Building Access Update: Effective March 1 2026, select doors to Engineering VI will be locked at all times, in addition to all doors to Engineering IV and V, which have remained locked since last October. These doors are accessible only via an authorized BruinCard.
For more details, visit the Building Access page.
6 UCLA Samueli Doctoral Students Awarded Qualcomm Innovation Fellowships
Three pairs of doctoral students at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have been awarded the 2026 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowships for North America to support their research into autonomous vehicles and next-generation semiconductor technologies
Scientific American Names Steven Chavez to Early-Career Honors List
Steven Chavez, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been selected as one of Scientific American’s inaugural class of Young American Scientists for improving the effectiveness of catalysts used in industrial processes
Judea Pearl Named AI Pioneer by Boston Global Forum in Honor of America’s 250th Anniversary
Judea Pearl, a chancellor’s professor emeritus of computer science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been named one of 50 AI Pioneers by nonprofit think tank Boston Global Forum and its AI World Society initiative













