UCSD MAE Department

🚀Triton Giving Day Is TODAY!🚀

The countdown is over—it’s time to give! Every donation today helps MAE students, faculty, and groundbreaking research at UC San Diego.

📢Every gift matters! Whether it’s funding student project, advancing aerospace research, or upgrading lab equipment, your support makes a huge difference!

🎉Thank you to ASME for recognizing our student section with the Section Achievement Award for accomplishments made in 2025-2026! 🎉

Triton Giving Day is coming! 📣
Mark your calendars for April 29 and get ready to make an impact!
Every gift, big or small, helps power MAE
students, research, and innovation at UC San Diego.
Why Give?
•Support groundbreaking engineering research
• Fund scholarships for future innovators
• Enhance MAE labs & programs
Join us in shaping the future of engineering!
is your chance to give back and make a difference.
• Learn more & get involved with the link in our bio!

Share your experience on student life, wellness, campus climate, and more. Your voice helps shape real change. Fill out the UC Undergraduate Experience Survey now! 📣

🚀 Fuel big ideas. Empower future engineers. Shape what’s next. ✨

This Triton Giving Day, your support of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Excellence and Innovation Fund helps MAE soar to new heights. From hands-on student opportunities and innovative labs to groundbreaking faculty research and collaborative programs, your gift provides the flexible support needed to meet emerging opportunities and drive innovation forward.

Visit the link in our bio to make an impact this Giving Day! 💙💛

The Washington Post profiled UC San Diego MAE alumna Tammy Ma, director of LLNL’s Livermore Institute for Fusion Technology, as part of the newspaper’s Post Next list of 50 people who will define the stories of 2026 🌟🔬

Read more » https://www.washingtonpost.com/post-next/interactive/2026/tammy-ma/

Where Innovation meets Imagination 🛠️💭

Jacobs School of Engineering’s Professor Jennifer Mullin is blending creativity with engineering in a unique robotics course where students design robots that are both functional and expressive.

Read more » https://today.ucsd.edu/photo-essays/new-creative-robotics-course-merges-engineering-and-art

📢 Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity:

The Environmental Fluid Dynamics Lab in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, San Diego invites applications for a Postdoctoral position funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

The fellow will develop and apply scientific machine learning and reduced-order modeling tools for uncertainty-aware ocean state estimation to improve near-field predictions for marine operations. Additionally, the fellow will have the opportunity to collaborate with UC San Diego faculty and partners at Stanford University.

📝 Application Link: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04454
📅 Next Review Date: February 24, 2026
📍San Diego, CA

Join a collaborative and innovative academic community at the Jacobs School of Engineering.



MAE mechanicalengineering aerospaceengineering facultysearch

Hello MAE Community! We wanted to send an update that we are sunsetting our Facebook account, and our posts will be on Instagram, LinkedIn, and X. We hope you'll connect with us there!

✨ Thinking about grad school? ✨

Join us virtually on September 10, 2025, for Destination UC San Diego — a FREE open house on Zoom Events! 🎓💻

This is your chance to connect directly with grad program reps, faculty, and current students. Discover how UC San Diego’s innovative, inclusive community can support your passions and help you make an impact.💡

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering will host a session at 11 AM — don’t miss it! 🛠️

🔗 Hop over to the link in our bio for details!