, S., Guo, T.-F., Yamamoto, T., Tseng, H.-R., Yu, B.-D., Yang, Y., Stoddart, J.F. and
Ho, C.-M., In Situ Infrared Spectropscopic Studies of Molecular Behavior in Nanoelectric Devices IEEE-NANO 2003, San
Francisco, CA, 698-701 (08/12/2003-08/14/2003)
Folk, C., Chen, X., Wudl, F., and Ho, C.-M., Hydrogel Microvalves with Short Response Time 226th American Chemical Society
National Meeting, New York, NY, (09/07/2003-09/11/2003)
Huang, A, Gau, J.-J., Yang, J.M., Tai, Y.-C., and Ho, C.-M., Miniaturized Real-time Airborne Bio-agents Detector for Expendable-
UAVs 2nd AIAA "Unmanned Unlimited", Systems, Technologies, and Operations - Aerospace, Land, and Sea Conference,
Workshop and Exhibition, San Diego, CA, (09/15/2003-09/18/2003)
Ulmanella, U., Cubaud, T., Wong, P.K., Wang, J.T-.H., Lee, Y.-K., Shih, C., and Ho, C.-M., Visualizing Heterogeneous Flows in
Micro Fluidic Devices The 7th Asian Symposium on Visualization, KN-9, Singapore, (11/03/2003-11/07/2003)
Suzuki, H., Nakano, M., Kasagi, N., and Ho, C.-M., Particle Tracking Velocimetry Measurement of Chaotic Mixing in a Micro
Mixer Int. Symp. Micro-Mechanical Engineering (ISMME2003), Tsuchiura, Japan, 397-402 (Dec 2003)
Folk, C., Ulmanella, U., Wong, P.K., and Ho, C.-M., Control of Micro/Nano Fluidics ISSMME 2003 International Symposium on
Micro-Mechanical Engineering, Tsuchira and Tsukuba, Japan, 319-325 (12/01/2003)
Wong, P.K., Wong, W.W., Liao, J.C., and Ho, C.-M., A Cell-Based Assay for Rapid Chemical Screening microTAS 04', Sweden,
(2004)
Huang, A., Chen, P.-J., Boland, J., Alberer, D., Wong, T.S., Yang, H.Q., Tai, Y.-C., and Ho, C.-M., Liquid-Rotor Electret Power
Generator Array Energized by a MEMS-based Pulsed Combustor in Proceedings of Power MEMS'04, Kyoto, Japan, 171-174
(2004)
Folk, C., Wong, P.K., Tan, W., Li, N., Ma, Y., Ho, C.-M., Micro/Nano Fludics for Bio-Signature Detection XVII National and VI
ISHMT/ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India, HMT-2004-P1:1-5 (Jan 2004)
Lew, J., Huang, A., Jiang, F., Tai, Y.-C., and Ho, C.-M., Surface Shear Stress Reduction with MEMS Sensors/Actuators in
Turbulent Boundary Layers 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA 2004-424, Reno, Nevada, (01/05/2004-
01/08/2004)
Cubaud, T., Ulmanella, U., and Ho, C.-M., Two-Phase Flow in Microchannels with Surface Modifications The 5th International
Conference on Multiphase Flow, ICMF '04, Yokohama, Japan, 1-11 (05/30/2004)
Meng, D.-S., Cubaud, T., Ho, C.-M. and Kim, C.-J.,, A Membrane Breather for Micro Fuel Cell with High Concentration Methanol
Hilton Head 2004: A Solid State Sensor, Actuator and Microsystems Workshop, South Carolina, (06/06/2004)
Garcia, D. and Ho, C.-M., Bio-Nano-Information Fusion AIAA Space and Exhibit, San Diego, CA, 1-6 (09/28/2004)
Huang, T.J., Liu, Y., Brough, B., Flood, A.H., Bonvallet, P., Tseng, H.-R., Baller, M., Magonov, S., Stoddart, J.F. and Ho, C.-M.,
A Nano-Chemo-Mechanical Actuator Based on Artificial Molecular Machines IEEE MEMS 2005, 971-874 (2005)
Huang, A., Wong, V.T.S. and Ho, C.-M., Conductive Silicone Based MEMS Sensor and Actuator Proceedings of 13th
International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems 2005 (Transducers ’05), Seoul, Korea, 1406-1411
(2005)
Wong, V.T.S., Huang, A., and Ho, C.-M., SU-8 Lift-off Patterned Silicone Chemical Vapor Sensor Arrays in Proc. of 18th Annual
IEEE International Conference on Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems 2005 (MEMS’05), Miami, Florida, 754-757 (2005)
Wong, V.T.S., Huang, A. and Ho, C.-M., Towards High Density Silicone Polymeric Chemical Vapor Sensor Arrays in Proc. of
11th International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose 2005 (ISOEN’05), Barcelona, Spain, 398-401 (2005)
Ho, C.-M. and Wong, P.K., Control of Complex Biomolecular Systems IEEE Robio 2005, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR,
(06/29/2005-07/03/2005)
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Degrees
YONGHO JU
Assistant Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
Feb 1993 B.S. Seoul National University, Korea Mechanical Engineering
Jun 1995 M.S. Stanford University Mechanical Engineering
Jun 1999 Ph.D. Stanford University Mechanical Engineering
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 2003 Appointment to Assistant Professor
years of service: 4
Employment History
start end position institution
10/28/2000 Jun 2003 Research Staff Member IBM
07/19/1999 10/27/2000 Post-Doc IBM
06/16/1995 06/13/1999 Research/ Teaching Assistant Stanford University
Mar 1994 Jun 1994 Research Assistant Korea Advanced Institute of Technology
(KAITECH), Korea
Mar 1993 Feb 1994 Research Assistant Turbo and Power Machinery Research Center ,
Seoul, Korea
Other Professional Activities
start end description
08/09/2006 Invited talk at the 5th US-Korea Workshop on Nanostructured Materials and Nanomanufacturing
01/20/2006 Invited lecture at the 3rd KAIST-UCLA Mechanical Engineering Joint Workshop.
09/08/2005 09/09/2005 Invited lecture at the 2nd KAIST-UCLA MAE Joint Workshop, Korea.
11/14/2004 11/19/2004 Invited talk at American Vacuum Society 51st International Symposium
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
2006 Developed MAE 157S Basic Aerospace Engineering Laboratory
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
1998 Co-Recipient of Best Student Paper Award, VLSI Multilevel Interconnection Conference
1995 Center for Integrated Systems Fellowship, Stanford University
1993 School of Engineering Alumni Award, Seoul National University, Korea
1993 Seoul National University Presidential Award, Seoul National University, Korea
1991 Ssangyong Corporation Scholarship, Korea, Ssangyong
1989 Seoul National University Presidential Fellowship, Korea, Seoul National University
University Service
start end committee type description
Apr 2006 Department Faculty participant, School of Engineering Open House for prospective
freshmen.
2006 2007 Department Member, Department Faculty Recruitment Committee
2006 2007 Department Member, Department Space Committee
Sep 2005 Aug 2006 Department Member, Courses and Curriculum Committee, MAE Department
Sep 2005 Aug 2006 Department Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, MAE Department
Sep 2004 Aug 2005 Department Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, MAE Department
Sep 2004 Aug 2005 Department Member, Seminar Committee, MAE Department
Sep 2003 Aug 2004 Department Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, MAE Department
Community Service
start end description
Jul 2006 Aug 2006 Faculty supervisor, Hosted three high school students for summer research activities (UCLA SMART
program)
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11/21/2003 Faculty Participant at UCLA Tech Day events, UCLA CEED, Center for Excellence in Engineering
and Diversity Program
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
2006 Panelist, Served as a National Science Foundation Proposal Review Panelist
2006 Reviewer, Served as a reviewer for the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund grant
application
Organizer of the 1st KAIST-UCLA Mechanical Engineering Joint Workshop, January 13-14, 2005.
Organizer of the 3rd KAIST-UCLA Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Joint Workshop, January
16-20, 2006.
Session Co-Chair, ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering and Summer Heat Transfer Conference, July
8-12, 2007, Vancouver, Canada, K-15 Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing and
Manufacturing
Session Co-Chair, ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering and Summer Heat Transfer Conference, July
8-12, 2007, Vancouver, Canada, K-7 Thermophysical Properties of Micro/Nanostructured Materials
Editorial Services
start end description
Nov 2006 ongoing Reviewer, Applied Physics Letters
Nov 2005 Reviewer, Nanotechnology
Patents
date patent number
01/11/2005 Cyrille, M.-C., Hsiao, W.D., Ju, Y.S., Lee, W.-Y., Maat, s. and Zolla, H.G., U.S. 6,842,306
"Magnetic Head Having Highly Thermally Conductive Insulator Materials Containing
Cobalt-Oxide
06/29/2004 Low-Resistance High-Magnetoresistance Magnetic Tunnel Junction Device with
Improved Tunnel Barrier
U.S. 6,756,128
06/17/2003 Ju, Y.S. and Lee, W.Y., "Thermally-Assisted Magnetic Recording Disk with
Multilayered Thermal Barrier"
U.S. 6,579,590
Recent Publications
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Ju, Y.S., Xu, R., Wu, X., Smith, N., Fontana, R., Lee, W., Carey, K., Ho, M., Hsiao, D., and Gurney, B., A Combined
Experimental and Numerical Study of Temperature Rise in GMR Sensors due to Self-Heating, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics,
37(4):1701-1703 (2001)
Wang, R.H., Wu, X.Z., Weresin, W., and Ju, Y.S., Head Protrusion and Its Implications on Head-Disk Interface Reliability, IEEE
Transactions on Magnetics, 37(4):1842-1844 (2001)
Sverdrup, P.G., Ju, Y.S., and Goodson, K.E., Sub-Continuum Simulations of Heat Conduction in Silicon-On-Insulator
Transistors, Journal of Heat Transfer, 123:130-137 (2001)
Ju, Y.S., Lee, W-Y., Cyrille, M.C., Fontana, R.E., Gurney, B., Thermal Engineering of Giant Magnetoresistive Sensors: Alternate
Dielectric Gap, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 38:2259-2261 (2002)
Katine, J.A., Ho, M.K., Ju, Y.S., Rettner, C.T., Patterning Damage in Narrow Trackwidth Spin-Valve Sensors, Applied Physics
Letters, 83(2):401-403 (Jul 2003)
Ju, Y.S., Hung, M.-T., Carey, M.J., Cyrille, M.-C., and Childress, J.R., Nanoscale Heat Conduction Across Tunnel Junctions,
Applied Physics Letters, 86:203113-1-203113-3 (2005)
Ju, Y.S., Phonon Heat Transport in Silicon Nanostructures, Applied Physics Letters, 87:153106-1-153106-3 (2005)
Ju, Y.S., Self-Heating in Thin-Film Magnetic Recording Heads due to Write Currents, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics,
41(12):4443-4448 (2005)
Ju, Y. S., Micro- and Nano-scale Thermal Phenomena in Thin-Film Magnetic Recording Heads Journal of Vacuum Science and
Technology A, 23(4):1276-1283 (Jul 2005)
Ju, Y.S., Impact of Nonequilibrium between Electrons and Phonons on Heat Transfer in Metallic Nanoparticles Suspended in
Dielectric Media, Journal of Heat Transfer, 127:1400-1403 (Dec 2005)
Hung, M.-T., Kim, J., and Ju, Y.S., Exploration of Thermolithography for Micro- and Nanomanufacturing, Applied Physics Letters,
88:123110-1-123110-3 (2006)
Hung, M.-T., Choi, O., Ju, Y.S., and Hahn, H.T., Heat Conduction in Graphite Nanoplatelet-Reinforced Polymer Composites
Applied Physics Letters, 89:023117-1-023117-3 (2006)
343

Ju, Y.S, Hung, M.-T., and Usui, T., Nanoscale Heat Conduction Across Metal-Dielectric Interfaces Journal of Heat Transfer,
128:919-925 (2006)
Ju, Y.S., Nanoscale Thermal Phenomena in Tunnel Junctions for Spintronics Applications, Journal of Electronic Packaging,
128:109-114 (2006)
Hung, M.-T. and Ju, Y.S., Process Dependence of the Thermal Conductivity of Image Reversal Photoresist Layers Journal of
Vacuum Science and Technology B, 25:224-228 (2007)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Ju, Y.S., Lee, W.Y., Cyrille, M.C., Fontana, R.E., and Gurney, B., Thermal Engineering of Giant Magnetorestrictive (GMR)
Sensors: Alternative Dielectric Gap, Digests of International Magnetics Conference Europe, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, BP01,
(04/28/2002-05/02/2002)
Childress, J.R., Ho, M., Fontana, R.E., Schwickert, M.M., Ju, Y.S., Gurney, B.A., Mg AlOx Barriers for Low-Resistance Tunnel-
Valve Sensors, Digests of the International Magnetics Conference, Boston, MA, USA, GD09 (03/28/2003-04/03/2003)
Ju, Y.S., A Study of Heat Generation and Transport in Tunnel Junctions, Proceedings of the Ninth Inter Society Conference on
Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (ITherm 2004), Las Vegas, Nevada, 411-417 (06/01/2004-
06/04/2004)
Ju, Y.S., Micro- and Nanoscale Phonon Heat Transport in Silicon ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference,
Charlotte, North Carolina, HT-FED04-56743 (07/11/2004-07/15/2004)
Ju, Y.S., Impact of Electron-Phonon Non-equilibrium on Heat Dissipation of Metallic Nano-Particles Suspended in Dielectric
Media ASME Integrated Nanosystems Design, Synthesis & Applications Conference, Pasadena, California, (09/22/2004-
09/24/2004)
Meng, D.-S., Ju, Y.S. and Kim, C.-J., A Comparative Study of Electrolysis and Boiling for Bubble-Driven Microactuations
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems (Transducers’ 05),
Seoul, Korea, 1263-1266 (06/05/2005)
Meng, D.-S., Ju, Y.S., and Kim, C.-J., A Comparative Study of Electrolysis and Boiling for Bubble-Driven Microactuations,
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems (Transducers 05), Seoul,
Korea, 1263-1266 (06/05/2005)
Hung, M.-T. and Ju, Y.-S., Exploration of Thermolithography for Micro- and Nano-Manufacturing Proceedings of InterPack
Conference, San Francisco, California, IPACK2005-73424 (07/17/2005)
Hung, M.-T. and Ju, Y.S., Exploration of Thermolithography for Micro- and Nano-Manufacturing, Proceedings of ASME/Pacific
Rim Technical Conference and Exhibition on Integration and Packaging of MEMS, NEMS, and Electronic Systems (InterPack
2005), IPACK2005-73424, San Francisco, CA, (07/17/2005)
Ju, Y.S., Hung, M.-T., and Usui, T., Nanoscale Heat Conduction Across Metal-Dielectric Interfaces, Proceedings of ASME
Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2005-72364, San Francisco, CA, (07/17/2005)
Ju, Y.S., Hung, M.-T., and Usui, T., Nanoscale Heat Conduction across Metal-Dielectric Interfaces Proceedings of ASME
Summer Heat Transfer Conference, San Francisco, California, HT2005-72364 (07/17/2005)
Hung, M.-T., Choi, O., Guo, Z., Hahn, H.T., and Ju, Y.S., Heat Transport in Graphite Nanoplatelet (GNP)-Reinforced Polymeric
Nanocomposites and Aluminum Oxide Nanofluids, Proceedings of the 9th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer
Conference, San Francisco, CA, Paper Number AIAA 2006-3112, (06/05/2006)
Theriot, J., Prakash, N., Mitsuyama, S., Ju, Y. S., and Toga, A. W., Application of a Semi-Transparent Multi-Electrode Array to
Examine the Coupling between Optical Intrinsic Signals and Field Potentials in Rat Somatosensory Cortex, presented at
Neuroscience 2006, Atlanta, GA, (10/18/2006)
Kim, J. and Ju, Y. S., Characterization of the Viscosity and Mass Diffusivity of Liquids Using Brownian Microscopy of
Microchannel Flows, Proceedings of the 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Chicago,
Illinois, USA, (11/10/2006)
Theriot, J., Prakash, N., Toga, A., and Ju, Y. S., Development of a Microfabricated Electrode Array Compatible with in vivo
Optical Imaging of Intrinsic Signals, Proceedings of the 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and
Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, USA, (11/10/2006)
Ju, Y. S. Kim, J. and Hung, M.-T., Experimental Study of Heat Conduction in Aqueous Suspensions of Aluminum Oxide
Nanoparticles, Proceedings of the 2007 ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Summer Heat Transfer Conference,HT2007-32689,
Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA,, (07/12/2007)
Nam, Y., Warrier, G., Wu, J., and Ju, Y. S., Single Bubble Dynamics on a Hydrophobic Surface, Proceedings of the 2007 ASME-
JSME Thermal Engineering Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2007-32690, Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA,,
(07/12/2007)
344

Degrees
ANN R. KARAGOZIAN
Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
1978 B.S. University of California, Los Angeles
1979 M.S. California Institute of Technology
1982 Ph.D. California Institute of Technology
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 1982 Appointment to Assistant Professor
Jul 1988 Promotion to Associate Professor
Jul 1993 Promotion to Professor
years of service: 25
Employment History
start end position institution
2004 present Consultant TechFinity, Inc.
2003 2005 Consultant Sandia National Laboratories
1994 present Consultant Institute for Defense Analyses
1985 1987 Consultant Pacific-Sierra Research Corporation
Jun 1979 Sep 1983 Summer Fellow, Consultant Rand Corp., Santa Monica, CA
Jun 1978 Aug 1978 Associate Member of Technical Staff The Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, CA
Jun 1976 Jun 1978 Engineering Student I, II Hughes Aircraft Co., Canoga Park, CA
Other Professional Activities
start end description
01/26/2006 07/30/07 Presenter, Presented briefing, "Technology Options for Improved Air Vehicle Fuel Efficiency," based
on findings and recommendations of an Air Force Scientific Advisory board "Quick Look" study on the
subject; presented to the Secretary and Undersecretary of the Air Force, the NASA Associate
Administrator for Aeronautics, the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, the Deputy Undersecretary of
Defense for Science and Technology, the Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy, various Air Force
General Officers, the JASONs, and various National Academies energy studies.
08/08/2005 04/20/2007 Presenter, Presented briefing, "Persistence at Near Space Altitudes," based on findings and
recommendations of an Air Force Scientific Advisory board "Quick Look" study on the subject;
presented to the Secretary of the Air Force, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, tne Director of
Technology for the National Reconnaissance Office, DARPA, various Air Force General Officers, and
various Near Space studies groups.
09/13/2006 Testimony to California Assembly Select Committee on Aerospace, "UCLA's Contributions to
California's Aerospace Workforce for the 21st Century
2005 2006 Chair, Air Force SAB Study on Technology Options for Improved Air Vehicle Fuel Efficiency
2005 Chair, Air Force SAB Study on Persistence at Near Space Altitudes
2005 Interviewee, Radio interviews on Space Shuttle with Metro networks
2005 present Vice Chair, Air Force Scientific Advisory Board
2004 Chair, Air Force SAB Propulsion Science and Technology Review
2004 Interviewee, BBC interview on SpaceShipOne and the Ansari X-prize; picked up by other news
agencies
2004 Interviewee, Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Here on Earth” interview on the Ansari X- Prize with Jean
Fereca
2003 Member, Air Force Air Vehicles Science and Technology Review
2003 2005 Chair, External Advisory Board, Sandia National Labs Laboratory Directors R&D Grand Challenge on
Near-Real Time Sensing for HDBT Defeat
2002 present Member, Air Force Scientific Advisory Board
2001 Chair, Air Force SAB Panel on Sensor Technologies for Hard and Deeply Buried Targets
1998 present Member, University of Washington Aero/Astro Dept. Visiting Committee (Chair, 1998-2000)
1997 2001 Visiting Associate, Calif. Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
1997 2001 Member, Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)
1995 2001 NASA Aerospace Technology Advisory Committee
345

Other Teaching Activities
start end description
2003 Faculty Advisor, UCLA SWE/Boeing hydrogen valve project
2001 2004 Faculty Advisor, UCLA AIAA Student Section
2001 present Faculty Advisor, UCLA SWE Student Section
1999 present Supervisor, STEM, CARE, UC Leads and other undergraduate research students
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
Apr 2007 Presented 125th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State
University
Mar 2007 Presented Special Invited Alumni Lecture, Caltech Mechanical Engineering Centennial
Mar 2007 Presented the Minta Martin Distingquished Lecture at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Univeristy of
Maryland
Nov 2006 Presented the I.T. Distinguished Seminar, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Universtiy of Minnesota
Aug 2006 Presented Pratt & Whitney/Rocketdyne Knowledge Management Distinguished Seminar
Mar 2005 Presented AIAA Los Angeles Section Distinguished Lecture
Feb 2005 Presented University of Texas, Austin (ME Department) Distinguished Lecture
2005-present Vice Chair, Air Force Scientific Advisory Board
2004 Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
2004 Fellow, American Physical Society
2004 UCLA Faculty-Staff Partnership Award
Jul 2002 Presented Invited Topical Lecture at the 2002 SIAM 50th Anniversary and Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
2001 NASA HQ Certificate of Recognition
2001 U.S. Air Force Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service
Apr 1996 Presented IBM Distinguished Lecture at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of
Notre Dame
1994-5 Member, Defense Science Study Group (IDA/DARPA)
1987 TRW Award for Innovation in Teaching
1980 Shell Companies Fellowship
1978 Daniel & Florence Guggenheim Fellowship
1978 Phi Beta Kappa
1976 Byron Holland Honorary Scholarship
1976 Tau Beta Pi
1975 Alpha Lambda Delta
University Service
start end committee type description
2006 present Department Chair, Fluid Mechanics Field Committee
2003 2007 Academic Senate Member, Council on Academic Personnel
2000 2002 Department Chair, MAE Industrial Liaison
1999 2001 Department Chair, HSSEAS Faculty Executive Committee
Community Service
start end description
2006 Career Talk on Engineering and Fluid Mechanics, Palisades High
2006 Career Talk on Engineering, Marquez Elementary
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
2005 present Member, American Physical Society/Division of Fluid Dynamics Frankiel Award Committee
1999 present Executive Committee Member, Western States Section/The Combustion Institute
1982 present Program Subcommittee Member, International Combustion Symposia (Intl.)
Editorial Services
start end description
2006 present Reviewer, Proc. Royal Society of London
2004 present Reviewer, Experiments in Fluids
2002 2006 Associate Editor, AIAA Journal
2001 2002 Editor, Springer-Wein Volume, Manipulation and Control of Transverse Jets
1982 present Reviewer, JFM, Physics of Fluids, Combustion and Flame, Combustion Science and Technology,
Journal of Propulsion and Power, and related journals
346

Consulting Activities
start end description
2004 2005 NASA
2004 2006 Techfinity
2003 2005 Sandia National Laboratories
1994 present Institute for Defense Analyses
1985 1987 Pacific-Sierra Research Corp., Los Angeles, CA
1979 1983 The Rand Corp., Santa Monica, CA
Licenses
date title board license no.
1985 Registered Mechanical
Engineer
State of California
1977 Engineer-in-Training
Recent Publications
Books, Chapters in Books and Editorships
Karagozian,A.R., Cortelezzi, L. and Soldati, A., eds., Manipulation and Control of Jets in Crossflow, CISM Courses and Lectures
No. 439, Springer-Wein New York, (2003).
Karagozian, A. R., “Background on and Applications of Jets in Crossflow”, in Manipulation and Control of Transverse Jets,
Karagozian, A. R., Cortelezzi, L., and Soldati, A., eds., CISM Courses and Lectures No. 439, Springer-Wein New York, 2003
Karagozian, A. R., Wang, K. S. C., and Smith, O. I., “Jets Injected Normally into Compressible Crossflow”, in Manipulation and
Control of Transverse Jets, Karagozian, A. R., Cortelezzi, L., and Soldati, A., eds., CISM Courses and Lectures No. 439,
Springer-Wein New York, 2003.
Cortelezzi, L. and Karagozian, A. R., “Three-Dimensional Vortex Modeling of Unforced Transverse Jets”, in Manipulation and
Control of Transverse Jets, Karagozian, A. R., Cortelezzi, L., and Soldati, A., eds., CISM Courses and Lectures No. 439,
Springer-Wein New York, 2003.
M'Closkey, R. T., King, J. M., Cortelezzi, L., and Karagozian, A. R., "Active Control of Jets in Crossflow", in Manipulation and
Control of Transverse Jets, Karagozian, A. R., Cortelezzi, L., and Soldati, A., eds., CISM Courses and Lectures No. 439,
Springer-Wein New York, 2003.
Cortelezzi, L., M’Closkey, R. T., and Karagozian, A. R., “A Framework to Design Controllers for Engineering Applications of
Transverse Jets”, in Manipulation and Control of Transverse Jets, Karagozian, A. R., Cortelezzi, L., and Soldati, A., eds., CISM
Courses and Lectures No. 439, Springer-Wein New York, 2003.
Karagozian, A. R., "Control of Mixing and Reactive Flow Processes" (invited), in Control of Fluids, Igor Mezic, Manfred Morari,
and Petros Koumoutsakos, editors; Springer-Verlag, pp. 75-90, 2006.
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Cortelezzi, L. and Karagozian, A.R., On the Formation of the Counter-Rotating Vortex Pair in Transverse Jets Journal of Fluid
Mechanics, 446:347-373 (2001)
M'Closkey, R.T., King, J.M., Cortelezzi, L. and Karagozian, A.R., The Actively Controlled Jet in Crossflow Journal of Fluid
Mechanics, 452:325-335 (2002)
Lee, I.D., Smith, O.I. and Karagozian, A.R., Hydrogen and Helium Leak Rates from Micromachined Orifices AIAA Journal,
41(3):457-464 (Mar 2003)
Majamaki, A.J., Smith, O.I. and Karagozian, A.R., Passive Mixing Control via Lobed Injectors in High-Speed Flow AIAA Journal,
41(4):623-632 (Apr 2003)
He, X. and Karagozian, A.R., Numerical Simulation of Pulse Detonation Engine Phenomena SIAM Journal of Scientific
Computating, 19(1-3):201-224 (Dec 2003)
Mitchell, M.G., Smith, O.I. and Karagozian, A.R., Passive Fuel-Air Mixing and Emissions Control Via Lobed Fuel Injectors AIAA
Journal, 42(1):61-69 (Jan 2004)
Dattarajan, S., Lutomirski, A., Lobbia, R., Smith, O. I., and Karagozian, A. R., “Acoustic Excitation of Droplet Combustion in
Microgravity and Normal Gravity”, Combustion and Flame, Vol. 144, Issues 1-2, pp. 299-317, January, 2006
Shapiro, S., King, J., M'Closkey, R.T., and Karagozian, A.R., Optimization of Controlled Jets in Crossflow, AIAA Journal,
44(6):1292-1298 (Jun 2006)
He, X. and Karagozian, A.R., Pulse Detonation Engine Simulations with Alternative Geometries and Reaction Kinetics, Journal of
Propulsion and Power, 22(4):852-861 (Jul 2006)
Alves, L.S. de B., Kelly, R.E., and Karagozian, A.R., Local Stability Analysis of an Inviscid Transverse Jet, Journal of Fluid
Mechanics, 581:401-418 (2007)
347

Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Ghenai, C., Smith, O.I. and Karagozian, A.R., Acoustical Excitation of Burning Fuel Droplets 39th AIAA Aerospace Sciences
Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA Paper No. 2001-0328, Reno, NV, 1-11 (01/08/2001-01/11/2001)
Ghenai, C., Lobbia, R., Dattarajan, S., Smith, O.I. and Karagozian, A.R., Control of Droplet Combustion Via Acoustical Excitation
2nd Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, Paper 47, 1-16 (03/25/2001-03/28/2001)
Majamaki, A.J., Smith, O.I. and Karagozian, A.R., Passive Mixing Control via Lobed Injectors in High Speed Flow 37th
AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Paper 2001-3737, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1-12 (07/08/2001-
07/11/2001)
He, X. and Karagozian, A.R., Numerical Simulation of Pulse Detonation Engine Phenomena Proc. of the Western States
Section/The Combustion Institute Spring Meeting, Paper 02S-77, U.C. San Diego, Paper 02S-77, 1-26 (Mar 2002)
Shapiro, S., King, J., Karagozian, A. and M'Closkey, R., Optimization of Controlled Jets in Crossflow 41st AIAA Aerospace
Sciences Meeting, Paper No. AIAA-2003-634, Reno, NV, 1-12 (01/06/2003-01/09/2003)
He, X. and Karagozian, A.R., Reactive Flow Phenomena in Pulse Detonation Engines 41st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting,
Paper No. AIAA-2003-1171, Reno, NV, 1-12 (01/06/2003-01/09/2003)
He, X. and Karagozian, A.R., Numerical Simulation of Pulse Detonation Engine Phenomena 3rd Joint Meeting of the U.S.
Sections of the Combustion Institute, Paper no. C-29, 1-6 (Mar 2003)
Dattarajan, S., Lutomirski, A., Lobbia, R., Smith, O.I. and Karagozian, A.R., Acoustic Excitation of Droplet Combustion in
Microgravity Paper 03F-15, Western States Section/The Combustion Institute Fall Meeting, UCLA, 1-25 (10/20/2003)
He, X. and Karagozian, A.R., Pulse Detonation Engine Simulations with Alternative Reaction Kinetics and Geometrical Features
Paper 03F-70, Western States Section/The Combustion Institute Fall Meeting, UCLA, 1-22 (10/20/2003)
Dattarajan, S., Lutomirski, A., Lobbia, R., Smith, O.I., and Karagozian, A.R., Acoustical Excitation of Burning Fuel Droplets in
Normal Gravity and Microgravity, AIAA Paper No. AIAA-2004-0955, 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, (Jan 2004)
Winner, Best Student Presentation, AIAA Microgravity Technical Committee
He, X. and Karagozian, A.R., Performance and Noise Characteristics of Pulse Detonation Engines AIAA Paper No. AIAA-2004-
0469, 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, (Jan 2004)
Gleason, L., Mak, C., Smith, O.I., and Karagozian, A.R., Hydrogen-Helium Leak Detection at Elevated Pressures and Low
Temperatures, AIAA Region VI Student Conference, UCLA, (Apr 2004) AIAA Student Paper
Megerian, S. and Karagozian, A. R., “Evolution of Shear Layer Instabilities in the Transverse Jet”, AIAA Paper AIAA-2005- 0142,
43 rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January, 2005. (1 st place winner, MS student division competition, Region VI)
Karagozian, A.R., Megerian, S., Alves, L., George, M., Kelly, R.E., and M'Closkey, R.T., Control of Vorticity Generation in an
Acoustically Excited Jet in Crossflow, AIAA Paper No. AIAA-2005-0303, 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, (Jan 2005)
Invited
Alves, L.S. de B., Kelly, R.E., and Karagozian, A.R., Linear Stability Analysis of Jets in Crossflow, AIAA Paper No. AIAA-2005-
1118, 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, (Jan 2005)
Davitian, J., Megerian, S., Alves, L., and Karagozian, A.R., Control of Transverse Jet Shear Layer and Instabilities, AIAA Paper
AIAA-2006-4976, 42nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, (07/09/2006)
Rodriguez, J. I., Smith, O. I., and Karagozian, A. R.,, Acoustically Coupled Droplet Combustion with Alternative Fuels Paper
G09, 5th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, 1-20 (Mar 2007)
348

Degrees
HOSSEIN P. KAVEHPOUR
Assistant Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
1991 B.S. Sharif University of Technology Mechanical Engineering
1997 M.S. University of Rhode Island Mechanical Engineering and Applied
Mechanics
2003 Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 2003 Appointment to Assistant Professor
years of service: 4
Employment History
start end position institution
Feb 2003 Jul 2003 Post-Doctoral Associate MIT (Cambridge, MA ), Harvard University
(Cambridge, MA)
2001 2002 Consultant Pfizer, Inc.
1998 2003 Research Assistant MIT, Cambridge, MA
1996 1997 Consultant Fenwal, Inc.
1995 1997 Research Assistant University of RI (Kingston, RI)
1991 1995 Director of Mechanical Engineer Department Saku Engineering Inc. (Tehran, Iran)
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
2007 Young Investigator Award, Army Research Office
1995 Sensors and Surface Technology Graduate Fellowship
University Service
start end committee type description
2006 Other Member, Undergraduate Research Center (URC) Science Faculty Committee
2006 University Wide Member, SMARTS Outreach Program
2005 2006 Department Member, Mechanical Engineering Strategic Planning Committee
Jul 2004 Sep 2006 Department Advisor, AIAA Student Group, MAE Department
Jul 2004 Sep 2006 Department Member, Thermo/Fluids Undergraduate Curriculum Reform Committee, MAE
Department
2004 2006 Department Member, Award and Honors Committee
Jul 2003 2005 Department Department Library Liaison
2003 2004 Department Member, Space Allocation Committee
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
AIAA
APS
ASME
Editorial Services
start end description
2007 Reviewer, JMEMS
2007 Reviewer, Phys. Fluids
Aug 2006 Reviewer, AFOSR MURI Proposals Review Panel
2006 Reviewer, Fluid Mechanics Textbook by Cengel and Cimbala
2006 Reviewer, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer
2004 Reviewer, Applied Math Research Express
2004 Reviewer, Phys. Rev. E.
2003 Reviewer, Journal of Fluid Mech.
2003 Reviewer, Journal of Heat Transfer
349

Patents
date patent number
"Enhanced Spreading of Non-Aqueous Fluid Films on Smooth or Rough Surfaces
Using Surfactants", MIT invention disclosure
Case No. 9613
Recent Publications
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Kavehpour, H.P., Ovryn, B., and McKinley, G.H., Evaporatively-driven Marangoni Instabilities of Volatile Liquid Films Spreading
on Thermally Conductive Substrates Coll. Surf. A, 206:409-423 (2002)
Kavehpour, H.P., Ovryn, B. and McKinley, G.H., Microscopic and Macroscopic Structure of the Precursor Layer in Spreading
Viscous Drops, Phys. Rev. Lett., 91(19):196104-1-196104-4 (2003) Also published at the November 24, 2003 issue of Virtual
Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology
Kavehpour, H.P. and McKinley, G.H., Tribo-rheometry: from Gap-Dependent Rheology to Tribology, Trib. Lett., 17(2):327-335
(Aug 2004)
E. M. Honey and H. P. Kavehpour, Astonishing Life of a Coalescing Drop on a Free Surface Phys. Rev. E, 73(2):027301 (2006)
A. Aryafar and H. P. Kavehpour, Important Parameters in Drop Coalescence at Planar Surfaces Phys. Fluids, 18:072105 (2006)
H. Aryafar and H. P. Kavehpour, Rupture Process During Drop Coalescence App. Math. Res. Exp., 4:1-8 (2006) Article No.
94630
H. Aryafar and H. P. Kavehpour, Electrocoalescence Phys. Fluids, 19:091107 (2007)
K. Lu, E. E. Brodski, and H. P. Kavehpour, Shear-weakening of the transitional regime for granular flow J. Fluid Mech., 587:347-
372 (2007)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Kavehpour, H.P., Ovryn, B., and McKinley, G.H., Marangoni Instabilities of Volatile Polymeric Liquid Films Spreading on
Thermally Conductive Substrates The International TRI/Princeton Workshop in Nanocapillary: Wetting of Heterogeneous
Surfaces and Porous Solids, Princeton, NJ., (Jun 2001)
Kavehpour, H.P. and McKinley, G.H., An Interferometric Investigation of Contact Line Dynamics in Spreading Polymers Third
International Symposium on Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion, Providence, RI., (May 2002)
Kavehpour, H.P., Ovryn, B., and McKinley, G.H., An Interferometric Investigation of Contact Line Dynamics Sixth Microgravity
Fluid Physics and Transport Phenomena Conference, Cleveland, OH., (Aug 2002)
Kavehpour, H.P., Tribo-rheometry: from Gap-Dependent Rheology to Tribology, 3rd RheoFuture® Conference, International
Forum for Material Characterization, Karlsruhe, Germany, (07/01/2004-07/02/2004)
Clasen, C., Kojic, N., Kavehpour, H.P. and McKinley, G.H., Microrheometry: Gap-Dependent Rheology and Tribology of
Complex Fluids, Proc. XIVth Int. Cong. Rheol., Seoul, S. Korea, (Aug 2004)
B.S. Hardy and H.P. Kavehpour, The effect of rarefaction on lubricated microfluidic flows 13th Annual International Iranian
Mechanical Engineering Conference, (May 2005)
H. Aryafar and H. P. Kavehpour, Important Parameters in Drop Coalescence at Planar Surfaces IMECE2005-81806, 2005
ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, (Nov 2005)
H. Aryafar and H. P. Kavehpour, Rupture Process During Drop Coalescence IMECE2005-81841, 2005 ASME International
Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, (Nov 2005)
K. Lu, E. E. Brodsky, and H. P. Kavehpour, Triological Aspects and Fluidity of Dense Granular Flow IMECE2005-80670, 2005
ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, Florida USA, (Nov 2005)
350

