2020-2021 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

48121 Engineering IV
Box 951597
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1597

310-825-7793
Department e-mail
Department website

Timothy S. Fisher, Ph.D., Chair
Eric Pei-Yu Chiou, Ph.D., Vice Chair
Jeffrey D. Eldredge, Ph.D., Vice Chair
Chang-Jin (C-J) Kim, Ph.D., Vice Chair
 

• Scope and Objectives
• Undergraduate Study
• Graduate Study
• Fields of Study
• Centers, Facilities, and Laboratories
• Faculty Areas of Thesis Guidance
• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Courses

2020-2021 Faculty Roster

Professors

Mohamed A. Abdou, Ph.D.

Robert N. Candler, Ph.D.

Gregory P. Carman, Ph.D. (Ben RichLockheed Martin Chair in Advanced Aerospace Technologies)

Yong Chen, Ph.D.

Eric Pei-Yu Chiou, Ph.D.

Vijay K. Dhir, Ph.D.

Jeffrey D. Eldredge, Ph.D.

Timothy S. Fisher, Ph.D. (John P. and Claudia H. Schauerman Endowed Professor of Engineering)

Rajit Gadh, Ph.D.

Vijay Gupta, Ph.D.

Dennis W. Hong, Ph.D.

Tetsuya Iwasaki, Ph.D.

Y. Sungtaek Ju, Ph.D.

Ann R. Karagozian, Ph.D.

H. Pirouz Kavehpour, Ph.D.

Chang-Jin (C-J) Kim, Ph.D. (Volgenau Endowed Professor of Engineering)

Adrienne G. Lavine, Ph.D.

Xiaochun Li, Ph.D. (Raytheon Company Professor of Manufacturing Engineering)

Kuo-Nan Liou, Ph.D.

Ajit K. Mal, Ph.D.

Robert T. M’Closkey, Ph.D.

Ali Mosleh, Ph.D., NAE (Evalyn Knight Professor of Engineering)

Jayathi Y. Murthy, Ph.D., Dean

Laurent G. Pilon, Ph.D.

Jacob Rosen, Ph.D.

Jason L. Speyer, Ph.D. (Ronald and Valerie Sugar Endowed Professor of Engineering)

Tsu-Chin Tsao, Ph.D.

Richard E. Wirz, Ph.D.

Xiaolin Zhong, Ph.D.

Professors Emeriti

Oddvar O. Bendiksen, Ph.D.

Ivan Catton, Ph.D. (Research Professor)

Peretz P. Friedmann, Sc.D.

Nasr M. Ghoniem, Ph.D.

James S. Gibson, Ph.D.

Chih-Ming Ho, Ph.D. (Ben Rich Lockheed Martin Professor Emeritus of Aeronautics)

Robert E. Kelly, Sc.D.

J. John Kim, Ph.D. (Rockwell Collins Professor Emeritus of Engineering)

Anthony F. Mills, Ph.D.

D. Lewis Mingori, Ph.D.

Peter A. Monkewitz, Ph.D.

Philip F. O’Brien, M.S.

Lucien A. Schmit, Jr., M.S.

Owen I. Smith, Ph.D.

Richard Stern, Ph.D.

Russell A. Westmann, Ph.D.

Daniel C.H. Yang, Ph.D.

Associate Professors

Elisa Franco, Ph.D.

Jonathan B. Hopkins, Ph.D.

Yongjie Hu, Ph.D.

Jaime Marian, Ph.D.

Veronica J. Santos, Ph.D.

Kunihiko (Sam) Taira, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors

Tyler R. Clites, Ph.D.

Artur Davoyan, Ph.D.

M. Khalid Jawed, Ph.D.

Lihua Jin, Ph.D.

Yen-Chih (Neil) Lin, Ph.D.

Raymond M. Spearrin, Ph.D.

Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng, Ph.D.

Lecturers

Ravnesh C. Amar, Ph.D.

Amiya K. Chatterjee, Ph.D.

Robert J. Kinsey, Ph.D.

Damian M. Toohey, M.S.

Adjunct Professors

Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy, Ph.D.

Dan M. Goebel, Ph.D.

Vinay K. Goyal, Ph.D.

Leslie M. Lackman, Ph.D.

Christopher S. Lynch, Ph.D.

Wilbur J. Marner, Ph.D.

Neil G. Siegel, Ph.D.

Adjunct Associate Professor

Abdon E. Sepulveda, Ph.D.