Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Artur Davoyan
Associate Professor
- 46-147E, Eng IV
- davoyan@seas.ucla.edu
- (310) 206-3869
Faculty Information
Research and Interests
Advanced materials and systems for applications in space, energy and communications. Advanced and breakthrough propulsion. High power and high energy lasers, laser materials interaction. Nanoscale and two-dimensional materials, metamaterials, plasmonics, metasurfaces. Optoelectronics and photonic devices.
Notable Publications and Books
In the News
- Can Solar Sails Really Send Humans Out Into Interstellar Space? | Space.com, May 2026
- From Rockets to Cancer Research, Here’s How the Number Pi is Embedded in Our Lives | Associated Press, March 2026
- Reaching for the Stars: Revolutionary Propulsion System Could Take Us to Interstellar Space in Record Time | Curiousmos, March 2023
- Pellet-beam Propulsion Spacecraft Could Reach Voyager 1 in 5 years | Interesting Engineering, March 2023
- How a Beam of Pellets Could Blast a Probe Into Deep Space | Wired, March 2023
- Scientists Propose Method That Shoots Lasers At Spacecraft To Increase Speed Of Space Travel | California 18, February 2023
- Planes on Titan and Pipelines on the Moon: NASA Considering Some Wild Future Tech | Yahoo, January 2023
- Solar-sailing Probes May Soon Get Their Moment in the Sun | Space, January 2023
- Smartphone-Sized Spaceships Could Hold Key To Space Exploration, Study Finds | PHONEWEEK, June 2022
- Smartphone-Sized Spaceships Could Hold Key To Space Exploration, Study Finds | India Times, June 2022
- This system takes CO2 from the air by taking it from the sea | Optimist Daily, March 2022
- Tiny laser-propelled spaceships could travel to the far reaches of the solar system and beyond | Space.com, March 2022
- Laser-Powered Sails Would be Great for Exploring the Solar System too | Universe Today, February 2022
- Tiny probes could sail to outer planets with the help of low-power lasers | Science Daily, February 2022
- Low-Power Lasers Propel Much Faster than Rocket Engines | AZO Optics, February 2022
- Tiny probes could sail to outer planets with the help of low-power lasers | EurekAlert, February 2022
- SAIL ORDER ‘Interstellar sails’ that propel spacecraft to speed of light using LASERS could take us to distant planets, experts say | The U.S. Sun, February 2022
- Novel nanomaterial-based light sails for low-power spacecraft propulsion in Earth orbit and interplanetary travel | Nano Werk, February 2022
- Forget About Interstellar Flights. Tiny Light Sails Could be Used to Explore the Solar System Today | Universe Today, July 2021
- UCLA’s Promise Institute Announces 2021-22 Grant Recipients | Asbarez, July 2021
- Solar-sailing CubeSat concept could give better look at weird objects like ‘Oumuamuaz | SyFy, July 2021
- A Small Satellite With a Solar Sail Could Catch up With an Interstellar Object | Universe Today, July 2021
- NASA Funds Interstellar Probe and Space Habitats Made From Fungi | Gizmodo, April 2021
- NASA Selects Innovative, Early-Stage Tech Concepts for Continued Study | India Education Diary, April 2021
- NASA Teases A Mars Base Made Of Mushrooms, A Swarm Of Spacecraft To Venus And A Giant Dish On The Moon | Forbes, April 2021
- A Radio Telescope Built in a Crater on the Moon – And Other Innovative NASA Tech Concepts Being Researched | SciTechDaily, April 2021
Education
Australian National University, 2011