Degrees
CHANG-JIN KIM
Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
Feb 1981 B.S. Seoul National University, Korea Mechanical Engineering
Dec 1985 M.S. Iowa State University, Iowa Mechanical Engineering
Nov 1991 Ph.D. UC Berkeley, California Mechanical Engineering
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 1993 Appointment to Assistant Professor
Jul 1998 Promotion to Associate Professor
Jul 2000 Promotion to Professor
years of service: 14
Employment History
start end position institution
07/01/2000 present Professor University of California, Los Angeles
07/01/1998 06/30/2000 Associate Professor University of California, Los Angeles
07/01/1993 06/30/1998 Assistant Professor University of California, Los Angeles
Oct 1992 Jun 1993 Visiting Research Fellow University of Tokyo
Jan 1992 Sep 1992 Postdoctoral Fellow University of California, Berkeley
Other Professional Activities
start end description
Feb 2007 Review Panel, NIH Bioengineering Sciences and Technologies Integrated Review Group
Instrumentation and Systems Dvelopment Study Section
2006 2007 Committee Member, The National Academies Panel on Benchmarking the Research
Competitiveness of the US in Mechanical Engineering
Nov 2004 Organizing Committee, Symp. Nanomanufacturing, Daejon, Korea
Sep 2004 Track Chair and Session Organizer, ASME Integrated Nanosystems Conf., Pasadena, CA
Feb 2004 Mar 2004 Session Organizer, ABRF Annual Meeting, Portland, OR
Jun 2003 Review Panel, NIH Biophysical Chemistry Group
2000 2003 Army Science Board Consultant
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
Jul 2007 Sep 2007 Taik Min Lee, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials
Jun 2007 Dec 2007 Geun-An Lee, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology and Manufacturing
2007 Nano CER REU
2007 SINAM Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Aug 2006 Mar 2007 Choi, Mansoo, Professor, Seoul National University
Aug 2006 Aug 2007 Joo, Youngcheol, Associate Professor, Soon Chun Hyang University
Mar 2006 Dec 2006 Jung, Dong Keun, Associate Professor, Dong-A University
2005 2007 Zhejiang - UCLA Summer Undergraduate Exchange Program
2005 present CEED Program
2004 2007 Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
2003 2005 CARE Program
2001 2002 Faculty Mini-Grant (for MAE 193)
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
Nov 2005 Guest Professorship, Peking University, China
Jul 2002 ALA Achievement Award (Association for Laboratory Automation)
Jul 1997 NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award
Feb 1995 TRW Outstanding Young Teacher Award (SEAS)
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University Service
start end committee type description
Oct 2007 Other Search Committee Member, Ladder rank assistant professor position in
Dentistry
2007 present Department Committee Member, Merit Increase Committee
2006 2007 Department Committee Member, Adjunct Faculty Review
2006 2007 Department Committee Member, Faculty Appraisal Committee (ad hoc)
2006 2007 Department Committee Member, Industry Liaison Committee
2006 present Department Chair, Awards & Honors Committee
2005 2007 University Wide Committee Member, Vice Chancellor Administrative Review Committee
2004 2005 Department Chair, Faculty Recruitment Committee
2004 2006 Department Committee Member, Awards and Honors Committee
2003 2004 Department Committee Member, Faculty Promotion Committee (ad hoc)
2002 2004 Department Committee Member, Faculty Recruitment Committee
2001 2002 Department Engineering I Bldg Committee
2001 2002 Department Merit Increase Committee
2001 2004 Department Chair, MEMS Major Field
2001 2004 Department Committee Member, CNSI Building Committee
1998 2001 Department Faculty Recruitment Committee
1998 2001 Department Instrumentation Field Chair, Biomedical IDP
Community Service
start end description
Aug 2007 Research featured in "In Pictures: 13 Amazing New Nanotechnologies" from Forbes/Wolfe Nanotech
Report, Forbes.com.
Mar 2007 Research featured in "Four-Fingered Gripper to Aid Surgery" from Technology Review.
Feb 2007 Research featured in "The Mini Fingers" from Newsweek International
Jan 2007 Research featured in "A Tiny Robotic Hand" from Technology Review.
Fall 2006 Research featured in "Researchers Discover No-slip Condition Does Not Hold at the Nanoscale" from
UCLA Engineering Magazine
Oct 2006 Research featured in "Microscopic Robot Hand Could Have Wide Application" from foxnews.com
Oct 2006 Research featured in "Novel method simplifies large-scale nanofabrication process" from Nanowerk
Mar 2006 Research featured in "On Chip Vacuum Encapsulation" from Nikkei Microdevices
Mar 2006 Research featured in "Superhydrophobic Surfaces" from German National Public Radio interview
Feb 2006 Research featured in "A Superhydrophobic Surface" from Physics News Update
2004 Research featured in "Partnerships: High-Tech, High Touch" from UCLA Cancer Discoveries
Oct 2003 Research featured in "Science plans 'non-stick' submarine" BBC News
Apr 2003 Research featured in "Lab-on-a-Chip Tech Goes Reconfigurable" of EE Times
Mar 2003 Research featured in "Secret Weapons" by National Geographic TV and MSNBC
Oct 2002 Research featured in "Dancing Drops" from Analytical Chemistry
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
Jun 2007 Program Committee, Int. Conf. Solid-State Sensors and Actuators (Transducers), Lyon, France
2006 ongoing Editorial Advisory Board, Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, Trans. Electrical and Electronic
Engineering
2004 2005 Program Committee Chair, Int. Conf. Solid-State Sensors and Actuators (Transducers '05)
2003 present Chair, Devices and Systems Committee, ASME Nanotechnology Institute
2002 2003 Program Committee, IEEE Conf. MEMS (MEMS '03)
2002 2003 Program Committee, Int. Conf. Solid-State Sensors and Actuators (Transducers '03)
2000 2001 Program Committee, Int. Conf. Solid-State Sensors and Actuators (Transducers '01)
1999 1999 Program Committee, IEEE Int. Conf. Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, Barcelona,
Spain
1999 2004 Executive Committee, ASME MEMS Division
1998 2002 Program Committee, 1998 SPIE Symposium on Micromachining and Microfabrication
1997 1998 Program Committee, IEEE Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Workshop (MEMS '98)
1995 1996 Chair, Micromechanical Systems Committee, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division
1993 1995 Vice Chair, Micromechanical Systems Committee, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division
Editorial Services
start end description
2005 present Reviewer, Langmuir
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1999 present Editor, IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
1994 present Reviewer, MEMS Symposium, ASME Int. Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
Consulting Activities
start end description
Sep 2006 Aug 2007 Consultant, Nano Liquid Devices
Sep 2004 Mar 2005 Expert witness, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Jul 2004 Jun 2005 Chief Technology Officer, Core MicroSolutions
Nov 2003 Nov 2003 ICMG, Review of patents
Sep 2003 Sep 2003 Expert witness, law firm
Sep 2003 Sep 2005 Expert witness, TeleChem
Jul 2003 Nov 2003 Consultant, Microwave Bonding Instruments, Inc.
Jul 2002 Jul 2002 Consultant, Alza Corporation
Jun 2002 present Chairman of the Board of Directors, Core MicroSolutions
Patents
date patent number
2000 Kim, C.-J., Tseng, F.-G., and Ho, C.M., "Apparatus and Method for Using Bubble
as Virtual Value in Microinjector to Eject Fluid"
US Patent Number 6,102,530
C.-J. Kim and J. Gong, “On-Chip Real-Time Feedback Control for Electrical UCLA Case No. 2007-244-1,
Manipulation of Droplets”
U.S. Provisional Application
No. 60/864,061
C.-J. Kim and K.-S. Yun, “Low-Voltage Actuation of Fluid Packets on Nano- UCLA Case No. 2007-387,
Structured Surfaces”
U.S. Provisional Application
No. 60/885,812
Kim, C.-J. and Gong, J., “Small Object Moving on Printed Circuit Board, UC Case U.S. Serial No. 60/702,367; UC
No. 2006-010-2”
Case No. 2006-010-2
Kim, C.-J. and Lee, J., "Electrowetting-Driven Micropumping" US Serial No. 10/343,261, UC
Case 2000-270-2
Kim, C.-J. and Tsai, G.-F.J., “Printing Pins Having Selective Wettability and Method U.S. Serial No. 60/701,151; UC
of Making the Same”
Case No. 2006-007-2
Kim, C.-J., He, R., and Chamran, F., “Method for Forming Free Standing U.S. Serial No. 60/686,713; UC
Microstructures”
Case 2005-689-2
Kim, C.-J., Yi, U.B., Chamran, F., “Method and Apparatus for High Surface Area U.S. Serial No. 60/698,852; UC
Carbon Structures with Minimized Resistance”
Case No. 2006-003-2
Meng, D. and Kim, C.-J., "Micropumping of Liquids by Directional Growth and US Serial No. 60/647,139; UC
Selective Venting of Bubbles"
Case 2005-408-2, PCT/US
Nelson, S.F., Chen, Z., Merriman, B., Kim, C.-J., and Tsai, G.-F. J., "Tracer and US Serial No. 60/540,361; UC
Assembly for Labeling Chemical or Biological Molecules, Methods and Kits Using
the Tracer and/or the Assembly"
Case 2003-075-2, PCT/US
P. Sen and C.-J. Kim, “High-Speed Switching of Droplet by Electric Meniscus UCLA Case No. 2007-386,
Actuation”
U.S. Provisional Application
No.
Wheeler, A.R., Garrell, R.L., Kim, C.-J., and Moon, H., "Droplet-Based On-Chip
Sample Preparation for Mass Spectrometry"
U.S. Serial No. 60/687,662
Yi, U.B. and Kim, C.-J., "Complete Transfer of Liquid Drops by Modification of U.S. Serial No. 60/647,130; UC
Nozzle Design"
Case No. 2005-409-2
Recent Publications
Books, Chapters in Books and Editorships
Kim, C.-J., Chapter 18: The Use of Surface Tension for the Design of MEMS Actuators Nanotribiology: Critical Assessment and
Research Needs, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA, S.M. Hsu and Z.C. Ying, 239-246 (Aug 2003)
Moon, H. and Kim, C.-J., Chapter 15. Electrowetting: Thermodynamic Foundation and Application to Microdevices Microfluidic
Technologies for Miniaturized Analysis Systems, (2007)
Choi, C.-H. and Kim, C.-J., Design, Fabrication, and Applications of Large-Area Well-Ordered Dense-Array Three-Dimensional
Nanostructures Pan Stanford, (2007)
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Saeki, F., Baum, J., Moon, H., Yoon, J.-Y., Kim, C.-J. and Garrell, R., Electrowetting on Dielectrics (EWOD): Reducing Voltage
Requirement for Microfluidics, American Chemical Society National Meeting, (Aug 2001)
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Kim, J., Shen, W., Latorre, L. and Kim, C.-J., A Micromechanical Switch with Electrostatically Driven Liquid-Metal Droplet,
Sensors and Actuators, A97-98:672-679 (2002)
Lee, J., Moon, H., Fowler, J., Schoellhammer, T. and Kim, C.-J., Electrowetting and Electrowetting-on-Dielectric for Microscale
Liquid Handling, Sensors and Actuators, A95:259-268 (Jun 2002)
Latorre, L., Kim, J., Lee, J., de Guzman, P.-P., Lee, H.J., Nouet, P. and Kim, C.-J., Electrostatic Actuation of Microscale Liquid-
Metal Droplets, J. Microelectromechanical Systems, 11(4):302-308 (Aug 2002)
Paik, J.-A., Fan., S.-K., Kim, C.-J., Wu, M.C. and Dunn, B., Micromachining of Mesoporous Oxide Films for
Microelectromechanical System Structures, J. Materials Research, 17(8):2121-2129 (Aug 2002)
Tseng, F.-G., Kim, C.-J. and Ho., C.-M., A High Resolution High Frequency Monolithic Top-Shooting Microinjector Free of
Satellite Drops: Part I, Concept, Design and Model, J. Microelectromechanical Systems, 11(5):427-436 (Oct 2002)
Tseng, F.-G., Kim, C.-J. and Ho., C.-M., A High Resolution High Frequency Monolithic Top-Shooting Microinjector Free of
Satellite Drops: Part II, Fabrication, Implementation, and Characterization, J. Microelectromechanical Systems, 11(5):437-447
(Oct 2002)
Yun, K.-S., Cho, I.-J., Bu, J.-U., Kim, C.-J. and Yoon, E., A Surface-Tension Driven Micropump for Low Voltage and Low Power
Operations, J. Microelectromechanical Systems, 11(5):454-461 (Oct 2002)
Moon, H., Cho, S.K., Garrell, R.L. and Kim, C.-J., Low Voltage Electrowetting on Dielectrics, J. Applied Physics, 92(7):4080-4087
(Oct 2002)
Chiou, P.Y., Moon, H., Toshiyoshi, H., Kim, C.-J. and Wu, M.C., Light Actuation of Liquid by Optoelectrowetting, Sensors and
Actuators A, 104:222-228 (2003)
Cho, S.K., Moon, H. and Kim, C.-J., Creating, Transporting, Cutting, and Merging Liquid Droplets by Electrowetting-Based
Actuation for Digital Microfluidic Circuits, J. Microelectromechanical Systems, 12(1):70-80 (Feb 2003)
Shapiro, B., Moon, H., Garrell, R. and Kim, C.-J., Equilibrium Behavior of Sessile Drops Under Surface Tension, Applied External
Fields, and Material Variations, Journal of Applied Physics, 93(9):5794-5811 (May 2003)
Jones, T.B., Fowler, J.D., Chang, Y.S. and Kim, C.-J., Frequency-Based Relationship of Electrowetting and Dielectrophoretic
Liquid Microactuation, Langmuir, 19(18):7646-7651 (Aug 2003)
Huh, D., Tkaczyk, A.H., Bahng, J.H., Chang, Y., Wei, H.-H., Grtoberg, B., Kim, C.-J., Kurabayashi, K. and Takayama, S.,
Reversible Switching of High-Speed Air-Liquid Two-Phase Flows Using Electrowetting-Assisted Flow-Pattern Change, J. Am.
Chem. Soc., 125(48):14678-14679 (Nov 2003)
Paik, J.-A., Fan, S.-K., Chang, H., Kim, C.-J., Wu, M. and Dunn, B., Development of Spin Coated Mesoporous Oxide Films for
MEMS Structures, J. Electroceramics, 13:423-428 (2004)
R. Yokokawa, J.-A. Paik, B. Dunn, N. Kitazawa, H. Kotera, and C.-J. Kim, Mechanical Properties of Aerogel-like Thin Films Used
for MEMS, J Micromechanics and Microengineering, 14:681-686 (2004)
Yi, U.-C. and Kim, C.-J., Soft Printing of Droplets Pre-Metered by Electrowetting, Sensors and Actuators A, 114(2-3):347-354
(2004)
Wheeler, A., Moon, H., Kim, C.-J., Loo, J., and Garrell, R., Electrowetting-based Microfluidics for Analysis of Peptide and
Proteins by Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-MS), Analytical Chemistry, 76(16):4833-
4838 (Aug 2004)
Wheeler, A., Moon, H., Bird, C., Loo, R., Kim, C.-J., Loo, J., and Garrell, R., Digital Microfluidics with In-line Sample Purification
for Proteomics Analyses with MALDI-MS, Analytical Chemistry, 77(2):534-540 (Jan 2005)
Choi, C.-H., and Kim, C.-J., Large Slip of Aqueous Liquid Flow over a Nano-engineered Super-hydrophobic surface, Physics
Review Letters, 96(6):066001 (Feb 2006)
Moon, H., Wheeler, A., Garrell, R., Loo, J., and Kim, C.-J., Integrated Digital Microfluidic Chip for Multiplexed Proteomic Sample
Preparation and Analysis by MALDI-MS, Lab on a Chip, 6(9):1213-1219 (Jul 2006)
Yi, U.-C., and Kim, C.-J., Characterization of Electrowetting Actuation on Addressable Single-Side Coplanar Electrodes, J.
Micromechanics and Microengineering, 16:2053-2059 (Aug 2006)
Choi, C.-H., Ulmanella, U., Kim, J., Ho, C.-M., and Kim, C.-J., Effective slip and friction reduction in nanograted
Superhydrophobic microchannels, Physics of Fluids, 18(8):087105 (Aug 2006)
Shen, W., Edwards, R. T., and Kim, C.-J., Electrostatically-Actuated Metal-Droplet Microswitches Integrated on CMOS Chip, J.
Microelectromechanical Systems, 15(4):879-889 (Aug 2006)
Tsai, J., Chen, F., Nelson, S., and Kim, C.-J., Selective Surface Treatment of Micro Printing Pin and Its Performance, Applied
Physics Letters, 89(8):083901-083903 (Aug 2006)
Choi, C.-H. and Kim, C.-J., Reply to Comment for Large slip of aqueous liquid flow over a nano-engineered super-hydrophobic
surface, Physics Review Letters, 97(10):109602 (Sep 2006)
Lu, Y.-W. and Kim, C.-J., A Microhand for Biological Applications, Applied Physics Letters, 89(16):164101-164103 (Oct 2006)
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Choi, C.-H. and Kim, C.-J., Fabrication of Dense Array of Tall Nanostructures over a Large Sample Area with Sidewall Profile
and Tip Sharpness Control, Nanotechnology, 17:5326-5333 (Oct 2006)
Ok, J., Lu, Y.-W., and Kim, C.-J., Pneumatically Driven Microcage for Microbe Manipulation in a Biological Liquid Environment, J.
Microelectromechanical Systems, 15(6):1499-1505 (Dec 2006)
Meng, D. D., Cubaud, T., Ho, C.-M., and Kim, C.-J., A Methanol-Tolerant, Gas-Venting Microchannel for a Micro Direct Methanol
Fuel Cell, J. Microelectromechanical Systems, (2007) (Accepted)
Hu, L., Gruner, G., Gong, J., Kim, C.-J., and Hornbostel, B., Electrowetting Devices with Transparent Single-Walled Carbon
Nanotube Electrodes, Applied Physics Letters, 90(9):1-3 (Feb 2007)
Choi, C.-H., Hagvall, S., Wu, B., Dunn, J., Beygui, R., and Kim, C.-J., Cell Interaction with Three-Dimensional Sharp-Tip
Nanotopography, Bimaterials, 28(9):1672-1679 (Mar 2007)
Cho, S. K., Zhao, Y., and Kim, C.-J., Concentration and Binary Separation of Micro Particles for Droplet-Based Digital
Microfluidics, Lab on a Chip, 7(4):490-498 (Apr 2007)
He, R. and Kim, C.-J., On-Wafer Monolithic Packaging by Surface Micromachining with Porous Polysilicon Shell, J.
Microelectromechanical Systems, 16(2):462-472 (Apr 2007)
Chamran, F., Yeh, Y., Min, H.-S., Dunn, B., and Kim, C.-J., Fabrication of High-Aspect-Ratio Electrode Arrays for Three-
Dimensional Microbatteries, J. Microelectromechanical Systems, 16(4):844-851 (Aug 2007)
Lu, H.-W., Glasner, K., Bertozzi, A., and Kim, C.-J., A Diffuse Interface Model for Electrowetting Drops in a Hele-Shaw Cell, J.
Fluid Mechanics, 590:411-435 (Nov 2007)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Saeki, F., Baum, J., Moon, H., Yoon, J.-Y., Kim, C.-J. and Garrell, R., Electrowetting on Dielectrics (EWOD): Reducing Voltage
Requirement for Microfluidics, American Chemical Society National Meeting, (Aug 2001)
Baure, G., Lee, G., Kim, C.-J. and Dunn, B., Fabrication of 3D Half-Cell Electrode Arrays, Micropower and Microdevices, E. J.
Brandon, A. Ryan, J. Harb, R. Ulrich, PV2002(25):1-8 (2002)
Tkaczyk, A. H., Huh, D., Bahng, J.H., Chang, Y., Wei, H.-H., Kurabayashi, K., Grotberg, J.B. Kim, C.-J., and Takayama, S.,
Fluidic Switching of High-Speed Air-Liquid Two-Phase Flows Using Electrowetting-on-Dielectric, Proc. 7th Int. Symp. Micro Total
Analysis Systems, 1:461-464 (Oct 2003)
Lu, Y.-W. and Kim, C.-J., Characterization of Balloon-Jointed Micro-Fingers, Proc. ASME Int. Mechanical Engineering Congress
and Exposition, CD Vol 2(IMECE2004):41326 (Nov 2003)
Chamran, F., Min, H.-S., Dunn, B., and Kim, C.-J., 3-Dimensional Nickel-Zinc Microbatteries Proc. IEEE Conf. MEMS, Istanbul,
Turkey, (Jan 2006)
He, R. and Kim, C.-J., A Low Temperature Vacuum Package Utilizing Porous Alumina Thin Film Encapsulation, Proc. IEEE
Conf. MEMS, Istanbul, Turkey, (Jan 2006)
Tsai, J., Chen, Z., Merriman, B., Chen, J., Nelson, S., and Kim, C.-J., A New Bio-Molecules Decryption Protocol Using Shape-
Encoded Particles (SEP), Proc. IEEE Conf. MEMS, Istanbul, Turkey, (Jan 2006)
Choi, C.-H., Sepideh, H., Dunn, J., Wu, B., and Kim, C.-J., Cell Adhesions on NanoTurf Surfaces, Proc. IEEE Conf. MEMS,
Istanbul, Turkey, (Jan 2006)
Shah, G. J., Chiou, P.-Y., Ohta, A.T., Chou, J. B., Kim, C.-J., and Wu, M. C., Integrating Optoelectronic Tweezers for Individual
Particle Manipulation with Digital Microfluidics Using Electrowetting-On-Dielectric Proc. IEEE Conf. MEMS, Istanbul, Turkey,
(Jan 2006)
Meng, D.-S. and Kim, C.-J., A Micro Direct Methanol Fuel Cell with Self-Pumping of Liquid Fuel, Tech. Dig., Solid-State Sensor,
Actuator and Microsystems Workshop, 120-123 (Jun 2006)
Yi, U.-C., Liu, W., de Guzman, P.-P., and Kim, C.-J., Channel-to-Droplet Extractions for On-Chip Sample Preparation, Tech.
Dig., Solid-State Sensor, Actuator and Microsystems Workshop, 128-131 (Jun 2006)
Gong, J. and Kim, C.-J., Characterization and Design of Digitizing Processes for Uniform and Controllable Droplet Volume in
EWOD Digital Microfluidics, Tech. Dig., Solid-State Sensor, Actuator and Microsystems Workshop, 159-162 (Jun 2006)
Chamran, F., Yi, U.-C., and Kim, C.-J., Metal-Cored Carbon Microposts for Three-Dimensional Li Microbattery, Tech. Dig., Solid-
State Sensor, Actuator and Microsystems Workshop, 185-188 (Jun 2006)
Gong, J. and Kim, C.-J., Real-Time Feedback Control of Droplet Generation for EWOD Digital Microfluidics, Proc. Micro Total
Analysis System, 1046-1048 (Nov 2006)
Sen, P. and Kim, C.-J., A Fast Liquid-Metal Droplet Switch Using EWOD, IEEE Conf. MEMS, 767-770 (Jan 2007)
Meng, D.-S. and Kim, C.-J., Embedded Self-circulation of Liquid Fuel for a Micro Direct Methanol Fuel Cell, IEEE Conf. MEMS,
85-88 (Jan 2007)
Yun, K.-S. and Kim, C.-J., Low-Voltage Electrosatic Actuation of Droplet on Thin Superhydrophobic NanoTurf”, IEEE Conf.
MEMS, 139-142 (Jan 2007)
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Chamran, F., Min, H.-S., Dunn, B., and Kim, C.-J., Zinc-Air Microbattery with Electrode Array of Zinc Microposts, IEEE Conf.
MEMS, 871-874 (Jan 2007)
Shah, G. J., Pierstorff, E., Ho, D., and Kim, C.-J., Meniscus-Assisted Magnetic Bead Trapping On EWOD-Based Digital
Microfluidics for Specific Protein Localization, Proc. Int. Conf. Solid State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers
’07), 707-710 (Jun 2007)
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Degrees
J J. KIM
Distinguished Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
Feb 1970 B.S. Seoul National University, Korea Mechanical Engineering
Jun 1974 M.S. Brown University, Providence, RI Mechanical Engineering
Mar 1978 Ph.D. Stanford University, Stanford, CA Mechanical Engineering
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 1993 Appointment to Professor
years of service: 14
Employment History
start end position institution
1993 present Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Department, UCLA
1993 present Rockwell International Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Department, UCLA.
1992 1993 Chief, Turbulence and Transition Physics Branch NASA Ames Research Center
1987 1992 Head, Turbulence Physics Section NASA Ames Research Center
1982 1987 Research Scientist NASA Ames Research Center
1980 1982 Acting Assistant Professor Stanford University
1978 1980 National Research Council Fellow NASA Ames Research Center
Other Professional Activities
start end description
1993 present Professor, UCLA
1993 present Rockwell International Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace & Nuclear Engineering Department, UCLA
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
2007 Bae, Junghoon, Postdoc
2006 2007 Changhoon Lee, Visiting Professor
2006 present Kang, Sung Moon, Postdoc
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
2002 Ho-Am Prize in Engineering, the Ho-Am Foundation
2001 Otto Laporte Award for Fluid Dynamics Research, American Physical Society
1994 NASA, H. Julien Allen Award for Best Scientific Paper
1992 NASA Special Achievement Award
1989 NASA Special Achievement Award
1985 NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal
University Service
start end committee type description
May 2007 Jul 2007 University Wide Member, Review Committee for Advancement to Above Scale
Sep 2006 Jun 2007 Department Member, Recruitment Committee
Jan 2006 ongoing University Wide Executive Board Member, Institute of Digital Research and Education (IDRE)
Jul 2005 Dec 2005 Department Member, Ad Hoc Committee (4th year appraisal)
Jul 2005 Jun 2006 Department Chair, ME Strategic Planning Committee
Jul 2005 Jun 2006 Department Member, AE Strategic Planning Committee
Aug 2004 Nov 2004 Department Memeber, Ad Hoc Committee (for advancement to above scale)
Jul 2004 Jun 2005 Department Member, ME Strategic Planning Committee
Jul 2003 Jun 2004 Department Chair, Awards Committee
Jul 2003 Jun 2004 Department Member, Seminar Committee
Mar 2003 Jun 2003 Department Chair, Ad Hoc Committee (of the Recruitment Committee)
Sep 2002 Dec 2002 Department Member, Ad Hoc Committee (for Advancement to Step VI)
Sep 2002 Jun 2003 Department Member, Awards Committee
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Sep 2002 Jun 2003 Department Member, Seminar Committee
Sep 2001 Jun 2002 Department Chair, Recruitment Committee
Aug 2001 Nov 2001 Department Chair, Ad Hoc Committee, (Promotion to Professor)
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
2006 Technical Committee, IUTAM Symposium on Flow Control and MEMS
2003 2003 Otto Laporte Award Committee for American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics
2001 2003 Nomination Committee, American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics
1998 present Advisory Committee, Symposium for Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena
1998 present Executive Committee (ex officio), American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Mechanics
1996 present American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1994 1994 Frankiel Award, Physics of Fluids Committee
1994 1996 Fluid Dynamics Prize Committee for American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics
1992 1998 Advisory Committee, Symposium for Turbulent Shear Flows
1990 1993 Executive Committee for American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics
1989 1989 Co-Chair, 42nd American Physical Society Meeting, Division of Fluid Dynamics
1989 present Fellow, American Physical Society
1982 present American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
1978 present American Physical Society, Fluid Dynamics Division
Editorial Services
start end description
1998 ongoing Editor, Physics of Fluids
Consulting Activities
start end description
1995 1997 Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology
1980 1985 Nielsen Engineering, Inc.
Patents
date patent number
Control of Momentum Transport by Traveling Wave
Recent Publications
Books, Chapters in Books and Editorships
Kim, J., and Leal, L.G., Physics of Fluids American Institute of Physics, 13(1-12): (Jan 2001)
Kim, J., and Leal, L.G., Physics of Fluids American Institute of Physics, 14(1-12): (2002)
Kim, J. and Leal, L.G., Physics of Fluids American Institute of Physics, 15(1-12): (2003)
Kim, J. and Leal, L.G., Physics of Fluids American Institute of Physics, 16(1-12): (2004)
Kim, J. and Leal, L.G., Physics in Fluids American Institute of Physics, 17(1-12): (2005)
Kim, J. and Leal, L. G., Physics of Fluids 18(1-12): (2006)
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Lee, C., Kim, N., and Kim, J., Application of the Goore Scheme to Turbulence Control for Drag Reduction (I) ---Improvement of
the Goore Scheme KSME Int'l J., 15(11):1572-1579 (2001)
Lee, C., and Kim, J., Application of the Goore Scheme to Turbulence Control for Drag Reduction (II) -Application to Turbulence
Control KSME Int'l J, 15(11):1580-1587 (2001)
Lee, K.H., Cortelezzi, L., Kim, J. and Speyer, J., Application of Reduced Order Controller to Turbulent Flows for Drag Reduction
Physics of Fluids, v.13(5):1321-1330 (May 2001)
Lee, C., and Kim, J., Control of the Viscous Sublayer for Drag Reduction Physics of Fluids, 14(7):2523-2529 (Jul 2002)
Coleman, G.N., Kim J., and Spalart, P.R., Direct Numerical Simulation of a Decelerated Wall-bounded Turbulent Shear Flow J
Fluid Mechanics, 495:1-18 (2003)
Kim, J., Control of Turbulent Boundary Layer Physics of Fluids, 15(5):1093-1105 (May 2003)
Lim, J. and Kim, J., A Singular Value Analysis of Boundary Layer Control, Physics of Fluids, 16:1980-1988 (2004)
Bhagnagar, K., Kim J., and Coleman, G., Effect of Roughness on Wall-Bounded Turbulence Flow, Turbulence and Combustion,
72:463-492 (2004)
Min, T. and Kim, J., Effects of Hydrophobic Surface on Skin-Friction Drag, Physics of Fluids, 16(7):L55-L58 (Jul 2004)
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Min, T. and Kim, J., Effects of Hydrophobic Surface on Stabilitiy and Transition, Physics of Fluids, 17:108106-1-108106-4 (Oct
2005)
Min, T., Kang, S.M., Speyer, J.L., and Kim, J., Sustained Sub-Laminar Drag in a Fully Developed Channel Flow, J. Fluid Mech.,
558:309-318 (2006)
Kim, J. and Bewley, T.R., A Linear Systems Approach to Flow Control, Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech., 39:383-417 (2007)
Bhaganagar, K., Coleman, G. and Kim, J., Effect of roughness on pressure fluctuations in a turbulent channel flow, Phys. Fluids,
19(2): (2007)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Kim, J., Controlling a Linear Process in Nonlinear Flows Proc. of the Symposium on Smart Control of Turbulence, Tokyo, Japan,
(03/05/2001)
Kim, J., Control of Turbulent Boundary Layers Proc. of the Ninth European Turbulence Conference, Southampton, UK,
(07/02/2002)
Lim, J., and Kim, J., A Singular Value Analysis of Boundary Layer Control Proceedings of the Third Symposium on Turbulence
and Shear Flow Phenomena, Sendai, Japan, (06/25/2003)
Huang, S.-C., Kim, J., and Gibson, S., Identification and Control of Separated Boundary Layers, Proceedings of the 10th
European Turbulence Conference, Trondheim, Norway, Paper no. 426H:1-4 (06/28/2004)
Kim, J., Physics and Control of Wall Turbulence, Proceedings of the Sixth D/LES, Poitiers, France, 1-10 (09/12/2005)
Huang, S.-C. and Kim, J., Systems Theory Approach to Flow Control, Whither Turbulence Prediction and Control, Seoul, Korea,
(03/26/2006)
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Degrees
WILLIAM S. KLUG
Assistant Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
Dec 1997 B.S. Westmont College Engineering Physics
Jun 1999 M.S. University of California, Los Angeles Civil Engineering
Sep 2003 Ph.D. California Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 2003 Appointment to Assistant Professor
years of service: 4
Employment History
start end position institution
Sep 2002 present Graduate Student Research Assistant & Teaching
Assistant
California Institute of Technology
Jun 2002 Sep 2002 Graduate Student Intern Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque,
NM
Sep 1998 Jun 1999 Teaching Assistant University of California, Los Angeles
May 1998 Aug 1999 Engineering Staff Computerized Structural Analysis & Research
Corporation
May 1997 Dec 1997 Engineering Intern Litton Guidance & Control Systems, Goleta,
CA
Fall 1996 Research and Development Intern Superconductor Technologies Inc., Goleta, CA
Other Professional Activities
start end description
2006 2006 Organized mini-symposium on Computational Mechanics in Molecular and Cell Biology for 7th World
Congress of Computational Mechanics
2005 2006 Co-chairman for 2006 World Congress on Computational Mechanics
Dec 2003 Oct 2004 Co-organizer of Symposium on Biomaterials for Second International Conference on Multiscale
Material Modeling, to be held at UCLA in October 2004.
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
2007 Samuelli Teaching Award, MAE Department
1999 Caltech Doctoral Award (including Betty and Gordon Moore Fellowship: four years)
1998 Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society
1997 Engineering Student of the Year Scholarship, Santa Barbara & Ventura Counties
1997 Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership
1994 Westmont Presidential Scholarship
University Service
start end committee type description
Sep 2006 Jun 2007 Department MAE Department Graduate Admissions & Fellowships Committee
Sep 2006 Jun 2007 Department MAE department undergraduate curriculum reform committee
Sep 2005 Jun 2006 Department MAE Department Graduate Admissions & Fellowships Committee
Sep 2005 Jun 2006 Department MAE department undergraduate curriculum reform committee
Sep 2004 Jun 2005 Department MAE Department Graduate Admissions & Fellowships Committee
Sep 2004 Jun 2007 Other HSSEAS Faculty Executive Committee Representative for MAE
Sep 2003 Jun 2004 Department MAE Department Seminar Committee
Editorial Services
start end description
2007 Reviewer, Biophysical Journal
2007 Reviewer, Garland Science Publishing
2007 Reviewer, Journal of Applied Mechanics
2007 Reviewer, Physical Review E
2006 Reviewer, Computational Mechanics
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2005 Reviewer, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
Oct 2004 Reviewer, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures
Recent Publications
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Klug, W.S., and Ortiz, M., A Director-Field Model of DNA Packaging in Viral Capsids, Journal of Mechanics and Physics of
Solids, 51:1815-1847 (2003)
Mota, A., Klug, W.S., Ortiz, M., Pandolfi, A., Finite Element Simulation of Firearm Injury to the Human Cranium, Computational
Mechanics, 31:115-121 (2003)
Klug, W. S., Feldmann, M. T., and Ortiz, M., Three-dimensional Director-field Predictions of Viral DNA Packing Arrangements,
Computational Mechanics, 35(2):146-152 (Jan 2005)
Klug, W.S., Bruinsma, R.F., Michel, J.-P., Knobler, C.M., Ivanovska, I.L., Schmidt, C.F., and Wuite, G.J.L., Failure of Viral Shells
Physical Review Letters, 97:1-4 (2006)
Feng, F. and Klug, W.S., Finite Element Modeling of Lipid Bilayer Membranes, Journal of Computational Physics, 220:394-408
(2006)
Reed, J., Wilkinson, P., Schmit, J., Klug, W., and Gimzewski, J.K., Observation of Nanoscale Dynamics in Cantilever Sensor
Arrays, Nanotechnology, 17:3873-3879 (2006)
Michel, J.P., Ivanovska, I. L., Gibbons, M. M., Klug, W. S., Knobler, C. M., Wuite, G. J. L., and Schmidt, C. F., Nanoindentation
Studies of Full and Empty Viral Capsids and the Effects of Capsid Protein Mutations on Elasticity and Strength, Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences, 103(16):6184-6189 (04/18/2006)
Gibbons, M.M. and Klug, W.S., Mechanical Modeling of Viral Capsids Journal of Materials Science, 42(2):8995-9004 (2007)
Melissa M. Gibbons and William S Klug, Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Nanoindentation of Viral Capsids Physical Review
E, 75:1-11 (2007)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Klug, WS and Ortiz, M, Mechanics of Packaging DNA in Viruses, Proceedings of Second International Conference on Multiscale
Materials Modeling, (2004)
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Degrees
ADRIENNE G. LAVINE
Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
Jun 1979 Sc.B. Brown University
Jun 1983 M.S. University of California, Berkeley
Dec 1984 Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 1984 Appointment to Assistant Professor
Jul 1990 Promotion to Associate Professor
Jul 1991 Promotion to Associate Professor
Jul 1997 Promotion to Professor
years of service: 23
Employment History
start end position institution
Jul 1997 present Professor Univ. of California, Los Angeles
Jul 1991 Jun 1997 Associate Professor Univ. of California, Los Angeles
Jul 1984 Jun 1991 Assistant Professor Univ. of California, Los Angeles
Sep 1981 Sep 1984 Research Assistant Univ. of California, Berkeley
Jun 1979 Aug 1981 Associate Engineer Owens-Corning Fiberglas Technical Center,
Granville, Ohio
Jun 1977 Aug 1977 Research Assistant Center for Environmental Studies, Princeton
Univ.
Other Professional Activities
start end description
1999 2003 Chair, Organizing Committee for 6th ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Conference
1987 present Reviewer, for NSF Proposals
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
07/01/1985 present Undergraduate Advisor
07/01/1984 present Graduate Advisor
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
2003 Henry and Susan Samueli Teaching Award
May 2000 Keynote Speaker, Japan National Heat Transfer Symposium, "Thermomechanical Modeling of Thin Film Shape
Memory Alloy Devices"
1999 Fellow, ASME
1997 Participant in NAE Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
1995 Outstanding Reviewer for the Journal of Engineering for Industry
1993 Recognition of Exemplary Service by Reviewers of the Journal of Heat Transfer
1990 F.W. Taylor Medal of the CIRP
1989 Best Superconductivity Paper Award of ASME Superconductivity Committee
1988 Presidential Young Investigator Award
1986 Outstanding Young Women of America Award
1981 Univ. of California Fellowship
1979 George W. Main Prize, Brown Univ.
1979 Magna Cum Laude, Brown Univ.
1978 Consulting Engineers Council of New England Essay Contest Scholarship Recipient
University Service
start end committee type description
July 2006 present Department Department Chair
Sep 2006 Aug 2007 Academic Senate Immediate Past Chair, Academic Senate
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Sep 2005 Aug 2006 Academic Senate Chair, Academic Senate
Sep 2004 Aug 2005 Academic Senate Vice Chair, Academic Senate
2004 2005 University Wide Board on Admissions and Relations with Schools
2004 2005 University Wide Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Relations with Schools
2003 University Wide Task Force on Undergraduate Education in a Research Context
2003 present University Wide Associate Director, Education and Outreach, for the Center for Scalable and
Integrated Nano Manufacturing
2002 Department Departmental Ad Hoc Committee Member
2002 University Wide Faculty Resources Task Force
2002 University Wide Summer Session Planning Committee
2002 2006 Department Chair, Schoolwide ABET Committee
Apr 2001 Sep 2002 University Wide SEAS Dean Search Committee
Oct 2000 Oct 2001 University Wide Dean Review Committee, School of Dentistry
Apr 2000 Nov 2001 Academic Senate Chair, Academic Senate Program Review Ad Hoc Committee
Jul 1999 Jun 2002 Department SEAS Faculty Executive Committee Member
Jul 1999 Jun 2002 Department Undergraduate Vice Chair
Jul 1998 Jun 2004 University Wide General Education Governance Committee
Jul 1997 present University Wide Chancellor's Committee on Instructional Improvement Grants
1995 present Department Manufacturing and Design Major Field Committee
Feb 1985 present University Wide Interviewer, for Regents Scholarship
1985 present Department Heat and Mass Transfer Major Field Committee (Chair, 1987-88, 1992-93,
1995-96)
Community Service
start end description
Jun 2001 Hosted students from Marlborough High School's Career Day
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
Jul 1986 1990 American Physical Society
Jul 1985 present ASME, Fellow, Faculty Advisor, Member Technical Committees, General Papers Committee Chair,
Paper Session Chair and Co-Chair, Chair of Membership Development Committee, Secretary of K-15
Committee, '94-'97, Vice-Chair of K-15 Committee, '97-'00, Chair of K-15 Committee, '00-'03
1978 1980 Sigma Xi
1978 present Tau Beta Pi
Editorial Services
start end description
2001 2002 Editor, International Journal of Transport Phenomena
1992 present Reviewer, Materials Processing and Manufacturing Science
1990 present Reviewer, Experimental Heat Transfer
1988 present Reviewer, Fusion Engineering Design Journal
1988 present Reviewer, Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology
1988 present Reviewer, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer
1986 present Reviewer, for Journal of Engineering for Industry
1985 present Reviewer, for International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
1985 present Reviewer, for Journal of Physico Chemical Hydrodynamics
1984 present Reviewer, for ASME Journal of Heat Transfer
Consulting Activities
start end description
1998 present Consultant to General Motors
May 1997 Consultant to inventors of system to extract heat from geothermal sources.
Recent Publications
Books, Chapters in Books and Editorships
Incropera, F.P., DeWitt, D.P., Bergman, T.L., and Lavine, A.S., “Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer,” 6 th ed., Wiley, New
York, 2006.
Incropera, F.P., DeWitt, D.P., Bergman, T.L., and Lavine, A.S., “Introduction to Heat Transfer,” 5 th ed., Wiley, New York, 2006.
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Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Demetriou, M.D., Ghoniem, N.M. and Lavine, A.S., Computation of Metastable Phases in Tungsten-Carbon System J. Phase
Equilib., 23(4):305-309 (2002)
Demetriou, M.D., Ghoniem, N.M. and Lavine, A.S., Kinetic Modeling of Phase Selection During Non-Equilibrium Solidification of
a Tungsten-Carbon System Acta Mater., 50:1421-1432 (2002)
Demetriou, M.D., Lavine, A.S. and Ghoniem, N.M., Feasibility of Plasma Spraying in Developing MMC Coatings: Modeling the
Heating of Coated Powder Particles J. Manufacturing Sci and Eng., 124:58-64 (Feb 2002)
Demetriou, M.D., Ghoniem, N.M. and Lavine, A.S., Modeling of Graphitization Kinetics During Peritectic Melting of Tungsten
Carbide Acta Materialia, 50:4995-5004 (07/19/2002)
Demetriou, M.D., Ghoniem, N.M. and Lavine, A.S., Effects of Nucleation Transience on Crystallization Kinetics Under Strongly
Nonequilibrium Conditions, J. Chemical Physics, 117(23):10739-10743 (12/15/2002)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Noffz, G.K., Lavine, A.S. and Hamory, P.J., Experimental Evaluation of Hot Films on Ceramic Substrates for Skin Friction
Measurement Proc. 6th ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Conference. TED-AJ03-155., (03/16/2003-03/20/2003) on CD-ROM
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Degrees
CHRISTOPHER S. LYNCH
Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
1984 B.S. California State University, Los Angeles Mechanical Engineering
1989 M.S. University of California, Santa Barbara Mechanical Engineering
1992 Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara Mechanical Engineering
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 2007 Appointment to Professor
Employment History
start end position institution
2005 present Professor Georgia Tech
2002 present Associate Chair for Administration Georgia Tech
2000 present Associate Professor Georgia Tech
1995 2000 Assistant Professor Georgia Tech
1994 1995 Post Doctoral Researcher UCSB
1986 1994 Research Engineer Dynasen, Inc.
1985 1986 Assistant Engineer LADWP
Honors and Special Recognition
date
May 2004
2003
2003
description
Fellow, ASME
1st place best student paper award (W.S. Oates) for "Generalized Stroh Formalism for Piezoelectric Materials
Using an Electric Potential Vector.", SPIE Smart Materials and Structures
Student Paper Competition Award for: Oates, W.S. and Lynch, C.S., "New Approach to Solving Crack Tip Stress
Jun 2000
Fields for Piezoelectric Materials," Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, (5053)
376-286., SAIC GaTech
Young Mechanics Eductator of the Year Award, ASEE
Career Award, National Science Foundation
Young Investigator Award, ONR
Consulting Activities
start end description
2006 Consultant, NextGen Aeronautics, Super Cavitation Actuator
2005 Consultant, NextGen Aeronautics, Super Cavitation Actuator
2004 Consultant, NextGen Aeronautics, Compact Actuator Program
2004 Consultant, NextGen Aeronautics, Morphing Aircraft Program
2003 Consultant, Delphi Automotive, Cofired Actuator Assessment
2003 Consultant, NextGen Aeronautics, Compact Hybrid Actuator Program
2002 Consultant, ESI of Tennessee, Thermo-mechanical analysis of the failure of a large structure and
recommended redesign
1997 Consultant, United Technologies Research Center, Stack actuator evaluation and constitutive
response measurement
Recent Publications
Liu, T., and Lynch, C.S., "Orientation Dependence of Non-linearity and Hysteresis in PZN-4.5%PT Single Crystals I
Unipolar Response," JIMSS 17, n 11, November 2006, p 953-957.
Liu, T., and Lynch, C.S., "Orientation Dependence of Non-linearity and Hysteresis in PZN-4.5%PT Single Crystals II
Bipolar Response," JIMSS 17, n 10, October 2006, p 931-937.
Oates, W.S., Lynch, C.S., Kounga-Njiwa, A.B., and Lupascu, D.C., "Anisotropic fracture behavior in ferroelectric
relaxor PZN-4.5%PT single crystals," Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 88, n 7, July 2005, p 1838-1844.
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Webber, K.G., Hopkinson,D.P., and Lynch, C.S., "Application of a Classical Lamination Theory Model to the Design
of Piezoelectric Composite Unimorph Actuators," JIMSS 17(1) P29 (2006).
Gex, D., Berthelot Y., and Lynch, C.S., "Low frequency bending piezoelectric actuator with integrated ultrasonic NDE
functionality," NDT & E International 38, Issue 7, October 2005, Pages 582-588.
Liu, T., Lynch, C.S., "Domain engineered relaxor ferroelectric single crystals," Continuum Mechanics and
Thermodynamics, 18, n 1-2, August 2006, p 119-135.
Liu, McLaughlin, and Lynch, "Thermodynamics of Phase Transformations in Ferroelectric Single Crystals," Accepted
JIMSS, February 2006
Herdic, Andersen, and Lynch, "Piezohydraulic actuator for helicopter trailing edge flap," submitted to JIMSS January
2006.
Liu, T., Lynch, C.S., "Characterization and modeling of relaxor single crystals" Integrated Ferroelectrics, 71, 2005, p
173-9.
Westram, I., Oates, W.S., Lupascu, D.C., Rodel, J., Lynch, C.S., "Mechanism of electric fatigue crack growth in lead
zirconate titanate" Acta Materialia, 55, n 1, January 2007, p 301-312.
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Degrees
AJIT K. MAL
Distinguished Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
Jun 1957 B.Sc. Calcutta University, India
Jun 1959 M.Sc. Calcutta University, India (Applied Math/Mechanics)
Dec 1964 Ph.D. Calcutta University, India (Applied Math/Mechanics)
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 1967 Appointment to Assistant Professor
Jul 1969 Promotion to Associate Professor
Jul 1974 Promotion to Professor
years of service: 40
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
Oct 2005 ongoing Online MS program in Mechanics of Structures
Sep 2005 ongoing MAE 101, Statics and Strength of Materials
02/01/2005 present Prof. Sang-Kwon Lee, Visiting Scholar
Sep 2004 ongoing MAE 194, Group Research Seminar Course for Undergraduates
05/15/2002 11/15/2002 Prof. Fabrizio Ricci, Visiting Scholar
1968 ongoing MANE 102, M256AB, M257AB, MAE 156A, MAE101, MAE194, Course Notes Compiled
1968 ongoing MANE M257AB, Elastodynamics I and II
07/01/1967 present Undergraduate Adviser
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
03/10/2005 Distinguished Speaker, Boeing Phantom Works
03/08/2005 Fellow, International Society for Optical Engineering
03/01/2004 Structural Engineering Distinguished Seminar, University of California, San Diego
2004 Best Paper Award, International Society for Optical Engineering
2003 Best Paper Award, International Society for Optical Engineering
Apr 2001 Founder's Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Mar 2000 2000 NDE Achievement Award, SPIE
Nov 1999 Gold Medal of the Technical Univ. of Crete, Greece for Achievements in Science and Technology
06/28/1995 General Chairman, ASME-AMD-MD Summer Conf., UCLA
Jul 1994 Fellow, ASME
Jul 1994 Fellow, American Academy of Mechanics
1984 Fullbright Senior Fellow, Germany
University Service
start end committee type description
2007 ongoing Academic Senate Member, Council on Academic Personnel
2005 2007 University Wide Member, UC Committee on Committees
2004 2006 Other Member, URC Science Faculty Committee
2004 2007 Academic Senate Member, (Chair, 2005), Committee on Committees
2004 2007 Academic Senate Member, Vice Chair (2005), Chair (2006), Committee on Research
2003 2005 Department Chair, Recruitment Committee
2003 2005 Department Member, Committee on Awards and Honors
2002 2003 Academic Senate Member, Chancellor's Enrollment Advisory Committee
2001 2002 Department Chair, Committee on Courses and Curricula
2001 2004 Academic Senate Member, Vice Chair (2003), Chair (2004), Council on Planning and Budget
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
1996 present International Society for Optical Engineering
1983 present ASME Wave Propagation Committee (Chairman 1991-93)
1982 present American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
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1970 present American Academy of Mechanics
Editorial Services
start end description
2007 present Associate Editor, Mechanics of Materials
2004 present Reviewer, Phil Trans. Roy. Soc.
2004 present Reviewer, Proc. Roy. Soc. London
2002 present Associate Editor, Journal of Structural Health Monitoring, An International Journal
2001 2004 Associate Editor, J. Applied Mechanics
1998 present Associate Editor, Subsurface Sensing Technologies and Applications, An International Journal
1997 present Reviewer, Mechanics of Materials
1996 present Reviewer, AIAA J.
1996 present Reviewer, J. Engineering Materials and Technology
1995 present Reviewer, Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures
1994 present Reviewer, J. Sound and Vibrations
1993 present Reviewer, J. Mech. and Phys. of Solids
1991 present Reviewer, Appl. Phys. Letters
1991 present Reviewer, J. of Composite Materials
1979 present Reviewer, Int. J. of Fracture
1978 present Reviewer, Wave Motion
1972 present Reviewer, ASCE J., EMD Div.
1971 present Reviewer, Int. J. of Engr. Science
1971 present Reviewer, J. of Applied Mechanics
1966 present Reviewer, J. of the Acoustical Society of America
Consulting Activities
start end description
2006 ongoing ANALATOM, Inc.
2005 ongoing Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc
2005 ongoing Nextgen Aeronautics
1997 2006 Mission Research Corporation
Recent Publications
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Chen, X., Dam, M., Ono, K., Mal, A.K., Shen, H., Nutt, S., Sheran, K. and Wudl, F., A Thermally Re-mendable Cross-Linked
Polymeric Material, Science, 295:1698-1702 (Mar 2002)
Zheng, D.W., Wang, X., Shyu, K., Chen, C., Chang, C.-T., Tu, K.N., Mal, A.K., and Guo, Y.F., Stress Relaxation of a Patterned
Microstructure on a Diaphragm, J. Mater. Res., 17(7):1795-1802 (Jul 2002)
Mal, A., Elastic Waves from Localized Sources in Composite Laminates, Int. J. Solids and Structures, 39(21-22):5481-5494 (Oct
2002)
Mal, A., Shih, F.J. and Prosser, W.H., Lamb Waves from Impact Damage in Composite Plates, Instrumentation Measurement
and Metrology, Special Issue on Ultrasonic Methods for Material Characterization, 3:11-37 (2003)
Lee, J., Lee, H. and Mal, A., A Mixed Volume and Boundary Integral Equation Technique for Elastic Wave Field Calculations in
Heterogeneous Materials, Wave Motion, 39(1):1-19 (Jan 2004)
Banerjee, S., Mal, A. K. and Prosser, W. H, Analysis of Transient Lamb Waves Generated by Dynamic Surface Sources in Thin
Composite Plates, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 115(5):1905-1911 (May 2004)
Banerjee, S. and Mal, A.K., Acoustic Emission Waveforms in a Thick Composite Plate Journal of Strain Analysis, 40:25-32
(2005)
Banerjee, S., Mal, A.K. and Ricci, F., Calculation of the Response of a Composite Plate to Localized Dynamic Surface Loads
Using a New Wave Number Integral Method Journal of Applied Mechanics, 72:18-24 (2005)
Banerjee, S., Prosser, W.H. and Mal, A.K., Calculation of the Response of a Composite Plate to Localized Dynamic Surface
Loads Using a New Wavenumber Integral Method Journal of Applied Mathematics, 72:18-24 (2005)
Banerjee, S. and Mal, A.K., Acoustic Emission Waveform Simulation in Multilayered Composites, Journal of Strain Analysis for
Engineering Design, 40(1):25-32 (Jan 2005)
Banerjee, S. and Mal, A., Calculation of the Response of a Composite Plate to Localized Dynamic Surface Loads Using a New
Wave Number Integral Method, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, 72(1):18-24 (Jan 2005)
Feng, F., Mal, A., Kabo, M., Wang, J.C., and Bar-Cohen, Y., The Mechanical and Thermal Effects of Focused Ultrasound in a
Model Biological Material J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 117(4):2347-2355 (Apr 2005)
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Mal, A.K., Ricci, F., Banerjee, S., and Shih, F., A Conceptual Structural Health Monitoring System Based on Vibration and Wave
Propagation Structural Health Monitoring: An International Journal, 4(3):283-293 (Sep 2005)
Rizzo, P., Lanza di Scalea, F., Banerjee, S. and Mal, A.K., Ultrasonic Characterization and Inspection of Open Cell Foams ASCE
Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 131(11):1200-1208 (Nov 2005)
Mal, A., Banerjee, S. and Ricci, F., An Automated Damage Identification Technique Based on Vibration and Wave Propagation
Data Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 365:479-493 (2007)
Banerjee, S., Ricci, F., Shih, F. and Mal, A.K., Health Monitoring of Composite Structures Using Ultrasonic Guided Waves
Advanced Ultrasonic Methods for Material and Structure Inspection, T. Kundu (editor), 43-86 (2007)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Mal, A.K., Zheng, D.W., Tu, K.N., Wang, X. and Korkmaz, Y., Nondestructive Characterization of the properties of thin
diaphragms Proc. SPIE Conference on NDE of Aging Aircraft, Airports &Aerospace Hardware, Newport Beach, California,
Kundu, T., 3995:10-29 (2001)
Mal, A.K., Banerjee, S., Ricci, F., Shih, F. and Gibson, S., Damage Detection in Structural Components from Vibration and Wave
Propagation Data Proceedings of 4th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford University., Chang, F.-K.,
675-685 (2003)
Mal, A.K., Banerjee, S., and Prosser, W. H., Ultrasonic Lamb Waves in a Thin Plate Proceedings of SPIE, Smart NDE for Health
Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems, Kundu, T., 5047:43-54 (2003)
Mal, A.K., Shih, F., and Banerjee, S., Acoustic Emission Waveforms in Composite Laminates Under Low Velocity Impact
Proceedings of SPIE, Smart NDE and Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems II, Kundu, T., 5047:1-12 (Jul 2003)
Best Paper Award
Mal, A.K, Banerjee, S. and Ricci, F., An Autonomous Structural Health Monitoring System Based on Acoustic Emission and
Modal Data Proceedings of SPIE, Health Monitoring and Smart NDE of Structural and Biological Systems III, San Diego,
California., Kundu, T., 5394:1-10 (2004)
Mal, A.K. and Banerjee, S., Automated Structural Health Monitoring System Using Acoustic Emission and Modal Data Proc. of
SPIE, Healthy Monitoring and Smart NDE of Structural and Biological Systems III, Kundu, T., 5394:1-10 (Jul 2004)
Mal, A.K. and Banerjee, S., Guided Acoustic Emission Waves in a Thick Composite Plate Proceedings of SPIE, Health
Monitoring and Smart NDE of Structural and Biological Systems III, San Diego, California., Kundu, T., 5394:42-52 (Jul 2004)
Mal, A.K., Structural Health Monitoring Vol. 33, N0. 11-12, 2004, pp 4-12. Mechanics, American Academy of Mechanics, 33(11-
12):4-12 (Dec 2004)
Mal, A.K, Banerjee, S., Shim, J and Gupta, V., Measurement of Thin Film Interfacial Properties Using Nanosecond Laser
Source The 2nd International Symposium on Mechanical Science based on Nanotechnology, Tokohu University, Japan,
February 21-22, 1-6 (2005)
Shih, F., Ricci, F., and Mal, A., Impact Damage Detection in Composite Structures Using Lamb Waves Proc. of SPIE,
Nondestructive Evaluation for Health Monitoring and Diagnostics, 5768-34:295-303 (Feb 2005)
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Degrees
ROBERT T. M'CLOSKEY
Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
Jul 1987 B.S. University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Jun 1988 M.S. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Jun 1995 Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 1995 Appointment to Assistant Professor
Jul 2001 Promotion to Associate Professor
Jul 2006 Promotion to Professor
years of service: 12
Employment History
start end position institution
01/15/1995 06/30/1995 Visiting Scholar UC Berkeley
Sep 1991 Oct 1994 Graduate Research Assistant California Institute of Technology
Sep 1990 Jun 1991 Graduate Teaching Assistant California Institute of Technology
Sep 1987 Jun 1990 Graduate Research Assistant California Institute of Technology
Other Professional Activities
start end description
Oct 2002 Proposal Review Panel, National Science Foundation
Jul 2002 Reviewer, Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control
Jun 2001 present Associate Professor, UCLA
Jul 1999 2001 Reviewer, AIAA J. Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
May 1996 2001 Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
Apr 1996 2001 Reviewer, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
Sep 1995 Jun 2001 Assistant Professor, UCLA
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
Mar 2001 Contributed module to MA10
2001 Chen, Yen-Cheng, Staff Research Associate
Jul 1995 present Undergraduate Advisor
Apr 1995 present Grad Advisor
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
2002 Henry and Susan Samueli Teaching Award, MAE Dept.
Apr 2000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award
Jul 1999 Faculty Career Development Award, UCLA
1996 1996 TRW Excellence in Teaching Award, UCLA
University Service
start end committee type description
2003 2004 Academic Senate Ad Hoc Review Committee
2002 2003 Department Undergraduate Curriculum Review/Reform
2002 2004 Department Seminar Committee
2001 2002 Department Merit Increase Committee
2001 2004 Department Faculty Executive Committee
2000 2001 Department Aerospace Engineering Accreditation Committee
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
1997 2002 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
1997 2005 The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
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1992 present The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
Consulting Activities
start end description
Jul 2003 present Smiths Aerospace, Corona, CA
Jul 1999 Jul 2001 Advanced Systems Research, Pasadena
Jul 1997 Abel Corporation, Yorba Linda
01/15/1995 06/30/1995 U.S. Navy/Musyn
Patents
date patent number
Jul 2005 M'Closkey, R., Challoner, A.D., Grayer, E., and Hayworth, K., "Integrated Low
Power Digital Gyro Control Electronics,"
U.S. Patent 6915215
May 2004 Kubena, R., Joyce, R., M'Closkey, R., and Challoner, A.D., "Microgyro Tuning
Using Focused Ion Beams,"
U.S. Patent 6698287
Recent Publications
Books, Chapters in Books and Editorships
Cortelezzi, L., M'Closkey, R.T., and Karagozian, A.R., A Framework to Design Controllers for Engineering Applications of
Transverse Jets in Manipulation and Control of Jets in Crossflow, CISM Courses and Lectures No. 439, Springer-Verlag, A.R.
Karagozian, L. Cortelezzi, and A. Soldati, 439:237-245 (2003)
M'Closkey, R.T., King, J.M., Cortelezzi, L., and Karagozian, A.R., Active Control of Jets in Crossflow in Manipulation and Control
of Jets in Crossflow, CISM Courses and Lectures No. 439, Springer-Verlag, A.R. Karagozian, L. Cortelezzi, and A. Soldati,
(439):247-256 (2003)
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Gendelman, O., Manevitch, L.I., Vakakis, A.F., and M'Closkey, R., Energy pumping in nonlinear mechanical oscillators: Part I--
Dynamics of the underlying Hamiltonian systems Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 68:34-41 (Jan 2001)
M'Closkey, R.T., Gibson, S., and Hui, J., System Identification of a MEMS Gyroscope Transactions of the ASME, Journal of
Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, 123:201-210 (Jun 2001)
M'Closkey, R.T., Vakakis, A., and Gutierrez, R., Mode Localization Induced by a Nonlinear Control Loop Nonlinear Dynamics,
25:221-236 (Jul 2001)
M'Closkey, R.T., King, J.M., Cortelezzi, L., and Karagozian, A.R., The Actively Controlled Jet in Crossflow Journal of Fluid
Mechanics, 452:325-335 (Feb 2002)
Chen, Y-C, M'Closkey, RT, Tran, T A., and Blaes, B, A Control and Signal Processing Integrated Circuit for the JPL-Boeing
Micromachined Gyroscopes, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 13(2):286-300 (Mar 2005)
Kubena, R.L., Chang, D.T., Stratton, F.P.,Joyce, R.J., Hsu, T.Y., Lim, M.K., and M'Closkey, R.T., Arrays of high-Q high stability
ultrahigh-frequency resonators for chemical/biological sensors J. Vac Sci Technol. B., 23(6):2979-2983 (Dec 2005)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Grayver, E. and M'Closkey, R.T., Automatic Gain Control ASIC for MEMS Gyro Applications Proc. of the American Control
Conference, Arlington, VA, 2:1219-1222 (Jun 2001)
Chen, Y.-C., M'Closkey, R.T., Tran, T., and Blaes, B., Integration of a signal processing and control ASIC with the JPL microgyroscope
Proc. ASME IMECE, New Orleans, Louisiana, IMECE 2002-39667:1-9 (11/17/2002-11/22/2002)
Yong, Y.-K., Vig, J., Ballato, A., Kubena, R., and M'Closkey, R., Frequency-temperature analysis of MEMS AT-cut quartz
resonators Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium and PDA Exhibition, Jointlywith the 17th
European Frequency and Time Forum, (Cat. 03CH37409):1095-1099 (2003)
Shapiro, S., King, J., Karagozian, A., and M'Closkey, R., Optimization of Controlled Jets in Crossflow 41st AIAA Aerospace
Sciences Meeting, (AIAA-2003-634):1-12 (01/06/2003)
Lim, M., M'Closkey, R.T., Kirby, D., Kubena, R., Vig, J.R., Ballato, A., and Yong, Y.-K., 3-D Modeling of High-Q Quartz
Resonators for VHF-UHF Applications Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE Intern. Freq. Control Symp., Tampa, FL, IEEE 2003(Cat.
03CH37409):823-828 (05/05/2003)
Chen, Y.-C., Hui, J., and M'Closkey, R., Closed-loop Identification of a Micro-Sensor 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision &
Control (CDC 2003), Maui, HI, 2632-2637 (12/09/2003-12/12/2003)
Lau, K., Goodwin, G.C., and M'Closkey, R.T., Fundamental Performance Limitations of Modulated and Demodulated Control
Systems Proc. 2004 AmericanControl Conference, Boston, MA, 2069-2074 (06/30/2004-07/02/2004)
M'Closkey, R.T. and Challoner A.D., Modeling, Identification, and Control of Micro-Sensor Prototypes Proc. 2004 American
Control Conference, Boston, MA, 9-24 (06/30/2004-07/02/2004)
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Kim, D.J. and M'Closkey, R.T., Real-Time Tuning of MEMS Gyro Dynamics, Proc. 2005 American Control Conference, Portland,
OR, 3598-3603 (06/08/2005-06/10/2005)
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Degrees
LAURENT G. PILON
Assistant Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
Sep 1997 B.S. Grenoble Institute of Technology, Grenoble, France Applied Physics
Sep 1997 M.S. Grenoble Institute of Technology, Grenoble, France Energy Engineering and Applied Physics
Dec 2002 Ph.D Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana Mechanical Engineering
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 2002 Appointment to Assistant Professor
years of service: 5
Employment History
start end position institution
May 2005 present Research Scientist Without Compensation (WOC) Veteran Administration Greater Los Angeles
Health Care System, California, USA
Aug 1998 May 1999 Instructor, Department of Foreign Languages Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Nov 1997 Feb 1999 Research Engineer French Atomic Energy Commission
Other Professional Activities
start end description
Aug 2007 Technical Reviewer, The National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA
Apr 2007 Technical Reviewer, University of California Energy Institute
Jun 2006 Technical Reviewer, The National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA
Feb 2006 Technical Reviewer, The National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA
Oct 2005 Technical Reviewer, The National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA
May 2005 present Research Scientist Without Compensation (WOC), Veteran Administration Greater Los Angeles
Health Care System, California, USA
Apr 2005 Technical Reviewer, The National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA
Feb 2003 Technical Reviewer, Kentucky Science & Engineering Foundation R&D Excellence Program
Sep 2002 present Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Aug 1999 Aug 2002 Research Assistant, Purdue University, School of Mechanical Engineering, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
Sep 2007 Aug 2008 Jiafei Zhao, Zhejiang University
Jun 2007 Aug 2007 Fabien Gregoris, Grenoble Institute of Technology, France
Jun 2007 Aug 2007 Sophie Larmignat, Grenoble Institute of Technology, France
02/27/2007 Lecturer, "Energy for Tomorrow Powering the 21st Century" UCLA Professor in The Union
Jan 2007 May 2007 Dr. Dan Bai, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Jan 2007 Jul 2007 Dr. Bo Zhang, Dalian University of Technology
2007 Mentor for UCLA Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity (CEED), Research Intensive
Series in Engineering for Underrepresented Populations (RISE-UP)program (Student: Neal
Hutchinson)
2007 Mentor for UCLA Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity (CEED), UCLA Summer
Programs for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) (Student: Pedro Gomez)
Sep 2006 Jan 2007 Gauderic Lerouge, Institut Catholique des Arts et Metiers, Toulouse, France
2006 Mentor for UCLA Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity (CEED), 2006 Research
Intensive Series in Engineering for Under-represented Populations (RISE-UP) (Student: Owolabi
Olaleke)
2006 Mentor for UCLA Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity (CEED), UC Leadership
Excellence through Advanced Degrees (UC LEAD) Academic Year 2006-2007 Research Program
(Student: Gbenga Elehinafe)
Sep 2005 Sep 2007 Kitamura, Rei, Asahi Glass Corporation
Nov 2004 Aug 2005 Yin, Juan, University of California, Los Angeles
Mar 2004 Sep 2004 Samuel Prim, Grenoble Institute of Technology, France
Jun 2003 Sep 2003 Helene Ruckenbusch, Grenoble Institute of Technology, France
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2003 Mentor for UCLA Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity (CEED), 2003 UC Leadership
Excellence through Advanced Degrees (UC LEAD) Summer Research Program (Student: James
Washington)
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
2005 NSF CAREER Award
2005 Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award
2005 UCLA Nominee to the Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering
2005 Who's Who in Science and Engineering
2003 Faculty Career Development Award, UCLA
University Service
start end committee type description
Fall 2007 Sprg 2008 Department Chair, Communication Committee
Fall 2007 Sprg 2008 Department Member, Recruitment Committee
Fall 2006 Sprg 2007 Department Member, Seminar Committee
Fall 2006 Sprg 2009 University Wide Member, Elected member of the UCLA Legislative Assembly
2005 2006 Department Library Liaison
Fall 2004 Sprg 2005 Department Chair, Seminar Committee
Fall 2003 Sprg 2005 Department Committee Member, Strategic Planning Committee
Fall 2002 Wntr 2003 Department Member, Merit Increase Committee (observer)
Fall 2002 present Department Committee Member, Heat and Mass Transfer
Fall 2002 present Department Committee Member, MEMS Committee
Fall 2002 present Department Committee Member, Seminar Committee
Community Service
start end description
Nov 2003 Member, Panel discussion on Mastering the Academic Interview-Science and Engineering
2003 Mentor, UC Leadership Excellence through Advanced Degrees Summer Research Program
Nov 2002 Member, Panel discussion on Mastering the Academic Interview-Science and Engineering
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
08/10/2008 08/14/2008 Member, Technical Program Committee for the 3rd ASME Energy Nanotechnology International
Conference, Jacksonville, Florida
11/11/2007 11/15/2007 Co-Chair, Track 8-27 Radiation Transfer in Energy Systems, 2007 ASME International Mechanical
Engineering Conference and Exhibition, Seattle, WA
06/17/2007 06/22/2007 Member, International Scientific Committee, Fifth International Symposium on Radiation Transfer,
Radiation 2007, Bodrum, Turkey
11/05/2006 11/10/2006 Chair, HT-1B Radiative Heat Transfer in Energy Systems, 2006 ASME International Mechanical
Engineering Conference and Exposition, Chicago, IL
11/05/2006 11/10/2006 Co-Chair, HT-5C Electron, Phonon, and Photon Interactions, 2006 ASME International Mechanical
Engineering Conference and Exposition, Chicago, IL
07/17/2005 07/22/2005 Co-Chair, 2005 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Track 1-4: Heat Transfer in Hydrogen
Generation and Storage Systems, San Francisco, CA
07/17/2005 07/22/2005 Co-Chair, 2005 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Track 14-13: Tutorial on Numerical
Methods in Micro- and Nano-Scale Thermal Transport, San Francisco, CA
2005 present Member, International Society for Optical Engineering
2005 present Member, Optical Society of America
2003 present Member, American Society of Engineering Education
2002 2005 Member, The American Ceramic Society
2000 2002 Member, The American Institute of Chemical Engineers
2000 present Member, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Editorial Services
start end description
07/08/2007 07/12/2007 Reviewer, ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering and Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Vancouver,
BC, Canada
06/17/2007 06/22/2007 Reviewer, 5th International Symposium on Radiative Transfer, Istanbul, Turkey
2007 present Reviewer, Chemical Engineering and Processing
2007 present Reviewer, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
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2007 present Reviewer, Journal of Composite Materials
Nov 2006 present Reviewer, International Journal of Thermophysics
Oct 2006 present Reviewer, Applied Surface Science
04/05/2006 04/07/2006 Reviewer, Eurotherm Seminar 78, Poiters
Mar 2006 present Reviewer, IR Physics and Technology
2006 Reviewer, M.J. Moran and H.N. Shapiro, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, 6th Edition,
Wiley & Sons (Chapter 1 to 3)
2006 present Reviewer, Applied Physics Letters
2006 present Reviewer, Chemical Engineering and Processing
2006 present Reviewer, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
Apr 2005 present Reviewer, Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Feb 2005 Reviewer, Journal of MEMS
2005 Reviewer, ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference
2005 Reviewer, Y.A. Cengel and M.A. Boles, Thermodynamics An Engineering Approach, 6th Edition, Mc
Graw Hill
2005 present Reviewer, Applied Optics
Dec 2004 Reviewer, Physics of Fluids
Nov 2004 Reviewer, Separation Science and Technology
Oct 2004 present Reviewer, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer
Sep 2004 present Reviewer, Journal of Colloids and Interface Science
Jul 2004 Reviewer, Journal of Manufacturing Processes
Jul 2004 present Reviewer, International Journal of Multiscale Computational Engineering
Feb 2004 Reviewer, IEEE Sensors Journal
2004 present Reviewer, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
2004 present Reviewer, International Journal of Thermal Sciences
Oct 2003 present Reviewer, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids
Aug 2003 Reviewer, Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical
2003 Reviewer, ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference
2001 present Reviewer, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer
Consulting Activities
start end description
2007 McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., New York, NY
2007 Wiley Publishing Co., New York, NY
2006 Intelligent Optical Systems, Torrance, CA
Patents
date patent number
Berberoglu, H. and Pilon, L., Microencapsulation via Ultrasonic Atomization
Pilon, L. and Katika, K.M., Time-Resolved Non-Invasive Optometric Device for
Medical Diagnostic
(Patent Pending)
Pilon, L. and Vanderpool, D., Direct Thermal to Electrical Energy Conversion by (Patent Disclosure)
Pyroelectric Converter via Stirling Engine
Pilon, L., Katika, K.M., and Van Antwerp, W., Time-Resolved Non-Invasive
Optometric Device for Detecting Diabetes
Recent Publications
Books, Chapters in Books and Editorships
Pilon, L., Interfacial and Transport Phenomena in Closed-Cell Foams, UMI#3105002, UMI, Ann Arbor, MI, (2003) (Ph.D. thesis)
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Pilon, L., Fedorov, A.G., and Viskanta, R., Steady-State Thickness of Liquid-Gas Foams Journal of Colloid and Interface
Science, 242(2):425-436 (Aug 2001)
Pilon, L., Fedorov, A.G., and Viskanta, R., Analysis of Transient Thickness of Pneumatic Foams Chemical Engineering Science,
57(6):977-990 (Mar 2002)
Pilon, L., Zhao, G., and Viskanta, R., Three-Dimensional Flow and Thermal Structure in Glass Melting Furnaces. Part I: Effect of
the Heat Flux Distribution Glass Science and Technology, 75(2):55-68 (Mar 2002)
Pilon, L., Zhao, G., and Viskanta, R., Three-Dimensional Flow and Thermal Structure in Glass Melting Furnaces. Part II: Effect of
Batch Blanket and Bubbles Glass Science and Technology, 75(3):115-124 (May 2002)
Fedorov, A.G. and Pilon, L., Glass Foams: Formations, Transport Properties, Heat, Mass, and Radiation Transfer Journal of
Non-Crystalline Solids, 311(2):154-173 (Nov 2002)
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Pilon, L. and Viskanta, R., Modified Method of Characteristics for Solving Population Balance Equations International Journal for
Numerical Methods in Fluids, 42:1211-1236 (Apr 2003)
Pilon, L. and Viskanta R., Radiation Characteristics of Glass Containing Gas Bubbles Journal of the American Ceramic Society,
86(8):1313-1320 (Aug 2003)
Baillis, D., Pilon, L., Randrianalisoa, H., Gomez, R., and Viskanta, R., Measurements of Radiation Characteristics of Fused-
Quartz Containing Bubbles Journal of the Optical Society of America A., 21(1):149-159 (Jan 2004)
Pilon, L. and Viskanta R., Minimum Superficial Gas Velocity for Onset of Foaming Chemical Engineering and Processing,
43(2):149-160 (Feb 2004)
Pilon, L., Fedorov, A.G., Ramkrishna, D., and Viskanta, R., Bubble Transport in Three-Dimensional Laminar Gravity-Driven Flow
- Mathematical Formulation Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 336(2):71-83 (May 2004)
Pilon, L. and Viskanta, R., Bubble Transport in Three-Dimensional Laminar Gravity-Driven Flow - Numerical Results Journal of
Non-Crystalline Solids, 336(2):84-95 (May 2004)
Pilon, L. and Katika, K.M., Modified Method of Characterisitics for Simulating Microscale Energy Transport, ASME Journal of
Heat Transfer, 126(5):735-743 (Oct 2004)
Lotun, D. and Pilon, L., Physical Modeling of Slag Foaming for Various Operating Conditions and Slag Compositions, ISIJ
International, 45(6):835-840 (2005)
Dombrovsky, L., Randrianalisoa, J., Baillis, D., and Pilon, L., Use of Mie Theory to Analyze Experimental Data to Identify Infrared
Properties of Fused Quartz Containing Bubbles, Applied Optics, 44(33):7021-7031 (Nov 2005)
Braun, M.M., and Pilon, L., Effective Optical Properties of Non-Absorbing Nanoporous Thin Films, Thin Solid Films, 496(2):505-
514 (Feb 2006)
Katika, K.M. and Pilon, L., Modified Method of Characteristics in Transient Radiation Transfer, Journal of Quantitative
Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 98(2):220-237 (Mar 2006)
Pap, A., Kordas, K., Vahakangas, J., Uusimaki, A., Leppavuori, S., Pilon, L., and Szatmari, S., Optical Properties of Porous
Silicon. Part III: Comparison of Experimental and Theoretical Results, Optical Materials, 28(5):506-513 (Apr 2006)
Tseng, H., Pilon, L., and Warrier, G.R., Rheology and Convective Heat Transfer of Colloidal Gas Aphrons in Horizontal Mini-
Channels, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 27(2):298-310 (Apr 2006)
Katika, K.M., and Pilon, L., Steady-State Directional Diffuse Reflectance and Fluorescence of Human Skin, Applied Optics,
45(17):4174-4183 (Jun 2006)
Randrianalisoa, J., Baillis, D., and Pilon, L., Modeling Radiation Characteristics of Semitransparent Media Containing Bubbles or
Particles, Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, 23(7):1645-1656 (Jul 2006)
Yin, J. and Pilon, L., Efficiency Factors and Radiation Characteristics of Spherical Scatterers in an Absorbing Medium, Journal of
the Optical Society of America. A, 23(11):2784-2796 (Nov 2006)
Kim, D.-S., Dutton, B.C., Hrma, P.R., and Pilon, L., Effect of Furnace Atmosphere on E-Glass Foaming, Journal of Non-
Crystalline Solids, 352(50-51):5287-5295 (Dec 2006)
Randrianalisoa, J., Baillis, D., and Pilon, L., Improved Inverse Method for Radiative Characteristics of Closed-Cell Absorbing
Porous Media, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 20(4):871-883 (Dec 2006)
Garahan, A., Pilon, L., Yin, J., Effective Optical Properties of Absorbing Nanoporous and Nanocomposite Thin Films, Journal of
Applied Physics, 101(1):014320-1-014320-9 (Jan 2007)
Smith, K.D., Katika, K.M., and Pilon, L., Maximum Time-Resolved Hemispherical Reflectance of Absorbing and Isotropically
Scattering Media, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 104(3):384-399 (Apr 2007)
Katika, K.M., and Pilon, L., Feasibility Analysis of an Epidermal Glucose Sensor Based on Time-Resolved Fluorescence Applied
Optics, 46(16):3359-3368 (Jun 2007)
Berberoglu, H., and Pilon, L., Experimental Measurements of the Radiation Characteristics of Anabaena Variabilis ATCC 29413-
U and Rhodobacter Sphaeroides ATCC 49419, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (in press), (Sep 2007)
Berberoglu, H., Barra, N., Pilon, L., and Jay, J., Growth, CO2 Consumption and H2 Production of Anabaena Variabilis ATCC
29413-U Under Different Irradiances and CO2 Concentrations, Journal of Applied Microbiology, 1-17 (Sep 2007)
Berberoglu, H., Yin, J., and Pilon, L., Light Transfer in Bubble Sparged Photobioreactors for H2 Production and CO2 Mitigation,
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 32:1-13 (Sep 2007)
Kitamura, R., Pilon, L., and Jonasz, M., Optical Constants of Fused Quartz From Extreme Ultraviolet to Far Infrared at Near
Room Temperatures Applied Optics, (Sep 2007) (in press)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Katika, K.M., Pilon, L., Dipple, K., Levin, S., Blackwell, J, and Berberoglu, H., In-vivo Time-Resolved Autofluorescence
Measurements on Human Skin, Biomedical Optics 2006, SPIE's Photonics West Symposium, San Jose, California, USA,
Proceedings of the SPIE, 6078:6078A-23 (01/21/2006)
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Katika, K.M. and Pilon, L., Numerical Feasibility Analysis of an Epidermal Glucose Sensor based on Time-Resolved
Fluorescence, Biomedical Optics 2006, SPIE's Photonics West Symposium, San Jose, CA, USA, January 21-26, Proceedings of
the SPIE, 6084:60940Z (Mar 2006)
Smith, K.D., Katika, K.M., and Pilon, L., Maximum Time-Resolved Hemispherical Reflectance of Absorbing and Isotropically
Scattering Media, Eurotherm Seminar 78, Computational Thermal Radiation in Participating Media II, Poitiers, France (Editions
Lavoisier, Paris), 125-134 (04/05/2006)
Berberoglu, H, Yin, J., and Pilon, L., Simulating Light Transfer in a Bubble Sparged Photobioreactor for Simultaneous Hydrogen
Fuel Production and CO2 Mitigation, Eurotherm Seminar 78, Computational Thermal Radiation in Participating Media II, Poitiers,
France, (Editions Lavoisier, Paris), 297-306 (04/05/2006)
Garahan, A., Pilon, L., Yin, J., and Saxena, I., Optical Properties of Nanocomposite Thin-films and Nanofluids, ASME
International Mechanical Congress and Exposition, Chicago, IL, (11/10/2006)
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Degrees
OWEN I. SMITH
Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
May 1968 B.S. Colorado College Chemistry
Sep 1977 Ph.D. University of California Berkeley
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 1977 Appointment to Assistant Professor
Jul 1983 Promotion to Associate Professor
years of service: 30
Employment History
start end position institution
03/01/1973 07/31/1973 Project Scientist/GS-9 Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory
02/01/1969 02/28/1973 Sgt. (Military Service) Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory
Other Professional Activities
start end description
2004 Air Force Science Advisory Board Review of AF Research Laboratory Propulsion Directorate
2002 NASA Microgravity Research Proposal Review Panel
2002 NASA Phase II (Spaceflight) Proposal Review Team
2002 2004 Member, Program Subcommittee, Twenty-Ninth International Symposium on Combustion
2000 2002 Member, Program Subcommittee, Twenty-Eighth International Symposium on Combustion
1990 present Professor, University of California Los Angeles
1984 present EPA Peer Review Panel (Pollution Control Processes)
1984 present Reviewer, Proposals for Army Research Office
1982 present Reviewer, ACS Petroleum Research Fund
1979 present Reviewer, National Science Foundation
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
1995 present Undergraduate Advisor (MAE)
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
1980 Ralph A. Teetor Award, Society of Automotive Engineers
University Service
start end committee type description
2004 present Department UCLA Transportation Committee
2003 present University Wide Systemwide Legislative Assembly
2002 2004 Department Fluids Major Field Chair
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
1991 2000 Treasurer Western States Section/Combustion Institute
1986 1990 Program Chairman, Western State Section/Combustion Institute
1980 2001 Executive Committee Member, Western States Section/Combustion Institute
1978 present The Combustion Institute (Member)
Editorial Services
start end description
1984 present Reviewer, Combustion & Flame
1982 present Reviewer, Int. Combustion Symposia
1979 present Reviewer, Comb. Sci. & Tech.
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Consulting Activities
start end description
2004 Monogram Systems
1984 1986 Grumann Aircraft
1983 1987 Sandia National Laboratories
1982 1982 Dresser Industries, Advanced Technology Center
1982 1982 Jet Propulsion Laboratory
1979 1980 Assembly of Engineering, Diesel Impact Study Committee, National Academy of Sciences
1974 Bell Aerospace, Niagra Falls, New York
Recent Publications
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Lee, I.D., Smith, O.I. and Karagozian, A.R., Hydrogen and Helium Leak Rates from Micromachined Orifices AIAA Journal,
41(3):457-464 (Mar 2003)
Majamaki, A.J., Smith, O.I. and Karagozian, A.R., Passive Mixing Control via Lobed Injectors in High Speed Flow AIAA Journal,
41(4):623-632 (Apr 2003)
Mitchell, M.G., Smith, O.I. and Karagozian, A.R., Passive Fuel-Air Mixing and Emissions Control via Lobed Injectors, AIAA
Journal, 42(1):61-69 (Jan 2004)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Ghenai, C., Smith, O.I. and Karagozian, A.R., Acoustical Excitation of Burning Fuel Droplets 39th AIAA Aerospace Sciences
Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA Paper No. 2001-0328, (2001)
Ghenai, C., Lobbia, R., Dattarajan, S., Smith, O.I. and Karagozian, A.R., Control of Droplet Combustion via Acoustical Excitation
2nd Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, Paper 47, (2001)
Smith, O.I., Karagozian, A.R., Ghenai, C., Lobbia, R. and Dattarajan, S., Control of Droplet Combustion via Acoustical Excitation
Proc. of the Sixth International Microgravity Combustion Workshop, (2001)
Majamaki, A.J., Smith, O.I. and Karagozian, A.R., Passive Mixing control Via Lobed Injectors in High Speed Flow Paper 2001-
3737, 37th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, (2001)
Dattarajan, S., Lutomirski, A., Lobbia, R., Smith, O.I., and Karagozian, A.R., Acoustic Excitation of Droplet Combustion in
Microgravity, Paper 03F-15, Western States Section/The Combustion Institute Fall Meeting, UCLA, (Oct 2003)
Dattarajan, S., Lutomirski, A., Lobbia, R., Smith, O.I., and Karagozian, A.R., Acoustical Excitation of Burning Fuel Droplets in
Normal Gravity and Microgravity, 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA Paper AIAA-2004-0955, (Jan 2004)
379

