# Laurent Pilon

PROFESSOR
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
BIOENGINEERING

37-132, Eng IV

Email: pilon@seas.ucla.edu
Phone: (310) 206-5598
Fax:

Websites

- Laurent Pilon’s Research Group
- INFEWS - Innovation at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems - graduate traineeship in integrated urban solutions

##### RESEARCH AND INTERESTS

- Biophotonics for biomedical applications
- Photobiological processes for energy applications
- Materials
- Electrochemistry

##### NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS

Google Scholar page

##### IN THE NEWS

- Program Primes Students to Tackle Real-world Urban Sustainability Issues | UCLA Newsroom, August 2022

##### 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