By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]With prestigious awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF), two UCLA Engineering faculty members are tackling issues ranging from the creation of highly sensitive biomolecular sensors to using the physics behind...
Year: 2007
UCLA Engineering Launches Virtual Tutoring Program
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Connecting Online: UCLA Engineering Launches Virtual Tutoring Program to Boost Declining Interest in Math, Science Among High Schoolers By M. Abraham In an effort to boost declining interest in math and science among U.S....
UCLA Engineering Professor Asad Abidi Elected to the Prestigious National Academy of Engineering
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA engineering professor Asad Abidi has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, the highest professional lifetime distinction accorded to American engineers. By M. Abraham Honored for his contributions to...
New Accelerator Technique Doubles Particle Energy in Just One Meter
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]A collaboration of accelerator physicists have accomplished doubling the energy of electrons, which travel at near light's speed in an accelerator By M. Abraham Imagine a car that accelerates from zero to sixty in 250...
New Research Offers Baby Boomers Round-the-Clock Care, With a ‘Cyber’ Twist
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Handheld device developed by UCLA engineer allows doctors to customize patient care 24/7 By M. Abraham As an estimated 78.2 million baby boomers nationwide reach their later years, researchers are continually looking for...
Engineering Earthquake Safety for Hospitals
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Though California’s hospitals may provide cutting-edge medical care to patients, many of California’s hospital buildings are themselves ailing. By Mike Gaetani and M. Abraham A large number of hospitals throughout the...
Engineering Graduate Students Cultivating Entrepreneurial Talent at UCLA
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Marlys Amundson The UCLA Engineering Graduate Student Association (EGSA) offers a range of social activities for its members, and also is expanding its programs to better serve students interested in starting their own...
Advance in Flexible Electronics Boosts Performance, Manufacturing
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Researchers at Stanford and the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science point the way toward manufacturing truly useful flexible electronics with high-performance organic transistors. Flexible...