Degrees
JASON L. SPEYER
Distinguished Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date
Jun 1960
Jun 1965
degree
B.S.
M.S.
institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge,
MA
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
field
Mar 1968 Ph.D. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Nov 1989 Appointment to Professor
Employment History
start end position institution
Nov 1989 present Professor University of California, Los Angeles
1976 Dec 1989 Harry H. Power Professor in Engineering University of Texas at Austin
1971 1976 Lecturer Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
(MIT)
Jun 1970 Aug 1976 Research Staff The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory,
Cambridge, MA
Sep 1968 May 1970 Senior Analyst Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc.,
Cambridge, MA
Sep 1961 Aug 1968 Senior Engineer Raytheon Company, Bedford, MA
Jul 1960 Aug 1961 Engineer The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA
Other Professional Activities
start end description
10/23/2003 10/25/2003 Plenary Lecture, "Model Based Analytical Redundancy Management," ICCAS 2003 at Gyungju,
Korea
Sep 2002 Plenary Lecture, "Optimal Periodic Flight," Presented at the AFRL
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
Aug 2003 present Choukroun, Daniel
Aug 2002 present Rhee, Ihseok
Feb 2002 Feb 2003 Lee, Young Jae
Nov 2001 present Wolfe, Jonathan D.
Jan 2001 Sep 2003 Williamson, Walton Ross
Apr 2000 Sep 2004 Chen, Robert H.
Jun 1997 present Or, Arthur
Jun 1994 2002 Chichka, David
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
2004 Life Fellow, IEEE
07/18/2003 NASA Public Service Group Achievement Award to the UCLA Autonomous Vehicles Systems Instrumentation
Laboratory.
2002 Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service, US Air Force
2000 The IEEE Third Millennium Medal
1995 AIAA Dryden Lectureship in Research
Aug 1992 Best Paper Award, 1992 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Coference
Aug 1992 Best Presentation Award, 1992 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference.
1989 Jerome C. Hunsaker Visiting Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1985 Billy and Claude R. Hocott Distinguished Engineering Research Award, College of Engineering, University of Texas
at Austin
1985 Fellow, AIAA
1985 Fellow, IEEE
1985 Mechanics and Control of Flight Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Feb 1983 Lady Davis Professor, Department of Aeronautics, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Sep 1982 Harry H. Power Professorship in Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Sep 1972 Senior Weizmann Fellowship, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
1963 Raytheon Fellowship Program
University Service
start end committee type description
2004 2005 University Wide Member, Merit Increase Committee, MAE Dept
2003 University Wide Chair, Aerospace Recruitment and Strategic Planning
2003 2004 University Wide Chair, Systems, Control, & Dynamics Recruitment Committee
2002 University Wide Chair, Above-Scale Personnel Case
2002 2003 University Wide Member, Department Recruitment Committee
2000 2001 University Wide Chair, AE Strategic Planning & Recruitment Committee
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
Jun 2004 General Chairman, 2004 American Control Conference, Boston, MA
2004 Member, 2004 Joint Peer Review of the Collaborative Center of Control Science (Ohio State
University) and Control Science Center of Excellence (AFRL Air Vehicles Directorate)
2004 present Member, Terrestrial Planet Finder Technology Advisory Committee (TPF-TAC) at JPL
Sep 1998 Member, Peer Review Committee, Advanced Controls Research Program, NASA Langley Research
Center
1997 2001 Member, USAF Scientific Advisory Board
1997 present Member, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Department, Visiting Advisor Committee, VPI
Oct 1987 Oct 1991 Member, USAF Scientific Advisory Board
1987 Chairman, The 1987 American Controls Conference
1987 1990 Vice Chairman, Technical Committee on the Mathematics of Control, International Federation of
Automatic Control
1986 Participant, in NSF Workshop, "Future Directions in Systems Theory and Applications," University of
Santa Clara
1985 present Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Control System Society
Sep 1983 Mar 1984 Member, Panel on Guidance, Navigation, and Controls, Workshop on Aeronautical Technology in the
Year 2000, sponsored by the National Research Council
1983 1984 Member, Applications Advisory Board, AIAA Journal of Guidance and Control
1983 1989 Elected Member, Administrative Committee of the Control Systems Society
1982 Participant, Workshop on Cyclic Optimal Control for Aircraft, NASA/Langley Research Center
1982 Peer Group, Committee for Controls Technology for Aircraft, NASA/Langley Research Center
06/19/1981 Organizer and Participant, Pre-JACC Tutorial Workshop on Decentralized Control with Applications to
Large Scale Systems, Sponsored by the IEEE Control Systems Society.
1981 1984 Member, AIAA Guidance and Control Technical Committee
1980 Member, Program Committee for the 1980 Joint Automatic Controls Conference
1979 Appointed Member, Administrative Committee of the IEEE Control Systems Society
1978
1978
Jun 1977
1976
1975
1975
1971
1971
1968
1965
1979
1984
Oct 1977
present
1976
1977
present
present
present
Chairman, Stochastic Control Technical Committee, IEEE Control Systems Society
Member, Information and Dissemination Committee, IEEE Control Systems Society
Member, Real-Time Allocation and Control Panel, sponsored by the Ballistic Missile
Defense/Advanced Technology Center, Hunstville, AL
Member, Sigma Gamma Tau
Member, Information and Dissemination Committee, IEEE Control Systems Society
Member, AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Technical Committee
Vice Chairman, Optimal Control Theory, IEEE Control System Society
Fellow, IEEE
Fellow, (AIAA) American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Member, Sigma Xi
Member, Program Committee, 19th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
present Member, National Academy of Engineering
Editorial Services
start end description
1998 present Editorial Board, Editorial Board of the SIAM Series "Advances in Design and Control"
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1981 present Associate Editor, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications
Consulting Activities
start end description
Oct 1978 Jun 1979 Consultant, Sponsored by the U.S. Air Force Materials Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio,
Higher Order Software, Inc., On the Integrated Decision Support System/Integrated Computer Aided
Mfg.
1977 1980 Consultant, School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB, Lectured in differential game theory and
applied stochastic game theory to human operators in adversary tracking encounters.
Patents
date
Jun 2003
Sep 2001
patent number
"Aircraft Attitude Determination Using Global Positioning System", Speyer, J.L. and United States Patent no.
Mutuel, L.H.
6580389
"Aircraft Attitude Determination Using Global Positioning System", Jason L. Speyer United States Patent (unofficial
and Laurence H. Mutuel
notice) Serial Number
09/928,099
Phase Lock Loop U.S. Patent Ser. No.
4,086,539.
Speyer, J.L. and Mutuel, L.H., "Fault-Tolerant Estimator" UC Case No. 2000-475-1
Wolfe, J.D., Williamson, W.R. and Speyer, J.L., "Hypothesis Testing for Resolving
Integer Ambiguity in GPS"
UC Case No. 2000-449-1
Licenses
date title board license no.
Engineer Texas P. E. 44429
Recent Publications
Books, Chapters in Books and Editorships
Swarup, A. and Speyer, J.L., Handling Partial and Corrupter Information, Adversarial Reasoning, edited by A. Kott and W.M.
McEneaney, (2007)
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Or, A.C., Cortelezzi, L., and Speyer, J.L., Robust Feedback Control of Rayleigh-Benard Convection J. Fluid Mech., 437:175-202
(2001)
Lee, K.H., Cortelezzi, L., Kim, J. and Speyer, J.L., Application of Reduced-Order Controller to Turbulent Flows for Drag
Reduction Physics of Fluids, 13(5):1321-1330 (May 2001)
Chung, W.H., Speyer, J.L., and Chen, R.H., A Decentralized Fault Detection Filter ASME J. of Dynamic Systems, Measurement,
Control, 123:237-247 (Jun 2001)
Ghose, D., Speyer, J.L., and Shamma, J.S., A Game Theoretical Multiple Resource Interaction Approach to Resource Allocation
in an Air Campaign Annals of Operations Research, Special Issue Devoted to Game Practice, Guest Editors: I Garcia-Jurado, F.
Patrone and S. Tijs, 109:15-40 (2002)
Shoarinejad, K., Speyer, J.L., and Kanellakopoulos, I., A Stochastic Decentralized Control Problem with Noisy Communication
SIAM Journal of Control Optim., 41(3):975-990 (2002)
Hong, S., Lee, M.H., Rios, J.A., and Speyer, J.L., Observability Analysis of INS with a GPS Multi-Antenna System KSME
International Journal, 16(11):1367-1378 (2002)
Chen, R.H. and Speyer, J.L., Robust Multiple-Fault Detection Filter International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control,
Special Issue of Condition Monitoring, Fault Detection and Isolation, 12(8):675-696 (2002)
Wolfe, J.D. and Speyer, J.L., Universally Convergent Statistical Solution of Pseudorange Equations Journal of the Institute of
Navigation, 49(4):183-192 (2002-2003)
Ghose, D., Krichman, M., Speyer, J.L., and Shamma, J.S., Modeling and Analysis of Air Campaign Resource Allocation: A
Spatio-Temporal Decomposition Approach IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 32(3):403-418 (May 2002)
Mutuel, L.H. and Speyer, J.L., Fault-Tolerant GPS/INS Navigation System with Application in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle The
Journal of the Institute of Navigation, 49(1):35-44 (Sprg 2002)
Wolfe, J.D. and Speyer, J.L., Target Association Using Detection Methods AIAA J. Guidance, Control, and Dynamics,
25(6):1143-1148 (Nov 2002-Dec 2002)
Or, A. and Speyer, J.L., Active Suppression of Finite Amplitude Rayleigh-Benard Convection Journal of Fluid Mechanics,
483:111-128 (2003)
382

