Ann Karagozian
Ann Karagozian is a Distinguished Professor and the Collins Aerospace Endowed Term Chair for Innovation in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCLA. Her research interests lie in fluid mechanics and combustion as applied to advanced rocket and air breathing propulsion systems. She is the Director of the UCLA MAE Energy and Propulsion Research Laboratory, the UCLA-Air Force Research Laboratory Collaborative Center for Aerospace Sciences, and the Inaugural Director of the UCLA Promise Armenian Institute.
Professor Karagozian was a member of the Department of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board for over 15 years, serving as Vice Chair for 4 years. She is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering, and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the American Physical Society (APS), and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). She received her B.S. in Engineering from UCLA and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology.