News Archives - September 2005

Prof. H., Thomas Hahn elected President of the ICCM

September 27, 2005

Prof. H. Thomas Hahn

    Prof. H., Thomas Hahn has been elected President of the International Committee on Composite Materials (ICCM) for a two-year term (05-07). ICCM is an international, non-governmental, not-for-profit, scientific and engineering organization dedicated to composite materials. It also oversees the organization of the International Conference on Composite Materials which has been held every two years since 1975.

Prof. H. Thomas Hahn and Graduate Student O. Choi (MSE) Win the 3rd Place Outstanding Technical Paper Award at the SAMPE Conference

September 21, 2005

Prof. H. Thomas Hahn

    Graduate students O. Choi (MSE) and S. Gilje (Chem. & Biochem.) together with Profs. H. Thomas Hahn and R. Kaner (Chem. & Biochem) have won the 3rd Place Outstanding Technical Paper award. The award will be presented at the SAMPE Fall Technical Conference (37th ISTC), Seattle, Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2005.

    The paper, entitled “Graphite Nanoplatelet Reinforced Epoxy Composites: The Effect of Exfoliation and Surface Treatment,” shows for the first time that with proper preparation, graphite nanoplateles can be used with an epoxy to increase the modulus and strength by 100% and 65%, respectively.

2nd KAIST-UCLA MAE Joint Workshop

September 13, 2005

    "The 2nd KAIST-UCLA MAE Joint Workshop was held as scheduled on Sept. 8-9, 2005 at KAIST, Korea. Participating in the Workshop were 14 KAIST and 7 UCLA faculty members. The workshop covered various topics ranging from biomechanics, to controls, and to design and manufacturing. Discussions on research collaboration and personnel exchange followed technical sessions, and the Workshop concluded with a laboratory tour. We were received warmly by the KAIST faculty.

    I would like to encourage you to contact KAIST faculty if you have any research topics you want to pursue together. I would be more than happy to serve as a liaison if you have difficulty contacting them directly.

    I want to thank those of you who were able to participate in the Workshop. I hope more faculty can participate in the future events with KAIST."

Thank you,
H. Thomas Hahn
Chair and Professor Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department

Prof. Greg P. Carman to Serve on a National Research Council

September 12, 2005

Gregory Paul Carman

    Prof. Greg P. Carman of UCLA has been appointed as a member of the National Research Council (NRC) panel providing guidance for future Civil Aeronautics. Carman will be serving NRC Panel C: Materials and Structures. This is one of five panels supporting the NRC Steering Committee for the Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics. The main purpose of the effort is for the group to develop a set of key challenges in aeronautics and then discuss the technological and scientific advances and R&D investments necessary in various technical areas to meet those key challenges.

    The panel will be chaired by Dr. Dianne Wiley, Technical Fellow at Boeing Space Exploration Systems. NAE member Dr. Paul Kaminski, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Technovation, Inc., will chair the steering committee. Gen. William (Bill) Hoover has been named vice-chair.

• Ed Feddemann, House Science Committee, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (confirmed)
• Dick Obermann, House Science Committee, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (invited)
• Allen Cutler , Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science (invited)
• Paul Carliner, Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science (invited)
• Joel Kaplan, House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice, and Commerce(confirmed)
• Jeff Bingham, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (invited)
  

Dr. Neil Morley Noted for Excellence in Fusion Engineering

September 12, 2005

Dr. Neil Morley Circa 1996.

    The Fusion Power Associates Board of Directors has selected Dr. Neil Morley of UCLA to receive its 2005 Excellence in Fusion Engineering Award. These Awards, in memory of Prof. David J. Rose of MIT, have been presented since 1987 to individuals in the early part of their careers (maximum age 42) who have shown both technical accomplishment and potential for becoming exceptionally influential leaders in the fusion field.

    In selecting Dr. Morley, the Board recognizes his outstanding technical contributions to fusion development in areas such as high heat flux components, liquid walls and MHD fluid flow and heat transfer. The Board also recognizes his leadership qualities in such areas as the US program for the ITER Test Blanket Module and the liquid surface divertor module on the NSTX facility at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.

    The Award will be presented at the FPA Annual Meeting and Symposium in Washington, DC on October 11. Details of that meeting are also posted on the FPA web site.

Juliett Davitian has won a three year NASA Graduate Student Research Program Fellowship

September 09, 2005

Juliett Davitian

    Juliett Davitian has won a three year NASA Graduate Student Research Program Fellowship, commencing in the Fall of 2005. Juliett just completed her first year of grad school and has been working in Prof. Ann Karagozian's research group on active jet control experiments. Click here to read about Juliett's project.