Chen, R.H., Mingori, L.D., Speyer, J.L., Optimal Stochastic Fault Detection Filter Automatica, 39:377-390 (2003)
Wolfe, J.D., Williamson, W.R., and Speyer, J.L., Hypothesis Testing for Resolving Integer Ambiguity in GPS Journal of the
Institute of Navigation, 50(1):45-56 (Sprg 2003)
Abdel-Hafez, M.F., Lee, Y.-J., Williamson, W.R., Wolfe, J.D., and Speyer, J.L., A High Integrity and Efficient GPS Integer
Ambiguity Resolution Method Journal of the Institute of Navigation, 50(4):295-310 (Aug 2003)
Shoarinejad, K., Speyer, J.L., and Pottie, G.J., Integrated Predictive Power Control and Dynamic Channel Assignment in Mobile
Radar Systems The IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communication, 2(5):788-976 (Sep 2003)
Wolfe, J.D. and Speyer, J.L., The Periodic Optimality of LQ Controllers Satisfying Strong Stabilization Automatica, 39(10):1735-
1746 (Oct 2003)
Banavar, R.N., Chichka. D.F., and Speyer, J.L., Convergence and Synthesis Issues in Extremum Seeking Control International
Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, 17:751-762 (Nov 2003)
Abdel-Hafez, M.F., Speyer, J.L., Williamson, W.R., Lee, Y.L., The Multiple-Hypothesis Wald Sequential Probability Ratio Test for
GPS Integer Ambiguity Resolution, Journal of the Institute of Navigation, 51(3):231-247 (2004)
Douglas, R.K., Chen, R.H., and Speyer, J.L., Linear System Input-Order Reduction by Hankel Norm Maximization AIAA J.
Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 27(1):150-154 (Jan 2004-Feb 2004)
Chen, R.H. and Speyer, J.L., Sensor and Actuator Fault Reconstruction AIAA J. Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 27(2):186-
196 (Mar 2004-Apr 2004)
Rhee, I., Abdel-Hafez, M.F., and Speyer, J.L., Observability of a GPS/INS System During Maneuvers IEEE Transactions on
Aerospace and Electronics, 40(2):526-535 (Apr 2004)
Or, A.C., and Speyer, J.L., Gain-Scheduled Controller for the Suppression of Convection at High Rayleigh Number, Physical
Review E, 71:(046302)-1-(046302)-9 (2005)
Hong, S., Lee, M.H., Chun, H.-H., Kwon, S.-H. and Speyer, J.L., Observability of Error States in GPS/INS Integration, IEEE
Transacations of Vehicular Technology, 54(2):731-743 (Mar 2005)
Wolfe, J.D. and Speyer, J.L., An Improved Integer Ambiguity Resolution Technique for Fixed Arrays AIAA J. Guidance, Control,
and Dynamics, 28(4):717-723 (Jul 2005-Aug 2005)
Min, T., Kang, S., Speyer, J.L., and Kim, J., Sustained Sub-Laminar Drag in a Fully Developed Channel Flow, Journal of Fluid
Mechanics, 558:309-318 (2006)
Belanger, G. M., Ananyev, S., Speyer, J. L., Chichka, D. F., and Carpenter, J. R., Decentralized Control of Satellite Clusters
Under Limited Communication AIAA J. Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 29(1):134-145 (Feb 2006)
Najson, F. and Speyer, J.L., On a Conservative Concept for Output Static Stabilizability: Analysis, Consequences, and Related
Problems International Journal of Control, 79(3):185-206 (Mar 2006)
Or, A. and Speyer, J.L., Robust Control for Convection Suppression in a Fluid Layer: The Effects of Boundary Properties,
Actuator Delay and Major Parameter Uncertainties, Physical Review E, 73: (Apr 2006)
Liberatore, S., Speyer, J.L., and Hsu, A.C., Application of a Fault Detection Filter to Structural Health Monitoring, Automatica,
42(7): (Jul 2006)
Ng., H.K., Chen, R.H., and Speyer, J.L., A Vehicle Health Monitoring System Evaluated Experimentally on a Passenger Vehicle,
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 14(5):854-870 (Sep 2006)
Chen, R.H., Williamson, W.R., Speyer, J.L., Youssef, H., and Chowdry, R., Optimization and Implementation of Periodic Cruise
for a HypersonicVehicle, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 29(5): (Sep 2006)
Chichka, D.F., Speyer, J.L., Fanti, C., and Park, C.G., Peak-Seeking Control for Drag Reduction in Formation Flight, AIAA
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 29(5):1221-1230 (Sep 2006)
Williamson, W.R., Abdel-Hafez, M.F., Rhee, I., Song, E.J., Wolfe, J., Cooper, D., Chichka, D.F., and Speyer, J.L., An
Instrumentation System Applied to Formation Flight, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 15(1):75-85 (Jan 2007)
Chen, R.H. and Speyer, J.L., Improved Endurance of Optimal Periodic Flight, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics,
30(4): (Jul 2007)
Wolfe, J., Speyer, J.L., Hwang, S., Lee, Y.J., and Lee, E., Estimation of Relative Satellite Position Using Transformed Differential
Carrier-Phase GPS Measurements, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 30(5): (Sep 2007)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Shoarinejad, K., Speyer, J.L. and Pottie, G.J., A Distributed Scheme for Integrated Predictive Dynamic Channel and Power
Allocation in Cellular Radio Networks Proc. of the IEEE Globecom Conference 2001, (2001)
Daniel-Berhe, S., Ait-Rami, M., Shamma, J. and Speyer, J.L., Optimization Based Battle Management Proc. of the American
Control Conference, 4711-4715 (Jun 2001)
Chen, R.H., Mingori, D.L. and Speyer, J.L., Perturbation Analysis for Riccati Equation Proc. of the American Control Conference,
3463-3468 (Jun 2001)
383

