Finding Aid for the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. Administrative files. 1983-2000.

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Finding Aid for the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. Administrative files. 1983-2000.

University Archives Record Series 797

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Table of contents

Grant proposal files. Series 1. 1992-2000.

Scope and Contents note

Series contains both funded and unfunded grant proposals to funding institutions such as: Advanced Technological Initiatives, Air Force, California Space Institute, Cal Tech, DARPA, DOD, DOE, DOT, Energy and Environmental Research Corp., Gas Research Institute, General Atomics, General Motors, MANE, NASA, NSF, Office of Naval Research, Science Applications International Corporation, University of California, UCSD - Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials and Research and Development Lab.

Box 1

Grant Files. 1992-1994.

Box 2

Grant Files. 1994-1995.

Box 3

Grant Files. 1995.

Box 4

Grant Files. 1996.

Box 5

Grant Files. 1997.

Box 6

Grant Files. 1997-1998; 2000.

Box 7

Grant Files. 1998.

Box 8

Grant Files. 1999.

Department chair files. Series 2. 1983-1999.

Physical Description: 1.0 linear ft.

Scope and Contents note

Series contains administrative papers generated by Vijay K. Dhir in his capacity as department chair. The papers include memoranda, correspondence, reports, proposals, statistical and policy documents, strategic plans, and accreditation documentation relevant to the running of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department.

Box 9

Abolishment of major field in nuclear science and engineering. 1995-1996.

Scope and Contents note

Contains memoranda, reports and approvals relating to the decision to dissolve the major field of nuclear science and engineering; includes documentation of departmental name change from MANE to MAE.

Box 9

Accreditation board for engineering and technology. 1991-1995.

Box 9

Aero committee memos. 1983-1994.

General note

Aero refers to Aerospace Engineering Accreditation Committee.

Box 9

Applications for grants and proposals. 1995.

Scope and Contents note

These applications were submitted by Vijay K. Dhir for his own research, rather than on behalf of the department.

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ASME - student section. 1996.

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Awards and honors committee. 1994-1997.

Box 9

Committee to propose an interdepartmental professional graduate degree program in integrated manufacturing engineering.

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Courses and curricula committee. 1996-1997.

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Curriculum reform - fluids/heat transfer/thermodynamics courses.

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Curriculum reform - UCLA syllabi.

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Faculty retreat. 1991.

Scope and Contents note

Contains lists of MANE faculty members who attended or presented at the retreat.

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General SEAS committees. 1996-1997.

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Graduate admissions and fellowship committee. 1996-1997.

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Graduate curriculum review/reform committee. 1996-1997.

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Grants. 1996-1998.

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Industrial affiliates board. 1993-2003.

General note

UCLA's Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Industrial Affiliates Program connects industrial firms with students in the department in order to foster scholarship and research in the field. Executives from some of these firms sit on the industrial affiliates board.

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Integrated manufacturing engineering. 1994-1995.

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Major fields. 1996-1997

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Major fields Ph.D. field committee. 1996-1997.

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MANE departmental self review. 1991-1992.

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MANE seminars and workshops. 1994-1995.

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Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) on quantum structures for thermoelectric applications. 1997.

Physical Description: 3.0 folders

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MURI proposal. 1997.

Box 9

Proposal for Project 5, "Leading Edge Cooling." 1994.

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Proposed new major field - MEMS. 1996.

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Safety.

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SEAS budget presentation. 1996.

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Statistics, MANE. 1994.

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Strategic planning committee report. 1992-1999.

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Strategic plans. 1992-1999.

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TRP proposal. 1993-1994.

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UCLA human powered vehicle project preliminary project proposal. 1993.

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Undergraduate curriculum reform committee files. 1994-1995.

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Undergraduate curriculum review/reform committee. 1996-1997.

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University policy. 1995.

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University research proposals.

Collection Contents

Grant proposal files.

Department chair files.