Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Univ. of California - San Diego

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Univ. of California - San Diego has 52 faculty on GradNova.

Faculty

Michael Tolley

Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks

Health, Medicine and Society

Plant Tissue Culture and Regeneration

Kalyanasundaram Seshadri

Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies

Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols

Combustion and Detonation Processes

Combustion and Flame Dynamics

Oliver Schmidt

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Building Energy and Comfort Optimization

Infection Control and Ventilation

Model Reduction and Neural Networks

Satellite Communication Systems

Sutanu Sarkar

Professor, Blasker Endowed Chair in Environmental Engineering, Distinguished Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Antonio Sanchez

Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies

Cerebrospinal Fluid and Hydrocephalus

Combustion and Detonation Processes

Combustion and Flame Dynamics

David Saintillan

Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Abhishek Saha

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Zahra Sadeghizadeh

Assistant Teaching Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Education and Critical Thinking Development

Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods

Innovative Teaching Methods

Plant Surface Properties and Treatments

Aaron Rosengren

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Astro and Planetary Science

Planetary Science and Exploration

Relativity and Gravitational Theory

Space Satellite Systems and Control

Padmini Rangamani

Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies

Cellular Mechanics and Interactions

Cellular Transport and Secretion

Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior

Huihui Qi

Associate Teaching Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Engineering Education and Curriculum Development

Engineering Education and Pedagogy

Experimental Learning in Engineering

Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods

Lisa Poulikakos

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Eugene Pawlak

Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Keiko Nomura

Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Combustion and Flame Dynamics

Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows

Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis

Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Tania Morimoto

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Micro and Nano Robotics

Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence

Robot Manipulation and Learning

Soft Robotics and Applications

Marc Meyers

Professor, Professor, Nanoengineering

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition

Energetic Materials and Combustion

High-Pressure Geophysics and Materials

High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior

William McEneaney

Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Alessandro Marinoni

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Andrew Lucas

Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Marko Lubarda

Associate Teaching Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization

Engineering Education and Curriculum Development

Magnetic Properties of Thin Films

Metal Forming Simulation Techniques

Haiwen Luan

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Stefan Llewellyn Smith

Professor, Department Chair, MAE, Stanford S. and Beverly P. Penner Endowed Chair in Engineering or Applied Sciences

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory

Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics

Ratneshwar Lal

Professor, Professor, BENG

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments

Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications

Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior

Mechanical and Optical Resonators

Miroslav Krstic

Professor, Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Daniel L. Alspach Endowed Chair in Dynamic Systems and Controls, Distinguished Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University of California San Diego

Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems

Extremum Seeking Control Systems

Smart Grid Security and Resilience

Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems

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