Krichman, M., Ghose, D., Speyer, J.L. and Shamma, J.S., Theater Level Campaign Resource Allocation Proc. of the American
Control Conference, 4716-4721 (Jun 2001)
Chen, R.H., Ng, H.K., Speyer, J.L. and Mingori, D.L., Fault Detection, Identification, and Reconstruction for Ground Vehicles
Proc. of the 2001 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, (Aug 2001)
Wolfe, J.D. and Speyer, J.L., Exact Statistical Solution of Pseudorange Equations Proc. of the ION GPS 2001 Conference, (Sep
2001)
Wolfe, J.D., Williamson, W.R. and Speyer, J.L., Hypothesis Ratio Testing for Resolving Integer Ambiguity in GPS Proc. of the
ION GPS 2001 Conference, (Sep 2001)
Chen, R.H. and Speyer, J.L., Fault Reconstruction from Sensor and Actuator Failures Proc. of the IEEE Conference on Decision
and Control, (Dec 2001)
Shoarinejad, K., Speyer, J.L., Paganini, F. and Pottie, G.J., Global Stability of Feedback Power Control Algorithms for Cellular
Radio Networks Proc. of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, (Dec 2001)
Williamson, W.R., Abdel-Hafez, M.F., Rhee, I., Wolfe, J.D., and Speyer, J.L., A Formation Flight Experiment Using Differential
Carrier Phase for Precise Relative Navigation Proc. of the ION GPS, (2002)
Abdel-Hafez, M.F., Lee, Y.-J., Williamson, W.R., Wolfe, J.D., and Speyer, J.L., A Methodology for Reducing the Admissible
Hypotheses for GPS Integer Ambiguity Resolution Proc. of the ION GPS, 1-12 (2002)
Najson, F. and Speyer, J.L., Extremum Seeking Loop for a Class of Performance Functions Proc. of the IFAC Congress, (2002)
Dillon, C.H. and Speyer, J.L., Robust Adaptive Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems Proc. of IFAC Congress, (2002)
Chan, S., Stolarczyk, M., Williamson, W.R., Rhee, I., and Speyer, J.L., Autonomous Landing Using Carrier-Phase GPS/IMU
Fused Instrumentation System Proc. of the ION GPS, (Aug 2002)
Belanger, G., Ananyev, V., Chichka, D., and Speyer, J.L., Decentralized Control of Satellite Clusters Under Limited
Communication Proc. of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, (Aug 2002)
Rhee, I., Speyer, J.L. and Abdel-Hafez, M.F., On the Observability of a GPS/INS System During Maneuvers Proc. of the ION
GPS, (Aug 2002)
Arslan, G., Wolfe, J.D., Shamma, J., and Speyer, J.L., Optimal Planning of Autonomous Air Vehicle Battle Management Proc. of
the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, (Dec 2002)
Najson, F. and Speyer, J.L., On Output Static Feedback: The Addition of an Extra Relaxation Constraint to Obtain Efficiently
Computable Conditions Proc. of the American Control Conference, Denver, Colorado, 5147-5154 (Jun 2003)
Wolfe, J.D. and Speyer, J.L., Strongly Stabilizing Optimal Periodic Controllers Proc. of the American Control Conference,
Denver, Colorado, 4113-4118 (Jun 2003)
Abdel-Hafez, M.F., Speyer, J.L., Lee, Y.-J., and Williamson, W.R., A Multiple Hypothesis Wald Sequential Probability Ratio Test
for Integer Ambiguity Resolution Proc. of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Phoenix, AZ, (Aug 2003)
Chen, R.H., Speyer, J.L. and Guntur, L., Periodic Fault Detection Filters with Applicaiton to Satellite Systems AIAA Guidance,
Navigation, and Control Conference, (Aug 2003)
Swarup, A. and Speyer, J.L., Linear-Quadratic-Gaussian Differential Games with Different Information Patterns, Proceedings of
the 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, 4146-4151 (Dec 2003)
Belanger, G.M., Ananyev, S., Speyer, J.L., Chichka, D.F., and Carpenter, J.R., Decentralized Control of Satellite Clusters Under
Limited Communication, Proceedings of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 1-22 (Aug 2004)
Wolfe, J.D. and Speyer, J.L., Effective Estimation of Relative Postitions in Orbit Using Differential Carrier-Phase GPS,
Proceedings of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 1-27 (Aug 2004)
Chen, R.H., Ng, H.K., Speyer, J.L., Guntur, L.S., and Carpenter, R., Health Monitoring of a Satellite System, Proceedings of the
AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 1-22 (Aug 2004)
Chan, S. and Speyer, J.L., A Sequential Probability Test for RAIM, Proceedings of the 2004 ION Conference, 1-5 (Sep 2004)
Swarup, A. and Speyer, J.L., Characterization of LQG Differential Games with Different Information Patterns, Proceedings of the
43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas, 3459-3466 (Dec 2004)
Choukroun, D. and Speyer, J.L., Mode-Estimator-Free Quadratic Control of Jump Linear Systems with Mode-Detection Random
Delay Proceedings of the IEEE Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, 1-20 (Aug 2005)
Ng, H.K., Chen, R.H., and Speyer, J.L., A Vehicle Health Monitoring System Evaluated Experimentally on a Passenger Vehicle
Proceedings of the 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference ECC 2005, 1-8 (Dec
2005)
Choukroun, D. and Speyer, J.L., Distribution-Free Mode-Estimators for a Class of Discrete-Time Jump-Linear Systems
Proceedings of the 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference ECC 2005, 1-6 (Dec
2005)
384

Degrees
TSU-CHIN TSAO
Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
1981 B.S. National Taiwan University Engineering
1984 M.S. University of California, Berkeley
1988 Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 1999 Appointment to Professor
years of service: 8
Employment History
start end position institution
Jul 1999 present Professor University of California, Los Angeles
Aug 1994 Jun 1999 Associate Professor University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Aug 1988 Aug 1994 Assistant Professor University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign
Other Professional Activities
start end description
2004 2006 Member, Program Committee, SPIE SENSORS AND SMART STRUCTURES TECHNOLOGIES
FOR CIVIL, MECHANICAL, AND AEROSPACE SYSTEMS (SSM09), FEBRUARY, 2006.
2003 2004 Member, Program Committee, 2004 American Control Conference, Boston, MA, June 2004
2002 Member, International Program Committee, 2nd IFAC Conference on Mechatronic Systems,
Berkeley, CA, December 2002
2002 Member, Program Committee, Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Hiroshima, Japan,
July 2002
2002 2004 Member, Program Committee, Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Denver, CO, July
2004
2002 2004 Member, Program Committee, IEEE CCA- Conference on Control Applications, Taipei, August
2004.
2001 2002 Member, Program Committee, 2002 American Control Conference, Anchorage, AK, May 2002
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
Aug 2001 Sep 2001 Min-Shin Chen, Visiting Scholar, Faculty at National Taiwan University, Taiwan
May 2001 May 2002 B.S. Kim, Post Doctoral Research Associate, 100% Academic Appointment
Feb 2001 Feb 2003 Guest Lecturer, Introduction to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
2000 present Faculty Advisor of ASME Student Chapter
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
2004 Henry Samueli Teaching Award for outstanding contributions to the teaching mission of the MAE Department,
UCLA MEA Department
2002 O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award. In recognition of the paper "Control of Dual Stage Actuator System for
Noncircular Turning Process" published in the 2001 American Control Conference., American Automatic Control
Council
1997 Outstanding Young Investigator Award., ASME Dynamic Systems And Control Division
1996 Senior Xerox Faculty Research Award, College of Engineering University of Illinois at U
1995 Best paper Award, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control (Awarded for Best Paper
Selected Among Papers Published in the Journal in 1994), ASME Dynamic Systems And Control Division
1990 Advisors List for Advising Excellence, College of Engineering, UIUC
1990 Research Initiation Award, National Science Foundation
University Service
start end committee type description
Fall 2006 Sum2 2007 Department Chair of Space Committee
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2004 Oct 2006 Other ABET representativie of MAE Department, MAE Represeatative to the
School's ABET committee
Jul 2002 Jun 2005 Department Vice Chair, Undergraduate Affairs
2001 Jul 2005 Department Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Reform Committee
2000 2001 Department ME Planning Committee (Chair)
2000 2001 Department Merit Increase Committee
2000 2001 Department Promotion Ad Hoc Committee
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
2003 2005 Member of Honors Committee, ASME Dynamic Systems And Control Division
2003 2008 Member of Executive Committee, ASME Dynamic System and Control Division
2002 Program Chair, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, 2002 IMECE, New Orleans, LA,
November 2002
1986 present Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1986 present Member, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
present Senior Member, North American Manufacturing Research Institute of Society of Manufacturing
Engineers
Editorial Services
start end description
2003 Editor, Proceedings of ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division--2002
2001 Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cyberetics
2000 present Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology
2000 present Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics
2000 present Reviewer, IFAC Automatica
2000 present Reviewer, IFAC Control Engineering Practice
1995 present Reviewer, ASME Journal of Sounds and Vibration
1995 present Reviewer, National Science Foundation
1988 present Reviewer, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control
1988 present Reviewer, ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering (formerly J. of Engineering for
Industry)
Consulting Activities
start end description
Feb 2005 Nov 2005 Tempest Technologies, LLC.
Jul 2003 Optical Wireless Links, Inc.
2002 2003 Oliff and Berridge Ltd.
2002 2004 Advanced Optimal MEMS, Inc.
1998 2000 Alcoa, Inc.
1997 1997 Leydig, Voit & Mayer Ltd.
1996 1997 Motorola Inc.
Patents
date patent number
Recent Publications
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Choi, C. and Tsao, T.-C., H-infinity Preview Control for Discrete-Time Systems ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems,
Measurement, and Control, 123:117-124 (Mar 2001)
Li, J. and Tsao, T.-C., Robust Performance Repetitive Control Systems ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and
Control, 123:330-337 (Sep 2001)
Pesterev, A.V., Bergman, L.A., Tan, C.A., Tsao, T.-C., and Yang, B., On Asymptotics of the Solution of the Moving Oscillator
Problem Journal of Sound and Vibration, 260:519-536 (2003)
Tai, C., Tsao, T.-C., Schorn, N. A. and Levin, M. B., Increasing Torque Output from a Turbodiesel with Camless Valvetrain, SAE
2002, Transactions Journal of Engines, 111(3):1802-1810 (Sep 2003)
Kim, B.-S. and Tsao, T.-C., A Performance Enhancement Scheme for Robust Repetitive Control System ASME Journal of
Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 126(1):224-229 (Mar 2004)
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Tai, C., Tsao, T.-C., Levin, M.B., Barta, G. and Schechter, M.M., Using Camless Valvetrain for Air Hybrid Optimization SAE
2003, Transactions Journal of Engines, 112(3):196-210 (Sep 2004)
Lee, S.J. and Tsao, T.-C., Repetitive Learning of Backstepping Controlled Nonlinear Electrohydraulic Material Testing System
IFAC Journal of Control Engineering Practice, 12(11):1393-1408 (Nov 2004)
Kim, B.-S., Li, J. and Tsao, T.-C., Two-Parameter Robust Repetitive Control with Application to a Novel Dual-Stage Actuator for
Noncircular Machining IEEE/ASME, Trans. on Mechatronics, 9(4):644-652 (Dec 2004)
Choi, C. and Tsao, Tsu-Chin,, Control of linear motor machine tool feed drives for end milling: Robust MIMO approach,
Mechatronics, 15(10):1207-1224 (Dec 2005)
Tsao, Tsu-Chin, and Kim, Byung-Sub, Application of Advanced Control Theory to Fluid Power Control, Journal of the Japan Fluid
Power System Society,, 37(1):20-29 (Jan 2006)
Perez Arancibia, Nestor O., Chen, Neil Y., Gibson, James S. , and Tsao, Tsu-Chin, Variable-order adaptive control of a
microelectromechanical steering mirror for suppression of laser beam jitter, Optical Engineering, 45(10, 104206):1-12 (Oct 2006)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Tsao, T.-C., Tan, C.A., Pesterev, A., Yang, B., and Bergman, L.A., Control Oriented Formulation for Structures Interacting with
Moving Loads Proc. American Control Conference, Arlington, VA, 441-446 (Jun 2001)
Sun, Z. and Tsao, T.-C., Control of Linear Systems with Nonlinear Disturbance Dynamics Proc. American Control Conference,
Arlington, VA, 3049-3054 (Jun 2001)
Kim, B.S. Li, J., and Tsao, T.-C., Control of a Dual Stage Actuator System for Noncircular Cam Turning Process Proc. American
Control Conference, Arlington, VA, 2549-2554 (Jun 2001)
Tai, C., Stubbs, A., and Tsao, T.-C., Modeling and Controller Design of an Electromagnetic Engine Valve Proc. American Control
Conference, Arlington, VA, 2890-2895 (Jun 2001)
Kim, B.S. and Tsao, T.-C., Robust Repetitive Controller Design with Improved Performance Proc. American Control Conference,
Arlington, VA, 2027-2032 (Jun 2001)
Pesterev, A.V., Bergman, L.A., Tan, C.A., Tsao, T.-C., and Yang, B., On Equivalence of the Moving Mass and Moving Oscillator
Problems Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, 18th Biennial Conference on Mechanical
Vibration and Noise, Pittsburgh, PA, Paper No. DETC01(VIB21518), 1-10 (09/09/2001-09/12/2001)
Tai, C. and Tsao, T.-C., Quiet Seating Control Design of an Electromagnetic Engine Valve Actuator Proceedings of the 2001
ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, New York, NY, Paper No. IMECE2001/DSC-24520,
(11/11/2001-11/16/2001) (on CD-ROM)
Sun, Z. and Tsao, T.-C., Disturbance Rejection for Nonlinear Systems Proceedings of the American Control Conference,
Anchorage, AK, 3484-3489 (2002)
Sun, Z. and Tsao, T.-C., Repetitive Control for Linear Time Varying Systems Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and
Control Division -2002,presented at the 2002 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition November
17-22, New Orleans, LA, DSC(71):73-79 (2002)
Lee, S.J. and Tsao, T.-C., Repetitive Learning of Backstepping Controlled Nonlinear Electrohydraulic Material Testing System
Proc. 2nd IFAC Conf. on Mechatronic Systems, Berkeley, CA, 711-716 (2002)
Tai, C., Tsao, T.-C., Schorn, N.A., and Levin, M.B., Increasing Torque Output From a Turbodiesel with Camless Valvetrain SAE
World Congress, Detroit, MI (Also in SAE World Congress 2002 Special Publications (SP-1692), ISBN: 0-7680-0960-X), SAE
Paper No. 2002-01-1108, 1-9 (Mar 2002)
Chen, Y., Tan, C.A., Bergman, L.A., and Tsao, T.-C., Smart Suspension Systems for Bridge-Friendly Vehicles Proceedings of
the 9th SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials (Session on Smart Systems for Bridges,
Structures, and Highways), San Diego, CA, Paper No. 4696-06, 1-10 (03/17/2002-03/21/2002)
Tai, C. and Tsao, T.-C., Control of Electromechanical Camless Valve Actuator Proceedings of the American Control Conference,
Anchorage, AK, 262-267 (May 2002)
Lee, S.J. and Tsao, T.-C., Nonlinear Backstepping Control of an Electrohydraulic Material Testing System Proceedings of the
American Control Conference, Anchorage, AK, 4825-4830 (May 2002)
Kim, B.S. and Tsao, T.-C., An Integrated Feedforward Robust Repetitive Control Design for Tracking Near Periodic Time Varying
Signals Proceedings of the 2002 Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Hiroshima, Japan, 875-882 (07/14/2002-
07/19/2002)
Tsao, T.-C., Control and Design of Fast Tool Servos for Precision Machining NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing, DMI-
Manufacturing Machines & Equipment, Award#: DMI-0200515, (2003)
Tai, C., Tsao, T.-C., Levin, M.B., Barta, G., and Schechter, M.M., Using Camless Valvetrain for Air Hybrid Optimization SAE
World Congress 2003 Special Publications, Detroit, MI, SAE Paper 2003-01-0038, SP-1752:1-5 (Mar 2003)
Tai, C. and Tsao, T.-C., Control of an Electromechanical Actuator for Camless Engine Proceedings of the American Control
Conference, Denver, CO, 3113-3118 (Jun 2003)
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Kim, B.-S., Gibson, S. and Tsao, T.-C., Adaptive Control of a Tilt Mirror for Laser Beam Steering, Proceedings of the 2004
American Control Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 3417-3421 (2004)
Krishnamoorthy, K. and Tsao, T.-C., Adaptive-Q with LQG Stabilizing Feedback and Real Time Computation for Disk Drive
Servo Control, Proceedings of the 2004 American Control Conference, Boston,Massachusetts, 1171-1175 (2004)
Orzechowski, P. K., Gibson, S. and Tsao, T.-C., Disturbance Rejection by Optimal Feedback Control in a Laser Beam Steering
System, Proceedings of IMECE'04, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, California,
IMECE2004-60253:1-8 (2004)
Wang, J. and Tsao, T.-C., Repetitive Control of Linear Time Varying Systems with Application to Electronic Cam Motion Control,
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 3794-3799 (Jun 2004)
Krishnamoorthy, K., Lin, C.-Y. and Tsao, T.-C., Design and Control of a Dual Stage Fast Tool Servo for Precision Machining,
IEEE Conference on Control Applications, Taipei, Taiwan, 1171-1175 (Sep 2004)
Arancibia, N. O. P., Gibson, S. and Tsao, T.-C., Adaptive Control of MEMS Mirrors for Beam Steering, Proceedings of IMECE04,
ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, California, IMECE2004-60256:1-10
(11/13/2004)
Krishnamoorthy, K. and Tsao, T.-C., Repetitive Learning Control for Precision Machining of Complex Profiles, Proceedings of
IMECE04, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, California, IMECE2004-60255:1-7
(11/13/2004)
Krishnamoorthy, K. and Tsao, T.-C., Iterative Learning Control Design Inspired by Repetitive Control, 43rd IEEE Conference on
Decision and Control, 2004 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas, 1313-1318 (12/14/2004)
Orzechowski, P. K., Gibson, J. S. and Tsao, T.-C., Optimal Disturbance Rejection by LTI Feedback Control in a Laser Beam
Steering System, 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2004 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas, 2143-2148
(12/14/2004)
Tsao, T.-C., Control and Design of Fast Tool Servos for Precision Machining, NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees
and Research Conference, SMU, Dallas, Texas, 1-9 (2005)
Tsao, T.-C., Control and Design of Fast Tool Servos for Precision Machining, Proceedings of 2005 NSF DMII Grantees
Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, Grant #0200515:1-4 (2005)
Arancibia, N. O. P., Chen, N., Gibson, S. and Tsao, T.-C., Adaptive Control of a MEMS Steering Mirror for Suppression of Laser
Beam Jitter, 2005 American Control Conference, Portland, Oregon, 3586-3590 (06/08/2005)
Wang, J. and Tsao, T.-C., Laser Beam Raster Scan Under Variable Process Speed - An Application of Time Varying Model
Reference Repetitive Control System, Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent
Mechatronics, Monterey, California, 1233-1238 (07/24/2005)
Krishnamoorthy, K. and Tsao, Tsu-Chin, Robust Adaptive-Q with Two Period Repetitive Control for Disk Drive Track Following,
Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Monterey, California, 13-
18 (07/24/2005-07/28/2005)
Arancibia, Nestor O. P., Chen, N., Gibson, S., and Tsao, T-C.,, Adaptive control of a MEMS steering mirror for free-space laser
communications Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5892, 589210., (Sep 2005)
Wang, Junqing, Tsao, T-C., A two parameter robust linear parameter varying repetitive control approach to variable speed
electronic cam follower problem, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Dynamic Systems and Control Division
(Publication) DSC, v 74 DSC, n 1 PART A, Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division 2005,, 109-114
(Nov 2005)
Tsao, T-C., Kim, B-S., Application of Advanced Control Theory to Fluid Power Control Sixth Japan Fluid Power System
Symposium, 1-10 (Nov 2005)
Arancibia, N.O. Perez, and Tsao, T-C., Robustly l∞-Stable Implementation of the Adaptive Inverse Control Scheme for
Noise Cancelation 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2005 and 2005 European Control Conference. CDC-ECC
'05., 5800-5807 (Dec 2005)
Arancibia, Nestor O. Perez; Chen, Neil; Gibson, Steve; and Tsao, Tsu-Chin,, Adaptive control of jitter in laser beam pointing and
tracking Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v 6304, Free-Space Laser Communications VI,
2006, (2006)
Orzechowski, P.; Chen, N.; Gibson, S.; and Tsao, T-C., Adaptive control of jitter in a laser beam pointing system American
Control Conference, 2006,, 2700-2705 (Jun 2006)
Orzechowski, P. K. ; Tsao, Tsu-Chin; and Gibson, James Steve, 109. The effect of computational delay on performance of
adaptive control systems, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Dynamic Systems and Control Division (Publication) DSC,
Proceedings of 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2006 - Dynamic Systems
and Control Division, 1-7 (Nov 2006)
388

