Welcome to the department of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering (MAE). MAE is in the Irwin and Joan
Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of
California, San Diego (UCSD). We are a large
interdisciplinary engineering department with
approximately 1000 undergraduate students, 220 graduate
students and 40 faculty. Although the MAE
department was founded only relatively recently (1964),
our educational program and laboratory and computational
facilities are outstanding and supported by a dedicated
staff and great research faculty. We are proud of
our achievements in education, research and
outreach.
The department offers ABET accredited undergraduate
majors in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering,
as well as majors in Environmental Engineering and
Engineering Science. Our undergraduate curricula
combine courses which provide a strong intellectual
training in basic science and engineering with real-world
applications. There are ample opportunities for
undergraduates to develop professional skills and to
participate in research. Our graduates have found
entry in all engineering disciplines, and are sought
after by employers nationwide.
At the graduate level, we stress a broad engineering
science preparation together with specialization in a
variety of advanced research areas. Areas of
particular strength are Combustion and Energy, Dynamic
Systems and Control, Fluid Mechanics, and Solid Mechanics
and Materials. The department is heavily involved
in interdisciplinary research through the Center for
Energy Research, the Materials Science Program and the
Environment and Sustainability Initiative.
Questions about research should be addressed to an
MAE faculty (link to faculty tab) member in your area of
interest or you can contact me (mae-chair-l@ucsd.edu).
We welcome inquires about our undergraduate (admissionsinfo@ucsd.edu)
and graduate programs (mae-gradadm-l@ucsd.edu),
and we will be happy to assist you.
Sincerely,
Paul Linden
Chair of the Department
