Finding Aid for the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. Administrative files.
1983-2000.
Finding aid prepared by Albert A. Lowe and Katharine A. Lawrie, 2011; Shaula M. Stephenson, 2012 April; finding aid revised
by Kelly Besser, 2013 September; machine-readable finding aid created by Katharine A. Lawrie, 2016 September.
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Title: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. Administrative files.
Identifier/Call Number: University Archives Record Series 797
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
9.0 linear ft.
9 cartons
Date: 1983-2000
Abstract: Record Series 797 contains the administrative files of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department, featuring primarily
grant proposal and department chair files.
Creator:
University of California, Los Angeles. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department.
Access
Record Series open for research. STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference
Desk for paging information.
Publication Rights
Copyright of portions of this collection is held by The Regents of the University of California. The UCLA University Archives
can grant permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. All requests for permission to publish or quote
must be submitted in writing to the UCLA University Archivist.
Processing History
Processed by Albert A. Lowe and Katharine Lawrie; Shaula M. Stephenson, 2011 Fall Quarter; 2012 April.
The administrative files from the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department were held in a storeroom on the third floor
the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. The boxes were not placed in any particular order, but the files
within the boxes were organized by type and then often by date.
Processing of grant proposal files was performed by Albert A. Lowe and Katharine Lawrie in the 2011 Fall Quarter. Files were
maintained in original order and weeded to remove documents irrelevant to the University Archives.
Processing of the administrative papers of chair Vijay K. Dhir was performed by Shaula Stephenson in April 2012. Files were
maintained in original order and weeded to remove documents irrelevant to the University Archives.
Final editing and preparation was performed by Kelly Besser with assistance from Alyssa Goodstein, 2013.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. Administrative files (University Archives Record
Series 797). UCLA Library Special Collections, University Archives.
Historical Note
The UCLA College of Engineering was established in 1943 when California Governor Earl Warren signed a bill to provide instruction
in engineering at the UCLA campus. It welcomed its first students in 1945 and was dedicated as the Henry Samueli School of
Engineering and Applied Science in 2000.
The Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering Department was founded in 1984. The name of the department changed to the
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department in 1996 after the dissolution of the major field of nuclear science and engineering.
This name change is first reflected in the 1997-1999 UCLA Course Catalog. In 2012, the department had a faculty of 31 full-time
professors, all of whom serve as advisors or instructors to our 580 undergraduate and 285 graduate students.
A list of chairs of the MANE/MAE Department follows:
David Okrent: 1983-1985
William Kastenberg: 1985-1987
Peretz Friedmann: 1988-1991
Jason Speyer: 1991-1994
Vijay Dhir: 1994-2000
Lewis Mingori: 2000-2002
Thomas Hahn: 2002-2006
Adrienne Lavine: 2006-2011
Tsu-Chin Tsao: 2011-
Scope and Content
Record Series 797 contains the administrative files of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department, featuring primarily
grant proposal and department chair files.
Acronyms found within this collection include: ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
DARPA - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DOD - Department of Defense
DOE - Department of Energy
DOT - Department of Transportation
MANE - Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
MAE - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
MEMS - Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems
MURI - Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NSF - National Science Foundation
SEAS - School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Henry Samueli)
TRP - Technology Reinvestment Project.
This is an active record series; additional University records are expected to be added.
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Grant proposal files. 1992-2000.
- Series 2. Department chair files. 1983-1999.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
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 6
Grant Files.
1997-1998; 2000.
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.
Box 9
ASME - student section.
1996.
Box 9
Awards and honors committee.
1994-1997.
Box 9
Committee to propose an interdepartmental professional graduate degree program in integrated manufacturing engineering.
Box 9
Courses and curricula committee.
1996-1997.
Box 9
Curriculum reform - fluids/heat transfer/thermodynamics courses.
Box 9
Curriculum reform - UCLA syllabi.
Box 9
Faculty retreat.
1991.
Scope and Contents note
Contains lists of MANE faculty members who attended or presented at the retreat.
Box 9
General SEAS committees.
1996-1997.
Box 9
Graduate admissions and fellowship committee.
1996-1997.
Box 9
Graduate curriculum review/reform committee.
1996-1997.
Box 9
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.
Box 9
Integrated manufacturing engineering.
1994-1995.
Box 9
Major fields Ph.D. field committee.
1996-1997.
Box 9
MANE departmental self review.
1991-1992.
Box 9
MANE seminars and workshops.
1994-1995.
Box 9
Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) on quantum structures for thermoelectric applications.
1997.
Physical Description:
3.0 folders
Box 9
Proposal for Project 5, "Leading Edge Cooling."
1994.
Box 9
Proposed new major field - MEMS.
1996.
Box 9
SEAS budget presentation.
1996.
Box 9
Strategic planning committee report.
1992-1999.
Box 9
Strategic plans.
1992-1999.
Box 9
UCLA human powered vehicle project preliminary project proposal.
1993.
Box 9
Undergraduate curriculum reform committee files.
1994-1995.
Box 9
Undergraduate curriculum review/reform committee.
1996-1997.
Box 9
University research proposals.
