Laurent Pilon
PROFESSOR
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
37-132, Eng IV
Email: pilon@seas.ucla.eduPhone: (310) 206-5598
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RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
- Biophotonics for biomedical applications
- Photobiological processes for energy applications
- Materials
- Electrochemistry
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
IN THE NEWS
EDUCATION
- B.S., Applied Physics, Grenoble Institute of Technology, France, 1997
- M.S., Physics and Energy Engineering, Grenoble Institute of Technology, France, 1997
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2002
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- 2023 Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Award, Purdue University, School of Mechanical Engineering
- 2021 ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award
- 2018 Elected member - Scientific Council of the International Center for Heat and Mass Transfer
- 2015 Elected ASME Fellow
- 2014 Raymond Viskanta Fellowship, Purdue University, IN.
- 2013-2015 Research Chair for Junior Scientist, Région Pays de la Loire, France
- 2011 Elected SPIE Senior Member
- 2011 Henry and Susan Samueli Teaching Award from UCLA Mechanical and Aerospace Eng. Dept.
- 2009 JQSRT Young Scientist Award in Radiation Transfer
- 2008 ASME Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award in Heat Transfer
- 2005 Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2005 NSF CAREER Award
- 2003 UCLA Faculty Career Development Award