Wilson, Jason T.; Lin, Chi-Ying; Tsao, Tsu-Chin, Design and control of a fast tool servo for boring engine piston pin holes
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Dynamic Systems and Control Division (Publication) DSC, Proceedings of 2006
ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2006 - Dynamic Systems and Control Division,, 1-
6 (Nov 2006)
Orzechowski, P.K.; Chen, C.; Gibson, S.; Tsao, T-C., Optimal Jitter Rejection In Laser Beam Steering with Variable-Order
Adaptive Control 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control,, 2057-2062 (Dec 2006)
Orzechowski, P.K. ; SGibson, S; Tsao T-C.;, Herrick, D.; Mahajan, M.; and Wen, B, Adaptive suppression of optical jitter with a
new liquid crystal beam steering device Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 6569, 65690V, (May 2007)
Arancibia, Nestor O. Perez; Tsao, Tsu-Chin, and Gibson, Steve;, Adaptive Tuning and Control of a Hard Disk Drive Proceedings
of the 2007 American Control Conference, New York City, USA, 1526-1531 (Jul 2007)
Orzechowski, P. K.; Gibson, J. S.; and Tsao, T-C., Characterization of Optimal FIR Gains and Minimum-variance Performance
for Adaptive Disturbance Rejection, Proceedings of the 2007 American Control Conference, New York City, USA, 1908-1913 (Jul
2007)
389

Degrees
DANIEL C. YANG
Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution field
1971 B.S. National Taiwan University ME
1975 M.S. North Dakota State University ME
1978 M.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison EE
1982 Ph.D. Rutgers University ME
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 1982 Appointment to Assistant Professor
Jul 1987 Promotion to Associate Professor
Jul 1993 Promotion to Professor
years of service: 25
Employment History
start end position institution
Jul 1993 Full Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Department, UCLA
Jul 1987 Jun 1993 Associate Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Department, UCLA
Jul 1982 Jun 1987 Assistant Professor Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear
Engineering, UCLA
Mar 1979 Aug 1982 Member of Technical Staff RCA - David Sarnoff Research Center
Jan 1979 Mar 1979 Engineer RCA - Advanced Technology Laboratory
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
Sep 2007 Best Paper Award Honorable Mention at the 31st Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Las Vegas, NV, Paper
Entitled "On the Generation of Analytical Noncircular Multi-Lobe Internal Pitch-Pairs"
2007 Fellow, ASME
Sep 2004 Certificate of Appreciation, for Outstanding and Distinguished Service as Associate Editor, Transactions of ASME,
J. of Mechanical Design
Jun 2004 Certificate of Appreciation, for Outstanding Services, the National Taiwan University Alumni Association of
Southern California
Jun 2004 Certificate of Recognition, for Dedicated Service to our Communities and for the Leadership and Inspiration, from
Judy Chu, Member of the Assembly, California State Legislature
Jun 2004 Certificate of Recognition, for Outstanding Contribution to the National Taiwan University Alumni Association of
Southern California, from Carol Liu, Member of the Assembly, California State Legislature
Oct 2003 Outstanding Alumni of the Graduate Program, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers
University Service
start end committee type description
Oct 2004 present Academic Senate Committee on Library
2004 2005 Department Awards and Honors Committee
2004 ongoing University Wide Member, Committee on Library
2003 2004 Department Awards and Honors Committee
2003 2004 Department Courses and Curricula Committee
2003 present Department SEAS Faculty Executive Committee
2002 University Wide Courses and Curriculum Committee
2002 2003 Department Chair, Merit Increase Committee
2002 2003 Department Awards and Honors Committee
2002 2003 Department Courses and Curricula Committee
2001 2002 Department Awards and Honors Committee
2001 2002 Department Courses and Curricula Committee
2001 2002 University Wide Awards and Honors Committee
2000 2001 Department SEAS Staff Incentive Committee
2000 2001 Department Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Review/Reform Committee
390

Community Service
start end description
2006 2007 President Elected, CAFA (Chinese American Faculty Association of Southern California)
2005 present Board Member, CAFA Foundation
2003 2004 Board Member, NTUAASC
2003 2004 Co-Chair, CAFA Scholarship Committee
2003 present Board Member, CAFA (Chinese American Faculty Association of Southern California)
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
Jan 2005 Nov 2005 Member, International Program Committee for IASTED International Conference on Robotics and
Applications
Jan 2004 Aug 2004 International Program Committee for IASTED International Conference on Robotics Application
2004 2005 Member, Local Arrangement Committee, ASME 2005, Intl. Design Engr. Tech. Conf. & Computers in
Engr. Conf. Long Beach, CA, Sept. 24-28, 2005
Nov 2002 Jun 2003 International Program Committee for IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications
01/01/2002 present ASME Mechanism Committee
Feb 2001 present IASTED Technical Committee on Manufacturing
Feb 2001 present IASTED Technical Committee on Robotics
Apr 1997 2002 Member of International Editorial Board, The Journal of Chinese Institute of Engineers
Editorial Services
start end description
01/01/2002 12/31/2004 Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design
1996 present Reviewer, ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering
1996 present Reviewer, Computer-Aided Design
1990 present Reviewer, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design
Jun 1986 present Reviewer, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control
Apr 1986 present Reviewer, MICRO proposals
Feb 1986 present Other, Referee, International Journal of Robotics and Automation
Nov 1985 present Reviewer, International Journal of Robotics Research
Jul 1985 present Reviewer, IEEE Journal of Robotics and Automation
Jan 1984 present Reviewer, NSF Proposal
Consulting Activities
start end description
Dec 2004 AMC Forging, Alhambra, CA
Mar 1999 2003 Luthi Machinery & Engineering, Gardena, CA
1998 2000 AMC Forging, Alhambra, CA
1995 Apr 1998 Rockwell Science Center, Thousand Oaks, CA
Jan 1994 1997 Helisys Inc., Torrance, CA
Patents
date patent number
A Hybrid Parametric Interpolator for Multi-Axis Parametric Curve Interpolation Disclosure
Lobe Pump System and Method of Manufacture Filed CPH Ref. R268:54633
Licenses
date title board license no.
Mar 1985 Professional Engineer in the State of California Registration No. M024014
Recent Publications
Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Yang, D.C.H., and Tong, S.-H., The Specific Flowrate of Deviation Function Based Lobe Pumps - Derivation and Analysis
Journal of Mechanism and Machine Theory, 37(10):1025-1042 (Oct 2002)
Ding, S., Mannan, M.A., Poo, A.N., Yang, D.C.H. and Han, Z., Adaptive Iso-Planar Toolspacepath Generation for Machining of
Free-Form Surfaces Computer-Aided Design, 35(2):141-153 (2003)
Yang, D.C.H., Chuang, J.J., and Oulee T.H., Boundary-Conformed Toolpath Generation for Trimmed Free-Form Surfaces
Computer-Aided Design, 35(2):127-139 (2003)
391

Yang, D.C.H., Chuang, J.J., Han, Z., and Ding, S., Boundary-Conformed Toolpath Generation for Trimmed Free-Form Surfaces
via Coons Reparametrization Journal of Material Processing Technology, 138:138-144 (Jul 2003)
Chuang, J.J. and Yang, D.C.H., A Boundary-Blending Method for the Parameterization of 2D Surfaces with Highly Irregular
Boundaries ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 126:327-335 (Mar 2004)
Oulee, T.H., Yang, D.C.H. and Chuang, J.J., Boundary-Conformed Toolpath Generation via Laplace Based Parametric
Redistribution Method ASME of Manufacturing Science and Enigneering, 126:345-354 (May 2004)
Ding, S., Mannan, M.A., Poo, A.N., Yang, D.C.H., and Han, Z., The Implementation of Adaptive Iso Planar Tool Path Generation
for the Machining of Free-form Surfaces, IJAMT, the Intl. Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 8(online): (Dec 2004)
Tong, S.H. and Yang, D.C.H., Rotor Profiles Synthesis for Lobe Pumps with Given Flow Rate Functions, ASME Journal of
Mechanical Design, 127:287-294 (Mar 2005)
Huang, B. and Yang, D.C.H., A Parametric Implicit Solid Modeller based Morphing Technology for Free-form Surface Machining
Int. J. Manufacturing Research, 1(2): (2006) 14 pages.
Yan, J., Tong, S.H. and Yang, D.C.H., On The Generation of Analytical Noncircular Multi-lobe Internal Pitch Pairs (Dec 2006)
392

Degrees
XIAOLIN ZHONG
Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
date degree institution
Grad Study Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
field
Graduate Studies
Jul 1984 B.S. Tsinghua University, Fluid Mechanics, Engr. Mech. Engineering Fluid Mechanics
Dept.,Beijing, China
Sep 1991 Ph.D. Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University,
Stanford, California
HSSEAS Appointment History
date action
Jul 1991 Appointment to Assistant Professor
Jul 1997 Promotion to Associate Professor
Jul 2002 Promotion to Professor
years of service: 16
Employment History
Fluid Mechanics
start end position institution
07/01/2002 present Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dept.,
UCLA
07/01/1997 06/30/2002 Associate Professor UCLA, Los Angeles, California
07/01/1991 06/30/1997 Assistant Professor UCLA, Los Angeles, California
Oct 1986 Jun 1991 Graduate Research Assistant Stanford University, Stanford, California
Jan 1985 Jul 1985 Instructor. Tsinghua University, Beijin, China
Sep 1984 Oct 1986 Research Assistant Tsinghua University, Beijing, China,
Engineering Mechanics D
Other Professional Activities
start end description
Jul 2002 present Professor, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
Jul 1997 Jul 2002 Associate Professor, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
Other Teaching Activities
start end description
Jul 2004 ongoing Instructor in Charge, Serve as instructor in charge for MAE 252A: Stability of Fluid Motion
Jan 2001 Mar 2005 Dr. Mahidhar Tatineni, Staff Research Associate in my group
Aug 2000 2001 Sang-Kyu Choi, Visiting Student from Korea Advanced Inst. of Science and Technology
Aug 2000 2002 Dr. Nyung-Kyun Chung, Professor, Dept. of Mech. Engr., Korea Advanced Inst. of Sci. & Tech.,
Korea
Feb 1999 Jan 2001 Dr. Seo W. Choi, Associate Professor, Dept. of Mech. Engr., Hongik Univ., Seoul, Korea
Jul 1998 ongoing Instructor in Charge, Serve as instructor in charge for MAE 250F: Hypersonic and High Temperature
Gas Dynamics
Jul 1994 ongoing Instructor in Charge, Serve as co-instructor in charge for MAE 250C: Compressible Flows
Jul 1992 ongoing Instructor in Charge, Serve as instructor in charge for MAE 150B: Aerodynamics
Jul 1991 ongoing Instructor in Charge, Serve as instructor in charge for MAE 182C (formerly 192C): Numerical
Methods for Eng. Applications
Jul 1991 ongoing Instructor in Charge, Serve as instructor in charge for MAE 250D: Computational Aerodynamics
Jul 1991 ongoing Instructor in Charge, Serve as instructor in charge for MAE 254A: Special Topics of Aerodynamics
1991 present Graduate Advisor
1991 present Undergraduate Advisor
Honors and Special Recognition
date description
Oct 2000 Associate Fellow, AIAA
Aug 2000 Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society, West American Chapter Member
Oct 1996 Allied Signal Faculty Research Award, UCLA School of Engineering
393

University Service
start end committee type description
Sep 2005 ongoing Department Chair, MAE Faculty Recruitment Committee
Mar 2005 ongoing Department Chair, Ac hoc committee for a faculty recruitment case
2005 2006 Department Chair, Faculty Recruitment Committee
2005 2006 Department Member, Graduate Reform Committee
Sep 2004 Jun 2005 Department Member, MAE Aerospace Engineering Strategic Planning Committee
2004 2005 Department Chair, Graduate Reform Committee
2003 2003 Department Member, MAE Ad Hoc Committee on a Faculty Promotion to Above Scale
2003 2003 Department Member, MAE Ad Hoc Committee on a Faculty Recruitment Case
2003 ongoing Other Member, HSSEAS Faculty Executive Committee
Jul 2002 Jun 2005 Department Member, MAE Industrial Liaison Committee
2002 2003 Department Member, MAE Merit Increase Committee
2002 ongoing Department Member, MAE Graduate Curriculum Reform Committee
2001 2001 Department Academic Senate, Campus Ad Hoc Tenure Review Committee
1999 2002 Department Chair, MAE Fluid Mechanics Major Field Committee
1998 present Academic Senate Departmental Representative, Academic Senate Legislative Assembly
1996 2002 Department Chair, MAE Aerospace Engineering Accreditation Committee
1996 2002 Department Member, MAE Undergraduate Curriculum Review/Reform Committee
Community Service
start end description
2004 ongoing Member of the Board, West Valley Chinese Language School in Los Angeles, CA
Scholarly and Professional Societies
start end description
Jun 2005 present Associate Editor, AIAA Journal
Jan 2003 present Member, of the Plasmadynamics and Laser Technical Committee of AIAA
May 2001 present Member, Transition Study Group of AIAA
Oct 2000 present Associate Fellow, AIAA
Mar 1999 Oct 2000 Senior Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Mar 1992 present Member, (APS) American Physical Society
Jan 1991 present Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Editorial Services
start end description
Jun 2005 ongoing Associate Editor, AIAA Journal
2001 2001 Reviewer, J. of Applied Numerical Mathematics
1997 present Reviewer, ASME J. of Fluid Engineering
1997 present Reviewer, International J. of Computational Fluid Dynamics
1997 present Reviewer, J. of Propulsion and Power
1996 present Reviewer, J. of Fluid Mechanics
1996 present Reviewer, J. of Spacecraft and Rockets
1996 present Reviewer, J. of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer
1996 present Reviewer, Physics of Fluids
1994 present Reviewer, J. of Computational Physics
1993 present Reviewer, AIAA Journal
Consulting Activities
start end description
Apr 2002 Aug 2002 IRIS Diagnostics, Chatsworth, CA
Aug 2001 present Innovative Scientific Solutions, Inc., Dayton, Ohio
Jun 1999 Aug 1999 Air Force Research Laboratory
Recent Publications
Books, Chapters in Books and Editorships
Zhong, X., DNS of Hypersonic Boundary Layer Stability and Transition Using High-Order Nonuniform-Grid Schemes in DNS/LES
Progress and Challenges, Greyden Press, Ohio, C. Liu, L. Sakell, and T. Beutner, 195-206 (2001)
Zhong, X., Whang, C.W., and Ma, Y., Numerical Simulation of Hypersonic Boundary Layer Stability and Receptivity in Frontiers
of Computational Fluid Dynamics 2002, World Scientific, NJ, D.A. Caughey and M.M. Hafez, 381-397 (2002)
394

Papers Published in Professional & Scholarly Journals
Zhong, X., Leading-Edge Receptivity to Free Stream Disturbance Waves for Hypersonic Flow Over a Parabola Journal of Fluid
Mechanics, 441:315-367 (2001)
Ma, Y., Whang, C.W., Zhong, X., Numerical Simulation of Hypersonic Boundary Layer Stability and Receptivity Frontiers of
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Caughey, D.A. and Hafez, M.M., 381-396 (2002)
Dong, H. and Zhong, X., High-Order Semi-Implicit Schemes for Unsteady Compressible Flow Simulations AIAA Journal, 40:869-
878 (May 2002)
Lee, T.K., Zhong, X., Gong, L., and Quinn, R., Hypersonic Aerodynamic Heating Prediction Using Weighted Essentially
Nonoscillatory Schemes Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 30(2):294-298 (2003)
Cheng, F., Zhong, X., Gogineni, S., and Kimmel, R.L., Magnetic-field Effects on Second-mode Instability of a Weakly Ionized
Mach 4.5 Boundary Layer Physics of Fluids, 15(7):2020-2040 (2003)
Ma, Y. and Zhong, X., Receptivity of a Supersonic Boundary Layer Over a Flat Plate. Part 1: Wave Structures and Interactions
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 488:31-78 (2003)
Ma, Y. and Zhong, X., Receptivity of a Supersonic Boundary Layer Over a Flat Plate. Part 2. Receptivity to Free-stream Sound
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 488:79-121 (2003)
Zhong, X. and Tatineni, M., High-Order Non-Uniform Grid Schemes for Numerical Simulation of Hypersonic Boundary-Layer
Stability and Transition Journal of Computational Physics, 190(2):419-458 (Sep 2003)
Yoh, J.J. and Zhong, X., New Hybrid Runge-Kutta Methods for Unsteady Reactive Flow Simulation AIAA Journal, 42(8):1593-
1600 (Aug 2004)
Yoh, J.J. and Zhong, X., New Hybrid Runge-Kutta Methods for Unsteady Reactive Flow Simulation: Applications AIAA Journal,
42(8):1601-1611 (Aug 2004)
Cubaud, T., Ho, C.-M., Tatineni, M. and Zhong, X., Bubble dispenser in microfluidic devices Physical Review E, 72(037702):1-4
(2005)
Shukla, R.K. and Zhong, X., Derivation of High-Order Compact Finite Difference Schemes for Non-Uniform Grid Using
Polynomial Interpolation Journal of Computational Physics, 204:404-429 (2005)
Ma, Y. and Zhong, X., Receptivity of a Supersonic Boundary Layer Over a Flat Plate. Part 3. Effects of Different Types of Free-
Stream Disturbances Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 532:63-109 (2005)
Ma,Y and Zhong, X., Boundary-layer receptivity of Mach 7.99 flow over a blunt cone to free-stream acoustic waves. Journal of
Fluid Mechanics, 556:55-103 (Jun 2006)
Zhong, X., A New High-Order Immersed Interface Method for Solving Elliptic Equations with Imbedded Interface of Discontinuity
Journal of Computational Physics, 225(1):1066-1099 (2007)
Tumin, A., Wang, X. and Zhong, X., Direct numerical simulation and the theory of receptivity in a hypersonic boundary layer
Physics of Fluid, 19(014101):1-14 (2007)
Shukla, R.K. and Zhong, X., Very high-order compact finite difference schemes on non-uniform grids for incompressible Navier-
Stokes Journal of Computational Physics, 224:1064-1094 (2007)
Papers Published in Proceedings or Records of Conf/Symposia
Lee, T.K. and Zhong, X., A New Internet System to Improve Numerical Code Development 39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting
and Exhibit, Reno, NV, AIAA 2001-0913:1-11 (01/08/2001-01/11/2001)
Dong, H. and Zhong, X., Implicit Parallel Algorithms for Time-Accurate Simulations of Hypersonic Boundary Layer Receptivity
Over Blunt Bodies 39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, AIAA 2001-0438:1-16 (01/08/2001-01/11/2001)
Ma, Y. and Zhong, X., Numerical Simulation of Receptivity and Stability of Nonequilibrium Reacting Hypersonic Boundary Layers
39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, AIAA 2001-0892:1-20 (01/08/2001-01/11/2001)
Whang, C.W. and Zhong, X., Secondary Gortler Instability in Hypersonic Boundary Layers 39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting
and Exhibit, Reno, NV, AIAA 2001-0273:1-16 (01/08/2001-01/11/2001)
Zhong, X. and Tatineni, M., Stable High-Order Schemes and DNS of Boundary-Layer Stability on a Blunt Cone at Mach 8 39th
Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, AIAA 2001-0437:1-22 (01/08/2001-01/11/2001)
Tatineni, M. and Zhong, X., Numerical Study of Unsteady Low-Reynolds-Number Separation Bubbles Using a New High Order
Scheme 31st AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, Anaheim, CA, AIAA Paper 2001-2712:1-13 (Jun 2001)
Zhong, X., DNS of Hypersonic Boundary Layer Stability and Transition Using High-Order Nonuniform-Grid Schemes Third
AFOSR International Conference on DNS/LES, University of Texas at Arlington, TX, 1-12 (08/05/2001-08/09/2001) (Invited)
Cheng, F., Zhong, X., Gogineni, S., and Kimmel, R., Effect of Applied Magnetic Field on the Instability of Mach 4.5 Boundary
Layer Over a Flat Plate AIAA paper 2002-0351:1-26 (01/17/2002)
Whang, C.W. and Zhong, X., Receptivity of Gortler Vortices in Hypersonic Boundary Layers AIAA paper 2002-0151:1-18
(01/17/2002)
395

Ma, Y. and Zhong, X., Receptivity to Freestream Disturbances of Mach 4.5 Flow Over a Flat Plate AIAA paper 2002-0140:1-25
(01/17/2002)
Dong, H. and Zhong, X., Time-accurate Simulations of Hypersonic Boundary Layer Stability and Transition Over Blunt Bodies
Using Implicit Parallel Algorithms AIAA paper 2002-0156:1-16 (01/17/2002)
Zhong, X. and Ma, Y., Receptivity and Linear Stability of Stetson's Mach 8 Blunt Cone Stability Experiments AIAA paper 2002-
2849, 1-28 (06/26/2002)
Whang, C.W. and Zhong, X., Leading Edge Receptivity of Gortler Vortices in a Mach 15 Flow Over a Blunt Wedge AIAA paper
2003-0790:1-18 (01/09/2003)
Zhong, X. and Ma, Y., Numerical Simulation of Leading Edge Receptivity of Stetson's Mach 8 Blunt Cone Stability Experiments
AIAA paper 2003-1133:1-24 (01/09/2003)
Dong, H. and Zhong, X., Numerical Simulations of Transient Growth in a Mach 15 Boundary Layer Over a Blunt Leading Edge
AIAA paper 2003-1226:1-24 (01/09/2003)
Ma, Y. and Zhong, X., Receptivity to Freestream Disturbances of Mach 8 Flow Over a Sharp Wedge AIAA paper 2003-0788:1-23
(01/09/2003)
Speer, S.E., Zhong, X. Gong, L. and Quinn, R., DNS of Attachment-Line/Crossflow Boundary Layer Instability in Supersonic
Swept Wing Flows 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, AIAA paper 2004-0252, 1-11 (Jan 2004)
Tatineni, M. and Zhong, X., Numerical Study of Two-Phase Flows in Microchannels Using the Level Set Method 42nd AIAA
Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, AIAA paper 2004-0929, 1-14 (Jan 2004)
Zhong, X., Receptivity of Mach 6 Flow Over a Flared Cone to Freestream Disturbances 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting
and Exhibit, Reno, NV, AIAA paper 2004-0253, 1-16 (Jan 2004)
Wang, X. and Zhong, X., Receptivity of a Supersonic Boundary Layer Over a Sharp Wedge to Wall Blowing/Suction 42nd AIAA
Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, AIAA paper 2004-0254, 1-16 (Jan 2004)
Ma, Y. and Zhong, X., Receptivity to Freestream Disturbances of a Mach 10 Nonequilibrium Reacting Oxygen Flow Over a Flat
Plate AIAA paper 2004-0256, 1-16 (Jan 2004)
Zhong, X., Numerical Simulation and Experimental Comparison of Hypersonic Boundary Layer Instability Over a Blunt Cone
AIAA paper 2004-2244, 1-18 (Jun 2004)
Singh, V., Zhong, X. and Gogineni, S., Numerical Simulation of Supersonic Boundary Layer Stability With Applied
Electromagnetic Field in a Weakly Ionized Flow AIAA paper 2004-2724, 1-24 (Jun 2004)
Tatineni, M. and Zhong, X., Numerical Simulations of Two-Phase Flows in Micro Gas/Liquid Mixing Sections AIAA paper 2005-
1392, 1-26 (Jan 2005)
Zhong, X., Effect of Nose Bluntness on Hypersonic Boundary Layer Receptivity Over a Blunt Cone AIAA paper 2005-5022, 1-16
(Jun 2005)
Rawat, P.S., Zhong, X., Singh, V. and Gogineni, S., Numerical Simulation of Secondary Flow in a Weakly Ionized Supersonic
Flow With Applied Electromagnetic Field AIAA paper 2005-5050, 1-18 (Jun 2005)
Wang, X. and Zhong, X., Receptivity of a Mach 8 Flow Over a Sharp Wedge to Wall Blow-Suction AIAA paper 2005-5025, 1-27
(Jun 2005)
Wang, X. and Zhong, X., Numerical Simulation of Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Receptivity to Three-Dimensional Wall
Perturbations AIAA paper 2006-3225, (Jan 2006)
Gaitonde, D., Kimmel R., Jackson, D. and Zhong, X., CFD Analysis in Development of Flight Test Article for Basic Research
AIAA paper 2006-8085, (Nov 2006)
Zhong, X., Numerical Simulation of Surface Roughness Effects on Receptivity of Hypersonic Flow over Blunt Cones AIAA paper
2007-0944, (Jan 2007)
Wang, X. and Zhong, X., Numerical Simulation of Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Receptivity to Two and Three-dimensional Wall
Perturbations AIAA paper 2007-0946, (Jun 2007)
396

