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HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE
Tsu-Chin Tsao Professor and Department Chair
HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE
Mechanical & AerospaceEngineering Department
HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE
• 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.
Department Mission Statement
HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE
Students
HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE
Faculty
Ladder Faculty: 32
Recognitions
Society Fellows: 24
CAREER or Young Investigator
Awards: 10
NAE members: 7
Faculty Research Areas– Dynamics, Systems and Controls – Fluids, Heat/Mass Transfer– Structure & Solid Mechanics– Manufacturing & Design – Micro and NanoTechnoloy– Plasma Physics, Applied Mathematics
HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE
Research Groups, laboratories, Centers
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Sponsored Research Budget & Expenditure
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Department Ranking
US News & World Report Graduate Rankings
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AEMEENGFaculty Head Count
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MS Online Ranking
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• New hires: – Jonathan Hopkins (design, July 2012), – Xiaochun Li, Raytheon Chair in Manufacturing
Engineering (August 2013)– Dennis Hong (robotics, Jan. 2014), – Jacob Rosen (robotics, July 2014)
• This year’s recruitment plan– Complete hiring of last year’s Robotics search– Search in thermal science
Retirement and Recruitment
HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE
Initiative on Robotics
• Robotics education and research programs– Cluster faculty hires– New UG and G courses– Interdisciplinary projects with other fields– Collaboration with medical school, NASA JPL, local
industry, etc.
HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE
Initiative Design & Prototyping Studio
Develop hands-on trajectory
• Sophomore: CAD/design prototyping
• Junior: Basic ME&AE Lab.
• Senior: Capstone design, mechatronics, product prototyping
HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE
Initiative Design & Prototyping Studio
– Support our vibrant extracurricular student projects
HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE
Initiative on Design & Prototyping Studio
–We have faculty expertise and experienced supporting staff –We have space
HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE
• We need– 3D printers for plastics and metals– CNC machining and laser cutting machine
tools– Mechatronics Kits (sensors, actuators,
controllers– Coordinate Measurement Machine– …
Design & Prototyping Studio initiative
HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE
• Industrial Advisory BoardGaurang Choksi (Intel), Philip Conners (LM), Natalie Crawford (RAND), Patrick Fitzgerald (Raytheon), Ingo Foldvari (NI), Timothy Frei (NGC), Wayne Goodman (Aerospace, IAB Chair), Jim Hardy (Conoco-Phillips, Luke Haylock (Alcoa), Eugene Lavretsky (Boeing), Geoffrey McKnight (HRL), Bryan McEnerney (Rocketdyne), Shawn Phillips (AFRL), Lance Richards (NASA Dryden), Mat Schacht (Honeywell), Steve Toner (NGC), Steven Yahata (Boeing)
Industrial Partnerships
HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE
• Industrial Affiliates – Alcoa (joined this year)– Boeing – Chevron – Conoco Phillips – Exxon Mobil Corporation – Honeywell Engines, Systems & Services – Lockheed Martin Corporation – National Instruments(joined last year)– Northrop Grumman Space Technology – Aerojet Rocketdyne – Raytheon Electronic Systems
Industrial Partnerships
HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE
• Improve curricula• Improve ranking• Increase number of student fellowships• Increase research collaboration with
industry • Assist creating Design Prototype
Studio
Suggested Discussion Topics for IAB
HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE
Thank You !