EAS Remembers David Barish
01-04-10
Aeronautics alumni David Barish, who among other accomplishments was the developer the paraglider, passed away on December 15, 2009. [New York Times Article]
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Ares Rosakis Featured in The Los Angeles Times Magazine
01-04-10
The Los Angeles Times magazine has featured Ares Rosakis, EAS Chair; Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, as a visionary - "someone who has the perception to see past entrenched, received ideas about what is possible and conjure revolutionary concepts." In the article entitled "Information Sage" Chair Rosakis discusses the IST initiative and highlights the interconnectedness of the research being conducted in the EAS division.
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Michael Ortiz Awarded Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship
12-24-09
Congratulations to Michael Ortiz, Dotty and Dick Hayman Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, who has been awarded a Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship by the Institute for Advanced Study, Technical University of Munich (TUM). This Fellowship is named after TUM Professor Hans Fischer (1881-1945) who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1930 for his pioneering work on hemoglobin.
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Aydin Babakhani Wins Charles Wilts Prize
12-23-09
Congratulations to graduate student Aydin Babakhani, the 2009 winner of the Charles Wilts Prize for his research in Near-Field Direct Antenna Modulation (NFDAM) for on-chip mm-wave transceivers. Dr. Babakhani’s advisor was Ali Hajimiri, Professor of Electrical Engineering.
Oskar Painter and Colleagues Propose Quantum Entanglement for Motion of Microscopic Objects
12-21-09
Oskar Painter, Associate Professor of Applied Physics, along with colleagues Darrick Change, Postdoctoral Scholar at Institute for Quantum Information, and H. Jeff Kimble, William L. Valentine Professor and Professor of Physics have proposed a new paradigm that should allow scientists to observe quantum behavior in small mechanical systems. Their idea offers a new means of studying the nature of quantum superposition and entanglement in progressively larger and more complex systems. [Caltech Press Release]
Shuki Bruck Wins Richard P. Feynman Prize
12-18-09
Winner of the Richard P. Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching Jehoshua "Shuki" Bruck, Caltech's Gordon and Betty Moore Professor of Computation and Neural Systems and Electrical Engineering, talks about the art and science of sharing information. [Caltech Press Release]
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Caltech and UCLA Launch Joint Center for Translational Medicine
12-17-09
A Joint Center for Translational Medicine is established with the aim of advancing experimental research in clinical applications, including the diagnosis and therapy of diseases such as cancer. [Caltech Press Release]
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Paul Dimotakis Elected to the Grade of Fellow of the AIAA
12-10-09
Paul E. Dimotakis, John K. Northrop Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Applied Physics, and Chief Technologis at Jet Propulsion Laboratory has been elected to the grade of Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Professor Dimotakis is being recognized "for contributions to fluid dynamics, turbulent mixing, chemically reacting flows and combustion; digital imaging and laser diagnostics; air-breathing propulsion; and leadership in space-technologies development." [AIAA Press Release]
Economist Article Draws on the Work of EAS Alumni and Faculty
12-02-09
A recent Economist article entitled "Lagrangian Coherent Structures: The skeleton of water" draws on the work of alumni George Haller (PhD '94 in Applied Mechanics) and Francois Lekien (PhD '03 in Control and Dynamical Systems), as well as John Dabiri, Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Bioengineering and Jerrold Marsden, Carl F Braun Professor of Engineering, Control and Dynamical Systems, and Applied and Computational Mathematics. [Economist Article]
Pietro Perona and Michael Dickinson Highlighted in Nature
12-02-09
The collaboration of Pietro Perona, Allen E. Puckett Professor of Electrical Engineering, Michael Dickinson Esther M. and Abe M. Zarem Professor of Bioengineering, and David J. Anderson, Seymour Benzer Professor of Biology, is highlighted in a Nature article entitled "Flies on film". [Nature Article]
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