G.16 STUDENT COMMENTS ON SELF-REVIEW
Four students provided comments on the self-review report. Three are presidents of student
societies in our department. Two (including one of the society presidents) are graduate students,
including one who was an undergraduate in our department. Three students made comments to
the effect that the self-review accurately reflects the state of our department, and the fourth did
not respond to this specific point. Their comments are given below.
Student 1. Undergraduate, student society president.
UCLA MAE Dept. Self-Review, Fall 2007
Topic: Does this self-review accurately reflect the MAE department?
Based on my experience as a fourth-year aerospace engineering student and as the Branch
Chairman of UCLA AIAA, this self-review addresses most, if not all, of the concerns facing the
student population. In the paragraphs that follow, I will briefly review what observations in the
document stood out most to me.
Coursework/MAE Program
• The student-to-faculty ratio as it has been in my upper-division courses seems fairly
beneficial; these “smaller” classes make the instructor much more available to individual
students.
• The technical breadth requirement and changes in general education requirements seem
promising. They offer access to additional possibilities for elective classes that students may
genuinely find interesting and reducing the strain placed on students due to the different work
requirements and schedules of non-engineering courses.
• Despite the reduction in units, the program as it is now still seems equally “long”; the unit
count does not necessarily reflect the work expected for the class, especially for lab courses.
Students may have to wait for course contents to catch up to changes in the class profiles.
• The theoretical and mathematical preparation students receive in the first two years of work
toward an M/AE degree meets the department’s stated objectives for the program and can
help students better understand the basis of the applications learned later in their education.
However, most students will only begin to see the applications of that knowledge in their
senior year of classes. This can cause the first two or three years of coursework seem
without direction or purpose. In the case of AE courses, some exposure to aircraft design,
performance, and stability/control earlier in the program (in second year, for example) may
keep students motivated in the program as well as give them a sense of direction for the
theoretical coursework they receive in upper division courses. Of course, this is a difficult
proposition, considering that the mechanical and aerospace engineering students must take a
set of common core courses.
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• Thus, student projects must serve the purpose of showing underclassmen the application of
their classroom knowledge. Unfortunately, this lack of experience simultaneously can place
those projects at a competitive disadvantage. For example, AIAA’s Design/Build/Fly team,
usually dominated by sophomores and juniors, must spend time each year learning anew the
main lessons in aircraft design and performance. Although this can be mitigated, in part, by
the accumulated knowledge of the team over the years, this learning curve is an annual
challenge for the project. There is much value to this learning experience, but it can lead to
inconsistent team performance from one year to the next.
Advising/Career Guidance
• The faculty advising, as it is now, is infrequent, and as a result, this resource seems easily
overlooked; only the most motivated students (for example, those seeking a lab assistant
position or an instructor recommendation) would probably utilize it. Having faculty advisors
meet with students as a group, as noted in the self-review, may be a good alternative to a
second or third individual meeting with a faculty advisor. The questions some students
might ask during such a session might encourage others in that group to think outside “their
box” (about previously unknown career paths, for example).
• In my experience, there has been little direction, beyond faculty advising and instructors
from industry, to resources for career guidance. Coursework does not provide enough of a
basis for making decisions between possible career paths. In addition, the recommendation
to apply for an internship or co-op in industry does not guarantee that one will be hired or
that the work will provide a faithful representation of that career choice. Nevertheless, guest
speakers, sponsored by professional societies or by the department, as well as instructors
from industry do help in this regard. Those societies may have to improve how they
communicate with each other to increase student awareness of such speaker events.
Faculty- and Instructor-Student Interaction
• Initiating interaction with faculty, both in and out of class, can be intimidating or difficult to
achieve. Although there is a measure of effort expected on the students’ part, opportunities
for social interaction with faculty are rather rare, as noted in the self-review. UCLA AIAA
has attempted to plan faculty-student social events in the past, but without much success in
obtaining faculty commitment expressly for that purpose. The “take your professor to
lunch” program would be an excellent way to engage this difficulty.
• Taking courses taught by professors from the aerospace industry has been a tremendously
valuable experience for me. They provide a practical perspective to the course material that
may be beneficial for those students who already intend to work in industry after graduation.
The availability of such courses also improves students’ access to job opportunities. The
quality of the courses may not be entirely consistent from one quarter (or year) to the next,
especially if a different instructor is called in to teach a particular class; however, provided
that the learning objectives are met, this seems to be a worthwhile risk.
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Support for Professional Societies
• UCLA AIAA has been fortunate to have the support of the MAE department and the
Engineering Alumni Association. Financial contributions from those two groups have
comprised the most of the organization’s funding in recent years. The MAE department has
been very supportive of the Branch’s general meetings. In addition, the involvement of the
EAA in supervising student projects as part of their support has helped spur consistency in
meeting deadlines and achieving progress throughout the academic year.
Student 2. Graduate student who was an undergraduate in our department, student
society president.
Comments were carried out through an e-mail exchange:
Prof. Lavine-
I've read the MAE self-review. I think it was objective and accurately represents the state of the
department in areas I am familiar with. It made several points that hit home, especially regarding
the tight budget in undergraduate operating expenses. I learned a fair bit about the department
while reading this, and appreciate the opportunity to better understand organizational issues and
priorities.
Regarding the overall content, is it appropriate to mention the presence of the student societies in
this self-review, or is that omitted intentionally?
Thanks,
XXXX
XXXX – Thank you so much for reading the self-review. I'm glad it wasn't too far off the mark from your
perspective. I think it is entirely appropriate to mention the student societies. Their existence is noted in
the 2 nd to last paragraph of pg. 41, and their projects are mentioned in the last paragraph of pg. 42. I did
not write this section, and I would have liked to see more said about them, but I did not have the energy
to beef this section up. Are there some particular points that you think would be valuable?
Prof. Lavine-
Regarding the student societies: I re-read that particular part on page 41/42. The general feel I
got was that there was not enough said; in particular, I think it would be valuable to look at how
the different projects reinforce the different areas of specialization within MAE, i.e. SAE being
oriented towards mechanical design and manufacturing, DBF towards aerodynamic analysis,
BattleBots towards computer-controlled machinery. Maybe this is understood within the
department already and more is not really needed.
-XXXX
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Student 3. Ph.D. student.
MAE Self Review Comments
Section B.3
My initial reaction to reading that such a large percentage of courses were taught by outside
instructors (pg. 11) was alarm. I think students have an expectation that courses will be taught
by faculty and may feel “short-changed” in courses that make use of outside lecturers. I think
often this bias can reflect in course evaluations by students and in the effort students put towards
the course. The review notes the large and intended increase in student population since 1998,
but the size of the faculty is nearly identical. Is this shift in strategy directed towards the
department goals (it is not clear to me that this is the case based on the review document)? Or
more a result of operational constraints (required growth of student body combined with resource
limitations)? The review cites lower student-to-faculty rations for higher ranked universities, so
there seems to be some importance placed on this statistic, but the trend of the department seems
to be in the opposite direction.
On the other hand, the only experience I have had at UCLA with an outside instructor was very
positive, that being with Walter Chung for 271A (full disclosure: I work at the same company,
though not directly, with Walter). I do understand the need for outside instructors, and for
particular courses outside lecturers may have significant advantages over faculty.
Section B.4
Seems like an accurate description; not sure what kind of feedback you’re looking for in this
area.
Section B.8.3
This section is very good. The perceived lack of “formal mechanisms” for graduate input is
recognized and addressed with specific action.
Section B.8.4
I have actually been impressed with the number of social events for faculty and students.
Furthermore, publicity for such events is excellent as I am always notified of the events even
though I’m not tightly plugged into campus. However, I have never made it to one of these
events yet. Perhaps I should.
Section D.1
Good summary.
Overall
I think this is an honest, accurate assessment of the state of the department. It would have helped
me to have frequent references back to the departmental mission / goals in each section to
understand the intent of each departmental activity or feature.
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Student 4. Undergraduate, student society president.
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department
Self Review, November 1 st , 2007
Page 4
In the “Mission” section, the first thing mentioned is to “educate the nation’s leaders in
science and art of MAE.” This may be the last time I read the word leadership in the packet and
none of the programs or changes in curriculum allude to it. Additionally in goals, regarding
building close ties with industry and government, I think that another great partner here could be
local investors and the Anderson school. I know that the EGSA has been developing these
relationships recently (http://egsatec.com/) and has received a good amount of interest from
Engineers, MBAs and Angel/ Venture investors.
The goal of developing strong skills in written and oral communication is a goal of
paramount importance and a skill that may help engineers more professionally and personally
than any other. I do not believe that it is fostered enough in the Undergraduate program and
since it is apparently a common complaint from graduates and alumni it seems necessary to
develop appropriate ways to further these goals without requiring more classes. One idea would
be to make an intensive cluster in these particular skill sets a requirement particularly for
engineers. Another possibility might be to create a custom one-year program specifically for
engineers that works exclusively and intensely on these goals.
Pages 7 and 9
There has been an increase in students from 363 in 1998 to 710 in 2007 but there has not
been an increase in ladder faculty. Explanations are given for each case separately but I never
thought that they were sufficiently combined or that the impact we will see in a couple of years
was properly discussed. It almost feels like the healthcare system in America that has a “wave”
of too many people coming into too little infrastructure, and it just hasn’t hit yet. This will be
particularly true if the department keeps admitting students at levels 200% that of previous years.
I am scared. I understand that it may be a sensitive topic but I’d love a discussion or prediction
of how the department plans to accommodate this.
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Regarding the IAB expressed interest in the leadership-training realm, has there been any
development of the project management classes mentioned in last years meeting? I think this
would be a particularly high note for the department since it is such an insightful decision to add
these sorts of classes.
Regarding the use of instructors from industry it is my opinion that this makes the most
sense in classes like 162C where experience can be heavily drawn on. In cases where the
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instructor is expected to evaluate practical skills such as budgeting, marketability, teamwork, and
maintaining project deadlines it is beneficial to have an industry professor. But industry
professors make very little sense in classes like MAE 94, where the professor lectures on theory
of design and where teaching skills and experience far outweigh any practical or professional
knowledge. I could care less if that particular professor can design a space station in under an
hour because I am far more interested in how well they communicates foundation level ideas
about a hugely important topic.
Page 11 and 12
With regard to the research from faculty, the report mentions that the per capita research
expenditures are very high compared to other universities but there is no comparison to how the
80 journal publications per year for the department compares to other universities in general, or
on a dollar by dollar basis.
Also, I am curious as to how many patents are developed on average per year and how
many of those are commercialized which seem fairly important when discussing $24 million
expenditure.
Are there any returns to the MAE department through the Office of Intellectual Property
or other sources? How does our patents/professor or papers/professor compare to other top tier
universities? With regard to those ratios, how did the eight professors who got “poached” by
other universities compare to the rest of the faculty. Has there been any start up companies
formed from the research in the last eight years?
How much research is the government is funding with the focus of creating companies
and commercialization of products?
I have heard from different angel and venture investors that the government really wants
to see companies come out of university research that it sponsors because that is the only way to
continuously see improvements in the technology without having to fund the entirety of the
research.
I personally believe that merging entrepreneurship with engineering is one of the most
potent combinations in education and it has been done with remarkable success at Stanford
through their ventures technology program, and it can even pay huge dividends to an engineering
school as it did to Stanford with Google. This could potentially have remarkable success at
UCLA at the Undergraduate and Graduate levels.
There seem to be a number of technologies being researched with obvious value to the
private sector (Diabetes monitoring, power plant optimization, etc.) Has there been any cases in
the last eight years of these research projects commercializing their work? I know that UCLA
and the Office of Intellectual Property receives a large amount of money every year from its
“blockbuster” drugs, does MAE have anything like that that it developed in the last 20 years? It
seems like all of this medical device research could produce something analogous, is that one of
the focuses?
Has there been any collaboration with Anderson Business School in regards to the active
research by the department? I know that the graduate students in Engineering have been doing it
on their own .
Also, I received a letter this week (which I have attached) from about a job at UCSB,
where they are looking for someone to manage the Engineering School’s entrepreneurial
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ventures in their research and I know that many engineering colleges around the world have
these types of programs. Has HSSEAS looked into anything like this?
As a side note, when I worked in finance I remember reading about Venture Investment
groups that comes to Engineering Schools in California (Including HSSEAS) and tries to pick
the campus dry for marketable technology if they are not well protected or fostered.
As another side note (not that this is necessarily of any concern to MAE), when I called
the OIP last year to help me file for two patents I learned that they are completely uninterested in
anything that Undergrads do whatsoever.
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How have these diversity numbers changed since 1998? What about economic diversity?
With regards to diversity, there are a number of superb outreach programs for students to
work with underprivileged kids that may be interesting to mention (YES day, etc) Also I know
that Andrew Bogerri is getting some FIRST mentorship stuff off the ground.
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Does UCLA get new professors from poaching activities at other universities? I am very
sad that some of our best professors can be lured away from UCLA with offers we are unable to
match.
One important statistic seems to be the number of patents and papers that our poached
professors had during their X years compared with the MAE average. Do we have the potential
to match juicy offers form other universities? I know that Stanford offers financial support for
Professors to live in Palo Alto, does UCLA do that with the local ritzy communities?
Page 20
The report noted (43-13) faculty for a total of 30 but page 7 suggests that the department
has 31.
Page 23
(Side note) Not that it is a big deal but for the MAE 94 class I have heard my TA and
many other students talk about the Autodesk/ Solidworks drama and how annoying it is, and I
am forced to agree. I find that almost all student projects and grad school projects use
Solidworks and I have talked to a Solidworks executive about it and I believe they would provide
free student licenses.
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HSSEAS gives a list of undergrads with a 3.4+ GPA to companies along with their
information in exchange for money! What is this, a search engine?
Which companies are these? It seems that it may be disadvantageous to graduating
students and hurtful to HSSEAS in general to give the upper hand in recruitment of our best and
brightest to the companies who are willing to pay for it instead of the companies who meet some
ethical standard or who are ranked in the top ten for employee satisfaction. By providing this
information only to some recruiters based on monetary rewards to the school the department is
tilting the table in their favor for recruitment and when this is coupled this with an undergraduate
program that has been assessed as having insufficient advising and when the OASA admits it
needs a complete overhaul this seems like a bad policy for HSSEAS.
Furthermore, it seems reasonable to extrapolate a correlation between the firms willing to
pay for this service and the firms who want to hire a ton of engineers, which inherently
handicaps small companies (the ones I am most interested in) and makes it less likely that they
will come recruit at UCLA. Additionally, I am sure that anyone who has ever gotten a number
of Cs in one quarter due to a death in the family or anything else they would like to explain about
their GPA would be hysterical about this.
It would be interesting to see a list of some engineering schools that do and don’t have
this practice but it immediately strikes me as harmful.
Do the students generally know about this program? I didn’t.
(By the way, I have a 3.42 GPA)
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I really like the “take the professor to lunch” idea.
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The undergraduate objectives do not really align with the original mission. I understand
that the TBR and GE requirements are supposed to be giving students well rounded backgrounds
but I do not see a focus on creatively solving problems, fostering leadership, preparation for
either business or law, and a focus (or more importantly training) on innovation. Again, I
believe that these elements could be trained jointly, as seen in other institutions, with an
entrepreneurship program and significantly benefit the school.
One possibility for a modest entrepreneurial program could be a supplement after the 162
classes where students could learn about the vertical integration of their completed products
through the legal or business aspects and practice their written and oral communication skills.
In other types of entrepreneurial programs, students could certainly learn creativity and
innovation in ways that could seriously make an impact solving real world problems that they
have experienced and even open up new career opportunities. It could also develop leadership
skills in those teams working in a challenging and competitive environment.
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The resources for such a program are also particularly convenient to UCLA (Anderson is
one of the best entrepreneurial programs in the country and the Tech Coast Angels has tons of
potential mentors.) Also, the best professors for this type of course are already rich so HSSEAS
might not have to pay them much.
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I know that for the Mechanical Electives there is an option to receive credit for these
from a 199 or 194 class based on a petition. In talking to Professor McClosky I learned that he
does not actually approve them. I think that this is a mistake but it seems that there should either
be a provision to allow this alternative path or the option should be taken out all together or there
should be better communication about that particular point between 6426 and the faculty.
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In my opinion, one of the most beneficial things that I have gotten from my ASME and
Battlebots experience is a little extra experience with oral presentation skills and it has taught me
how terrible they were before and at present. I believe that significantly more emphasis should
be put on these oral presentations and if part of the focus of a class is to develop these skills, then
they should have a few of the lectures each year be devoted to proper presentation techniques.
The current strategy is just to put students up in front of a class and hope they had those skills to
begin with.
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I believe that MAE students would benefit from a very focused humanities program.
Most engineers I know have such hard schedules that they find the easiest humanities classes
offered to balance their schedule. Perhaps have one devoted course with a fairly rigorous
structure that incorporates a number of the humanities, such as Political Science 10 or anything
else with a rigorous reading load.
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It is my opinion that the two capstone design courses in the ME department are excellent
courses and that students gain a lot of practical knowledge through them but I do not think that
they are exposed to this experience early enough in their education. If students are exposed to
this type of course early on in HSSEAS they will have time to let the lessons learned sink in
through out their careers and be able to apply lessons from MAE classes to real problems that
they encountered on that project. Students would then have more perspective when deciding
what type of engineering specializations to pursue and student projects would have get
significantly better results out of all students. I think that early hands on building experiences
really helps to compliment the learning process of an engineer and those lessons and practical
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experiences will carry over into many ME courses. I always notice that the students with FIRST
robotics backgrounds are superbly adapted to Engineering from their start at UCLA.
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I personally think that it is a great idea to replace the Matlab class with a C++ class and to
generally incorporate computer training more heavily into any engineering curriculum.
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I think that allowing undergraduate students to participate in research is a great
opportunity and mutually beneficial for everyone involved. The undergrads get to decide
whether that path is something they would be interested in before the simply dive in and they can
focus on learning something that they are truly interested in. The graduate students get free labor
and sometimes advise on topics applicable to their projects which allow them to move forward (I
felt like I was providing real value to a research project where the graduate student was well
versed in the controls of his robot but did not know how to build it, whereas I was just the
opposite). Unfortunately I recently discovered that Directed Research Credit can no longer be
counted towards graduation requirements and that MAE 199s are no longer allowed to count as
Mechanical Engineering Electives. I personally believe that this is a shame and disadvantageous
to all parties involved and to the department.
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Good description of the faculty advising. Useful statistics here would be the ratios for
students per faculty advisor and students per OASA advisor and how that compares to other top
tier programs. I know that the OASA is looking for advise from students about completely
overhauling the faculty advising process and it might be interesting to include what the current
restructuring goals are for that.
Also, I know that it was personally excruciating for me to transfer into the HSSEAS
School largely because the OASA (with at least the EXTREME exception of Renee Brooks who
is a wonderful human being) flatly refuses to meet with non-engineers regardless of time
constraints and will not offer any sort of counseling appointments for those students interested in
switching. I can guarantee that this policy is a mistake.
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I have never taken or heard of a Courseweb survey
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The outcomes of the alumni and exit surveys should speak volumes about the ME
program and I would view them as the absolutely most important evaluation a department could
ever receive.
Would it be possible to create a custom engineering series that could address their
perceived problems in an intensive and solution oriented way? I know that one of my biggest
regrets from high school was not having a hard-nosed English teacher who bothered to really
teach fundamental writing mechanics even if it meant giving out C’s to motivate kids. If that is
what alumnus and seniors are saying after the exit from HSSEAS maybe the school could offer
some mandatory and very challenging class that stresses the practice of writing or serious
communication skills. There would certainly be a great benefit to HSSEAS providing a sort of
“Cluster” similar to the Letters and Science school specifically catered to teaching what exit
surveys suggest the program is lacking.
Personally, I do not think that one Writing II class and 183/185 is enough to call this
extremely important issue dealt with. The communication skills that HSSEAS teaches to its
students now will pay dividends a thousand fold more than any additional ME course when it
comes to professional success and personal happiness.
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I think that it is great that the MAE department decided to admit more students this year
than in the past. That having been said, these students are still in the lower division sciences
which will currently be feeling the pressure but now we have this wave coming towards the
MAE classes. It feels like in order to absorb this, and especially if the department is prepared to
admit this number of students again, MAE need to be willing to scale up the faculty and
resources to handle this and keep our schools prestige.
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I am very interested to see just how the ethical classes in HSSEAS are taught. Does the
HSSEAS have an ethical statement or any guidelines regarding which projects receive funding?
It must be a very interesting case study in to talk about the laser research project at UCLA
dealing with the “Tactical HEL Weapon Alignment System.”
Page 41 and 42
Just a thought about the guest lecturers and field trips, something that I’ve always wanted
to visit or hear about from the involved engineers are the projects taking place just outside of Los
Angeles at the public spaceport where all of the original X-Prize teams were located.
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Regarding the eight lost faculty to other universities, it might be interesting to note what
each of them was researching, was it commercially viable, and are the benefits that UCLA could
be providing them small prices to pay for what they could have or have since produced at other
universities.
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Increasing the advising of students from once every 4 years to twice every 4 years might
not be the solution to what the previous committee viewed as a problem. Maybe do advising
yearly? Maybe heavily fund the student groups that pair freshmen up with seniors so they can go
out to dinners together. Some very basic solutions might be to create drop in counseling or at
least pull the “no same day appointments” rule from OASA. Put a big calendar in 6426 Boelter
and on the website with all of the drop dates, workshop dates, and recruitment session times
instead of or in addition to infinite separate flyers. Have a more interactive degree planning
program (I know that Marianne So last year gave me an AMAZING Excel worksheet to plan my
degree. Maybe it could be available for download on the web or even sent out to all Engineering
students to fill out) Maybe for the faculty advising provide forms of questions that a student has
to fill out and send to the professor before the meeting or a sheet with questions that the faculty
has to ask the students.
I have always felt that one way to commit to Undergraduate Excellence is to follow the
examples of MIT and Stanford and commit fully to very challenging student project in addition
to the ones focusing on teamwork and learning to deal with people. I am slightly disappointed,
and I have heard this echoed from many other people, that we do not have a DARPA project or a
Google Lunar X-Prize team and that there is no precedence for one (because god knows that
there are a couple people who would love to start it).
If there were funding for one such project it could attract a swarm of graduate students
dying to do research in tandem with the project as well as a huge following of undergraduates
who would be willing to devote their time to it out of pure passion and would consequently teach
themselves amazing engineering, leadership skills, innovation, or learn them through osmosis of
the other team members.
It is also important to keep in mind that these competitions (such as DARPA) are given
cash prizes because they lend themselves to commercially viable research, patents, and solving
real world problems so there could potentially be some return on investment beyond any prize.
Perhaps equally important as any of these things is that a single program such as this
could act as a huge “Halo” project for the entire department which everyone could get behind,
could psyche up alumni, faculty, students, industry, every tour group coming through south
campus, and very much myself personally.
I feel that a very ambitious project such as this one publicized and executed in the correct
way could really radiate through out the entire department in a big way.
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As an undergraduate reading the top paragraph of this page I really feel awful. It feels
like this is justifying the first sentence of the Undergraduate education section and that MAE is
prepared to hear the same thing again.
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In the last paragraph of the Undergraduate section, the report says that there is not
substantial negative impact on the quality of the undergraduate education from a strain on faculty
and teaching assistants. I think this might be an appropriate place for comparison of some
ratings from exit surveys by HSSEAS students last year and eight years ago.
I found this report very interesting and I am glad to learn more about the department. I found
myself more opinionated on the subject than I first thought and would love to discuss these
comments if you ever have time. Congratulations also on the recent accreditations and I’m sure
the review will go great.
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