HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE Tsu-Chin Tsao Professor and Department Chair HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering 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

HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE Sponsored Research Budget & Expenditure Amounts in Millions

HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE Department Ranking US News & World Report Graduate Rankings

HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE MS Online Ranking

HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE 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 Board Gaurang 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 !